1 S aul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

Saul tinha... anos de idade quando começou a reinar; e tendo reinado dois anos sobre Israel,

2 S aul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mountains of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent away, every man to his tent.

escolheu para si três mil homens de Israel; dois mil estavam com Saul em Micmás e no monte de Betel, e mil estavam com Jônatas em Gibeá de Benjamim. Quanto ao resto do povo, mandou-o cada um para sua tenda.

3 A nd Jonathan attacked the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

Ora, Jônatas feriu a guarnição dos filisteus que estava em Geba, o que os filisteus ouviram; pelo que Saul tocou a trombeta por toda a terra, dizendo: Ouçam os hebreus.

4 N ow all Israel heard it said that Saul had attacked a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel had also become an abomination to the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal.

Então todo o Israel ouviu dizer que Saul ferira a guarnição dos filisteus, e que Israel se fizera abominável aos filisteus. E o povo foi convocado após Saul em Gilgal.

5 T hen the Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. And they came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth Aven.

E os filisteus se ajuntaram para pelejar contra Israel, com trinta mil carros, seis mil cavaleiros, e povo em multidão como a areia que está ã beira do mar subiram e se acamparam em Micmás, ao oriente de Bete-Aven.

6 W hen the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits.

Vendo, pois, os homens de Israel que estavam em aperto (porque o povo se achava angustiado), esconderam-se nas cavernas, nos espinhais, nos penhascos, nos esconderijos subterrâneos e nas cisternas.

7 A nd some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

Ora, alguns dos hebreus passaram o Jordão para a terra de Gade e Gileade; mas Saul ficou ainda em Gilgal, e todo o povo o seguia tremendo.

8 T hen he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

Esperou, pois, sete dias, até o tempo que Samuel determinara; não vindo, porém, Samuel a Gilgal, o povo, deixando a Saul, se dispersava.

9 S o Saul said, “Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.” And he offered the burnt offering.

Então disse Saul: Trazei-me aqui um holocausto, e ofertas pacíficas. E ofereceu o holocausto.

10 N ow it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.

Mal tinha ele acabado de oferecer e holocausto, eis que Samuel chegou; e Saul lhe saiu ao encontro, para o saudar.

11 A nd Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered together at Michmash,

Então perguntou Samuel: Que fizeste? Respondeu Saul: Porquanto via que o povo, deixando-me, se dispersava, e que tu nao vinhas no tempo determinado, e que os filisteus já se tinham ajuntado em Micmás,

12 t hen I said, ‘The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the Lord.’ Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.”

eu disse: Agora descerão os filisteus sobre mim a Gilgal, e ainda não aplaquei o Senhor. Assim me constrangi e ofereci o holocausto.

13 A nd Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you. For now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

Então disse Samuel a Saul: Procedeste nesciamente; não guardaste o mandamento que o Senhor teu Deus te ordenou. O Senhor teria confirmado o teu reino sobre Israel para sempre;

14 B ut now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

agora, porém, não subsistirá o teu reino; já tem o Senhor buscado para si um homem segundo o seu coração, e já o tem destinado para ser príncipe sobre o seu povo, porquanto não guardaste o que o Senhor te ordenou.

15 T hen Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people present with him, about six hundred men. No Weapons for the Army

Então Samuel se levantou, e subiu de Gilgal a Gibeá de Benjamim. Saul contou o povo que se achava com ele, cerca de seiscentos homens.

16 S aul, Jonathan his son, and the people present with them remained in Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

E Saul, seu filho Jônatas e o povo que se achava com eles, ficaram em Gibeá de Benjamim, mas os filisteus se tinham acampado em Micmás.

17 T hen raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned onto the road to Ophrah, to the land of Shual,

Nisso os saqueadores saíram do arraial dos filisteus em três companhias: uma das companhias tomou o caminho de Ofra para a terra de Sual,

18 a nother company turned to the road to Beth Horon, and another company turned to the road of the border that overlooks the Valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

outra tomou o caminho de Bete-Horom, e a outra tomou o caminho do termo que dá para o vale de Zebuim, na direção do deserto.

19 N ow there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.”

Ora, em toda a terra de Israel não se achava um só ferreiro; porque os filisteus tinham dito: Não façam os hebreus para si nem espada nem lança.

20 B ut all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen each man’s plowshare, his mattock, his ax, and his sickle;

Pelo que todos os israelitas tinham que descer aos filisteus para afiar cada um a sua relha, a sua enxada, o seu machado e o seu sacho.

21 a nd the charge for a sharpening was a pim for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to set the points of the goads.

Tinham porém limas para os sachos, para as enxadas, para as forquilhas e para os machados, e para consertar as aguilhadas.

22 S o it came about, on the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan. But they were found with Saul and Jonathan his son.

Assim, no dia da peleja, não se achou nem espada nem lança na mão de todo o povo que estava com Saul e com Jônatas; acharam-se, porém, com Saul e com Jônatas seu filho.

23 A nd the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

E saiu a guarnição dos filisteus para o desfiladeiro de Micmás.