1 A fter the death of Joshua, the people of Israel asked the Lord, “Who will be first to go up and fight against the Canaanites for us?”

Depois da morte de Josué, os israelitas perguntaram ao Senhor: “Quem de nós será o primeiro a atacar os cananeus?”

2 T he Lord said, “Judah will go up. See, I have given the land into his hand.”

O Senhor respondeu: “Judá será o primeiro; eu entreguei a terra em suas mãos”.

3 T hen Judah said to his brother Simeon, “Come with me into the land which is given to me. Let us fight against the Canaanites together. Then I will go with you into the land which is given to you.” So Simeon went with him.

Então os homens de Judá disseram aos seus irmãos de Simeão: “Venham conosco ao território que nos foi designado por sorteio, e lutemos contra os cananeus. Iremos com vocês para o território que lhes foi dado”. E os homens de Simeão foram com eles.

4 J udah went up, and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands. They killed 10, 000 men at Bezek.

Quando os homens de Judá atacaram, o Senhor entregou os cananeus e os ferezeus nas mãos deles, e eles mataram dez mil homens em Bezeque.

5 T hey found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they won the war against the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

Foi lá que encontraram Adoni-Bezeque, lutaram contra ele e derrotaram os cananeus e os ferezeus.

6 A doni-bezek tried to run away, but they went after him and caught him. They cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Adoni-Bezeque fugiu, mas eles o perseguiram e o prenderam, e lhe cortaram os polegares das mãos e dos pés.

7 A doni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off had to gather their food under my table. Now God has paid me for what I have done.” So they brought him to Jerusalem and there he died.

Então Adoni-Bezeque disse: “Setenta reis com os polegares das mãos e dos pés cortados apanhavam migalhas debaixo da minha mesa. Agora Deus me retribuiu aquilo que lhes fiz”. Eles o levaram para Jerusalém, onde morreu.

8 T hen the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it. They destroyed it with the sword and set the city on fire.

Os homens de Judá atacaram também Jerusalém e a conquistaram. Mataram seus habitantes ao fio da espada e a incendiaram.

9 A fter this the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev and in the plains.

Depois disso eles desceram para lutar contra os cananeus que viviam na serra, no Neguebe e na Sefelá.

10 J udah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron was Kiriath-arba before.) They won the war against Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.

Avançaram contra os cananeus que viviam em Hebrom, anteriormente chamada Quiriate-Arba, e derrotaram Sesai, Aimã e Talmai.

11 F rom there Judah went against the people of Debir. (The name of Debir was Kiriath-sepher before.)

Dali avançaram contra o povo que morava em Debir, anteriormente chamada Quiriate-Sefer.

12 C aleb said, “I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife to the one who fights against Kiriath-sepher and takes it.”

E disse Calebe: “Darei minha filha Acsa em casamento ao homem que atacar e conquistar Quiriate-Sefer”.

13 O thniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took the city. So Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah for a wife.

Otoniel, filho de Quenaz, irmão mais novo de Calebe, conquistou a cidade; por isso Calebe lhe deu sua filha Acsa por mulher.

14 W hen she came to Othniel, she talked him into asking her father for a field. As she came down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”

Um dia, quando já vivia com Otoniel, ela o persuadiu a pedir um campo ao pai dela. Assim que ela desceu do jumento, Calebe lhe perguntou: “O que você quer?”

15 S he said to him, “Give me a special gift. You have given me the land of the Negev. Give me the wells of water also.” So Caleb gave her the wells in the high land and in the valley.

Ela respondeu: “Dê-me um presente. Já que o senhor me deu terras no Neguebe, dê-me também fontes de água”. E Calebe lhe deu as fontes superiores e as inferiores.

16 T he children of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went with the people of Judah from Jericho to the desert of Judah south of Arad. They went and lived with the people.

Os descendentes do sogro de Moisés, o queneu, saíram da Cidade das Palmeiras com os homens de Judá e passaram a viver entre o povo do deserto de Judá, no Neguebe, perto de Arade.

17 T hen Judah went with his brother Simeon. They killed the Canaanites living in Zephath and destroyed the whole city. The name of the city was called Hormah.

Depois os homens de Judá foram com seus irmãos de Simeão e derrotaram os cananeus que viviam em Zefate, e destruíram totalmente a cidade. Por essa razão ela foi chamada Hormá.

18 J udah took Gaza with its land, Ashkelon with its land, and Ekron with its land.

Os homens de Judá também conquistaram Gaza, Ascalom e Ecrom, com os seus territórios.

19 T he Lord was with Judah. They took the hill country for their own. They could not drive out the people living in the valley, because they had iron war-wagons.

O Senhor estava com os homens de Judá. Eles ocuparam a serra central, mas não conseguiram expulsar os habitantes dos vales, pois estes possuíam carros de guerra feitos de ferro.

20 T hey gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised, and he drove out the three sons of Anak.

Conforme Moisés havia prometido, Hebrom foi dada a Calebe, que expulsou de lá os três filhos de Enaque.

21 B ut the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. So the Jebusites have lived with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

Já os benjamitas deixaram de expulsar os jebuseus que estavam morando em Jerusalém. Os jebuseus vivem ali com os benjamitas até o dia de hoje.

22 T he men of the family of Joseph went up against Bethel. And the Lord was with them.

Os homens das tribos de José, por sua vez, atacaram Betel, e o Senhor estava com eles.

23 T hose of the family of Joseph spied out Bethel. (The name of the city was Luz before.)

Enviaram espias a Betel, anteriormente chamada Luz.

24 T he men who were spying out Bethel saw a man coming out of the city. They said to him, “Show us the way into the city, and we will be kind to you.”

Quando os espias viram um homem saindo da cidade disseram-lhe: “Mostre-nos como entrar na cidade, e nós lhe pouparemos a vida”.

25 S o he showed them the way into the city. They destroyed the city with the sword. But they let the man and all his family go free.

Ele mostrou como entrar, e eles mataram os habitantes da cidade ao fio da espada, mas pouparam o homem e toda a sua família.

26 T he man went into the land of the Hittites. He built a city there and gave it the name of Luz. That is its name to this day. Some of the People Were Not Driven Out of the Land

Ele foi, então, para a terra dos hititas, onde fundou uma cidade e lhe deu o nome de Luz, que é o seu nome até o dia de hoje.

27 B ut the men of Manasseh did not take for their own Bethshean and its towns or Taanach and its towns. They did not drive out the people of Dor and its towns, or of Ibleam and its towns, or of Megiddo and its towns. So the Canaanites stayed in that land.

Manassés, porém, não expulsou o povo de Bete-Seã, o de Taanaque, o de Dor, o de Ibleã, o de Megido, nem tampouco o dos povoados ao redor dessas cidades, pois os cananeus estavam decididos a permanecer naquela terra.

28 W hen Israel became strong, they made the Canaanites work for them. But they did not drive all of them out.

Quando Israel se tornou forte, impôs trabalhos forçados aos cananeus, mas não os expulsou completamente.

29 E phraim did not drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer. So the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

Efraim também não expulsou os cananeus que viviam em Gezer, mas os cananeus continuaram a viver entre eles.

30 Z ebulun did not drive out the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol. So the Canaanites lived among them and were made to work.

Nem Zebulom expulsou os cananeus que viviam em Quitrom e em Naalol, mas estes permaneceram entre eles, e foram submetidos a trabalhos forçados.

31 A sher did not drive out the people of Acco, or the people of Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob.

Nem Aser expulsou os que viviam em Aco, Sidom, Alabe, Aczibe, Helba, Afeque e Reobe,

32 S o the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the people of the land. For they did not drive them out.

e, por esse motivo, o povo de Aser vivia entre os cananeus que habitavam naquela terra.

33 N aphtali did not drive out the people of Beth-shemesh or the people of Beth-anath. But they lived among the Canaanites, the people of the land. The people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were made to work for them.

Nem Naftali expulsou os que viviam em Bete-Semes e em Bete-Anate; mas o povo de Naftali também vivia entre os cananeus que habitavam a terra, e aqueles que viviam em Bete-Semes e em Bete-Anate passaram a fazer trabalhos forçados para eles.

34 T he Amorites drove the people of Dan into the hill country. They did not let them come down to the valley.

Os amorreus confinaram a tribo de Dã à serra central, não permitindo que descessem ao vale.

35 T he Amorites would not leave Mount Heres, Aijalon or Shaalbim. But when the family of Joseph became strong, they made the Amorites work for them.

E os amorreus igualmente estavam decididos a resistir no monte Heres, em Aijalom e em Saalbim, mas, quando as tribos de José ficaram mais poderosas, eles também foram submetidos a trabalhos forçados.

36 T he land of the Amorites was from the hill-side of Akrabbim, up from Sela.

A fronteira dos amorreus ia da subida de Acrabim até Selá, e mais adiante.