1 T ambém estava lá um desordeiro chamado Seba, filho de Bicri, de Benjamim. Ele tocou a trombeta e gritou: “Não temos parte alguma com Davi, nenhuma herança com o filho de Jessé! Para casa todos, ó Israel!”

And there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

2 E ntão todos os de Israel abandonaram Davi para seguir Seba, filho de Bicri. Mas os de Judá permaneceram com seu rei e o acompanharam desde o Jordão até Jerusalém.

So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

3 Q uando Davi voltou ao palácio, em Jerusalém, mandou confinar numa casa, sob guarda, as dez concubinas que tinha deixado tomando conta do palácio. Ele as sustentou, mas nunca mais as possuiu. Ficaram confinadas, vivendo como viúvas até a morte.

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

4 E o rei disse a Amasa: “Convoque os homens de Judá e, dentro de três dias, apresente-se aqui com eles”.

Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.

5 M as Amasa levou mais tempo para convocar Judá do que o prazo estabelecido pelo rei.

So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

6 D isse então Davi a Abisai: “Agora Seba, filho de Bicri, será pior para nós do que Absalão. Chame os meus soldados e persiga-o, antes que ele encontre alguma cidade fortificada e, depois, nos arranque os olhos”.

And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

7 A ssim, os soldados de Joabe, os queretitas, os peletitas e todos os guerreiros saíram de Jerusalém para perseguir Seba, filho de Bicri.

And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

8 Q uando estavam junto à grande rocha de Gibeom, Amasa encontrou-se com eles. Joabe vestia seu traje militar e tinha um cinto com um punhal na bainha. Ao aproximar-se de Amasa, deixou cair a adaga.

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

9 “ Como vai, meu irmão?”, disse Joabe, pegando Amasa pela barba com a mão direita, para beijá-lo.

And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

10 E Amasa, não percebendo o punhal na mão esquerda de Joabe, foi por ele golpeado no estômago. Suas entranhas se derramaram no chão, e ele morreu, sem necessidade de um segundo golpe. Então Joabe e Abisai, seu irmão, perseguiram Seba, filho de Bicri.

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

11 U m dos soldados de Joabe ficou ao lado do corpo de Amasa e disse: “Quem estiver do lado de Joabe e de Davi, que siga Joabe!”

And there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.

12 A masa jazia numa poça de sangue no meio da estrada. Quando o homem viu que todos os que se aproximavam do corpo de Amasa paravam, arrastou-o para fora da estrada e o cobriu com uma coberta.

And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

13 D epois que o corpo de Amasa foi retirado da estrada, todos os homens seguiram com Joabe em perseguição a Seba, filho de Bicri.

When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

14 S eba atravessou todas as tribos de Israel e chegou até Abel-Bete-Maaca, e todos os bicritas se reuniram para segui-lo.

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

15 O exército de Joabe veio, cercou Seba em Abel-Bete-Maaca e construiu contra a cidade uma rampa que chegou até a muralha externa. Quando o exército de Joabe estava para derrubar a muralha,

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

16 u ma mulher sábia gritou da cidade: “Ouçam! Ouçam! Digam a Joabe que venha aqui para que eu fale com ele”.

Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

17 Q uando ele se aproximou, a mulher perguntou: “Tu és Joabe?” Ele respondeu: “Sim”. Ela disse: “Ouve o que a tua serva tem para dizer-te”. “Estou ouvindo”, disse ele.

And he came near unto her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thy handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

18 E ela prosseguiu: “Antigamente se dizia: ‘Peça conselho na cidade de Abel’, e isso resolvia a questão.

Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

19 N ós somos pacíficos e fiéis em Israel. Tu procuras destruir uma cidade que é mãe em Israel. Por que queres arruinar a herança do Senhor ?”

I am of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

20 R espondeu Joabe: “Longe de mim uma coisa dessas! Longe de mim arruinar e destruir esta cidade!

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

21 N ão é esse o problema. Mas um homem chamado Seba, filho de Bicri, dos montes de Efraim, rebelou-se contra o rei Davi. Entreguem-me esse homem, e iremos embora”. A mulher disse a Joabe: “A cabeça dele te será jogada do alto da muralha”.

The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

22 E ntão a mulher foi falar com todo o povo, dando o seu sábio conselho, e eles cortaram a cabeça de Seba, filho de Bicri, e a jogaram para Joabe. Ele tocou a trombeta, e seus homens se dispersaram, abandonaram o cerco da cidade e cada um voltou para sua casa. E Joabe voltou ao rei, em Jerusalém.

Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And he blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

23 J oabe comandava todo o exército de Israel; Benaia, filho de Joiada, comandava os queretitas e os peletitas;

Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;

24 A donirão era chefe do trabalho forçado; Josafá, filho de Ailude, era arquivista real;

and Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

25 S eva era secretário; Zadoque e Abiatar eram sacerdotes;

and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

26 e Ira, de Jair, era sacerdote de Davi.

and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister unto David.