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 a man of Belial happened to be there, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a man of Jemini, and he blew the shofar, saying, We have no part 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 after David and followed Sheba, the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah cleaved 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 when David came to his house at Jerusalem, the king took the ten women, his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward and fed them, but did not go 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 the king said to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah for the third day, 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 assemble the men of Judah, 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 Sheba, the son of Bichri, shall do us more harm than Absalom; take thou thy lord’s slaves and pursue after him lest he find fenced cities and escape us.

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

Then Joab’s men went out after him, 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 out and met them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in its sheath, 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, Art thou in peace, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the 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 of the sword that was in Joab’s hand; and he smote him with it in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground and struck him not again; and he died. So 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 one of Joab’s servants stood by him, and said, He that favours Joab and he that is for David, let him go after 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 had wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stopped, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field and cast a garment upon him because he saw that every one that came by him stopped.

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 that followed Joab passed on, 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 Bethmaachah and all the Berites; and they were gathered together and also went 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 Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and the people went against the wall; 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 a wise woman cried out in the city, Hear, hear, I pray you, tell Joab to come here, that I may speak with him.

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 when he had come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thy handmaid. And he answered, I hear.

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

Then she spoke, saying, They used to speak in old times, saying, If you have a question ask it at Abel; and so they concluded 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 one of those that are peaceable and faithful in Israel, and thou seekest to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel; why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

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 Mount Ephraim, Sheba, the son of Bichri, by name, has lifted up his hand against King David; give only him over, 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 cast it out to Joab. And he blew the shofar, and they retired from the city, each one 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;

¶ So Joab remained 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 tribute, and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was writer of the chronicles,

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

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

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

and Ira, the Jairite, was David’s priest.