1 E nquanto Israel estava em Sitim, o povo começou a entregar-se à imoralidade sexual com mulheres moabitas,

And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.

2 q ue os convidavam aos sacrifícios de seus deuses. O povo comia e se prostrava perante esses deuses.

And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.

3 A ssim Israel se juntou à adoração a Baal-Peor. E a ira do Senhor acendeu-se contra Israel.

And Israel joined himself to Baal-Peor; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.

4 E o Senhor disse a Moisés: “Prenda todos os chefes desse povo, enforque-os diante do Senhor, à luz do sol, para que o fogo da ira do Senhor se afaste de Israel”.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up to Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may be turned away from Israel.

5 E ntão Moisés disse aos juízes de Israel: “Cada um de vocês terá que matar aqueles que dentre os seus homens se juntaram à adoração a Baal-Peor”.

And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay every one his men that have joined themselves to Baal-Peor.

6 U m israelita trouxe para casa uma mulher midianita, na presença de Moisés e de toda a comunidade de Israel, que choravam à entrada da Tenda do Encontro.

And behold, a man of the children of Israel came and brought a Midianitish woman to his brethren, in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of the whole assembly of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the entrance of the tent of meeting.

7 Q uando Finéias, filho de Eleazar, neto do sacerdote Arão, viu isso, apanhou uma lança,

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, and rose up from among the assembly, and took a javelin in his hand,

8 s eguiu o israelita até o interior da tenda e atravessou os dois com a lança; atravessou o corpo do israelita e o da mulher. Então cessou a praga contra os israelitas.

and he went after the man of Israel into the tent-chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. And the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

9 M as os que morreram por causa da praga foram vinte e quatro mil.

And those that died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.

10 E o Senhor disse a Moisés:

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

11 “ Finéias, filho de Eleazar, neto do sacerdote Arão, desviou a minha ira de sobre os israelitas, pois foi zeloso, com o mesmo zelo que tenho por eles, para que em meu zelo eu não os consumisse.

Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

12 D iga-lhe, pois, que estabeleço com ele a minha aliança de paz.

Therefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace!

13 D ele e dos seus descendentes será a aliança do sacerdócio perpétuo, porque ele foi zeloso pelo seu Deus e fez propiciação pelos israelitas”.

And he shall have it, and his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.

14 O nome do israelita que foi morto com a midianita era Zinri, filho de Salu, líder de uma família simeonita.

And the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, the prince of a father's house of the Simeonites.

15 E o nome da mulher midianita que morreu era Cosbi, filha de Zur, chefe de um clã midianita.

And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was tribal head of a father's house in Midian.

16 O Senhor disse a Moisés:

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

17 “ Tratem os midianitas como inimigos e matem-nos,

Harass the Midianites, and smite them,

18 p orque trataram vocês como inimigos quando os enganaram no caso de Peor e de Cosbi, filha de um líder midianita, mulher do povo deles que foi morta pela praga que enviei por causa de Peor”.

for they have harassed you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague because of the matter of Peor.