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

¶ Now after the death of Joshua, it came to pass that the sons of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first to fight against them?

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

And the LORD said, Judah shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hands.

3 E ntão 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.

And Judah said unto Simeon, his brother, Come up with me into my lot that we may fight against the Canaanite; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

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

And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hands, and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

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

And they found Adonibezek in Bezek, and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanite and the Perizzite.

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

But Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

7 E ntão 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.

And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered crumbs under my table; as I have done, so God has recompensed me. And they put him into Jerusalem, and there he died.

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

Now the sons of Judah had fought against Jerusalem and had taken it and smitten it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

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

¶ And afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanite that dwelt in the mountains and in the Negev and in the plains.

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

And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba), and they slew Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

11 D ali avançaram contra o povo que morava em Debir, anteriormente chamada Quiriate-Sefer.

And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir (and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher).

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

And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

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

And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

14 U m 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?”

And it came to pass when he took her that he persuaded her to ask her father for land to cultivate. And she lighted from off her ass, and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

15 E la 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.

And she said unto him, Give me a blessing, for thou hast given me a dry land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

16 O s 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.

And the sons of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the sons of Judah into the wilderness of Judah which is towards the Negev of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

17 D epois 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.

And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanite that inhabited Zephath and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

18 O s homens de Judá também conquistaram Gaza, Ascalom e Ecrom, com os seus territórios.

Also Judah took Gaza with its border and Askelon with its border and Ekron with its border.

19 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.

And the LORD was with Judah, who drove out the inhabitants of the mountains, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains, because they had chariots of iron.

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

And they gave Hebron unto Caleb as Moses had said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.

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

¶ And the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; thus the Jebusites dwell with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

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

And also those of the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

23 E nviaram espias a Betel, anteriormente chamada Luz.

And those of the house of Joseph put spies in Bethel (Now the name of the city before was Luz).

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

And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy.

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

And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man go and all his family.

26 E le 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.

And the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and called the name of it Luz, which is its name unto this day.

27 M anassés, 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.

Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and its towns nor Taanach and its towns nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanite desired to dwell in that land.

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

And it came to pass when Israel was strong that they put the Canaanites under tribute but did not utterly drive them out.

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

Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanite that dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanite dwelt in Gezer among them.

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

Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron nor the inhabitants of Nahalol, but the Canaanite dwelt among them and became tributaries.

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

Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho nor the inhabitants of Zidon nor of Ahlab nor of Achzib nor of Helbah nor of Aphik nor of Rehob;

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

to the contrary Asher dwelt among the Canaanites that inhabited the land, for they did not drive them out.

33 N em 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.

Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh nor the inhabitants of Bethanath, but he dwelt among the Canaanites that inhabited the land; nevertheless, the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

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

And the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the mountain, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley.

35 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.

And the Amorites desired to dwell in Mount Heres in Aijalon and in Shaalbim; yet when the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, they made them tributaries.

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

And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent to Akrabbim from the rock and upward.