1 S aul tinha trinta anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou sobre Israel quarenta e dois anos.

¶ Saul was as a son of one year when he began to reign, and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

2 S aul escolheu três mil homens de Israel; dois mil ficaram com ele em Micmás e nos montes de Betel, e mil ficaram com Jônatas em Gibeá de Benjamim. O restante dos homens ele mandou de volta para suas tendas.

Saul chose three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in Mount Bethel and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and of the rest of the people he sent each one to his tent.

3 J ônatas atacou os destacamentos dos filisteus em Gibeá, e os filisteus foram informados disso. Então Saul mandou tocar a trombeta por todo o país dizendo: “Que os hebreus fiquem sabendo disto!”

And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul caused the shofar to be blown throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

4 E todo o Israel ouviu a notícia de que Saul tinha atacado o destacamento dos filisteus, atraindo o ódio dos filisteus sobre Israel. Então os homens foram convocados para se unirem a Saul em Gilgal.

And all Israel heard it said that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines and also that Israel had become a stench unto the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

5 O s filisteus reuniram-se para lutar contra Israel, com três mil carros de guerra, seis mil condutores de carros e tantos soldados quanto a areia da praia. Eles foram a Micmás, a leste de Bete-Áven e lá acamparam.

Then the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude; and they came up and pitched camp in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

6 Q uando os soldados de Israel viram que a situação era difícil e que o seu exército estava sendo muito pressionado, esconderam-se em cavernas e buracos, entre as rochas e em poços e cisternas.

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves and in thickets and in rocks and in high places and in pits.

7 A lguns hebreus até atravessaram o Jordão para chegar à terra de Gade e de Gileade. Saul ficou em Gilgal, e os soldados que estavam com ele tremiam de medo.

And some of the Hebrews went over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

8 E le esperou sete dias, o prazo estabelecido por Samuel; mas este não chegou a Gilgal, e os soldados de Saul começaram a se dispersar.

¶ And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were deserting from him.

9 E ele ordenou: “Tragam-me o holocausto e os sacrifícios de comunhão ”. Saul então ofereceu o holocausto;

Then Saul said, Bring me a burnt offering and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

10 q uando terminou de oferecê-lo, Samuel chegou, e Saul foi saudá-lo.

And it came to pass that as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him that he might bless him.

11 P erguntou-lhe Samuel: “O que você fez?” Saul respondeu: “Quando vi que os soldados estavam se dispersando e que não tinhas chegado no prazo estabelecido, e que os filisteus estavam reunidos em Micmás,

Then Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were leaving me and that thou didst not come within the days appointed and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash,

12 p ensei: Agora, os filisteus me atacarão em Gilgal, e eu não busquei o Senhor. Por isso senti-me obrigado a oferecer o holocausto”.

therefore, I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD. I forced myself, therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

13 D isse Samuel: “Você agiu como tolo, desobedecendo ao mandamento que o Senhor, o seu Deus, lhe deu; se você tivesse obedecido, ele teria estabelecido para sempre o seu reinado sobre Israel.

Then Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee, for now the LORD would have established thy kingdom over Israel for ever.

14 M as agora o seu reinado não permanecerá; o Senhor procurou um homem segundo o seu coração e o designou líder de seu povo, pois você não obedeceu ao mandamento do Senhor ”.

But now thy kingdom shall not stand; the LORD has sought a man after his own heart unto whom the LORD has commanded that he be captain over his people because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

15 E ntão Samuel partiu de Gilgal e foi a Gibeá de Benjamim, e Saul contou os soldados que estavam com ele. Eram cerca de seiscentos. A Desvantagem Militar de Israel

¶ And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

16 S aul e seu filho Jônatas, acompanhados de seus soldados, ficaram em Gibeá de Benjamim, enquanto os filisteus estavam acampados em Micmás.

And Saul and Jonathan, his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

17 U ma tropa de ataque saiu do acampamento filisteu em três divisões. Uma foi em direção a Ofra, nos arredores de Sual,

And three companies came out of the camp of the Philistines to destroy the land. One company turned unto the way that leads to Ophrah unto the land of Shual.

18 o utra em direção a Bete-Horom, e a terceira em direção à região fronteiriça de onde se avista o vale de Zeboim, diante do deserto.

Another company turned the way to Bethhoron, and another company turned to the way of the border that looks to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

19 N aquela época não havia nem mesmo um único ferreiro em toda a terra de Israel, pois os filisteus não queriam que os hebreus fizessem espadas e lanças.

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, Lest peradventure the Hebrews make swords or spears.

20 A ssim, eles tinham que ir aos filisteus para afiar seus arados, enxadas, machados e foices.

But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen each man his share and his coulter and his axe and his mattock

21 O preço para afiar rastelos e enxadas era oito gramas de prata, e quatro gramas de prata para afiar tridentes, machados e pontas de aguilhadas.

and when they had nicks in the mattocks and the coulters and the forks and the axes, or to fix a goad.

22 P or isso, no dia da batalha, nenhum soldado de Saul e Jônatas tinha espada ou lança nas mãos, exceto o próprio Saul e seu filho Jônatas. Jônatas Ataca os Filisteus

So it came to pass in the day of battle that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan except with Saul and with Jonathan his son who had them.

23 A conteceu que um destacamento filisteu foi para o desfiladeiro de Micmás.

And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.