I Livro de Samuel 30

SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Tendo Davi e seus homens chegado a Siceleg ao terceiro dia, com sua tropa, tinham os amalecitas feito uma incursão no Negeb e em Siceleg, ferindo e incendiando a cidade.	1 And when David and his men had arrived at Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the south side against Ziklag. And they had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire.
2 Haviam tomado as mulheres e todos os que ali se achavam, desde o menor até o maior; não mataram ninguém, mas levaram todos cativos para a sua terra.	2 And they had led the women in it away as captives, from the small to the great. And they had not killed anyone, but they led them away with them. And then they traveled on their journey.
3 Davi e seus homens, ao chegarem, encontraram a cidade incendiada, e suas mulheres, filhos e filhas levados cativos.	3 Therefore, when David and his men had arrived at the city, and had found it burned with fire, and that their wives and their sons and daughters had been led away as captives,
4 Por isso choraram até não poder mais.	4 David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices. And they mourned until the tears in them failed.
5 As duas mulheres de Davi, Aquinoã de Jezrael e Abigail de Carmelo, viúva de Nabal, estavam também presas.	5 For indeed, the two wives of David also had been led away as captives: Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
6 Davi afligiu-se em extremo, porque os seus queriam apedrejá-lo, estando todos amargurados por causa da perda de seus filhos e filhas. Mas Davi se reconfortou no Senhor, seu Deus.	6 And David was greatly saddened. And the people were willing to stone him, because the soul of every man was bitter over his sons and daughters. But David was strengthened by the Lord his God.
7 E disse ao sacerdote Abiatar, filho de Aquimelec: Traze-me o efod. Abiatar trouxe-lhe o efod.	7 And he said to the priest Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring the ephod to me.” And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 Davi consultou o Senhor: Devo perseguir essa gente? Alcançá-la-ei? Persegue-os, respondeu o Senhor; tu os alcançarás certamente e os vencerás.	8 And David consulted the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue these robbers, and will I overtake them, or not?” And the Lord said to him: “Pursue. For without doubt, you will overtake them and find the prey.”
9 Davi pôs-se em marcha com os seiscentos homens de sua tropa, e chegaram à torrente de Besor, onde ficaram os que já estavam esgotados.	9 Therefore, David went away, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they arrived as far as the torrent Besor. And certain ones, being weary, stayed there.
10 Davi prosseguiu a perseguição com quatrocentos homens, pois duzentos tinham ficado atrás, estando por demais cansados para poderem atravessar a torrente de Besor.	10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men. For two hundred stayed, who, being weary, were not able to cross the torrent Besor.
11 Encontraram no campo um egípco e levaram-no a Davi. Deram-lhe pão para comer, água para beber,	11 And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and they led him to David. And they gave him bread, so that he might eat, and water, so that he might drink,
12 um pedaço de torta de figos secos e duas tortas de uvas secas. Ele comeu e recobrou as forças, porque havia três dias e três noites que nada tinha comido nem bebido.	12 and also a section of a mass of dried figs, and two clusters of dried grapes. And when he had eaten, his spirit returned, and he was refreshed. For he had not eaten bread, nor drank water, for three days and three nights.
13 Davi disse-lhe: Quem és tu, e de onde és? Eu sou um escravo egípcio, respondeu ele, a serviço de um amalecita. Meu senhor abandonou-me há três dias, porque caí doente.	13 And so David said to him: “To whom do you belong? Or where are you from? And where are you going?” And he said: “I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalekite man. But my lord abandoned me, because I began to be sick the day before yesterday.
14 Fizemos uma incursão no Negeb dos cereteus, no território de Judá, no Negeb de Caleb, e incendiamos Siceleg.	14 For indeed, we broke forth to the southern side of Cherethi, and against Judah, and to the south of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
15 Davi disse-lhe: Queres conduzir-me a esse bando? Jura-me pelo nome de Deus, respondeu o homem, que não me matarás, nem me entregarás ao meu senhor, e eu te guiarei até esse bando.	15 And David said to him, “Are you able to lead me to this battle line?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me, and that you will not deliver me into the hands of my lord, and I will lead you to this battle line.” And David swore to him.
16 Guiados pelo egípcio, alcançaram-nos. Os amalecitas estavam espalhados por todo o campo, comendo, bebendo e festejando por causa da enorme presa que tinham tomado na terra dos filisteus e de Judá.	16 And when he had led him, behold, they were stretched out on the face of the land everywhere, eating and drinking and celebrating, as if it were a feast day, because of all the prey and spoils that they had taken from the land of the Philistines, and from the land of Judah.
17 Davi feriu-os do romper do dia à tarde do dia seguinte, e só escaparam quatrocentos homens, que fugiram montados em camelos.	17 And David struck them down from evening until the evening of the next day. And no one among them escaped, except four hundred youths, who had climbed on camels and fled.
18 Recobrou Davi tudo o que os amalecitas tinham tomado, salvando também as suas duas mulheres.	18 Therefore, David rescued all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
19 E não faltou ninguém, nem pequeno nem grande, nem filho nem filha, nem o que quer que seja do espólio que tinham levado: Davi reconduziu tudo de volta.	19 And nothing was missing, from small even to great, among the sons and daughters, and among the spoils, and among everything whatsoever that they had seized. David returned it all.
20 E tomou também todos os rebanhos e manadas, diante dos quais iam os homens, gritando: Eis a presa de Davi!	20 And he took all the flocks and the herds, and he drove them before his face. And they said, “This is the prey of David.”
21 Foi, pois, Davi juntar-se aos duzentos homens deixados na torrente de Besor, por estarem cansados demais para segui-lo. E eles vieram ao encontro de Davi e de sua tropa, e Davi saudou-os ao chegar junto deles.	21 Then David arrived at the two hundred men, who, being weary, had stayed, for they had not been able to follow David, and he had ordered them to remain at the torrent Besor. And they went out to meet David, and the people who were with him. Then David, drawing near to the people, greeted them peacefully.
22 Todos os malvados, porém, todos os maus elementos que se encontravam na tropa de Davi, começaram a dizer: Visto que eles não foram conosco, nada lhes daremos do espólio recuperado, salvo, a cada um, a sua mulher e seus filhos. Que os tomem e se retirem!	22 And all the wicked and iniquitous men, out of the men who had gone with David, responding, said: “Since they did not go with us, we will not give to them anything from the prey that we have rescued. But let his wife and children be enough for each of them; when they have accepted this, they may go back.”
23 Não façais assim, meus irmãos, interveio Davi, com o que o Senhor nos deu, depois de nos ter protegido e nos ter entregue nas mãos a tropa que se tinha levantado contra nós!	23 But David said: “You shall not do this, my brothers, with these things that the Lord has delivered to us, for he has preserved us, and he has given into our hands the robbers who broke out among us.
24 Quem poderia aceitar a proposta que fazeis? A parte dos que ficaram junto às bagagens será a mesma que a daqueles que foram ao combate. Eles compartilharão.	24 And so, let no one heed you over these words. But equal shall be the portion of him who descended to the battle, and of him who remained with the supplies, and they will divide it alike.”
25 A partir daquele dia, estabeleceu Davi em Israel esse costume e esse direito que subsiste ainda hoje.	25 And this has been done from that day and thereafter. And it was established as a statute, and as if a law, in Israel even to this day.
26 De volta a Siceleg, enviou Davi uma parte do espólio aos anciãos de Judá, seus amigos, com esta mensagem: Eis um presente para vós, proveniente do espólio tomado aos inimigos do Senhor.	26 Then David went to Ziklag, and he sent gifts from the prey to the elders of Judah, his neighbors, saying, “Receive a blessing from the prey of the enemies of the Lord,”
27 Enviou igualmente uma parte aos de Betel, de Ramot, do Negeb,	27 to those who were in Bethel, and who were in Ramoth toward the south, and who were in Jattir,
28 de Jeter, de Aroer, de Sefamot, de Estamo,	28 and who were in Aroer, and who were in Siphmoth, and who were in Eshtemoa,
29 de Racal, aos das cidades dos jerameelitas, aos das cidades dos cineus, aos de Arama,	29 and who were in Racal, and who were in the cities of Jerahmeel, and who were in the cities of Keni,
30 de Cor-Asã, de Atac,	30 and who were in Hormah, and who were at the lake of Ashan, and who were in Athach,
31 de Hebron e de todos os lugares por onde Davi tinha passado com seus homens.	31 and who were in Hebron, and to the remainder who were in those places where David had stayed, he and his men.