| 1 Acaz tinha vinte anos, quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezasseis anos em Jerusalém. Não fez o que era recto na presença do Senhor, como David, seu pai, | 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what is right in the sight of the Lord, as his father David did. |
| 2 mas andou pelos caminhos dos reis de Israel, chegando até a mandar fundir estátuas a Baal. | 2 Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. Moreover, he also cast statues for the Baals. |
| 3 Ele foi o que ofereceu incenso, no vale de Benemon, e o que fez passar seus filhos pelo fogo, segundo o rito das nações que o Senhor destruiu á chegada dos filhos de Israel. | 3 It is he who burned incense in the Valley of the son of Hinnom. And he purified his sons by fire, in accord with the ritual of the nations that the Lord put to death at the advent of the sons of Israel. |
| 4 Sacrificava e queimava perfumes nos lugares altos, nos outeiros e debaixo de todas as árvores frondosas. | 4 Also, he was sacrificing and burning incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every leafy tree. |
| 5 O Senhor seu Deus entregou-o nas mãos do rei da Síria, que o derrotou e que levou para Damasco um grande número de prisioneiros. Entregou-o também nas mãos do rei de Israel, o qual lhe infligiu uma grande derrota. | 5 And so the Lord, his God, delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria, who struck him and took great plunder from his kingdom. And he carried it away to Damascus. Also, he was delivered into the hands of the king of Israel, and he struck him with great affliction. |
| 6 Faceia, filho de Romelia, matou, num só dia, cento e vinte mil homens de Judá, todos homens guerreiros, porque eles tinham abandonado o Senhor Deus de seus pais. | 6 And Pekah, the son of Remaliah, killed, on one day, one hundred twenty thousand, all of them men of war from Judah, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. |
| 7 No mesmo tempo Zecri, homem poderoso de Efraim, matou Maasias, filho do rei, e Ezrica, mordomo-mor da sua casa, e Elcana, o segundo depois do rei. | 7 In the same time, Zichri, a powerful man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah, the son of the king, and Azrikam, the governor of his house, and also Elkanah, who was second to the king. |
| 8 Os filhos de Israel fizeram cativos duzentos mil de seus irmãos, mulheres, rapazes e raparigas, e recolheram imensos despojos, que levaram para Samaria. | 8 And the sons of Israel seized, from their brothers, two hundred thousand women, boys, and girls, and immense plunder. And they took it away to Samaria. |
| 9 Achava-se então lá um profeta do Senhor, chamado Obed, o qual, saindo ao encontro do exército que ia para Samaria, lhes disse: Vós vedes que o Senhor Deus de vossos pais, irado contra Judá, vo-los entregou nas mãos, e vós os malastes ferozmente, de sorte que a vossa crueldade chegou até ao céu. | 9 At that time, there was a prophet of the Lord there, named Oded. And going out to meet the army arriving in Samaria, he said to them: “Behold, the Lord, the God of your fathers, having become angry against Judah, has delivered them into your hands. But you have killed them by atrocities, so that your cruelty has reached up to heaven. |
| 10 Além disto, quereis ainda sujeitar os filhos de Judá e de Jerusalém, para serem escravos e escravas. Porventura não tendes, também vós, ofensas contra o Senhor vosso Deus? | 10 Moreover, you wanted to subjugate the sons of Judah and Jerusalem as your men and women servants, which is a work that should never be done. And so you sinned in this matter against the Lord your God. |
| 11 Ouvi o meu conselho: reconduzi os cativos que trouxestes dentre os vossos irmãos, porque um grande furor do Senhor está iminente sobre vós. | 11 But listen to my counsel, and release the captives, whom you have brought from your brothers. For a great fury of the Lord is hanging over you.” |
| 12 Então, alguns dos chefes dos filhos de Efraim, a saber, Azarias, filho de Joanan, Baraquias, filho de Mosolamot, Ezequias, filho de Selum, e Amasa, filho de Adali, puseram-se diante dos que voltavam da batalha. | 12 And so, some of the leaders of the sons of Ephraim, Azariah, the son of Johanan, Berechiah, the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah, the son of Shallum, and Amasa, the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who were arriving from the battle. |
| 13 e disseram-lhes: Não introduzais aqui os cativos, não suceda que pequemos contra o Senhor. Por que quereis vós aumentar o número dos nossos pecados e cumular a medida dos antigos delitos? Já somos demasiado culpados, e a ira do furor do Senhor está iminente sobre Israel. | 13 And they said to them: “You shall not lead back captives to here, lest we sin against the Lord. Why are you willing to add to our sins, and to build upon our old offenses? For indeed, the sin is great, and the furious anger of the Lord is hanging over Israel.” |
| 14 Então aqueles homens guerreiros deixaram a presa e tudo o que tinham tomado, diante dos chefes e de toda a multidão. | 14 And the warriors released the spoils and all that they had seized, in the sight of the leaders and the entire multitude. |
| 15 Os homens, de que falámos acima, pararam e, pegando nos cativos, vestiram, com os despojos, todos os que estavam nus, e, depois de os vestirem e calçarem, de os refazerem com comida e bebida, de os ungirem e cuidarem deles, puseram sobre jumentos a todos os que não podiam andar e eram fracos do corpo, e levaram-nos a Jericó, cidade das Palmeiras, a seus irmãos. Depois voltaram para Samaria. | 15 And the men, whom we mentioned above, rose up and took the captives. All those who were naked, they clothed from the spoils. And when they had clothed them, and had given them shoes, and had refreshed them with food and drink, and had anointed them because of the hardship, and had cared for them, whoever was not able to walk and whoever was feeble in body, they set them upon beasts of burden, and they led them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers, and they themselves returned to Samaria. |
| 16 Neste tempo o rei Acaz mandou pedir socorro ao rei dos Assírios. | 16 In that time, king Ahaz sent to the king of the Assyrians, requesting assistance. |
| 17 Vieram os Idumeus, mataram muitos de Judá e tomaram uma grande presa. | 17 And the Edomites arrived and struck down many of Judah, and they seized great plunder. |
| 18 Os Filisteus também se espalharam pelas cidades da planície e pela parte meridional de Judá, e tomaram Betsames, Ajalon, Gaderot, Soco, Tamnan, Gamzo, com as suas aldeias, e estabeleceram-se nelas. | 18 Also, the Philistines spread out among the cities of the plains, and to the south of Judah. And they seized Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and also Soco, and Timnah, and Gimzo, with their villages, and they lived in them. |
| 19 O Senhor, pois, tinha humilhado Judá, por causa de Acaz, rei de Judá, que tinha trazido a dissolução a Judá e pecado contra o Senhor. | 19 For the Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz, the king of Judah, since he had stripped it of help, and had shown contempt for the Lord. |
| 20 Fez o Senhor ir contra ele Teglatfalasar, rei dos Assírios, que também o bateu e destruiu, sem encontrar resistência alguma. | 20 And he led against him Tilgath-pilneser, the king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him and laid waste to him, without resistance. |
| 21 Acaz, despojada a casa do Senhor e o palácio dos reis e dos príncipes, presenteou o rei dos Assírios, mas isto não lhe serviu de nada. | 21 And so Ahaz, despoiling the house of the Lord, and the house of the kings and the leaders, gave gifts to the king of the Assyrians, and yet it profited him nothing. |
| 22 Além disto, mesmo no tempo da sua maior aflição, continuou a pecar contra o Senhor; ele mesmo, o rei Acaz, | 22 Moreover, in the time of his anguish, he also added to his contempt against the Lord. King Ahaz himself, by himself, |
| 23 imolou vítimas aos deuses de Damasco, que o tinham ferido, e disse: Visto que os deuses dos reis da Síria dão socorro a estes, eu os aplacarei com sacrifícios, e eles me assistirão. Pelo contrário, eles foram a sua ruína e de todo o Israel. | 23 immolated victims to the gods of Damascus, those who had struck him. And he said: “The gods of the kings of Syria assist them, and so I will please them with victims, and they will help me.” But to the contrary, they had been the ruin of him and of all Israel. |
| 24 Acaz, tendo tomado e feito em pedaços todos os vasos da casa de Deus, fechou as portas do templo de Deus e mandou levantar altares para si em todas as praças de Jerusalém. | 24 And so, Ahaz, having despoiled and broken apart all the vessels of the house of God, closed up the doors of the temple of God, and made for himself altars in all the corners of Jerusalem. |
| 25 Levantou também altares em todas as cidades de Judá para queimar incenso e provocou a ira do Senhor Deus de seus pais. | 25 Also, he constructed altars in all the cities of Judah, in order to burn frankincense, and so he provoked the Lord, the God of his fathers, to wrath. |
| 26 O resto de suas ações e de todas as suas obras, desde o princípio até ao fim, está escrito no livro dos reis de Judá e de Israel. | 26 But the rest of his words, and all his works, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. |
| 27 Acaz adormeceu com seus pais, e sepultaram-no na cidade de Jerusalém, mas não o puseram nos sepulcros dos reis de Israel. Seu filho Ezequias reinou em seu lugar. | 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers. And they buried him in the city of Jerusalem. And they did not allow him to be in the sepulchers of the kings of Israel. And his son, Hezekiah, reigned in his place. |
