II Livro das Crônicas 28

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Acaz tinha a idade de vinte anos, quando começou a reinar. Reinou dezesseis anos em Jerusalém. Não fez o bem aos olhos do Senhor, como havia feito Davi, seu pai,	1 Achaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord as David his father had done,
2 mas trilhou as pegadas dos reis de Israel. Fez até imagens de metal fundido aos Baal.	2 But walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; moreover also he cast statues for Baalim.
3 Queimou perfumes no vale de Beninon e fez passar seus filhos pelo fogo, segundo o abominável costume das nações que o Senhor tinha afastado de diante dos israelitas.	3 It was he that burnt incense in the valley of Benennom, and consecrated his sons in the fire according to the manner of the nations, which the Lord slew at the coming of the children of Israel.
4 Oferecia sacrifícios e perfumes nos lugares altos, nas colinas e debaixo de toda árvore verdejante.	4 He sacrificed also, and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5 O Senhor, seu Deus, entregou-o às mãos do rei da Síria. Os sírios derrotaram-no e fizeram um grande número de prisioneiros que foram deportados para Damasco. Ele também foi entregue às mãos do rei de Israel, que lhe infligiu grande derrota.	5 And the Lord his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Syria, who defeated him, and took a great booty out of his kingdom, and carried it to Damascus: he was also delivered into the hands of the king of Israel, who overthrew him with a great slaughter.
6 Pecá, filho de Romelia, matou, num só dia, cento e vinte mil homens de Judá, todos aguerridos, porque tinham abandonado o Senhor, Deus de seus pais.	6 For Phacee the son of Romelia slew of Juda a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men: because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers.
7 Zecri, um guerreiro de Efraim, matou Maasias, de estirpe real, e Ezrica, chefe do palácio, assim como Elcana, o segundo depois do rei.	7 At the same time Zechri a powerful man of Ephraim, slew Maasias the king's son, and Ezricam the governor of his house, and Elcana who was next to the king.
8 Os israelitas fizeram dentre seus irmãos duzentos mil prisioneiros, mulheres, jovens e donzelas; fizeram também um imenso despojo, que levaram para Samaria.	8 And the children of Israel carried away of their brethren two hundred thousand women, boys, and girls, and an immense booty: and they brought it to Samaria.
9 Ora, havia ali um profeta do Senhor, chamado Oded, o qual saiu ao encontro do exército que entrava em Samaria e lhes disse: Vede: na sua ira contra Judá, o Senhor, Deus de vossos pais, vo-los entregou, e vós os matastes com uma fúria tal, que subiu até o céu.	9 At that time there was a prophet of the Lord there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them: Behold the Lord the God of your fathers being angry with Juda, hath delivered them into your hands, and you have butchered them cruelly, so that your cruelty hath reached up to heaven.
10 E agora quereis oprimir os homens de Judá e de Jerusalém até fazer deles vossos escravos e escravas. Mas, entre vós não há também prevaricações contra o Senhor, vosso Deus?	10 Moreover you have a mind to keep under the children of Juda and Jerusalem for your bondmen and bondwomen, which ought not to be done : for you have sinned in this against the Lord your God.
11 Escutai-me: mandai de volta os cativos que fizestes entre vossos irmãos, pois a ira do Senhor vos ameaça.	11 But hear ye my counsel, and release the captives that you have brought of your brethren, because a great indignation of the Lord hangeth over you.
12 Levantaram-se então alguns dos chefes dos efraimitas. Eram eles Azarias, filho de Joanã, Baraquias, filho de Mosolamot, Ezequias, filho de Selum e Amassa, filho de Adali. Eles se opuseram aos que voltavam do exército.	12 Then some of the chief men of the sons of Ephraim, Azarias the son of Johanan, Barachias the son of Mosollamoth, Ezechias the son of Sellum, and Amasa the son of Adali, stood up against them that came from the war.
13 Não introduzireis aqui esses cativos, disseram-lhes eles. Quereis que nos tornemos culpados contra o Senhor, e que aumentemos assim as nossas faltas que já são suficientemente numerosas? A ira do Senhor já ameaça Israel.	13 And they said to them: You shall not bring in the captives hither, lest we sin against the Lord. Why will you add to our sins, and heap up upon our former offences? for the sin is great, and the fierce anger of the Lord hangeth over Israel.
14 Então, na presença dos chefes e da multidão, os soldados soltaram os presos e abandonaram os despojos.	14 So the soldiers left the spoils, and all that they had taken, before the princes and all the multitude.
15 Em seguida, os homens, cujos nomes acabam de ser citados, acolheram os cativos. Revestiram, com vestes tiradas dos despojos, aqueles que estavam nus, e os calçaram; deram-lhes comida e bebida, ungiram-nos e mandaram-nos a Jericó, a cidade das palmeiras, junto de seus irmãos, tendo colocado sobre jumentos todos os que se achavam extenuados. Depois disso, voltaram para Samaria.	15 And the men, whom we mentioned above, rose up and took the captives, and with the spoils clothed all them that were naked: and when they had clothed and shed them, and refreshed them with meat and drink, and anointed them because of their labour, and had taken care of them, they set such of them as could not walk, and were feeble, upon beasts, and brought them to Jericho the city of palm trees to their brethren, and they returned to Samaria.
16 Naquele tempo o rei Acaz mandou pedir socorro aos reis da Assíria,	16 At that time king Achaz sent to the king of the Assyrians asking help.
17 pois os edomitas tinham voltado para combater os judeus e levá-los prisioneiros.	17 And the Edomites came and slew many of Juda, and took a great booty.
18 Os filisteus tinham também invadido as cidades da planície e do Negeb, de Judá; tinham tomado Betsames, Aialon, Gaderot, Soco e as cidades que delas dependiam, Tamna e seus arrabaldes, Gamzo e seus arrabaldes, e nelas se estabeleceram.	18 The Philistines also spread themselves among the cities of the plains, and to the south of Juda: and they took Bethsames, and Aialon, and Gaderoth, and Socho, and Thamnan, and Gamzo, with their villages, and they dwelt in them.
19 O Senhor humilhava Judá por causa de Acaz, rei de Israel, que tinha soltado os freios em Judá e cometido graves delitos contra o Senhor.	19 For the Lord had humbled Juda because of Achaz the king of Juda, for he had stripped it of help, and had contemned the Lord.
20 Teglat-Falasar, rei da Assíria, em vez de dar-lhe apoio, atacou-o e oprimiu-o.	20 And he brought, against him Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him, and plundered him without any resistance.
21 Em vão Acaz tinha despojado o templo do Senhor, o palácio real e os príncipes para fazer presentes ao rei da Assíria. Tudo isso de nada lhe valeu.	21 And Achaz stripped the house of the Lord, and the house of the kings, and of the princes, and gave gifts to the king of the Assyrians, and yet it availed him nothing.
22 Embora estivesse angustiado, o rei Acaz continuou seus crimes contra o Senhor.	22 Moreover also in the time of his distress he increased contempt against the Lord: king Achaz himself by himself,
23 Oferecia sacrifícios aos deuses de Damasco, que o tinham derrotado: São, dizia ele, os deuses dos reis da Síria que lhes vêm em auxílio; oferecer-lhes-ei, portanto, sacrifícios para que me ajudem igualmente. Mas foram a causa de sua queda e de todo o Israel.	23 Sacrificed victims to the gods of Damascus that struck him, and he said: The gods of the kings of Syria help them, and I will appease them with victims, and they will help me; whereas on the contrary they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
24 Acaz juntou todos os utensílios do templo e os fez em pedaços. Cerrou as portas do templo do Senhor, fabricou altares em todos os cantos de Jerusalém,	24 Then Achaz having taken away all the vessels of the house of God, and broken them, shut up the doors of the temple of God, and made himself altars in all the corners of Jerusalem.
25 assim como lugares altos em cada uma das cidades de Judá para neles oferecer incenso aos deuses falsos. Assim ele exasperava o Senhor, Deus de seus pais.	25 And in all the cities of Juda he built altars to burn frankincense, and he provoked the Lord the God of his fathers to wrath.
26 Seus outros atos, seus feitos e façanhas, dos primeiros aos últimos, tudo isso está relatado nos livros dos reis de Judá e de Israel.	26 But the rest of his acts, and all his works first and last are written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.
27 Adormeceu com seus pais e foi sepultado na cidade, em Jerusalém, pois não o colocaram nos sepulcros dos reis de Israel. Seu filho Ezequias sucedeu-lhe no trono.	27 And Achaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of Jerusalem: for they received him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel. And Ezechias his son reigned in his stead.