Livro de Judite 4

SAGRADA BIBLIA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Ouvindo isso, os israelitas de Judá ficaram muito alarmados com a aproximação (de Holofernes).	1 Now the children of Israel, that dwelt in Judea, heard all that Holofernes the chief captain of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians had done to the nations, and after what manner he had spoiled all their temples, and brought them to nought.
2 O medo e o terror apoderaram-se deles, temendo que ele fizesse a Jerusalém e ao templo do Senhor o mesmo que ele fizera às outras cidades e aos seus templos.	2 Therefore they were exceedingly afraid of him, and were troubled for Jerusalem, and for the temple of the Lord their God:
3 Mandaram mensageiros por toda a Samaria e seus arredores até Jericó, e ocuparam todos os cumes dos montes.	3 For they were newly returned from the captivity, and all the people of Judea were lately gathered together: and the vessels, and the altar, and the house, were sanctified after the profanation.
4 Cercaram de muros todas as suas cidades e armazenaram trigo para poderem sustentar o combate.	4 Therefore they sent into all the coasts of Samaria, and the villages and to Bethoron, and Belmen, and Jericho, and to Choba, and Esora, and to the valley of Salem:
5 De seu lado, o sumo sacerdote Eliacim escreveu a todos os que habitavam defronte de Esdrelon, que está fronteira à grande planície vizinha de Dotain, e a todos os das terras pelas quais havia passagens,	5 And possessed themselves beforehand of all the tops of the high mountains, and fortified the villages that were in them, and laid up victuals for the provision of war: for their fields were of late reaped.
6 pedindo-lhes que ocupassem as vertentes montanhosas que davam acesso a Jerusalém, e que pusessem guarnições nos desfiladeiros por onde se pudesse passar.	6 Also Joacim the high priest, which was in those days in Jerusalem, wrote to them that dwelt in Bethulia, and Betomestham, which is over against Esdraelon toward the open country, near to Dothaim,
7 Os israelitas executaram todas as ordens de Eliacim, sacerdote do Senhor.	7 Charging them to keep the passages of the hill country: for by them there was an entrance into Judea, and it was easy to stop them that would come up, because the passage was straight, for two men at the most.
8 Todo o povo orou fervorosamente ao Senhor; humilharam suas almas com jejuns e orações, eles e suas mulheres.	8 And the children of Israel did as Joacim the high priest had commanded them, with the ancients of all the people of Israel, which dwelt at Jerusalem.
9 Os sacerdotes vestiram-se de cilício, as crianças prostraram-se diante do templo do Senhor, e cobriu-se o altar do Senhor com um cilício.	9 Then every man of Israel cried to God with great fervency, and with great vehemency did they humble their souls:
10 Unidos de coração e de alma, clamaram ao Senhor que não entregasse seus filhos à rapina do vencedor, suas mulheres à devassidão, suas cidades ao extermínio, seu templo à profanação, e não permitisse que eles próprios se tornassem o opróbrio das nações pagãs.	10 Both they, and their wives and their children, and their cattle, and every stranger and hireling, and their servants bought with money, put sackcloth upon their loins.
11 Eliacim, sumo sacerdote do Senhor, percorreu então todo o país de Israel e falou ao povo	11 Thus every man and women, and the little children, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, fell before the temple, and cast ashes upon their heads, and spread out their sackcloth before the face of the Lord: also they put sackcloth about the altar,
12 nestes termos: Estai certos de que o Senhor vos ouvirá, se perseverardes jejuando e orando em sua presença.	12 And cried to the God of Israel all with one consent earnestly, that he would not give their children for a prey, and their wives for a spoil, and the cities of their inheritance to destruction, and the sanctuary to profanation and reproach, and for the nations to rejoice at.
13 Lembrai-vos de Moisés, servo do Senhor: Amalec, que confiava em sua força, em seu poder, em seu exército, em seus escudos, em seus carros e cavaleiros, foi derrotado por ele, não com a força das armas, mas com o poder da santa oração.	13 So God heard their prayers, and looked upon their afflictions: for the people fasted many days in all Judea and Jerusalem before the sanctuary of the Lord Almighty.
14 Isso mesmo acontecerá a todos os inimigos de Israel, se perseverardes na obra que começastes.	14 And Joacim the high priest, and all the priests that stood before the Lord, and they which ministered unto the Lord, had their loins girt with sackcloth, and offered the daily burnt offerings, with the vows and free gifts of the people,
15 Com tais exortações, os israelitas puseram-se a orar diante do Senhor;	15 And had ashes on their mitres, and cried unto the Lord with all their power, that he would look upon all the house of Israel graciously.
16 mesmo aqueles que ofereciam holocaustos ao Senhor, faziam-no revestidos de sacos e com a cabeça coberta de cinzas.
17 E todos rogavam a Deus, de todo o seu coração, que visitasse o seu povo de Israel.