I Livro dos Macabeus 3

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Seu filho Judas, cognominado Macabeu, ficou em seu lugar.	1 Then his son Judas, called Machabeus, rose up in his stead.
2 Todos os seus irmãos o auxiliaram, bem como todos os que se tinham unido a seu pai, aceitando generosamente a promessa de combater por Israel.	2 And all his brethren helped him, and all they that had joined themselves to his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel.
3 Dilatou a glória do povo; revestiu-se com a couraça como um gigante, cingiu-se com as armas de guerra, e empenhava-se nos combates, protegendo seu exército com sua espada.	3 And he got his people great honour, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike armour about him in battles, and protected the camp with his sword.
4 Assemelhava-se nas ações a um leão, e parecia um leãozinho que ruge na caçada.	4 In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion's whelp roaring for his prey.
5 Perseguia e rebuscava com cuidado os traidores e lançava ao fogo os que perseguiam seu povo.	5 And he pursued the wicked and sought them out, and them that troubled his people he burnt with fire:
6 Os maus recuavam diante dele transidos de medo, tremiam os que praticavam o mal e a salvação do povo firmava-se em suas mãos.	6 And his enemies were driven away for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled: and salvation prospered in his hand.
7 Seus feitos exasperavam os reis, mas alegravam Jacó, e sua memória permaneceu eternamente bendita.	7 And he grieved many kings, and made Jacob glad with his works, and his memory is blessed for ever.
8 Percorreu as cidades expulsando de Judá os ímpios, desviando assim de Israel a cólera divina.	8 And he went through the cities of Juda, and destroyed the wicked out of them, and turned away wrath from Israel.
9 Seu nome foi pronunciado até as extremidades da terra, e ele conseguiu a adesão daqueles que estavam a ponto de perecer.	9 And he was renowned even to the utmost part of the earth, and he gathered them that were perishing.
10 Aconteceu que Apolônio convocou os gentios e, de Samaria, partiu com um grande exército para pelejar contra Israel.	10 And Apollonius gathered together the Gentiles, and a numerous and great army from Samaria, to make war against Israel.
11 Soube-o Judas, saiu-lhe ao encontro, venceu-o e o matou; muitos caíram aos seus golpes e os restantes puseram-se em fuga.	11 And Judas understood it, and went forth to meet him: and he overthrew him, and killed him: and many fell down slain, the rest fled away.
12 Apoderou-se dos espólios, tomou a espada de Apolônio, e desde então usava-a sempre nos combates.	12 And he took their spoils, and Judas took the sword of Apollonius, and fought with it all his lifetime.
13 Seron, general do exército sírio, veio a saber que Judas cercara-se de soldados fiéis convocados e que ele os levara ao combate.	13 And Seron captain of the army of Syria heard that Judas had assembled a company of the faithful, and a congregation with him,
14 Tornar-me-ei célebre, disse ele, e cobrir-me-ei de glória no reino, vencerei Judas com seus correligionários, que se opõem às ordens reais.	14 And he said: I will get me a name, and will be glorified in the kingdom, and will overthrow Judas, and those that are with him, that have despised the edict of the king.
15 Armou-se ele para a guerra. Um poderoso exército de ímpios marchou com ele, para reforçar e tomar vingança dos filhos de Israel.	15 And he made himself ready: and the host of the wicked went up with him, strong succours, to be revenged of the children of Israel.
16 Avançaram até a muralha de Betoron e Judas, seguido de poucos homens, foi-lhe ao encontro.	16 And they approached even as far as Bethoron: and Judas went forth to meet him, with a small company.
17 Mas à vista do exército que vinha contra eles, os companheiros de Judas disseram-lhe: Como poderemos enfrentar tamanho exército, se somos tão poucos, tanto mais que nos sentimos fracos, porque hoje nada temos comido?	17 But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting today?
18 É fácil, respondeu Judas, a um punhado de gente fazer-se respeitar por muitos; para o Deus do céu não há diferença entre a salvação de uma multidão e de um punhado de homens,	18 And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company:
19 porque a vitória no combate não depende do número, mas da força que desce do céu.	19 For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength cometh from heaven.
20 Esta gente vem contra nós, com insolência e orgulho, para nos aniquilar, juntamente com nossas mulheres e nossos filhos, e para nos despojar;	20 They come against us with an insolent multitude, and with pride, to destroy us, and our wives, and our children, and to take our spoils.
21 nós, porém, lutamos por nossas vidas e nossas leis.	21 But we will fight for our lives and our laws:
22 O próprio Deus os esmagará aos nossos olhos. Não os temais.	22 And the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face: but as for you, fear them not.
23 E logo que cessara de falar, arrojou-se Judas com rapidez sobre os inimigos, e Seron diante dele foi derrotado com seu exército;	23 And as soon as he had made an end of speaking, he rushed suddenly upon them: and Seron and his host were overthrown before him:
24 e Judas o perseguiu na descida de Betoron até a planície. Morreram cerca de oitocentos sírios e os restantes fugiram para a terra dos filisteus.	24 And he pursued him by the descent of Bethoron even to the plain, and there fell of them eight hundred men, and the rest fled into the land of the Philistines.
25 E foi assim que se espalhou o terror de Judas e dos seus irmãos e todos os povos das vizinhanças encheram-se de consternação.	25 And the fear of Judas and of his brethren, and the dread of them fell upon all the nations round about them.
26 Seu nome chegou aos ouvidos do rei, e todas as nações comentaram os feitos heróicos de Judas.	26 And his fame came to the king, and all nations told of the battles of Judas.
27 Quando o rei Antíoco soube dessas novas, encolerizou-se terrivelmente, reuniu todas as forças do reino, de que formou um exército poderosíssimo.	27 Now when king Antiochus heard these words, he was angry in his mind: and he sent and gathered the forces of all his kingdom, an exceeding strong army.
28 Abriu seu tesouro, e deu ao exército o soldo de um ano com a ordem de estarem prontos para qualquer eventualidade.	28 And he opened his treasury, and gave out pay to the army for a year: and he commanded them, that they should be ready for all things.
29 No entanto viu que lhe faltava dinheiro no tesouro e que os tributos do território eram deficientes em vista das perturbações e da maldade que havia provocado, suprimindo em toda a parte as instituições em vigor, desde outrora.	29 And he perceived that the money of his treasures failed, and that the tributes of the country were small because of the dissension, and the evil that he had brought upon the land, that he might take away the laws of old times:
30 Receou, portanto, não poder pagar as despesas, como fizera já uma ou duas vezes, e outorgar as liberalidades, que distribuía em certo tempo com mão generosa, porque excedia em liberalidade a todos os reis, seus predecessores.	30 And he feared that he should not have as formerly enough, for charges and gifts, which he had given before with a liberal hand: for he had abounded more than the kings that had been before him.
31 Profundamente consternado, resolveu ir à Pérsia cobrar os tributos dessas regiões e ajuntar muito dinheiro.	31 And he was greatly perplexed in mind, and purposed to go into Persia, and to take tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.
32 Deixou Lísias, pessoa de relevo, de linhagem real, para dirigir os negócios do reino, do Eufrates às fronteiras do Egito,	32 And he left Lysias, a nobleman of the blood royal, to oversee the affairs of the kingdom, from the river Euphrates even to the river of Egypt:
33 e ocupar-se, até sua volta, de seu filho Antíoco.	33 And to bring up his son Antiochus, till he came again.
34 Deixou-lhe a metade do exército do reino, com os elefantes, e deu-lhe as instruções referentes à execução de suas vontades, especialmente o que dizia respeito aos habitantes da Judéia e de Jerusalém:	34 And he delivered to him half the army, and the elephants: and he gave him charge concerning all that he would have done, and concerning the inhabitants of Judea, and Jerusalem:
35 ele devia enviar um exército contra eles, para destruir e aniquilar o poderio de Israel e o que restava de Jerusalém, e apagar desses lugares até a sua lembrança	35 And that he should send an army against them, to destroy and root out the strength of Israel, and the remnant of Jerusalem, and to take away the memory of them from that place:
36 e estabelecer em todos os seus confins estrangeiros, aos quais distribuiria por meio de sorte as terras.	36 And that he should settle strangers to dwell in all their coasts, and divide their land by lot.
37 O rei tomou a outra metade do exército, partiu de Antioquia, capital de seu reino, pelo ano cento e quarenta e sete, passou o Eufrates e atravessou as terras superiores.	37 So the king took the half of the army that remained, and went forth from Antioch the chief city of his kingdom, in the hundred and forty-seventh year: and he passed over the river Euphrates, and went through the higher countries.
38 Lísias escolheu Ptolomeu, filho de Dorímino, Nicanor e Górgias, valorosos generais e familiares do rei; 39. enviou com estes quarenta mil homens e sete mil cavaleiros para invadir e devastar o país de Judá, conforme a ordem do rei.	38 Then Lysias chose Ptolemee the son of Dorymenus, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king's friends.
	39 And he sent with them forty thousand men, and seven thousand horsemen: to go into the land of Juda, and to destroy it according to the king's orders.
40 Postos a caminho com todas essas tropas, chegaram à planície de Emaús e penetraram nela.	40 So they went forth with all their power, and came, and pitched near Emmaus in the plain country.
41 Quando os mercadores ouviram falar deles, tomaram muita prata e ouro e se dirigiram com peias ao campo para comprar os filhos de Israel como escravos. Exércitos da Síria, bem como do estrangeiro, vieram juntar-se a eles.	41 And the merchants of the countries heard the fame of them: and they took silver and gold in abundance, and servants: and they came into the camp, to buy the children of Israel for slaves: and there were joined to them the forces of Syria, and of the land of the strangers.
42 Judas e seus irmãos viram que a situação era grave e que as forças inimigas acampavam dentro de suas fronteiras. Sabendo também como o rei havia ordenado de tratar o povo para destruí-lo e exterminá-lo,	42 And Judas and his brethren saw that evils were multiplied, and that the armies approached to their borders: and they knew the orders the king had given to destroy the people and utterly abolish them.
43 disseram uns aos outros: Levantemos nossa pátria de seu abatimento e lutemos por nosso povo e nossa religião.	43 And they said every man to his neighbour: Let us raise up the low condition of our people, and let us fight for our people, and our sanctuary.
44 Convocaram então toda a gente, a fim de se prepararem para a luta, de rezarem, de implorarem piedade e misericórdia de Deus.	44 And the assembly was gathered that they might be ready for battle: and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.
45 Porquanto Jerusalém estava desabitada e deserta: não havia um só de seus filhos que nela entrasse ou dela saísse. Seu santuário estava profanado, soldados estrangeiros ocupavam a cidadela, gentios faziam ali sua habitação. Toda a alegria havia desaparecido de Jacó; a flauta e a harpa estavam caladas.	45 Now Jerusalem was not inhabited, but was like a desert: there was none of her children that went in or out: and the sanctuary was trodden down: and the children of strangers were in the castle, there was the habitation of the Gentiles: and joy was taken away from Jacob, and the pipe and harp ceased there.
46 Os israelitas se ajuntaram, pois, e se dirigiram a Masfa, defronte de Jerusalém, porque tinham tido outrora, em Masfa, um lugar de oração.	46 And they assembled together, and came to Maspha over against Jerusalem: for in Maspha was a place of prayer heretofore in Israel.
47 Jejuaram aquele dia, vestiram-se com sacos, cobriram a cabeça com cinza e rasgaram suas vestes.	47 And they fasted that day, and put on haircloth, and put ashes upon their heads: and they rent their garments:
48 Abriram um dos livros da Lei, para ler nele o que os gentios perguntavam às representações de seus falsos deuses;	48 And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of their idols:
49 trouxeram os ornamentos sacerdotais, as primícias e os dízimos e mandaram vir os nazarenos que haviam cumprido o tempo de seu voto;	49 And they brought the priestly ornaments, and the firstfruits and tithes, and stirred up the Nazarites that had fulfilled their days:
50 em seguida sua voz se elevou com força ao céu: Que havemos nós de fazer destas ofertas e para onde vamos nós levá-las?	50 And they cried with a loud voice toward heaven, saying: What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them?
51 Vosso santuário está profanado e manchado, vossos sacerdotes estão em luto e na humilhação,	51 For thy holies are trodden down, and are profaned, and thy priests are in mourning, and are brought low.
52 as nações se coligaram para nos aniquilar e vós sabeis o que elas tramam contra nós.	52 And behold the nations are come together against us to destroy us: thou knowest what they intend against us.
53 Como resistir diante deles, se vós não vierdes em nosso auxílio?	53 How shall we be able to stand before their face, unless thou, O God, help us?
54 Então eles soaram a trombeta e fizeram um grande clamor.	54 Then they sounded with trumpets, and cried out with a loud voice.
55 Depois disso Judas nomeou chefes para grupos de mil, cem, cinqüenta e dez homens,	55 And after this Judas appointed captains over the people, over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.
56 e disse aos que acabavam de construir uma casa, de tomar mulher, plantar uma vinha, ou que tinham medo, que voltassem cada qual para sua casa, conforme a lei.	56 And he said to them that were building houses, or had betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, that they should return every man to his house, according to the law.
57 Os israelitas se puseram então a caminho e vieram acampar ao sul de Emaús.	57 So they removed the camp, and pitched on the south side of Emmaus.
58 Preparai-vos, disse-lhes Judas, sede corajosos e estai prontos desde a manhã para o combate a essas nações que estão unidas para nos arruinar, a nós e tudo o que possuímos de sagrado;	58 And Judas said: Gird yourselves, and be valiant men, and be ready against the morning, that you may fight with these nations that are assembled against us to destroy us and our sanctuary.
59 porquanto é preferível morrer no combate, que ver nosso povo perseguido e profanado nosso santuário.	59 For it is better for us to die in battle, than to see the evils of our nation, and of the holies:
60 Que se faça somente a vontade de Deus!	60 Nevertheless as it shall be the will of God in heaven so be it done.