I Livro dos Macabeus 6

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Enquanto percorria as províncias superiores, soube o rei Antíoco que na Pérsia, em Elimaida, havia uma cidade famosa por suas riquezas, sua prata e ouro.	1 Now king Antiochus was going through the higher countries, and he heard that the city of Elymais in Persia was greatly renowned, and abounding in silver and gold.
2 Seu templo, extremamente rico, possuía véus de ouro, escudos, couraças e armas, abandonados ali por Alexandre, filho de Filipe, rei da Macedônia, que foi o primeiro a reinar sobre a Grécia.	2 And that there was in it a temple, exceeding rich: and coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields which king Alexander, son of Philip the Macedonian that reigned first in Greece, had left there.
3 Dirigiu-se ele para essa cidade, com a finalidade de tomá-la e pilhá-la, mas foi em vão, porque os habitantes haviam sido prevenidos.	3 Lo, he came, and sought to take the city and to pillage it: But he was not able, because the design was known to them that were in the city.
4 Eles se aprontaram para lhe resistir e ele teve que voltar de lá, para alcançar Babilônia com grande humilhação.	4 And they rose up against him in battle, and he fled away from thence, and departed with great sadness, and returned towards Babylonia.
5 E eis que, na Pérsia, um mensageiro veio dizer-lhe que as tropas enviadas à Judéia tinham sido derrotadas, 6. e que Lísias, tendo partido a princípio com um poderoso exército, havia fugido na presença dos judeus, os quais haviam aumentado ainda suas forças com armas e tropas e se tinham enriquecido com todo o material raptado de seus campos devastados.	5 And whilst he was in Persia, there came one that told him, how the armies that were in the land of Juda were put to flight:
	6 And that Lysias went with a very great power, and was put to flight before the face of the Jews, and that thy were grown strong by the armour, and power, and store of spoils, which they had gotten out of the camps which they had destroyed:
7 Eles tinham também destruído a abominação edificada por ele sobre o altar, em Jerusalém, e haviam cercado o templo com altas muralhas, como outrora, assim como a cidade de Betsur.	7 And that they had thrown down the abomination which he had set up upon the altar in Jerusalem, and that they had compassed about the sanctuary with high walls as before, and Bethsura also his city.
8 Ouvindo essas novas, o rei ficou irado e profundamente perturbado. Atirou-se à cama e caiu doente de tristeza, porque os acontecimentos não tinham correspondido à sua expectativa.	8 And it came to pass when the king heard these words, that he was struck with fear, and exceedingly moved: and he laid himself down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not fallen out to him as he imagined.
9 Passou assim muitos dias, porque sua mágoa se renovava sem cessar, e pensava na morte.	9 And he remained there many days: for great grief came more and more and more upon him, and he made account that he should die.
10 Mandou chamar todos os seus amigos e lhes disse: O sono fugiu dos meus olhos e meu coração desfalece de tristeza.	10 And he called for all his friends, and said to them: Sleep is gone from my eyes, and I am fallen away, and my heart is cast down for anxiety.
11 Eu repito para mim mesmo: Em que aflição fui eu cair e a que desolação fui eu reduzido até o presente, eu que era bom e querido no tempo de meu poder?	11 And I said in my heart: Into how much tribulation am I come, and into what floods of sorrow, wherein now I am: I that was pleasant and beloved in my power!
12 Mas agora eu me lembro dos males que causei em Jerusalém, de todos os objetos de ouro e de prata que saqueei, e de todos os habitantes da Judéia que exterminei sem motivo.	12 But now I remember the evils that I have done in Jerusalem, from whence also I took away all the spoils of gold, and of silver that were in it, and I sent to destroy the inhabitants of Juda without cause.
13 Reconheço que foi por causa disso que todos esses males me fulminaram, e agora morro de tristeza numa terra estrangeira.	13 I know therefore that for this cause these evils have found me: and behold I perish with great grief in a strange land.
14 Ele chamou Filipe, um de seus amigos, e constituiu-o regente de todo o seu reino.	14 Then he called Philip, one of his friends, and he made him regent over all his kingdom.
15 Entregou-lhe seu diadema, seu manto, e seu anel, com a responsabilidade de guiar seu filho Antíoco e de educá-lo para sua realeza.	15 And he gave him the crown, and his robe, and his ring, that he should go to Antiochus his son, and should bring him up for the kingdom.
16 O rei Antíoco morreu ali no ano cento e quarenta e nove.	16 So king Antiochus died there in the year one hundred and forty-nine.
17 Por sua vez soube Lísias que o rei havia morrido e elevou ao trono seu filho Antíoco que ele havia educado desde a infância, e a quem ele dera o nome de Eupator.	17 And Lysias understood that the king was dead, and he set up Antiochus his son to reign, whom he brought up young: and he called his name Eupator.
18 Nesse ínterim, os ocupantes da cidadela importunavam os judeus que se dirigiam ao templo, procuravam constantemente causar-lhes dano, para apoiar os gentios.	18 Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and to strengthen the Gentiles.
19 Judas resolveu arrancar-lhes das mãos a cidadela e convocou todo o povo para sitiá-los.	19 And Judas purposed to destroy them: and he called together all the people, to besiege them.
20 Reuniram-se, portanto, para começar o cerco no ano cento e cinqüenta, e construíram balistas e máquinas.	20 And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines.
21 Mas alguns dos sitiados, aos quais se juntaram alguns israelitas perversos, fugiram	21 And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel joined themselves unto them.
22 e correram ao rei para lhe dizer: Até quando deixarás de fazer justiça e vingar nossos irmãos?	22 And they went to the king, and said: How long dost thou delay to execute the judgment, and to revenge our brethren?
23 Julgamos bom servir a teu pai, obedecer suas ordens e seguir suas leis;	23 We determined to serve thy father and to do according to his orders, and obey his edicts:
24 e os filhos de nosso povo se afastaram de nós como dos estrangeiros. Eles cercam a cidadela; mal capturam um dos nossos, matam-no e pilham os nossos bens.	24 And for this they of our nation are alienated from us, and have slain as many of us as they could find, and have spoiled our inheritances.
25 E não é somente sobre nós que eles estendem a mão, mas ainda contra os povos vizinhos.	25 Neither have they put forth their hand against us only, but also against all our borders.
26 Eis que hoje eles se empossaram da cidadela, para serem senhores do templo e da cidade, e fortificaram Betsur.	26 And behold they have approached this day to the castle of Jerusalem to take it, and they have fortified the stronghold of Bethsura:
27 Se tu não os prevenires, farão ainda piores males e tu não poderás mais detê-los.	27 And unless thou speedily prevent them, they will do greater things than these, and thou shalt not be able to subdue them.
28 A estas palavras o rei se encolerizou e convocou todos os seus amigos, os generais de seus exércitos e os chefes de sua cavalaria.	28 Now when the king heard this, he was angry: and he called together all his friends, and the captains of his army, and them that were over the horsemen.
29 E ajuntaram-se a ele outros reinos e ilhas marítimas, tropas de mercenários;	29 There came also to him from other realms, and from the islands of the sea hired troops.
30 e seu exército atingiu a cem mil infantes, vinte mil cavaleiros e trinta e dois elefantes, prontos para a guerra.	30 And the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen, and twenty thousand horsemen, and thirty-two elephants, trained to battle.
31 Atravessaram eles a Iduméia e acamparam defronte a Betsur, onde combateram por muito tempo; construíram máquinas, mas os sitiados saíram e lançaram fogo, lutando com coragem.	31 And they went through Idumea, and approached to Bethsura, and fought many days, and they made engines: but they sallied forth and burnt them with fire, and fought manfully.
32 Abandonando a cidadela, veio Judas estabelecer-se em Betzacara, defronte do campo de luta do rei.	32 And Judas departed from the castle, and removed the camp to Bethzacharam, over against the king's camp.
33 Ao amanhecer, levantou-se o rei e dirigiu impetuosamente suas tropas em direção a Betzacara: as forças se prepararam para o combate, e soaram as trombetas.	33 And the king rose before it was light, and made his troops march on fiercely towards the way of Bethzacharam: and the armies made themselves ready for the battle, and they sounded the trumpets:
34 Mostraram aos elefantes suco de uvas e de amoras para incitá-los ao combate.	34 And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries to provoke them to fight.
35 Foram repartidos nas falanges, pondo-se em volta de cada elefante mil homens armados de cotas de malhas e de capacetes de bronze para a cabeça, e quinhentos cavaleiros escolhidos estavam igualmente ao redor de cada animal.	35 And they distributed the beasts by the legions: and there stood by every elephant a thousand men in coats of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads: and five hundred horsemen set in order were chosen for every beast.
36 Esses cavaleiros tinham o costume de estar com o animal onde quer que ele estivesse e de ir aonde ele ia sem jamais se afastarem dele.	36 These before the time wheresoever the beast was, the were there: and withersoever it went, they went, and they departed not from it.
37 Sobre cada um havia também fortes torres de madeira, muito firmes e defendidas pelas máquinas. Sobre cada um achavam-se também valentes guerreiros, que combatiam lá em cima, e, finalmente, seu condutor indiano.	37 And upon the beast, there were strong wooden towers, which covered every one of them: and engines upon them: and upon every one thirty-two valiant men, who fought from above; and an Indian to rule the beast.
38 O restante da cavalaria, colocada de um lado e de outro, nas duas alas, manobrava cobrindo as falanges.	38 And the rest of the horsemen he placed on this side and on that side at the two wings, with trumpets to stir up the army, and to hasten them forward that stood thick together in the legions thereof.
39 Quando o sol brilhou sobre os escudos de ouro e bronze, a montanha resplandeceu, como que iluminada por outras tantas lâmpadas.	39 Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold, and of brass, the mountains glittered therewith, and they shone like lamps of fire.
40 Uma parte das tropas do rei se espalhou sobre as colinas e outra na planície, caminhando com precaução e em boa ordem.	40 And part of the king's army was distinguished by the high mountains, and the other part by the low places: and they marched on warily and orderly.
41 O ruído de seu número, de sua marcha, da colisão de suas armas era pavoroso, porque era um exército extremamente numeroso e possante.	41 And all the inhabitants of the land were moved at the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the armour, for the army was exceeding great and strong.
42 Judas, no entanto, avançou com os seus para travar a batalha, e seiscentos homens do exército do rei foram aniquilados.	42 And Judas and his army drew near for battle: and there fell of the king's army six hundred men.
43 Eleazar, cognominado Avarã, viu que um dos elefantes estava armado com um couraçado real e ultrapassava todos os outros; ele julgou que o rei o montasse.	43 And Eleazar the son of Saura saw one of the beasts harnessed with the king's harness: and it was higher than the other beasts: and it seemed to him that the king was on it:
44 Projetou então salvar todo o povo e conquistar um nome eterno.	44 And he exposed himself to deliver his people and to get himself an everlasting name.
45 Precipitou-se audaciosamente nessa direção, para o meio da falange, matando à direita e à esquerda e separando o inimigo de lado a lado.	45 And he ran up to it boldly in the midst of the legion, killing on the right hand, and on the left, and they fell by him on this side and that side.
46 Meteu-se debaixo do elefante e, tomando posição abaixo dele, matou-o. O animal rolou sobre ele, e ele morreu ali.	46 And he went between the feet of the elephant, and put himself under it: and slew it, and it fell to the ground upon him, and he died there.
47 No entanto, averiguando o poder do exército real e a impetuosidade de suas tropas, retiraram-se os judeus.	47 Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of his army, turned away from them.
48 Mas os soldados do rei subiram-lhe ao encontro até Jerusalém, dirigindo-se então o rei à Judéia e ao monte Sião.	48 But the king's army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the king's army pitched their tents against Judea and mount Sion.
49 Fez igualmente a paz com os habitantes de Betsur, porquanto estes saíram da cidade, porque já não tinham víveres para continuarem ali, pois era o ano sabático.	49 And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land.
50 Assim o rei apoderou-se da cidade e pôs nela uma guarnição.	50 And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it.
51 Por muitos dias cercou a cidade santa, construiu máquinas, guindastes para lançar fogo ou pedras, escorpiões para lançar flechas e fundas.	51 And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he set up there battering slings, and engines and instruments to cast fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot arrows, and slings.
52 De seu lado, os sitiados construíram também máquinas, para se oporem aos seus inimigos, e combateram por muito tempo.	52 And they also made engines against their engines, and they fought for many days.
53 Todavia faltavam víveres nos celeiros, por ser o sétimo ano e todos os que se achavam refugiados na Judéia, para fugir dos gentios, haviam esgotado o resto da reserva.	53 But there were no victuals in the city, because it was the seventh year: and such as had stayed in Judea of them that came from among the nations, had eaten the residue of all that which had been stored up.
54 Restavam afinal poucos homens para a defesa do templo, atingidos como estavam pela fome e por dispersarem-se cada um para sua casa.	54 And there remained in the holy places but a few, for the famine had prevailed over them: and they were dispersed every man to his own place.
55 Filipe, que antes de morrer o rei Antíoco fora designado para educar seu filho Antíoco para a realeza, 56. tinha chegado da Pérsia e da Média com o exército do rei e procurava apoderar-se do governo.	55 Now Lysias heard that Philip, whom king Antiochus while he lived had appointed to bring up his son Antiochus, and to reign, to be king,
	56 Was returned from Persia, and Media, with the army that went with him, and that he sought to take upon him the affairs of the kingdom:
57 Soube-o Lísias e apressou a partida dizendo ao rei, aos oficiais e aos homens: Nós nos vamos enfraquecendo aqui dia por dia, temos poucos víveres, e o lugar que sitiamos é forte, enquanto nos devemos ocupar com os negócios do reino.	57 Wherefore he made haste to go, and say to the king and to the captains of the army: We decay daily, and our provision of victuals is small, and the place that we lay siege to is strong, and it lieth upon us to take order for the affairs of the kingdom.
58 Estendamos a mão a esses homens e façamos paz com eles e com toda a sua raça.	58 Now therefore let us come to an agreement with these men, and make peace with them and with all their nation.
59 Deixemo-los viver como outrora segundo as suas próprias leis, porque foi por causa dessas leis que nós abolimos, que eles se revoltaram e fizeram tudo isso.	59 And let us covenant with them, that they may live according to their own laws as before. For because of our despising their laws, they have been provoked, and have done all these things.
60 Essa proposta agradou ao rei e aos generais. Enviou, pois, alguém para tratar da paz com os sitiados, que a aceitaram.	60 And the proposal was acceptable in the sight of the king, and of the princes: and he sent to them to make peace: and they accepted of it.
61 Sob a palavra do juramento feito pelo rei e os generais, abandonaram a fortaleza.	61 And the king and the princes swore to them: and they came out of the stronghold.
62 O rei subiu o monte Sião e visitou as fortificações, mas quebrou a palavra dada e ordenou a destruição da muralha.	62 Then the king entered into mount Sion, and saw the strength of the place: and he quickly broke the oath that he had taken, and gave commandment to throw down the wall round about.
63 Em seguida, partiu a toda a pressa, recuperou Antioquia, onde achou Filipe como senhor da cidade. Atacou-a e tomou a cidade à força.	63 And he departed in haste, and returned to Antioch, where he found Philip master of the city: and he fought against him, and took the city.