Livro dos Juízes 20

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Movimentaram-se, pois, todos os israelitas como um só homem, desde Dã até Bersabéia, e até a terra de Galaad. E a assembléia reuniu-se diante do Senhor em Masfa.	1 Then all the children of Israel went out and gathered together as one man from Dan to Bersabee, with the land of Galaad, to the Lord in Maspha:
2 os chefes de todo o povo e todas as tribos de Israel apresentaram-se diante da assembléia do povo de Deus: havia quatrocentos mil homens de pé, armados com a espada.	2 And all the chiefs of the people, and all the tribes of Israel met together in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen fit for war.
3 E os filhos de Benjamim souberam que os israelitas tinham subido a Masfa. Os israelitas disseram: Dizei-nos de que modo se cometeu esse crime?	3 (Nor were the children of Benjamin ignorant that the children of Israel were come up to Maspha.) And the Levite the husband of the woman that was killed, being asked, how so great a wickedness had been committed,
4 O levita, marido da mulher que foi morta, tomou a palavra: Eu cheguei a Gabaa de Benjamiml, disse ele, com minha concubina para ali passar a noite.	4 Answered: I came into Gabaa of Benjamin with my wife, and there I lodged:
5 Os homens de Gabaa, porém, amotinaram-se contra mim e cercaram de noite a casa, querendo matar-me; violentaram a minha concubina, e ela morreu.	5 And behold the men of that city in the night beset the house wherein I was, intending to kill me, and abused my wife with an incredible fury of lust, so that at last she died.
6 Tomei-a então e cortei-a em pedaços, que mandei distribuir por todo o território da herança de Israel, porque cometeram uma atrocidade e uma infâmia em Israel.	6 And I took her and cut her in pieces, and sent the, parts into all the borders of your possession: because there never was so heinous a crime, and so great an abomination committed in Israel.
7 Vós todos, ó israelitas que aqui estais, dai o vosso parecer e tomai uma decisão.	7 You are all here, O children of Israel, determine what you ought to do.
8 Levantou-se então todo o povo como um só homem, dizendo: Ninguém dentre nós irá à sua tenda, e ninguém voltará à sua casa.	8 And all the people standing, answered as by the voice of one man: We will not return to our tents, neither shall any one of us go into his own house:
9 Eis o que agora vamos fazer a Gabaa: lancemos a sorte contra ela!	9 But this we will do in common against Gabaa:
10 Tomemos dentre todas as tribos de Israel dez homens de cada cem, cem de cada mil, e mil de cada dez mil, que irão procurar víveres para o abastecimento do povo. É preciso, quando eles voltarem, tratarmos a Gabaa de Benjamim como ela merece pela infâmia que cometeu em Israel.	10 We will take ten men of a hundred out of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring victuals for the army, that we might fight against Gabaa of Benjamin, and render to it for its wickedness, what it deserveth.
11 Assim se coligou contra a cidade todo o Israel, como se fora um só homem.	11 And all Israel were gathered together against the city, as one man, with one mind, and one counsel:
12 Mandaram mensageiros a todas as famílias de Benjamim, para que lhe dissessem: Que maldade é essa que se cometeu no meio de vós?	12 And they sent messengers to all the tribe of Benjamin to say to them: Why hath so great an abomination been found among you?
13 Entregai-nos sem demora os celerados de Gabaa, para que os matemos e tiremos o mal do meio de Israel. Mas os benjaminitas não quiseram dar ouvidos aos seus irmãos israelitas.	13 Deliver up the men of Gabaa, that have committed this heinous crime, that they may die, and the evil may be taken away out of Israel. But they would not hearken to the proposition of their brethren the children of Israel:
14 Juntaram-se em Gabaa de todas as suas cidades para combater os israelitas.	14 But out of all the cities which were of their lot, they gathered themselves together into Gabaa, to aid them, and to fight against the whole people of Israel.
15 Contaram-se naquele dia os benjaminitas que acorreram de todas as cidades: vinte e seis mil homens, armados de espada, sem contar os habitantes de Gabaa, que eram setecentos homens de escol.	15 And there were found of Benjamin five and twenty thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gabaa,
16 Entre todo esse povo havia setecentos homens de escol que não se serviam da mão direita, e todos capazes de atirar pedras com a funda num cabelo, sem errar o alvo.	16 Who were seven hundred most valiant men, fighting with the left hand as well as with the right: and slinging stones so sure that they could hit even a hair, and not miss by the stone's going on either side.
17 O número de israelitas recenseados, excluindo Benjamim, era de quatrocentos mil homens armados de espada, todos aptos para o combate.	17 Of the men of Israel also, beside the children of Benjamin, were found four hundred thousand that drew swords, and were prepared to fight.
18 Os israelitas subiram a Betel para consultar o Senhor; perguntaram.: Quem de nós subirá primeiro para começar a luta contra os benjaminitas? O Senhor respondeu-lhes: Judá será o primeiro a subir.	18 And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo: and they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader.
19 Partiram os israelitas no dia seguinte pela manhã e acamparam perto de Gabaa.	19 And forthwith the children of Israel rising in the morning, camped by Gabaa:
20 Começaram o combate contra os filhos de Benjamim, e puseram-se em ordem de batalha perto da cidade.	20 And going out from thence to fight against Benjamin, began to assault the city.
21 Saindo os benjaminitas infligiram a Israel naquele dia uma perda de vinte e dois mil homens, que juncavam o solo.	21 And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa, slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men.
22 A multidão dos filhos de Israel, recobrando nova coragem, pôs-se outra vez em ordem de batalha no mesmo lugar onde estiveram na véspera.	22 Again Israel trusting in their strength and their number, set their army in array in the same place, where they had fought before:
23 Até a tarde estiveram os filhos de Israel chorando diante do Senhor, e o consultaram, dizendo: Devo continuar ainda a combater contra os filhos de Benjamim, meu irmão? O Senhor respondeu: Marchai contra ele.	23 Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him, and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren, or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle.
24 Os israelitas avançaram segunda vez contra os benjaminitas,	24 And when the children of Israel went out the next day to fight against the children of Benjamin,
25 que saíram de Gabaa ao seu encontro e lançaram-nos de novo por terra, matando dezoito mil israelitas, todos homens que manejavam a espada.	25 The children of Benjamin sallied forth out of the gates of Gabaa: and meeting them made so great a slaughter of them, as to kill eighteen thousand men that drew the sword.
26 Então todo o povo dos israelitas subiu a Betel, e ali, sentados, lamentavam-se diante do Senhor, jejuando naquele dia até a tarde; e ofereceram holocaustos e sacrifícios pacíficos diante do Senhor.	26 Wherefore all the children of Israel came to the house of God, and sat and wept before the Lord: and they fasted that day till the evening, and offered to him holocausts, and victims of peace offerings,
27 E consultaram-no. Naquele tempo a arca da aliança de Deus estava lá, com Finéias, filho de Eleazar, filho de Aarão, que se conservava junto dela.	27 And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there,
28 Disseram, pois: Devo continuar ou devo cessar a guerra contra Benjamim, meu irmão? O Senhor respondeu: lde, porque amanhã eu os entregarei nas vossas mãos.	28 And Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron was over the house. So they consulted the Lord and said: Shall we go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin our brethren, or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them: Go up, for to morrow I will deliver them into your hands.
29 Israel pôs emboscadas em volta de Gabaa e,	29 And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:
30 ao terceiro dia, recomeçou o combate contra os benjaminitas na mesma ordem de batalha que antes.	30 And they drew up their army against Benjamin the third time, as they had done the first and second.
31 Saindo contra eles, os benjaminitas deixaram-se atrair para longe da cidade, e puseram-se, como das outras vezes, a ferir e a matar alguns homens de Israel, uns trinta aproximadamente, nos caminhos que sobem para Betel e para Gabaa através do campo.	31 And the children of Benjamin boldly issued out of the city, and seeing their enemies flee, pursued them a long way, so as to wound and kill some of them, as they had done the first and second day, whilst they fled by two highways, whereof one goeth up to Bethel, and the other to Gabaa, and they slew about thirty men:
32 Os filhos de Benjamim disseram entre si: Ei-los batidos diante de nós como dantes. Os filhos de Israel, porém, diziam: Fujamos e atraiamo-los para longe da cidade por esses caminhos.	32 For they thought to cut them off, as they did before. But they artfully feigning a flight, designed to draw them away from the city, and by their seeming to flee to bring them to the highways aforesaid.
33 Então, saindo todos os israelitas dos seus postos, ordenaram-se em batalha em Baal-Tamar, enquanto os homens de emboscada deixavam os seus esconderijos na planície da Gabaa.	33 Then all the children of Israel rising up out of the places where they were, set their army in battle array, in the place which is called Baalthamar. The ambushes also which were about the city, began by little and little to come forth,
34 Surgiram assim diante de Gabaa dez mil homens de escol do exército de Israel. A batalha foi rude: mas os benjaminitas não supunham que a derrota ia atingi-los.	34 And to march from the west side of the city. And other ten thousand men chosen out of all Israel attacked the inhabitants of the city. And the battle grew hot against the children of Benjamin: and they understood not that present death threatened them on every side.
35 O Senhor destruiu Benjamim à vista dos filhos de Israel, os quais mataram naquele dia vinte e cinco mil e cem benjaminitas, todos homens de armas.	35 And the Lord defeated them before the children of Israel, and they slew of them in that day five and twenty thousand, and one hundred, all fighting men and that drew the sword.
36 OS filhos de Benjamim foram derrotados. Os israelitas tinham-lhes cedido terreno para fugir, porque confiavam na emboscada que tinham posto junto de Gabaa.	36 But the children of Benjamin when they saw themselves to be too weak, began to flee. Which the children of Israel seeing, gave them place to flee, that they might come to the ambushes that were prepared, which they had set near the city.
37 Saindo, pois, os homens dessa emboscada, cercaram a cidade e passaram tudo ao fio da espada.	37 And they that were in ambush arose on a sudden out of their coverts, and whilst Benjamin turned their backs to the slayers, went into the city, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
38 Ora, os homens de Israel tinham combinado com os da emboscada que fizessem subir da cidade como sinal uma nuvem de fumo.	38 Now the children of Israel had given a sign to them, whom they had laid in ambushes, that after they had taken the city, they should make a fire: that by the smoke rising on high, they might shew that the city was taken.
39 Os homens de Israel simularam a fuga no combate, e Benjamim pôs-se a ferir e a matar cerca de trinta homens, dizendo: Sem dúvida, estão derrotados diante de nós como no primeiro combate.	39 And when the children of Israel saw this in the battle (for the children of Benjamin thought they fled and pursued them vigorously, killing thirty men of their army)
40 Mas quando a nuvem de fumo começou a subir da cidade, os benjaminitas olharam para trás e viram o incêndio de Gabaa subir até o céu.	40 And perceived as it were a pillar of smoke rise up from the city; and Benjamin looking back, saw that the city was taken, and that the flames ascended on high:
41 Os homens de Israel deram volta e os benjaminitas ficaram pasmados ante o desastre que vinha sobre eles.	41 They that before had made as if they fled, turning their faces stood bravely against them; which the children of Benjamin seeing, turned their backs,
42 Voltaram as costas diante dos israelitas e tomaram o caminho do deserto; o exército, porém, os perseguiu de perto, e os das cidades foram massacrados cada um em seu próprio lugar.	42 And began to go towards the way of the desert, the enemy pursuing them thither also. And they that fired the city came also out to meet them.
43 Cercaram os benjaminitas, perseguiram-nos e esmagaram-nos em todas as suas paragens até defronte de Gabaa, para as bandas do levante.	43 And so it was, that they were slain on both sides by the enemies, and there was no rest of their men dying. They fell and were beaten down on the east side of the city Gabaa.
44 Dessa sorte, caíram dezoito mil valentes guerreiros benjaminitas,	44 And they that were slain in the same place were eighteen thousand men, all most valiant soldiers.
45 enquanto o resto se pôs a fugir para o deserto até o rochedo de Remon. Nessa fuga foram ainda mortos cinco mil homens pelos caminhos; e perseguindo-os de perto até Gedeão, mataram ainda dois mil.	45 And when they that remained of Benjamin saw this, they fled into the wilderness and made towards the rock that is called Remmon. In that flight, also as they were straggling and going different ways, they slew of them five thousand men. And as they went farther, they still pursued them, and slew also other two thousand.
46 Naquele dia foram mortos vinte e cinco mil homens de Benjamim, guerreiros valentes que manejavam a espada.	46 And so it came to pass, that all that were slain of Benjamin in divers places, were five and twenty thousand fighting men, most valiant for war.
47 Seiscentos homens tinham chegado, em sua fuga para o deserto, ao rochedo de Remon, onde ficaram quatro meses.	47 And there remained of all the number of Benjamin only six hundred men that were able to escape, and flee to the wilderness: and they abode in the rock Remmon four months.
48 {Entrementes}, os israelitas tinham-se voltado contra os filhos de Benjamim e passaram ao fio da espada tudo o que lhes caía nas mãos nas cidades, desde os homens até os animais. Incendiaram também todas as cidades que encontraram.	48 But the children of Israel returning, put all the remains of the city to the sword, both men and beasts, and all the cities and villages of Benjamin were consumed with devouring flames.