I Livro de Samuel 30

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Tendo Davi e seus homens chegado a Siceleg ao terceiro dia, com sua tropa, tinham os amalecitas feito uma incursão no Negeb e em Siceleg, ferindo e incendiando a cidade.	1 Now when David and his men were come to Siceleg on the third day, the Amalecites had made an invasion on the south side upon Siceleg, and had smitten Siceleg, and burnt it with fire.
2 Haviam tomado as mulheres e todos os que ali se achavam, desde o menor até o maior; não mataram ninguém, mas levaram todos cativos para a sua terra.	2 And had taken the women captives that were in it, both little and great: and they had not killed any person, but had carried them with them, and went on their way.
3 Davi e seus homens, ao chegarem, encontraram a cidade incendiada, e suas mulheres, filhos e filhas levados cativos.	3 So when David and his men came to the city, and found it burnt with fire, and that their wives and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives,
4 Por isso choraram até não poder mais.	4 David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears.
5 As duas mulheres de Davi, Aquinoã de Jezrael e Abigail de Carmelo, viúva de Nabal, estavam também presas.	5 For the two wives also of David were taken captives, Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel.
6 Davi afligiu-se em extremo, porque os seus queriam apedrejá-lo, estando todos amargurados por causa da perda de seus filhos e filhas. Mas Davi se reconfortou no Senhor, seu Deus.	6 And David was greatly afflicted: for the people had a mind to stone him, for the soul of every man was bitterly grieved for his sons, and daughters: but David took courage in the Lord his God.
7 E disse ao sacerdote Abiatar, filho de Aquimelec: Traze-me o efod. Abiatar trouxe-lhe o efod.	7 And he said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech: Bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 Davi consultou o Senhor: Devo perseguir essa gente? Alcançá-la-ei? Persegue-os, respondeu o Senhor; tu os alcançarás certamente e os vencerás.	8 And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I pursue after these robbers, and shall I overtake them, or not? And the Lord said to him: Pursue after them: for thou shalt surely overtake them and recover the prey.
9 Davi pôs-se em marcha com os seiscentos homens de sua tropa, e chegaram à torrente de Besor, onde ficaram os que já estavam esgotados.	9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and they came to the torrent Besor: and some being weary stayed there.
10 Davi prosseguiu a perseguição com quatrocentos homens, pois duzentos tinham ficado atrás, estando por demais cansados para poderem atravessar a torrente de Besor.	10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed, who being weary could not go over the torrent Besor.
11 Encontraram no campo um egípco e levaram-no a Davi. Deram-lhe pão para comer, água para beber,	11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,
12 um pedaço de torta de figos secos e duas tortas de uvas secas. Ele comeu e recobrou as forças, porque havia três dias e três noites que nada tinha comido nem bebido.	12 As also a piece of a cake of figs, and two bunches of raisins. And when he had eaten them his spirit returned, and he was refreshed: for he had not eaten bread, nor drunk water three days, and three nights.
13 Davi disse-lhe: Quem és tu, e de onde és? Eu sou um escravo egípcio, respondeu ele, a serviço de um amalecita. Meu senhor abandonou-me há três dias, porque caí doente.	13 And David said to him: To whom dost thou belong? or whence dost thou come? and whither art thou going? He said: I am a young man of Egypt, the servant of an Amalecite, and my master left me, because I began to be sick three days ago.
14 Fizemos uma incursão no Negeb dos cereteus, no território de Judá, no Negeb de Caleb, e incendiamos Siceleg.	14 For we made an invasion on the south side of Cerethi, and upon Juda, and upon the south of Caleb, and we burnt Siceleg with fire.
15 Davi disse-lhe: Queres conduzir-me a esse bando? Jura-me pelo nome de Deus, respondeu o homem, que não me matarás, nem me entregarás ao meu senhor, e eu te guiarei até esse bando.	15 And David said to him: Canst thou bring me to this company? And he said: Swear to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee to this company. And David swore to him.
16 Guiados pelo egípcio, alcançaram-nos. Os amalecitas estavam espalhados por todo o campo, comendo, bebendo e festejando por causa da enorme presa que tinham tomado na terra dos filisteus e de Judá.	16 And when he had brought him, behold they were lying spread upon all the ground, eating and drinking, and as it were keeping a festival day, for all the prey, and the spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.
17 Davi feriu-os do romper do dia à tarde do dia seguinte, e só escaparam quatrocentos homens, que fugiram montados em camelos.	17 And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day, and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled.
18 Recobrou Davi tudo o que os amalecitas tinham tomado, salvando também as suas duas mulheres.	18 So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.
19 E não faltou ninguém, nem pequeno nem grande, nem filho nem filha, nem o que quer que seja do espólio que tinham levado: Davi reconduziu tudo de volta.	19 And there was nothing missing small or great, neither of their sons or their daughters, nor of the spoils, and whatsoever they had taken: David recovered all.
20 E tomou também todos os rebanhos e manadas, diante dos quais iam os homens, gritando: Eis a presa de Davi!	20 And he took all the flocks and the herds, and made them go before him: and they said: This is the prey of David.
21 Foi, pois, Davi juntar-se aos duzentos homens deixados na torrente de Besor, por estarem cansados demais para segui-lo. E eles vieram ao encontro de Davi e de sua tropa, e Davi saudou-os ao chegar junto deles.	21 And David came to the two hundred men, who being weary had stayed, and were not able to follow David, and he had ordered them to abide at the torrent Besor: and they came out to meet David, and the people that were with him. And David coming to the people saluted them peaceably.
22 Todos os malvados, porém, todos os maus elementos que se encontravam na tropa de Davi, começaram a dizer: Visto que eles não foram conosco, nada lhes daremos do espólio recuperado, salvo, a cada um, a sua mulher e seus filhos. Que os tomem e se retirem!	22 Then all the wicked and unjust men that had gone with David answering, said: Because they came not with us, we will not give them any thing of the prey which we have recovered: but let every man take his wife and his children, and be contented with them, and go his way.
23 Não façais assim, meus irmãos, interveio Davi, com o que o Senhor nos deu, depois de nos ter protegido e nos ter entregue nas mãos a tropa que se tinha levantado contra nós!	23 But David said: You shall not do so, my brethren, with these things, which the Lord hath given us, who hath kept us, and hath delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands.
24 Quem poderia aceitar a proposta que fazeis? A parte dos que ficaram junto às bagagens será a mesma que a daqueles que foram ao combate. Eles compartilharão.	24 And no man shall hearken to you in this matter. But equal shall be the portion of him that went down to battle and of him that abode at the baggage, and they shall divide alike.
25 A partir daquele dia, estabeleceu Davi em Israel esse costume e esse direito que subsiste ainda hoje.	25 And this hath been done from that day forward, and since was made a statute, and an ordinance, and as a law in Israel.
26 De volta a Siceleg, enviou Davi uma parte do espólio aos anciãos de Judá, seus amigos, com esta mensagem: Eis um presente para vós, proveniente do espólio tomado aos inimigos do Senhor.	26 Then David came to Siceleg, and sent presents of the prey to the ancients of Juda his neighbours, saying: Receive a blessing of the prey of the enemies of the Lord.
27 Enviou igualmente uma parte aos de Betel, de Ramot, do Negeb,	27 To them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth to the south, and to them that were in Jether,
28 de Jeter, de Aroer, de Sefamot, de Estamo,	28 And to them that were in Aroer and that were in Sephamoth, and that were in Esthamo,
29 de Racal, aos das cidades dos jerameelitas, aos das cidades dos cineus, aos de Arama,	29 And that were in Rachal, and that were in the cities of Jerameel, and that were in the cities of Ceni,
30 de Cor-Asã, de Atac,	30 And that were in Arama, and that were in the lake Asan, and that were in Athach,
31 de Hebron e de todos os lugares por onde Davi tinha passado com seus homens.	31 And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that were in those places, in which David had abode with his men.