I Livro de Samuel 7

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Vieram, pois, os habitantes de Cariatiarim, transportaram a arca do Senhor, puseram-na em casa de Aminadab, sobre a colina, e consagraram o seu filho Eleazar para que a guardasse.	1 And then men of Cariathiarim came and fetched up the ark of the Lord and carried it into the house of Abinadab in Gabaa: and they sanctified Eleazar his son, to keep the ark of the Lord.
2 E o tempo passou. Decorridos vinte anos desde o dia em que a arca fora levada para Cariatiarim, todo o Israel se lamentava, invocando o Senhor.	2 And it came to pass, that from the day the ark of the Lord abode in Cariathiarim days were multiplied, (for it was now the twentieth year,) and all the house of Israel rested following the Lord.
3 E Samuel falou a todo o povo de Israel, dizendo: Se voltardes de todo o vosso coração para o Senhor, tirando do meio de vós os deuses estranhos e as Astarot, se vos apegardes de todo o vosso coração ao Senhor e só a ele servirdes, então ele vos livrar das mãos dos filisteus.	3 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
4 Os israelitas afastaram os Baal e as Astarot, e serviram só ao Senhor.	4 Then the children of Israel put away Baalim and Astaroth, and served the Lord only.
5 Convocai todo o Israel em Masfa, disse Samuel, e orarei por vós ao Senhor.	5 And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.
6 Reuniram-se em Masfa, tiraram água, derramaram-na diante do Senhor, e jejuaram aquele dia, dizendo: Pecamos contra o Senhor. Samuel era juiz de Israel em Masfa.	6 And they gathered together to Masphath: and they drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and they fasted on that day, and they said there: We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Masphath.
7 Os filisteus foram informados de que os israelitas tinham-se juntado em Masfa, e os seus príncipes marcharam contra Israel. Os israelitas o souberam e ficaram aterrorizados.	7 And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Masphath, and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard this, they were afraid of the Philistines.
8 Disseram a Samuel: Não cesses de clamar por nós ao Senhor, nosso Deus, para que ele nos salve das mãos dos filisteus.	8 And they said to Samuel: Cease not to cry to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
9 Samuel tomou um cordeiro de leite e ofereceu-o inteiro em holocausto ao Senhor; depois clamou ao Senhor por Israel, e o Senhor o ouviu.	9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it whole for a holocaust to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him.
10 Enquanto Samuel oferecia o holocausto, os filisteus começaram o combate contra Israel; o Senhor, porém, trovejou com a sua a voz fortíssima sobre os filisteus naquele momento, e eles se dispersaram, sendo batidos pelos israelitas.	10 And it came to pass, when Samuel was offering the holocaust, the Philistines began the battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and terrified them, and they were overthrown before the face of Israel.
11 Os vencedores, saindo de Masfa, perseguiram os filisteus e feriram-nos até o lugar que está por baixo de Bet-Car.	11 And the men of Israel going out of Masphath pursued after the Philistines, and made slaughter of them till they came under Bethchar.
12 Tomou Samuel uma pedra e pô-la entre Masfa e Sen, dando-lhe o nome de Eben-Ezer, pois disse: Até aqui nos socorreu o Senhor.	12 And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen: and he called the place, the Stone of help. And he said: Thus far the Lord hath helped us.
13 Humilhados dessa forma, os filisteus não tentaram mais voltar ao território de Israel. A mão do Senhor pesou sobre o filisteus durante toda a vida de Samuel.	13 And the Philistines were humbled, and they did not come any more into the borders of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines, all the days of Samuel.
14 Foram devolvidas a Israel as cidades que os filisteus lhes tinham tomado, desde Acaron até Get. Israel livrou sua terra das mãos dos filisteus, e havia paz entre Israel e os amorreus.	14 And the cities, which the Philistines had taken from Israel, were restored to Israel, from Accaron to Geth, and their borders: and he delivered Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and there was peace between Israel and the Amorrhites.
15 Samuel foi juiz em Israel durante toda a sua vida.	15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life:
16 Ia a cada ano visitar Betel, Gálgala e Masfa, onde pronunciava os seus juízos em favor de todo o Israel.	16 And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the aforesaid places.
17 Voltava depois para Ramá, onde habitava. Ali também julgava Israel, e edificou naquele lugar um altar ao Senhor.	17 And he returned to Ramatha, for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.