1Então subiu Naás, o amonita, e sitiou a Jabes-Gileade. E disseram todos os homens de Jabes a Naás: Faze aliança conosco, e te serviremos.
1Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”
2Respondeu-lhes, porém, Naás, o amonita: Com esta condição farei aliança convosco: que a todos vos arranque o olho direito; assim porei opróbrio sobre todo o Israel.
2Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel.”
3Ao que os anciãos de Jabes lhe disseram: Concede-nos sete dias, para que enviemos mensageiros por todo o território de Israel; e, não havendo ninguém que nos livre, entregar-nos-emos a ti.
3The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven day, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”
4Então, vindo os mensageiros a Gibeá de Saul, falaram estas palavras aos ouvidos do povo. Pelo que todo o povo levantou a voz e chorou.
4Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
5E eis que Saul vinha do campo, atrás dos bois; e disse Saul: Que tem o povo, que chega? E contaram-lhe as palavras dos homens de Jabes.
5Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, “What ails the people that they weep?” They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
6Então o Espírito de Deus se apoderou de Saul, ao ouvir ele estas palavras; e acendeu-se sobremaneira a sua ira.
6The Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.
7Tomou ele uma junta de bois, cortou-os em pedaços, e os enviou por todo o território de Israel por mãos de mensageiros, dizendo: Qualquer que não sair após Saul e após Samuel, assim se fará aos seus bois. Então caiu o temor do Senhor sobre o povo, e acudiram como um só homem.
7He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever doesn’t come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
8Saul passou-lhes revista em Bezeque; e havia dos homens de Israel trezentos mil, e dos homens de Judá trinta mil.
8He numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
9Então disseram aos mensageiros que tinham vindo: Assim direis aos homens de Jabes-Gileade: Amanhã, em aquentando o sol, vos virá livramento. Vindo, pois, os mensageiros, anunciaram-no aos homens de Jabes, os quais se alegraram.
9They said to the messengers who came, “Thus you shall tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.’” The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
10E os homens de Jabes disseram aos amonitas: Amanhã nos entregaremos a vós; então nos fareis conforme tudo o que bem vos parecer.
10Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.”
11Ao outro dia Saul dividiu o povo em três companhias; e pela vigília da manhã vieram ao meio do arraial, e feriram aos amonitas até que o dia aquentou; e sucedeu que os restantes se espalharam de modo a não ficarem dois juntos.
11It was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
12Então disse o povo a Samuel: Quais são os que diziam: Reinará porventura Saul sobre nós? Dai cá esses homens, para que os matemos.
12The people said to Samuel, “Who is he who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring those men, that we may put them to death!”
13Saul, porém, disse: Hoje não se há de matar ninguém, porque neste dia o senhor operou um livramento em Israel:
13Saul said, “There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.”
14Depois disse Samuel ao povo: Vinde, vamos a Gilgal, e renovemos ali o reino.
14Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”
15Foram, pois, para Gilgal, onde constituíram rei a Saul perante o Senhor, e imolaram sacrifícios de ofertas pacíficas perante o Senhor; e ali Saul se alegrou muito com todos os homens de Israel.
15All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.