1 ULB Os homens de Quiriate-Jearin vieram, levaram a Arca de Yahweh, trouxeram-na e a colocaram na casa de Abinadabe na colina. Eles consagraram seu filho Eleazar para guardar a Arca de Yahweh. BSB BSB: Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
2 ULB A Arca permaneceu em Quiriate-Jearin muito tempo, a saber, vinte anos. Toda a casa de Israel lamentava e desejava retornar a Yahweh. BSB BSB: And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
3 ULB Disse Samuel a todo o povo de Israel: "Se vós retornares a Yahweh com todo o vosso coração, remover dentre vós os deuses estrangeiros e a Astarote, retornar os vossos corações a Yahweh e adorar somente a Ele, Ele vos resgatará da mão dos filisteus". BSB BSB: Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
4 ULB Então, o povo de Israel removeu os Baalins e a Astarote e adoraram somente a Yahweh. BSB BSB: So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.
5 ULB Então, Samuel disse: "Congregue todo Israel em Mispá e eu orarei por vós a Yahweh. BSB BSB: Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
6 ULB Eles se reuniram em Mispá, tiraram água e a derramaram diante de Yahweh. Eles jejuaram aquele dia e disseram: "Nós temos pecado contra Yahweh". Ali, Samuel decidia as disputas de todo o povo de Israel e liderava o povo. BSB BSB: When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
7 ULB Quando os filisteus ouviram que o povo de Israel tinha se reunido em Mispá, os governantes dos filisteus atacaram Israel. Quando o povo de Israel ouviu isso, eles tiveram medo dos filisteus. BSB BSB: When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines
8 ULB Então, disse o povo de Israel a Samuel: "Não pares de clamar a Yahweh, nosso Deus, por nós, assim, Ele nos livrará da mão dos filisteus". BSB BSB: and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
9 ULB Samuel tomou um cordeiro que ainda mamava e o ofereceu como uma oferta queimada completa a Yahweh. Samuel, então, clamou a Yahweh por Israel, e Yahweh lhe respondeu. BSB BSB: Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
10 ULB Enquanto Samuel estava oferecendo a oferta queimada, os filisteus se aproximaram para atacar Israel; mas Yahweh trovejou, com grande estrondo, naquele dia contra os filisteus, lançou-os em confusão, e eles foram derrotados diante de Israel. BSB BSB: As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
11 ULB Os homens de Israel foram de Mispá, perseguiram os filisteus e os mataram até debaixo de Bete-Car. BSB BSB: Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
12 ULB Então, Samuel tomou uma pedra e a colocou entre Mispá e Sem. Ele lhe chamou Ebenézer e disse: "Até aqui, Yahweh tem nos ajudado". BSB BSB: Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
13 ULB Então, os filisteus foram subjulgados e não entraram nas fronteiras de Israel. A mão de Yahweh foi contra os filisteus todos os dias de Samuel. BSB BSB: So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
14 ULB As cidades que os filisteus tinham tomado de Israel, desde Ecrom até Gate, foram restauradas a Israel; Israel trouxe de volta seu território dos filisteus. E houve paz entre Israel e os amorreus. BSB BSB: The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
15 ULB Samuel julgou Israel todos os dias de sua vida. BSB BSB: So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
16 ULB A cada ano, ele percorria um circuito de Betel a Gilgal e a Mispá. Ele decidia as disputas para Israel em todos esses lugares. BSB BSB: Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
17 ULB Então, ele retornava a Ramá, porque sua casa era ali. Nesse lugar, ele também decidia as disputas por Israel e construiu um altar a Yahweh. BSB BSB: Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
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