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Juízes 8 — Bíblia The Message, 2002 | Gospelmais
35 versículos · The Message, 2002
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1Then the Ephraimites said to Gideon, "Why did you leave us out of this, not calling us when you went to fight Midian?" They were indignant and let him know it.
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1The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply.
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2But Gideon replied, "What have I done compared to you? Why, even the gleanings of Ephraim are superior to the vintage of Abiezer.
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2He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
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3God gave you Midian's commanders, Oreb and Zeeb. What have I done compared with you?"When they heard this, they calmed down and cooled off.
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3God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
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4Gideon and his three hundred arrived at the Jordan and crossed over. They were bone-tired but still pressing the pursuit.
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4Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
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5He asked the men of Succoth, "Please, give me some loaves of bread for my troops I have with me. They're worn out, and I'm hot on the trail of Zebah and Zalmunna, the Midianite kings."
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5He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
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6But the leaders in Succoth said, "You're on a wild goose chase; why should we help you on a fool's errand?"
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6The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
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7Gideon said, "If you say so. But when God gives me Zebah and Zalmunna, I'll give you a thrashing, whip your bare flesh with desert thorns and thistles!"
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7Gideon said, “Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”
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8He went from there to Peniel and made the same request. The men of Peniel, like the men of Succoth, also refused.
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8He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
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9Gideon told them, "When I return safe and sound, I'll demolish this tower."
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9He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
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10Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with an army of about fifteen companies, all that was left of the fighting force of the easterners—they had lost 120 companies of soldiers.
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10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.
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11Gideon went up the caravan trail east of Nobah and Jogbehah, found and attacked the undefended camp.
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11Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army was secure.
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12Zebah and Zalmunna fled, but he chased and captured the two kings of Midian. The whole camp had panicked.
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12Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued them. He took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and confused all the army.
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13Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by way of the Heres Pass.
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13Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
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14He captured a young man from Succoth and asked some questions. The young man wrote down the names of the officials and leaders of Succoth, seventy-seven men.
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14He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
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15Then Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, "Here are the wild geese, Zebah and Zalmunna, you said I'd never catch. You wouldn't give so much as a scrap of bread to my worn-out men; you taunted us, saying that we were on a fool's errand."
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15He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”
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16Then he took the seventy-seven leaders of Succoth and thrashed them with desert thorns and thistles.
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16He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
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17And he demolished the tower of Peniel and killed the men of the city.
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17He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
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18He then addressed Zebah and Zalmunna: "Tell me about the men you killed at Tabor.""They were men much like you," they said, "each one like a king's son."
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18Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “They were like you. Each one resembled the children of a king.”
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19Gideon said, "They were my brothers, my mother's sons. As God lives, if you had let them live, I would let you live."
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19He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.”
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20Then he spoke to Jether, his firstborn: "Get up and kill them." But he couldn't do it, couldn't draw his sword. He was afraid—he was still just a boy.
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20He said to Jether his firstborn, “Get up, and kill them!” But the youth didn’t draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth.
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21Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Do it yourself—if you're man enough!" And Gideon did it. He stepped up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna. Then he took the crescents that hung on the necks of their camels.
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21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength.” Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’ necks.
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22The Israelites said, "Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson. You have saved us from Midian's tyranny."
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22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son’s son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.”
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23Gideon said, "I most certainly will not rule over you, nor will my son. God will reign over you."
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23Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.”
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24Then Gideon said, "But I do have one request. Give me, each of you, an earring that you took as plunder." Ishmaelites wore gold earrings, and the men all had their pockets full of them.
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24Gideon said to them, “I do have a request, that you would each give me the earrings of his plunder.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
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25They said, "Of course. They're yours!"They spread out a blanket and each man threw his plundered earrings on it.
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25They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his plunder into it.
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26The gold earrings that Gideon had asked for weighed about forty-three pounds—and that didn't include the crescents and pendants, the purple robes worn by the Midianite kings, and the ornaments hung around the necks of their camels.
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26The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
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27Gideon made the gold into a sacred ephod and put it on display in his hometown, Ophrah. All Israel prostituted itself there. Gideon and his family, too, were seduced by it.
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27Gideon made an ephod out of it, and put it in Ophrah, his city. Then all Israel played the prostitute with it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
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28Midian's tyranny was broken by the Israelites; nothing more was heard from them. The land was quiet for forty years in Gideon's time.
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28So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
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29Jerub-Baal son of Joash went home and lived in his house.
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29Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
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30Gideon had seventy sons. He fathered them all—he had a lot of wives!
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30Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives.
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31His concubine, the one at Shechem, also bore him a son. He named him Abimelech.
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31His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
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32Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age. He was buried in the tomb of his father Joash at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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32Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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33Gideon was hardly cool in the tomb when the People of Israel had gotten off track and were prostituting themselves to Baal—they made Baal-of-the-Covenant their god.
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33As soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute following the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
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34The People of Israel forgot all about God, their God, who had saved them from all their enemies who had hemmed them in.
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34The children of Israel didn’t remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
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35And they didn't keep faith with the family of Jerub-Baal (Gideon), honoring all the good he had done for Israel.
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35neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.