1 Estas, pois, são as nações que o SENHOR deixou ficar, para por elas provar a Israel, a saber, a todos os que não sabiam de todas as guerras de Canaã.
2 Tão-somente para que as gerações dos filhos de Israel delas soubessem (para lhes ensinar a guerra), pelo menos os que dantes não sabiam delas.
3 Cinco príncipes dos filisteus, e todos os cananeus, e sidônios, e heveus que habitavam nas montanhas do Líbano desde o monte de Baal-Hermom, até à entrada de Hamate.
4 Estes, pois, ficaram, para por eles provar a Israel, para saber se dariam ouvido aos mandamentos do Senhor, que ele tinha ordenado a seus pais, pelo ministério de Moisés.
5 Habitando, pois, os filhos de Israel no meio dos cananeus, dos heteus, e amorreus, e perizeus, e heveus, e jebuseus,
6 Tomaram de suas filhas para si por mulheres, e deram as suas filhas aos filhos deles; e serviram aos seus deuses.
7 E os filhos de Israel fizeram o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, e se esqueceram do Senhor seu Deus; e serviram aos baalins e a Astarote.
8 Então a ira do SENHOR se acendeu contra Israel, e ele os vendeu na mão de Cusã-Risataim, rei da mesopotâmia; e os filhos de Israel serviram a Cusã-Risataim oito anos.
9 E os filhos de Israel clamaram ao Senhor, e o Senhor levantou-lhes um libertador, que os libertou: Otniel, filho de Quenaz, irmão de Calebe, mais novo do que ele.
10 E veio sobre ele o Espírito do Senhor, e julgou a Israel, e saiu à peleja; e o Senhor entregou na sua mão a Cusã-Risataim, rei da Síria; contra o qual prevaleceu a sua mão.
11 Então a terra sossegou quarenta anos; e Otniel, filho de Quenaz, faleceu.
12 Porém os filhos de Israel tornaram a fazer o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor; então o Senhor fortaleceu a Eglom, rei dos moabitas, contra Israel; porquanto fizeram o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor.
13 E reuniu consigo os filhos de Amom e os amalequitas, e foi, e feriu a Israel, e tomaram a cidade das palmeiras.
14 E os filhos de Israel serviram a Eglom, rei dos moabitas, dezoito anos.
15 Então os filhos de Israel clamaram ao Senhor, e o Senhor lhes levantou um libertador, a Eúde, filho de Gera, filho de Jemim, homem canhoto. E os filhos de Israel enviaram pela sua mão um presente a Eglom, rei dos moabitas.
16 E Eúde fez para si uma espada de dois fios, do comprimento de um côvado; e cingiu-a por baixo das suas vestes, à sua coxa direita.
17 E levou aquele presente a Eglom, rei dos moabitas; e era Eglom homem muito gordo.
18 E sucedeu que, acabando de entregar o presente, despediu a gente que o trouxera.
19 Porém ele mesmo voltou das imagens de escultura que estavam ao pé de Gilgal, e disse: Tenho uma palavra secreta para ti, ó rei. O qual disse: Cala-te. E todos os que lhe assistiam saíram de diante dele.
20 E Eúde entrou numa sala de verão, que o rei tinha só para si, onde estava sentado, e disse: Tenho, para dizer-te, uma palavra de Deus. E levantou-se da cadeira.
21 Então Eúde estendeu a sua mão esquerda, e tirou a espada de sobre sua coxa direita, e lha cravou no ventre,
22 De tal maneira que entrou até o cabo após a lâmina, e a gordura encerrou a lâmina (porque não tirou a espada do ventre); e saiu-lhe o excremento.
23 Então Eúde saiu ao pátio, e fechou as portas da sala e as trancou.
24 E, saindo ele, vieram os servos do rei, e viram, e eis que as portas da sala estavam fechadas; e disseram: Sem dúvida está cobrindo seus pés na recâmara da sala de verão.
25 E, esperando até se alarmarem, eis que ele não abria as portas da sala; então tomaram a chave, e abriram, e eis ali seu senhor estendido morto em terra.
26 E Eúde escapou, enquanto eles se demoravam; porque ele passou pelas imagens de escultura, e escapou para Seirá.
27 E sucedeu que, chegando ele, tocou a buzina nas montanhas de Efraim, e os filhos de Israel desceram com ele das montanhas, e ele adiante deles.
28 E disse-lhes: Segui-me, porque o Senhor vos tem entregue vossos inimigos, os moabitas, nas vossas mãos; e desceram após ele, e tomaram os vaus do Jordão contra Moabe, e a ninguém deixaram passar.
29 E naquele tempo feriram dos moabitas uns dez mil homens, todos corpulentos, e todos homens valorosos; e não escapou nenhum.
30 Assim foi subjugado Moabe naquele dia debaixo da mão de Israel; e a terra sossegou oitenta anos.
31 Depois dele foi Sangar, filho de Anate, que feriu a seiscentos homens dos filisteus com uma aguilhada de bois; e também ele libertou a Israel.
1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan;
2 it was only that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, that he might teach war to such at least as had not known it before.
3 These are the nations: the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sido'nians, and the Hivites who dwelt on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Ba'al-her'mon as far as the entrance of Hamath.
4 They were for the testing of Israel, to know whether Israel would obey the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
5 So the people of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Per'izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb'usites;
6 and they took their daughters to themselves for wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons; and they served their gods.
7 And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, forgetting the LORD their God, and serving the Ba'als and the Ashe'roth.
8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cu'shan-rishatha'im king of Mesopota'mia; and the people of Israel served Cu'shan-rishatha'im eight years.
9 But when the people of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who delivered them, Oth'ni-el the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
10 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel; he went out to war, and the LORD gave Cu'shan-rishatha'im king of Mesopota'mia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cu'shan-rishatha'im.
11 So the land had rest forty years. Then Oth'ni-el the son of Kenaz died.
12 And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the LORD.
13 He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amal'ekites, and went and defeated Israel; and they took possession of the city of palms.
14 And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
15 But when the people of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
16 And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothes.
17 And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.
18 And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people that carried the tribute.
19 But he himself turned back at the sculptured stones near Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." And he commanded, "Silence." And all his attendants went out from his presence.
20 And Ehud came to him, as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." And he arose from his seat.
21 And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly;
22 and the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
23 Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and closed the doors of the roof chamber upon him, and locked them.
24 When he had gone, the servants came; and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, "He is only relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber."
25 And they waited till they were utterly at a loss; but when he still did not open the doors of the roof chamber, they took the key and opened them; and there lay their lord dead on the floor.
26 Ehud escaped while they delayed, and passed beyond the sculptured stones, and escaped to Se-i'rah.
27 When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of E'phraim; and the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, having him at their head.
28 And he said to them, "Follow after me; for the LORD has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him, and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and allowed not a man to pass over.
29 And they killed at that time about ten thousand of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped.
30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.
31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad; and he too delivered Israel.