12 Os filhos de Israel tornaram a fazer o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor. Por isso, o Senhor deu poder a Eglom, rei dos moabitas, contra Israel, porque fizeram o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor. 13 Eglom se juntou com os filhos de Amom e os amalequitas, foi e derrotou Israel. E eles se apoderaram da cidade das palmeiras. 14 E os filhos de Israel serviram Eglom, rei dos moabitas, durante dezoito anos.

15 Então os filhos de Israel clamaram ao Senhor, e o Senhor lhes suscitou um libertador: Eúde, homem canhoto, filho de Gera, benjamita. Por meio dele, os filhos de Israel enviaram tributo a Eglom, rei dos moabitas. 16 Eúde fez para si um punhal de dois gumes, do comprimento de quase meio metro; e cingiu-o debaixo da sua roupa, do lado direito. 17 Então ele levou o tributo a Eglom, rei dos moabitas. Eglom era um homem muito gordo. 18 Depois de entregar o tributo, Eúde saiu com os carregadores do tributo. 19 Ele, porém, voltou do ponto em que estavam as imagens de escultura ao pé de Gilgal e disse ao rei:

— Tenho uma palavra secreta para o senhor, ó rei.

O rei disse:

— Cale-se.

Então todos os que estavam com o rei saíram de sua presença. 20 Eúde entrou numa sala de verão, que o rei tinha só para si, e onde ele estava sentado. Eúde disse:

— Tenho uma palavra de Deus para o senhor.

E Eglom se levantou da cadeira. 21 Então Eúde estendeu a mão esquerda, puxou o seu punhal do lado direito e o cravou na barriga do rei, 22 de tal maneira que entrou também o cabo com a lâmina; e, porque não tirou o punhal da barriga, a gordura se fechou sobre ele. Eúde saiu por uma portinhola, 23 passou para a antessala, depois de fechar e trancar as portas atrás de si. 24 Quando ele tinha saído, vieram os servos do rei e viram que as portas da sala de verão estavam trancadas. E disseram:

— Sem dúvida ele está fazendo as necessidades na sala de verão.

25 Esperaram até cansar; e, como o rei não abria a porta da sala, pegaram a chave e a abriram; e eis que o seu senhor estava morto, caído no chão. 26 Eúde escapou enquanto eles se demoravam e, tendo passado pelas imagens de escultura, foi para Seirá. 27 Tendo chegado, tocou a trombeta nas montanhas de Efraim; e os filhos de Israel desceram com ele das montanhas, indo ele à frente. 28 E lhes disse:

— Sigam-me, porque o Senhor entregou nas mãos de vocês os seus inimigos, os moabitas.

Eles seguiram Eúde e tomaram os vaus do Jordão contra os moabitas, e a nenhum deles deixaram passar. 29 Naquele tempo, mataram uns dez mil homens moabitas, todos robustos e valentes; e não escapou nem sequer um. 30 Assim, naquele dia, Moabe foi subjugado por Israel.

E a terra ficou em paz durante oitenta anos.

12 And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked, in the sight of Yahweh,and Yahweh emboldened Eglon, king of Moab, against Israel, because they did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh;

13 and he gathered unto him, the sons of Ammon, and Amalek,and came and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of palm-trees.

14 So the sons of Israel served Eglon king of Moab, eighteen years.

15 And the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up unto them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left-handed,and the sons of Israel sent, by his hand, a present, unto Eglon king of Moab.

16 So Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length,and girded it under his raiment, upon his right thigh.

17 So he offered the present unto Eglon, king of Moab,now, Eglon, was an exceedingly fat man.

18 And so it was, when he had made an end of offering the present, that he sent away the people who had been bearing the present;

19 but, he himself, turned back from the images that were by Gilgal, and said, A secret word, have I, unto thee, O king! And he saidSilence! Thereupon went out from his presence all who had been standing near him.

20 And, Ehud, came in unto him, he, having been sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself, alone, and Ehud said, A divine word, have I, unto thee. So he arose from off his seat.

21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from off his right thigh,and thrust it into his body;

22 and, the handle also, went in after the blade, and the flesh closed upon the blade, for he withdrew not the sword out of his body,and he came out into the ante-chamber.

23 And, when Ehud came out into the porch, he closed the doors of the parlour upon him, and bolted them.

24 When, he, had come out, his servants, went in, and looked, and lo! the doors of the parlour were bolted,so they said, Surely he covereth his feet, in the summer chamber.

25 But, though they tarried a long time, yet lo! he opened not the doors of the parlour,so they took the key, and opened , when lo! their lord, fallen to the ground dead.

26 But, Ehud, escaped while they delayed,yea, he, passed the images, and escaped into Seirah.

27 And so it was, when he came, that he blew with a horn, throughout the hill country of Ephraim,and the sons of Israel came down with him, out of the hill country, he, being before them.

28 And he said unto themCome down after me, for Yahweh hath delivered your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand. So they came down after him, and captured the fords of the Jordan, towards Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.

29 And they smote of Moab, at that time, about ten thousand men, every one a mighty man, and every one a man of valour,and, there escaped not a man.

30 And Moab was subdued on that day, under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years, and Ehud judged them until his death.