Judges 2
1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
Herrens engel kom frå Gilgal upp til Bokim og sagde: «Eg henta dykk ut or Egyptarland, og fylgde dykk til det landet eg lova federne dykkar, og eg sagde: «Aldri i verdi skal eg brjota mi pakt med dykk,
2 And you shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; you shall throw down their altars: but you have not obeyed my voice: why have you done this?
og de skal ikkje gjera samband med deim som bur her i landet; de skal riva ned altari deira!» Men de høyrde ikkje på ordi mine. Kvi gjorde de’kje det?
3 Why I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.
So segjer eg dykk: Eg vil ikkje driva deim burt for dykk; dei skal vera til broddar i sidorne dykkar, og gudarne deira skal verta ei snara for dykk.»
4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
Soleis tala Herrens engel til alle Israels-sønerne. Då gret folket høgt;
5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to the LORD.
difor kalla dei den staden Bokim. Der ofra deim til Herren.
6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
Då Josva hadde bede farvel med folket, og Israels-sønerne var farne heim, kvar til sin odel, for å eigna til seg landet,
7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
då tente folket Herren so lenge Josva var til, og so lenge dei gamle var til, som livde etter Josva, og hadde set alle dei storverk Herren hadde gjort for Israel.
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
Men då Josva Nunsson, Herrens tenar, var slokna, hundrad og ti år gamall,
9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
og dei hadde gravlagt honom på hans eigen gard og grunn i Timnat-Heres i Efraimsheidi, nordanfor Ga’asfjell,
10 And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
og då heile den ætti var fari til federne sine, og det stod fram ei ny ætt, som ikkje kjende Herren og ikkje visste kva han hadde gjort for Israel,
11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
då gjorde Israels-sønerne det som var Herrens imot, og dyrka Ba’als-bilæti;
12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves to them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
dei vende seg frå Herren, sin fedregud, som hadde ført deim ut or Egyptarlandet, og heldt seg til andre gudar, gudarne åt grannefolki, og låg på kne for deim, og arga Herren;
13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
dei vende seg frå Herren og dyrka Ba’al og Astarte-bilæti.
14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Då vart Herren brennande harm på Israel, og gav deim i henderne på røvarar, som herja deim; han slepte deim i henderne på uvenerne deira rundt um, og dei kunde ikkje lenger standa seg mot fiendarne.
15 Wherever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn to them: and they were greatly distressed.
Kvar dei for fram, var Herrens hand imot deim, so det gjekk deim ille, som Herren hadde sagt deim, og som Herren hadde svore, og dei kom i stor naud.
16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
Då vekte Herren upp domarar, som berga deim frå røvararne.
17 And yet they would not listen to their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves to them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
Men dei lydde ikkje domarane sine heller, og heldt seg med andre gudar, og låg på kne for deim; dei tok snart ut av den vegen som federne deira hadde fylgt; for dei lydde Herrens bod, men so gjorde ikkje desse.
18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
Og kvar gong Herren let ein domar standa fram millom deim, so var Herren med domaren, og berga deim frå uvenerne deira so lenge domaren livde; for Herren ynkast yver deim når dei sukka og stunde for di dei vart tvinga og trælka.
19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
Men ikkje fyrr var domaren burte, fyrr dei fall ifrå att, og for endå verre åt enn federne sine, heldt seg til andre gudar, og dyrka deim, og bad til deim; dei lagde’kje ned noko av det vonde dei hadde fyre seg, eller av si tråssuge framferd.
20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people has transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not listened to my voice;
Då vart Herren harm på Israel, og han sagde: «For di dette folket hev brote den pakti eg gjorde med federne deira, og ikkje hev lydt mine ord,
21 I also will not from now on drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
so vil ikkje eg heller hjelpa deim meir, og ikkje driva ut noko av dei folki som Josva let vera att då han døydde;
22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
med deim skal Israel røynast um dei vilde halda seg etter Herrens vegar og ganga på deim, som federne deira gjorde.»
23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Soleis var det Herren let desse folki få vera, og ikkje straks dreiv deim ut, og ikkje gav deim i Josvas hender.
