Judges 2
1 and to ascend: rise messenger: angel LORD from [the] Gilgal to(wards) [the] Bochim and to say to ascend: establish [obj] you from Egypt and to come (in): bring [obj] you to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to swear to/for father your and to say not to break covenant my with you to/for forever: enduring
The angel of the Lord went from Gilgal to Bokim and told the people, “I led you out of the land of Egypt and brought you to this land that I promised to your forefathers, and I said I would never break the agreement I made with you.
2 and you(m. p.) not to cut: make(covenant) covenant to/for to dwell [the] land: country/planet [the] this altar their to tear [emph?] and not to hear: obey in/on/with voice my what? this to make: do
I also told you not to make any agreements with the people living in the land and to tear down their altars. But you refused to obey what I said. Why did you do this?
3 and also to say not to drive out: drive out [obj] them from face: before your and to be to/for you to/for side and God their to be to/for you to/for snare
I also warned you, ‘I will not drive them out before you, and they will be snares for you, and their gods will be traps for you.’”
4 and to be like/as to speak: speak messenger: angel LORD [obj] [the] word [the] these to(wards) all son: descendant/people Israel and to lift: loud [the] people [obj] voice their and to weep
After the angel of the Lord had explained this to all the Israelites, the people wept out loud.
5 and to call: call by name [the] place [the] he/she/it Bochim and to sacrifice there to/for LORD
That's why they named the place Bokim, and they presented sacrifices there to the Lord.
6 and to send: depart Joshua [obj] [the] people and to go: went son: descendant/people Israel man: anyone to/for inheritance his to/for to possess: take [obj] [the] land: country/planet
After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went to take possession of the land, each to their allotted land.
7 and to serve: minister [the] people [obj] LORD all day Joshua and all day [the] old: elder which to prolong day after Joshua which to see: see [obj] all deed: work LORD [the] great: large which to make: do to/for Israel
The people continued to worship the Lord throughout Joshua's life, and throughout the lifetimes of the elders who outlived him, those who had seen all the wonderful things that the Lord had done for Israel.
8 and to die Joshua son: child Nun servant/slave LORD son: aged hundred and ten year
Joshua, son of Nun, servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten.
9 and to bury [obj] him in/on/with border: boundary inheritance his in/on/with Timnath-heres Timnath-heres in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim from north to/for mountain: mount Gaash
They buried him in Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash, the land he had been allocated.
10 and also all [the] generation [the] he/she/it to gather to(wards) father his and to arise: rise generation another after them which not to know [obj] LORD and also [obj] [the] deed: work which to make: do to/for Israel
Once that generation had passed away, the generation that followed did not know the Lord, or what he had done for Israel.
11 and to make: do son: descendant/people Israel [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and to serve: minister [obj] [the] Baal
The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord's sight, and they worshiped the Baals.
12 and to leave: forsake [obj] LORD God father their [the] to come out: send [obj] them from land: country/planet Egypt and to go: follow after God another from God [the] people which around them and to bow to/for them and to provoke [obj] LORD
They deserted the Lord, the God of their forefathers, who had led them out of Egypt. They followed other gods, bowing down in worship to the gods of the peoples around them, making the Lord angry.
13 and to leave: forsake [obj] LORD and to serve: minister to/for Baal and to/for Ashtaroth
They deserted the Lord and worshiped Baal and Ashtaroth idols.
14 and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with Israel and to give: give them in/on/with hand: to to plunder and to plunder [obj] them and to sell them in/on/with hand: power enemy their from around and not be able still to/for to stand: stand to/for face: before enemy their
Because the Lord was angry with Israel he handed them over to invaders who plundered them. He sold them to their enemies all around—enemies they could no longer resist.
15 in/on/with all which to come out: come hand: power LORD to be in/on/with them to/for distress: harm like/as as which to speak: promise LORD and like/as as which to swear LORD to/for them and be distressed to/for them much
Whenever Israel went into battle, the Lord fought against them and defeated them, just as he had warned them and as he had vowed he would do. They were in a great deal of trouble.
16 and to arise: raise LORD to judge and to save them from hand: power to plunder them
Then the Lord provided them with judges, who saved them from their invaders.
17 and also to(wards) to judge them not to hear: obey for to fornicate after God another and to bow to/for them to turn aside: turn aside quickly from [the] way: conduct which to go: walk father their to/for to hear: obey commandment LORD not to make: do so
But even so, they refused to listen to their judges, and prostituted themselves by following other gods, bowing down in worship to them. They quickly abandoned the way their forefathers had followed, and they did not obey the Lord's commandments as their forefathers had.
18 and for to arise: raise LORD to/for them to judge and to be LORD with [the] to judge and to save them from hand: power enemy their all day [the] to judge for to be sorry: comfort LORD from groan their from face: because to oppress them and to crowd them
When the Lord provided Israel with judges over Israel, he was with each judge and saved the people from their enemies during that judge's lifetime, because the Lord felt sorry for his people, who groaned under their oppressors and persecutors.
19 and to be in/on/with to die [the] to judge to return: turn back and to ruin from father their to/for to go: follow after God another to/for to serve: minister them and to/for to bow to/for them not to fall: fall from deed their and from way: conduct their [the] severe
But when the judge died, the people relapsed, and did worse things even than their forefathers, following other gods and worshiping them. They refused to give up what they were doing and held to their stubborn ways.
20 and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with Israel and to say because which to pass: trespass [the] nation [the] this [obj] covenant my which to command [obj] father their and not to hear: obey to/for voice my
As a result the Lord became angry with Israel and he told them, “Because this nation has broken the agreement I ordered their forefathers to obey, and has not paid attention to what I said,
21 also I not to add: again to/for to possess: take man: anyone from face: before their from [the] nation which to leave: forsake Joshua and to die
from now on I won't drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
22 because to test in/on/with them [obj] Israel to keep: careful they(masc.) [obj] way: conduct LORD to/for to go: walk in/on/with them like/as as which to keep: obey father their if not
This is in order to use them to test Israel to see if they will keep the way of the Lord and follow it as their forefathers did.”
23 and to rest LORD [obj] [the] nation [the] these to/for lest to possess: take them quickly and not to give: give them in/on/with hand: power Joshua
This is the reason why the Lord allowed those nations to remain, and didn't immediately drive them out by handing them over to Joshua.
