Dommernes 2
1 Og Herrens engel kom fra Gilgal op til Bokim. Og han sa: Jeg hentet eder op fra Egypten og førte eder til det land jeg tilsvor eders fedre, og sa: Aldri i evighet vil jeg bryte min pakt med eder;
And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the [place of] weeping, and to Baethel, and to the house of Israel, and said to them, Thus says the Lord, I brought you up out of Egypt, and I brought you into the land which I sware to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant that I have made with you.
2 men I skal ikke gjøre pakt med dette lands innbyggere; deres altere skal I rive ned. Men I hørte ikke på mine ord; hvad har I gjort!
And ye shall make no covenant with them that dwell in this land, neither shall ye worship their gods; but ye shall destroy their graven images, ye shall pull down their altars: but ye hearkened not to my voice, for ye did these things.
3 Jeg sa også: Jeg vil ikke drive dem ut for eder, men de skal bli til brodder i eders sider, og deres guder skal bli til en snare for eder.
And I said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be for a distress to you, and their gods shall be to you for an offence.
4 Og da Herrens engel talte disse ord til alle Israels barn, gråt folket høit.
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.
5 Derfor kalte de dette sted Bokim, og de ofret der til Herren.
And they named the name of that place Weepings; and they sacrificed there to the Lord.
6 Da Josva hadde latt folket fare, og Israels barn hadde draget hver til sin arv for å ta landet i eie,
And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his inheritance, to inherit the land.
7 tjente folket Herren så lenge Josva levde, og så lenge alle de eldste levde som overlevde Josva og hadde sett alle de store gjerninger Herren hadde gjort for Israel.
And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived many days with Joshua, as many as knew all the great work of the Lord, what things he had wrought in Israel.
8 Men da Josva, Nuns sønn, Herrens tjener, var død, hundre og ti år gammel,
And Joshua the son of Naue, the servant of the Lord, died, a hundred and ten years old.
9 og de hadde begravet ham på hans arvelodds grunn i Timnat-Heres i Efra'im-fjellene, nordenfor Ga'as-fjellet,
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance, in Thamnathares, in mount Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaas.
10 og da hele denne slekt var samlet til sine fedre, og det efter dem var vokset op en annen slekt, som ikke kjente Herren, og heller ikke de gjerninger han hadde gjort for Israel,
And all that generation were laid to their fathers: and another generation rose up after them, who knew not the Lord, nor yet the work which he wrought in Israel.
11 da gjorde Israels barn det som var ondt i Herrens øine, og dyrket Ba'alene.
And the children of Israel wrought evil before the Lord, and served Baalim.
12 De forlot Herren, sine fedres Gud, som hadde ført dem ut av Egyptens land, og de fulgte andre guder av de folks guder som bodde rundt omkring dem, og de tilbad dem og vakte Herrens harme.
And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and walked after other gods, of the gods of the nations round about them; and they worshipped them.
13 De forlot Herren og dyrket Ba'al og Astarte-billedene.
And they provoked the Lord, and forsook him, and served Baal and the Astartes.
14 Da optendtes Herrens vrede mot Israel, og han gav dem i røveres hånd, som plyndret dem; han solgte dem i deres fienders hånd, de som bodde rundt omkring dem, og de kunde ikke mere stå sig mot sine fiender.
And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and he gave them into the hands of the spoilers, and they spoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, and they could not any longer resist their enemies,
15 Overalt hvor de drog ut, var Herrens hånd imot dem, så det gikk dem ille, således som Herren hadde sagt dem, og som Herren hadde svoret, og deres trengsel var stor.
among whomsoever they went; and the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord spoke, and as the Lord sware to them; and he greatly afflicted them.
16 Da opreiste Herren dommere, og de frelste dem av røvernes hånd.
And the Lord raised up judges, and the Lord save them out of the hands of them that spoiled them: and yet they hearkened not to the judges,
17 Men heller ikke mot sine dommere var de lydige; de holdt sig med andre guder og tilbad dem; de vek snart av fra den vei deres fedre hadde vandret i lydighet mot Herrens bud, og gjorde ikke som de.
for they went a whoring after other gods, and worshipped them; and they turned quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked to hearken to the words of the Lord; they did not so.
18 Og når Herren opreiste dem dommere, så var Herren med dommeren og frelste dem av deres fienders hånd så lenge dommeren levde; for Herren ynkedes over dem når de sukket for deres skyld som plaget og undertrykte dem.
And because the Lord raised them up judges, so the Lord was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved at their groaning by reason of them that besieged them and afflicted them.
19 Men når så dommeren døde, falt de igjen tilbake og fór verre frem enn sine fedre: De fulgte andre guder og dyrket dem og tilbad dem; de avstod ikke fra nogen av sine gjerninger eller fra sin gjenstridige ferd.
And it came to pass when the judge died, that they went back, and again corrupted [themselves] worse than their fathers to go after other gods to serve them an to worship them: they abandoned not their devices nor their stubborn ways.
20 Så optendtes Herrens vrede mot Israel, og han sa: Fordi dette folk har brutt min pakt, som jeg oprettet med deres fedre, og ikke har hørt på min røst,
And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and said, Forasmuch as this nation has forsaken my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not hearkened to my voice,
21 så vil jeg heller ikke mere drive bort for dem noget av de folk som Josva lot tilbake da han døde.
therefore I will not any more cast out a man of the nations before their face, which Joshua the son of Naue left in the land. And [the Lord] left [them],
22 Ved dem skulde Israel prøves, om de vilde ta vare på Herrens vei og vandre på den, som deres fedre gjorde, eller ikke.
to prove Israel with them, whether they would keep the way of the Lord, to walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or no.
23 Så lot da Herren disse folk bli og hastet ikke med å drive dem bort; han gav dem ikke i Josvas hånd.
So the Lord will leave these nations, so as not to cast them out suddenly; and he delivered them not into the hand of Joshua.
