Dommer 2
1 Og Herrens Engel kom op fra Gilgal til Bokim og sagde: Jeg har ført eder op af Ægypten og bragt eder i det Land, som jeg tilsvor eders Fædre, og jeg sagde: Jeg vil ikke rygge min Pagt med eder i Evighed.
And an Angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to the Place of Weeping, and he said: “I led you away from Egypt, and I led you into the land, about which I swore to your fathers. And I promised that I would not nullify my covenant with you, even forever:
2 Og I skulle ikke gøre Pagt med dette Lands Indbyggere, I skulle nedbryde deres Altre; men I hørte ikke min Røst; hvad er det, I have gjort?
but only if you would not form a pact with the inhabitants of this land. Instead, you should overturn their altars. Yet you were not willing to listen to my voice. Why have you done this?
3 Da sagde jeg ogsaa: Jeg vil ikke uddrive dem fra eders Ansigt; men de skulle være eder paa Siderne, og deres Guder skulle være eder til en Snare.
For this reason, I am not willing to destroy them before your face, so that you may have enemies, and so that their gods may be your ruin.”
4 Og det skete, der Herrens Engel havde talet disse Ord til alle Israels Børn, da opløftede Folket sin Røst, og de græd.
And when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, they lifted up their voice, and they wept.
5 Og de kaldte det samme Steds Navn Bokim, og de ofrede til Herren der.
And the name of that place was called, the Place of Weeping, or the Place of Tears. And they immolated victims to the Lord in that place.
6 Og der Josva lod Folket fare, og Israels Børn gik hver til sin Arv for at eje Landet,
Then Joshua dismissed the people, and the sons of Israel went away, each one to his own possession, so that they might obtain it.
7 da tjente Folket Herren, saa længe Josva levede, og saa længe de ældste levede, som levede længe efter Josva, hvilke havde set al Herrens store Gerning, som han havde gjort imod Israel.
And they served the Lord, during all his days, and during all the days of the elders, who lived for a long time after him, and who knew all the works of the Lord, which he had done for Israel.
8 Men der Josva, Nuns Søn, Herrens Tjener, var død, hundrede og ti Aar gammel,
Then Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
9 og de havde begravet ham i hans Arvs Landemærke, i Thimnat-Heres, paa Efraims Bjerg, Norden for det Bjerg Gaas,
And they buried him in the parts of his possession at Timnath-Serah, on Mount Ephraim, before the northern side of Mount Gaash.
10 og der hele den samme Slægt ogsaa var forsamlet til sine Fædre, da kom en anden Slægt op efter dem, som ikke kendte Herren, ej heller den Gerning, som han havde gjort mod Israel.
And that entire generation was gathered to their fathers. And there rose up others, who had not known the Lord and the works that he had done for Israel.
11 Da gjorde Israels Børn det onde for Herrens Øjne, og de tjente Baalerne.
And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served the Baals.
12 Og de forlode Herren deres Fædres Gud, som havde udført dem af Ægyptens Land, og vandrede efter andre Guder; af de Folks Guder, som vare trindt omkring dem, og tilbade dem; og de opirrede Herren.
And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had led them away from the land of Egypt. And they followed foreign gods and the gods of the peoples who were living around them, and they adored them. And they provoked the Lord to wrath,
13 Og de forlode Herren og tjente Baal og Astharoth.
forsaking him, and serving Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 Saa optændtes Herrens Vrede over Israel, og han gav dem i Røveres Haand, og disse røvede fra dem; og han solgte dem i deres Fjenders Haand trindt omkring, og de kunde ikke ydermere bestaa for deres Fjenders Ansigt.
And the Lord, having become angry against Israel, delivered them into the hands of plunderers, who seized them and sold them to the enemies that were living on all sides. Neither were they able to withstand their adversaries.
15 I alt det, som de udgik til, var Herrens Haand imod dem til det onde, som Herren havde sagt, og som Herren havde svoret dem; og de bleve saare ængstede.
Instead, wherever they wanted to go, the hand of the Lord was upon them, just as he said and just as he swore to them. And they were greatly afflicted.
16 Og Herren oprejste Dommere, og de frelste dem af deres Røveres Haand.
And the Lord raised up judges, who would free them from the hands of their oppressors. But they were not willing to listen to them.
17 Men de vare heller ikke deres Dommere lydige, thi de bolede med andre Guder og tilbade dem; de vege snart fra den Vej, som deres Fædre havde vandret paa ved at lyde Herrens Bud, de gjorde ikke saaledes.
Fornicating with foreign gods and adoring them, they quickly deserted the way along which their fathers had advanced. And having heard the commandments of the Lord, they did all things to the contrary.
18 Og naar Herren oprejste dem Dommere, da var Herren med Dommeren, og han frelste dem af deres Fjenders Haand, saa længe den Dommer levede; thi Herren ynkedes over dem for deres Suk over dem, som trængte dem og fortrykte dem.
And while the Lord was raising up the judges, in their days, he was moved to mercy, and he listened to the groaning of the afflicted, and he freed them from the slaughter of their oppressors.
19 Men det skete, naar Dommeren døde, da vendte de om og gjorde værre end deres Fædre ved at vandre efter andre Guder, at tjene dem og at tilbede dem; de lode ikke af fra deres Gerninger eller fra deres haarde Vej.
But after a judge had died, they turned back, and they were doing much worse things than their fathers had done, following strange gods, serving them, and adoring them. They did not abandon their pursuits and their very stubborn way, by which they were accustomed to walk.
20 Og Herrens Vrede optændtes over Israel, og han sagde: Efterdi dette Folk har overtraadt min Pagt, som jeg har budt deres Fædre, og de løde ikke min Røst,
And the fury of the Lord was enraged against Israel, and he said: “For this people has made void my covenant, which I had formed with their fathers, and they have despised listening to my voice.
21 da vil jeg heller ikke ydermere fordrive fra deres Ansigt nogen af Hedningerne, som Josva efterlod, der han døde,
And so, I will not destroy the nations that Joshua left behind when he died,
22 for at forsøge Israel ved dem, om de vilde tage Vare paa Herrens Vej, at vandre paa den, ligesom deres Fædre toge Vare derpaa, eller ej.
so that, by them, I may test Israel, as to whether or not they will keep the way of the Lord, and walk in it, just as their fathers kept it.”
23 Saa lod Herren disse Hedninger blive, saa at han ikke snart fordrev dem; og han havde ikke givet dem i Josvas Haand.
Therefore, the Lord left all these nations, and he was not willing to quickly overthrow them, nor did he deliver them into the hands of Joshua.
