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 came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
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?
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye 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.
Wherefore 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 unto you.
4 Og det skete, der Herrens Engel havde talet disse Ord til alle Israels Børn, da opløftede Folket sin Røst, og de græd.
And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
5 Og de kaldte det samme Steds Navn Bokim, og de ofrede til Herren der.
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.
6 Og der Josva lod Folket fare, og Israels Børn gik hver til sin Arv for at eje Landet,
And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
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 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.
8 Men der Josva, Nuns Søn, Herrens Tjener, var død, hundrede og ti Aar gammel,
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an 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 border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill 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 also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
11 Da gjorde Israels Børn det onde for Herrens Øjne, og de tjente Baalerne.
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:
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 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 unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.
13 Og de forlode Herren og tjente Baal og Astharoth.
And they forsook the Lord, and served 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 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.
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.
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
16 Og Herren oprejste Dommere, og de frelste dem af deres Røveres Haand.
Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled 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.
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.
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 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.
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.
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 unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
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 anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
21 da vil jeg heller ikke ydermere fordrive fra deres Ansigt nogen af Hedningerne, som Josva efterlod, der han døde,
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left 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.
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.
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 those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
