Dommer 2
1 HERRENS Engel drog fra Gilgal op til Betel. Og han sagde: »Jeg førte eder op fra Ægypten og bragte eder ind i det Land, jeg tilsvor eders Fædre. Og jeg sagde: Jeg vil i Evighed ikke bryde min Pagt med eder!
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 Men I maa ikke slutte Pagt med dette Lands Indbyggere; deres Altre skal I bryde ned! Men I adlød ikke min Røst! Hvad har I dog 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 Derfor siger jeg nu: Jeg vil ikke drive dem bort foran eder, men de skal blive Brodde i eders Sider, og deres Guder skal blive eder 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 Da HERRENS Engel talede disse Ord til alle Israeliterne, brast Folket i Graad.
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 Derfor kaldte man Stedet 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 Da Josua havde ladet Folket fare, drog Israeliterne hver til sin Arvelod for at tage Landet i Besiddelse.
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 Og Folket dyrkede HERREN, saa længe Josua levede, og saa længe de Ældste var i Live, som overlevede Josua og havde set hele det Storværk, HERREN havde øvet for 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 Og Josua, Nuns Søn, HERRENS Tjener, døde, 110 Aar gammel;
Then Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
9 og de jordede ham paa hans Arvelod i Timnat-Heres i Efraims Bjerge norden for Bjerget Ga'asj.
And they buried him in the parts of his possession at Timnath-Serah, on Mount Ephraim, before the northern side of Mount Gaash.
10 Men ogsaa hele hin Slægt samledes til sine Fædre, og efter dem kom en anden Slægt, som hverken kendte HERREN eller det Værk, han havde øvet for 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 Israeliterne, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, og dyrkede Ba'alerne;
And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served the Baals.
12 de forlod HERREN, deres Fædres Gud, som havde ført dem ud af Ægypten, og holdt sig til andre Guder, de omboende Folks Guder, og tilbad dem og krænkede 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 De forlod HERREN og dyrkede Ba'al og Astarte.
forsaking him, and serving Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 Da blussede HERRENS Vrede op imod Israel, og han gav dem i Røveres Haand, saa de udplyndrede dem. Han gav dem til Pris for de omboende Fjender, saa de ikke længer kunde holde Stand mod deres Fjender.
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 Hvor som helst de rykkede frem, var HERRENS Haand imod dem og voldte dem Ulykke, som HERREN havde sagt og tilsvoret dem. Saaledes bragte han dem i stor Vaande. Men naar de saa raabte til HERREN,
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 lod han Dommere fremstaa, og de frelste dem fra deres Haand, som udplyndrede dem.
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 Dog heller ikke deres Dommere adlød de, men bolede med andre Guder og tilbad dem. Hurtig veg de bort fra den Vej, deres Fædre havde vandret paa i Lydighed mod HERRENS Bud; de slægtede dem ikke paa.
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 Men hver Gang HERREN lod Dommere fremstaa iblandt dem, var HERREN med Dommeren og frelste dem fra deres Fjenders Haand, saa længe Dommeren levede; thi HERREN ynkedes, naar de jamrede sig over dem, som trængte og undertrykte 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 saa snart Dommeren var død, handlede de atter ilde, ja endnu værre end deres Fædre, idet de holdt sig til andre Guder og dyrkede og tilbad dem. De holdt ikke op med deres onde Gerninger og genstridige Færd.
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 Da blussede HERRENS Vrede op mod Israel, og han sagde: »Efterdi dette Folk har overtraadt min Pagt, som jeg paalagde deres Fædre, og ikke adlydt 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 vil jeg heller ikke mere bortdrive foran dem et eneste af de Folk, som Josua lod tilbage ved sin Død,
And so, I will not destroy the nations that Joshua left behind when he died,
22 for at jeg ved dem kan sætte Israel paa Prøve, om de omhyggeligt vil følge HERRENS Veje, som deres Fædre gjorde, 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 HERREN lod da disse Folkeslag blive og hastede ikke med at drive dem bort; han gav dem ikke i Josuas 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.
