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 Galgal to the place of weepers, and said: I made you go out of Egypt, and have brought you into the land for which I swore to your fathers: and I promised that I would not make void my covenant with you for ever:
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!
On condition that you should not make a league with the inhabitants of this land, but should throw down their altars: and you would not hear 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!«
Wherefore I would not destroy them from before your face: that you may have enemies, and 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 children of Israel, they lifted up their voice, and wept.
5 Derfor kaldte man Stedet Bokim. Og de ofrede til HERREN der.
And the name of that place was called, The place of weepers, or of tears: and there they offered sacrifices to the Lord.
6 Da Josua havde ladet Folket fare, drog Israeliterne hver til sin Arvelod for at tage Landet i Besiddelse.
And Josue sent away the people, and the children of Israel went every one to his own possession to hold 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 all his days, and the days of the ancients, that lived 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;
And Josue the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being a 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 borders of his possession in Thamnathsare in mount Ephraim, on the north side of mount Gaas.
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 all that generation was gathered to their fathers: and there arose others that knew not the Lord, and the works which he had done for Israel.
11 Da gjorde Israeliterne, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, og dyrkede Ba'alerne;
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served Baalim.
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 left the Lord the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt: and they followed strange gods, and the gods of the people that dwelt round about them, and they adored them: and they provoked the Lord to anger.
13 De forlod HERREN og dyrkede Ba'al og Astarte.
Forsaking him, and serving Baal and Astaroth.
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 being angry against Israel, delivered them into the hands of plunderers: who took them and sold them to their enemies, that dwelt round about: neither could they stand against their enemies:
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,
But whithersoever they meant to go, the hand of the Lord was upon them, as he had said, and as he had sworn to them: and they were greatly distressed.
16 lod han Dommere fremstaa, og de frelste dem fra deres Haand, som udplyndrede dem.
And the Lord raised up judges, to deliver them from the hands of those that oppressed them: but they would not hearken 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.
Committing fornication with strange gods, and adoring them. They quickly forsook the way, in which their fathers had walked: and hearing the commandments of the Lord, they did all things 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 when the Lord raised them up judges, in their days he was moved to mercy, and heard the groanings of the afflicted, and delivered them from the slaughter of the 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 the judge was dead, they returned, and did much worse things than their fathers had done, following strange gods, serving them and adoring them. They left not their own inventions, and the 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 wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said: Behold this nation hath made void my covenant, which I had made with their fathers, and hath despised to hearken to my voice:
21 vil jeg heller ikke mere bortdrive foran dem et eneste af de Folk, som Josua lod tilbage ved sin Død,
I also will not destroy the nations which Josue left, 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.«
That through them I may try Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord, and walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or not.
23 HERREN lod da disse Folkeslag blive og hastede ikke med at drive dem bort; han gav dem ikke i Josuas Haand.
The Lord therefore left all these nations, and would not quickly destroy them, neither did he deliver them into the hands of Josue.
