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 the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said: '...I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I swore unto your fathers; and I said: I will never break My covenant with you;
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!
and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall break down their altars; but ye have not hearkened unto My voice; what is this ye have done?
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 also said: I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be unto you as snares, and their gods shall be a trap unto you.'
4 Da HERRENS Engel talede disse Ord til alle Israeliterne, brast Folket i Graad.
And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
5 Derfor kaldte man Stedet Bokim. Og de ofrede til HERREN der.
And they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
6 Da Josua havde ladet Folket fare, drog Israeliterne hver til sin Arvelod for at tage Landet i Besiddelse.
Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
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 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 work of the LORD, that He had wrought for Israel.
8 Og Josua, Nuns Søn, HERRENS Tjener, døde, 110 Aar gammel;
And Joshua 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 border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of 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 also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers; and there arose another generation after them, that knew not the LORD, nor yet the work which He had wrought for Israel.
11 Da gjorde Israeliterne, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, og dyrkede Ba'alerne;
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the 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 forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and worshipped them; and they provoked the LORD.
13 De forlod HERREN og dyrkede Ba'al og Astarte.
And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and the 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 anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and He gave them over into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before 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,
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken, and as the LORD had sworn unto them; and they were sore distressed.
16 lod han Dommere fremstaa, og de frelste dem fra deres Haand, som udplyndrede dem.
And the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that spoiled 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.
And yet they hearkened not unto their judges, for they went astray after other gods, and worshipped them; they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not so.
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, then the LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repented the LORD because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and crushed them.
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 it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to worship them; they left nothing undone of their practices, nor of their stubborn way.
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 anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel; and He said: 'Because this nation have transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto 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 henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua 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 by 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 HERREN lod da disse Folkeslag blive og hastede ikke med at drive dem bort; han gav dem ikke i Josuas Haand.
So the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered He them into the hand of Joshua.
