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 agent of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers. And I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
2 Men I må ikke slutte Pagt med dette Lands Indbyggere; deres Altre skal I bryde ned! Men t 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 to my voice. Why have ye 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!"
Therefore 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 to you.
4 Da HERRENs Engel talede disse Ord til alle Israelitterne, brast Folket i Gråd.
And it came to pass, when the agent of Jehovah spoke these words to all the sons 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 to Jehovah.
6 Da Josua havde ladet Folket fare, drog Israelitterne hver til sin Arvelod for at tage Landet i Besiddelse.
Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the sons of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
7 Og Folket dyrkede HERREN, så længe Josua levede, og så længe de Ældste var i Live, som overlevede Josua og havde set hele det Storværk, HERREN havde øvet for Israel.
And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel.
8 Og Josua, Nuns Søn, HERRENs Tjener, døde, 110 År gammel;
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old.
9 og de jordede ham på 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 også 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 to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them that did not know Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.
11 Da gjorde Israelitterne, hvad der var ondt i HERRENs Øjne, og dyrkede Ba'alerne;
And the sons of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, 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 bowed themselves down to them. And they provoked Jehovah to anger.
13 De forlod HERREN og dyrkede Ba'al og Astarte.
And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
14 Da blussede HERRENs Vrede op imod Israel, og han gav dem i Røveres Hånd, så de udplyndrede dem. Han gav dem til Pris for de omboende Fjender, så de ikke længer kunde holde Stand mod deres Fjender.
And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled 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 Hvor som helst de rykkede frem, var HERRENs Hånd imod dem og voldte dem Ulykke, som HERREN havde sagt og tilsvoret dem. Således bragte han dem i stor Vånde. Men når de så råbte til HERREN,
Wherever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had spoken, and as Jehovah had sworn to them. And they were exceedingly distressed.
16 lod han Dommere fremstå, og de frelste dem fra deres Hånd, som udplyndrede dem.
And Jehovah raised up judges who saved them out of the hand of those who despoiled 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 på i Lydighed mod HERRENs Bud; de slægtede dem ikke på.
And yet they did not hearken to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah. They did not do so.
18 Men hver Gang HERREN lod Dommere fremstå iblandt dem, var HERREN med Dommeren og frelste dem fra deres Fjenders Hånd, så længe Dommeren levede; thi HERREN ynkedes, når de jamrede sig over dem, som trængte og undertrykte dem.
And when Jehovah raised up judges for them, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For Jehovah regretted because of their groaning because of those who oppressed them and vexed them.
19 Men så 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 bow down to them. They did not cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
20 Da blussede HERRENs Vrede op mod Israel, og han sagde: "Efterdi dette Folk har overtrådt min Pagt, som jeg pålagde deres Fædre, og ikke adlydt min Røst,
And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he said, Because this nation has transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not hearkened 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 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 på 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 Jehovah to 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 Hånd.
So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out quickly. Neither did he deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
