Richteren 2
1 Toen trok de engel van Jahweh van Gilgal op naar Betel en sprak: Ik heb u weggevoerd uit Egypte en naar het land gebracht, dat Ik onder ede aan uw vaderen had beloofd, en Ik heb gezegd: Nooit zal Ik mijn Verbond met u verbreken,
Yahweh [appeared in the form of] an angel [and] went up from Gilgal to [a place that was later called] Bokim. He said [to the Israeli people], “I brought your [ancestors] up here from Egypt. I led them into this land that I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. I said to them, ‘The agreement that I made with you, as for me, I will never (break it/say that it is ended).
2 wanneer gij geen verbond sluit met de bewoners van dit land, doch hun altaren omver haalt. Maar gij hebt niet naar Mij geluisterd. Hoe hebt ge zo kunnen doen!
But as for you, you must never make a peace agreement with the people who live in this land. You must tear down the altars [where they make sacrifices to idols].’ But you have not obeyed me.
3 En daarom heb Ik besloten: Ik zal hen niet voor u uitdrijven; zij zullen uw vijanden zijn en hun goden een valstrik voor u.
So now, I am telling you that I will not expel [your enemies] as you advance. They will be like thorns in your sides. And [they] will try to trap you [by making you worship] their idols.”
4 Toen de engel van Jahweh zo tot heel Israël had gesproken, begon het volk luid te wenen;
After he told that to all the Israelis, the people cried loudly.
5 daarom noemde men die plaats Bokim. En men bracht Jahweh daar een offer.
They called that place Bokim, [which means ‘weeping’]. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
6 Nadat Josuë het volk had laten gaan, trokken de Israëlieten, elk naar zijn erfdeel, om het land in bezit te nemen.
After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them.
7 En het volk diende Jahweh, zolang Josuë leefde, en de oudsten er nog waren, die Josuë overleefden, en die getuige waren geweest van al het grootse, dat Jahweh voor Israël had gewrocht.
They served Yahweh as long as Joshua was alive, and as long as the elders, those who had seen all the great things that Yahweh had done for Israel, were alive.
8 Maar Josuë, de zoon van Noen, de dienaar van Jahweh, stierf in de ouderdom van honderd tien jaren,
Then Yahweh’s servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died.
9 en men begroef hem op het grondgebied van zijn erfdeel te Timnat-Sérach, in het bergland van Efraïm ten noorden van de berg Gáasj.
They buried his body in the area he had received [from Moses], at Timnath-Serah, in the area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, north of Gaash Mountain.
10 En toen ook heel dat geslacht tot zijn vaderen was verzameld, stond er een ander geslacht op, dat Jahweh niet kende, noch wist wat Hij voor Israël had gedaan.
After all the people died who lived at the same time as Joshua [EUP], a group of people grew up who did not know Yahweh, and did not know what great things he had done for the Israeli people.
11 Nu begonnen de Israëlieten kwaad te doen in de ogen van Jahweh, door de Báals te dienen.
They did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They worshiped [idols that represented the god] Baal and the goddess Astarte. They worshiped [DOU] the various gods that the people-groups around them worshiped. They stopped worshiping Yahweh, the God their ancestors worshiped, the one who had brought their ancestors out of Egypt. That caused Yahweh to be very angry.
12 Ze verlieten Jahweh, den God hunner vaderen, die hen uit Egypte had geleid, en liepen vreemde goden na, de goden der hen omringende volken; hen vereerden ze, maar ze verbitterden Jahweh.
13 Ze verzaakten Jahweh, door den Báal en de Asjtarten te dienen.
14 Toen barstte Jahweh’s toorn los tegen Israël; Hij gaf hen prijs aan plunderzieke benden, die hen uitschudden, en leverde hen over aan hun vijanden rondom, zodat ze niet langer tegen hun vijanden waren opgewassen.
So he allowed people from other groups to raid them and steal their crops and animals. They were no longer able to resist their enemies, and Yahweh allowed all their enemies around them to defeat them.
15 Bij al wat ze ondernamen was de hand van Jahweh tegen hen ten verderve gericht, zoals Jahweh gezegd had, zoals Jahweh het hun had gezworen. Maar als ze dan erg verdrukt werden,
Whenever the Israelis went to fight [their enemies], Yahweh [MTY] was opposing them, and allowed their enemies to defeat them, just as he had promised he would do. So the Israelis were greatly distressed.
16 deed Jahweh Rechters opstaan, om ze uit de greep van die plunderaars te bevrijden.
Then Yahweh gave leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelis from the people who were raiding them.
17 Maar zelfs naar hun Rechters luisterden ze niet. Ontuchtig liepen ze vreemde goden achterna, om die te vereren; dadelijk weken ze af van de weg, door hun vaderen bewandeld, die naar Jahweh’s voorschriften hadden geluisterd, wat zij niet deden.
But the Israelis still would not pay attention to their leaders. Instead, they went to the idols, [acting like] prostitutes [who gave themselves to men who were not their husbands] [MET], and they worshiped those idols. They were not like their ancestors. Their ancestors obeyed what Yahweh commanded, but their descendants quickly stopped behaving as their ancestors had behaved.
18 Als Jahweh hun Rechters verwekt had, dan was Jahweh ook met den Rechter, en bevrijdde Hij hen van hun vijanden, zolang de Rechter leefde; want hun gejammer om hun verdrukkers en vervolgers ging Jahweh ter harte.
Whenever Yahweh gave a leader to them, he helped that leader and enabled him to rescue the people from their enemies. He helped them like that as long as that leader was alive. Yahweh pitied them as they groaned because they were being oppressed and caused to suffer.
19 Maar nauwelijks was de Rechter gestorven, of ze maakten het nog erger dan hun vaders; ze liepen vreemde goden achterna, dienden en vereerden hen, en lieten niets achterwege, wat in hun handel en wandel verkeerd was geweest.
But after that leader died, the people went back to behaving in ways even more evil than their ancestors had behaved. They worshiped other gods and bowed down to them and did all [LIT] the things that they thought those gods wanted them to do.
20 Toen ontstak Jahweh in toorn tegen Israël, en sprak: Omdat dit volk het Verbond, waartoe Ik hun vaderen verplichtte, geschonden en naar Mij niet geluisterd heeft,
So Yahweh was very angry with the Israeli people. He said, “These people have disobeyed the agreement I made with their ancestors. They have not done what I told them to do.
21 daarom zal ook Ik geen der volken, die Josuë bij zijn dood heeft overgelaten, meer voor hen verdrijven,
So I will no longer expel the people-groups that Joshua left in this land when he died.
22 om zo door middel van hen de Israëlieten op de proef te stellen, of ze al dan niet ervoor zullen zorgen, Jahweh’s wegen te bewandelen, zoals hun vaderen daarvoor hebben gezorgd.
I will use them to test the Israeli people to see whether they will do what I want them to do, as their ancestors did.”
23 Daarom liet Jahweh die volken met rust; Hij heeft ze niet aanstonds verdreven, noch ze in Josuë’s hand geleverd.
Yahweh had allowed those people-groups to stay in that land. He did not expel them by allowing Joshua [and his men] to defeat them.
