Judges 2
1 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).
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!
2 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.
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!
3 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.”
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!"
4 After he told that to all the Israelis, the people cried loudly.
Da HERRENs Engel talede disse Ord til alle Israelitterne, brast Folket i Gråd.
5 They called that place Bokim, [which means ‘weeping’]. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
Derfor kaldte man Stedet Bokim. Og de ofrede til HERREN der.
6 After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them.
Da Josua havde ladet Folket fare, drog Israelitterne hver til sin Arvelod for at tage Landet i Besiddelse.
7 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.
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.
8 Then Yahweh’s servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died.
Og Josua, Nuns Søn, HERRENs Tjener, døde, 110 År gammel;
9 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.
og de jordede ham på hans Arvelod i Timnat-Heres i Efraims Bjerge norden for Bjerget Ga'asj.
10 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.
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.
11 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.
Da gjorde Israelitterne, hvad der var ondt i HERRENs Øjne, og dyrkede Ba'alerne;
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.
De forlod HERREN og dyrkede Ba'al og Astarte.
14 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.
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.
15 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.
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,
16 Then Yahweh gave leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelis from the people who were raiding them.
lod han Dommere fremstå, og de frelste dem fra deres Hånd, som udplyndrede dem.
17 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.
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.
18 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.
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.
19 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.
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.
20 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.
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,
21 So I will no longer expel the people-groups that Joshua left in this land when he died.
vil jeg heller ikke mere bortdrive foran dem et eneste af de Folk, som Josua lod tilbage ved sin Død,
22 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.”
for at jeg ved dem kan sætte Israel på Prøve, om de omhyggeligt vil følge HERRENs Veje, som deres Fædre gjorde, eller ej."
23 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.
HERREN lod da disse Folkeslag blive og hastede ikke med at drive dem bort; han gav dem ikke i Josuas Hånd.
