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).
L'ange de Yahweh monta de Galgala à Bokim, et dit: " Je vous ai fait monter hors d'Egypte et je vous ai amenés dans le pays que j'ai juré à vos pères de vous donner. J'ai dit: Jamais je ne romprai mon alliance avec vous;
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.
et vous, vous ne ferez, point alliance avec les habitants de ce pays, vous renverserez leurs autels. Mais vous n'avez pas obéi à ma voix. Pourquoi avez-vous fait cela?
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.”
Et moi aussi, j'ai dit: Je ne les chasserai point devant vous; ils seront à vos côtés, et leurs dieux vous seront un piège. "
4 After he told that to all the Israelis, the people cried loudly.
Comme l'ange de Yahweh disait ces paroles à tous les enfants d'Israël, le peuple éleva la voix et pleura.
5 They called that place Bokim, [which means ‘weeping’]. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
Ils donnèrent à ce lieu le nom de Bokim, et ils y offrirent des sacrifices à Yahweh.
6 After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them.
Josué renvoya le peuple, et les enfants d'Israël s'en allèrent chacun dans son héritage pour prendre possession du pays.
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.
Le peuple servit Yahweh pendant toute la vie de Josué, et pendant toute la vie des anciens qui survécurent à Josué et qui avaient vu toute la grande œuvre que Yahweh avait accomplie en faveur d'Israël.
8 Then Yahweh’s servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died.
Josué, fils de Nun, serviteur de Yahweh, mourut âgé de cent dix ans.
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.
On l'ensevelit dans le territoire qu'il avait eu en partage, à Thamnath-Hérès, dans la montagne d'Ephraïm, au nord du mont Gaas.
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.
Toute cette génération fut aussi recueillie auprès de ses pères, et il s'éleva après elle une autre génération qui ne connaissait pas Yahweh, ni l'œuvre qu'il avait faite en faveur d'Israël.
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.
Les enfants d'Israël firent ce qui est mal aux yeux de Yahweh, et ils servirent les Baals.
Ils abandonnèrent Yahweh, le Dieu de leurs pères, qui les avait fait sortir du pays d'Egypte, et ils allèrent après d'autres dieux, d'entre les dieux des peuples qui les entouraient; ils se prosternèrent devant eux et ils irritèrent Yahweh.
Abandonnant Yahweh, ils servirent Baal et les Astartés.
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.
La colère de Yahweh s'enflamma contre Israël; il les livra aux mains des pillards qui les pillèrent, et il les vendit entre les mains de leurs ennemis d'alentour, et ils ne purent plus tenir devant leurs ennemis.
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.
Partout où ils allaient, la main de Yahweh était contre eux pour leur malheur, comme Yahweh l'avait dit, comme Yahweh le leur avait juré, et ils en vinrent à une grande détresse.
16 Then Yahweh gave leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelis from the people who were raiding them.
Yahweh suscitait des juges qui les délivraient de la main de ceux qui les pillaient.
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.
Mais ils n'écoutèrent pas leurs juges, car ils se prostituèrent à d'autres dieux et se prosternèrent devant eux. Ils se détournèrent promptement de la voie qu'avaient suivie leurs pères en obéissant aux commandements de Yahweh; ils ne firent pas de même.
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.
Lorsque Yahweh leur suscitait des juges, Yahweh était avec le juge et il les délivrait de la main de leurs ennemis, tant que le juge vivait; car Yahweh se repentait à cause de leurs gémissements devant ceux qui les opprimaient et les tourmentaient.
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.
Mais, à la mort du juge, ils se corrompaient de nouveau plus que leurs pères, en allant après d'autres dieux pour les servir et se prosterner devant eux; ils n'abandonnaient pas leurs errements et leur opiniâtreté.
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.
Alors la colère de Yahweh s'enflamma contre Israël, et il dit: " Puisque cette nation a transgressé mon alliance que j'avais prescrite à ses pères, et puisqu'ils n'ont pas obéi à ma voix,
21 So I will no longer expel the people-groups that Joshua left in this land when he died.
moi, je ne chasserai plus devant eux une seule des nations que Josué a laissées quand il est mort,
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.”
afin de mettre par elles Israël à l'épreuve, pour voir s'ils seront attentifs, ou non, à suivre la voie de Yahweh, comme leurs pères y ont été attentifs. "
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.
Et Yahweh laissa en repos, sans se hâter de les chasser, ces nations qu'il n'avait pas livrées entre les mains de Josué.
