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).
Και ανέβη άγγελος Κυρίου από Γαλγάλων εις Βοκίμ και είπε, Σας ανεβίβασα εξ Αιγύπτου και σας έφερα εις την γην την οποίαν ώμοσα προς τους πατέρας σας· και είπα, Δεν θέλω αθετήσει την προς εσάς διαθήκην μου εις τον αιώνα·
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.
και σεις δεν θέλετε κάμει συνθήκην προς τους κατοίκους του τόπου τούτου· τα θυσιαστήρια αυτών θέλετε καταστρέψει. Δεν υπηκούσατε όμως εις την φωνήν μου· διά τι επράξατε τούτο;
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.”
Διά τούτο και εγώ είπα, Δεν θέλω εκδιώξει αυτούς απ' έμπροσθέν σας· αλλά θέλουσιν είσθαι εναντίοι σας, και οι θεοί αυτών θέλουσιν είσθαι παγίς εις εσάς.
4 After he told that to all the Israelis, the people cried loudly.
Και καθώς ελάλησεν ο άγγελος του Κυρίου τους λόγους τούτους προς πάντας τους υιούς Ισραήλ, ο λαός ύψωσε την φωνήν αυτού και έκλαυσε.
5 They called that place Bokim, [which means ‘weeping’]. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
Και εκάλεσαν το όνομα του τόπου εκείνου Βοκίμ· και εθυσίασαν εκεί εις τον Κύριον.
6 After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them.
Και ότε απέλυσε τον λαόν ο Ιησούς, οι υιοί Ισραήλ υπήγον έκαστος εις την κληρονομίαν αυτού, διά να κατακληρονομήσωσι την γην.
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.
Και ελάτρευσαν ο λαός τον Κύριον πάσας τας ημέρας του Ιησού και πάσας τας ημέρας των πρεσβυτέρων, οίτινες επέζησαν μετά τον Ιησούν και είδον πάντα τα έργα τα μεγάλα του Κυρίου, όσα έκαμεν υπέρ του Ισραήλ.
8 Then Yahweh’s servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died.
Και ετελεύτησεν Ιησούς, ο υιός του Ναυή, ο δούλος του Κυρίου, ηλικίας εκατόν δέκα ετών.
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.
Και έθαψαν αυτόν εις το όριον της κληρονομίας αυτού εν Θαμνάθ-αρές, εν τω όρει Εφραΐμ, κατά το βόρειον μέρος του όρους Γαάς.
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.
Και πάσα έτι η γενεά εκείνη προσετέθησαν εις τους πατέρας αυτών· και εσηκώθη άλλη γενεά μετ' αυτούς, ήτις δεν εγνώρισε τον Κύριον ουδέ τα έργα, τα οποία έκαμεν υπέρ του Ισραήλ.
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.
Και έπραξαν οι υιοί Ισραήλ πονηρά ενώπιον του Κυρίου και ελάτρευσαν τους Βααλείμ·
και εγκατέλιπον Κύριον τον Θεόν των πατέρων αυτών, τον εξαγαγόντα αυτούς εκ γης Αιγύπτου, και υπήγον κατόπιν άλλων θεών, εκ των θεών των λαών των πέριξ αυτών, και προσεκύνησαν αυτούς και παρώργισαν τον Κύριον.
Και εγκατέλιπον τον Κύριον και ελάτρευσαν τον Βάαλ και τας Ασταρώθ.
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.
Και εξήφθη ο θυμός του Κυρίου κατά του Ισραήλ, και παρέδωκεν αυτούς εις την χείρα των λεηλατιστών, και ελεηλάτησαν αυτούς· και επώλησεν αυτούς εις την χείρα των εχθρών αυτών κύκλω, ώστε δεν ηδυνήθησαν πλέον να σταθώσι κατά πρόσωπον των εχθρών αυτών.
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.
Πανταχού όπου εξήρχοντο, η χειρ του Κυρίου ήτο εναντίον αυτών προς κακόν, καθώς ελάλησεν ο Κύριος και καθώς ώμοσεν ο Κύριος προς αυτούς· και ήλθον εις μεγάλην αμηχανίαν.
16 Then Yahweh gave leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelis from the people who were raiding them.
Τότε ανέστησεν ο Κύριος κριτάς, οίτινες έσωσαν αυτούς εκ της χειρός των λεηλατούντων αυτούς.
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.
Πλην ουδέ εις τους κριτάς αυτών υπήκουσαν, αλλ' επόρνευσαν κατόπιν άλλων θεών και προσεκύνησαν αυτούς· εξέκλιναν ταχέως από της οδού, εις την οποίαν περιεπάτησαν οι πατέρες αυτών υπακούοντες εις τας εντολάς του Κυρίου· δεν έκαμον ούτω.
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.
Και ότε ανέστησεν ο Κύριος εις αυτούς κριτάς, τότε ο Κύριος ήτο μετά του κριτού και έσωζεν αυτούς εκ της χειρός των εχθρών αυτών καθ' όλας τας ημέρας του κριτού· διότι εσπλαγχνίσθη ο Κύριος εις τους στεναγμούς αυτών τους εξ αιτίας των καταθλιβόντων αυτούς και καταπιεζόντων αυτούς.
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.
Ότε δε απέθνησκεν ο κριτής, επέστρεφον και διεφθείροντο χειρότερα παρά τους πατέρας αυτών, υπάγοντες κατόπιν άλλων θεών, διά να λατρεύωσιν αυτούς και να προσκυνώσιν αυτούς· δεν έπαυον από των πράξεων αυτών ουδέ από της οδού αυτών της διεστραμμένης.
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.
Και εξήφθη ο θυμός του Κυρίου κατά του Ισραήλ, και είπεν, Επειδή ο λαός ούτος παρέβη την διαθήκην μου, την οποίαν προσέταξα εις τους πατέρας αυτών, και δεν υπήκουσεν εις την φωνήν μου·
21 So I will no longer expel the people-groups that Joshua left in this land when he died.
και εγώ δεν θέλω εκδιώξει πλέον απ' έμπροσθεν αυτών ουδέν εκ των εθνών, τα οποία αφήκεν ο Ιησούς ότε ετελεύτησε,
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.”
διά να δοκιμάσω τον Ισραήλ διά μέσου αυτών, εάν φυλάττωσι την οδόν του Κυρίου, περιπατούντες εν αυτή, καθώς εφύλαξαν αυτήν οι πατέρες αυτών, ή ουχί.
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.
Και αφήκε Κύριος τα έθνη ταύτα, χωρίς να εκδιώξη ταχέως αυτά· ουδέ παρέδωκεν αυτά εις την χείρα του Ιησού.
