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).
ORA l'Angelo del Signore salì di Ghilgal in Bochim, e disse: Io vi ho fatti salir fuori di Egitto, e vi ho condotti nel paese, il quale io avea giurato a' vostri padri; e ho detto; Io non annullerò giammai in eterno il mio patto con voi.
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.
Ma voi altresì non patteggiate con gli abitanti di questo paese; disfate i loro altari; ma voi non avete ubbidito alla mia voce; che cosa [è] questa [che] voi avete fatta?
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.”
Perciò io altresì ho detto: Io non li scaccerò d'innanzi a voi; anzi vi saranno a' fianchi, e i lor dii vi saranno per laccio.
4 After he told that to all the Israelis, the people cried loudly.
E mentre l'Angelo del Signore diceva queste parole a tutti i figliuoli d'Israele, il popolo alzò la voce, e pianse.
5 They called that place Bokim, [which means ‘weeping’]. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
Onde posero nome a quel luogo Bochim; e quivi sacrificarono al Signore.
6 After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them.
OR Giosuè rimandò il popolo; e i figliuoli d'Israele se ne andarono ciascuno alla sua eredità, per possedere il paese.
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.
E il popolo servì al Signore tutto il tempo di Giosuè, e tutto il tempo degli Anziani che sopravvissero a Giosuè, i quali aveano vedute tutte le grandi opere del Signore, le quali egli avea fatte inverso Israele.
8 Then Yahweh’s servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died.
Poi Giosuè, figliuolo di Nun, servitor del Signore, morì d'età di cendieci anni;
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.
e fu seppellito ne' confini della sua eredità in Timnat-heres, nel monte d'Efraim, dal Settentrione del monte di 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.
E tutta quella generazione ancora fu raccolta a' suoi padri; poi, surse dopo loro un'altra generazione, la quale non avea conosciuto il Signore, nè le opere ch'egli avea fatte inverso Israele.
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.
E i figliuoli d'Israele fecero ciò che dispiace al Signore, e servirono a' Baali.
E abbandonarono il Signore Iddio de' lor padri, il quale li avea tratti fuor del paese di Egitto, e andarono dietro ad altri dii, d'infra gl'iddii de' popoli ch'[erano] d'intorno a loro; e li adorarono, e irritarono il Signore.
E abbandonarono il Signore, e servirono a Baal e ad Astarot.
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.
Laonde l'ira del Signore si accese contro ad Israele, ed egli li diede nelle mani di predatori, i quali li predarono; e li vendè nelle mani de' lor nemici d'ogni intorno, talchè non poterono più stare a fronte a' lor nemici.
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.
Dovunque uscivano, la mano del Signore era contro a loro in male, come il Signore avea loro detto e giurato; onde furono grandemente distretti.
16 Then Yahweh gave leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelis from the people who were raiding them.
Or il Signore suscitava de' Giudici, i quali li liberavano dalla mano di quelli che li predavano.
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.
Ma non pure a' lor Giudici ubbidivano; anzi andavano fornicando dietro ad altri dii, e li adoravano; subito si rivolgevano dalla via, per la quale erano camminati i lor padri, ubbidendo a' comandamenti del Signore; essi non facevano già così.
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.
E pure, quando il Signore suscitava loro de' Giudici, il Signore era col Giudice, e li liberava dalla mano de'lor nemici, tutto il tempo del Giudice; perciocchè il Signore si pentiva, per li loro sospiri, [che gittavano] per cagion di coloro che li oppressavano, e tenevano in distretta.
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.
Ma, quando il Giudice era morto, tornavano a corrompersi più che i lor padri, andando dietro ad altri dii, per servirli, e per adorarli; non tralasciavano nulla delle loro opere, nè della lor via indurata.
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.
Laonde l'ira del Signore si accese contro a Israele; ed egli disse: Perciocchè questa gente ha trasgredito il mio patto, il quale io avea ordinato a' lor padri, e non hanno ubbidito alla mia voce;
21 So I will no longer expel the people-groups that Joshua left in this land when he died.
io altresì non continuerò di scacciar d'innanzi a loro alcuna delle genti, le quali Giosuè lasciò quando egli morì.
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.”
[Il che fu], per provar per esse Israele se osserverebbero la via del Signore, per camminare in essa, come l'osservarono i padri loro, o no.
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.
Il Signore adunque lasciò quelle genti, senza scacciarle così subito; e non le diede nelle mani di Giosuè.
