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).
Subió el Ángel de Yahvé de Gálgala a Boquín, y dijo: “Yo os he sacado de Egipto, y os he introducido en el país que prometí con juramento a vuestros padres. Y dije: Jamás quebrantaré mi alianza con vosotros,
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.
si vosotros no hacéis alianza con los habitantes de esta tierra, y si derribáis sus altares. Pero no habéis obedecido mi voz. ¿Por qué habéis hecho esto?
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.”
Por eso Yo por mi parte he dicho: No los expulsaré delante de vosotros, sino que quedarán a vuestro lado y sus dioses os serán un lazo”.
4 After he told that to all the Israelis, the people cried loudly.
Al decir el Ángel de Yahvé estas palabras a todos los hijos de Israel, el pueblo alzó la voz y se puso a llorar.
5 They called that place Bokim, [which means ‘weeping’]. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
Por eso llamaron a este lugar Boquín; y ofrecieron allí sacrificios a Yahvé.
6 After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them.
Despedido que hubo Josué al pueblo, los hijos de Israel se fueron cada cual a su herencia para tomar posesión de la tierra;
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.
y sirvió el pueblo a Yahvé todos los días de Josué, y todos los días de los ancianos que sobrevivieron a Josué y que habían visto toda la obra grandiosa que Yahvé había hecho en favor de Israel.
8 Then Yahweh’s servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died.
Pero murió Josué, hijo de Nun, siervo de Yahvé, cuando tenía ciento y diez años;
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.
y le sepultaron en el terreno de su propia herencia, en Timnatheres, en la montaña de Efraím, al norte del monte 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.
También toda aquella generación fue congregada con sus padres; y surgió otra generación después de ellos que no conocía a Yahvé, ni la obra que Él había hecho a favor de 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.
Entonces los hijos de Israel hicieron lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé. Sirvieron a los Baales,
y abandonando a Yahvé, el Dios de sus padres, que los había sacado del país de Egipto, anduvieron en pos de otros dioses, de entre los dioses de los pueblos que los rodeaban, y se postraron ante ellos, provocando la ira de Yahvé.
Dejaron a Yahvé, y sirvieron a Baal y a las 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.
Entonces se encendió la ira de Yahvé contra Israel; por lo cual los entregó en manos de salteadores que los saquearon, y los vendió en manos de sus enemigos que los rodeaban, y no pudieron ya resistir a sus enemigos.
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.
Por doquiera que salían, la mano de Yahvé descargaba sobre ellos, para su daño, como Yahvé les había dicho y jurado, con lo que se vieron en muy grande aprieto.
16 Then Yahweh gave leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelis from the people who were raiding them.
Entonces suscitó Yahvé jueces que los librasen de los saqueadores.
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.
Mas ni aun a sus jueces quisieron escuchar, sino que se prostituyeron yéndose tras otros dioses, ante los cuales se postraban. Así se apartaron muy pronto del camino en que anduvieron sus padres, obedeciendo los mandamientos de Yahvé; ellos, empero, no lo hicieron así.
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.
Cuando Yahvé les suscitaba un juez, estaba con él, y los salvaba de sus enemigos, todos los días de aquel juez; porque Yahvé les tenía compasión a causa de los gemidos que proferían ante sus opresores y vejadores.
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.
Pero al morir el juez, volvían a corromperse más que sus padres y andaban en pos de otros dioses sirviéndolos y dándoles culto. No dejaron estas sus maldades ni su perverso camino.
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.
Por eso se encendió la ira de Yahvé contra Israel, y dijo: “Por cuanto este pueblo viola la alianza que Yo prescribí a sus padres, y no escucha mi voz,
21 So I will no longer expel the people-groups that Joshua left in this land when he died.
tampoco Yo seguiré expulsando de delante de ellos a ninguno de aquellos pueblos que dejó Josué cuando murió,
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.”
a fin de probar por medio de ellos a Israel, si pondrán o no su empeño en andar en el camino de Yahvé, como hicieron sus padres.”
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.
Y Yahvé dejó a aquellos pueblos sin apresurarse a expulsarlos, como tampoco los había entregado en manos de Josué.
