Judges 2
1 The angel of Yahweh went up from Gilgal to Bokim, and said, “I brought you up from Egypt, and have brought you to the land I swore to give to your fathers. I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you.
Herrens engel kom frå Gilgal upp til Bokim og sagde: «Eg henta dykk ut or Egyptarland, og fylgde dykk til det landet eg lova federne dykkar, og eg sagde: «Aldri i verdi skal eg brjota mi pakt med dykk,
2 You must make no covenant with those who live in this land. You must tear down their altars.' But you have not listened to my voice. What is this that you have done?
og de skal ikkje gjera samband med deim som bur her i landet; de skal riva ned altari deira!» Men de høyrde ikkje på ordi mine. Kvi gjorde de’kje det?
3 So now I say, 'I will not drive the Canaanites out before you, but they will become thorns in your sides, and their gods will become a trap for you.'”
So segjer eg dykk: Eg vil ikkje driva deim burt for dykk; dei skal vera til broddar i sidorne dykkar, og gudarne deira skal verta ei snara for dykk.»
4 When the angel of Yahweh spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people shouted and wept.
Soleis tala Herrens engel til alle Israels-sønerne. Då gret folket høgt;
5 They called that place Bokim. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
difor kalla dei den staden Bokim. Der ofra deim til Herren.
6 Now when Joshua had sent the people on their way, the people of Israel each went to the place assigned, to take ownership of their land.
Då Josva hadde bede farvel med folket, og Israels-sønerne var farne heim, kvar til sin odel, for å eigna til seg landet,
7 The people served Yahweh during the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, those who had seen all of Yahweh's great deeds he had done for Israel.
då tente folket Herren so lenge Josva var til, og so lenge dei gamle var til, som livde etter Josva, og hadde set alle dei storverk Herren hadde gjort for Israel.
8 Joshua son of Nun the servant of Yahweh, died at the age of 110 years old.
Men då Josva Nunsson, Herrens tenar, var slokna, hundrad og ti år gamall,
9 They buried him within the border of the land he was assigned in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
og dei hadde gravlagt honom på hans eigen gard og grunn i Timnat-Heres i Efraimsheidi, nordanfor Ga’asfjell,
10 All that generation was also gathered to their fathers. Another generation grew up after them who did not know Yahweh or what he had done for Israel.
og då heile den ætti var fari til federne sine, og det stod fram ei ny ætt, som ikkje kjende Herren og ikkje visste kva han hadde gjort for Israel,
11 The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh and they served the Baals.
då gjorde Israels-sønerne det som var Herrens imot, og dyrka Ba’als-bilæti;
12 They broke away from Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, the very gods of the peoples who were around them, and they bowed down to them. They provoked Yahweh to anger because
dei vende seg frå Herren, sin fedregud, som hadde ført deim ut or Egyptarlandet, og heldt seg til andre gudar, gudarne åt grannefolki, og låg på kne for deim, og arga Herren;
13 they broke away from Yahweh and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.
dei vende seg frå Herren og dyrka Ba’al og Astarte-bilæti.
14 The anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and he gave them to the raiders who stole their possessions from them. He sold them as slaves who were held by the strength of their enemies around them, so they could no longer defend themselves against their enemies.
Då vart Herren brennande harm på Israel, og gav deim i henderne på røvarar, som herja deim; han slepte deim i henderne på uvenerne deira rundt um, og dei kunde ikkje lenger standa seg mot fiendarne.
15 Wherever Israel went out to fight, Yahweh's hand was against them to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them and they were in terrible distress.
Kvar dei for fram, var Herrens hand imot deim, so det gjekk deim ille, som Herren hadde sagt deim, og som Herren hadde svore, og dei kom i stor naud.
16 Then Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who were stealing their possessions.
Då vekte Herren upp domarar, som berga deim frå røvararne.
17 Yet they would not listen to their judges. They were unfaithful to Yahweh and gave themselves like prostitutes to other gods and worshiped them. They soon turned aside from the way their fathers had lived—those who had obeyed the commandments of Yahweh—but they themselves did not do so.
Men dei lydde ikkje domarane sine heller, og heldt seg med andre gudar, og låg på kne for deim; dei tok snart ut av den vegen som federne deira hadde fylgt; for dei lydde Herrens bod, men so gjorde ikkje desse.
18 When Yahweh raised up judges for them, Yahweh helped the judges and rescued them from the hand of their enemies all the days the judge lived. Yahweh had pity on them as they groaned because of those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
Og kvar gong Herren let ein domar standa fram millom deim, so var Herren med domaren, og berga deim frå uvenerne deira so lenge domaren livde; for Herren ynkast yver deim når dei sukka og stunde for di dei vart tvinga og trælka.
19 But when the judge died, they would turn away and do things that were even more corrupt than their fathers had done. They would go after other gods to serve them and worship them. They refused to give up any of their evil practices or their stubborn ways.
Men ikkje fyrr var domaren burte, fyrr dei fall ifrå att, og for endå verre åt enn federne sine, heldt seg til andre gudar, og dyrka deim, og bad til deim; dei lagde’kje ned noko av det vonde dei hadde fyre seg, eller av si tråssuge framferd.
20 The anger of Yahweh burned against Israel; he said, “Because this nation has broken the terms of my covenant that I had set in place for their fathers—because they have not listened to my voice—
Då vart Herren harm på Israel, og han sagde: «For di dette folket hev brote den pakti eg gjorde med federne deira, og ikkje hev lydt mine ord,
21 I will not, from now on, drive out from before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died.
so vil ikkje eg heller hjelpa deim meir, og ikkje driva ut noko av dei folki som Josva let vera att då han døydde;
22 I will do this so that I may test Israel, whether or not they will keep the way of Yahweh and walk in it, as their fathers kept it.”
med deim skal Israel røynast um dei vilde halda seg etter Herrens vegar og ganga på deim, som federne deira gjorde.»
23 That is why Yahweh left those nations and did not drive them out quickly and give them into the hand of Joshua.
Soleis var det Herren let desse folki få vera, og ikkje straks dreiv deim ut, og ikkje gav deim i Josvas hender.
