Judges 2
1 And the aungel of the Lord stiede fro Galgala to the place of weperis, and seide, Y ledde you out of Egipt, and Y brouyte you in to the lond, `for which Y swoor to youre fadris, and bihiyte, that Y schulde not make void my couenaunt with you in to with outen ende;
主的神諭 上主的使者從基耳加耳上到波津說：「我使你們由埃及上來，領你們進入了我向你們祖先所誓許的地方；我曾說過：我永不廢棄我與你們所立的盟約，
2 so oneli that ye schulde not smyte boond of pees with the dwelleris of this lond, and schulden distrie `the auteris of hem; and ye nolden here my vois. Whi diden ye these thingis?
你們也不可與這地方的居民結約，且要拆毀他們的祭壇。但你們沒有聽從我的聲音；你們這是作的什麼事﹖
3 Wherfore Y nolde do hem awei fro youre face, that ye haue enemyes, and that `the goddis of hem be to you in to fallyng.
為此我現在說：我必不把他們從你們面前趕走，他們為你們將是陷阱，他們的神要成為你們的羅網。」
4 And whanne the `aungel of the Lord spak these wordis to alle the sones of Israel, thei reisiden her vois, and wepten; and the name of that place was clepid,
當上主的使者對全以色列子民說這話時，百姓便放聲大哭，
5 of weperis, ether of teeris; and thei offriden there sacrifices to the Lord.
因此給那地方起名叫波津。他們在那裏給上主奉獻了祭獻。民長時代的史論
6 Therfor Josue lefte the puple; and the sones of Israel wenten forth, ech man in to his possessioun, that thei schulden gete it.
若蘇厄遣散了百姓，以色列子民就各到自己應得的產業去，為佔領那地方。
7 And thei serueden the Lord in alle the daies of Josue, and of eldere men that lyueden aftir hym in long tyme, and knewen alle the grete werkis of the Lord, whiche he hadde do with Israel.
當若蘇厄在世時，和他去世後，那些見過上主為以色列所行的大事的長老們還在的時日，百姓都事奉上主。
8 Forsothe Josue, sone of Nun, `seruaunt of the Lord, `was deed of an hundrid yeer and ten;
上主的僕人，農的兒子若蘇厄一百一十歲時去了世。
9 and thei birieden hym in the endis of his possessioun, in Thannath of Sare, in the hil of Effraym, at the north coost of the hil Gaas.
人們把他埋在他地業的境內，即在厄弗辣因山地，加阿士山北面的提默納赫勒斯。
10 And al that generacioun was gaderid to her fadris; and othere men riseden, that knewen not the Lord, and the werkis whiche he `hadde do with Israel.
當那一代人都歸於他們的祖先以後，在他們之後，興起了另一代，他們不認識上主，也不知道上主為以色列所行的事蹟。
11 And the sones of Israel diden yuel in the siyt of the Lord, and thei serueden Baalym and Astaroth;
以色列子民行了上主視為惡的事，事奉了巴耳諸神。
12 and forsoken the Lord God of her fadris, that ledden hem out of the lond of Egipt; and thei sueden alien goddis, the goddis of puplis, that dwelliden in `the cumpasse of hem, and worschipeden tho goddis, and excitiden the Lord to greet wraththe, and forsoken hym,
他們離棄了上主他們祖先的天主，即領他們出離埃及地的天主，而隨從了別的神，叩拜他們四周各民族的神，因此觸怒了上主。
13 and serueden Baal and Astoroth.
他們背離了上主，而事奉巴耳和阿市托勒特。
14 And the Lord was wrooth ayens Israel, and bitook hem in to the hondis of rauyscheris, whiche rauyscheris token hem, and seelden to enemyes, that dwelliden `bi cumpas; and thei myyten not ayenstonde her aduersaries;
於是上主對以色列大發忿怒，把他們交在強盜手中，叫強盜搶掠他們；將他們賣給育四周的敵人，使他們不能抵抗他們的敵人；
15 but whidir euer thei wolden go, the hond of the Lord was on hem, as he spak and swoor to hem; and thei weren turmentid greetli.
他們無論去那裏，上主的手總是加害他們，猶如上主所說的，猶如上主向他們所起的誓，使他們受極大的痛苦。
16 And the Lord reiside iugis, that `delyueriden hem fro the hondis of destrieris, but thei nolden here hem,
上主雖興起民長，拯救他們脫離強盜的手；
17 and thei diden fornycacioun, `that is, idolatrie, with alien goddis, and worschipiden hem. Soone thei forsoken the weie, bi which `the fadris of hem entriden; and thei herden the `comaundementis of the Lord, and diden alle thingis contrarie.
但他們仍不肯聽從他們的民長，反而與外邦的神行淫，頂禮叩拜，迅速地離開了他們祖先所走的服從上主命令的路，沒有照樣行事。
18 And whanne the Lord reiside iugis in `the daies of hem, he was bowid bi mercy, and he herde the weilyngis of hem turmentid, and he delyuerede hem fro the sleyng of wasteris.
當上主給他們興起民長時，上主與民長同在，在民長一生的歲月中，救他們脫離仇敵的手，因為上主聽見了他們受壓迫欺凌發出的歎息，而憐憫了他們；
19 Sotheli aftir that the iuge was deed, thei turneden ayen, and diden many thingis grettere `in yuel than her fadris diden; and thei sueden alien goddis, and serueden hem, and worschipiden hem; thei leften not her owne fyndyngis, and the hardeste weie `bi which thei weren wont to go.
可是民長一去世，他們又轉而行惡，行為比他們的祖先更壞，去追隨外神，事奉叩拜他們，總不放棄他們祖先的惡行和頑抗的行為。
20 And the strong veniaunce of the Lord was wrooth ayens Israel, and he seide, For this puple hath maad voide my couenaunt which Y couenauntide with her fadris, and dispiside to here my vois; also Y schal not do a wey folkis,
因此上主對以色列大發忿怒說：「因為這百姓違犯了我與他們祖先締結的盟約，沒有聽從我的音；
21 whiche Josue `lefte, and was deed;
為此，若蘇厄死後所剩下的民族，我也不再由他們面前，驅逐任何一個，
22 that in hem Y asaie Israel, whether thei kepen the weie of the Lord, and goen ther ynne, as her fadris kepten, ether nay.
為試驗以色列是否謹守遵行上主的道路，有如他們的祖先所遵行的一樣。」
23 Therfor the Lord lefte alle these naciouns, and nolde destrie soone, nethir bitook in to the hondis of Josue.
因此，上主保留了那些民族，沒有迅速驅逐他們，也沒有把他們交在以色人手中。
