Juízes 2
1 E o anjo do SENHOR subiu de Gilgal a Boquim, e disse: “Eu vos tirei do Egito, e vos introduzi na terra da qual havia jurado a vossos pais; e disse: ‘Não invalidarei jamais meu pacto convosco;
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).
2 contanto que vós não façais aliança com os moradores desta terra, cujos altares deveis derrubar’; mas vós não atendestes à minha voz: por que fizestes isto?
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.
3 Por isso eu também disse: ‘Não os expulsarei de diante de vós, mas serão vossos inimigos, e seus deuses vos serão uma armadilha’”.
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.”
4 E quando o anjo do SENHOR falou estas palavras a todos os filhos de Israel, o povo chorou em alta voz.
After he told that to all the Israelis, the people cried loudly.
5 E chamaram por nome aquele lugar Boquim: e sacrificaram ali ao SENHOR.
They called that place Bokim, [which means ‘weeping’]. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
6 Porque já Josué havia despedido ao povo, e os filhos de Israel se haviam ido cada um à sua herança para possuí-la.
After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them.
7 E o povo havia servido ao SENHOR todo aquele tempo de Josué, e todo aquele tempo dos anciãos que viveram longos dias depois de Josué, os quais viram todas as grandes obras do SENHOR, que o havia feito por Israel.
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.
8 E morreu Josué filho de Num, servo do SENHOR, sendo de cento e dez anos.
Then Yahweh’s servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died.
9 E enterraram-no no termo de sua herança em Timnate-Heres, no monte de Efraim, o norte do monte de Gaás.
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.
10 E toda aquela geração foi também recolhida com seus pais. E levantou-se depois dela outra geração, que não conhecia o SENHOR, nem a obra que ele havia feito por Israel.
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.
11 E os filhos de Israel fizeram o que era mal aos olhos do SENHOR, e serviram aos baalins;
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.
12 E abandonaram o SENHOR, o Deus de seus pais, que os havia tirado da terra do Egito, e seguiram outros deuses, os deuses dos povos que estavam em seus arredores, aos quais adoraram, e provocaram à ira ao SENHOR.
13 Pois abandonaram o SENHOR, e adoraram a Baal e a Astarote.
14 Então a fúria do SENHOR se acendeu contra Israel, e os entregou nas mãos de saqueadores que os despojaram, e os vendeu nas mãos de seus inimigos ao redor; e não puderam mais resistir diante dos seus inimigos.
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.
15 Por de onde quer que saíssem, a mão do SENHOR era contra eles para o mal, como o SENHOR havia dito, e como o SENHOR lhes havia jurado; assim estiveram em grande aflição.
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.
16 Mas o SENHOR suscitou juízes que os livrassem da mão dos que os despojavam.
Then Yahweh gave leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelis from the people who were raiding them.
17 Mas também não ouviram aos seus juízes; em vez disso, prostituíram-se seguindo outros deuses, aos quais adoraram; desviaram-se depressa do caminho em que seus pais andaram, obedecendo aos mandamentos do SENHOR; porém eles não fizeram assim.
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.
18 E quando o SENHOR lhes suscitava juízes, o SENHOR era com o juiz, e os livrava da mão dos inimigos todo aquele tempo daquele juiz, porque o SENHOR se arrependia pelo gemideles, por causa dos que os oprimiam e afligiam.
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.
19 Mas acontecia que, quando o juiz morria, eles se voltavam para trás, e se corrompiam mais que seus pais, seguindo outros deuses para os adorarem e se inclinarem diante deles; e nada cessavam de suas obras, nem de seu teimoso caminho.
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.
20 Então a ira do SENHOR se acendeu contra Israel, e disse: “Visto que este povo transgride o meu pacto que ordenei aos seus pais, e não dá ouvidos à minha voz,
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.
21 eu também não expulsarei mais de diante deles a nenhuma das nações que Josué deixou quando morreu;
So I will no longer expel the people-groups that Joshua left in this land when he died.
22 para que por elas eu provasse os israelitas, se guardariam o caminho do SENHOR andando por ele, como seus pais o guardaram, ou não.
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.”
23 Por isso o SENHOR deixou aquelas nações, e não as tirou logo, nem as entregou nas mãos de Josué.
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.
