Jueces 2
1 El ángel del Señor subió de Gilgal a Bochim. Le dijo: “Yo te saqué de Egipto y te traje a la tierra que juré dar a tus padres. Dije: ‘Nunca romperé mi pacto con ustedes.
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 No harás ningún pacto con los habitantes de esta tierra. Derribarás sus altares’. Pero ustedes no han escuchado mi voz. ¿Por qué has hecho esto?
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 eso también he dicho: ‘No los echaré de delante de ti, sino que estarán en tus costados, y sus dioses te serán una trampa’.”
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 Cuando el ángel de Yahvé dijo estas palabras a todos los hijos de Israel, el pueblo alzó la voz y lloró.
After he told that to all the Israelis, the people cried loudly.
5 Llamaron el nombre de aquel lugar Bochim, y sacrificaron allí a Yahvé.
They called that place Bokim, [which means ‘weeping’]. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
6 Cuando Josué despidió al pueblo, los hijos de Israel se dirigieron cada uno a su heredad para poseer la tierra.
After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them.
7 El pueblo sirvió a Yahvé todos los días de Josué, y todos los días de los ancianos que sobrevivieron a Josué, quienes habían visto toda la gran obra de Yahvé que él había realizado para 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 Josué hijo de Nun, siervo de Yahvé, murió, siendo de ciento diez años.
Then Yahweh’s servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died.
9 Lo enterraron en el límite de su heredad, en Timnat Heres, en la región montañosa de Efraín, al norte de la montaña de Gaas.
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 Después de que toda esa generación se reunió con sus padres, se levantó tras ella otra generación que no conoció a Yahvé ni la obra que había hecho 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 Los hijos de Israel hicieron lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, y sirvieron a los baales.
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 Abandonaron a Yahvé, el Dios de sus padres, que los sacó de la tierra de Egipto, y siguieron a otros dioses, de los pueblos que los rodeaban, y se inclinaron ante ellos; y provocaron la ira de Yahvé.
13 Abandonaron a Yahvé y sirvieron a Baal y a Astarot.
14 La ira de Yahvé se encendió contra Israel, y los entregó en manos de salteadores que los saquearon. Los vendió en manos de sus enemigos por todas partes, de modo que ya no pudieron resistir ante sus enemigos.
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 Dondequiera que salían, la mano de Yahvé estaba contra ellos para mal, como Yahvé había hablado y como Yahvé les había jurado; y estaban muy angustiados.
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 El Señor suscitó jueces que los salvaron de la mano de los que los saqueaban.
Then Yahweh gave leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelis from the people who were raiding them.
17 Sin embargo, no escucharon a sus jueces, pues se prostituyeron ante otros dioses y se inclinaron ante ellos. Se apartaron rápidamente del camino por el que anduvieron sus padres, obedeciendo los mandamientos de Yahvé. No lo hicieron.
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 Cuando Yahvé les suscitó jueces, entonces Yahvé estuvo con el juez y los salvó de la mano de sus enemigos durante todos los días del juez, porque a Yahvé le dolía su gemido a causa de los que los oprimían y los perturbaban.
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 Pero cuando murió el juez, se volvieron atrás y actuaron más corruptamente que sus padres al seguir a otros dioses para servirles e inclinarse ante ellos. No dejaron de hacer lo que hacían, ni abandonaron sus costumbres obstinadas.
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 La ira de Yahvé se encendió contra Israel, y dijo: “Por cuanto esta nación ha transgredido mi pacto que ordené a sus padres, y no ha escuchado mi 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 yo también no volveré a expulsar de delante de ellos a ninguna de las naciones que dejó Josué cuando murió;
So I will no longer expel the people-groups that Joshua left in this land when he died.
22 para que por medio de ellas ponga a prueba a Israel, para ver si guardan el camino de Yahvé para andar por él, como lo guardaron sus padres, o no.”
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 Así que Yahvé dejó a esas naciones, sin expulsarlas precipitadamente. No las entregó en manos 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.
