Domarboken 2
1 Och kom en Herrans Ängel upp ifrå Gilgal till Bochim, och sade: Jag förde eder utur Egypten, och lät eder komma in uti det land, som jag edra fäder svorit hade, och sade: Jag skall icke göra mitt förbund med eder ogildt i evig tid;
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 Att I icke skullen göra något förbund med detta lands inbyggare, utan skullen bryta deras altare omkull; men I hafven intet lydt mine röst. Hvi hafven I det gjort?
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 Sade jag ock med: Jag vill icke fördrifva dem för eder; att de skola vara eder till snaro, och deras gudar eder till nät.
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 Och då Herrans Ängel dessa orden sagt hade till all Israels barn, hof folket sina röst upp, och gret;
After he told that to all the Israelis, the people cried loudly.
5 Och kallade det rummet Bochim, och offrade der Herranom.
They called that place Bokim, [which means ‘weeping’]. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
6 Ty då Josua hade släppt folket ifrå sig, och Israel var dragen hvar till sin arfvedel, till att intaga landet,
After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them.
7 Tjente folket Herranom, så länge Josua lefde, och de äldste, som länge lefde efter Josua, och sett hade alla Herrans stora gerningar, som han Israel gjort hade.
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 Men då Josua, Nuns son, Herrans tjenare, död var, hundrade och tio år gammal,
Then Yahweh’s servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died.
9 Begrofvo de honom i hans arfvedels gränso i ThimnathHeres, på Ephraims berg, på norra sidone vid Gaas berg.
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 Då ock alle de, som på den tiden lefde, voro samkade till sina fäder, kom ett annat slägte upp efter dem, som intet kände Herran, eller de gerningar, som han med Israel gjort hade.
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 Så gjorde Israels barn det ondt var för Herranom, och tjente Baalim;
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 Och öfvergåfvo Herran deras fäders Gud, som dem utur Egypti land fört hade, och följde andra gudar efter, och de folks gudar, som omkring dem bodde, och tillbådo dem, och förtörnade Herran.
13 Ty de öfvergåfvo ju mer och mer Herran, och tjente Baal och Astaroth.
14 Så förgrymmade då Herrans vrede sig öfver Israel, och gaf dem i deras hand, som dem röfvade, att de dem beröfva skulle, och sålde dem i deras fiendars händer allt omkring; och de kunde icke mer stå deras fiendar emot;
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 Utan, ehvart de vände sig, var Herrans hand emot dem till deras ofärd, såsom Herren dem sagt, och Herren dem svorit hade; och de vordo hårdeliga plågade.
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 När nu Herren uppväckte domare, som dem hulpo utu röfvarenas hand,
Then Yahweh gave leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelis from the people who were raiding them.
17 Så lydde de icke heller domarena, utan bedrefvo hor med andra gudar, och tillbådo dem, och veko snarliga af den vägen, der deras fäder på gångit hade, till att lyda Herrans bud och gjorde intet såsom de.
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 Då nu Herren uppväckte dem domare, så var Herren med domarenom, och halp dem utu deras fiendars hand, så länge domaren lefde; ty Herren förbarmade sig öfver deras suckan, öfver dem som dem tvingade, och trängde.
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 Men när domaren blef död, så vände de sig, och förderfvade det mer än deras fäder, så att de följde andra gudar, till att tjena dem, och tillbedja dem, de gingo icke ifrå sina påfunder, eller ifrå sina halsstyfva väsende.
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 Derföre förgrymmade sig så Herrans vrede öfver Israel, att han sade: Efter detta folket hafver gått ifrå mitt förbund, som jag deras fäder budit hafver, och icke velat höra min röst;
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 Så skall jag nu härefter ingen fördrifva af de Hedningar, som Josua återlefde, då han blef död;
So I will no longer expel the people-groups that Joshua left in this land when he died.
22 Att jag på dem må försöka Israel, om de vilja blifva på Herrans vägar, och vandra på dem, såsom deras fäder vandrat hafva, eller ej.
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 Så lät då Herren blifva dessa Hedningar, att han icke med hast fördref dem, hvilka han i Josua hand icke gifvit hade.
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.
