Mga Hukom 2
1 At sumampa ang anghel ng Panginoon sa Bochim mula sa Gilgal. At kaniyang sinabi, Kayo'y pinaahon ko mula sa Egipto, at dinala ko kayo sa lupain na aking isinumpa sa inyong mga magulang; at sinabi ko, Kailan ma'y hindi ko sisirain ang aking tipan sa inyo:
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 At huwag kayong makikipagtipan sa mga taga lupaing ito; inyong iwawasak ang kanilang mga dambana. Nguni't hindi ninyo dininig ang aking tinig: bakit ginawa ninyo ito?
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 Kaya't aking sinabi rin, Hindi ko sila palalayasin sa harap ninyo; kundi sila'y magiging parang mga tinik sa inyong mga tagiliran, at ang kanilang mga dios ay magiging silo sa inyo.
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 At nangyari, pagkasalita ng anghel ng Panginoon ng mga salitang ito sa lahat ng mga anak ni Israel, na inilakas ng bayan ang kanilang tinig at umiyak.
After he told that to all the Israelis, the people cried loudly.
5 At kanilang tinawag ang pangalan ng dakong yaon na Bochim; at sila'y naghain doon sa Panginoon.
They called that place Bokim, [which means ‘weeping’]. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
6 Nang mapayaon nga ni Josue ang bayan, pumaroon ang mga anak ni Israel, bawa't isa, sa kaniyang mana, upang ariin ang lupa.
After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them.
7 At naglingkod ang bayan sa Panginoon sa lahat ng mga araw ni Josue, at sa lahat ng mga araw ng mga matandang natirang nabuhay kay Josue, na nakakita ng mga dakilang gawa ng Panginoon, na kaniyang ginawa sa 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 At si Josue na anak ni Nun, na lingkod ng Panginoon, ay namatay, na may isang daan at sangpung taon ang gulang.
Then Yahweh’s servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died.
9 At kanilang inilibing siya sa hangganan ng kaniyang mana, sa Timnath-heres, sa lupaing maburol ng Ephraim, sa hilagaan ng bundok 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 At ang buong lahing yaon ay nalakip din sa kanilang mga magulang; at doo'y may ibang lahing bumangon pagkamatay nila, na hindi nakilala ang Panginoon, ni ang mga gawa na kaniyang ginawa sa 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 At ginawa ng mga anak ni Israel ang masama sa paningin ng Panginoon, at naglingkod sa mga Baal:
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 At kanilang pinabayaan ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng kanilang mga magulang, na naglabas sa kanila sa lupain ng Egipto, at sumunod sa ibang mga dios, sa mga dios ng mga bayan na nasa palibot nila, at sila'y yumukod sa mga yaon: at kanilang minungkahi ang Panginoon sa galit.
13 At kanilang pinabayaan ang Panginoon, at naglingkod kay Baal at kay Astaroth.
14 At ang galit ng Panginoon ay nagalab laban sa Israel, at kaniyang ibinigay sila sa kamay ng mga mangloloob na lumoob sa kanila; at kaniyang ipinagbili sila sa mga kamay ng kanilang mga kaaway sa palibot, na anopa't sila'y hindi makatayong maluwat sa harap ng kanilang mga kaaway.
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 Saan man sila yumaon, ang kamay ng Panginoon ay laban sa kanila sa ikasasama nila, gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon, at gaya ng isinumpa sa kanila ng Panginoon: sila'y nagipit na mainam.
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 At nagbangon ang Panginoon ng mga hukom, na nagligtas sa kanila sa kamay niyaong mga lumoloob sa kanila.
Then Yahweh gave leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelis from the people who were raiding them.
17 At gayon ma'y hindi nila dininig ang kanilang mga hukom: sapagka't sila'y sumamba sa ibang mga dios, at kanilang niyukuran ang mga yaon: sila'y nagpakaligaw na madali sa daan na nilakaran ng kanilang mga magulang, na sumunod ng mga utos ng Panginoon; nguni't hindi sila gumawa ng gayon.
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 At nang ipagbangon sila ng Panginoon ng mga hukom, ang Panginoon ay suma hukom, at iniligtas sila sa kamay ng kanilang mga kaaway sa lahat ng mga araw ng hukom: sapagka't nagsisi ang Panginoon dahil sa kanilang daing, dahil doon sa mga pumighati sa kanila at nagpakalupit sa kanila.
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 Nguni't nangyari pagkamatay ng hukom, na sila'y tumalikod at lalong sumama kay sa kanilang mga magulang sa pagsunod sa ibang mga dios, upang maglingkod sa kanila, at yumukod sa kanila; sila'y hindi naglikat sa kanilang mga gawa, ni sa kanilang tampalasang lakad.
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 At ang galit ng Panginoon ay nagalab laban sa Israel; at kaniyang sinabi, Sapagka't sinalangsang ng bansang ito ang aking tipan na aking iniutos sa kanilang mga magulang, at hindi dininig ang aking tinig;
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 Hindi ko na naman palalayasin pa sa harap nila ang sinoman ng mga bansang iniwan ni Josue nang siya'y mamatay;
So I will no longer expel the people-groups that Joshua left in this land when he died.
22 Upang sa pamamagitan nila'y aking masubok ang Israel, kung kanilang susundin o hindi ang daan ng Panginoon upang lakaran nila, na gaya ng inilakad ng kanilang mga magulang.
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 Kaya't iniwan ng Panginoon ang mga bansang yaon, na hindi niya pinalayas silang biglaan; ni ibinigay sila sa kamay ni Josue.
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.
