Mga Hukom 2
1 Umakyat ang anghel ni Yahweh mula sa Gilgal patungo Bochim at sinabing, “Kinuha ko kayo mula sa Ehipto, at dinala kayo sa lupaing ipinangako kong ibibigay sa inyong mga ama. Sinabi ko na, 'hindi ko kailanman 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 Hindi kayo dapat gumawa ng kasunduan sa mga naninirahan sa lupaing ito. Dapat ninyong wasakin ang kanilang mga altar.' Subalit hindi kayo nakinig sa aking tinig. Ano itong ginawa ninyo?
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 sinasabi ko ngayon, 'Hindi ko itataboy ang mga Cananeo sa harapan ninyo, pero sila ay magiging mga tinik sa inyong tagiliran, at ang kanilang mga diyus-diyosan ay magiging bitag para 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 Nang sinabi ng anghel ni Yahweh ang mga salitang ito sa lahat ng bayan ng Israel, sumigaw at nanangis ang mga tao.
After he told that to all the Israelis, the people cried loudly.
5 Tinawag nilang Bochim ang lugar na iyon. Doon ay naghandog sila ng mga alay kay Yahweh.
They called that place Bokim, [which means ‘weeping’]. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
6 Ngayon nang pinahayo ni Josue ang mga tao sa kanilang landas, ang bayan ng Israel ay pumunta sa lugar na itinalaga, para ariin ang kanilang lupain.
After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them.
7 Naglingkod kay Yahweh ang bayan sa buong buhay ni Josue at ng mga nakakatanda na namuhay nang higit na matagal kaysa sa kaniya, silang mga nakakita ng lahat na dakilang gawa ni Yahweh para 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 Si Josue na anak ni Nun na lingkod ni Yahweh, ay namatay sa gulang na 110 taon.
Then Yahweh’s servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died.
9 Inilibing nila si Josue sa hangganan ng lupaing nakatalaga sa kaniya sa Timnat Heres, sa bulubundukin ng Efraim, hilaga 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 Ang buong salinlahi ay nagtipon din sa kanilang mga ama. At ang isa pang salinlahing nagsitanda pagkatpos nilang hindi makakilala kay Yahweh o sa mga ginawa niya para 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 Ginawa ng bayan ng Israel ang masama sa paningin ni Yahweh at sila'y 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 Humiwalay sila kay Yahweh, ang Diyos ng kanilang mga ama, na naglabas sa kanila sa lupain ng Ehipto. Sumunod sila sa ibang diyus-diyosan, sa mga diyus-diyosan ng mga taong nasa palibot nila, at nagpatirapa sila sa kanila. Kanilang ginalit si Yahweh dahil
13 humiwalay sila kay Yahweh at sumamba kay Baal at sa mga Ashtoret.
14 Nag-alab ang galit ni Yahweh sa Israel, at ibinigay sila sa mga sumalakay na nagnakaw ng kanilang mga ari-arian mula sa kanila. Sila ay kaniyang ipinagbili bilang mga aliping hawak ng lakas ng kanilang mga kaaway na nakapalibot pa sa kanila, para hindi na nila maipatanggol ang kanilang mga sarili laban sa 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 Saanman magtungo ang Israel para lumaban, ang kamay ni Yahweh ay laban sa kanila para matalo sila, gaya ng kaniyang isinumpa sa kanila. At sila'y nasa matinding kapighatian.
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 Si Yahweh ay nagtaas ng mga hukom, na nagligtas sa kanila mula sa kapangyarihan ng mga nagnanakaw ng kanilang mga ari-arian.
Then Yahweh gave leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelis from the people who were raiding them.
17 Gayunma'y hindi sila nakinig sa kanilang mga hukom. Sila ay hindi tapat kay Yahweh at ibinigay ang kanilang mga sarili tulad ng mga bayarang babae sa ibang mga diyus-diyosan at sumamba sa kanila. Sa madaling panahon ay lumihis sila mula sa paraan ng pamumuhay ng kanilang mga ama—iyong mga sumunod sa mga utos ni Yahweh—pero sila mismo ay hindi ito ginawa.
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 Nang magtaas si Yahweh ng mga hukom para sa kanila, tinulungan ni Yahweh ang mga hukom at iniligtas sila mula sa kapangyarihan ng kanilang mga kaaway sa buong buhay ng hukom. Dahil nahabag si Yahweh sa kanila nang dumaing sila dahil sa mga umapi at nagpahirap 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 Pero kapag namatay ang hukom, tatalikod sila at gagawa ng mga bagay na higit na masahol kaysa sa ginawa ng kanilang mga ama. Susunod sila sa ibang mga diyus-diyosan para paglingkuran at sambahin sila. Tumanggi silang isuko ang anumang masasamang gawi nila o ang kanilang mga suwail na paraan.
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 Nag-alab ang galit ni Yahweh laban sa Israel; kaniyang sinabi, “Dahil sinuway ng bansang ito ang mga alituntunin ng aking tipang itinatag ko para sa kanilang mga ama—dahil hindi sila nakinig sa 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 mula ngayon, hindi ko na itataboy mula sa harapan nila ang alinman sa mga bansang iniwan ni Josue nang namatay siya.
So I will no longer expel the people-groups that Joshua left in this land when he died.
22 Gagawin ko ito para subukin ang Israel, kung susunod sila sa paraan ni Yahweh at lalakad dito o hindi, tulad ng pagsunod dito ng kanilang mga ama.”
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 Iyan ang dahilan kung bakit itinira ni Yahweh ang mga bansang iyon at hindi niya sila itinaboy agad, at kung bakit hindi niya pinayagang sakupin sila 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.
