耶和華責備以色列人

耶和華的天使從吉甲來到波金,對以色列人說:「我帶你們離開埃及,領你們去我起誓要賜給你們祖先的土地。我說,『我永不廢棄跟你們立的約, 你們不可跟這裡的居民立約,要毀掉他們的祭壇。』可是你們為什麼不聽呢? 因此,我告訴你們,我必不趕走這裡的居民,他們必成為你們肋旁的刺,他們的神明必成為你們的網羅。」 以色列人聽了耶和華的天使說的話,就放聲大哭, 他們稱那地方為波金[a],在那裡向耶和華獻祭。

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Footnotes

  1. 2·5 波金」意思是「哭泣」。

The Angel of the Lord at Bokim

The angel of the Lord(A) went up from Gilgal(B) to Bokim(C) and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt(D) and led you into the land I swore to give to your ancestors.(E) I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you,(F) and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land,(G) but you shall break down their altars.(H)’ Yet you have disobeyed(I) me. Why have you done this? And I have also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you;(J) they will become traps(K) for you, and their gods will become snares(L) to you.’”

When the angel of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,(M) and they called that place Bokim.[a](N) There they offered sacrifices to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 2:5 Bokim means weepers.