Judges 2
Good News Translation
The Angel of the Lord at Bochim
2 The angel of the Lord went from Gilgal to Bochim and said to the Israelites, “I took you out of Egypt and brought you to the land that I promised to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you. 2 (A)You must not make any covenant with the people who live in this land. You must tear down their altars.’ But you have not done what I told you. You have done just the opposite! 3 So I tell you now that I will not drive these people out as you advance. They will be your enemies,[a] and you will be trapped by the worship of their gods.” 4 When the angel had said this, all the people of Israel began to cry, 5 and that is why the place is called Bochim.[b] There they offered sacrifices to the Lord.
The Death of Joshua
6 Joshua sent the people of Israel on their way, and each man went to take possession of his own share of the land. 7 As long as Joshua lived, the people of Israel served the Lord, and even after his death they continued to do so as long as the leaders were alive who had seen for themselves all the great things that the Lord had done for Israel. 8 The Lord's servant Joshua son of Nun died at the age of a hundred and ten. 9 (B)He was buried in his own part of the land at Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash. 10 That whole generation also died, and the next generation forgot the Lord and what he had done for Israel.
Israel Stops Worshiping the Lord
11 Then the people of Israel sinned against the Lord and began to serve the Baals. 12 They stopped worshiping the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the God who had brought them out of Egypt, and they began to worship other gods, the gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and made the Lord angry. 13 They stopped worshiping the Lord and served the Baals and the Astartes. 14 And so the Lord became furious with Israel and let raiders attack and rob them. He let the enemies all around overpower them, and the Israelites could no longer protect themselves. 15 Every time they would go into battle, the Lord was against them, just as he had said he would be. They were in great distress.
16 Then the Lord gave the Israelites leaders who saved them from the raiders. 17 But the Israelites paid no attention to their leaders. Israel was unfaithful to the Lord and worshiped other gods. Their fathers had obeyed the Lord's commands, but this new generation soon stopped doing so. 18 Whenever the Lord gave Israel a leader, the Lord would help that leader and would save the people from their enemies as long as that leader lived. The Lord would have mercy on them because they groaned under their suffering and oppression. 19 But when the leader died, the people would return to the old ways and behave worse than the previous generation. They would serve and worship other gods, and stubbornly continue their own evil ways. 20 Then the Lord would become furious with Israel and say, “This nation has broken the covenant that I commanded their ancestors to keep. Because they have not obeyed me, 21 I will no longer drive out any of the nations that were still in the land when Joshua died. 22 I will use them to find out whether or not these Israelites will follow my ways, as their ancestors did.” 23 So the Lord allowed these nations to remain in the land; he did not give Joshua victory over them, nor did he drive them out soon after Joshua's death.
Footnotes
- Judges 2:3 Some ancient translations enemies; Hebrew sides.
- Judges 2:5 This name in Hebrew means “those who cry.”
Judges 2
King James Version
2 And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.
6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel.
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:
12 And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.
13 And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
16 Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.
18 And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
20 And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
23 Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Domarboken 2
Svenska Folkbibeln
Herrens ängel i Bokim
2 Herrens ängel kom från Gilgal upp till Bokim och sade: "Jag förde er upp ur Egypten och lät er komma in i det land som jag med ed hade lovat ge åt era fäder och jag sade: Jag skall aldrig bryta mitt förbund med er. 2 Och ni skall inte sluta förbund med detta lands inbyggare. Ni skall bryta ner deras altaren. Men ni har inte lyssnat till min röst. Vad har ni gjort! 3 Därför säger jag, att jag inte skall driva dem bort från er, utan de skall tränga er i sidorna, och deras gudar skall bli en snara för er." 4 När Herrens ängel hade sagt detta till alla Israels barn, brast de ut i gråt. 5 De kallade platsen Bokim.[a] Och där offrade de åt Herren.
Avfallet efter Josuas död
6 När Josua sände i väg folket, gick Israels barn var och en till sin arvedel för att ta landet i besittning. 7 Folket tjänade Herren så länge Josua levde och så länge de äldste levde, de som var kvar efter Josua och som hade sett alla de stora gärningar som Herren hade gjort för Israel. 8 Och Herrens tjänare Josua, Nuns son, dog när han var etthundratio år gammal. 9 Man begravde honom på det område han hade tagit i besittning, i Timnat-Heres i Efraims bergsbygd, norr om berget Gaas. 10 När också hela det släktet hade samlats till sina fäder, växte ett annat släkte upp efter dem, ett som inte kände Herren eller de gärningar som han hade gjort för Israel.
11 Och Israels barn gjorde det som var ont i Herrens ögon och tjänade baalerna. 12 De övergav Herren, sina fäders Gud, som hade fört dem ut ur Egyptens land, och följde andra gudar, gudarna hos de folk som bodde omkring dem. Dem tillbad de och väckte därmed Herrens vrede.
13 Så övergav de Herren och tjänade Baal och astarterna.[b] 14 Då upptändes Herrens vrede mot Israel, och han gav dem i händerna på rövare, som plundrade dem. Han sålde dem till deras fiender runt omkring, och de kunde inte längre stå emot sina fiender. 15 Överallt där de drog fram var Herrens hand emot dem till deras ofärd, så som Herren hade sagt och så som Herren hade svurit. Och de kom i stor nöd.
16 Då lät Herren domare uppstå, som frälste dem ur deras plundrares hand. 17 Men de lyssnade inte heller på sina domare utan höll sig trolöst till andra gudar och tillbad dem. De vek snabbt av från den väg som deras fäder hade vandrat i lydnad för Herrens bud och gjorde inte som de. 18 När Herren lät domare uppstå bland dem, var han med domaren och frälste dem ur deras fienders hand så länge domaren levde. Ty när de jämrade sig över sina förtryckare och plågare, förbarmade sig Herren. 19 Men när domaren dog vände de om och gjorde det som var fördärvligt, ännu mer än deras fäder. De följde andra gudar och tjänade och tillbad dem. De avstod inte från sina gärningar och sin hårdnackade hållning.
20 Därför upptändes Herrens vrede mot Israel, och han sade: "Eftersom detta folk har överträtt det förbund som jag fastställde för deras fäder och inte har velat lyssna till min röst, 21 skall inte heller jag längre driva bort för dem ett enda av de folk som Josua lämnade efter sig när han dog. 22 Ty med dem skall jag sätta Israel på prov och se om de vill hålla sig till Herrens väg och vandra på den, så som deras fäder gjorde, eller om de inte vill det." 23 Alltså lät Herren dessa folk bli kvar. Han fördrev dem inte genast, och han gav dem inte i Josuas hand.
Footnotes
- Domarboken 2:5 Bokim betyder "de gråtande".
- Domarboken 2:13 Baal och astarterna Baal ("herre") var den främste av de kananeiska gudarna. Astarte var den kvinnliga fruktbarhets- och modergudinnan.
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