1 O anjo do Senhor subiu de Gilgal a Boquim, e disse: Do Egito vos fiz subir, e vos trouxe para a terra que, com juramento, prometi a vossos pais, e vos disse: Nunca violarei e meu pacto convosco;

Yahweh’s angel came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to give your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you.

2 e , quanto a vós, não fareis pacto com os habitantes desta terra, antes derrubareis os seus altares. Mas vós não obedecestes ã minha voz. Por que fizestes isso?

You shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to my voice. Why have you done this?

3 P elo que também eu disse: Não os expulsarei de diante de vós; antes estarão quais espinhos nas vossas ilhargas, e os seus deuses vos serão por laço.

Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’”

4 T endo o anjo do Senhor falado estas palavras a todos os filhos de Israel, o povo levantou a sua voz e chorou.

When Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

5 P elo que chamaram

They called the name of that place Bochim, and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.

6 H avendo Josué despedido o povo, foram-se os filhos de Israel, cada um para a sua herança, a fim de possuírem a terra.

Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel each went to his inheritance to possess the land.

7 O povo serviu ao Senhor todos os dias de Josué, e todos os dias dos anciãos que sobreviveram a Josué e que tinham visto toda aquela grande obra do Senhor, a qual ele fizera a favor de Israel.

The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.

8 M orreu, porém, Josué, filho de Num, servo do Senhor, com a idade de cento e dez anos;

Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.

9 e o sepultaram no território da sua herança, em Timnate-Heres, na região montanhosa de Efraim, para o norte do monte Gaás.

They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

10 E foi também congregada toda aquela geração a seus pais, e após ela levantou-se outra geração que não conhecia ao Senhor, nem tampouco a obra que ele fizera a Israel.

After all that generation were gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them, who didn’t know Yahweh, nor the work which he had done for Israel.

11 E ntão os filhos de Israel fizeram o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, servindo aos baalins;

The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals.

12 a bandonaram o Senhor Deus de seus pais, que os tirara da terra do Egito, e foram-se após outros deuses, dentre os deuses dos povos que havia ao redor deles, e os adoraram; e provocaram o Senhor ã ira,

They abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; and they provoked Yahweh to anger.

13 a bandonando-o, e servindo a baalins e astarotes.

They abandoned Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

14 P elo que a ira do Senhor se acendeu contra Israel, e ele os entregou na mão dos espoliadores, que os despojaram; e os vendeu na mão dos seus inimigos ao redor, de modo que não puderam mais resistir diante deles.

Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

15 P or onde quer que saíam, a mão do Senhor era contra eles para o mal, como o Senhor tinha dito, e como lho tinha jurado; e estavam em grande aflição.

Wherever they went out, Yahweh’s hand was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them; and they were very distressed.

16 M as o Senhor suscitou juízes, que os livraram da mão dos que os espojavam.

Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.

17 C ontudo, não deram ouvidos nem aos seus juízes, pois se prostituíram após outros deuses, e os adoraram; depressa se desviaram do caminho, por onde andaram seus pais em obediência aos mandamentos do Senhor; não fizeram como eles.

Yet they didn’t listen to their judges; for they prostituted themselves to other gods, and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying Yahweh’s commandments. They didn’t do so.

18 Q uando o Senhor lhes suscitava juízes, ele era com o juiz, e os livrava da mão dos seus inimigos todos os dias daquele juiz; porquanto o Senhor se compadecia deles em razão do seu gemido por causa dos que os oprimiam e afligiam.

When Yahweh raised up judges for them, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.

19 M as depois da morte do juiz, reincidiam e se corrompiam mais do que seus pais, andando após outros deuses, servindo-os e adorando-os; não abandonavam nenhuma das suas práticas, nem a sua obstinação.

But when the judge was dead, they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them. They didn’t cease what they were doing, or give up their stubborn ways.

20 P elo que se acendeu contra Israel a ira do Senhor, e ele disse: Porquanto esta nação violou o meu pacto, que estabeleci com seus pais, não dando ouvidos ã minha voz,

Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel; and he said, “Because this nation transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not listened to my voice,

21 e u não expulsarei mais de diante deles nenhuma das nações que Josué deixou quando morreu;

I also will no longer drive out any of the nations that Joshua left when he died from before them;

22 a fim de que, por elas, ponha a prova Israel, se há de guardar, ou não, o caminho do Senhor, como seus pais o guardaram, para nele andar.

that by them I may test Israel, to see if they will keep the Yahweh’s way to walk therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.”

23 A ssim o Senhor deixou ficar aquelas nações, e não as desterrou logo, nem as entregou na mão de Josué.

So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily. He didn’t deliver them into Joshua’s hand.