1 N ow the Angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And He said, I brought you up from Egypt and have brought you to the land which I swore to give to your fathers, and I said, I will never break My covenant with you;

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;

2 A nd you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; but you shall break down their altars. But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this?

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?

3 S o now I say, 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 to you.

Pelo 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.

4 W hen the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voice and wept.

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

5 T hey named that place Bochim, and they sacrificed there to the Lord.

Pelo que chamaram

6 A nd when Joshua had let the people go, the Israelites went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.

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

7 A nd the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord which He did for Israel.

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.

8 A nd Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being 110 years old.

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

9 A nd they buried him within the boundary of his inheritance in Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

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

10 A nd also all that generation were gathered to their fathers, and there arose another generation after them who did not know (recognize, understand) the Lord, or even the work which He had done for Israel.

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.

11 A nd the people of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals.

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

12 A nd they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, Who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods of the peoples round about them and bowed down to them, and provoked the Lord to anger.

abandonaram 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,

13 A nd they forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

abandonando-o, e servindo a baalins e astarotes.

14 S o the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He gave them into the power of plunderers who robbed them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer stand before their foes.

Pelo 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.

15 W henever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn to them; and they were bitterly distressed.

Por 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.

16 B ut the Lord raised up judges, who delivered them out of the hands of those who robbed them.

Mas o Senhor suscitou juízes, que os livraram da mão dos que os espojavam.

17 A nd yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed down to them. They turned quickly out of the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not so.

Contudo, 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.

18 W hen the Lord raised them up judges, then He was with the judge and delivered them out of the hands of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to relent because of their groanings by reason of those who oppressed and vexed them.

Quando 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.

19 B ut when the judge was dead, they turned back and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, following and serving other gods, and bowing down to them. They did not cease from their practices or their stubborn way.

Mas 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.

20 S o the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel; and He said, Because this people have transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers and have not listened to My voice,

Pelo 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,

21 I from now on will also not drive out from before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died,

eu não expulsarei mais de diante deles nenhuma das nações que Josué deixou quando morreu;

22 T hat through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or not.

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.

23 S o the Lord left those nations, without driving them out at once, nor had He delivered them into Joshua’s power.

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