1 A nd 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.

وَصَعِدَ مَلاكُ اللهِ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ الجِلْجالِ إلَى مَدِينَةِ بُوكِيمَ وَقالَ: «لَقَدْ أصعَدْتُكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأحضَرْتُكُمْ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِها آباءَكُمْ، وَقُلْتُ: ‹لَنْ أُخلِفَ عَهْدِي مَعَكُمْ أبَداً،›

2 A nd 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?

لَكِنْ لا يَنبَغي أنْ تَقْطَعُوا أيَّ عَهْدٍ مَعَ سُكّانِ هَذِهِ الأرْضِ، بَلِ اهدِمُوا مَذابِحَهُمْ، لَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُطِيعُونِي، فَسَتَرَونَ بَشاعَةَ ما فَعَلْتُمْ!

3 W herefore 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.

«لِهَذا فَإنِّي أقُولُ الآنَ إنِّي لَنْ أطرُدَهُمْ مِنْ أمامِكُمْ، بَلْ يَصِيرُونَ أعداءَكُمْ، وَتَصِيرُ آلِهَتُهُمْ مِصْيَدَةً لَكُمْ.»

4 A nd 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.

وَلَمّا تَكَلَّمَ مَلاكُ اللهِ بِهَذا الكَلامِ لِكُلِّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، بَكَى الشَّعبُ بِصَوتٍ مُرتَفِعٍ.

5 A nd they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.

فَأسْمَوا ذَلِكَ المَكانَ بُوكِيمَ، وَهُناكَ قَدَّمُوا ذَبائِحَ للهِ.

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

ثُمَّ صَرَفَ يَشُوعُ الشَّعبَ، فَذَهَبَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ إلَى نَصِيبِهِ لِكَي يَمتَلِكُوا الأرْضَ.

7 A nd 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.

وَخَدَمَ الشَّعبُ اللهَ وعبدوه طَوالَ حَياةِ يَشُوعَ، وَحَياةِ الشُّيُوخِ الَّذِينَ عاشُوا بَعدَهُ مِنَ الَّذِينَ عَرَفُوا وَاختَبَرُوا ما صَنَعَهُ اللهُ مِنْ أجلِ إسْرائِيلَ.

8 A nd Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

وَماتَ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ خادِمُ اللهِ ، وَكانَ عُمرُهُ مِئَةً وَعَشرَ سَنَواتٍ.

9 A nd they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

وَدُفِنَ فِي أرْضِهِ فِي تِمْنَةَ سارَحَ الَّتِي فِي مِنْطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ إلَى الشِّمالِ مِنْ جَبَلِ جاعَشَ.

10 A nd 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.

وَبَعْدَ أنْ ماتَ ذَلِكَ الجِيلُ كُلُّهُ، جاءَ بَعْدَهُ جِيلٌ لَمْ يَعرِفِ اللهَ وَما صَنَعَهُ مِنْ أجلِ إسْرائِيلَ.

11 A nd the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:

وَفَعَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ ، إذْ عَبَدُوا البَعلَ،

12 A nd 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.

وَهَجَرُوا اللهَ ، إلَهَ آبائِهِمْ، الَّذِي أخرَجَهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ، وَتَبِعُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى مِنْ بَينِ آلِهَةِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا حَولَهُمْ، وَسَجَدُوا لَها. فَأغْضَبُوا اللهَ ،

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

تَرَكُوا اللهَ ، وَسَجَدُوا لِلبَعلِ وَعَشْتارُوثَ.

14 A nd 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.

فاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَسَمَحَ لِلْمُغِيرِينَ عَلَيهِمْ بِأنْ يَنهَبُوهُمْ. وَجَعَلَ أعداءَهُمْ مِنْ حَولِهِمْ يَهزِمُونَهُمْ. فَلَمْ يَعُودُوا قادِرِينَ عَلَى الصُّمُودِ أمامَ أعدائِهِمْ.

15 W hithersoever 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.

وَكُلَّما خَرَجُوا لِلقِتالِ، كانَ اللهُ يَجلِبُ المَصائِبَ عَلَيهِمْ، تَماماً كَما سَبَقَ أنْ حَذَّرَهُمْ بِقَسَمٍ، فَتَضايَقُوا جِدّاً.

16 N evertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

وَأقامَ اللهُ قُضاةً خَلَّصُوا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ أعدائِهِمِ الَّذِينَ نَهَبُوهُمْ.

17 A nd 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.

لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَستَمِعُوا حَتَّى إلَى قُضاتِهِمْ، بَلْ خانُوا اللهَ وَعَبَدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى. سَرْعانَ ما حادُوا عَنْ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سارَ فِيها آباؤُهُمُ الَّذِينَ أطاعُوا وَصايا اللهَ ، فَلَمْ يَتَعَلًّمُوا مِنْهُمْ.

18 A nd 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.

وَكُلَّما أقامَ اللهُ لَهُمْ قاضِياً، كانَ اللهُ يُعِينُ القاضِيَ فَيُخَلِّصَهُمْ مِنْ قَبْضةِ أعدائِهِمْ طَوالَ حَياةِ ذَلِكَ القاضِي. فَقَدْ كانَ أنِينُهُمْ بِسَبَبِ الَّذِينَ اضْطَهَدُوهُمْ وَظَلَمُوهُمْ يُثِيرُ شَفَقَتَهُ عَلَيهِمْ.

19 A nd 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.

وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَ مَوتِ القاضِي، كانُوا يَرجِعُونَ وَيَسلُكُونَ عَلَى نَحوٍ أسوَأ مِنْ آبائِهِمْ. فَكانُوا يَتبَعُونَ وَيَخدِمُونَ وَيَعبُدُونَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى. وَرَفَضُوا أنْ يَتَخَلَّوا عَنْ مُمارَسَتِهِمْ أوْ سُلُوكِهِمِ العَنِيدِ.

20 A nd 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;

فاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ وَقالَ: «لَقَدْ خَرَقَتْ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةُ عَهْدِي الَّذِي أمَرْتُ آباءَهُمْ بِأنْ يَحفَظُوهُ، وَلَمْ تُطِعْنِي.

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

وَلِهَذا فَإنِّي لَنْ أعُودَ أطرُدَ مِنْ أمامِهِمُ الشُّعُوبَ الَّتِي تَرَكَها يَشُوعُ عِنْدَما ماتَ.

22 T hat 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.

سَأفعَلُ هَذا لِكَي أمتَحِنَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِهِمْ. فَأنا أُرِيدُ أنْ أرَى إنْ كانُوا سَيَحرِصُونَ عَلَى طاعَةِ أوامِرِ اللهِ وَوَصاياهُ، كَما فَعَلَ آباؤُهُمْ.»

23 T herefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

فَسَمَحَ اللهُ لِهَذِهِ الشُّعُوبِ بِأنْ تَبْقَى فِي الأرْضِ، دُونَ أنْ يَطرُدَهُمْ فَوراً. وَلَمْ يُساعِدْ يَشُوعَ عَلَى هَزِيمَتِهِمْ.