1 N ow the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “ I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to 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 as for you, you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed Me; what is this you have done?

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

3 T herefore I also said, ‘ I will not drive them out before you; but they will become as thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you.’”

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

4 W hen the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

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

5 S o they named that place Bochim; and there they sacrificed to the Lord. Joshua Dies

فَأسْمَوا ذَلِكَ المَكانَ بُوكِيمَ، وَهُناكَ قَدَّمُوا ذَبائِحَ للهِ.

6 W hen Joshua had dismissed the people, the sons of Israel went each to his inheritance to possess the land.

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

7 T he people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the Lord which He had done 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 T hen Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten.

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

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

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

10 A ll that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel. Israel Serves Baals

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

11 T hen the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals,

وَفَعَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ ، إذْ عَبَدُوا البَعلَ،

12 a nd they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they 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 S o they forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

تَرَكُوا اللهَ ، وَسَجَدُوا لِلبَعلِ وَعَشْتارُوثَ.

14 T he anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no 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 herever they went, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had spoken and as the Lord had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed.

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

16 T hen the Lord raised up judges who delivered them from the hands of those who plundered them.

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

17 Y et they did not listen to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do as their fathers.

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 W hen the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted 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 B ut it came about when the judge died, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and bow down to them; they did not abandon their practices or their stubborn ways.

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 S o the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers and has not listened to 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 no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died,

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

22 i n order to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk in it as their fathers did, 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 S o the Lord allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

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