1 T hen the Angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: “I led you up from Egypt and brought you to the land of which I swore 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 you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this?

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 shall be thorns in your side, and their gods shall be a snare to you.’”

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

4 S o it was, when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.

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

5 T hen they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the Lord.

فَأسْمَوا ذَلِكَ المَكانَ بُوكِيمَ، وَهُناكَ قَدَّمُوا ذَبائِحَ للهِ.

6 A nd when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land. Death of Joshua

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

7 S o 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 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 N ow Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died when he was one hundred and ten years old.

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

9 A nd they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.

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

10 W hen all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel. Israel’s Unfaithfulness

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

11 T hen the children 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 God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they followed other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them; and 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 T hey forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

تَرَكُوا اللهَ ، وَسَجَدُوا لِلبَعلِ وَعَشْتارُوثَ.

14 A nd the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel. So He delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, 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 out, the hand of the Lord was against them for calamity, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn to 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 who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.

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

17 Y et they would not listen to their judges, but they played the harlot with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do 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 up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge and delivered them out of 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 them and harassed 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 reverted and behaved more corruptly than their fathers, by following other gods, to serve them and bow down to them. They did not cease 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 T hen the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not heeded 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 s o that through them I may test Israel, whether they will keep the ways of the Lord, to walk in them as their fathers kept them, 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 immediately; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.

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