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.

And a messenger of Jehovah goeth up from Gilgal unto Bochim,

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?

and saith, `I cause you to come up out of Egypt, and bring you in unto the land which I have sworn to your fathers, and say, I do not break My covenant with you to the age; and ye -- ye make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land -- their altars ye break down; and ye have not hearkened to My voice -- what this ye have done?

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.’”

And I also have said, I do not cast them out from your presence, and they have been to you for adversaries, and their gods are to you for a snare.'

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.

And it cometh to pass, when the messenger of Jehovah speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, that the people lift up their voice and weep,

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

and they call the name of that place Bochim, and sacrifice there to Jehovah.

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

And Joshua sendeth the people away, and the sons of Israel go, each to his inheritance, to possess the land;

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.

and the people serve Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, who saw all the great work of Jehovah which He did to Israel.

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

And Joshua son of Nun, servant of Jehovah, dieth, a son of a hundred and ten years,

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.

and they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of mount Gaash;

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

and also all that generation have been gathered unto their fathers, and another generation riseth after them who have not known Jehovah, and even the work which He hath done to Israel.

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

And the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and serve the Baalim,

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.

and forsake Jehovah, God of their fathers, who bringeth them out from the land of Egypt, and go after other gods (of the gods of the peoples who round about them), and bow themselves to them, and provoke Jehovah,

13 T hey forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

yea, they forsake Jehovah, and do service to Baal and to Ashtaroth.

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.

And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He giveth them into the hand of spoilers, and they spoil them, and He selleth them into the hand of their enemies round about, and they have not been able any more to stand before their enemies;

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.

in every where they have gone out, the hand of Jehovah hath been against them for evil, as Jehovah hath spoken, and as Jehovah hath sworn to them, and they are distressed -- greatly.

16 N evertheless, the Lord raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.

And Jehovah raiseth up judges, and they save them from the hand of their spoilers;

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.

and also unto their judges they have not hearkened, but have gone a-whoring after other gods, and bow themselves to them; they have turned aside haste out of the way which their fathers walked to obey the commands of Jehovah -- they have not done so.

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.

And when Jehovah raised up to them judges -- then was Jehovah with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repenteth Jehovah, because of their groaning from the presence of their oppressors, and of those thrusting them away.

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.

And it hath come to pass, at the death of the judge -- they turn back and have done corruptly above their fathers, to go after other gods, to serve them, and to bow themselves to them; they have not fallen from their doings, and from their stiff way.

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,

And the anger of Jehovah doth burn against Israel, and He saith, `Because that this nation have transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened to My voice --

21 I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died,

I also continue not to dispossess any from before them of the nations which Joshua hath left when he dieth,

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.”

in order to try Israel by them, whether they are keeping the way of Jehovah, to go in it, as their fathers kept or not.'

23 T herefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out immediately; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.

And Jehovah leaveth these nations, so as not to dispossess them hastily, and did not give them into the hand of Joshua.