1 T he angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you out of Egypt and led you into the land I promised your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break My agreement 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 D o not make any agreement with the people of this land. 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 S o now I say, ‘I will not drive them away from you. They will be like thorns in your sides. Their gods will be a trap 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 people of Israel, the people cried in a loud voice.

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

5 S o they called that place Bochim. And there they gave gifts in worship to the Lord. The Death of Joshua

فَأسْمَوا ذَلِكَ المَكانَ بُوكِيمَ، وَهُناكَ قَدَّمُوا ذَبائِحَ للهِ.

6 W hen Joshua sent the people of Israel away, each one went home to his own 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 leaders who lived longer than Joshua and who had seen all the great works the Lord 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 J oshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died when he was 110 years old.

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

9 T hey buried him within his land 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 the people of that day died. The children who came after them did not know the Lord. They did not know about the things He had done for Israel. Israel Is No Longer Faithful to the Lord

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

11 T hen the people of Israel sinned in the eyes of the Lord. They served the Baals, the gods of the Canaanites.

وَفَعَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ ، إذْ عَبَدُوا البَعلَ،

12 T hey turned away from the Lord, the God of their fathers, Who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods of the nations around them, and worshiped them. So they made the Lord angry.

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 turned away from the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

تَرَكُوا اللهَ ، وَسَجَدُوا لِلبَعلِ وَعَشْتارُوثَ.

14 T he Lord was angry with Israel. He gave them into the hands of angry men who robbed them. He sold them into the hands of those around them who hated them. The people of Israel could no longer stand in front of those who hated them.

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

15 T he Lord punished them everywhere they went. The Lord did what He had told them and promised them He would do. The people were very troubled.

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

16 T hen the Lord gave them special men to judge between what was right or wrong. These men saved them from those who robbed them.

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

17 B ut the people did not listen to those chosen to judge. The people were not faithful to the Lord and they worshiped other gods. They were quick to turn aside from the way their fathers had walked in obeying the Laws of the Lord. They did not do as their fathers had done.

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 gave them special men to judge them, the Lord was with the judge. And He saved them from those who hated them. For the Lord showed them pity because of their pain when others made it hard for them and hurt 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 when the judge died, they would turn again and act worse than their fathers. They would follow other gods and serve them and worship them. They would not give up their sinful acts or their strong wills.

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 was against Israel. He said, “This nation has sinned against My agreement I made with their fathers. They have 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 will stop driving away from them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

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

22 I will use them to test Israel. I will see if Israel will keep the way of the Lord to walk in it like 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 let those nations stay. He was not quick to drive them out. And He did not give them into the power of Joshua.

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