1 O Anjo do Senhor subiu de Gilgal a Boquim e disse: “Tirei vocês do Egito e os trouxe para a terra que prometi com juramento dar a seus antepassados. Eu disse: Jamais quebrarei a minha aliança com vocês.

Yahweh’s angel came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to give your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you.

2 E vocês não farão acordo com o povo desta terra, mas demolirão os seus altares. Por que vocês não me obedeceram?

You shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to my voice. Why have you done this?

3 P ortanto, agora lhes digo que não os expulsarei da presença de vocês; eles serão seus adversários, e os deuses deles serão uma armadilha para vocês”.

Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’”

4 Q uando o Anjo do Senhor acabou de falar a todos os israelitas, o povo chorou em alta voz,

When Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

5 e ao lugar chamaram Boquim. Ali ofereceram sacrifícios ao Senhor. Desobediência e Derrota

They called the name of that place Bochim, and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.

6 D epois que Josué despediu os israelitas, eles saíram para ocupar a terra, cada um a sua herança.

Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel each went to his inheritance to possess the land.

7 O povo prestou culto ao Senhor durante toda a vida de Josué e dos líderes que sobreviveram a Josué e que tinham visto todos os grandes feitos do Senhor em favor de Israel.

The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.

8 J osué, filho de Num, servo do Senhor, morreu com a idade de cento e dez anos.

Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.

9 F oi sepultado na terra de sua herança, em Timnate-Heres, nos montes de Efraim, ao norte do monte Gaás.

They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

10 D epois que toda aquela geração foi reunida a seus antepassados, surgiu uma nova geração que não conhecia o Senhor e o que ele havia feito por Israel.

After all that generation were gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them, who didn’t know Yahweh, nor the work which he had done for Israel.

11 E ntão os israelitas fizeram o que o Senhor reprova e prestaram culto aos baalins.

The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals.

12 A bandonaram o Senhor, o Deus dos seus antepassados, que os havia tirado do Egito, e seguiram e adoraram vários deuses dos povos ao seu redor, provocando a ira do Senhor.

They abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; and they provoked Yahweh to anger.

13 A bandonaram o Senhor e prestaram culto a Baal e a Astarote.

They abandoned Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

14 A ira do Senhor se acendeu contra Israel, e ele os entregou nas mãos de invasores que os saquearam. Ele os entregou aos inimigos ao seu redor, aos quais já não conseguiam resistir.

Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

15 S empre que os israelitas saíam para a batalha, a mão do Senhor era contra eles para derrotá-los, conforme lhes havia advertido e jurado. Grande angústia os dominava.

Wherever they went out, Yahweh’s hand was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them; and they were very distressed.

16 E ntão o Senhor levantou juízes, que os libertaram das mãos daqueles que os atacavam.

Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.

17 M esmo assim eles não quiseram ouvir os juízes, antes se prostituíram com outros deuses e os adoraram. Ao contrário dos seus antepassados, logo se desviaram do caminho pelo qual os seus antepassados tinham andado, o caminho da obediência aos mandamentos do Senhor.

Yet they didn’t listen to their judges; for they prostituted themselves to other gods, and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying Yahweh’s commandments. They didn’t do so.

18 S empre que o Senhor lhes levantava um juiz, ele estava com o juiz e os salvava das mãos de seus inimigos enquanto o juiz vivia; pois o Senhor tinha misericórdia por causa dos gemidos deles diante daqueles que os oprimiam e os afligiam.

When Yahweh raised up judges for them, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.

19 M as, quando o juiz morria, o povo voltava a caminhos ainda piores do que os caminhos dos seus antepassados, seguindo outros deuses, prestando-lhes culto e adorando-os. Recusavam-se a abandonar suas práticas e seu caminho obstinado.

But when the judge was dead, they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them. They didn’t cease what they were doing, or give up their stubborn ways.

20 P or isso a ira do Senhor acendeu-se contra Israel, e ele disse: “Como este povo violou a aliança que fiz com os seus antepassados e não tem ouvido a minha voz,

Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel; and he said, “Because this nation transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not listened to my voice,

21 n ão expulsarei de diante dele nenhuma das nações que Josué deixou quando morreu.

I also will no longer drive out any of the nations that Joshua left when he died from before them;

22 E u as usarei para pôr Israel à prova e ver se guardará o caminho do Senhor e se andará nele como o fizeram os seus antepassados”.

that by them I may test Israel, to see if they will keep the Yahweh’s way to walk therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.”

23 O Senhor havia permitido que essas nações permanecessem; não as expulsou de imediato, e não as entregou nas mãos de Josué.

So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily. He didn’t deliver them into Joshua’s hand.