1 Y ahweh’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.

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 Y ou 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?

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 from before you; but they shall be 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 Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

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

5 T hey called the name of that place Bochim, and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.

فَأسْمَوا ذَلِكَ المَكانَ بُوكِيمَ، وَهُناكَ قَدَّمُوا ذَبائِحَ للهِ.

6 N ow when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel each went 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 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.

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 Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.

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

9 T hey 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.

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

10 A fter 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.

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

11 T he children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals.

وَفَعَلَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ ، إذْ عَبَدُوا البَعلَ،

12 T hey 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.

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 abandoned Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

تَرَكُوا اللهَ ، وَسَجَدُوا لِلبَعلِ وَعَشْتارُوثَ.

14 Y ahweh’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.

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

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

16 Y ahweh raised up judges, who saved 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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 Y ahweh’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,

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 any of the nations that Joshua left when he died from before them;

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

22 t hat 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.”

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

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