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Judges
1And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.2And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?3Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.4And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.5And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.6And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.7And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.8And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.9And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.10And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.11And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:12And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.13And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.14And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.15Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.16Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.17And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.18And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.19And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.20And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;21I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:22That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it , or not.23Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
1وَصَعِدَ مَلاَكُ الرَّبِّ مِنَ الْجِلْجَالِ إِلَى بُوكِيمَ وَقَالَ، قَدْ أَصْعَدْتُكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَأَتَيْتُ بِكُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَقْسَمْتُ لآبَائِكُمْ، وَقُلْتُ، لاَ أَنْكُثُ عَهْدِي مَعَكُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.2وَأَنْتُمْ فَلاَ تَقْطَعُوا عَهْداً مَعَ سُكَّانِ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ. اهْدِمُوا مَذَابِحَهُمْ. وَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِي. فَمَاذَا عَمِلْتُمْ.3فَقُلْتُ أَيْضاً، لاَ أَطْرُدُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ بَلْ يَكُونُونَ لَكُمْ مُضَايِقِينَ، وَتَكُونُ آلِهَتُهُمْ لَكُمْ شَرَكاً.4وَكَانَ لَمَّا تَكَلَّمَ مَلاَكُ الرَّبِّ بِهَذَا الْكَلاَمِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّ الشَّعْبَ رَفَعُوا صَوْتَهُمْ وَبَكَوْا.5فَدَعَوْا اسْمَ ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانِ بُوكِيمَ. وَذَبَحُوا هُنَاكَ لِلرَّبِّ.6وَصَرَفَ يَشُوعُ الشَّعْبَ، فَذَهَبَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى مُلْكِهِ لأَجْلِ امْتِلاَكِ الأَرْضِ.7وَعَبَدَ الشَّعْبُ الرَّبَّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ يَشُوعَ، وَكُلَّ أَيَّامِ الشُّيُوخِ الَّذِينَ طَالَتْ أَيَّامُهُمْ بَعْدَ يَشُوعَ الَّذِينَ رَأَوْا كُلَّ عَمَلِ الرَّبِّ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي عَمِلَ لإِسْرَائِيلَ.8وَمَاتَ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ ابْنَ مِئَةٍ وَعَشَرَ سِنِينَ.9فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي تُخُمِ مُلْكِهِ فِي تِمْنَةَ حَارَسَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ، شِمَالِيَّ جَبَلِ جَاعَشَ.10وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ الْجِيلِ أَيْضاً انْضَمَّ إِلَى آبَائِهِ، وَقَامَ بَعْدَهُمْ جِيلٌ آخَرُ لَمْ يَعْرِفِ الرَّبَّ وَلاَ الْعَمَلَ الَّذِي عَمِلَ لإِسْرَائِيلَ.11وَفَعَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ وَعَبَدُوا الْبَعْلِيمَ،12وَتَرَكُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمِ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَسَارُوا وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى مِنْ آلِهَةِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّذِينَ حَوْلَهُمْ، وَسَجَدُوا لَهَا وَأَغَاظُوا الرَّبَّ.13تَرَكُوا الرَّبَّ وَعَبَدُوا الْبَعْلَ وَعَشْتَارُوثَ.14فَحَمِيَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَدَفَعَهُمْ بِأَيْدِي نَاهِبِينَ نَهَبُوهُمْ، وَبَاعَهُمْ بِيَدِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ حَوْلَهُمْ، وَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا بَعْدُ عَلَى الْوُقُوفِ أَمَامَ أَعْدَائِهِمْ.15حَيْثُمَا خَرَجُوا كَانَتْ يَدُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْهِمْ لِلشَّرِّ كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ وَكَمَا أَقْسَمَ الرَّبُّ لَهُمْ. فَضَاقَ بِهِمُ الأَمْرُ جِدّاً.16وَأَقَامَ الرَّبُّ قُضَاةً فَخَلَّصُوهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ نَاهِبِيهِمْ.17وَلِقُضَاتِهِمْ أَيْضاً لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا، بَلْ زَنَوْا وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى وَسَجَدُوا لَهَا. حَادُوا سَرِيعاً عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سَارَ بِهَا آبَاؤُهُمْ لِسَمْعِ وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ. لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا هَكَذَا.18وَحِينَمَا أَقَامَ الرَّبُّ لَهُمْ قُضَاةً كَانَ الرَّبُّ مَعَ الْقَاضِي، وَخَلَّصَهُمْ مِنْ يَدِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ الْقَاضِي، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ نَدِمَ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنِينِهِمْ بِسَبَبِ مُضَايِقِيهِمْ وَزَاحِمِيهِمْ.19وَعِنْدَ مَوْتِ الْقَاضِي كَانُوا يَرْجِعُونَ وَيَفْسُدُونَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ بِالذَّهَابِ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لِيَعْبُدُوهَا وَيَسْجُدُوا لَهَا. لَمْ يَكُفُّوا عَنْ أَفْعَالِهِمْ وَطَرِيقِهِمِ الْقَاسِيَةِ.20فَحَمِيَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ، مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ قَدْ تَعَدَّوْا عَهْدِيَ الَّذِي أَوْصَيْتُ بِهِ آبَاءَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا لِصَوْتِي21فَأَنَا أَيْضاً لاَ أَعُودُ أَطْرُدُ إِنْسَاناً مِنْ أَمَامِهِمْ مِنَ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ تَرَكَهُمْ يَشُوعُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ22لأَمْتَحِنَ بِهِمْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَيَحْفَظُونَ طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ لِيَسْلُكُوا بِهَا كَمَا حَفِظَهَا آبَاؤُهُمْ، أَمْ لاَ.23فَتَرَكَ الرَّبُّ أُولَئِكَ الأُمَمَ وَلَمْ يَطْرُدْهُمْ سَرِيعاً وَلَمْ يَدْفَعْهُمْ بِيَدِ يَشُوعَ.