Judges, 2

1. And an Angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to the Place of Weeping, and he said: “I led you away from Egypt, and I led you into the land, about which I swore to your fathers. And I promised that I would not nullify my covenant with you, even forever:

1. Anðeo Jahvin doðe iz Gilgala u Bokim i reèe: "Izveo sam vas iz Egipta i doveo vas u zemlju koju sam vam obeæao zaklevši se ocima vašim. Rekao sam: 'Neæu raskinuti Saveza svog s vama dovijeka.

2. but only if you would not form a pact with the inhabitants of this land. Instead, you should overturn their altars. Yet you were not willing to listen to my voice. Why have you done this?

2. A vi ne sklapajte saveza sa stanovnicima ove zemlje; nego rušite njihove žrtvenike!' Ali vi niste poslušali moga glasa. Što ste uèinili?

3. For this reason, I am not willing to destroy them before your face, so that you may have enemies, and so that their gods may be your ruin.”

3. Zato vam kažem: neæu ih odagnati pred vama. Nego, oni æe vas tlaèiti i bogovi njihovi bit æe vam zamkom."

4. And when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, they lifted up their voice, and they wept.

4. Kad Anðeo Jahvin izreèe te rijeèi svim Izraelcima, narod zakuka i zaplaka.

5. And the name of that place was called, the Place of Weeping, or the Place of Tears. And they immolated victims to the Lord in that place.

5. I tako prozvaše ono mjesto Bokim i ondje prinesoše žrtve Jahvi.

6. Then Joshua dismissed the people, and the sons of Israel went away, each one to his own possession, so that they might obtain it.

6. Tada Jošua otpusti narod i raziðoše se Izraelci svaki na svoju baštinu da zaposjednu zemlju.

7. And they served the Lord, during all his days, and during all the days of the elders, who lived for a long time after him, and who knew all the works of the Lord, which he had done for Israel.

7. Narod je služio Jahvi svega vijeka Jošuina i svega vijeka starješina koje su nadživjele Jošuu i vidjele sva velika djela što ih je Jahve uèinio Izraelu.

8. Then Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old.

8. Jošua, sin Nunov, sluga Jahvin, umrije u dobi od sto deset godina.

9. And they buried him in the parts of his possession at Timnath-Serah, on Mount Ephraim, before the northern side of Mount Gaash.

9. Sahraniše ga u kraju što ga je baštinio u Timnat Heresu, u Efrajimovoj gori, sjeverno od planine Gaaša.

10. And that entire generation was gathered to their fathers. And there rose up others, who had not known the Lord and the works that he had done for Israel.

10. A kada se sav onaj naraštaj pridružio svojim ocima, naslijedi ga drugi naraštaj koji nije mario za Jahvu ni za djela što ih je uèinio Izraelu.

11. And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served the Baals.

11. Tada su sinovi Izraelovi poèeli èiniti ono što Jahvi nije po volji i služili su baalima.

12. And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had led them away from the land of Egypt. And they followed foreign gods and the gods of the peoples who were living around them, and they adored them. And they provoked the Lord to wrath,

12. Ostaviše Jahvu, Boga otaca svojih, koji ih je izveo iz zemlje egipatske, i poðoše za drugim bogovima izmeðu bogova okolnih naroda. Klanjahu im se, razgnjeviše Jahvu.

13. forsaking him, and serving Baal and Ashtaroth.

13. Otpali su od Jahve da bi služili Baalu i Aštarti.

14. And the Lord, having become angry against Israel, delivered them into the hands of plunderers, who seized them and sold them to the enemies that were living on all sides. Neither were they able to withstand their adversaries.

14. Zato Jahve izli gnjev svoj na Izraela: prepusti ih pljaèkašima da ih plijene, izruèi ih neprijateljima uokolo, tako te se ne mogoše oduprijeti.

15. Instead, wherever they wanted to go, the hand of the Lord was upon them, just as he said and just as he swore to them. And they were greatly afflicted.

15. Što bi god poèeli, ruka se Jahvina okretala protiv njih na njihovu nesreæu, kao što im je Jahve rekao i kao što im se zakleo. I tako zapadoše u veliku nevolju.

16. And the Lord raised up judges, who would free them from the hands of their oppressors. But they were not willing to listen to them.

16. Tada im Jahve stade podizati suce da ih izbavljaju iz ruku onih koji su ih pljaèkali.

17. Fornicating with foreign gods and adoring them, they quickly deserted the way along which their fathers had advanced. And having heard the commandments of the Lord, they did all things to the contrary.

17. Ali oni ni svojih sudaca nisu slušali, nego se iznevjeriše s drugim bogovima te im se klanjahu. Brzo su zašli s puta kojim su išli oci njihovi slušajuæi Jahvine zapovijedi; oni nisu èinili tako.

18. And while the Lord was raising up the judges, in their days, he was moved to mercy, and he listened to the groaning of the afflicted, and he freed them from the slaughter of their oppressors.

18. Kada im je podizao suce, Jahve bijaše sa svakim sucem te ih izbavljaše iz ruku njihovih neprijatelja za svega vijeka suèeva, jer se sažalilo Jahvi koliko su uzdisali pod jarmom onih koji su ih ugnjetavali.

19. But after a judge had died, they turned back, and they were doing much worse things than their fathers had done, following strange gods, serving them, and adoring them. They did not abandon their pursuits and their very stubborn way, by which they were accustomed to walk.

19. A kada bi sudac umro, oni bi opet zapadali u veæu pokvarenost nego njihovi oci. Išli su za drugim bogovima, služili im i klanjali im se, ne odustajuæi od svojih opakih djela i postupaka.

20. And the fury of the Lord was enraged against Israel, and he said: “For this people has made void my covenant, which I had formed with their fathers, and they have despised listening to my voice.

20. Tada Jahve planu gnjevom na Izraela i reèe: "Kad je taj narod pogazio Savez kojim sam obvezao njihove oèeve i nije poslušao glasa moga,

21. And so, I will not destroy the nations that Joshua left behind when he died,

21. ni ja odsad neæu pred njim potjerati ni jednoga izmeðu naroda što ih je Jošua po svojoj smrti ostavio",

22. so that, by them, I may test Israel, as to whether or not they will keep the way of the Lord, and walk in it, just as their fathers kept it.”

22. da bi njima stavio na kušnju Izraela: hoæe li se ili neæe držati Jahvinih putova kao što ih se držahu oci njihovi.

23. Therefore, the Lord left all these nations, and he was not willing to quickly overthrow them, nor did he deliver them into the hands of Joshua.

23. Zato Jahve bijaše ostavio te narode i nije ih odmah izagnao ni predao Jošui u ruke.