Juízes, 2

1. O anjo do Senhor subiu de Gálgala a Boquim e disse: “Eu vos fiz subir do Egito e vos conduzi a esta terra que eu tinha prometido com juramento a vossos pais. E vos tinha dito: ‘Jamais hei de romper a aliança que fiz convosco;

1. Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, "I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you into the land which I swore to give to your fathers. I said, `I will never break my covenant with you,

2. vós, porém, não fareis aliança com os habitantes desta terra e lançareis por terra os seus altares!’. Ora, vós não obedecestes à minha voz.

2. and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.' But you have not obeyed my command. What is this you have done?

3. Por que fizestes isso? Por essa razão eu disse: ‘Não os expulsarei de diante de vós; eles permanecerão ao vosso lado e os seus deuses vos serão um laço’.”

3. So now I say, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall become adversaries to you, and their gods shall be a snare to you."

4. Ao dizer o anjo do Senhor essas palavras aos filhos de Israel, o povo pôs-se a chorar.

4. When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

5. Pelo que chamaram àquele lugar Boquim, e ofereceram ali sacrifícios ao Senhor.*

5. And they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the LORD.

6. Josué despediu o povo, e os israelitas foram cada um para a sua herança, a fim de tomar posse da terra.

6. When Joshua dismissed the people, the people of Israel went each to his inheritance to take possession of the land.

7. Durante toda a vida de Josué e dos anciãos que lhe sobreviveram, e que tinham testemunhado a grande obra que o Senhor tinha feito em favor de Israel, o povo serviu o Senhor.

7. And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work which the LORD had done for Israel.

8. Josué, filho de Nun, servo do Senhor, morreu com a idade de cento e dez anos.

8. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of one hundred and ten years.

9. Sepultaram-no no território de sua possessão, em Tamnat-Hares, na montanha de Efraim, ao norte do monte de Gaás.

9. And they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance in Tim'nath-he'res, in the hill country of E'phraim, north of the mountain of Ga'ash.

10. Toda aquela geração foi também se unir a seus pais, e sucedeu-lhe outra que não conhecia o Senhor, nem o que ele tinha feito em favor de Israel.

10. And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them, who did not know the LORD or the work which he had done for Israel.

11. Os israelitas fizeram então o mal aos olhos do Senhor e serviram a Baal.*

11. And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Ba'als;

12. Abandonaram o Senhor, Deus de seus pais, que os tinha tirado do Egito, e seguiram outros deuses, os dos povos que habitavam em torno deles; prostraram-se diante deles, excitando assim a cólera do Senhor.

12. and they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; they went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed down to them; and they provoked the LORD to anger.

13. Abandonaram o Senhor para servirem a Baal e às Astarot.*

13. They forsook the LORD, and served the Ba'als and the Ash'taroth.

14. A cólera do Senhor inflamou-se contra Israel, e ele entregou-os nas mãos de piratas, que os despojaram, e vendeu-os aos inimigos dos arredores, de sorte que não puderam mais resistir-lhes.

14. So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them; and he sold them into the power of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.

15. Para onde quer que fossem, a mão do Senhor estava contra eles para fazer-lhes mal, como o Senhor lhes tinha dito e jurado e, com isso, viram-se em grande aflição.

15. Whenever they marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had warned, and as the LORD had sworn to them; and they were in sore straits.

16. (Entretanto), o Senhor suscitava-lhes juízes que os livraram das mãos dos opressores,

16. Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the power of those who plundered them.

17. mas nem mesmo os seus juízes ouviam e continuavam prostituindo-se a outros deuses, adorando-os. Abandonaram depressa o caminho que tinham seguido seus pais, na obediência aos mandamentos do Senhor e não os imitaram.

17. And yet they did not listen to their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed down to them; they soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the LORD, and they did not do so.

18. Ora, quando o Senhor suscitava juízes, ele estava com o juiz para livrá-los de seus inimigos enquanto vivesse o juiz: o Senhor compadecia-se dos gemidos que soltavam diante de seus inimigos e de seus opressores.

18. Whenever the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.

19. Mas, depois que o juiz morria, corrompiam-se e se tornavam ainda piores do que seus pais, seguindo outros deuses, servindo-os e adorando-os; e não renunciavam aos seus crimes e à sua obstinação.

19. But whenever the judge died, they turned back and behaved worse than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them; they did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.

20. Inflamou-se, pois, contra Israel a cólera do Senhor: “Visto que este povo violou o meu pacto – dizia ele – a aliança que eu tinha feito com seus pais, e não obedeceram à minha voz,

20. So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel; and he said, "Because this people have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not obeyed my voice,

21. também eu não expulsarei de diante deles nenhuma das nações que Josué deixou ao morrer”.

21. I will not henceforth drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died,

22. Por elas, queria o Senhor provar os israelitas, e ver se eles seguiriam ou não o caminho do Senhor, como o tinham feito seus pais.

22. that by them I may test Israel, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the LORD as their fathers did, or not."

23. E o Senhor deixou subsistir todas essas nações que não tinha entregue nas mãos de Josué, e não as quis expulsar logo.

23. So the LORD left those nations, not driving them out at once, and he did not give them into the power of Joshua.