Liber Iudicum, 2

1. Ascenditque angelus Domini de Galgalis in Bochim et ait: “Eduxi vos de Aegypto et introduxi in terram, pro qua iuravi patribus vestris et pollicitus sum, ut non facerem irritum pactum meum vobiscum in sempiternum,

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. ita dumtaxat ut non feriretis foedus cum habitatoribus terrae huius, sed aras eorum subverteretis. Et noluistis audire vocem meam. Cur hoc fecistis?

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. Quam ob rem nolui expellere eos a facie vestra, ut sint vobis in laqueum, et dii eorum in ruinam”.

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. Cumque loqueretur angelus Domini verba haec ad omnes filios Israel, elevaverunt vocem suam et fleverunt.

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. Et vocatum est nomen loci illius Bochim (id est locus Flentium); immolaveruntque ibi hostias Domino.

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

6. Dimisit ergo Iosue populum, et abierunt filii Israel unusquisque in possessionem suam, ut obtinerent terram.

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

7. Servieruntque Domino cunctis diebus Iosue et seniorum, qui longo post eum vixerunt tempore et viderant universum opus magnum Domini, quod fecerat cum Israel.

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. Mortuus est autem Iosue filius Nun famulus Domini centum et decem annorum;

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

9. et sepelierunt eum in finibus possessionis suae in Thamnathsare in monte Ephraim a septentrionali plaga montis Gaas.

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. Omnisque illa generatio congregata est ad patres suos, et surrexerunt alii post illam, qui non noverant Dominum et opus, quod fecerat cum 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. Feceruntque filii Israel malum in conspectu Domini et servierunt Baalim

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

12. ac dimiserunt Dominum, Deum patrum suorum, qui eduxerat eos de terra Aegypti, et secuti sunt deos alienos, de diis populorum, qui habitabant in circuitu eorum, et adoraverunt eos et ad iracundiam concitaverunt Dominum

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. dimittentes eum et servientes Baal et Astharoth.

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

14. Iratusque Dominus contra Israel tradidit eos in manibus diripientium, qui diripuerunt eos, et vendidit eos hostibus, qui habitabant per gyrum, nec potuerunt resistere adversariis suis;

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. sed, quocumque pergere voluissent, manus Domini erat super eos ad malum, sicut locutus est et iuravit eis, et vehementer afflicti sunt.

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. Suscitavitque Dominus iudices, qui liberarent eos de vastantium manibus;

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

17. sed nec illos audire voluerunt fornicantes cum diis alienis et adorantes eos. Cito deseruerunt viam, per quam ingressi fuerant patres eorum audientes mandata Domini, et omnia fecere contraria.

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. Cumque Dominus iudices suscitaret eis, erat Dominus cum iudice et liberabat eos de manu hostium eorum toto tempore iudicis, quia flectebatur misericordia et audiebat gemitus afflictorum.

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. Postquam autem mortuus esset iudex, revertebantur et multo faciebant peiora quam fecerant patres sui, sequentes deos alienos, servientes eis et adorantes illos: non dimiserunt opera sua et viam durissimam, per quam ambulare consueverant.

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. Iratusque est furor Domini in Israel et ait: “Quia irritum fecit gens ista pactum meum, quod pepigeram cum patribus eorum, et vocem meam audire contempsit,

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. et ego non expellam gentes, quas dimisit Iosue et mortuus est;

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

22. ut in ipsis experiar Israel, utrum custodiant viam Domini et ambulent in ea, sicut custodierunt patres eorum, an non”.

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. Dimisit ergo Dominus has nationes et cito expellere noluit nec tradidit in manibus Iosue.

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