Judges 2

vayya'al malakh-Adonai min-haggilgal el-habbokhim vayyomer a'aleh etkhem mimmitsrayim va'avi etkhem el-ha'arets asher nishbati la'avotekhem va'omar lo-afer beriti ittekhem le'olam

An angel of GOD came up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up from Egypt and I took you into the land that I had promised on oath to your fathers. And I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you.

ve'attem lo-tikhretu verit leyosheve ha'arets hazzot mizbekhotehem tittotsun velo-shematem beqoli mah-zzot asitem

And you, for your part, must make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you must tear down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed Me—look what you have done!

vegam amarti lo-agaresh otam mippenekhem vehayu lakhem letsiddim velohehem yihyu lakhem lemoqesh

Therefore, I have resolved not to drive them out before you; they shall become your oppressors, and their gods shall be a snare to you.”

vayehi kedabber malakh Adonai et-haddevarim ha'elleh el-kol-bene yisra'el vayyisu ha'am et-qolam vayyivku

As the angel of GOD spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people broke into weeping.

vayyiqre'u shem-hammaqom hahu bokhim vayyizbekhu-sham la-Adonai

So they named that place Bochim, and they offered sacrifices there to GOD.

vayeshallakh yehoshua et-ha'am vayyelekhu vene-yisra'el ish lenakhalato lareshet et-ha'arets

When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted territories and took possession of the land.

vayya'avdu ha'am et-Adonai kol yeme yehoshua vekhol yeme hazzeqenim asher he'erikhu yamim akhare yehoshua asher ra'u et kol-ma'aseh Adonai haggadol asher asah leyisra'el

The people served GOD during the lifetime of Joshua and the lifetime of the older people who lived on after Joshua and who had witnessed all the marvelous deeds that GOD had wrought for Israel.

vayyamot yehoshua bin-nun eved Adonai ben-me'ah va'eser shanim

Joshua son of Nun, the servant of GOD, died at the age of one hundred and ten years,

vayyiqberu oto bigvul nakhalato betimnat-kheres behar efrayim mitsefon lehar-ga'ash

and was buried on his own property, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

vegam kol-haddor hahu ne'esfu el-avotayw vayyaqom dor akher akharehem asher lo-yade'u et-Adonai vegam et-hamma'aseh asher asah leyisra'el

And all that generation were likewise gathered to their ancestors. Another generation arose after them, which had not experienced GOD’s deliverance or the deeds that had been wrought for Israel.

vayya'asu vene-yisra'el et-hara be'ene Adonai vayya'avdu et-habbe'alim

And the Israelites did what was offensive to GOD. They worshiped the Baalim

vayya'azvu et-Adonai elohe avotam hammotsi otam me'erets mitsrayim vayyelekhu akhare elohim akherim me'elohe ha'ammim asher sevivotehem vayyishtakhavu lahem vayyakhisu et-Adonai

and forsook the ETERNAL, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods, from among the gods of the peoples around them, and bowed down to them; they provoked GOD.

vayya'azvu et-Adonai vayya'avdu labba'al vela'ashtarot

They forsook GOD and worshiped Baal and the Ashtaroth.

vayyikhar-af Adonai beyisra'el vayyittenem beyad-shosim vayyashossu otam vayyimkerem beyad oyevehem missaviv velo-yakhelu od la'amod lifne oyevehem

Having become incensed at Israel, GOD then handed them over to foes who plundered them, surrendering them to their enemies on all sides; they could no longer hold their own against their enemies.

bekhol asher yatse'u yad-Adonai hayetah-bbam lera'ah ka'asher dibber Adonai vekha'asher nishba Adonai lahem vayyetser lahem me'od

In all their campaigns, GOD’s hand was against them to their undoing—as GOD had declared and as GOD had sworn to them—and they were in great distress.

vayyaqem Adonai shofetim vayyoshi'um miyyad shosehem

Then GOD raised up chieftains who delivered them from those who plundered them.

vegam el-shofetehem lo shame'u ki zanu akhare elohim akherim vayyishtakhavu lahem saru maher min-hadderekh asher halekhu avotam lishmoa mitsvot-Adonai lo-asu khen

But they did not heed their chieftains either; they went astray after other gods and bowed down to them. They were quick to turn aside from the way their ancestors had followed in obedience to GOD’s commandments; they did not do right.

vekhi-heqim Adonai lahem shofetim vehayah Adonai im-hashofet vehoshi'am miyyad oyevehem kol yeme hashofet ki-yinnakhem Adonai minna'aqatam mippene lokhatsehem vedokhaqehem

When GOD raised up chieftains for them, GOD would be with that chieftain—and would save them from their enemies during that chieftain’s lifetime; for GOD would be moved to pity by their moanings because of those who oppressed and crushed them.

vehayah bemot hashofet yashuvu vehishkhitu me'avotam lalekhet akhare elohim akherim le'ovdam ulehishtakhavot lahem lo hippilu mimma'allehem umiddarkam haqqashah

But when the chieftain died, they would again act basely, even more than the preceding generation—following other gods, worshiping them, and bowing down to them; they omitted none of their practices and stubborn ways.

vayyikhar-af Adonai beyisra'el vayyomer ya'an asher averu haggoy hazzeh et-beriti asher tsivviti et-avotam velo shame'u leqoli

Then GOD, having become incensed against Israel, said, “Since that nation has transgressed the covenant that I enjoined upon their ancestors and has not obeyed Me,

gam-ani lo osif lehorish ish mippenehem min-haggoyim asher-azav yehoshua vayyamot

I for My part will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died.”

lema'an nassot bam et-yisra'el hashomerim hem et-derekh Adonai lalekhet bam ka'asher shameru avotam im-lo

For it was in order to test Israel by them—[to see] whether they would faithfully walk in GOD’s ways, as their ancestors had done—

vayyannakh Adonai et-haggoyim ha'elleh levilti horisham maher velo netanam beyad-yehoshua

that GOD had left those nations, instead of driving them out at once, and had not delivered them into the hands of Joshua.