1 E subiu o anjo do SENHOR de Gilgal a Boquim, e disse: Do Egito vos fiz subir, e vos trouxe à terra que a vossos pais tinha jurado e disse: Nunca invalidarei a minha aliança convosco.

2 E, quanto a vós, não fareis acordo com os moradores desta terra, antes derrubareis os seus altares; mas vós não obedecestes à minha voz. Por que fizestes isso?

3 Assim também eu disse: Não os expulsarei de diante de vós; antes estarão como espinhos nas vossas ilhargas, e os seus deuses vos serão por laço.

4 E sucedeu que, falando o anjo do Senhor estas palavras a todos os filhos de Israel, o povo levantou a sua voz e chorou.

5 Por isso chamaram àquele lugar, Boquim; e sacrificaram ali ao Senhor.

6 E havendo Josué despedido o povo foram-se os filhos de Israel, cada um à sua herança, para possuírem a terra.

7 E serviu o povo ao Senhor todos os dias de Josué, e todos os dias dos anciãos que ainda sobreviveram depois de Josué, e viram toda aquela grande obra do Senhor, que fizera a Israel.

8 Faleceu, porém, Josué, filho de Num, servo do Senhor, com a idade de cento e dez anos;

9 E sepultaram-no no termo da sua herança, em Timnate-Heres, no monte de Efraim, para o norte do monte de Gaás.

10 E foi também congregada toda aquela geração a seus pais, e outra geração após ela se levantou, que não conhecia ao Senhor, nem tampouco a obra que ele fizera a Israel.

11 Então fizeram os filhos de Israel o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor; e serviram aos baalins.

12 E deixaram ao Senhor Deus de seus pais, que os tirara da terra do Egito, e foram-se após outros deuses, dentre os deuses dos povos, que havia ao redor deles, e adoraram a eles; e provocaram o Senhor à ira.

13 Porquanto deixaram ao Senhor, e serviram a Baal e a Astarote.

14 Por isso a ira do Senhor se acendeu contra Israel, e os entregou na mão dos espoliadores que os despojaram; e os entregou na mão dos seus inimigos ao redor; e não puderam mais resistir diante dos seus inimigos.

15 Por onde quer que saíam, a mão do Senhor era contra eles para mal, como o Senhor tinha falado, e como o Senhor lhes tinha jurado; e estavam em grande aflição.

16 E levantou o Senhor juízes, que os livraram da mão dos que os despojaram.

17 Porém tampouco ouviram aos juízes, antes prostituíram-se após outros deuses, e adoraram a eles; depressa se desviaram do caminho, por onde andaram seus pais, obedecendo os mandamentos do Senhor; mas eles assim não fizeram.

18 E, quando o Senhor lhes levantava juízes, o Senhor era com o juiz, e os livrava da mão dos seus inimigos, todos os dias daquele juiz; porquanto o Senhor se compadecia deles pelo seu gemido, por causa dos que os oprimiam e afligiam.

19 Porém sucedia que, falecendo o juiz, reincidiam e se corrompiam mais do que seus pais, andando após outros deuses, servindo-os, e adorando-os; nada deixavam das suas obras, nem do seu obstinado caminho.

20 Por isso a ira do Senhor se acendeu contra Israel, e disse: Porquanto este povo transgrediu a minha aliança, que tinha ordenado a seus pais, e não deram ouvidos à minha voz,

21 Tampouco desapossarei mais de diante deles a nenhuma das nações, que Josué deixou, quando morreu;

22 Para por elas provar a Israel, se há de guardar, ou não, o caminho do Senhor, como seus pais o guardaram, para nele andar.

23 Assim o Senhor deixou ficar aquelas nações, e não as desterrou logo, nem as entregou na mão de Josué.

1 And the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he 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: 2 and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall break down their altars. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice: why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore 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. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of Jehovah spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto Jehovah.

6 Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.

11 And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim; 12 and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger. 13 And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth. 14 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had spoken, and as Jehovah had sworn unto them: and they were sore distressed.

16 And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that despoiled them. 17 And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; but they did not so. 18 And when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented Jehovah because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. 19 But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way. 20 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died; 22 that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.