1 And the Angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: I led you up from Egypt and brought you into the land of which I had sworn to your fathers; and I said, I will never break My covenant with you.

2 And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall pull down their altars. But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this?

3 Therefore I also have said, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be thorns in your side, and their gods shall be a snare to you.

4 And it came about, when the Angel of Jehovah spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.

5 Thus they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there unto Jehovah.

6 And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land.

7 Thus the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged their days after Joshua, who had seen all the great works of Jehovah which He had done for Israel.

8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died when he was one hundred and ten years old.

9 And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.

10 When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who had not known Jehovah nor the work which He had done for Israel.

11 And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and served the Baals;

12 and they forsook Jehovah the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they went after other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they bowed down to them; and they provoked Jehovah to anger.

13 They forsook Jehovah and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

14 And the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

15 Wherever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had said, and as Jehovah had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed.

16 Nevertheless, Jehovah raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.

17 Yet they would not heed their judges, but they committed adultery with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked, to obey the commandments of Jehovah; they did not do so.

18 And when Jehovah raised up judges for them, Jehovah was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for Jehovah was moved to pity before their groaning because of those oppressing and thrusting at them.

19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, by going after other gods, to serve them and bow down to them. They have not failed from their own doings nor from their stubborn way.

20 And the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel; and He said, Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I have commanded their fathers, and has not obeyed My voice,

21 I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua has left when he died,

22 so that through them I may test Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah, to walk in it as their fathers have kept it, or not.

23 Therefore Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out quickly; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.

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 o meu concerto convosco. 2 E, quanto a vós, não fareis concerto com os moradores desta terra, antes derrubareis os seus altares: mas vós não obedecestes à minha voz. Por que fizestes isto? 3 Pelo que também eu disse: Não os expelirei de diante de vós: antes estarão às 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 Pelo que 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 herdade, para possuírem a terra.

7 E serviu o povo ao Senhor todos os dias de Josué, e todos os dias dos anciãos que prolongaram os seus dias depois de Josué, e viram toda aquela grande obra do Senhor, a qual ele fizera a Israel. 8 Faleceu porém Josué, filho de Num, servo do Senhor, da idade de cento e dez anos; 9 E sepultaram-no no termo da sua herdade, 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 deles se levantou, que não conhecia ao Senhor, nem tão pouco a obra que fizera a Israel. 11 Então fizeram os filhos de Israel o que parecia mal 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 doutros deuses, dentre os deuses das gentes, que havia ao redor deles, e encurvaram-se a eles: e provocaram ao Senhor a ira. 13 Porquanto deixaram ao Senhor: e serviram a Baal e a Astarote. 14 Pelo que a ira do Senhor se acendeu contra Israel, e os deu na mão dos roubadores, e os roubaram: e os entregou na mão dos seus inimigos ao redor: e não puderam mais estar em pé diante dos seus inimigos. 15 Por onde quer que saíam, a mão do Senhor era contra eles para mal, como o Senhor tinha dito, e como o Senhor lho tinha jurado: e estavam em grande aperto. 16 E levantou o Senhor juízes, que os livraram da mão dos que os roubaram. 17 Porém tão pouco ouviram aos juízes, antes se prostituíram após outros deuses, e encurvaram-se a eles: depressa se desviaram do caminho, por onde andaram seus pais ouvindo os mandamentos do Senhor; mas eles não fizeram assim. 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 arrependia pelo seu gemido, por causa dos que os apertavam e oprimiam. 19 Porém sucedia que, falecendo o juiz, tornavam e se corrompiam mais do que seus pais, andando após de outros deuses, servindo-os, e encurvando-se a eles: nada deixavam das suas obras, nem do seu duro caminho. 20 Pelo que a ira do Senhor se acendeu contra Israel; e disse: Porquanto este povo traspassou o meu concerto, que tinha ordenado a seus pais, e não deram ouvidos à minha voz. 21 Tão pouco desapossarei mais de diante deles a nenhuma das nações, que Josué deixou, morrendo; 22 Para por elas provar a Israel, se hão de guardar o caminho do Senhor, como seus pais o guardaram, para por ele andarem, ou não. 23 Assim o Senhor deixou ficar aquelas nações, e não as desterrou logo, nem as entregou na mão de Josué.