¹The angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you:

¹HERRENs Engel drog fra Gilgal op til Betel. Og han sagde: "Jeg førte eder op fra Ægypten og bragte eder ind i det Land, jeg tilsvor eders Fædre. Og jeg sagde: Jeg vil i Evighed ikke bryde min Pagt med eder!

²and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.’ But you have not listened to my voice: why have you done this?

²Men I må ikke slutte Pagt med dette Lands Indbyggere; deres Altre skal I bryde ned! Men t adlød ikke min Røst! Hvad har I dog gjort!

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

³Derfor siger jeg nu: Jeg vil ikke drive dem bort foran eder, men de skal blive Brodde i eders Sider, og deres Guder skal blive eder en Snare!"

⁴It happened, when the angel of Yahweh spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

⁴Da HERRENs Engel talede disse Ord til alle Israelitterne, brast Folket i Gråd.

⁵They called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.

⁵Derfor kaldte man Stedet Bokim. Og de ofrede til HERREN der.

⁶Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.

⁶Da Josua havde ladet Folket fare, drog Israelitterne hver til sin Arvelod for at tage Landet i Besiddelse.

⁷The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.

⁷Og Folket dyrkede HERREN, så længe Josua levede, og så længe de Ældste var i Live, som overlevede Josua og havde set hele det Storværk, HERREN havde øvet for Israel.

⁸Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.

⁸Og Josua, Nuns Søn, HERRENs Tjener, døde, 110 År gammel;

⁹They 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.

⁹og de jordede ham på hans Arvelod i Timnat-Heres i Efraims Bjerge norden for Bjerget Ga'asj.

¹⁰Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who didn’t know Yahweh, nor yet the work which he had worked for Israel.

¹⁰Men også hele hin Slægt samledes til sine Fædre, og efter dem kom en anden Slægt, som hverken kendte HERREN eller det Værk, han havde øvet for Israel.

¹¹The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals;

¹¹Da gjorde Israelitterne, hvad der var ondt i HERRENs Øjne, og dyrkede Ba'alerne;

¹²and they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them: and they provoked Yahweh to anger.

¹²de forlod HERREN, deres Fædres Gud, som havde ført dem ud af Ægypten, og holdt sig til andre Guder, de omboende Folks Guder, og tilbad dem og krænkede HERREN.

¹³They forsook Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

¹³De forlod HERREN og dyrkede Ba'al og Astarte.

¹⁴The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers who despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

¹⁴Da blussede HERRENs Vrede op imod Israel, og han gav dem i Røveres Hånd, så de udplyndrede dem. Han gav dem til Pris for de omboende Fjender, så de ikke længer kunde holde Stand mod deres Fjender.

¹⁵Wherever they went out, the hand of Yahweh was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them: and they were very distressed.

¹⁵Hvor som helst de rykkede frem, var HERRENs Hånd imod dem og voldte dem Ulykke, som HERREN havde sagt og tilsvoret dem. Således bragte han dem i stor Vånde. Men når de så råbte til HERREN,

¹⁶Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who despoiled them.

¹⁶lod han Dommere fremstå, og de frelste dem fra deres Hånd, som udplyndrede dem.

¹⁷Yet they didn’t listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Yahweh. They didn’t do so.

¹⁷Dog heller ikke deres Dommere adlød de, men bolede med andre Guder og tilbad dem. Hurtig veg de bort fra den Vej, deres Fædre havde vandret på i Lydighed mod HERRENs Bud; de slægtede dem ikke på.

¹⁸When Yahweh raised them up judges, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.

¹⁸Men hver Gang HERREN lod Dommere fremstå iblandt dem, var HERREN med Dommeren og frelste dem fra deres Fjenders Hånd, så længe Dommeren levede; thi HERREN ynkedes, når de jamrede sig over dem, som trængte og undertrykte dem.

¹⁹But it happened, 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 to them; they didn’t cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.

¹⁹Men så snart Dommeren var død, handlede de atter ilde, ja endnu værre end deres Fædre, idet de holdt sig til andre Guder og dyrkede og tilbad dem. De holdt ikke op med deres onde Gerninger og genstridige Færd.

²⁰The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel; and he said, “Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not listened to my voice;

²⁰Da blussede HERRENs Vrede op mod Israel, og han sagde: "Efterdi dette Folk har overtrådt min Pagt, som jeg pålagde deres Fædre, og ikke adlydt min Røst,

²¹I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;

²¹vil jeg heller ikke mere bortdrive foran dem et eneste af de Folk, som Josua lod tilbage ved sin Død,

²²that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to walk therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.”

²²for at jeg ved dem kan sætte Israel på Prøve, om de omhyggeligt vil følge HERRENs Veje, som deres Fædre gjorde, eller ej."

²³So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

²³HERREN lod da disse Folkeslag blive og hastede ikke med at drive dem bort; han gav dem ikke i Josuas Hånd.