Giudici 2

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
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 The Angel of Yahweh went up from Gilgal to Bethel and said, 'I have brought you out of Egypt and ledyou into this country, which I promised on oath to your ancestors. I said, "I shal never break my covenant withyou.
2 ita dumtaxat ut non feriretis foedus cum habitatoribus terrae huius, sed aras eorum subverteretis. Et noluistis audire vocem meam. Cur hoc fecistis?	2 You for your part must make no covenant with the inhabitants of this country; you wil destroy theiraltars." But you have not listened to my voice. What is the reason for this?
3 Quam ob rem nolui expellere eos a facie vestra, ut sint vobis in laqueum, et dii eorum in ruinam ”.	3 Very wel , I now say this, "I am not going to drive these nations out before you. They will become youroppressors, and their gods wil be a snare for you."
4 Cumque loqueretur angelus Domini verba haec ad omnes filios Israel, elevaverunt vocem suam et fleverunt.	4 When the angel of Yahweh had spoken these words to al the Israelites, the people began to wail at thetop of their voices.
5 Et vocatum est nomen loci illius Bochim (id est locus Flentium); immolaveruntque ibi hostias Domino.	5 And they called the place Bochim, and offered sacrifices to Yahweh there.
6 Dimisit ergo Iosue populum, et abierunt filii Israel unusquisque in possessionem suam, ut obtinerent terram.	6 Joshua having dismissed the people, the Israelites then went away, each one to his own heritage, tooccupy the country.
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 The people served Yahweh throughout the lifetime of Joshua and throughout the lifetime of those elderswho outlived Joshua and had known al the great deeds which Yahweh had done for the sake of Israel.
8 Mortuus est autem Iosue filius Nun famulus Domini centum et decem annorum;	8 Joshua son of Nun, servant of Yahweh, was a hundred and ten years old when he died.
9 et sepelierunt eum in finibus possessionis suae in Thamnathsare in monte Ephraim a septentrionali plaga montis Gaas.	9 He was buried on the estate which he had received as his heritage at Timnath-Heres in the highlands ofEphraim, north of Mount Gaash.
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 when that whole generation had been gathered to its ancestors, another generation fol owed itwhich knew neither Yahweh nor the deeds which he had done for the sake of Israel.
11 Feceruntque filii Israel malum in conspectu Domini et servierunt Baalim	11 The Israelites then did what is evil in Yahweh's eyes and served the Baals.
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 They deserted Yahweh, God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt, and they followedother gods, from those of the surrounding peoples. They bowed down to these; they provoked Yahweh;
13 dimittentes eum et servientes Baal et Astharoth.	13 they deserted Yahweh to serve Baal and Astartes.
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 Then Yahweh's anger grew hot against Israel. He handed them over to pil agers who plundered them;he delivered them to the enemies surrounding them, and they were no longer able to resist 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 mounted an expedition, Yahweh's hand was there to foil them, as Yahweh had toldthem and as Yahweh had sworn to them, so that they were in dire distress.
16 Suscitavitque Dominus iudices, qui liberarent eos de vastantium manibus;	16 Yahweh then appointed them judges, who rescued them from the hands of their plunderers.
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 But even to their judges they refused to listen. They prostituted themselves to other gods and boweddown before these. Very quickly they left the path which their ancestors had trodden in obedience to the ordersof Yahweh; they did not fol ow their example.
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 When Yahweh appointed judges for them, Yahweh was with the judge and rescued them from thehands of their enemies as long as the judge lived, since Yahweh relented at their groans under their persecutorsand oppressors.
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 once the judge was dead, they relapsed into even worse corruption than their ancestors. Theyfol owed other gods; they served them and bowed before them and would not give up the practices and stubbornways of their ancestors at al .
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 Yahweh's anger then blazed out against Israel, and he said, 'Since this people has broken thecovenant which I laid down for their ancestors, since they have not listened to my voice,
21 et ego non expellam gentes, quas dimisit Iosue et mortuus est;	21 in future I shal not drive before them any one of those nations which 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 in order, by means of them, to put Israel to the test, to see whether or not they would tread the paths ofYahweh as once their ancestors had trodden them.'
23 Dimisit ergo Dominus has nationes et cito expellere noluit nec tradidit in manibus Iosue.	23 Hence, Yahweh allowed these nations to remain; he did not hurry to drive them out, and did not deliverthem into the hands of Joshua.