| 1 O anjo do Senhor subiu de Galgala ao lugar o (chamado) dos Chorosos, e disse: Eu vos tirei do Egipto e vos introduzi na terra, que eu tinha jurado a vossos pais (dar-vos), e prometi-vos não mais romper o pacto (que fiz) convosco, | 1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and 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 com a condição, porém, de que não faríeis aliança com os habitantes desta terra, mas que destruiríeis os seus altares. Vós não quisestes ouvir a minha voz; por que fizestes isto? | 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? |
| 3 Por esta razão eu não quis expulsá-los, à vossa frente, para que os tenhais por inimigos, e os seus deuses sejam a vossa ruína. | 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 Ao dizer o anjo do Senhor estas palavras a todos os filhos de Israel, levantaram estes a sua voz e choraram. | 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. |
| 5 Pelo que chamaram aquele lugar, o lugar dos Chorosos, ou das lágrimas, e ofereceram ali sacrifícios ao Senhor. | 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. |
| 6 Josué despediu o povo, e os filhos de Israel foram cada um para a terra da sua herança, a fim de a ocuparem. | 6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. |
| 7 Serviram ao Senhor, durante todos os dias da vida de Josué, e dos anciães que lhe sobreviveram por largo tempo, e que tinham conhecido todas as obras que o Senhor fizera em favor de Israel. | 7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. |
| 8 Morreu Josué, filho de Nun, servo do Senhor, com cento e dez anos, | 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. |
| 9 e sepultaram-no nos confins da sua possessão em Tamnatsare, sobre o monte de Efraim, ao norte do monte Gaas. | 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. |
| 10 Toda aquela geração se foi unir a seus pais, e sucedeu-lhe outra que não conhecia o Senhor, nem as obras que tinha feito em favor de Israel. | 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. |
| 11 E os filhos de Israel fizeram o mal diante do Senhor, serviram os Baalins, | 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: |
| 12 e abandonaram o Senhor Deus de seus pais, que os tinha tirado da terra do Egipto; seguiram deuses estranhos, deuses dos povos, que habitavam em torno deles, e adoraram-nos; provocaram o Senhor à ira, | 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. |
| 13 abandonando-o para servirem a Baal e a Astarot. | 13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. |
| 14 O Senhor, irado contra (os filhos de) Israel, entregou-os nas mãos dos saqueadores, que os tomaram e venderam aos inimigos, que habitavam ao redor; eles não puderam resistir aos seus adversários. | 14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled 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 Para qualquer parte que quisessem ir, a mão do Senhor estava sobre eles, como lhes tinha dito e jurado, e viram-se em extremo aflitos, | 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. |
| 16 O Senhor suscitou-lhes juízes, que os livrassem das mãos dos opressores, mas nem a eles quiseram ouvir, | 16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. |
| 17 prostituindo-se a deuses estranhos e adorando-os. Abandonaram depressa o caminho, por onde seus pais tinham andado, seguindo os mandamentos do Senhor; tudo fizeram ao contrário. | 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. |
| 18 Quando o Senhor suscitava juízes, enquanto estes viviam, ele deixava-se dobrar da misericórdia, ouvia os gemidos dos aflitos e livrava-os da crueldade dos opressores. | 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. |
| 19 Mas, depois que o juiz morria, reincidiam, faziam coisas muito piores do que tinham feito seus pais, seguindo os deuses estranhos, servindo-os e adorando-os. Não abandonaram os seus desatinos, nem o caminho duríssimo, por onde tinham costume de andar. | 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. |
| 20 Acendeu-se, pois, contra Israel o furor do Senhor, e ele disse: Visto que este povo violou o pacto, que eu tinha feito com seus pais, e recusou ouvir a minha voz, | 20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; |
| 21 também eu não destruirei as nações (inimigas), que Josué deixou quando morreu, a fim de, por meio delas, | 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: |
| 22 pôr à prova Israel, (para ver) se procura seguir ou não o caminho do Senhor, como seus pais procuraram. | 22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. |
| 23 Por isso o Senhor deixou todas estas nações, não as quis destruir logo, nem as entregou nas mãos de Josué. | 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. |
