Livro dos Juízes 2

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 O anjo do Senhor subiu de Gálgala a Boquim e disse: Eu vos fiz subir do Egito e vos conduzi a esta terra que eu tinha prometido com juramento a vossos pais. E vos tinha dito: jamais hei de romper a aliança que fiz convosco;	1 And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the place of weepers, and said: I made you go out of Egypt, and have brought you into the land for which I swore to your fathers: and I promised that I would not make void my covenant with you for ever:
2 vós, porém, não fareis aliança com os habitantes desta terra e lançareis por terra os seus altares! Ora, vós não obedecestes à minha voz.	2 On condition that you should not make a league with the inhabitants of this land, but should throw down their altars: and you would not hear my voice: why have you done this?
3 Por que fizestes isso? Por essa razão eu disse: não os expulsarei de diante de vós; eles permanecerão ao vosso lado e os seus deuses vos serão um laço.	3 Wherefore I would not destroy them from before your face: that you may have enemies, and their gods may be your ruin.
4 Ao dizer o anjo do Senhor estas palavras aos filhos de Israel, o povo pôs-se a chorar.	4 And when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, they lifted up their voice, and wept.
5 Pelo que chamaram àquele lugar Boquim, e ofereceram ali sacrifícios ao Senhor.	5 And the name of that place was called, The place of weepers, or of tears: and there they offered sacrifices to the Lord.
6 Josué despediu o povo, e os israelitas foram cada um para a sua herança, a fim de tomar posse da terra.	6 And Josue sent away the people, and the children of Israel went every one to his own possession to hold it:
7 Durante toda a vida de Josué e dos anciãos que lhe sobreviveram, e que tinham testemunhado a grande obra que o Senhor tinha feito em favor de Israel, o povo serviu o Senhor.	7 And they served the Lord all his days, and the days of the ancients, that lived a long time after him, and who knew all the works of the Lord, which he had done for Israel.
8 Josué, filho de Nun, servo do Senhor, morreu com a idade de cento e dez anos.	8 And Josue the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being a hundred and ten years old,
9 Sepultaram-no no território de sua possessão, em Tamnat-Heres, na montanha de Efraim, ao norte do monte de Gaas.	9 And they buried him in the borders of his possession in Thamnathsare in mount Ephraim, on the north side of mount Gaas.
10 Toda aquela geração se foi também unir a seus pais, e sucedeu-lhe outra que não conhecia o Senhor, nem o que ele tinha feito em favor de Israel.	10 And all that generation was gathered to their fathers: and there arose others that knew not the Lord, and the works which he had done for Israel.
11 Os israelitas fizeram então o mal aos olhos do Senhor e serviram os Baal.	11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served Baalim.
12 Abandonaram o Senhor, o Deus de seus pais, que os tinha tirado do Egito, e seguiram outros deuses, os dos povos que habitavam em torno deles; prostraram-se diante deles, excitando assim a cólera do Senhor.	12 And they left the Lord the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt: and they followed strange gods, and the gods of the people that dwelt round about them, and they adored them: and they provoked the Lord to anger.
13 Abandonaram o Senhor para servirem Baal e Astarot.	13 Forsaking him, and serving Baal and Astaroth.
14 A cólera do Senhor inflamou-se contra Israel, e ele entregou-os nas mãos de piratas, que os despojaram, e vendeu-os aos inimigos dos arredores, de sorte que não puderam mais resistir-lhes.	14 And the Lord being angry against Israel, delivered them into the hands of plunderers: who took them and sold them to their enemies, that dwelt round about: neither could they stand against their enemies:
15 Para onde quer que fossem, a mão do Senhor estava contra eles para fazer-lhes mal, como o Senhor lhes tinha dito e jurado, e viram-se em grande aflição.	15 But whithersoever they meant to go, the hand of the Lord was upon them, as he had said, and as he had sworn to them: and they were greatly distressed.
16 {Entretanto} o Senhor suscitava-lhes juízes que os livraram das mãos dos opressores,	16 And the Lord raised up judges, to deliver them from the hands of those that oppressed them: but they would not hearken to them,
17 mas nem mesmo os seus juízes ouviam e continuavam prostituindo-se a outros deuses, adorando-os. Abandonaram depressa o caminho que tinham seguido seus pais, na obediência aos mandamentos do Senhor, e não os imitaram.	17 Committing fornication with strange gods, and adoring them. They quickly forsook the way, in which their fathers had walked: and hearing the commandments of the Lord, they did all things contrary.
18 Ora, quando o Senhor suscitava juízes, ele estava com o juiz para livrá-los de seus inimigos enquanto vivesse o juiz: o Senhor compadecia-se dos gemidos que soltavam diante de seus inimigos e de seus opressores.	18 And when the Lord raised them up judges, in their days he was moved to mercy, and heard the groanings of the afflicted, and delivered them from the slaughter of the oppressors.
19 Mas, depois que o juiz morria, corrompiam-se e se tornavam ainda piores do que seus pais, seguindo outros deuses, servindo-os e adorando-os; e não renunciavam aos seus crimes e à sua obstinação.	19 But after the judge was dead, they returned, and did much worse things than their fathers had done, following strange gods, serving them and adoring them. They left not their own inventions, and the stubborn way, by which they were accustomed to walk.
20 Inflamou-se, pois, contra Israel a cólera do Senhor: Visto que este povo violou o meu pacto, dizia ele, a aliança que eu tinha feito com seus pais, e não obedeceram à minha voz,	20 And the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said: Behold this nation hath made void my covenant, which I had made with their fathers, and hath despised to hearken to my voice:
21 também eu não expulsarei de diante deles nenhuma das nações que Josué deixou ao morrer.	21 I also will not destroy the nations which Josue left, when he died:
22 Por elas, queria o Senhor provar os israelitas, e ver se eles seguiriam ou não o caminho do Senhor, como o tinham feito seus pais.	22 That through them I may try Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord, and walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or not.
23 E o Senhor deixou subsistir todas essas nações que não tinha entregue nas mãos de Josué, e não as quis expulsar logo.	23 dummy verses inserted by amos
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	29 The Lord therefore left all these nations, and would not quickly destroy them, neither did he deliver them into the hands of Josue.