القضاة 2

الكتاب المقدس

1 وَاجْتَازَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ مِنَ الْجِلْجَالِ إِلَى بُوكِيمَ وَقَالَ: «لَقَدْ أَخْرَجْتُكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَجِئْتُ بِكُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي حَلَفْتُ أَنْ أَهَبَهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ، وَقُلْتُ: لَا أَنْقُضُ عَهْدِي مَعَكُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ،2 وَأَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَقْطَعُوا عَهْداً مَعَ أَهْلِ هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ، وَأَنْ تَهْدِمُوا مَذَابِحَهُمْ. غَيْرَ أَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُطِيعُوا صَوْتِي. فَلِمَاذَا فَعَلْتُمْ هَذَا؟3 لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ أَيْضاً: لَا أَطْرُدُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ، فَيُصْبِحُوا شَوْكاً فِي جُنُوبِكُمْ، وَتَكُونُ آلِهَتُهُمْ لَكُمْ شَرَكاً».4 فَمَا إِنْ نَطَقَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ بِهَذَا الْكَلامِ أَمَامَ جَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَتَّى رَفَعَ الشَّعْبُ صَوْتَهُ بِالْبُكَاءِ.5 وَدَعَوْا اسْمَ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ بُوكِيمَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: الْبَاكُونَ) وَقَدَّمُوا هُنَاكَ ذَبَائِحَ لِلرَّبِّ.6 وَصَرَفَ يَشُوعُ الشَّعْبَ، فَمَضَى كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لامْتِلاكِ مِيرَاثِهِ.7 وَظَلَّ الشَّعْبُ يَعْبُدُ الرَّبَّ طَوَالَ حَيَاةِ يَشُوعَ، وَكُلَّ أَيَّامِ الشُّيُوخِ الَّذِينَ عَمَّرُوا طَوِيلاً بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ، وَالَّذِينَ شَهِدُوا كُلَّ الْمُعْجِزَاتِ الْخَارِقَةِ الَّتِي أَجْرَاهَا الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَجْلِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.8 وَمَاتَ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ وَقَدْ بَلَغَ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ مِئَةً وَعَشْرَ سَنَوَاتٍ،9 فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي حُدُودِ أَمْلاكِهِ فِي تِمْنَةَ حَارَسَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ شِمَالِيَّ جَبَلِ جَاعَشَ.10 وَكَذَلِكَ مَاتَ أَيْضاً كُلُّ جِيلِ يَشُوعَ، وَأَعْقَبَهُمْ جِيلٌ آخَرُ لَمْ يَعْرِفِ الرَّبَّ وَلا كُلَّ أَعْمَالِهِ الَّتِي أَجْرَاهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.11 وَاقْتَرَفَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ وَعَبَدُوا الْبَعْلِيمَ،12 وَنَبَذُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمِ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَغَوَوْا وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى مِنْ أَوْثَانِ الشُّعُوبِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِهِمْ، وَسَجَدُوا لَهَا، فَأَغَاظُوا الرَّبَّ.13 تَرَكُوا الرَّبَّ وَعَبَدُوا الْبَعْلَ وَعَشْتَارُوثَ.14 فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَتَرَكَهُمْ تَحْتَ رَحْمَةِ النَّاهِبِينَ الْغُزَاةِ. وَأَسْلَمَهُمْ إِلَى أَعْدَائِهِمِ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِهِمْ فَعَجَزُوا عَنْ مُقَاوَمَتِهِمْ.15 وَحَيْثُمَا خَرَجُوا لِخَوْضِ الْحَرْبِ كَانَ الرَّبُّ ضِدَّهُمْ فَيَنْكَسِرُونَ، تَمَاماً كَمَا سَبَقَ وَحَذَّرَهُمْ، فَاعْتَرَاهُمْ ضِيقٌ عَظِيمٌ جِدّاً.16 وَأَقَامَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ قُضَاةً فَأَنْقَذُوهُمْ مِنْ أَيْدِي غُزَاتِهِمْ.17 غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ عَصَوْا قُضَاتَهُمْ أَيْضاً، وَخَانُوا الرَّبَّ إِذْ عَبَدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى وَسَجَدُوا لَهَا، وَتَحَوَّلُوا سَرِيعاً عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي سَلَكَهَا آبَاؤُهُمْ إِطَاعَةً لِوَصَايَا الرَّبِّ.18 وَفِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ كَانَ الرَّبُّ يُقِيمُ قَاضِياً كَانَ يُؤَيِّدُه بِقُوَّةٍ طَوَالَ حَيَاتِهِ فَيُخَلِّصُ الشَّعْبَ مِنْ عُبُودِيَّةِ أَعْدَائِهِ إِذْ يُشْفِقُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهِمْ مِمَّا يُذِيقُهُمْ مُضَايِقُوهُمْ وَظَالِمُوهُمْ مِنْ عَذَابٍ؛ فَكَانَ الرَّبُّ يُنْقِذُهُمْ طَوَالَ حَيَاةِ الْقَاضِي.19 وَلَكِنْ مَا إِنْ يَمُوتُ الْقَاضِي حَتَّى يَرْتَدُّوا عَنِ الرَّبِّ وَيَتَفَاقَمَ فَسَادُهُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ تَفَاقُمِ فَسَادِ آبَائِهِمْ بِالسَّعْيِ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لِيَعْبُدُوهَا وَيَسْجُدُوا لَهَا. لَمْ يَرْتَدِعُوا عَنْ أَفْعَالِهِمْ وَسُلُوكِهِمِ الْعَنِيدِ.20 فَاحْتَدَمَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ: «مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ قَدْ نَقَضَ عَهْدِي الَّذِي عَقَدْتُهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِمْ، وَعَصَوْنِي،21 فَإِنِّي لَنْ أَطْرُدَ مِنْ أَمَامِهِمْ أَيَّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنَ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ تَرَكَهُمْ يَشُوعُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ.22 بَلْ سَأُبْقِي عَلَيْهِمْ لأَمْتَحِنَ بِهِمْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَرَى أَيَحْفَظُونَ طَرِيقِي لِيَسْلُكُوا فِيهَا كَمَا حَفِظَهَا آبَاؤُهُمْ أَمْ لا».23 وَهَكَذَا تَرَكَ الرَّبُّ أُولَئِكَ الأُمَمَ وَلَمْ يَتَعَجَّلْ بِطَرْدِهِمْ وَلَمْ يُخْضِعْهُمْ لِيَشُوعَ.

القضاة 2

English Standard Version

1 Now the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up from Egypt and brought you into the land that I swore to give to your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you, (تك 17:7; خر 6:4; تث 31:16; قض 2:5)2 and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed my voice. What is this you have done? (تث 7:2; تث 12:3)3 So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.” (عد 33:55; يش 23:13; قض 2:21)4 As soon as the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.5 And they called the name of that place Bochim.[1] And they sacrificed there to the Lord.6 When Joshua dismissed the people, the people of Israel went each to his inheritance to take possession of the land.7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work that the Lord had done for Israel. (يش 24:29)8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110 years.9 And they buried him within the boundaries of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash. (يش 19:50; يش 24:33)10 And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.11 And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals. (قض 3:7; قض 4:1; قض 6:1; قض 10:6; قض 13:1)12 And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to them. And they provoked the Lord to anger. (خر 20:5; تث 6:14; تث 31:16; تث 31:29; قض 2:17; قض 2:19)13 They abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. (قض 3:7; قض 10:6; 1صم 7:4; مز 106:36)14 So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies. (لا 26:37; تث 32:30; يش 7:12; قض 2:20; قض 3:8; قض 4:2; 1صم 12:9; 2مل 17:20)15 Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them for harm, as the Lord had warned, and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress. (لا 26:14; تث 28:15)16 Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them. (قض 3:9; قض 3:15; قض 3:31; قض 10:1; قض 10:12; قض 12:2; قض 13:5; 1صم 12:11; نح 9:27; أع 13:20)17 Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they whored after other gods and bowed down to them. They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not do so. (خر 34:15; تث 9:12; قض 8:33)18 Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them. (تك 6:6; خر 2:24; خر 6:5; عد 23:19; تث 32:36; يش 1:5; مز 106:45; إر 18:8; إر 26:3)19 But whenever the judge died, they turned back and were more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them. They did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways. (قض 3:12; قض 4:1; قض 6:1; قض 8:33)20 So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he said, “Because this people have transgressed my covenant that I commanded their fathers and have not obeyed my voice, (تث 17:2; يش 23:16; قض 2:14)21 I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died, (يش 23:13; قض 2:3)22 in order to test Israel by them, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their fathers did, or not.” (خر 15:25; تث 8:2; تث 8:16; تث 13:3; قض 3:1; قض 3:4)23 So the Lord left those nations, not driving them out quickly, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.