Judges
Chapter2
1AnangeloftheLORDwentupfromGilgaltoBochimandsaid,＂ItwasIwhobroughtyouupfromEgyptandledyouintothelandwhichIpromisedonoathtoyourfathers.IsaidthatIwouldneverbreakmycovenantwithyou,
上主的使者从基耳加耳上到波津说：＂我使你们由埃及上来，领你们进入了我向你们祖先所誓许的地方；我曾说过：我永不废弃我与你们所立的盟约，
2butthatyouwerenottomakeapactwiththeinhabitantsofthisland,andyouweretopulldowntheiraltars.Yetyouhavenotobeyedme.Whatdidyoumeanbythis?
你们也不可与这地方的居民结约，且要拆毁他们的祭坛。但你们没有听从我的声音；你们这是作的什么事？
3FornowItellyou,Iwillnotclearthemoutofyourway;theyshallopposeyouandtheirgodsshallbecomeasnareforyou.＂
为此我现在说：我必不把他们从你们面前赶走，他们为你们将是陷阱，他们的神要成为你们的罗网。＂
4WhentheangeloftheLORDhadmadethesethreatstoalltheIsraelites,thepeopleweptaloud;
当上主的使者对全以色列子民说这话时，百姓便放声大哭，
51andsothatplacecametobecalledBochim.TheyofferedsacrificetheretotheLORD.
因此给那地方起名叫波津。他们在那里给上主奉献了祭献。
6WhenJoshuadismissedthepeople,eachIsraelitewenttotakepossessionofhisownhereditaryland.
若苏厄遣散了百姓，以色列子民就各到自己应得的产业去，为占领那地方。
7ThepeopleservedtheLORDduringtheentirelifetimeofJoshua,andofthoseelderswhooutlivedJoshuaandwhohadseenallthegreatworkwhichtheLORDhaddoneforIsrael.
当若苏厄在世时，和他去世后，那些见过上主为以色列所行的大事的长老们还在的时日，百姓都事奉上主。
8Joshua,sonofNun,theservantoftheLORD,wasahundredandtenyearsoldwhenhedied;
上主的仆人，农的儿子若苏厄一百一十岁时去了世。
9andtheyburiedhimwithinthebordersofhisheritageatTimnath-heresinthemountainregionofEphraimnorthofMountGaash.
人们把他埋在他地业的境内，即在厄弗辣因山地，加阿士山北面的提默纳赫勒斯。
10Butoncetherestofthatgenerationweregatheredtotheirfathers,andalatergenerationarosethatdidnotknowtheLORD,orwhathehaddoneforIsrael,
当那一代人都归于他们的祖先以后，在他们之后，兴起了另一代，他们不认识上主，也不知道上主为以色列所行的事迹。
112theIsraelitesoffendedtheLORDbyservingtheBaals.
以色列子民行了上主视为恶的事，事奉了巴耳诸神。
12AbandoningtheLORD,theGodoftheirfathers,whohadledthemoutofthelandofEgypt,theyfollowedtheothergodsofthevariousnationsaroundthem,andbytheirworshipofthesegodsprovokedtheLORD.
他们离弃了上主他们祖先的天主，即领他们出离埃及地的天主，而随从了别的神，叩拜他们四周各民族的神，因此触怒了上主。
133BecausetheyhadthusabandonedhimandservedBaalandtheAshtaroth,
他们背离了上主，而事奉巴耳和阿市托勒特。
14theangeroftheLORDflaredupagainstIsrael,andhedeliveredthemovertoplundererswhodespoiledthem.Heallowedthemtofallintothepoweroftheirenemiesroundaboutwhomtheywerenolongerabletowithstand.
于是上主对以色列大发忿怒，把他们交在强盗手中，叫强盗抢掠他们；将他们卖给四周的敌人，使他们不能抵抗他们的敌人；
15Whatevertheyundertook,theLORDturnedintodisasterforthem,asinhiswarninghehadswornhewoulddo,tilltheywereingreatdistress.
他们无论去那里，上主的手总是加害他们，犹如上主所说的，犹如上主向他们所起的誓，使他们受极大的痛苦。
16EvenwhentheLORDraisedupjudgestodeliverthemfromthepoweroftheirdespoilers,
上主虽兴起民长，拯救他们脱离强盗的手；
17theydidnotlistentotheirjudges,butabandonedthemselvestotheworshipofothergods.Theywerequicktostrayfromthewaytheirfathershadtaken,anddidnotfollowtheirexampleofobediencetothecommandmentsoftheLORD.
但他们仍不肯听从他们的民长，反而与外邦的神行淫，顶礼叩拜，迅速地离开了他们祖先所走的服从上主命令的路，没有照样行事。
18WhenevertheLORDraisedupjudgesforthem,hewouldbewiththejudgeandsavethemfromthepoweroftheirenemiesaslongasthejudgelived;itwasthustheLORDtookpityontheirdistressfulcriesofafflictionundertheiroppressors.
当上主给他们兴起民长时，上主与民长同在，在民长一生的岁月中，救他们脱离仇敌的手，因为上主听见了他们受压迫欺凌发出的叹息，而怜悯了他们；
19Butwhenthejudgedied,theywouldrelapseanddoworsethantheirfathers,followingothergodsinserviceandworship,relinquishingnoneoftheirevilpracticesorstubbornconduct.
可是民长一去世，他们又转而行恶，行为比他们的祖先更坏，去追随外神，事奉叩拜他们，总不放弃他们祖先的恶行和顽抗的行为。
20InhisangertowardIsraeltheLORDsaid,＂InasmuchasthisnationhasviolatedmycovenantwhichIenjoinedontheirfathers,andhasdisobeyedme,
因此上主对以色列大发忿怒说：＂因为这百姓违犯了我与他们祖先缔结的盟约，没有听从我的声音；
21IformypartwillnotclearawayforthemanymoreofthenationswhichJoshualeftwhenhedied.＂
为此，若苏厄死后所剩下的民族，我也不再由他们面前，驱逐任何一个，
22ThroughthesenationstheIsraelitesweretobemadetoprovewhetherornottheywouldkeeptothewayoftheLORDandcontinueinitastheirfathershaddone;
为试验以色列是否谨守遵行上主的道路，有如他们的祖先所遵行的一样。＂
23thereforetheLORDallowedthemtoremaininsteadofexpellingthemimmediately,ordeliveringthemintothepowerofIsrael.
因此，上主保留了那些民族，没有迅速驱逐他们，也没有把他们交在以色列人手中。
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Footnotes(注解)
1[5]Bochim:theHebrewwordfor＂weepers.＂
2[11]Baals:thechiefgodoftheCanaanitesandthePhoenicianswascalled＂Baal,＂awordmeaning＂lord.＂Hewashonoredbyvarioustitles,hencethepluralformhere,equivalentto＂thepagangods.＂
3[13]Ashtaroth:theCanaanitePhoeniciangoddessofloveandfertilitywasAstarte.Thepluralformusedherereferstohervarioustitlesandimagesandisequivalentto＂goddesses.＂