The Angel of the LORD
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.
Kisha malaika wa Bwana alikwea juu kutoka Gilgali kwenda Bokimu. Akasema, Mimi nimewaleta ninyi mkwee juu kutoka nchi ya Misri, nami nimewaleta hata nchi niliyowaapia baba zenu; nami nilisema, Mimi milele sitalivunja hilo agano langu nililoagana nanyi;
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?
nanyi msifanye agano lo lote na hawa wenyeji wa nchi hii; zipomosheni nchi madhabahu zao; lakini hamkuisikia sauti yangu; je! Mmefanya haya kwa sababu gani?
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.
Basi kwa ajili ya hayo mimi nilisema zaidi, Mimi sitawafukuza watoke mbele zenu; lakini watakuwa kama miiba mbavuni mwenu, na miungu yao itakuwa ni tanzi kwenu.
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.
Ikawa, hapo huyo malaika wa Bwana alipoyanena maneno haya, kuwaambia wana wa Israeli wote, ndipo hao watu wakainua sauti zao na kulia.
5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
Nao wakaliita jina la mahali pale Bokimu; nao wakamchinjia Bwana sadaka huko.
6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
Basi hapo Yoshua alipowapa watu ruhusa waende zao, wana wa Israeli wakaenda kila mtu kuuendea urithi wake, ili kuimiliki hiyo nchi.
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.
Watu hao wakamtumikia Bwana siku zote za Yoshua, na siku zote za hao wazee walioendelea siku zao baada ya Yoshua, hao waliokuwa wameiona hiyo kazi kubwa ya Bwana yote, aliyokuwa ameitenda kwa ajili ya Israeli.
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
Kisha Yoshua mwana wa Nuni, mtumishi wa Bwana, akafa, naye alipata umri wa miaka mia na kumi.
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.
Nao wakamzika katika mpaka wa urithi wake katika Timnath-heresi, katika nchi ya vilima vilima ya Efraimu, upande wa kaskazini wa mlima wa Gaashi.
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.
Tena watu wote wa kizazi hicho nao walikusanywa waende kwa baba zao; kikainuka kizazi kingine nyuma yao, ambacho hakikumjua Bwana, wala hawakuijua hiyo kazi ambayo alikuwa ameitenda kwa ajili ya Israeli.
11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
Wana wa Israeli walifanya yaliyokuwa ni maovu mbele za macho ya Bwana, nao wakawatumikia Mabaali.
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.
Wakamwacha Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao, aliyewaleta kutoka katika nchi ya Misri, wakafuata miungu mingine, baadhi ya miungu ya watu wale waliokaa karibu nao pande zote, wakajiinamisha mbele yao; wakamkasirisha Bwana, akaghadhibika.
13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Wakamwacha Bwana, wakamtumikia Baali na Maashtorethi.
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.
Hasira ya Bwana ikawaka juu ya Israeli, naye akawatia katika mikono ya watu waliowateka nyara, akawauza na kuwatia katika mikono ya adui zao pande zote; hata wasiweze tena kusimama mbele ya adui zao.
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.
Kila walikokwenda mkono wa Bwana ulikuwa juu yao kuwatenda mabaya, kama Bwana alivyosema, na kama Bwana alivyowaapia; nao wakafadhaika sana.
16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
Kisha Bwana akawainua waamuzi, waliowaokoa na mikono ya watu hao waliowateka nyara.
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.
Lakini hawakuwasikiliza hao waamuzi wao, maana walifanya uasherati kwa kuifuata miungu mingine, wakajiinamisha mbele yao; wakageuka upesi, na kuiacha njia ile waliyoiendea baba zao, waliozitii amri za Bwana bali wao hawakufanya hivyo.
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.
Na wakati Bwana alipowainulia waamuzi, ndipo Bwana alikuwa pamoja na mwamuzi huyo, akawaokoa na mikono ya adui zao siku zote za mwamuzi huyo; maana Bwana alighairi kwa ajili ya kuugua kwao kwa sababu ya watu wale waliowaonea na kuwasumbua.
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.
Lakini ikawa, wakati alipokufa mwamuzi huyo, wakarudi nyuma wakafanya maovu kuliko baba zao, kwa kuifuata miungu mingine ili kuitumikia, na kuinama mbele yao; hawakuacha matendo yao, wala njia zao za ukaidi.
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;
Basi hasira ya Bwana ikawaka juu ya Israeli, naye akasema, Kwa kuwa taifa hili wamelihalifu agano langu nililowaamuru baba zao, wala hawakuisikiliza sauti yangu;
21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
mimi nami tokea sasa sitalifukuza taifa mojawapo la hayo aliyoyaacha Yoshua alipokufa;
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.
ili kwa njia ya hayo nipate kuwajaribu Israeli, kwamba wataishika njia ya Bwana kwenda katika njia hiyo, au sivyo.
23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Basi Bwana akawaacha mataifa yale, wala hakuwafukuza kwa upesi, wala hakuwatia katika mikono ya Yoshua.
