Judges 2

1 Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

1 Malaika wa Bwana akakwea kutoka Gilgali hadi Bokimu, naye akasema, “Niliwapandisha kutoka Misri na kuwaingiza katika nchi niliyoapa kuwapa baba zenu. Nikasema, ‘Kamwe sitalivunja Agano langu nanyi.

2 and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

2 Nanyi msifanye agano na watu wa nchi hii, bali mtazibomoa madhabahu yao.’ Lakini ninyi hamkunitii mimi. Kwa nini mmefanya jambo hili?

3 So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”

3 Sasa basi ninawaambia kuwa sitawafukuza watoke katikati yenu ila watakuwa miiba kwenu, nao miungu yao itakuwa tanzi kwenu.”

4 When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

4 Malaika wa Bwana alipomaliza kusema mambo haya kwa Waisraeli wote, watu wakalia kwa sauti kuu.

5 So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.

5 Wakapaita mahali pale Bokimu. Nao wakamtolea Bwana sadaka.

6 After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.

6 Baada ya Yoshua kuwapa watu ruhusa waende zao, Waisraeli wakaenda kwenye urithi wao wenyewe ili kumiliki nchi yao.

7 And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.

7 Watu wakamtumikia Bwana siku zote za maisha ya Yoshua, na za hao wazee walioishi baada ya Yoshua kufa, waliokuwa wameona mambo makuu ambayo Bwana alikuwa ametenda kwa ajili ya Israeli.

8 And Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

8 Yoshua mwana wa Nuni, mtumishi wa Bwana, akafa akiwa na umri wa miaka 110.

9 They buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

9 Wakamzika katika nchi ya urithi wake, huko Timnath-Heresi katika nchi ya vilima ya Efraimu, kaskazini ya Mlima Gaashi.

10 After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.

10 Baada ya kizazi kile chote kukusanywa pamoja na baba zao, kikainuka kizazi kingine baada yao ambacho hakikumjua Bwana, wala matendo yale aliyokuwa ametenda kwa ajili ya Waisraeli.

11 And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.

11 Kwa hiyo Waisraeli wakatenda maovu machoni pa Bwana na kuwatumikia Mabaali.

12 Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,

12 Wakamwacha Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao, aliyekuwa amewatoa katika nchi ya Misri. Wakaifuata na kuiabudu miungu mbalimbali ya mataifa yanayowazunguka. Wakamkasirisha Bwana,

13 for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

13 kwa sababu walimwacha na kutumikia Baali na Maashtorethi.

14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

14 Hivyo hasira ya Bwana ikawaka juu ya Israeli, naye akawatia mikononi mwa wavamizi waliowateka nyara. Akawauza katika mikono ya adui zao pande zote, hivyo hawakuweza tena kuwazuia adui zao.

15 Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.

15 Popote Israeli walipotoka kwenda kupigana, mkono wa Bwana ulikuwa kinyume nao ili kuwashinda, kama vile alivyokuwa amewaapia. Nao wakawa katika taabu kubwa.

16 Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.

16 Ndipo Bwana akawainua waamuzi, ambao waliwaokoa katika mikono ya hao watu waliowashambulia.

17 Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.

17 Lakini hawakuwasikiliza hata waamuzi wao, bali walifanya uasherati kwa kuifuata miungu mingine na kuiabudu. Waligeuka mara na kuiacha njia ambayo baba zao waliiendea, yaani, njia ya kutii amri za Bwana.

18 Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.

18 Kila mara Bwana alipowainulia mwamuzi, Bwana alikuwa pamoja na huyo mwamuzi, naye aliwaokoa kutoka mikononi mwa adui zao kwa kipindi chote alichoishi yule mwamuzi. Kwa kuwa Bwana aliwahurumia kwa sababu ya kilio chao cha huzuni kwa ajili ya wale waliokuwa wakiwatesa na kuwataabisha.

19 But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

19 Lakini kila mara mwamuzi alipofariki, watu walirudia katika hali mbaya ya uovu zaidi kuliko baba zao, wakiifuata miungu mingine kuitumikia na kuiabudu. Walikataa kuacha matendo yao maovu na njia zao za ukaidi.

20 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,

20 Kwa hiyo Bwana akawakasirikia sana Israeli na kusema, “Kwa kuwa taifa hili limevunja Agano lile nililofanya na baba zao na hawakunisikiliza,

21 I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

21 mimi nami sitafukuza taifa lolote ambalo Yoshua aliliacha alipofariki.

22 In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”

22 Nitayatumia ili nipate kuwapima Israeli na kuona kama wataishika njia ya Bwana na kuenenda katika hiyo kama njia baba zao walivyofanya.”

23 That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.

23 Bwana alikuwa ameyaacha hayo mataifa yabaki; hakuyaondoa mara moja kwa kuyatia mikononi mwa Yoshua.