Revised Literal Translation

Judges 2:1-10

1And an angelמַלְאַךְ־mal.'akh-H4397of Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068came upוַיַּ֧עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927from Gilgalהַגִּלְגָּ֖לha.gil.GalH1537to Bochimהַבֹּכִ֑ים פha.bo.KhimH1066,and saidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559,I made you to go upאַעֲלֶ֨ה'a.'a.LehH5927out of Egyptמִמִּצְרַ֗יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,and have broughtוָאָבִ֤יאva.'a.Vi'H935you unto the landהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776which I swareנִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙nish.Ba'.tiH7650unto your fathersלַאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םla.'a.Vo.tei.KhemH1;and I saidוָאֹמַ֕רva.'o.MarH559,I will neverלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769breakאָפֵ֧ר'a.FerH6565my covenantבְּרִיתִ֛יbe.ri.TiH1285with you.

2And ye shall makeתִכְרְת֤וּtikh.re.TuH3772no leagueבְרִית֙ve.RitH1285with the inhabitantsלְיֽוֹשְׁבֵי֙le.yo.she.VeiH3427of this landהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776;ye shall throw downתִּתֹּצ֑וּןti.to.TzunH5422their altarsמִזְבְּחוֹתֵיהֶ֖םmiz.be.cho.tei.HemH4196:but ye have not obeyedשְׁמַעְתֶּ֥םshe.ma'.TemH8085my voiceבְּקֹלִ֖יbe.ko.LiH6963:why have ye doneעֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃'a.si.TemH6213this?

3Wherefore I also saidאָמַ֔רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559,I will not drive them outאֲגָרֵ֥שׁ'a.ga.ReshH1644from beforeמִפְּנֵיכֶ֑םmi.pe.nei.KhemH6440you; but they shall be as thornsin your sidesלְצִדִּ֔יםle.tzi.DimH6654,and their godsוֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔םve.Lo.hei.HemH430shall be a snareלְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃le.mo.KeshH4170unto you.

4And it came to pass, when the angelמַלְאַ֤ךְmal.'AkhH4397of Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068spakeכְּדַבֵּ֞רke.da.BerH1696these wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697unto all the childrenבְּנֵ֖יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,that the peopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971lifted upוַיִּשְׂא֥וּvai.yis.'UH5375their voiceקוֹלָ֖םko.LamH6963,and weptוַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃vai.yiv.KuH1058.

5And they calledוַֽיִּקְרְא֛וּvai.yik.re.'UH7121the nameשֵֽׁם־shem-H8034of that placeהַמָּק֥וֹםha.ma.KomH4725Bochimבֹּכִ֑יםbo.KhimH1066:and they sacrificedוַיִּזְבְּחוּ־vai.yiz.be.chu-H2076there unto Yhwhלַֽיהוָֽה׃ פla.Yah.wehH3068.

6And when Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091had let the peopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971goוַיְשַׁלַּ֥חvay.sha.LachH7971,the childrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478wentH3212every manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376unto his inheritanceלְנַחֲלָת֖וֹle.na.cha.la.ToH5159to possessלָרֶ֥שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

7And the peopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971servedוַיַּעַבְד֤וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068all the daysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,and all the daysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of the eldersהַזְּקֵנִ֗יםha.ze.ke.NimH2205that outlivedהֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ אַחֲרֵ֣יhe.'e.Ri.khu ya.Mim 'a.cha.ReiH310 H3117 H748Joshuaיְהוֹשׁ֔וּעַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,who had seenרָא֗וּra.'UH7200all the greatהַגָּד֔וֹלha.ga.DolH1419worksמַעֲשֵׂ֤הma.'a.SehH4639of Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,that he didעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213for Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

8And Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091the sonבִּן־bin-H1121of Nunנ֖וּןnunH5126,the servantעֶ֣בֶד'E.vedH5650of Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,diedוַיָּ֛מָתvai.Ya.motH4191, beingan hundredמֵאָ֥הme.'AhH3967and tenוָעֶ֖שֶׂרva.'E.serH6235yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121.

9And they buriedוַיִּקְבְּר֤וּvai.yik.be.RuH6912him in the borderבִּגְב֣וּלbig.VulH1366of his inheritanceנַחֲלָת֔וֹna.cha.la.ToH5159in Timnath–heresH8556,in the mountבְּהַ֣רbe.HarH2022of Ephraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,on the north sideמִצְּפ֖וֹןmi.tze.FonH6828of the hillלְהַר־le.har-H2022Gaashגָּֽעַשׁ׃Ga.'ashH1608.

10And also all that generationהַדּ֣וֹרha.DorH1755were gatheredנֶאֶסְפ֖וּne.'es.FuH622unto their fathersאֲבוֹתָ֑יו'a.vo.TavH1:and there aroseוַיָּקָם֩vai.ya.KamH6965anotherאַחֵ֜ר'a.CherH312generationדּ֨וֹרDorH1755afterאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם'a.cha.rei.HemH310them, which knewיָֽדְעוּ֙ya.de.'UH3045not Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,nor yet the worksהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔הha.ma.'a.SehH4639which he had doneעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213for Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

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