Jueces 2 – CST & NIRV

Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)

Jueces 2:1-23

El ángel del Señor en Boquín

1El ángel del Señor subió de Guilgal a Boquín y dijo: «Yo os saqué de Egipto y os hice entrar en la tierra que juré darles a vuestros antepasados. Dije: “Nunca quebrantaré mi pacto con vosotros; 2vosotros, por vuestra parte, no haréis ningún pacto con la gente de esta tierra, sino que derribaréis sus altares”. ¡Pero me habéis desobedecido! ¿Por qué habéis actuado así? 3Pues quiero que sepáis que no expulsaré de vuestra presencia a esa gente; ellos os harán la vida imposible, y sus dioses serán una trampa para vosotros».

4Cuando el ángel del Señor les habló así a todos los israelitas, el pueblo lloró a gritos. 5Por eso llamaron a aquel lugar Boquín,2:5 En hebreo, Boquín significa los que lloran. y allí ofrecieron sacrificios al Señor.

Desobediencia y derrota

2:6-9Jos 24:29-31

6Cuando Josué despidió al pueblo, los israelitas se fueron a tomar posesión de la tierra, cada uno a su propio territorio. 7El pueblo sirvió al Señor mientras vivieron Josué y los ancianos que le sobrevivieron, los cuales habían visto todas las grandes obras que el Señor había hecho por Israel.

8Josué hijo de Nun, siervo del Señor, murió a la edad de ciento diez años, 9y lo sepultaron en Timnat Jeres,2:9 Timnat Jeres. También conocida como Timnat Sera (véanse Jos 19:50 y 24:30). tierra de su heredad, en la región montañosa de Efraín, al norte del monte de Gaas. 10También murió toda aquella generación, y surgió otra que no conocía al Señor ni sabía lo que él había hecho por Israel. 11Esos israelitas hicieron lo que ofende al Señor y adoraron a los ídolos de Baal. 12Abandonaron al Señor, Dios de sus padres, que los había sacado de Egipto, y siguieron a otros dioses —dioses de los pueblos que los rodeaban—, y los adoraron, provocando así la ira del Señor. 13Abandonaron al Señor, y adoraron a Baal y a las imágenes de Astarté. 14Entonces el Señor se enfureció contra los israelitas y los entregó en manos de invasores que los saquearon. Los vendió a sus enemigos que tenían a su alrededor, a los que ya no pudieron hacerles frente. 15Cada vez que los israelitas salían a combatir, la mano del Señor estaba en contra de ellos para su mal, tal como el Señor se lo había dicho y jurado. Así llegaron a verse muy angustiados.

16Entonces el Señor hizo surgir caudillos2:16 caudillos. Tradicionalmente jueces; así en el resto de este libro. que los libraron del poder de esos invasores. 17Pero tampoco escucharon a esos caudillos, sino que se prostituyeron al entregarse a otros dioses y adorarlos. Muy pronto se apartaron del camino que habían seguido sus antepasados, el camino de la obediencia a los mandamientos del Señor. 18Cada vez que el Señor levantaba entre ellos un caudillo, estaba con él. Mientras ese caudillo vivía, los libraba del poder de sus enemigos, porque el Señor se compadecía de ellos al oírlos gemir por causa de quienes los oprimían y afligían. 19Pero, cuando el caudillo moría, ellos volvían a corromperse aún más que sus antepasados, pues se iban tras otros dioses, a los que servían y adoraban. De este modo se negaban a abandonar sus malvadas costumbres y su obstinada conducta.

20Por eso el Señor se enfureció contra Israel y dijo: «Puesto que esta nación ha violado el pacto que yo establecí con sus antepasados y no me ha obedecido, 21tampoco yo echaré de su presencia a ninguna de las naciones que Josué dejó al morir. 22Las usaré para poner a prueba a Israel y ver si guarda mi camino y anda por él, como hicieron sus antepasados». 23Por eso el Señor dejó en paz a esas naciones; no las echó en seguida ni las entregó en manos de Josué.

New International Reader’s Version

Judges 2:1-23

The Angel of the Lord Warns Israel at Bokim

1The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim. There he said to the Israelites, “I brought you up out of Egypt. I led you into this land. It is the land I promised to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. At that time I said, ‘I will never break the covenant I made with you. 2So you must not make a covenant with the people of this land. Instead, you must tear down their altars.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why did you do it? 3I have said something else. I said, ‘I will not drive out those people to make room for you. They and their gods will become traps for you.’ ”

4The angel of the Lord spoke these things to all the Israelites. Then the people wept out loud. 5So that place was called Bokim. The people offered sacrifices there to the Lord.

The People Disobey the Lord and Lose Their Battles

6Joshua sent the Israelites away. Then they went to take over the land. All of them went to their own shares of land. 7The people served the Lord as long as Joshua lived. They also served him as long as the elders lived. Those were the elders who lived longer than Joshua did. They had seen all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.

8Joshua, the servant of the Lord, died. He was the son of Nun. He was 110 years old when he died. 9His people buried him on his own property at Timnath Heres. It’s north of Mount Gaash in the hill country of Ephraim.

10All the people of Joshua’s time joined the members of their families who had already died. Then those who were born after them grew up. They didn’t know the Lord and what he had done for Israel. 11The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They served gods that were named Baal. 12They deserted the Lord, the God of their people. He had brought them out of Egypt. But now the Israelites served other gods and worshiped them. They served the gods of the nations that were around them. They made the Lord angry 13because they deserted him. They served Baal. They also served female gods that were named Ashtoreth. 14The Lord became angry with the Israelites. So he handed them over to robbers. The robbers stole everything from them. The Lord handed the Israelites over to their enemies all around them. Israel wasn’t able to fight against them anymore and win. 15When the Israelites went out to fight, the Lord’s power was against them. He let their enemies win the battle over them. The Lord had warned them that it would happen. And now they were suffering terribly.

16Then the Lord gave them leaders. The leaders saved them from the power of those robbers. 17But the people wouldn’t listen to their leaders. They weren’t faithful to the Lord. They served other gods and worshiped them. They didn’t obey the Lord’s commands as their people before them had done. They quickly turned away from the path their people had taken. 18When the Lord gave them a leader, he was with that leader. The Lord saved the people from the power of their enemies. He did it as long as the leader lived. The Lord felt very sorry for the people. They groaned because of what their enemies did to them. Their enemies treated them badly. 19But when the leader died, the people returned to their evil ways. The things they did were even more sinful than the things their people before them had done. They served other gods and worshiped them. They refused to give up their evil practices. They wouldn’t change their stubborn ways.

20So the Lord became very angry with the Israelites. He said, “This nation has broken my covenant. I made it with their people of long ago. But this nation has not listened to me. 21Joshua left some nations in the land when he died. I will no longer drive out those nations to make room for Israel. 22I will use those nations to test Israel. I will see whether Israel will live the way I, the Lord, want them to. I will see whether they will be like their people of long ago. I will see whether they will follow my path.” 23The Lord had let those nations remain in the land. He didn’t drive them out right away. He didn’t hand them over to Joshua.