Numbers 21
1 And it came to the ears of the Canaanite, the king of Arad, living in the South, that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, and he came out against them and took some of them prisoners.
Cuando el cananeo, el rey de Arad, que habitaba el Négueb, oyó decir que Israel venía por el camino de Atarim, atacó a Israel y le tomó prisioneros.
2 Then Israel made an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give up this people into my hands, then I will send complete destruction on all their towns.
Entonces Israel hizo voto a Yahvé, diciendo: “Si entregares a este pueblo en mi mano, destruiré completamente sus ciudades.”
3 And the Lord, in answer to the voice of Israel, gave the Canaanites up to them; and they put them and their towns completely to destruction: and that place was named Hormah.
Oyó Yahvé la voz de Israel y le entregó el cananeo, y destruyeron completamente a ellos y a sus ciudades, por lo cual fue llamado aquel lugar Hormá.
4 Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.
Partieron del monte Hor, camino del Mar Rojo para rodear la tierra de Edom. Mas en el camino se impacientó el pueblo,
5 And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.
y murmuró contra Dios y contra Moisés: “¿Por qué nos habéis sacado de Egipto para morir en el desierto? Pues no hay pan, y no hay agua; nos provoca ya náusea este pan miserable.”
6 Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel.
Entonces Yahvé envió contra el pueblo serpientes abrasadoras, las cuales mordían al pueblo; y murió mucha gente de Israel.
7 Then the people came to Moses and said, We have done wrong in crying out against the Lord and against you: make prayer to the Lord to take away the snakes from us. So Moses made prayer for the people.
Y acudió el pueblo a Moisés, diciendo: “Hemos pecado, porque hemos murmurado contra Yahvé y contra ti. Ruega a Yahvé que quite de nosotros las serpientes.” Y Moisés rogó por el pueblo.
8 And the Lord said to Moses, Make an image of a snake and put it on a rod, and anyone who has been wounded by the snakes, looking on it will be made well.
Dijo entonces Yahvé a Moisés: “Hazte una serpiente, y ponla en un asta; quienquiera que haya sido mordido y la mirare, vivirá.”
9 So Moses made a snake of brass and put it on a rod; and anyone who had a snakebite, after looking on the snake of brass, was made well.
Hizo, pues, Moisés una serpiente de bronce, y la puso sobre un asta, y quienquiera que mordido por una serpiente dirigía su mirada a la serpiente de bronce se curaba.
10 Then the children of Israel went on and put up their tents in Oboth.
Levantaron los hijos de Israel el campamento y acamparon en Obot.
11 And journeying on again from Oboth, they put up their tents in Iye-abarim, in the waste land before Moab looking east.
Partidos de Obot, acamparon en Iyé-Abarim, en el desierto frente a Moab, al oriente.
12 And moving on from there, they put up their tents in the valley of Zered.
Marcharon de allí y acamparon en el valle de Sared.
13 From there they went on and put up their tents on the other side of the Arnon, which is on the waste land at the edge of the land of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the line of division between Moab and the Amorites:
De allí partieron para acampar a la otra orilla del Arnón, en el desierto. El Arnón sale del territorio de los amorreos, pues el Arnón es la frontera de Moab, y divide a los moabitas de los amorreos.
14 As it says in the book of the Wars of the Lord, Vaheb in Suphah, and the valley of the Amon;
Por eso se dice en el Libro de las Guerras de Yahvé: “Vaheb en Sufá, y los valles del Arnón
15 The slope of the valleys going down to the tents of Ar and touching the edge of Moab.
y el declive de los valles que desciende en la región de Ar, y se apoya sobre la frontera de Moab.”
16 From there they went on to Beer, the water-spring of which the Lord said to Moses, Make the people come together and I will give them water.
De allí marcharon a Beer. Este es aquel pozo del cual Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Junta al pueblo y Yo le daré agua.”
17 Then Israel gave voice to this song: Come up, O water-spring, let us make a song to it:
Entonces Israel cantó este cántico: “¡Brota, pozo, celebradle con canción!
18 The fountain made by the chiefs, made deep by the great ones of the people, with the law-givers' rod, and with their sticks. Then from the waste land they went on to Mattanah:
pozo que cavaron los príncipes; lo abrieron los nobles del pueblo con el cetro, con sus cayados.” Del desierto se dirigieron a Mataná;
19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
de Mataná, a Nahaliel; de Nahaliel a Bamot;
20 And from Bamoth to the valley in the open country of Moab, and to the top of Pisgah looking over Jeshimon.
y de Bamot al valle que está en las campiñas de Moab, (al pie de) la cumbre del Fasga que mira hacia el desierto.
21 And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
Israel envió mensajeros a Sehón, rey de los amorreos, diciendo:
22 Let me go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway till we have gone past the limits of your land.
“Quiero pasar por tu tierra. No torceremos hacia los campos y viñas, ni beberemos agua de los pozos; por el camino real iremos hasta pasar tus fronteras.”
23 And Sihon would not let Israel go through his land; but got all his people together and went out against Israel into the waste land, as far as Jahaz, to make war on Israel.
Mas Sehón no permitió que Israel pasase por su territorio; antes bien, reuniendo Sehón a toda su gente, salió al encuentro de Israel en el desierto, y vino hasta Jahas donde atacó a Israel.
24 But Israel overcame him, and took all his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the country of the children of Ammon, for the country of the children of Ammon was strongly armed.
Pero Israel lo hirió a filo de espada y se apoderó de su tierra desde el Arnón hasta el Yaboc, hasta los hijos de Ammón, cuya frontera era fortificada.
25 And Israel took all their towns, living in Heshbon and all the towns and small places of the Amorites.
Tomó Israel todas estas ciudades y habitó en todas las ciudades de los amorreos, en Hesbón y todos sus dominios.
26 For Heshbon was the town of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had made war against an earlier king of Moab and taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.
Porque Hesbón era la ciudad de Sehón, rey de los amorreos, el cual había hecho la guerra contra el anterior rey de Moab, y le había arrancado toda su tierra hasta el Arnón.
27 So the makers of wise sayings say, Come to Heshbon, building up the town of Sihon and making it strong:
Por eso dicen los poetas: “Id a Hesbón; y sea reedificada y fortificada la ciudad de Sehón.
28 For a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon: for the destruction of Ar in Moab, and the lords of the high places of the Arnon.
Porque salió fuego de Hesbón, llama de la plaza fuerte de Sehón, que devoró a Ar de Moab, a los señores de las alturas del Arnón.
29 Sorrow is yours, O Moab! Destruction is your fate, O people of Chemosh: his sons have gone in flight, and his daughters are prisoners, in the hands of Sihon, king of the Amorites.
¡Ay de ti, Moab! perdido estás, pueblo de Camos. Entregó él sus hijos a la fuga, y sus hijas al cautiverio, en mano de Sehón, rey de los amorreos.
30 They are wounded with our arrows; destruction has come on Heshbon, even to Dibon; and we have made the land waste as far as Nophah, stretching out to Medeba.
Los hemos asaeteado: Hesbón está destruida hasta Dibón; hemos hecho devastación hasta Nofah, que está cerca de Medaba.”
31 So Israel put up their tents in the land of the Amorites.
Así vino a habitar Israel en la tierra de los amorreos.
32 And Moses sent men secretly to Jazer, and they took its towns, driving out the Amorites who were living there.
Entonces Moisés envió exploradores a Jaser; y tomaron sus aldeas, expulsando a los amorreos que allí habitaban.
33 Then turning they went up by the way of Bashan; and Og, king of Bashan, went out against them with all his people, to the fight at Edrei.
Dando vuelta subieron por el camino de Basán. Mas Og, rey de Basán, salió a su encuentro con todo su pueblo para darles batalla en Edreí.
34 And the Lord said to Moses, Have no fear of him: for I have given him up into your hands, with all his people and his land; do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, at Heshbon.
Yahvé dijo entonces a Moisés: “No le temas, porque le he entregado en tus manos, a él y a todo su pueblo y su tierra. Harás con él como hiciste con Sehón, rey de los amorreos, que habitaba en Hesbón.”
35 So they overcame him and his sons and his people, driving them all out: and they took his land for their heritage.
Y le derrotaron, a él y a sus hijos y a todo su pueblo, sin dejarle un hombre con vida; y tomaron posesión de su tierra.
