Deuteronomy 2
1 “Then we turned around and went through the desert toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba), as Yahweh told us to do, and we wandered in the Edom area for many years.
Dimos entonces vuelta y partimos hacia el desierto, camino del Mar Rojo, como Yahvé me había mandado, y anduvimos largo tiempo rodeando las montañas de Seír.
2 Then Yahweh said to me,
Y Yahvé me dijo:
3 ‘You have been wandering around this hilly area for a long enough time. Now turn [and travel] toward the north.
‘Bastante tiempo habéis ido rodeando esta montaña; volveos hacia el norte;
4 And tell the people that they are about to travel near the land that belongs to the descendants of Esau, who are also descendants of Isaac. They live in the [hilly] Edom region. They will be afraid of you,
y darás al pueblo esta orden: Vosotros queréis atravesar el territorio de vuestros hermanos, los hijos de Esaú, que habitan en Seír. Ellos os temerán, pero guardaos bien
5 but do not start to fight against them, because I am not going to give you even a tiny bit [HYP] of their land. I have given that land to the descendants of Esau.
de atacarlos; pues de su tierra no os daré ni siquiera la huella de un pie, porque es posesión de Esaú; a él le he dado las montañas de Seír.
6 [When you travel near their land], buy food and water from them.’
Les compraréis por dinero los alimentos que comáis; y aun el agua que bebáis les compraréis.
7 Do not forget that Yahweh our God has blessed you in everything that you [SYN] have done. He knows [what has happened to you while] you have wandered in this huge desert. But he has been with you during those 40 years, and as a result you have had everything that you needed [LIT].
Porque Yahvé, tu Dios, te ha bendecido en todas las obras de tus manos; Él conoce tu viaje por este gran desierto. Durante cuarenta años Yahvé, tu Dios, ha estado contigo y no te ha faltado nada.’
8 So we continued to travel. We avoided going through the hilly area where the descendants of Esau live. We stayed away from the road through the Jordan [River] Valley past Ezion-Geber and Elath [towns], and we turned and traveled northeast toward the desert area where the Moab people-group lives.
Pasamos, pues, de largo a nuestros hermanos, los hijos de Esaú, que habitan en Seír (alejándonos) del camino del Araba, de Elat y de Esionguéber. Luego cambiando de rumbo, avanzamos por el camino del desierto de Moab.
9 Yahweh said to me, ‘Do not bother/harass the people of Moab, and do not start to fight against them, because I am not going to give you any of their land. [Do not forget that] they are descendants of [Abraham’s nephew] Lot, and I have given to them Ar [city, their capital, and the other areas in that country].’”
Y me dijo Yahvé: ‘No hostiguéis a los moabitas, ni os metáis con ellos en guerra; pues nada te daré de su tierra en posesión, porque he dado Ar en posesión de los hijos de Lot.
10 A large group of giants called Emim formerly lived there. They were strong and numerous, and as tall as the giants who were descendants of Anak.
Antes habitaron allí los emitas, pueblo grande y numeroso, y de estatura alta como los enaceos;
11 They and the descendants of Anak are also called the Repha giants, but the people of Moab call them Emim.
por lo cual también ellos pasaban por gigantes, así como los enaceos, pero los moabitas los llamaban emitas.
12 The Hor people-group also formerly lived in the Edom area, but the descendants of Esau chased them out. They defeated and killed them and (settled in/occupied) their land, just as the Israeli people later expelled their enemies from the land that Yahweh gave to them.
En Seír habitaron antes los horreos, mas los hijos de Esaú los desposeyeron, y después de haberlos exterminado delante de sí, habitaron en su lugar, como lo hiciera Israel con el país de su herencia recibido de Yahvé.
13 [I also said to the Israeli people], “Then we crossed the Zered Gorge, as Yahweh told us to do.
Ahora pues, levantaos y pasad el torrente Sared.’ Y cruzamos el torrente Sared.
14 It had been thirty-eight years from the time we first left Kadesh-Barnea until we crossed the Zered Gorge. During those years, all the Israeli (fighting men/soldiers) of that generation had died, as Yahweh had vowed would happen.
El tiempo que duraron nuestras marchas desde Cadesbarnea hasta el paso del torrente Sared, fue de treinta y ocho años, hasta desaparecer toda aquella generación de hombres de guerra de en medio del campamento, como Yahvé se lo había jurado.
15 They died because Yahweh opposed them, until he had gotten rid of all of them.
En efecto, la mano de Yahvé descargó sobre ellos, para exterminarlos de en medio del campamento, hasta acabar con ellos.
16 After all the men who had been old enough to fight in wars had died [DOU],
Cuando la muerte hubo acabado con todos aquellos hombres de guerra de entre el pueblo,
17 Yahweh said to me,
me llamó Yahvé, y dijo:
18 ‘Today you all must cross the border into the Moab region, near Ar, [their capital city].
‘Hoy vas a atravesar la frontera de Moab, junto a Ar,
19 When you come near the border of the land where the Ammon people-group live, do not bother/harass them or start to fight against them. They are also descendants of Lot, so I am not going to give you any of the land that I have given to them.’”
y te encontrarás frente a los hijos de Ammón. No los hostigues, ni trabes guerra con ellos; pues nada de la tierra de los hijos de Ammón te daré en posesión, ya que la he dado en posesión a los hijos de Lot.
20 That region is also called the land of the Repha giants, who formerly lived there. The Ammon people-group call them the Zamzum group.
Tierra de gigantes fue considerada también esta; pues antes habitaron allí gigantes, que los amonitas llamaban zamzumitas,
21 They were a large and powerful group, who were as tall as the descendants of Anak. But Yahweh got rid of them, and the Ammon people-group expelled them and took their land away from them and started to live there.
pueblo grande y numeroso, y de alta estatura como los enaceos; pero Yahvé los destruyó delante de ellos, de manera que los desposeyeron y se establecieron en su lugar;
22 Yahweh had done the same thing for the descendants of Esau who live in the hilly area of Edom. He got rid of the Hor people-group, with the result that the Edom people-group took their land from them and started to live there. They still live there.
Lo mismo hizo (Dios) a favor de los hijos de Esaú que habitan en Seír, pues destruyó delante de ellos a los horreos de manera que los desposeyeron y se establecieron en su lugar hasta el día de hoy.
23 People who came from Crete [Island] got rid of the Av group [who previously lived in the land close to the Mediterranean Sea], as far south as Gaza. They took their land from them and started to live there.
Del mismo modo fueron destruidos los heveos que habitaban en aldeas hasta Gaza. Los destruyeron los caftoreos, procedentes de Caftor, que se establecieron en su lugar.
24 “[After we had gone through the Moab region], Yahweh said to us, ‘Now cross the Arnon [River]. I will help you to defeat [IDM] [the army of] Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lives in Heshbon [city]. So attack their army and start to take their land from them.
Levantaos, pues, partid, y pasad el torrente Arnón. Mira, que he puesto en tu mano a Sehón amorreo, rey de Hesbón, a él y su tierra: comienza a desposeerle y traba con él batalla.
25 Today I will begin to cause everyone, everywhere, to be afraid of you. Everyone who hears about you will tremble and be terrified.’
Hoy comenzaré a infundir el terror y el espanto delante de ti en los pueblos que están debajo de todo el cielo, los cuales al oír hablar de ti temblarán, y se angustiarán a causa de tu presencia.’
26 Then I sent messengers to go from the desert to King Sihon at Heshbon. I told them to give this peaceful message to the king:
Envié entonces desde el desierto de Quedemot mensajeros a Sehón, rey de Hesbón, con proposiciones de paz, diciendo:
27 ‘Please allow us to travel through your land. We [promise that we] will stay on the road; we will not turn off to the right or to the left.
‘Quiero pasar por tu tierra, yendo tan solo por el camino, sin apartarme ni a la diestra ni a la izquierda.
28 We will pay for any food or water that you allow us to buy. We want only to walk through your country,
Tu me venderás por dinero los alimentos que coma, y me darás por dinero también el agua que beba; quiero pasar solamente a pie,
29 until we cross the Jordan [River] into the land that Yahweh our God is giving to us. Do for us just as the descendants of Esau who live in the Edom area and the Moab people-group did for us when they allowed us to go through their areas.’
— hicieron esto conmigo los hijos de Esaú, que habitan en Seír, y los moabitas que habitan en Ar— hasta que llegue, a través del Jordán, a la tierra que Yahvé, nuestro Dios, nos va a dar.’
30 But King Sihon would not allow us to go through his country. That was because Yahweh our God caused him to be stubborn [IDM]. The result was that Yahweh enabled us to defeat his army and take his land [IDM], which we still live in.
Mas Sehón, rey de Hesbón, no quiso dejarnos pasar por su territorio, porque Yahvé, tu Dios, endureció su espíritu e hizo obstinado su corazón, para entregarle en tu mano, como hoy se ve.
31 Yahweh said to me, ‘Listen! I am about to allow you to defeat Sihon’s [army] and to take the people’s land from them. So start to occupy it!’
Y me dijo Yahvé: ‘Mira que he empezado a entregarte a Sehón y su tierra; comienza pues a ocuparla para ponerte en posesión de su país.’
32 Then Sihon came out [of the city] with all his army to fight against us at Jahaz [town].
Y efectivamente cuando Sehón salió contra nosotros, él y todo su pueblo, a darnos batalla en Jahas,
33 But God enabled us to defeat [DOU] them, and we killed Sihon and his sons and all his soldiers.
Yahvé, nuestro Dios, lo dio en nuestro poder y le derrotamos a él y a sus hijos y a todo su pueblo,
34 We captured all their cities and destroyed them all. We killed all the men and women and children; we did not allow any of them to remain alive.
Tomamos entonces todas sus ciudades y consagramos al exterminio toda la ciudad, hombres, mujeres y niños, sin dejar uno solo que escapase.
35 We took the valuable things that were in the cities that we captured and also their cattle.
Tomamos por botín solamente el ganado juntamente con los despojos de las ciudades que habíamos ocupado.
36 Yahweh our God enabled us to capture [IDM] all their towns from Aroer [in the south], which is at the edge of the Arnon River [Valley], to the Gilead [region in the north]. Some of their cities had [walls around them], but we were able to [climb over them].
Desde Aroer, situada en la ribera del torrente Arnón, y desde la ciudad que está en medio del valle, hasta Galaad, no hubo ciudad inexpugnable para nosotros; todas nos las entregó Yahvé, Dios nuestro.
37 But we did not go near the area where the Ammon people-group live, or the banks of the Jabbok riverbed, or the towns in the hilly area, or any other place where Yahweh our God told us not to go.”
Pero no invadiste la tierra de los hijos de Ammón, ni todo el país de las orillas del torrente Yaboc, ni las ciudades de la montaña, ni lugar alguno que Yahvé, nuestro Dios nos había prohibido.
