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.
Luego regresamos, viajando hacia el desierto por el camino hacia el Mar Rojo, como el Señor me había dicho: y estuvimos mucho tiempo rodeando el Monte Seir.
2 Then Yahweh said to me,
Y el Señor me dijo:
3 ‘You have been wandering around this hilly area for a long enough time. Now turn [and travel] toward the north.
Han estado viajando por esta montaña el tiempo suficiente: ahora vayan al 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 da órdenes a la gente, diciendo: Están a punto de recorrer la tierra de sus hermanos, los hijos de Esaú, que viven en Seir; y ellos les temen a ustedes; así que tengan mucho cuidado;
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.
No hagan ataques contra ellos, porque no les daré nada de su tierra, ni siquiera espacio suficiente para el pie de un hombre; porque le he dado el monte Seir a Esaú por su herencia.
6 [When you travel near their land], buy food and water from them.’
Pueden comprar alimentos para sus necesidades y agua para beber.
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 la bendición del Señor su Dios ha estado sobre ustedes en toda la obra de sus manos: él tiene conocimiento de tu peregrinación a través de este gran desierto: estos cuarenta años el Señor su Dios ha estado con ustedes, y nada les ha faltado.
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.
Así que pasamos por nuestros hermanos, los hijos de Esaú, que vivían en Seir, por el camino a través de Arabá, desde Elat y Ezión-geber. Y girando, pasamos por el camino a través 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 el Señor me dijo: No hagas ataques contra Moab y no vayas a la guerra con ellos, porque no te daré nada de su tierra: porque he dado Ar a los hijos de Lot por su herencia.
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.
En el pasado, los Emim vivían allí; un gran pueblo, igual en número y altos como los hijos de Anac;
11 They and the descendants of Anak are also called the Repha giants, but the people of Moab call them Emim.
Están numerados entre los Refaim, como los hijos de Anac; pero son nombrados Emim por los moabitas.
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.
Y los Horitas en tiempos anteriores vivían en Seir, pero los hijos de Esaú tomaron su lugar; enviaron destrucción sobre ellos y tomaron su tierra para sí mismos, como hizo Israel a la tierra de su herencia que el Señor les dio.
13 [I also said to the Israeli people], “Then we crossed the Zered Gorge, as Yahweh told us to do.
Levántense ahora, y vayan sobre él arroyo Zered. Así que nos fuimos a la corriente de Zered.
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.
Treinta y ocho años habían pasado desde el momento en que salimos de Cades-barnea hasta que cruzamos el arroyo Zered; Para entonces, toda la generación de hombres de guerra entre nosotros había muerto, como el Señor había dicho.
15 They died because Yahweh opposed them, until he had gotten rid of all of them.
Porque la mano del Señor estaba contra ellos, obrando su destrucción, hasta que todos murieron.
16 After all the men who had been old enough to fight in wars had died [DOU],
Entonces, cuando la muerte había sobrepasado a todos los hombres de guerra entre la gente,
17 Yahweh said to me,
La palabra del Señor vino a mí, diciendo:
18 ‘Today you all must cross the border into the Moab region, near Ar, [their capital city].
Estás a punto de pasar por Ar, el límite del país de Moab;
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 cuando te acerques a la tierra de los hijos de Amón, no les des problemas y no les hagas la guerra, porque no te daré nada de la tierra de los hijos de Amón por tu herencia: porque se lo he dado 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.
Se dice que esa tierra era una tierra de los Refaim, porque Refaim había estado viviendo allí en tiempos anteriores, pero los amonitas los llamaban Zomzomeos;
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.
Eran un gran pueblo, numeroso y alto como los hijos Anac, igual a ellos en número; pero el Señor envió destrucción sobre ellos y los hijos de Amón tomaron su lugar, viviendo en su tierra;
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.
Como hizo con los hijos de Esaú que viven en Seir, cuando envió destrucción sobre los horitas antes que ellos, y tomaron su tierra donde viven 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.
Y los Aveos, que vivían en las pequeñas ciudades hasta Gaza, fueron destruidos por las manos de los Caftoreos que salieron de Caftor y tomaron sus tierras.
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.
Levántate ahora, y continúen su viaje, cruzando el valle del Arnón: mira, he entregado en sus manos a Sehón, el amorreo, rey de Hesbón, y toda su tierra: avanza para poseer la tierra, y le harás la guerra,
25 Today I will begin to cause everyone, everywhere, to be afraid of you. Everyone who hears about you will tremble and be terrified.’
De ahora en adelante, pondré tu temor en todos los pueblos bajo el cielo, quienes, al escucharte, temblarán de miedo y se angustiarán por tu causa.
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:
Luego, desde el desierto de Cademot, envié representantes a Sehón, rey de Hesbón, con palabras 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.
Déjame recorrer tu tierra: me mantendré en la carretera, sin girar a la derecha 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,
Déjame comprar comida, para mis necesidades, y agua para beber: solo déjame pasar 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.’
Como lo hicieron los hijos de Esaú por mí en Seir y los moabitas en Ar; hasta que haya pasado el Jordán a la tierra que el Señor nuestro Dios nos está dando.
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.
Pero Sehón, rey de Hesbón, no nos dejaría pasar; porque Él Señor su Dios endureció su espíritu y su corazón, para que lo entregue en sus manos como en este día.
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 el Señor me dijo: Mira, desde ahora he entregado a Sehón y su tierra en sus manos; avanza ahora para tomar su tierra como herencia.
32 Then Sihon came out [of the city] with all his army to fight against us at Jahaz [town].
Y salió Sehón contra nosotros con todo su pueblo, para atacarnos en Jahaza.
33 But God enabled us to defeat [DOU] them, and we killed Sihon and his sons and all his soldiers.
Y Él Señor nuestro Dios lo entregó en nuestras manos; y vencimos a él, a sus hijos y a toda su gente.
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.
En ese momento tomamos todos sus pueblos y los entregamos a la destrucción completa, junto con hombres, mujeres y niños; no dejamos a ninguno con vida.
35 We took the valuable things that were in the cities that we captured and also their cattle.
Solo el ganado tomamos para nosotros, con los bienes de los pueblos que habíamos tomado.
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 en el borde del valle del Arnón y desde la ciudad en el valle hasta Galaad, ninguna ciudad era lo suficientemente fuerte como para mantenernos fuera; El Señor nuestro Dios los dio a todos en nuestras manos.
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 te acercaste a la tierra de los hijos de Amón, es decir, a todo el lado del río Jaboc ni a los pueblos de la región montañosa, donde el Señor nuestro Dios había dicho que no atacáramos.
