Joshua 11
1 When King Jabin of Hazor [city] heard [about all those things that had happened], he sent messages to Jobab, the king of Madon [city], to the king of Shimron [city], and to the king of Acshaph [city], [requesting them to send their armies to come and help him fight against the Israelis].
Jabín, rey de Hasor, al oír esto, envió mensajeros a Jobab, rey de Madón, al rey de Somrón, al rey de Acsaf,
2 He also sent messages to the kings in the northern hilly area and to the kings in the Jordan [River] Valley, south of Galilee [Lake] and in the western hills. He sent a message to the king of Naphoth-Dor [in the west]
y a los reyes que estaban al norte, en la montaña, en el Araba, al sur de Kinéret, en la Sefelá, y en las alturas de Dor, al oeste;
3 and to the kings of the Canaan people-group in the eastern and western parts of the land. He sent messages to the Amor people-group and the Heth people-group and the Periz people-group and the Jebus people-group who lived in the hilly area. He also sent a message to the Hiv people-group who lived below Hermon [Mountain] in the Mizpah area.
y a los cananeos del este y del oeste, a los amorreos, a los heteos, a los fereceos, a los jebuseos de la montaña y a los heveos del pie del Hermón, en la tierra de Masfá.
4 So the armies of all those kings gathered together, bringing their horses and chariots. [There seemed to be] [HYP] as many soldiers as grains of sand on the seashore.
Se pusieron en marcha, ellos con todos sus ejércitos, muchísima gente, tan numerosa como la arena que hay en las orillas del mar, con muchísimos caballos y carros.
5 All of those kings [and their armies] gathered together at Merom Pond, [and they set up their tents there]. Then they made plans to fight against the Israelis.
Todos estos reyes se coligaron y fueron a acampar juntos cerca de las aguas de Merom para luchar contra Israel.
6 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because at this time tomorrow I will enable your men to defeat them. Your men must also cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”
Mas Yahvé dijo a Josué: “No los temas, pues mañana, a esta misma hora, Yo los pondré a todos traspasados delante de Israel; desjarretarás sus caballos, y sus carros entregarás al fuego.”
7 So Joshua and his army traveled to Merom Pond and attacked their enemies (by surprise/before they were ready to fight).
Entonces Josué y con él toda la gente de guerra vinieron contra ellos y los acometieron de improviso junto a las aguas de Merom.
8 Yahweh enabled the Israelis to defeat them. They pursued them to Sidon [city in the far north], and to Misrephoth-Maim [in the northwest], and to Mizpah Valley in the northeast. The Israelis fought them until (they were all dead/there were no survivors).
Y Yahvé los entregó en manos de Israel, que los derrotó y los persiguió hasta Sidón, la grande, hasta Misrefot-Mayim y hasta el valle de Masfá, al oriente. Los derrotó hasta no dejar de ellos quien escapase.
9 Then Joshua and his men did what Yahweh told them to do: They crippled their enemies’ horses and burned their chariots.
Josué hizo con ellos según le había mandado Yahvé: desjarretó sus caballos y entregó sus carros al fuego.
10 The king of Hazor had ruled the people of all the kingdoms whose armies had fought against the Israelis. So Joshua’s army went back to Hazor and captured that city and killed their king.
En aquel tiempo se volvió Josué, tomó a Hasor y pasó a su rey a cuchillo; porque Hasor era antiguamente cabeza de todos aquellos reinos.
11 They killed everyone in Hazor; (they did not spare anyone/no one was left alive) [DOU]. Then they burned the city.
Pasaron a filo de espada todas las almas que en ella había, ejecutando el anatema; y a Hasor la pegó fuego.
12 Joshua’s army captured all of those cities and killed all of their kings. They did that like Moses, the man who served Yahweh [well], had commanded them to do.
Josué tomó todas las ciudades de aquellos reyes y a todos sus reyes los pasó a filo de espada y ejecutó en ellos el anatema, como lo había mandado Moisés, siervo de Yahvé.
13 Joshua’s men burned Hazor [city], but they did not burn any of the other cities that were built on small hills.
Israel no quemó ninguna de las ciudades situadas en las alturas, con la única excepción de Hasor, la cual quemó Josué.
14 The Israelis took for themselves the animals that they found in those cities and everything else [that was valuable] [DOU]. But they killed all the people.
Los hijos de Israel se tomaron todos los despojos de aquellas ciudades y los ganados; mas a todos los hombres pasaron a filo de espada, hasta exterminarlos, sin dejar ninguno con vida.
15 [Many years before], Yahweh had told Moses to do that, and then Moses told Joshua to do it. So Joshua did everything that Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.
Como había mandado Yahvé a Moisés su siervo, así lo mandó Moisés a Josué, y así hizo Josué, sin descuidar nada de cuanto Yahvé había mandado a Moisés.
16 Joshua’s [army] defeated all the people who were living in that land. They took control over the hilly area and the area in the southern part of Canaan, all the area of Goshen, the western foothills, and the Jordan [River] Valley. They took control over all the mountains in Israel and all the hills near the mountains.
Tomó, pues, Josué todo el país: la montaña, todo el Négueb, toda la tierra de Gosen, la Sefelá, el Arabá y la montaña de Israel con su llanura,
17 They took control of all the land from Halak Mountain [in the south] up to the Seir [hilly area] as far as Baal-Gaal in Lebanon Valley [in the north], at the bottom of Hermon Mountain. They captured all the kings of those areas and killed them.
desde la montaña desnuda, que sube hacia Seír, hasta Baalgad, en el valle del Líbano, al pie del monte Hermón. Prendió también a todos sus reyes, los hirió y les dio muerte.
18 Joshua’s men fought against those groups for many years.
Duró mucho tiempo la guerra de Josué contra todos estos reyes.
19 There was only one group that made a peace agreement with the Israelis; they were the people of the Hiv people-group who lived in Gibeon. The Israelis captured all the other towns in battles.
No hubo ciudad que hiciese paz con los hijos de Israel, fuera de los heveos que habitaban en Gabaón; todas las tomaron a mano armada.
20 Yahweh caused the people in all those other groups to be stubborn [IDM], with the result that they fought against the Israeli army, and the Israelis killed them all. They were not merciful to any of them. That is what Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.
Porque Yahvé había dispuesto endurecer el corazón de ellos, para que marchasen a la guerra contra los hijos de Israel, a fin de que se los consagrara al anatema, y para que no se les tuviese compasión, sino que fuesen destruidos, como Yahvé lo había mandado a Moisés.
21 Joshua’s army also fought the Anak people-group who lived in the hills near Hebron, Debir, and Anah [cities]. They also fought against the people who lived in the hilly area of Judah and Israel, and they killed all of those people and destroyed their cities.
En aquel tiempo se puso en marcha y exterminó a los enaceos, de la montaña, de Hebrón, de Dabir, de Anab y de toda la montaña de Judá y de toda la montaña de Israel. Josué ejecutó el anatema en ellos y en sus ciudades.
22 As a result, there were no descendants of Anak who remained alive in Israel. Only a few remained alive in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod [cities].
No quedaron enaceos en el país de los hijos de Israel, quedaron solamente en Gaza, en Gat y en Azoto.
23 Joshua’s army took control of all the land, just as Yahweh [long ago] had told Moses to do. Yahweh gave the land to the Israelis, because he had promised to give it to them. Then Joshua divided the land among the Israeli tribes. After that, there was (peace/no more battles) in the land.
Conquistó, pues, Josué el país, conforme a cuanto Yahvé había ordenado a Moisés; y Josué lo dio en herencia a Israel, según sus divisiones y tribus. Y el país descansó de la guerra.
