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].
Cuando Jabín, rey de Hazor, se enteró de lo sucedido, envió un mensaje a Jobab, rey de Madón, a los reyes de Simrón y Ajsaf,
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 de la región montañosa del norte, del valle del Jordán al sur de Quinéret, de las estribaciones del oeste y las estribaciones 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.
a los reyes de los cananeos, tanto al este como al oeste, a los amorreos, a los hititas, a los ferezeos, a los jebuseos en la región montañosa, y a los heveos que viven cerca del monte Hermón en la tierra de Mizpa.
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.
Todos sus ejércitos se reunieron, una vasta horda tan numerosa como la arena de la orilla del mar, junto 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 unieron sus fuerzas y acamparon junto a las aguas de Merón 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.”
El Señor le dijo a Josué: “No temas por ellos, porque mañana a esta hora yo mismo los entregaré a todos a Israel, muertos. Inutiliza sus caballos y quema sus carros”.
7 So Joshua and his army traveled to Merom Pond and attacked their enemies (by surprise/before they were ready to fight).
Josué y el ejército israelita fueron y los atacaron sin previo aviso en las aguas de Merón.
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).
El Señor los entregó a los israelitas, que los redujeron y los persiguieron hasta la Gran Sidón y Misrefot Maim, y al este hasta el valle de Mizpa, matándolos hasta que no quedó ninguno.
9 Then Joshua and his men did what Yahweh told them to do: They crippled their enemies’ horses and burned their chariots.
Después Josué hizo lo que el Señor le había ordenado: quebró las patas de los caballos y quemó los carros.
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.
Entonces Josué se volvió contra Hazor. La capturó y mató a su rey, pues Hazor era en ese momento el principal de todos estos reinos.
11 They killed everyone in Hazor; (they did not spare anyone/no one was left alive) [DOU]. Then they burned the city.
Josué hizo matar a todos los habitantes, sin dejar supervivientes. La apartó y la destruyó por completo: no quedó nadie vivo. Luego incendió Hazor.
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 capturó todas estas ciudades y mató a sus reyes. Las apartó y las destruyó por completo, como lo había ordenado Moisés, el siervo del Señor.
13 Joshua’s men burned Hazor [city], but they did not burn any of the other cities that were built on small hills.
Sin embargo, Israel no quemó ninguna de las ciudades construidas sobre montículos, excepto Hazor, que Josué sí quemó.
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 israelitas sí tomaron para sí todo el botín y el ganado de estas ciudades. Pero mataron a todos los habitantes, destruyéndolos a todos para que no quedara ninguno vivo.
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 el Señor había instruido a Moisés, así Moisés había instruido a Josué. Josué hizo lo que le habían dicho: hizo todo lo que el Señor le había indicado 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.
Así, Josué conquistó toda la tierra: la región montañosa, el Néguev, toda la tierra de Gosén, las estribaciones occidentales, el valle del Jordán, las montañas de Israel y las estribaciones orientales.
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.
Esto abarcaba la tierra desde el monte Halac que lleva a Seír en el sur, hasta Baal Gad en el norte, debajo del monte Hermón en el valle del Líbano. Josué capturó y mató a todos sus reyes.
18 Joshua’s men fought against those groups for many years.
Josuélibró una larga guerra con 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.
Ni un solo pueblo hizo la paz con los israelitas, excepto los heveos, los habitantes de Gabaón. Todos los demás fueron conquistados en batalla.
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 el Señor los hizo obstinados, queriendo combatir a los israelitas para que fueran apartados y destruidos por completo, aniquilados sin piedad, como el Señor había instruido 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.
Durante este tiempo Josué también aniquiló a los descendientes de Anaki que vivían en la región montañosa de Hebrón, Debir y Anab, y toda la región montañosa de Judá e Israel. Josué apartó y destruyó completamente 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].
y no quedaron descendientes de Anac en la tierra de Israel, sólo algunos en Gaza, Gat y Asdod.
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.
Así que Josué tomó toda la tierra de acuerdo con lo que el Señor le había ordenado a Moisés, dándosela a Israel para que la poseyera tal como estaba repartida entre las tribus. Entonces la tierra quedó en paz.
