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, oyó esto, envió un mensaje a Jobab, rey de Madón, al de Simrón, al 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]
a los que estaban en la región montañosa del norte en el Arabá, al sur de Cineret en las llanuras, en las regiones de Dor al occidente,
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.
al cananeo que estaba en el oriente, y al occidente, al amorreo, al heteo, al ferezeo, al jebuseo de la región montañosa, y al heveo, al pie de la montaña Hermón en 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.
Entonces ellos salieron con todos sus ejércitos, tanta gente como la arena que está a la orilla del mar, con muchísimos caballos y carruajes de guerra.
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 convinieron reunirse. Acamparon juntos en las aguas de Merom para pelear 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.”
Entonces Yavé dijo a Josué: No temas a ellos, porque mañana a esta hora Yo los entregaré ante Israel todos muertos. Desjarretarás sus caballos y quemarás al fuego sus carruajes.
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 todo el pueblo de guerra cayeron de repente sobre ellos 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).
Yavé los entregó en mano de Israel. Los derrotaron y los persiguieron hasta Sidón la Grande, hasta Misrefot-maim y hasta el llano de Mizpa hacia el oriente. Los atacaron hasta no dejarles sobreviviente.
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 como Yavé le ordenó: desjarretó sus caballos y quemó sus carruajes con 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 momento Josué regresó y conquistó Hazor. Mató a espada a su rey, pues Hazor fue antiguamente la capital 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.
Mataron a filo de espada a todo lo que tenía vida en ella. La destruyeron por completo, sin que quedara uno que respirara. Incendiaron a 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 las ciudades de esos reyes y también a todos ellos. Los pasó a filo de espada. Los destruyó por completo, tal como ordenó Moisés, esclavo de Yavé.
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 incendió ninguna de las ciudades que quedaron en pie sobre las colinas, con la sola excepción de Hazor, la cual Josué 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 hijos de Israel tomaron para ellos todo el despojo y los animales de aquellas ciudades, pero mataron a filo de espada a todos los hombres hasta destruirlos, sin dejar alguno 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 Yavé ordenó a su esclavo Moisés, y Moisés [lo] ordenó a Josué, así Josué lo hizo sin omitir palabra de todo lo que Yavé ordenó 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.
Josué tomó toda aquella tierra: la región montañosa, todo el Neguev, toda la tierra de Gosén, la llanura, el Arabá, la región montañosa de Israel y sus valles,
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 Halac, que sube hacia Seír, hasta Baal-gad en el valle del Líbano, al pie de la montaña Hermón. Capturó a todos sus reyes, los hirió y los mató.
18 Joshua’s men fought against those groups for many years.
Muchos fueron los días en los cuales Josué hizo guerra contra 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.
Excepto los heveos, que habitaban en Gabaón, no hubo ciudad que hiciera paz con los hijos de Israel. Todo lo tomaron en guerra,
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 esto venía de Yavé: Endurecer el corazón de ellos para que resistieran con guerra a Israel, a fin de que Él los destruyera por completo sin clemencia para que fueran desarraigados, tal como Yavé ordenó 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 Josué llegó y destruyó a los anaceos de la región montañosa de Hebrón, de Debir, de Anab, de toda la región montañosa de Judá y de toda la región montañosa de Israel. Josué los destruyó completamente, junto con 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].
Ninguno de los anaceos quedó en la tierra de los hijos de Israel. Solo quedaron 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.
Josué conquistó toda la tierra, conforme a todo lo que Yavé habló a Moisés. Josué la entregó a Israel como herencia conforme a las divisiones de sus tribus. Y la tierra descansó de la guerra.
