Judges 3
1 At that time there were still many people-groups in Canaan. Yahweh left them there to test the Israeli people. But many of the Israelis in Canaan were ones who had not fought in any of the wars in Canaan. So Yahweh also left those people-groups in Canaan so that the descendants of those who had not fought in any of the wars might learn how to fight.
Estos son los pueblos que Yahvé dejó para probar por medio de ellos a Israel, a cuantos no tenían experiencia de las guerras de los cananeos
—con el único fin de instruir a las generaciones de los hijos de Israel y enseñarles la guerra, por lo menos a aquellos que antes no la conocían—,
3 [This is a list of] the people-groups that Yahweh left there: The Philistines and their five leaders, the people living in the area near Sidon [city], the descendants of Canaan, and the descendants of Hiv who were living in the mountains of Lebanon between Baal-Hermon Mountain and Lebo-Hamath.
los cinco príncipes de los filisteos, todos los cananeos, los sidonios y los heveos que habitaban en el monte Líbano, desde el monte Baalhermón hasta la entrada de Hamat.
4 Yahweh left these people-groups there to test the Israelis, to see if they would obey his commands which he had told Moses to give them.
Servían estos para probar por medio de ellos a Israel, a fin de saber si obedecería los mandamientos que Yahvé había prescrito a sus padres por boca de Moisés.
5 The Israelis lived among the Canaan people-group, the Hiv people-group, the Amor people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group.
Así, los hijos de Israel habitaban entre los cananeos, los heteos, los amorreos, los fereceos, los heveos y los jebuseos.
6 [Moses had told the people not to associate with any of those people]. But the Israelis took daughters of people from those people-groups [to be their own wives], and gave their own daughters to men of those groups, to marry them. And [as a result] they started to worship the gods of those people-groups.
Y tomaron las hijas de ellos por mujeres, dando sus hijas a los hijos de ellos y sirviendo a sus dioses.
7 The Israelis did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They forgot about Yahweh, their God, and they started to worship [the idols that represented] the god Baal and the goddess Asherah.
Los hijos de Israel hicieron lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé y, olvidándose de Yahvé, su Dios, sirvieron a los Baales y a las Ascheras.
8 Yahweh became very angry with the Israelis. So he allowed king Cushan from Mesopotamia to conquer them and rule them for eight years.
Y se airó Yahvé contra Israel, y los vendió en manos de Cusan Rasataim, rey de Mesopotamia; y sirvieron los hijos de Israel a Cusan Rasataim ocho años.
9 But when they pleaded to Yahweh [to help them], he gave them a leader to rescue them. He was Othniel, the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz.
Entonces clamaron los hijos de Israel a Yahvé, y Yahvé suscitó un libertador para los hijos de Israel que los libró: Otoniel, hijo de Kenas, hermano menor de Caleb.
10 Yahweh’s Spirit came upon him, and he became their leader. He [led an army that] fought against [the army of] Cushan, and defeated them.
Vino sobre él el espíritu de Yahvé y juzgó a Israel. Y salió a la guerra, y Yahvé entregó en sus manos a Cusan Rasataim, rey de Aram, y su mano pesó sobre Cusan Rasataim.
11 After that, there was peace in the land for 40 years, until Othniel died.
Así tuvo el país descanso durante cuarenta años. Y murió Otoniel, hijo de Kenas.
12 After that, the Israelis again did things that Yahweh said were very evil. As a result, he allowed the army of King Eglon, who ruled [the] Moab [area], to defeat the Israelis.
Volvieron los hijos de Israel a hacer lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, y Yahvé hizo prevalecer a Eglón, rey de Moab, contra Israel, por cuanto hacían lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé.
13 Eglon persuaded the leaders of the Ammon and Amalek people-groups to join their armies with his army to attack Israel. They captured [Jericho, which was called] ‘The City of Palm Trees’.
Congregando consigo a los hijos de Amón y a Amalec, Eglón se puso en marcha, derrotó a Israel y se apoderó de la Ciudad de las Palmeras.
14 Then King Eglon ruled the Israelis for eighteen years.
Y los hijos de Israel sirvieron a Eglón, rey de Moab, diez y ocho años.
15 But then the Israelis again pleaded to Yahweh [to help them]. So he gave them another leader to rescue them. He was Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera, from the descendants of Benjamin. The Israelis sent him to King Eglon to give him their yearly protection money.
Clamaron entonces los hijos de Israel a Yahvé, y Yahvé les suscitó un libertador: Aod, hijo de Gerá, benjaminita, hombre zurdo. Cuando los hijos de Israel enviaron por mano de él un presente a Eglón, rey de Moab,
16 Ehud had with him a double-edged dagger, about a foot and a half long. He strapped it to his right thigh, under his clothes.
Aod se hizo una daga de dos filos, de un palmo de largo, que se ciñó debajo de su ropa sobre el muslo derecho;
17 He gave the money to King Eglon, who was a very fat man.
y así llevó el presente a Eglón, rey de Moab, que era un hombre muy gordo.
18 Then Ehud started to go back home with the men who had carried the money.
Terminada la entrega del presente, despidió Aod la gente que había traído el presente,
19 When they arrived at the stone carvings near Gilgal, [he told the other men to go on, but] he himself turned around and went back [to the king of Moab. When he arrived at the palace], he said to the king, “Your majesty, I have a secret message for you.” So the king told all his servants to be quiet, and sent them out of the room.
y volviéndose desde Pesilim, cerca de Gálgala, dijo: “Oh rey, tengo un mensaje secreto para ti”. El rey dijo: “¡Silencio!”, y salieron de su presencia todos los que con el estaban.
20 Then, as Eglon was sitting alone in the upstairs room of his summer palace, Ehud came close to him and said, “I have a message for you from God.” As the king got up from his chair,
Entonces Aod se acercó al rey que estaba sentado en la habitación de verano que tenía reservada para sí solo. Y le dijo Aod: “Tengo para ti un mensaje de parte de Dios.” Se levantó con esto Eglón de la silla,
21 Ehud reached with his left hand and pulled the dagger from his right thigh, and plunged it into the king’s belly.
y Aod, alargando su mano izquierda, sacó la daga que llevaba sobre su muslo derecho, y la clavó en el vientre de Eglón.
22 He thrust it in so far that the handle went into the king’s belly, and the blade came out the king’s back. Ehud did not pull the dagger out. [He left it there, with] the handle buried in the king’s fat.
Entró incluso el mango tras la hoja, y se cerró la grosura sobre la hoja, de modo que no pudo retirar la daga del vientre, del cual salieron los excrementos.
23 Then Ehud left the room. He went out to the porch. He shut the doors to the room and locked them.
Se escapó Aod por la galería, cerrando tras sí la puerta de la habitación y echando el cerrojo.
24 After he had gone, King Eglon’s servants came back, but they saw that the doors of the room were locked. They said, “The king must be defecating in the inner room.”
Salido ya él, llegaron los siervos del rey y miraron, y he aquí que la puerta de la habitación estaba cerrada con cerrojo, por lo cual dijeron: “Sin duda se cubre los pies en la cámara de verano.”
25 So they waited, but when the king did not open the doors of the room, after a while they were worried. They got a key and unlocked the doors. And they saw that their king was lying on the floor, dead.
Esperaron hasta darles vergüenza; mas he aquí que él no abrió la puerta de la cámara alta; por lo cual tomando la llave abrieron, y vieron a su señor caído en el suelo y muerto.
26 Meanwhile, Ehud escaped. He passed by the stone carvings and arrived at Seirah, in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived.
Mientras ellos estaban perplejos Aod huyó, y pasando más allá de Pesilim, se puso a salvo en Seirá.
27 There he blew a trumpet [to signal that the people should join him to fight the people of Moab]. So the Israelis went with him from the hills. They went down [toward the Jordan river], with Ehud leading them.
Llegado a casa tocó la trompeta en la montaña de Efraím; y los hijos de Israel bajaron con él de la montaña, llevándole a su frente.
28 He said to the men, “Yahweh is going to allow us to defeat your enemies, the people of Moab. So follow me!” So they followed him down to the river, and they stationed some of their men at the place where people can walk across the river, in order that they could [kill any people from Moab who tried to] cross the river [to escape].
Y les dijo: “Seguidme, pues Yahvé ha entregado en vuestras manos a vuestros enemigos, los moabitas.” Bajaron en pos de él, y tomaron los vados del Jordán frente a Moab, sin dejar pasar a nadie.
29 At that time, the Israelis killed about 10,000 people from Moab. They were all strong and capable men, but not one of them escaped.
Mataron en aquel tiempo, como diez mil hombres de Moab, todos robustos, y todos hombres valientes. No escapó uno solo.
30 On that day, the Israelis conquered the people of Moab. Then there was peace in their land for 80 years.
Aquel día fue Moab humillado bajo la mano de Israel, y el país tuvo descanso ochenta años.
31 After Ehud [died], Shamgar became their leader. He rescued the Israelis [from the Philistines. In one battle] he killed 600 Philistines with an (ox goad/sharp wooden pole).
Después de Aod, Samgar, hijo de Amat, mató a seiscientos hombres de los filisteos con un aguijón de bueyes. También él libertó a Israel.
