Numbers 25
1 While the Israelis were camped at a place called Acacia [Grove], some of the men caused themselves to become unacceptable to God by having sex with some of the women of the Moab [people-group who lived in that area].
Mientras Israel permanecía en Sitim, el pueblo comenzó a prostituírse con las hijas de Moab,
2 Then those women invited the men to come when the sacrifices were being offered to their gods. The Israeli men [accepted]. They went to the feasts with the women and worshiped the gods of the Moab people-group.
las cuales invitaban al pueblo a los sacrificios a sus ʼelohim. El pueblo comió y se postró ante los ʼelohim de ellas.
3 By doing that, those Israeli people joined the women in worshiping the god Baal [add] the Moab people-group thought lived on Peor Mountain. That caused Yahweh to become very angry with his people.
Así Israel se unió a baal Peor, y la ira de Yavé se encendió contra Israel.
4 Yahweh said this to Moses/me: “Seize all the leaders of those men who are doing this and execute them while I am watching. Do that in the daytime. After you do that, I will no longer be angry with the Israeli people.”
Y Yavé dijo a Moisés: Detén a todos los jefes del pueblo y ahórcalos a pleno sol delante de Yavé. Y el ardor de la ira de Yavé se apartará de Israel.
5 So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
Entonces Moisés dijo a los jueces de Israel: Que cada uno mate a sus hombres que se unieron a baal Peor.
6 [But later], while Moses/I and many [HYP] other people were crying at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, while they/we were watching, one of the Israeli men brought a woman from the Midian people-group into his tent [and started to have sex with her].
Y mientras ellos lloraban en la entrada del Tabernáculo de Reunión, ahí llegaba un varón de los hijos de Israel que llevaba una madianita a vista de Moisés y de toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel.
7 When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
Cuando lo vio Finees, hijo de Eleazar, hijo del sacerdote Aarón, se levantó de en medio de la congregación. Al tomar una lanza en su mano,
8 and rushed into the man’s tent. He thrust the spear completely through the man’s body and into the woman’s belly [and killed both of them]. When he did that, the (plague/serious illness) [that had started to strike the Israelis] stopped.
fue tras el israelita hacia el Tabernáculo y los atravesó a ambos por su vientre, al varón de Israel y a la mujer. Y en seguida se detuvo la mortandad de sobre los hijos de Israel.
9 But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
Pero en aquella mortandad murieron 24.000.
10 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Entonces Yavé habló a Moisés:
11 “Phinehas has caused me to stop being angry with the Israeli people, by being as eager as I am [to stop this sinful behavior]. I was ready to get rid of all the Israeli people because I was extremely angry, but Phinehas has prevented me from doing that.
Finees, hijo de Eleazar, hijo del sacerdote Aarón, desvió mi furor de sobre los hijos de Israel, al mostrar su celo por Mí en medio de ellos, por lo cual Yo no consumí en mi celo a [todos] los hijos de Israel.
12 Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
Por tanto, anuncia: Ciertamente Yo establezco un Pacto de paz
13 In this agreement, I am promising to give to him and to his descendants the right/authority to be priests. I am doing this because [he showed that] he was very eager to honor me, his God, by stopping this sinful behavior. He has caused the Israeli people to become acceptable to me again by causing them to be forgiven for their sin.”
con él y su descendencia, el Pacto del sacerdocio perpetuo, porque él fue celoso por su ʼElohim e hizo sacrificio que apacigua por los hijos de Israel.
14 The Israeli man who was killed with the woman of the Moab people-group was named Zimri. He was the son of Salu, who was the leader of a family from the tribe of Simeon.
El nombre del israelita que fue asesinado con la madianita era Zimri, hijo de Salu, jefe de una familia de la tribu de Simeón.
15 The woman’s name was Cozbi. She was the daughter of Zur, who was the leader of one of the clans of the Midian people-group.
El nombre de la madianita asesinada era Cozbi, hija de Zur, jefe de una tribu, padre de una familia de Madián.
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Entonces Yavé habló a Moisés:
17 “[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
Ataquen a los madianitas y destrúyanlos,
18 They have become your enemies, because they tricked you Israeli people and induced/persuaded many of you to worship Baal, and because [one of your men had sex with] Cozbi, who was the daughter of a leader of the Midian people-group. She was killed at the time the plague [started because the people sinned] at Peor [Mountain].”
pues ellos son sus enemigos por las astucias con las cuales los engañaron en el asunto de Peor y en el asunto de Cozbi, hija del jefe de Madián, hermana de ellos, que fue asesinada el día de la mortandad a causa de Peor.
