Giosué 11
1 Quando Iabin, re di Cazor, seppe queste cose, ne informò Iobab, il re di Madon, il re di Simron, il re di Acsaf
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].
2 e i re che erano al nord, sulle montagne, nell'Araba a sud di Chinarot, nel bassopiano e sulle colline di Dor dalla parte del mare.
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]
3 I Cananei erano a oriente e a occidente, gli Amorrei, gli Hittiti, i Perizziti, i Gebusei erano sulle montagne e gli Evei erano al di sotto dell'Ermon nel paese di Mizpa.
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.
4 Allora essi uscirono con tutti i loro eserciti: un popolo numeroso, come la sabbia sulla riva del mare, con cavalli e carri in gran quantità.
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.
5 Si unirono tutti questi re e vennero ad accamparsi insieme presso le acque di Merom, per combattere contro Israele.
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.
6 Allora il Signore disse a Giosuè: «Non temerli, perché domani a quest'ora io li mostrerò tutti trafitti davanti ad Israele. Taglierai i garretti ai loro cavalli e appiccherai il fuoco ai loro carri».
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.”
7 Giosuè con tutti i suoi guerrieri li raggiunse presso le acque di Merom d'improvviso e piombò su di loro.
So Joshua and his army traveled to Merom Pond and attacked their enemies (by surprise/before they were ready to fight).
8 Il Signore li mise in potere di Israele, che li battè e li inseguì fino a Sidone la Grande, fino a Misrefot-Maim e fino alla valle di Mizpa ad oriente. Li batterono fino a non lasciar loro neppure un superstite.
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).
9 Giosuè fece loro come gli aveva detto il Signore: tagliò i garretti ai loro cavalli e appiccò il fuoco ai loro carri.
Then Joshua and his men did what Yahweh told them to do: They crippled their enemies’ horses and burned their chariots.
10 In quel tempo Giosuè ritornò e prese Cazor e passò a fil di spada il suo re, perché prima Cazor era stata la capitale di tutti quei regni.
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.
11 Passò a fil di spada ogni essere vivente che era in essa, votandolo allo sterminio; non lasciò nessuno vivo e appiccò il fuoco a Cazor.
They killed everyone in Hazor; (they did not spare anyone/no one was left alive) [DOU]. Then they burned the city.
12 Giosuè prese tutti quei re e le oro città, passandoli a fil di spada; li votò allo sterminio, come aveva comandato Mosè, servo del Signore.
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.
13 Tuttavia Israele non incendiò nessuna delle città erette sui colli, fatta eccezione per la sola Cazor, che Giosuè incendiò.
Joshua’s men burned Hazor [city], but they did not burn any of the other cities that were built on small hills.
14 Gli Israeliti presero tutto il bottino di queste città e il bestiame; solo passarono a fil di spada tutti gli uomini fino a sterminarli; non lasciarono nessuno vivo.
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.
15 Come aveva comandato il Signore a Mosè suo servo, Mosè ordinò a Giosuè e Giosuè così fece: non trascurò nulla di quanto aveva comandato il Signore a Mosè.
[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.
16 Giosuè si impadronì di tutto questo paese: le montagne, tutto il Negheb, tutto il paese di Gosen, il bassopiano, l'Araba e le montagne di Israele con il loro bassopiano.
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.
17 Dal monte Calak, che sale verso Seir, a Baal-Gad nella valle del Libano sotto il monte Ermon, prese tutti i loro re, li colpì e li mise a morte.
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.
18 Per molti giorni Giosuè mosse guerra a tutti questi re.
Joshua’s men fought against those groups for many years.
19 Non ci fu città che avesse fatto pace con gli Israeliti, eccetto gli Evei che abitavano Gàbaon: si impadronirono di tutti con le armi.
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.
20 Infatti era per disegno del Signore che il loro cuore si ostinasse nella guerra contro Israele, per votarli allo sterminio, senza che trovassero grazia, e per annientarli, come aveva comandato il Signore a Mosè.
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.
21 In quel tempo Giosuè si mosse per eliminare gli Anakiti dalle montagne, da Ebron, da Debir, da Anab, da tutte le montagne di Giuda e da tutte le montagne di Israele. Giosuè li votò allo sterminio con le loro città.
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.
22 Non rimase un Anakita nel paese degli Israeliti; solo ne rimasero a Gaza, a Gat e ad Asdod.
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].
23 Giosuè si impadronì di tutta la regione, come aveva detto il Signore a Mosè, e Giosuè la diede in possesso ad Israele, secondo le loro divisioni per tribù. Poi il paese non ebbe più la guerra.
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.
