Deuteronomio 1

1 Estas son las palabras que dirigió Moisés a todo Israel al otro lado del Jordán, en el desierto, en el Arabá, frente a Suf, entre Farán, Tófel, Labán, Haserot y Disahab,

In this book is written what Moses/I said to the Israeli people. He/I told them these things when they/we were in the desert, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. They/We had set up our tents near [a place named] Suph, between Paran [town on the one side of the river] and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab [towns on the other side of the river].

2 a once jornadas de marcha del Horeb, por el camino de los montes de Seír hasta Cadesbarnea.

To walk from Sinai [Mountain] to the Kadesh-Barnea [oasis], people usually travel for only eleven days, going by way of the hilly area named Edom.

3 En el año cuadragésimo, el mes undécimo, el primero del mes, habló Moisés a los hijos de Israel conforme a todo lo que Yahvé le había mandado acerca de ellos,

Forty years after (the Israelis/we) left Egypt, in the middle of January, Moses/I told the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me to tell them.

4 después de la derrota de Sehón, rey amorreo, que habitaba en Hesbón, y de Og, rey de Basan, que habitaba en Asterot, en Edreí.

This was after they/we had defeated Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king of the Bashan [region] who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei [towns].

5 Allende el Jordán, en la tierra de Moab, comenzó Moisés explicando esta Ley, diciendo:

Moses/I told them these things while the people were in the Moab region, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. He/I (explained to them/enabled them to understand) God’s laws. This is what he/I said to them:

6 “Yahvé, nuestro Dios, nos habló en el Horeb, diciendo: ‘Bastante tiempo habéis ya permanecido en este monte.

“Yahweh our God said to us when we were at Sinai [Mountain], ‘You have stayed for a very long time at [the bottom of] this mountain.

7 Dad, pues, vuelta, levantad el campamento, y marchad hacia la montaña de los amorreos y hacia todos sus vecinos en el Araba, en la montaña, en la Sefelá, en el Négueb y en la ribera del mar, hacia el país de los cananeos y al Líbano, hasta el gran río, el río Éufrates.

So now continue traveling. Go to the hilly area where the Amor people-group lives and to the nearby areas—to the Jordan [River] Valley, to the hilly region, to the western (foothills/hills at the bottom of the mountains), to the desert area to the south, to the [Mediterranean] Seacoast, to all of Canaan land, to the Lebanon [Mountains], and [northeast] to the great Euphrates River.

8 Mirad que pongo delante de vosotros esta tierra; entrad y tomad posesión del país que Yahvé ha jurado dar a vuestros padres, a Abrahán, a Isaac y a Jacob, a ellos y a su descendencia después de ellos.’

Note that I will give that land to you. I, Yahweh, promised to your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob that I would give it to them and to their descendants. So now go and occupy it.’”

9 En aquel tiempo os hablé, diciendo: ‘No puedo yo solo sobrellevaros.

Moses/I also said to the people, “When [we were still at Sinai Mountain], I told your ancestors ‘It is a very big burden/responsibility for me to govern all of you. So I cannot do it by myself.

10 Yahvé, vuestro Dios, os ha multiplicado, de modo que hoy sois tan numerosos como las estrellas del cielo.

Yahweh our God has caused us Israelis to now become as numerous as the stars in the sky.

11 Que Yahvé, el Dios de vuestros padres, os haga mil veces más numerosos de lo que sois y os bendiga según os ha dicho.

And I hope/desire that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], will cause us to become 1,000 times as numerous as we are now and that he will bless us just like he promised to do.

12 Pero ¿cómo podré yo solo sobrellevar vuestra carga, vuestro peso y vuestros pleitos?

But I certainly cannot [RHQ] (solve/deal with) all of your complaints/problems.

13 Escoged de entre vosotros hombres sabios y entendidos y bien conocidos en vuestras tribus, para que os los ponga por caudillos.’

So choose some men from your tribes who are wise and who have good sense and who are respected. Then I will appoint them to be your leaders.’

14 Y me respondisteis: ‘Bueno es lo que propones hacer.’

Your ancestors replied, ‘What you have suggested is good for us to do.’

15 Tomé, pues, los jefes de vuestras tribus, hombres sabios y conocidos, y los constituí caudillos vuestros, jefes de mil, jefes de cien, jefes de cincuenta y jefes de diez y magistrados en vuestras tribus.

So I took the wise and respected men [that your ancestors chose] from your tribes, and I appointed them to be your leaders. I appointed some to (rule/have authority) over 1,000 people, some to have authority over 100 people, some to have authority over 50 people, and some to have authority over ten people. I also appointed other officers from throughout your tribes.

16 En aquel tiempo mandé también a vuestros jueces, diciendo: ‘Oíd las diferencias entre vuestros hermanos, y haced justicia entre uno y otro y el extranjero que vive con él.

I instructed/told your leaders, ‘Listen to the disputes that occur among your people. Judge each dispute, including disputes between close relatives and quarrels between your people and people from other countries who live among you.

17 En el juicio no hagáis acepción de personas; oiréis al pequeño lo mismo que al grande. No temáis a nadie, porque el juicio es de Dios; mas la causa demasiado difícil para vosotros traedla a mí, y yo la oiré.

You must (be impartial/not favor one person more than another); you must treat poor people and important people equally. You must not worry about what anyone will think [about how you decide matters], because you will decide matters as God [wants you to]. If any quarrel/dispute is very difficult and you are unable to decide it, bring it to me, and I will decide.’

18 En ese tiempo os mandé todas las cosas que habíais de hacer.

At that time I also told you other things that you should do.”

19 Partimos, pues, del Horeb, y pasamos por todo aquel desierto grande y terrible que visteis, en dirección a las montañas de los amorreos, como nos lo había mandado Yahvé, nuestro Dios; y así llegamos a Cadesbarnea.

“Then, just like Yahweh our God commanded us, we left Sinai [Mountain] and went through that huge desert that was very (dangerous/difficult to travel through), on the road to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. We arrived at Kadesh-Barnea.

20 Entonces os dije: ‘Habéis llegado a los montes de los amorreos que Yahvé, nuestro Dios, nos va a dar.

I said to your ancestors, ‘We have now come to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. This is part of the area that Yahweh our God, the one whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to us.

21 Mira, que Yahvé, tu Dios, pone este país delante de ti; sube y tómalo en posesión, como te ha dicho Yahvé, el Dios de tus padres; no temas ni te amedrentes.’

Note that Yahweh our God is giving this land to us. So go and occupy it as he commanded. Do not be (at all/even a little bit) afraid.’

22 Y os acercasteis a mí, todos vosotros, y dijisteis: ‘Enviemos delante de nosotros hombres que nos exploren el país y nos informen sobre el camino por el cual hemos de subir, y sobre las ciudades a las cuales hemos de llegar.’

But all of your ancestors came to me and said, ‘Before we go, we should [first] send some men there to explore the land, in order that they can return and tell us which will be the best road to go there and what kind of towns are there.’

23 Me pareció bien la propuesta y por eso escogí de entre vosotros doce hombres, uno de cada tribu;

I thought that it would be good to do that, so I chose twelve men, one man from each tribe.

24 los cuales partieron y subieron a la montaña, y explorando el país llegaron hasta el torrente de Escol.

They went up into the hilly area as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area.

25 Y tomando en sus manos algunos de los frutos del país nos los trajeron, y nos informaron diciendo: ‘Bueno es el país que Yahvé, nuestro Dios, da en nuestro poder.’

They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good/fertile.”

26 Pero vosotros no quisisteis subir; antes os rebelasteis contra la orden de Yahvé, vuestro Dios.

“But your ancestors refused to go [and conquer that land]. They rebelled against what Yahweh our God had commanded them to do, and they would not go into that land.

27 Murmurasteis en vuestras tiendas y dijisteis: ‘Por odiarnos Yahvé nos ha sacado de la tierra de Egipto, para entregarnos en manos de los amorreos y acabar con nosotros.

Your ancestors [stayed] in their tents and complained saying ‘Yahweh hates us. So he has brought us here from Egypt just to allow the Amor people-group to destroy us.

28 ¿A dónde iremos? Nuestros hermanos nos han aterrado al decirnos: Es un pueblo más grande y de mayor estatura que nosotros; sus ciudades son grandes y tienen murallas que llegan hasta el cielo; hasta vimos allí a hijos de Enac.’

(Why should we go there?/We do not want to go there.) [RHQ] The men whom we sent there have caused us to become very discouraged/afraid. They have told us that the people there are much stronger and taller than we are and that there are extremely high [HYP] walls around their towns. Also they reported that they saw [giants there that are] descendants of Anak.’

29 Yo os dije: ‘No os amedrentéis ni tengáis miedo de ellos.

Then I said to your ancestors, ‘Do not be afraid (at all/even a little bit) [DOU] of those people!

30 Yahvé, vuestro Dios, marcha delante de vosotros; Él peleará por vosotros, a semejanza de cuanto hizo por vosotros ante vuestros mismos ojos en Egipto,

Yahweh our God will go ahead of you, and he will fight for you, just like you saw him do for you in Egypt

31 y después en el desierto, donde habéis visto cómo Yahvé, vuestro Dios, os llevó, cual lleva un hombre a su propio hijo, por todo el camino que recorristeis hasta llegar a este lugar.’

and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely here, like a man would carry his son. [SIM]’

32 Pero vosotros, con todo esto, no confiasteis en Yahvé, Dios vuestro,

[I reminded them that] he always went ahead of them while they traveled [in the desert]. He directed them by [a pillar of] fire during the night and a [pillar of] cloud during the day. He showed them places to set up their tents. But in spite of what I said, your ancestors would not trust Yahweh our God.

33 que iba delante de vosotros en el camino, buscándoos los sitios donde acampar, de noche en un fuego, para mostraros el camino por donde andar, y de día en una nube.

34 Oyó Yahvé la voz de vuestras palabras, e indignado juró, diciendo:

Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared,

35 ‘Ninguno de estos hombres, de esta mala generación, verá la buena tierra que Yo juré dar a vuestros padres;

‘Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants [some of] the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land which I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.’

36 excepto Caleb, hijo de Jefone; él la verá; a él y a sus hijos les daré la tierra que ha pisado, por cuanto ha seguido fielmente a Yahvé.’

37 También contra mí se indignó Yahvé, por culpa vuestra, y dijo: ‘Tampoco tú entrarás en ella.

But because of [what] your ancestors [did], Yahweh was also angry with me. He said to me, ‘You also will not enter that land.

38 Mas Josué, hijo de Nun, ministro tuyo, ese entrará allá. Fortalécele, porque él ha de poner a Israel en posesión (de la tierra).

Joshua, the son of Nun, who is your helper, will enter it. Encourage him, because he is the one who will enable you Israeli people to occupy that land.’

39 Vuestros pequeñuelos, empero, de quienes dijisteis que iban a ser una presa, y vuestros hijitos que hoy todavía no saben distinguir el bien del mal, ellos entrarán allá, porque a ellos se la daré, y ellos la recibirán por herencia.

Then Yahweh said to all of us, ‘You said that your children would be captured by your enemies. Because they are very young, they do not yet know what is good and what is evil. But they are the ones to whom I will give that land, and they will enter it and occupy it.

40 Volveos, pues, vosotros, y poneos en marcha hacia el desierto, camino del Mar Rojo.’

But as for you, turn around and go back into the desert, toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba).’

41 Entonces me respondisteis diciendo: ‘Hemos pecado contra Yahvé. Subiremos y pelearemos, conforme a cuanto Yahvé, nuestro Dios, nos tiene mandado.’ Y os ceñisteis cada cual su armadura, y os preparasteis inconsideradamente para subir a la montaña.

Then your ancestors replied, ‘We have sinned; we have disobeyed Yahweh. So we will go and attack [the people who live in] that land, just like Yahweh our God commanded us to do.’ And each of their men put on his weapons, and they thought that it would be easy to invade the hilly region.

42 Mas Yahvé me dijo: ‘Diles: No subáis ni peleéis, pues Yo no estoy en medio de vosotros; no sea que quedéis derrotados ante vuestros enemigos.’

But Yahweh said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up there and attack those people, because I will not go with you. If you go, your enemies will defeat you.”’

43 Yo os lo dije, pero no escuchasteis, sino que os rebelasteis contra la orden de Yahvé, e hinchados de soberbia subisteis a la montaña.

So I told that to your ancestors, but they would not heed what I said. They [again] rebelled against what Yahweh commanded them to do. Their soldiers proudly/arrogantly marched up into that hilly region.

44 Pero los amorreos que habitan en aquellas montañas, salieron a vuestro encuentro y os persiguieron como suelen perseguir las abejas, y os derrotaron en Seír hasta Horma.

Then the men of the Amor people-group who lived in that region came out [of their towns] and attacked those soldiers. They pursued your ancestors’ soldiers like [a swarm of] bees pursues people, and they pursued them [south] from the Edom area and defeated them at Hormah [city].

45 Entonces os volvisteis y llorasteis ante Yahvé, mas Yahvé no oyó vuestra voz ni os prestó oídos.

So your ancestors went back [to Kadesh-Barnea] and cried out to request Yahweh [to help them], but he did not heed them. He did not pay any attention to them [DOU].

46 Así que permanecisteis muchos días en Cades, todo el tiempo que estuvisteis allí.

So we stayed there at Kadesh-Barnea for a long time.”