Deuteronomio 2
1 Luego nos dimos la vuelta y regresamos por el desierto de camino hacia el Mar Rojo, tal como el Señor me lo había dicho, y anduvimos por mucho tiempo de un lugar a otro en la región del Monte de Seír.
“Then we turned around and went through the desert toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba), as Yahweh told us to do, and we wandered in the Edom area for many years.
2 Finalmente el Señor me dijo:
Then Yahweh said to me,
3 “Han estado vagando en esta región montañosa por suficiente tiempo. Vuelvan al norte,
‘You have been wandering around this hilly area for a long enough time. Now turn [and travel] toward the north.
4 y dale estas órdenes al pueblo: Pasarán por el territorio de sus parientes, los descendientes de Esaú, que viven en Seir. Ellos tendrán miedo de ustedes, así que deben tener mucho cuidado.
And tell the people that they are about to travel near the land that belongs to the descendants of Esau, who are also descendants of Isaac. They live in the [hilly] Edom region. They will be afraid of you,
5 No luchen contra ellos, porque no les voy a dar a ustedes nada de esta tierra, ni siquiera el tamaño de una huella, porque yo le he dado el monte Seir a Esaú y le pertenece.
but do not start to fight against them, because I am not going to give you even a tiny bit [HYP] of their land. I have given that land to the descendants of Esau.
6 Págales con dinero por la comida que comes y el agua que bebes”.
[When you travel near their land], buy food and water from them.’
7 Recuerden que el Señor su Dios los ha bendecido en todo lo que han hecho. Él los ha cuidado durante su viaje a través de este gran desierto. El Señor su Dios ha estado con ustedes durante estos cuarenta años, y no les ha faltado nada.
Do not forget that Yahweh our God has blessed you in everything that you [SYN] have done. He knows [what has happened to you while] you have wandered in this huge desert. But he has been with you during those 40 years, and as a result you have had everything that you needed [LIT].
8 Así que pasamos por la tierra de nuestros parientes, los descendientes de Esaú, que viven en Seir. No tomamos el camino de la Arabá desde Elath y Ezion-geber. En su lugar usamos el camino que atraviesa el desierto de Moab.
So we continued to travel. We avoided going through the hilly area where the descendants of Esau live. We stayed away from the road through the Jordan [River] Valley past Ezion-Geber and Elath [towns], and we turned and traveled northeast toward the desert area where the Moab people-group lives.
9 Entonces el Señor me dijo: “No causes problemas a los moabitas ni los combatas, porque no te voy a dar nada de su tierra, porque he dado Ar a los descendientes de Lot y les pertenece”.
Yahweh said to me, ‘Do not bother/harass the people of Moab, and do not start to fight against them, because I am not going to give you any of their land. [Do not forget that] they are descendants of [Abraham’s nephew] Lot, and I have given to them Ar [city, their capital, and the other areas in that country].’”
10 (Un pueblo fuerte y numeroso llamado los Emim vivió una vez allí. Ellos eran tan altos como los anaceos,
A large group of giants called Emim formerly lived there. They were strong and numerous, and as tall as the giants who were descendants of Anak.
11 y al igual que los anaceos, también fueron considerados como Refaim, pero los moabitas los llamaron Emim.
They and the descendants of Anak are also called the Repha giants, but the people of Moab call them Emim.
12 Anteriormente los horeos vivían en Seir, pero los descendientes de Esaú se apoderaron de sus tierras. Mataron a los horeos y se establecieron allí, como hizo Israel cuando ocuparon la tierra que el Señor les había dado).
The Hor people-group also formerly lived in the Edom area, but the descendants of Esau chased them out. They defeated and killed them and (settled in/occupied) their land, just as the Israeli people later expelled their enemies from the land that Yahweh gave to them.
13 Entonces el Señor nos dijo: “Vayan y crucen el arroyo Zered”. Así que cruzamos el arroyo Zered.
[I also said to the Israeli people], “Then we crossed the Zered Gorge, as Yahweh told us to do.
14 El tiempo que tardamos en viajar desde Cades-barnea hasta que cruzamos el arroyo de Zered fue de treinta y ocho años. Para entonces, toda la generación de guerreros había muerto y ya no formaban parte del campamento, como el Señor les había jurado que sucedería.
It had been thirty-eight years from the time we first left Kadesh-Barnea until we crossed the Zered Gorge. During those years, all the Israeli (fighting men/soldiers) of that generation had died, as Yahweh had vowed would happen.
15 De hecho, el Señor trabajó contra ellos para sacarlos del campamento, hasta que todos murieron.
They died because Yahweh opposed them, until he had gotten rid of all of them.
16 Una vez muertos los guerreros del pueblo,
After all the men who had been old enough to fight in wars had died [DOU],
17 el Señor me dijo:
Yahweh said to me,
18 “Hoy cruzarás la frontera de Moab por la ciudad de Ar.
‘Today you all must cross the border into the Moab region, near Ar, [their capital city].
19 Sin embargo, cuando entres en territorio amonita, no les causes problemas ni luches con ellos, porque no les daré a ustedes ninguna tierra amonita, pues se la he dado a los descendientes de Lot y les pertenece”.
When you come near the border of the land where the Ammon people-group live, do not bother/harass them or start to fight against them. They are also descendants of Lot, so I am not going to give you any of the land that I have given to them.’”
20 (Esta tierra era considerada anteriormente como el país de los Refaim que solían vivir allí. Sin embargo, los amonitas los llamaban Zamzumitas.
That region is also called the land of the Repha giants, who formerly lived there. The Ammon people-group call them the Zamzum group.
21 Eran un pueblo fuerte y numeroso, tan alto como los descendientes de Anac. Pero el Señor los destruyó cuando los amonitas los invadieron y los expulsaron y se establecieron allí,
They were a large and powerful group, who were as tall as the descendants of Anak. But Yahweh got rid of them, and the Ammon people-group expelled them and took their land away from them and started to live there.
22 tal como lo hizo con los descendientes de Esaú que vivían en Seir cuando destruyó a los horeos. Los expulsaron y se establecieron donde vivían y siguen allí hasta hoy.
Yahweh had done the same thing for the descendants of Esau who live in the hilly area of Edom. He got rid of the Hor people-group, with the result that the Edom people-group took their land from them and started to live there. They still live there.
23 Los Avvim, que vivían en aldeas tan lejanas como Gaza, fueron destruidos por los filisteos, quienes vinieron desde Creta, y se establecieron en el lugar donde solían vivir).
People who came from Crete [Island] got rid of the Av group [who previously lived in the land close to the Mediterranean Sea], as far south as Gaza. They took their land from them and started to live there.
24 Entonces el Señor nos dijo, “Levántense y crucen el Valle de Arnón. Sepan que les he entregado a Sehón el Amorita, rey de Heshbon, así como su tierra. Vayan y comiencen a tomarla, y peleen con él en batalla.
“[After we had gone through the Moab region], Yahweh said to us, ‘Now cross the Arnon [River]. I will help you to defeat [IDM] [the army of] Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lives in Heshbon [city]. So attack their army and start to take their land from them.
25 A partir de este día, haré que todas las naciones de la tierra les teman. Temblarán de terror cuando aparezcas por causa de las noticias que oirán sobre ustedes”.
Today I will begin to cause everyone, everywhere, to be afraid of you. Everyone who hears about you will tremble and be terrified.’
26 Entonces Moisés les dijo a los israelitas: “Desde el desierto de Cademot envié mensajeros con una oferta de paz para Sehón, rey de Hesbón, diciéndole,
Then I sent messengers to go from the desert to King Sihon at Heshbon. I told them to give this peaceful message to the king:
27 ‘Déjanos pasar por tu tierra. Nos quedaremos en el camino principal y no nos desviaremos ni a la derecha ni a la izquierda.
‘Please allow us to travel through your land. We [promise that we] will stay on the road; we will not turn off to the right or to the left.
28 Véndenos comida para comer y agua para beber por dinero. Déjanos pasar a pie,
We will pay for any food or water that you allow us to buy. We want only to walk through your country,
29 como nos permitieron los descendientes de Esaú que viven en Seir y los moabitas que viven en Ar, hasta que crucemos el Jordán hacia el país que el Señor nuestro Dios nos da’”.
until we cross the Jordan [River] into the land that Yahweh our God is giving to us. Do for us just as the descendants of Esau who live in the Edom area and the Moab people-group did for us when they allowed us to go through their areas.’
30 Pero Sehón, rey de Hesbón, se negó a dejarnos pasar, porque el Señor su Dios le dio un espíritu terco y una actitud obstinada, para entonces entregárnoslo, como lo ha hecho ahora.
But King Sihon would not allow us to go through his country. That was because Yahweh our God caused him to be stubborn [IDM]. The result was that Yahweh enabled us to defeat his army and take his land [IDM], which we still live in.
31 Entonces el Señor me dijo: “Mira, he empezado a entregarte a Sehón y su tierra. Ahora puedes empezar a conquistar y tomar su tierra”.
Yahweh said to me, ‘Listen! I am about to allow you to defeat Sihon’s [army] and to take the people’s land from them. So start to occupy it!’
32 Sehón y todo su ejército salieron a luchar contra nosotros en Yahaza.
Then Sihon came out [of the city] with all his army to fight against us at Jahaz [town].
33 El Señor nuestro Dios nos lo entregó y lo matamos a él, a sus hijos y a todo su ejército.
But God enabled us to defeat [DOU] them, and we killed Sihon and his sons and all his soldiers.
34 También capturamos a toda su gente, y los separamos para su destrucción. A la gente de cada pueblo: hombres, mujeres y niños. No dejamos ningún sobreviviente.
We captured all their cities and destroyed them all. We killed all the men and women and children; we did not allow any of them to remain alive.
35 Todo lo que tomamos para nosotros fue el ganado y el saqueo de los pueblos que habíamos capturado.
We took the valuable things that were in the cities that we captured and also their cattle.
36 Ningún pueblo tenía muros demasiado altos que no pudiéramos conquista, desde Aroer en el borde del valle del Arnón, hasta Galaad. El Señor nuestro Dios nos los entregó todos.
Yahweh our God enabled us to capture [IDM] all their towns from Aroer [in the south], which is at the edge of the Arnon River [Valley], to the Gilead [region in the north]. Some of their cities had [walls around them], but we were able to [climb over them].
37 Pero no fueron a ningún sitio cerca del país de los amonitas, la zona que rodea el río Jabocni los pueblos de las colinas, ni cualquier otro lugar que el Señor nuestro Dios haya puesto fuera de los límites.
But we did not go near the area where the Ammon people-group live, or the banks of the Jabbok riverbed, or the towns in the hilly area, or any other place where Yahweh our God told us not to go.”
