Deuteronomio 1
1 Este es el registro de lo que Moisés les dijo a todos los israelitas durante su permanencia en el desierto al este del Jordán. Estaban en el Arabá cerca de Suf, entre Parán por un lado y Tofel, Laban, Hazerot y Di-zahab por el otro.
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 (Se necesitan once días para ir de Horebv a Cades-barnea por el camino que pasa por el Monte Seir).
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 El primer día del undécimo mes del cuadragésimo año, Moisés le contó a los israelitas todo lo que el Señor le había ordenado que les dijera.
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 Esto sucedió después de que derrotó a Sehón, rey de los amorreos, que gobernaba en Hesbón, y luego en Edrei después de que derrotó a Og, rey de Basán, que gobernaba en Astarot.
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 Hablando en el lado este del Jordán en la tierra de Moab, Moisés comenzó a explicar estas instrucciones, 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 El Señor nuestro Dios nos dijo en Horeb: “Han permanecido aquí junto a esta montaña por mucho tiempo.
“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 Continúen su viaje y váyanse a las montañas de los amorreos y de todos sus vecinos, al valle del Jordán, a las montañas, a las laderas, al Néguev, y a lo largo de la costa, al país de los cananeos hasta el Líbano, y hasta el gran 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 “Miren que yo les doy esta tierra. Vayan y tomen posesión de la tierra que el Señor prometió que daría a sus padres Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, y a sus descendientes que les seguirían”.
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 Fue entonces cuando le dije: “No puedo hacerme responsable de todo el pueblo yo solo.
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 El Señor nuestro Dios nos ha aumentado tanto en número que hoy hay tantos como estrellas en el cielo.
Yahweh our God has caused us Israelis to now become as numerous as the stars in the sky.
11 Que el Señor, el Dios de sus antepasados, los multiplique mil veces y los bendiga como lo ha prometido.
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 puedo asumir todos sus problemas, cargas y discusiones yo solo?
But I certainly cannot [RHQ] (solve/deal with) all of your complaints/problems.
13 Deben elegir entre ustedes hombres sabios, experimentados y con buen juicio de cada una de sus tribus, y yo los pondré a cargo como sus líderes”.
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 ustedes me respondieron diciendo: “Tu propuesta es buena”.
Your ancestors replied, ‘What you have suggested is good for us to do.’
15 Así que convoqué a los líderes de sus tribus, a hombres de buen juicio, y los puse a cargo de todos ustedes, como comandantes y oficiales de las tribus. Algunos eran responsables de miles, otros de cientos, otros de cincuenta y otros de diez.
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 Al mismo tiempo les di instrucciones estrictas a sus jueces: “Escuchen los casos que se presenten entre sus hermanos, y asegúrense de que ser justos cuando juzguen entre un hombre y su hermano o un extranjero que viva entre ustedes.
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 No muestren ningún favoritismo cuando juzguen, traten de igual manera a los poderosos y a la gente común. No dejen que nadie los intimide, porque el juicio se hace en nombre de Dios. Tráiganme cualquier caso que sea demasiado duro para ustedes, y yo lo escucharé”.
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 Esta fue también la época en que les instruí a ustedes sobre todo lo que tenían que hacer.
At that time I also told you other things that you should do.”
19 Siguiendo las órdenes del Señor nuestro Dios, salimos de Horeb y nos dirigimos hacia la colina de los amorreos, pasando por todo el gran y aterrador desierto que ustedes mismos han experimentado. Cuando llegamos a Cades-barnea,
“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 es expliqué: “Han llegado a la colina de los amorreos, que el Señor nuestro Dios nos da.
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 ¡Miren que el Señor su Dios les ha dado la tierra! Vayan y tomen posesión de la tierra como el Señor, el Dios de sus antepasados, les ha dicho. No se asusten ni tengan miedo”.
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 Entonces todos ustedes vinieron a mí y me sugirieron: “Enviemos hombres a explorar la tierra y que ellos nos informen qué ruta tomar y qué pueblos encontraremos”.
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 un buen plan, así que elegí a doce de sus 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 Partieron y subieron a las colinas hasta el Valle de Escol, para explorar la tierra.
They went up into the hilly area as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area.
25 Trajeron de vuelta algunos de los frutos del país, los presentaron frente a nosotros, y nos dieron el informe: “El Señor nuestro Dios nos está dando buena tierra”.
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 ustedes no quisieron ir. Se rebelaron contra las instrucciones del Señor su 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 Se quejaron en sus tiendas y dijeron: “Parece que el Señor nos odia, y nos sacó de Egipto para entregarnos a los amorreos para ser aniquilados.
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 ¿Adónde vamos? Nuestros hermanos nos aterrorizaron porque nos dijeron: ‘La gente es más grande y alta que nosotros; los pueblos son grandes, con altos muros que llegan hasta el cielo. ¡Hasta vimos a los descendientes del gigante Anac allí!’”
(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 Así que yo les dije: “¡No se asusten, ni tengan miedo de ellos!
Then I said to your ancestors, ‘Do not be afraid (at all/even a little bit) [DOU] of those people!
30 El Señor nuestro Dios que guía su camino luchará por ustedes de la misma manera que ya lo vieron hacerlo 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 Lo mismo hizo en el desierto, y ustedes vieron cómo el Señor su Dios los llevó como un padre lleva a su hijo durante todo el viaje hasta que llegaron aquí”.
and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely here, like a man would carry his son. [SIM]’
32 A pesar de todo esto, no confiaron en el Señor su Dios,
[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 los guió en el viaje, estando presente en el fuego durante la noche y en la nube durante el día, buscando encontrar un lugar para acampar y mostrándoles el camino a seguir.
34 Cuando el Señor oyó lo que ustedes decían, se enfadó e hizo un juramento:
Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared,
35 “Ni uno solo de esta mala generación verá la buena tierra que prometí a sus antepasados,
‘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, y le daré a él y a sus descendientes la tierra que exploró, porque estaba completamente entregado al Señor”.
37 El Señor también se enojó conmigo por culpa de ustedes. Y me dijo: “Ni siquiera tú entrarás en el país.
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 Sin embargo, Josué, hijo de Nun, tu asistente, entrará en él. Anímalo, porque él ayudará a Israel a ocupar 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 Sus hijos pequeños que afirmaban que se convertirían en prisioneros, sus hijos que en ese momento no distinguían el bien del mal, serán los que entren en la tierra que yo les daré, y la ocuparán.
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 Pero ahora den la vuelta y vuelvan al desierto por el camino que lleva al Mar Rojo”.
But as for you, turn around and go back into the desert, toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba).’
41 Pero ustedes respondieron y dijeron: “¡Hemos pecado contra el Señor! Iremos y lucharemos y haremos todo lo que el Señor nuestro Dios nos ha mandado a hacer”. Entonces todos recogieron sus armas y se prepararon para la batalla pensando que sería fácil ir a luchar en las montañas.
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 Pero el Señor me instruyó: “Diles que no vayan a pelear porque no estaré con ustedes para evitar que sean derrotados por sus 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 les advertí esto, pero ustedes se negaron a escuchar. Desafiaron las instrucciones del Señor y con arrogancia se fueron a pelear en las montañas.
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 Entonces los amorreos que vivían allí en las montañas vinieron y los atacaron. Los persiguieron como un enjambre de abejas, matándolos desde Seir 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 Luego ustedes volvieron al campamento y lloraron ante el Señor, pero él se negó a escucharlos.
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 Y tuvieron que permancer en Cades durante mucho tiempo.
So we stayed there at Kadesh-Barnea for a long time.”
