Números 25
1 Cuando los israelitas se alojaban en Sitím los hombres empezaron a tener sexo con mujeres moabitas
Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:
2 que los invitaban a los sacrificios hechos a sus dioses. Los israelitas comían las comidas paganas y se inclinaban ante estos dioses.
For they sent for the people to be present at the offerings made to their gods; and the people took part in their feasts and gave honour to their gods.
3 De esta manera los israelitas se dedicaban a la adoración de Baal de Peor, y el Señor estaba enojado con ellos.
So Israel had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor: and the Lord was moved to wrath against Israel.
4 El Señor le dijo a Moisés, “Arresta a todos los líderes israelitas y mátalos ante el Señor donde todos puedan ver para alejar la furiosa ira del Señor del pueblo”.
Then the Lord said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, hanging them up in the sun before the Lord, so that the wrath of the Lord may be turned from Israel.
5 Así que Moisés instruyó a los jueces de Israel, “Cada uno de ustedes tiene que matar a todos sus hombres que se han dedicado a adorar a Baal de Peor”.
So Moses said to the judges of Israel, Let everyone put to death those of his men who have had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor.
6 En ese momento un hombre israelita llevó a una mujer madianita a la tienda de su familia a la vista de Moisés y de todos los israelitas mientras lloraban a la entrada del Tabernáculo de Reunión.
Then one of the children of Israel came to his brothers, taking with him a woman of Midian, before the eyes of Moses and all the meeting of the people, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of meeting.
7 Al ver esto, Finees, hijo de Eleazar, hijo del sacerdote Aarón, abandonó la asamblea, agarró una lanza
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, seeing it, got up from among the people and took a spear in his hand,
8 y siguió al hombre a su tienda. Allí, Finees atravesó con la lanza a ambos, al israelita y al estómago de la mujer. Esta acción detuvo la plaga que había empezado a matar a los israelitas,
And went after the man of Israel into the tent, driving the spear through the two of them, through the man of Israel and through the stomach of the woman. So the disease was stopped among the children of Israel.
9 pero ya habían muerto 24.000.
But twenty-four thousand of them had come to their death by the disease.
10 El Señor le dijo a Moisés,
And the Lord said to Moses,
11 “Finees hijo de Eleazar, hijo del sacerdote Aarón, ha alejado mi ira de los israelitas, porque de todos ellos estaba fervorosamente dedicado a mí, así que no destruí a los israelitas en mi apasionada ira.
Through Phinehas, and because of his passion for my honour, my wrath has been turned away from the children of Israel, so that I have not sent destruction on them all in my wrath.
12 Así que anunciad que le concedo mi acuerdo de paz.
So say to them that I will make with him an agreement of peace:
13 Será un acuerdo que asegura un sacerdocio permanente para él y sus descendientes, porque se dedicó apasionadamente a su Dios y enderezó a los israelitas”.
And by this agreement, he and his sons after him have the right to be priests for ever; because, by his care for the honour of his God, he took away the sin of the children of Israel.
14 El nombre del israelita que fue asesinado con la mujer madianita era Zimri, hijo de Salu, un líder de la familia de la tribu de Simeón.
Now the man of Israel who was put to death with the woman of Midian was Zimri, the son of Salu, a chief of one of the families of the Simeonites.
15 El nombre de la mujer madianita que fue asesinada era Cozbi, hija de Zur, un líder de familia de la tribu de Madián.
And the woman of Midian who was put to death was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was the head of a family in Midian.
16 El Señor le dijo a Moisés:
Then the Lord said to Moses,
17 “Ataca a los madianitas y mátalos,
Take up arms against the Midianites and overcome them;
18 porque te atacaron engañosamente, llevándote por mal camino al usar a Peor y a su mujer Cozbi, la hija del líder madianita – la mujer que fue asesinada el día que llegó la plaga por su devoción a Peor –”.
For they are a danger to you with their false ways, causing sin to come on you in the question of Peor, and because of Cozbi, their sister, the daughter of the chief of Midian, who was put to death at the time of the disease which came on you because of Peor.
