Deuteronomio 2
1 Luego nos volvimos y emprendimos la marcha hacia el desierto por el camino del Mar Rojo, como me había dicho Yahvé; y rodeamos el monte Seir durante muchos días.
“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 Yahvé me habló diciendo:
Then Yahweh said to me,
3 “Ya has rodeado bastante este monte. Vuélvete hacia el norte.
‘You have been wandering around this hilly area for a long enough time. Now turn [and travel] toward the north.
4 Ordena al pueblo que diga: ‘Vas a pasar por la frontera de tus hermanos, los hijos de Esaú, que habitan en Seír; y ellos tendrán miedo de ti. Tened, pues, 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 contendáis con ellos, porque no os daré nada de su tierra, ni siquiera para que la pise la planta del pie, porque he dado el monte Seir a Esaú como posesión.
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 Les comprarás alimentos por dinero, para que puedas comer. También les comprarás agua por dinero, para que puedas beber’”.
[When you travel near their land], buy food and water from them.’
7 Porque el Señor, tu Dios, te ha bendecido en toda la obra de tus manos. Él ha conocido tu caminar por este gran desierto. Estos cuarenta años, el Señor tu Dios ha estado contigo. Nada te ha faltado.
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 pasamos de nuestros hermanos, los hijos de Esaú, que habitan en Seir, por el camino del Arabá, desde Elat y desde Ezión Geber. Nos volvimos y pasamos por el camino del 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 El Señor me dijo: “No molestes a Moab, ni te enfrentes a ellos en la batalla, porque no te daré nada de su tierra en posesión, ya que he dado Ar a los hijos de Lot en posesión.”
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 (Los Emim vivían allí antes, un pueblo grande y numeroso, y alto como los de Anac.
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 Estos también se consideran refaítas, como los de Anac; pero los moabitas los llaman emim.
They and the descendants of Anak are also called the Repha giants, but the people of Moab call them Emim.
12 Los horeos también vivieron en Seir en el pasado, pero los hijos de Esaú los desalojaron. Los destruyeron de delante de ellos y vivieron en su lugar, como hizo Israel con la tierra de su posesión, que Yahvé les dio).
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 “Ahora levántate y cruza el arroyo Zered”. Pasamos por el arroyo Zered.
[I also said to the Israeli people], “Then we crossed the Zered Gorge, as Yahweh told us to do.
14 Los días en que salimos de Cades Barnea hasta que pasamos el arroyo de Zered fueron treinta y ocho años, hasta que toda la generación de los hombres de guerra fue consumida desde la mitad del campamento, como se lo había jurado el Señor.
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 Además, la mano de Yahvé estaba contra ellos, para destruirlos desde la mitad del campamento, hasta que fueran consumidos.
They died because Yahweh opposed them, until he had gotten rid of all of them.
16 Entonces, cuando todos los hombres de guerra fueron consumidos y muertos de entre el pueblo,
After all the men who had been old enough to fight in wars had died [DOU],
17 el Señor me habló diciendo:
Yahweh said to me,
18 “Hoy debes pasar por Ar, la frontera de Moab.
‘Today you all must cross the border into the Moab region, near Ar, [their capital city].
19 Cuando te acerques a la frontera de los hijos de Amón, no los molestes ni contiendas con ellos, porque no te daré nada de la tierra de los hijos de Amón en posesión, porque se la he dado a los hijos de Lot en posesión.”
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 (Eso también se considera tierra de refaítas. Los refaim vivían allí en el pasado, pero los amonitas los llamaban zomzomeos,
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 un pueblo grande, numeroso y alto, como los de Anak; pero Yahvé los destruyó de delante de Israel, y los desalojaron y vivieron en su lugar,
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 como hizo con los hijos de Esaú que habitan en Seir, cuando destruyó a los horeos de delante de ellos; y los desalojaron y vivieron en su lugar hasta el día de 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 Luego los heveos, que vivían en aldeas hasta Gaza: los caftoreos, que salieron de Caftor, los destruyeron y vivieron en su lugar).
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 “Levántate, emprende tu viaje y pasa por el valle de Arnón. He aquí que he entregado en tu mano a Sehón el amorreo, rey de Hesbón, y a su tierra; comienza a poseerla, y enfréntate a él en la 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 Hoy comenzaré a infundir tu temor y tu miedo a los pueblos que están bajo todo el cielo, que oirán la noticia de ustedes y temblarán y se angustiarán por tu causa.”
Today I will begin to cause everyone, everywhere, to be afraid of you. Everyone who hears about you will tremble and be terrified.’
26 Envié mensajeros desde el desierto de Cademot a Sehón, rey de Hesbón, con palabras de paz, diciendo:
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 “Déjame pasar por tu tierra. Iré por el camino. No me desviaré 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 Me venderás comida por dinero, para que coma; y me darás agua por dinero, para que beba. Sólo déjenme pasar sobre mis pies,
We will pay for any food or water that you allow us to buy. We want only to walk through your country,
29 como lo hicieron conmigo los hijos de Esaú que habitan en Seír, y los moabitas que habitan en Ar, hasta que pase el Jordán a la tierra 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, no nos dejó pasar, porque el Señor, tu Dios, endureció su espíritu e hizo que su corazón se obstinara, para entregarlo en tu mano, como sucede hoy.
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 El Señor me dijo: “He aquí que he comenzado a entregar a Sehón y su tierra delante de ti. Comienza a poseer, para que heredes 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 Entonces Sijón salió contra nosotros, él y todo su pueblo, para combatir en Jahaz.
Then Sihon came out [of the city] with all his army to fight against us at Jahaz [town].
33 El Señor, nuestro Dios, lo entregó ante nosotros, y lo derrotamos a él, a sus hijos y a todo su pueblo.
But God enabled us to defeat [DOU] them, and we killed Sihon and his sons and all his soldiers.
34 En ese momento tomamos todas sus ciudades, y destruimos por completo todas las ciudades habitadas, con las mujeres y los niños. No dejamos a nadie en pie.
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 Sólo tomamos el ganado como botín para nosotros, con el saqueo de las ciudades que habíamos tomado.
We took the valuable things that were in the cities that we captured and also their cattle.
36 Desde Aroer, que está al borde del valle de Arnón, y la ciudad que está en el valle, hasta Galaad, no hubo ciudad demasiado fuerte para nosotros. El Señor, nuestro Dios, lo entregó todo ante nosotros.
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 Sólo a la tierra de los hijos de Amón no os acercasteis: a todas las riberas del río Jaboc y a las ciudades de la región montañosa, y a todo lo que el Señor, nuestro Dios, nos prohibió.
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.”
