Josué 11
1 Cuando Jabín, rey de Hazor, se enteró de ello, envió a Jobab, rey de Madón, al rey de Simrón, al rey de Ajsaf,
When King Jabin of Hazor [city] heard [about all those things that had happened], he sent messages to Jobab, the king of Madon [city], to the king of Shimron [city], and to the king of Acshaph [city], [requesting them to send their armies to come and help him fight against the Israelis].
2 y a los reyes que estaban al norte, en la región montañosa, en el Arabá al sur de Cinnerot en la llanura, y en las alturas de Dor al oeste,
He also sent messages to the kings in the northern hilly area and to the kings in the Jordan [River] Valley, south of Galilee [Lake] and in the western hills. He sent a message to the king of Naphoth-Dor [in the west]
3 al cananeo al este y al oeste, al amorreo, al hitita, al ferezeo, al jebuseo en la región montañosa, y al heveo bajo Hermón en la tierra de Mizpa.
and to the kings of the Canaan people-group in the eastern and western parts of the land. He sent messages to the Amor people-group and the Heth people-group and the Periz people-group and the Jebus people-group who lived in the hilly area. He also sent a message to the Hiv people-group who lived below Hermon [Mountain] in the Mizpah area.
4 Salieron, ellos y todos sus ejércitos con ellos, mucha gente, como la arena que está a la orilla del mar en multitud, con muchísimos caballos y carros.
So the armies of all those kings gathered together, bringing their horses and chariots. [There seemed to be] [HYP] as many soldiers as grains of sand on the seashore.
5 Todos estos reyes se reunieron, y vinieron y acamparon juntos junto a las aguas de Merom, para luchar contra Israel.
All of those kings [and their armies] gathered together at Merom Pond, [and they set up their tents there]. Then they made plans to fight against the Israelis.
6 El Señor le dijo a Josué: “No temas por ellos, porque mañana a esta hora los entregaré todos muertos ante Israel. Atormentarás sus caballos y quemarás sus carros con fuego”.
Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because at this time tomorrow I will enable your men to defeat them. Your men must also cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”
7 Entonces Josué llegó de repente, con todos los guerreros, contra ellos junto a las aguas de Merom, y los atacó.
So Joshua and his army traveled to Merom Pond and attacked their enemies (by surprise/before they were ready to fight).
8 El Señor los entregó en manos de Israel, y ellos los hirieron y los persiguieron hasta la gran Sidón, hasta Misrefot Maim y hasta el valle de Mizpa, al este. Los hirieron hasta no dejarles ninguno.
Yahweh enabled the Israelis to defeat them. They pursued them to Sidon [city in the far north], and to Misrephoth-Maim [in the northwest], and to Mizpah Valley in the northeast. The Israelis fought them until (they were all dead/there were no survivors).
9 Josué hizo con ellos lo que Yahvé le dijo. Les ató los caballos y quemó sus carros con fuego.
Then Joshua and his men did what Yahweh told them to do: They crippled their enemies’ horses and burned their chariots.
10 Josué dio la vuelta en ese momento, tomó Hazor e hirió a su rey con la espada, pues Hazor era la cabeza de todos esos reinos.
The king of Hazor had ruled the people of all the kingdoms whose armies had fought against the Israelis. So Joshua’s army went back to Hazor and captured that city and killed their king.
11 Hirieron con el filo de la espada a todos los que estaban en ella, destruyéndolos por completo. No quedó nadie que respirara. Quemó Hazor con fuego.
They killed everyone in Hazor; (they did not spare anyone/no one was left alive) [DOU]. Then they burned the city.
12 Josué capturó todas las ciudades de esos reyes, con sus reyes, y las hirió a filo de espada, destruyéndolas por completo, como lo había ordenado Moisés, siervo de Yahvé.
Joshua’s army captured all of those cities and killed all of their kings. They did that like Moses, the man who served Yahweh [well], had commanded them to do.
13 Pero en cuanto a las ciudades que estaban sobre sus montículos, Israel no quemó ninguna de ellas, excepto Hazor solamente. Josué la quemó.
Joshua’s men burned Hazor [city], but they did not burn any of the other cities that were built on small hills.
14 Los hijos de Israel tomaron todo el botín de estas ciudades, con el ganado, como botín para ellos; pero a todo hombre lo golpearon con el filo de la espada, hasta destruirlo. No dejaron ninguno que respirara.
The Israelis took for themselves the animals that they found in those cities and everything else [that was valuable] [DOU]. But they killed all the people.
15 Como el Señor le ordenó a Moisés, su siervo, así le ordenó Moisés a Josué. Josué lo hizo. No dejó nada sin hacer de todo lo que el Señor le ordenó a Moisés.
[Many years before], Yahweh had told Moses to do that, and then Moses told Joshua to do it. So Joshua did everything that Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.
16 Josué capturó toda aquella tierra, la región montañosa, todo el sur, toda la tierra de Gosén, la llanura, el Arabá, la región montañosa de Israel y la llanura de la misma,
Joshua’s [army] defeated all the people who were living in that land. They took control over the hilly area and the area in the southern part of Canaan, all the area of Goshen, the western foothills, and the Jordan [River] Valley. They took control over all the mountains in Israel and all the hills near the mountains.
17 desde el monte Halak, que sube hasta Seir, hasta Baal Gad en el valle del Líbano, bajo el monte Hermón. Tomó a todos sus reyes, los hirió y los mató.
They took control of all the land from Halak Mountain [in the south] up to the Seir [hilly area] as far as Baal-Gaal in Lebanon Valley [in the north], at the bottom of Hermon Mountain. They captured all the kings of those areas and killed them.
18 Josué hizo la guerra durante mucho tiempo a todos esos reyes.
Joshua’s men fought against those groups for many years.
19 No hubo ninguna ciudad que hiciera la paz con los hijos de Israel, excepto los heveos, habitantes de Gabaón. A todos los tomaron en batalla.
There was only one group that made a peace agreement with the Israelis; they were the people of the Hiv people-group who lived in Gibeon. The Israelis captured all the other towns in battles.
20 Porque fue de Yahvé endurecer sus corazones, para venir contra Israel en la batalla, a fin de destruirlos totalmente, para que no tuvieran ningún favor, sino que los destruyera, como Yahvé lo mandó a Moisés.
Yahweh caused the people in all those other groups to be stubborn [IDM], with the result that they fought against the Israeli army, and the Israelis killed them all. They were not merciful to any of them. That is what Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.
21 En aquel tiempo vino Josué y eliminó a los anakim de la región montañosa, de Hebrón, de Debir, de Anab y de toda la región montañosa de Judá y de toda la región montañosa de Israel. Josué los destruyó por completo con sus ciudades.
Joshua’s army also fought the Anak people-group who lived in the hills near Hebron, Debir, and Anah [cities]. They also fought against the people who lived in the hilly area of Judah and Israel, and they killed all of those people and destroyed their cities.
22 No quedó ninguno de los anakim en la tierra de los hijos de Israel. Sólo en Gaza, en Gat y en Asdod quedaron algunos.
As a result, there were no descendants of Anak who remained alive in Israel. Only a few remained alive in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod [cities].
23 Así que Josué tomó toda la tierra, de acuerdo con todo lo que Yahvé habló a Moisés; y Josué la dio en herencia a Israel según sus divisiones por sus tribus. Entonces la tierra descansó de la guerra.
Joshua’s army took control of all the land, just as Yahweh [long ago] had told Moses to do. Yahweh gave the land to the Israelis, because he had promised to give it to them. Then Joshua divided the land among the Israeli tribes. After that, there was (peace/no more battles) in the land.
