Jueces 1
1 Después de la muerte de Josué, los hijos de Israel preguntaron a Yahvé, diciendo: “¿Quién debe subir por nosotros primero contra los cananeos, para luchar contra ellos?”
After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
2 Yahvé dijo: “Judá subirá. He aquí que he entregado la tierra en su mano”.
Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat [IDM] the Canaan people-group.”
3 Judá dijo a su hermano Simeón: “Sube conmigo a mi suerte, para que luchemos contra los cananeos; y yo también iré contigo a tu suerte.” Así que Simeón fue con él.
The men of Judah went to their fellow Israelis, [the men] from the tribe of Simeon, and said to them, “Come and help us to fight the Canaan people-group [in order that we can take from them] the land [that Yahweh] allotted to us. If you do that, we will go with you [and help you] conquer the people in the land [that Yahweh promised to give to] you.” So the men from the tribe of Simeon went with the men of the tribe of Judah.
4 Judá subió, y el Señor entregó en sus manos a los cananeos y a los ferezeos. Hicieron diez mil hombres en Bezec.
When the men of those two tribes attacked, Yahweh enabled them to defeat 10,000 men of the Canaan people-group and the Periz people-group [DOU] at Bezek [city].
5 Encontraron a Adoni-Bezek en Bezec, y lucharon contra él. Golpearon al cananeo y al ferezeo.
During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
6 Pero Adoni-Bezek huyó. Lo persiguieron, lo atraparon y le cortaron los pulgares y los dedos gordos de los pies.
but he [tried to] run away. The Israelis pursued him and caught him. Then they cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
7 Adoni-Bezek dijo: “Setenta reyes, con los pulgares y los dedos gordos de los pies cortados, hurgaron bajo mi mesa. Como yo he hecho, así me ha hecho Dios. “Lo llevaron a Jerusalén, y allí murió.
Adoni-Bezek said, “[My army captured] 70 kings. We cut off their thumbs and big toes. After that, [we forced] those kings to eat scraps that fell from our table. Now God has (paid me back for/done to me like) [what we did to them].” Then the men of Judah took Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 Los hijos de Judá lucharon contra Jerusalén, la tomaron, la golpearon con el filo de la espada y le prendieron fuego a la ciudad.
The army of Judah fought against the men of Jerusalem, and they captured the city. With their swords they killed [the people who lived there] and they burned [the houses in] the city.
9 Después de eso, los hijos de Judá bajaron a luchar contra los cananeos que vivían en la región montañosa, en el sur y en la llanura.
Later, the men of Judah went down to fight the Canaan people-group who lived in the hilly area, in the desert to the south, and in the foothills [to the west].
10 Judá fue contra los cananeos que vivían en Hebrón. (El nombre de Hebrón antes de eso era Kiriath Arba.) Golpearon a Sheshai, Ahiman y Talmai.
The men of Judah also went to fight against the Canaan people-group who lived in Hebron [city], which at that time was named Kiriath-Arba. They defeated [the armies of kings] Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 Desde allí fue contra los habitantes de Debir. (El nombre de Debir antes de eso era Kiriath Sepher.)
Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir [city], which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.
12 Caleb dijo: “Le daré a Acsa mi hija como esposa al hombre que ataque a Kiriath Sepher y la tome”.
[Before they attacked the city], Caleb said to them, “If one of you attacks and captures Kiriath-Sepher, I will allow him to marry my daughter.”
13 Othniel, hijo de Kenaz, hermano menor de Caleb, la tomó, y le dio a Acsa su hija como esposa.
Othniel, who was the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, captured the city. So Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him, to become his wife.
14 Cuando llegó, hizo que le pidiera a su padre un campo. Se bajó del asno y Caleb le dijo: “¿Qué quieres?”.
When Acsah married Othniel, she told him to ask her father to give him a field. [But she decided to ask him herself. She rode to Caleb’s house on her donkey], and when she got off the donkey, Caleb [could see that something was troubling her. So he] asked her, “What do you want?”
15 Ella le dijo: “Dame una bendición; ya que me has puesto en la tierra del Sur, dame también manantiales de agua”. Entonces Caleb le dio los manantiales superiores y los inferiores.
She replied, “I want you to do a favor for me. You have given me some land in the southern desert, [but it is very dry there]. So please also give me some [land that has] springs of water.” So Caleb gave her some land on higher ground that had a spring, and some land on lower ground that also had a spring.
16 Los hijos del ceneo, cuñado de Moisés, subieron de la ciudad de las palmeras con los hijos de Judá al desierto de Judá, que está al sur de Arad, y fueron a vivir con el pueblo.
The people of the Ken people-group who were descendants of Moses’ father-in-law left Jericho, which was called ‘The City of Palm Trees’. They went with some of the men of Judah to live with them in the southern desert area, near Arad [city].
17 Judá fue con su hermano Simeón, e hirieron a los cananeos que habitaban en Zefat, y la destruyeron por completo. El nombre de la ciudad se llamó Horma.
The men of Judah and their fellow Israelis from the tribe of Simeon defeated the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Zephath [city]. They completely destroyed the city and gave it a new name, Hormah, [which means ‘complete destruction’].
18 También Judá tomó Gaza con su frontera, Ascalón con su frontera y Ecrón con su frontera.
The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron [cities] and all the land that is near those cities.
19 El Señor estuvo con Judá y expulsó a los habitantes de la región montañosa, pues no pudo expulsar a los habitantes del valle, porque tenían carros de hierro.
Yahweh helped the men of Judah to capture the hilly area, but they could not force the people who were living in the plains to leave, because [those people had better weapons—] had iron chariots.
20 Le dieron Hebrón a Caleb, como había dicho Moisés, y él expulsó de allí a los tres hijos de Anac.
Hebron [city] was given to Caleb because Moses had promised him that he could have that city. And Caleb forced the three clans descended from Anak to leave that area.
21 Los hijos de Benjamín no expulsaron a los jebuseos que habitaban Jerusalén, pero los jebuseos habitan con los hijos de Benjamín en Jerusalén hasta el día de hoy.
But the people of the tribe of Benjamin could not force the people of the Jebus people-group to leave Jerusalem. So, since that time the people of the Jebus people-group have lived in Jerusalem with the people of the tribe of Benjamin.
22 También la casa de José subió contra Betel, y el Señor estaba con ellos.
The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against [the men of] Bethel [city], and Yahweh helped them.
23 La casa de José envió a espiar a Betel. (El nombre de la ciudad anterior era Luz.)
They sent some spies to [find out everything that they could find out about] Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
24 Los vigilantes vieron a un hombre que salía de la ciudad, y le dijeron: “Por favor, muéstranos la entrada a la ciudad, y te trataremos con amabilidad.”
The spies saw a man who was coming out of the city. They said to him, “If you show us a way to get into the city, we will be kind to you [and we will not kill you].”
25 El hombre les mostró la entrada a la ciudad, y ellos golpearon la ciudad con el filo de la espada; pero dejaron ir al hombre y a toda su familia.
So the man showed them a way to enter the city. The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh entered the city and killed all the people with their swords, but they did not kill the man [who showed them how to get into the city], and they did not kill his family.
26 El hombre se fue a la tierra de los hititas, construyó una ciudad y la llamó Luz, que es su nombre hasta hoy.
That man went to the area where the descendants of Heth lived, and built a city. He named the city Luz, and that is still the name of that city.
27 Manasés no expulsó a los habitantes de Bet-Seán y sus ciudades, ni a Taanac y sus ciudades, ni a los habitantes de Dor y sus ciudades, ni a los habitantes de Ibleam y sus ciudades, ni a los habitantes de Meguido y sus ciudades; pero los cananeos habitaban en esa tierra.
There were people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Beth-Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo [cities] and in the surrounding villages. [The men of] the tribe of Manasseh did not force those people to leave those towns, because the people of the Canaan people-group were determined to stay there.
28 Cuando Israel se hizo fuerte, sometió a los cananeos a trabajos forzados y no los expulsó del todo.
Later, the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), and they forced the people of the Canaan people-group to work for them [as their slaves], but they did not force all the people of the Canaan people-group to leave their land.
29 Efraín no expulsó a los cananeos que vivían en Gezer, sino que los cananeos vivían en Gezer entre ellos.
[The men of] the tribe of Ephraim did not force the people of the Canaan people-group to leave Gezer [city]. So the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live with the people of the tribe of Ephraim.
30 Zabulón no expulsó a los habitantes de Kitrón ni a los de Nahalol, sino que los cananeos vivieron entre ellos y se sometieron a trabajos forzados.
[The men of] the tribe of Zebulun did nor compel the people of the Canaan people-group who were living in Kitron and Nahalol [cities] to leave. They stayed there and lived among the people of the tribe of Zebulun, but the people of Zebulun forced them to work for them as their slaves.
31 Aser no expulsó a los habitantes de Acco, ni a los de Sidón, ni a los de Ahlab, ni a los de Achzib, ni a los de Helba, ni a los de Afik, ni a los de Rehob;
[The men of] the tribe of Asher did not force the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek and Rehob [cities] to leave.
32 sino que los aseritas vivieron entre los cananeos, habitantes de la tierra, pues no los expulsaron.
So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
33 Neftalí no expulsó a los habitantes de Bet Semes, ni a los de Bet Anat, sino que vivió entre los cananeos, habitantes de la tierra. Sin embargo, los habitantes de Bet Semes y de Bet Anat fueron sometidos a trabajos forzados.
[The men of] the tribe of Naphtali did not compel the people who lived in Beth-Shemesh and Beth-Anath [cities] to leave, so the people in those two cities continued to live there, but the people of the Canaan people-group were forced to work as the slaves of the people of the tribe of Naphtali.
34 Los amorreos obligaron a los hijos de Dan a ir a la región montañosa, pues no les permitieron bajar al valle;
The people of the Amor people-group forced the people of the tribe of Dan to live in the hills. They did not allow them to come down [and live] on the plain.
35 pero los amorreos habitaban en el monte Heres, en Ajalón y en Shaalbim. Sin embargo, la mano de la casa de José prevaleció, de modo que se sometieron a trabajos forzados.
The people of the Amor people-group were determined to stay in Heres Mountain and in Aijalon and Shaalbim [cities]. But when the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), they forced the people of the Amor people-group to work as their slaves.
36 La frontera de los amorreos era desde la subida de Akrabbim, desde la roca y hacia arriba.
The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass [toward the west] beyond Sela [town], up into the hilly area.
