Números 21
1 El cananeo, rey de Arad, que vivía en el sur, se enteró de que Israel venía por el camino de Atarim. Luchó contra Israel y tomó cautivos a algunos de ellos.
The king of Arad [city] lived in the area where the Canaan people-group lived, in the desert in the southern part of the land. He heard a report that the Israelis were approaching on the road to Atharim [village]. So his army attacked the Israelis and captured some of them.
2 Israel hizo un voto a Yahvé y le dijo: “Si realmente entregas a este pueblo en mi mano, destruiré por completo sus ciudades.”
Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
3 Yahvé escuchó la voz de Israel y entregó a los cananeos; y los destruyeron por completo a ellos y a sus ciudades. El nombre del lugar fue llamado Horma.
Yahweh heard what they requested, and he enabled them to defeat the army of the Canaan people-group. The Israeli soldiers killed all the people and destroyed their towns. [Ever since that time], that place has been called Hormah [which means ‘destruction’].
4 Viajaron desde el monte Hor por el camino del Mar Rojo, para rodear la tierra de Edom. El alma del pueblo estaba muy desanimada a causa del viaje.
Then the Israelis left Hor Mountain and traveled on the road towards the Red Sea, in order to go around [the land of] Edom. But the people became impatient along the way,
5 El pueblo hablaba contra Dios y contra Moisés: “¿Por qué nos has sacado de Egipto para morir en el desierto? Porque no hay pan, no hay agua, y nuestra alma aborrece esta comida repugnante”.
and they began to grumble/complain against God and against Moses/me. They said, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in this desert [RHQ]? There is nothing to eat here, and nothing to drink. And we detest this lousy [manna] food!”
6 El Señor envió serpientes venenosas entre el pueblo, y éstas mordieron al pueblo. Murió mucha gente de Israel.
So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
7 El pueblo se acercó a Moisés y le dijo: “Hemos pecado, porque hemos hablado contra Yahvé y contra ti. Ruega a Yahvé que nos quite las serpientes”. Moisés oró por el pueblo.
Then the people came to Moses/me and cried out, saying, “We [now know that we] have sinned against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, asking that he will take away the snakes!” So Moses/I prayed for the people.
8 Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Haz una serpiente venenosa y ponla en un poste. Sucederá que todo el que sea mordido, cuando la vea, vivirá”.
Then Yahweh told him/me, “Make a model/image of a poisonous snake, and attach it to the top of a pole. If those who are bitten by the snakes look at that model, they will (recover/get well).”
9 Moisés hizo una serpiente de bronce y la puso en el asta. Si una serpiente había mordido a algún hombre, cuando miraba la serpiente de bronce, vivía.
So Moses/I made a snake from bronze and attached it to the top of a pole. Then, when those who had been bitten by a snake looked at the bronze snake, they recovered!
10 Los hijos de Israel partieron y acamparon en Obot.
Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
11 Partieron de Obot y acamparon en Ije Abarim, en el desierto que está frente a Moab, hacia el amanecer.
Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
12 De allí partieron y acamparon en el valle de Zered.
From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
13 De allí partieron y acamparon al otro lado del Arnón, que está en el desierto que sale de la frontera del amorreo; porque el Arnón es la frontera de Moab, entre Moab y el amorreo.
Then they traveled to the north side of the Arnon [River]. That area is in the desert next to the land where the Amor people-group lived. The Arnon [River] is the boundary between Moab and where the Amor people-group lived.
14 Por eso se dice en el Libro de las Guerras de Yahvé: “Vaheb en Sufa, los valles del Arnón,
That is why in the book called ‘The Book of the Wars of Yahweh’ it tells about “Waheb [town] in the Suphah area, and the ravines there; and the Arnon [River]
15 la pendiente de los valles que se inclinan hacia la morada de Ar, se inclina sobre la frontera de Moab.”
and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
16 Desde allí viajaron a Beer; ése es el pozo del que Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Reúne al pueblo y les daré agua”.
From there, the Israelis traveled to Beer. There was a well there, where Yahweh previously had said to Moses/me, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
17 Entonces Israel cantó esta canción: “¡Surge, pues! Cántale,
There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
18 el pozo que cavaron los príncipes, que los nobles del pueblo cavaron, con el cetro, y con sus varas”. Desde el desierto viajaron a Matana;
Sing about this well which our leaders dug; they dug out [the dirt] with their royal scepters and their walking sticks.” Then the Israelis left that desert and went through Mattanah,
19 y de Matana a Nahaliel; y de Nahaliel a Bamot;
Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
20 y de Bamot al valle que está en el campo de Moab, a la cima del Pisga, que mira hacia el desierto.
Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
21 Israel envió mensajeros a Sehón, rey de los amorreos, diciendo:
Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message [that they/we gave him]:
22 “Déjame pasar por tu tierra. No nos apartaremos del campo ni de la viña. No beberemos del agua de los pozos. Iremos por el camino del rey, hasta que hayamos pasado tu frontera”.
“Allow us to travel through your country. We will stay on the king’s highway, [the main road that goes from the south to the north], until we have finished traveling through your land. We will not walk through any field or vineyard, or drink water from your wells.”
23 Sehón no permitió que Israel pasara por su frontera, pero Sehón reunió a todo su pueblo y salió contra Israel en el desierto, y llegó a Jahaz. Luchó contra Israel.
But King Sihon refused. He would not allow them to walk through his land. Instead, he sent his whole army to attack the Israelis in the desert. They attacked the Israelis at Jahaz [village].
24 Israel lo hirió a filo de espada y se apoderó de su tierra desde Arnón hasta Jaboc, hasta los hijos de Amón, pues la frontera de los hijos de Amón estaba fortificada.
But the Israelis completely defeated them and occupied their land, from the Arnon [River in the south] to the Jabbok [River in the north]. They stopped at the border of the land where the Ammon people-group lived, because [the Ammon army was defending] the border strongly.
25 Israel tomó todas estas ciudades. Israel vivió en todas las ciudades de los amorreos, en Hesbón y en todas sus aldeas.
So the Israelis occupied all the cities and towns where the Amor people-group lived, and some of the Israelis began to live in them. They occupied Heshbon [city] and the nearby villages.
26 Porque Hesbón era la ciudad de Sehón, rey de los amorreos, que había luchado contra el antiguo rey de Moab y le había arrebatado toda su tierra hasta el Arnón.
Heshbon was the capital of the country. It was the city where King Sihon ruled. His army had previously defeated the army of the king of Moab, and then his people had begun to live in all of the land of Moab as far as the Arnon [River in the south].
27 Por eso dicen los que hablan en proverbios, “Ven a Hesbon. Que se construya y se establezca la ciudad de Sehón;
For that reason, one of the poets wrote long ago, “Come to Heshbon, the city where King Sihon [ruled]. We want the city to be restored/rebuilt.
28 porque el fuego ha salido de Hesbón, una llama de la ciudad de Sihon. Ha devorado a Ar de Moab, Los señores de los lugares altos del Arnón.
A fire blazed from Heshbon; it burned down Ar [city] in Moab, it destroyed [everything on] the hills along the Arnon [River].
29 ¡Ay de ti, Moab! ¡Están deshechos, gente de Quemos! Ha entregado a sus hijos como fugitivos, y sus hijas en cautiverio, a Sehón, rey de los amorreos.
You people of Moab, terrible things have happened to you! You people who [worship your god] Chemosh have been (annihilated/wiped out)! The men who [worshiped] [MET] Chemosh have run away and are now refugees, and the women [who worshiped him] have been captured by [the army of] Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group.
30 Les hemos disparado. Hesbón ha perecido hasta Dibón. Hemos arrasado incluso con Nofa, Que llega hasta Medeba”.
But we have defeated [Sihon and] those descendants of Amor, all the way from Heshbon [in the north] to Dibon [city in the south]. We have completely obliterated/destroyed them as far as Nophah and Medeba [towns].”
31 Así vivió Israel en la tierra de los amorreos.
So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
32 Moisés envió a espiar a Jazer. Tomaron sus aldeas y expulsaron a los amorreos que estaban allí.
After Moses/I sent some men to explore the area near Jazer [city], Israeli people began to live in all the towns in that region and expelled the Amor people-group who lived there.
33 Se volvieron y subieron por el camino de Basán. Og, el rey de Basán, salió contra ellos, él y todo su pueblo, para combatir en Edrei.
Then they turned [north] toward the Bashan region, but King Og of Bashan and all his army attacked them at Edrei [town].
34 El Señor dijo a Moisés: “No le temas, porque lo he entregado en tu mano, con todo su pueblo y su tierra. Harás con él lo mismo que hiciste con Sehón, rey de los amorreos, que vivía en Hesbón”.
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do not be afraid of Og, because I am going to enable your men to defeat him and his army, and to take possession of all his land. You will do to him what you did to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who ruled in Heshbon.”
35 Así que lo hirieron, con sus hijos y todo su pueblo, hasta que no hubo sobrevivientes; y se apoderaron de su tierra.
And that is what happened. We Israelis defeated Og’s army, and killed King Og and his sons and all his people. Not a person survived! And then we Israelis began to live in their land.
