Deuteronomio 2
1 Después regresamos y salimos hacia el desierto por el camino del mar Rojo, como Yavé me ordenó. Durante mucho tiempo rodeamos la montaña de Seír.
“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 Entonces Yavé me habló:
Then Yahweh said to me,
3 Bastantes vueltas dieron ya alrededor de esta montaña. Vuelvan hacia el norte
‘You have been wandering around this hilly area for a long enough time. Now turn [and travel] toward the north.
4 y ordena al pueblo: Cuando pasen por el territorio de sus hermanos, los hijos de Esaú, que habitan en Seír, ellos les temerán. Así que tengan mucho 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 los provoquen, porque de su tierra no les daré ni 30 centímetros, porque a Esaú dí como heredad la montaña de Seír.
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 Obtendrán el alimento de parte de ellos por plata, y comerán. También por plata negociarán el agua con ellos, y beberán.
[When you travel near their land], buy food and water from them.’
7 Porque Yavé tu ʼElohim te bendijo en toda obra de tu mano. Conoció tu andanza a través de este gran desierto. Estos 40 años Yavé tu ʼElohim estuvo contigo y nada te faltó.
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 más allá de nuestros hermanos, los hijos de Esaú, que viven en Seír, por el camino del Arabá, desde Eilat y Ezión-geber. Cambiamos de dirección y seguimos el camino hacia el 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 Entonces Yavé me dijo: No hostilicen a Moab, ni contiendan con ellos en guerra, porque nada de su tierra te daré en posesión, porque dí Ar a los hijos de Lot como 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 Allí habitaron antes los emitas, pueblo grande y numeroso, altos como los anaceos.
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 Ellos también, como los anaceos, eran considerados refaítas, aunque los moabitas los llamaban emitas.
They and the descendants of Anak are also called the Repha giants, but the people of Moab call them Emim.
12 También en Seír habitaron antes los horeos, a los cuales desposeyeron. Los hijos de Esaú los destruyeron, y se establecieron en su lugar, tal como hizo Israel en la tierra que Yavé les dio como posesión.
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, pues, levántense, y pasen el arroyo de Zered. Así que cruzamos el arroyo de Zered.
[I also said to the Israeli people], “Then we crossed the Zered Gorge, as Yahweh told us to do.
14 El tiempo que anduvimos desde Cades Barnea hasta que pasamos el arroyo de Zered fue 38 años, hasta que se extinguió toda la generación de los guerreros en medio del campamento, tal como Yavé les juró.
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 También la mano de Yavé estuvo contra ellos para destruirlos de en medio del campamento hasta cuando todos ellos perecieron.
They died because Yahweh opposed them, until he had gotten rid of all of them.
16 Sucedió que cuando todos los guerreros del pueblo perecieron,
After all the men who had been old enough to fight in wars had died [DOU],
17 Yavé me habló:
Yahweh said to me,
18 Hoy pasarás a Ar, el territorio de Moab.
‘Today you all must cross the border into the Moab region, near Ar, [their capital city].
19 Cuando llegues cerca de los hijos de Amón, no los hostigues ni los provoques, porque no te daré posesión de la tierra de los hijos de Amón, pues la dí a los hijos de Lot como heredad.
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 Era también conocida como tierra de gigantes, pues antiguamente habitaron en ella gigantes, a los cuales los amonitas llamaban zamzumitas,
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 pueblo grande y numeroso, alto como los anaceos, que Yavé destruyó de delante de ellos, quienes los desposeyeron 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 tal como hizo con los hijos de Esaú, que habitan en Seír, cuando destruyó a los horeos de delante de ellos. Y ellos los desposeyeron y vivieron en su lugar hasta 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 Los caftoreos, que salieron de Caftor, destruyeron a los aveos que vivían en aldeas hasta Gaza y vivieran 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 ¡Levántense, salgan y pasen el arroyo Arnón! Mira, entregué en tu mano a Sehón, rey de Hesbón, al amorreo y su tierra. ¡Comienza a conquistar y entra en batalla contra él!
“[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 mismo comienzo a infundir espanto y temor a ti entre los pueblos que existen bajo todo el cielo, los cuales, cuando tengan noticia de ti, temblarán y se angustiarán delante de ti.
Today I will begin to cause everyone, everywhere, to be afraid of you. Everyone who hears about you will tremble and be terrified.’
26 Entonces envié mensajeros desde el desierto de Cademot a Sehón, rey de Hesbón, con palabras de paz. Digan:
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 solo por el camino sin desviarme 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 Por plata me venderás alimento y comeré, y por plata me darás agua y beberé. Solamente permíteme pasar a pie,
We will pay for any food or water that you allow us to buy. We want only to walk through your country,
29 como hicieron conmigo los hijos de Esaú, que viven en Seír, y los moabitas que viven en Ar, hasta que yo cruce el Jordán hacia la tierra que Yavé nuestro ʼElohim 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 quiso que pasáramos por su territorio, porque Yavé el ʼElohim de ustedes endureció su espíritu y obstinó su corazón, a fin de entregarlo en su mano, como se ve 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 Entonces Yavé me dijo: Mira, Yo comencé a entregar delante de ti a Sehón y su tierra. Comienza a ocupar su tierra para que la poseas.
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 Nos salió Sehón y todo su pueblo al encuentro para enfrentarse a nosotros en batalla en Jahaza.
Then Sihon came out [of the city] with all his army to fight against us at Jahaz [town].
33 Yavé nuestro ʼElohim lo entregó delante de nosotros y lo matamos 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 aquel tiempo capturamos todas sus ciudades y las destruimos: hombres, mujeres y niños. No quedó sobreviviente.
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 Solo tomamos para nosotros los animales y el botín de las ciudades que capturamos.
We took the valuable things that were in the cities that we captured and also their cattle.
36 Desde Aroer, que está junto a la orilla del arroyo Arnón, y la ciudad que está en el valle, hasta Galaad. No hubo ciudad que fuera demasiado fuerte para nosotros. Yavé nuestro ʼElohim nos lo entregó todo.
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 Solo no te acercaste a la tierra de los hijos de Amón, a ninguna parte del arroyo Jaboc, ni a las ciudades de la región montañosa, según todo lo que Yavé nuestro ʼElohim nos mandó.
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.”
