Jueces 1

1 Después de la muerte de Josué, aconteció que los hijos de Israel consultaron a Yavé: ¿Quién de nosotros subirá primero a combatir contra los cananeos?

And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Chananites, to fight against them?

2 Yavé dijo: Judá subirá. Ciertamente Yo entregué la tierra en su mano.

And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

3 Judá dijo a su hermano Simeón: Sube conmigo al territorio que se me adjudicó por sorteo, para que luchemos contra los cananeos. Yo también iré contigo al territorio que te corresponde. Y Simeón fue con él.

And Judas said to his brother Symeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Chananites, and I also will go with you into your lot: and Symeon went with him.

4 Judá subió, y Yavé entregó a los cananeos y a los ferezeos en su mano, y mataron a 10.000 hombres en Bezec.

And Judas went up; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands, and they struck them in Bezek to [the number of] ten thousand men.

5 En Bezec encontraron a Adoni-bezec y lucharon contra él. Derrotaron a los cananeos y a los ferezeos.

And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they struck the Chananite and the Pherezite.

6 Adoni-bezec huyó. Lo persiguieron, lo detuvieron y le cortaron los pulgares de sus manos y sus pies.

And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

7 Entonces Adoni-bezec dijo: 70 reyes, a quienes corté los pulgares de sus manos y sus pies, recogían migajas debajo de mi mesa. ¡Como hice yo, así me hizo ʼElohim! Lo llevaron a Jerusalén, y murió allí.

And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

8 Luego los hijos de Judá lucharon contra Jerusalén y la capturaron. La pasaron a filo de espada y le pusieron fuego.

And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire.

9 Después los hijos de Judá bajaron para luchar contra los cananeos que vivían en la región montañosa, en el Neguev y la Sefela.

And afterwards the children of Judas went down to fight with the Chananite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.

10 Luego Judá marchó contra los cananeos que vivían en Hebrón, antes conocida como Quiriat-arba, y mataron a Sesay, Ahimán y Talmay.

And Judas went to the Chananite who lived in Chebron; and Chebron came out against him; [and the name of Chebron before was Cariatharbocsepher: ] and they struck Sessi, and Achiman, and Tholmi, children of Enac.

11 De allí marchó contra los habitantes de Debir, antes conocida como Quiriat-sefer.

And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.

12 Entonces Caleb dijo: Al que ataque y conquiste a Quiriat-sefer, le daré a mi hija Acsa como esposa.

And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall strike the city of Letters, and shall first take it, I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife.

13 Otoniel, hijo de Cenez, hermano menor de Caleb la conquistó, y él le dio a su hija Acsa como esposa.

And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife.

14 Aconteció que cuando ella se iba con él, la incitó a que pidiera a su padre un campo. Ella desmontó del asno. Y Caleb le preguntó: ¿Qué deseas?

And it came to pass as she went in, that Gothoniel urged her to ask a field of her father; and she murmured and cried from off her ass, You have sent me forth into a south land: and Chaleb said to her, What is your request?

15 Y le respondió: Dame una bendición. Ya que me diste tierra de sequedales, dame también fuentes de agua. Y Caleb le dio las fuentes de arriba y las fuentes de abajo.

And Ascha said to him, Give me, I pray you, a blessing, for you have sent me forth into a south land, and you shall give me the ransom of water: and Chaleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper [springs] and the ransom of the low [springs].

16 Entonces los hijos del ceneo, suegro de Moisés, subieron con los hijos de Judá, de la ciudad de las Palmas al desierto de Judá, que está al sur de Arad. Fueron a vivir con el pueblo.

And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they lived with the people.

17 Luego Judá prosiguió con su hermano Simeón, atacaron a los cananeos que vivían en Sefat y la destruyeron. Llamaron a la ciudad Horma.

And Judas went with Symeon his brother, and struck the Chananite that inhabited Sepheth, and they utterly destroyed them; and they called the name of the city Anathema.

18 Judá también conquistó Gaza, Ascalón y Ecrón con sus territorios.

But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ascalon nor her coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, [nor] Azotus nor the lands around it.

19 Yavé estaba con Judá, y tomó posesión de la región montañosa. Pero no pudieron echar a los habitantes del valle, porque ellos tenían carruajes de hierro.

And the Lord was with Judas, and he inherited the mountain; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for Rechab prevented them.

20 Dieron Hebrón a Caleb, tal como Moisés habló, y él expulsó de allí a los tres hijos de Anac.

And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac.

21 Pero los hijos de Benjamín no echaron a los jebuseos que vivían en Jerusalén, así que los jebuseos vivieron en Jerusalén con los hijos de Benjamín hasta hoy.

But the children of Benjamin did not take the inheritance of the Jebusite who lived in Jerusalem; and the Jebusite lived with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.

22 De igual manera la familia de José subió contra Bet-ʼEl, y Yavé estuvo con ellos.

And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and the Lord was with them.

23 La familia de José envió hombres a espiar Bet-ʼEl, antes llamada Luz.

And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza.

24 Los espías vieron a un hombre que salía de la ciudad, y le dijeron: Muéstranos ahora la entrada de la ciudad, y haremos misericordia contigo.

And the spies looked, and behold, a man went out of the city, and they took him; and they said to him, Show us the way into the city, and we will deal mercifully with you.

25 El les mostró la entrada de la ciudad, y la pasaron a filo de espada, pero dejaron libre a aquel hombre con toda su familia.

And he showed them the way into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and his family.

26 El hombre fue a la tierra de los heteos, y edificó una ciudad que llamó Luz, el cual es su nombre hasta hoy.

And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called the name of it Luza; this [is] its name until this day.

27 Pero Manasés no tomó posesión de Bet-seán ni Taanac ni sus aldeas, ni de los habitantes y las aldeas de Dor, Ibleam ni Meguido. Los cananeos persistieron en vivir en esa tierra.

And Manasse did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Baethsan, which is a city of Scythians, nor her towns, nor her suburbs; nor Thanac, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitant of Balac, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Magedo, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Jeblaam, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; and the Chananite began to dwell in this land.

28 Sucedió que, cuando Israel fue fuerte, ellos sometieron a los cananeos a trabajo forzado, pero no quisieron echarlo completamente.

And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Chananite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.

29 Efraín tampoco echó a los cananeos que vivían en Gezer. Los cananeos vivieron en medio de ellos en Gezer.

And Ephraim did not drive out the Chananite that lived in Gazer; and the Chananite lived in the midst of him in Gazer, and became tributary.

30 Tampoco Zabulón echó a los que vivían en Quitrón, ni a los de Naalol. Los cananeos vivieron en medio de ellos y fueron sometidos a trabajo forzado.

And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the inhabitants of Domana: and the Chananite lived in the midst of them, and became tributary to them.

31 Tampoco Aser echó a los que vivían en Aco, ni a los de Sidón, Ahlab, Aczib, Helba, Afec y Rehob.

And Aser did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and [that people] became tributary to him, nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor the inhabitants of Dalaph, nor Aschazi, nor Chebda, nor Nai, nor Ereo.

32 Aser vivió en medio de los cananeos que vivían en la tierra, porque no los echaron.

And Aser lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land, for he could not drive him out.

33 Neftalí tampoco echó a los que vivían en Bet-Semes y en Bet-anat, sino vivió en medio de los cananeos que vivían en la tierra. Los habitantes de Bet-semes y de Bet-anat fueron sometidos a trabajo forzado.

And Nephthali did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsamys, nor the inhabitants of Baethanach; and Nephthali lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land: but the inhabitants of Bethsamys and of Baetheneth became tributary to them.

34 Los amorreos forzaron a los hijos de Dan hacia la región montañosa y no los dejaron bajar al valle.

And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountains, for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley.

35 Los amorreos persistieron en vivir en la montaña Heres, Ajalón y Saalbín, pero cuando la familia de José fue fuerte aquéllos fueron sometidos a trabajos forzados.

And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of shells, in which [are] bears, and foxes, in Myrsinon, and in Thalabin; and the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorite, and he became tributary to them.

36 El límite de los amorreos iba desde la subida de Acrabim, desde Sela hacia arriba.

And the border of the Amorite [was] from the going up of Acrabin, from the rock and upwards.