Números 21
1 Cuando el cananeo, el rey de Arad, quien habitaba en el Neguev, oyó que Israel iba por el camino de Atarim, combatió contra Israel y tomó cautivos de él.
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 Entonces Israel hizo voto a Yavé: Si en verdad entregas a este pueblo en mi mano, yo 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 Yavé escuchó la voz de Israel y le entregó al cananeo. Los destruyó a ellos y a sus ciudades. Llamó aquel lugar 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 Salieron de la montaña Hor con dirección al mar Rojo para rodear la tierra de Edom. Pero en el camino el ánimo del pueblo se impacientó.
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 Entonces el pueblo habló contra ʼElohim y contra Moisés: ¿Por qué nos sacaron de Egipto para morir en el desierto? Pues no hay alimento ni agua, y detestamos esta miserable comida.
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 Entonces Yavé envió entre el pueblo serpientes ardientes que mordían 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 fue a Moisés y dijeron: Pecamos al hablar contra Yavé y contra ti. ¡Habla con Yavé para que quite de nosotros las serpientes! Y 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 Yavé dijo a Moisés: Hazte una serpiente ardiente y ponla sobre un asta, y cualquiera que sea mordido y mire a ella, 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 sobre un asta. Cuando una serpiente mordía a alguno, miraba a la serpiente de bronce y 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 Salieron los hijos de Israel, y acamparon en Obot.
Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
11 Salieron de Obot, y acamparon en Ije-Abarim, en el desierto que está frente a Moab hacia el oriente.
Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
12 Salieron de allí y acamparon en el valle de Zared.
From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
13 Salieron de allí y acamparon al otro lado del Arnón, que está en el desierto y sale del límite de los amorreos, porque el Arnón es frontera 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 rollo de las Batallas de Yavé: Lo que hizo en el mar Rojo Y en los arroyos de 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 Y a la corriente de los arroyos Que va a parar en Ar, Y se apoya en la frontera de Moab.
and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
16 Y desde allí a Beer. Este es el pozo donde Yavé 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 este cántico: ¡Brota, oh pozo! ¡Cántenle!
There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
18 Pozo cavado por nobles, Excavado por los jefes del pueblo, Con sus cetros de legislador. Y del 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 De Matana a Nahaliel, de Nahaliel a Bamot,
Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
20 y de Bamot al valle que está en el campo de Moab, a la cumbre de la montaña Pisga, que mira hacia el desierto.
Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
21 Entonces Israel envió mensajeros a Sehón, rey de los amorreos, y dijo:
Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message [that they/we gave him]:
22 Pasaré por tu tierra. No nos desviaremos hacia el campo ni hacia las viñas. No beberemos las aguas de los pozos. Iremos por el camino real hasta que pasemos tu territorio.
“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 Pero Sehón no permitió que Israel pasara por su territorio, sino Sehón reunió a todo su pueblo. Salió a enfrentarse a Israel en el desierto. Fue a Jahaza y combatió 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 Pero Israel lo venció a filo de espada y tomó su tierra desde Arnón hasta Jaboc, hasta los hijos de Amón, pues la frontera de los amonitas 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, e 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, el cual guerreó contra el rey anterior de Moab, y tomó de su poder 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 los proverbistas dicen: Vengan a Hesbón. Edifíquese y repárese 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 salió fuego de Hesbón, Y una llama de la plaza fuerte de Sehón Que consumió a Ar de Moab, A los señores de las alturas 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! Eres destruido, oh pueblo de Quemos, El cual entregó sus hijos a la fuga Y sus hijas al cautiverio, A Sehón, rey amorreo.
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 Pero nosotros los arrojamos. Hesbón está destruido hasta Dibón, Y también desolamos hasta Nofa, Que está junto a 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 Israel vivió en la tierra de los amorreos.
So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
32 Después Moisés envió a espiar a Jazer. Sitiaron sus aldeas y desposeyeron 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. Y salió contra ellos Og, rey de Basán, él y todo su pueblo, a 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 Pero Yavé dijo a Moisés: No le temas, porque en tu mano lo entregué, a él, a todo su pueblo y su tierra. Harás con él como hiciste con Sehón, rey de los amorreos, que habitaba 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 Y lo destruyeron a él, a sus hijos y a todo su pueblo, sin que le quedara un sobreviviente, y conquistaron 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.
