Josué 11
1 Oyendo esto Jabín rey de Asor, envió a Jobab rey de Madón, y al rey de Semrón, y al rey de Ascaf;
When King Jabin of Hazor [city] heard [about all those things that had happened], he sent messages to Jobab, the king of Madon [city], to the king of Shimron [city], and to the king of Acshaph [city], [requesting them to send their armies to come and help him fight against the Israelis].
2 Y a los reyes que estaban a la parte del norte en las montañas y en el llano al mediodía de Cenerot: y en los llanos, y en las regiones de Dor al occidente;
He also sent messages to the kings in the northern hilly area and to the kings in the Jordan [River] Valley, south of Galilee [Lake] and in the western hills. He sent a message to the king of Naphoth-Dor [in the west]
3 Y al Cananeo que estaba al oriente y al occidente: y al Amorreo, y al Jetteo, y al Ferezeo, y al Jebuseo en las montañas: y al Heveo que estaba debajo de Hermón en tierra de Maspa.
and to the kings of the Canaan people-group in the eastern and western parts of the land. He sent messages to the Amor people-group and the Heth people-group and the Periz people-group and the Jebus people-group who lived in the hilly area. He also sent a message to the Hiv people-group who lived below Hermon [Mountain] in the Mizpah area.
4 Estos salieron, y con ellos todos sus ejércitos, un pueblo mucho en gran manera, como la arena que está a la orilla de la mar, caballos y carros, muchos en gran manera.
So the armies of all those kings gathered together, bringing their horses and chariots. [There seemed to be] [HYP] as many soldiers as grains of sand on the seashore.
5 Todos estos reyes se juntaron, y viniendo juntaron los campos junto a las aguas de Merom, para pelear contra Israel.
All of those kings [and their armies] gathered together at Merom Pond, [and they set up their tents there]. Then they made plans to fight against the Israelis.
6 Mas Jehová dijo a Josué: No tengas temor de ellos, que mañana a esta hora yo entregaré a todos estos muertos delante de Israel: a sus caballos desjarretarás, y sus carros quemarás a fuego.
Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because at this time tomorrow I will enable your men to defeat them. Your men must also cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”
7 Y vino Josué, y con él todo el pueblo de guerra, contra ellos, y dio de repente sobre ellos juntos a las aguas de Merom.
So Joshua and his army traveled to Merom Pond and attacked their enemies (by surprise/before they were ready to fight).
8 Y entrególos Jehová en mano de Israel, los cuales los hirieron, y siguieron hasta Sidón la grande, y hasta las aguas calientes, y hasta el llano de Maspa, al oriente, hiriéndolos hasta que no les dejaron ninguno.
Yahweh enabled the Israelis to defeat them. They pursued them to Sidon [city in the far north], and to Misrephoth-Maim [in the northwest], and to Mizpah Valley in the northeast. The Israelis fought them until (they were all dead/there were no survivors).
9 Y Josué hizo con ellos como Jehová le había mandado; desjarretó sus caballos, y sus carros quemó a fuego.
Then Joshua and his men did what Yahweh told them to do: They crippled their enemies’ horses and burned their chariots.
10 Y tornándose Josué tomó en el mismo tiempo a Asor: e hirió a cuchillo a su rey. La cual Asor había sido antes cabeza de todos estos reinos.
The king of Hazor had ruled the people of all the kingdoms whose armies had fought against the Israelis. So Joshua’s army went back to Hazor and captured that city and killed their king.
11 E hirieron a cuchillo todo cuanto en ella había vivo, destruyendo y no dejando cosa a vida. Y a Asor pusieron a fuego.
They killed everyone in Hazor; (they did not spare anyone/no one was left alive) [DOU]. Then they burned the city.
12 Asimismo a todas las ciudades de aquestos reyes, y a todos los reyes de ellas tomó Josué, y les pasó a cuchillo, y los destruyó, como lo había mandado Moisés siervo de Jehová.
Joshua’s army captured all of those cities and killed all of their kings. They did that like Moses, the man who served Yahweh [well], had commanded them to do.
13 Empero todas las ciudades que estaban en sus cabezos, no las quemó Israel, sacando a sola Asor, la cual quemó Josué.
Joshua’s men burned Hazor [city], but they did not burn any of the other cities that were built on small hills.
14 Y los hijos de Israel saquearon para sí todos los despojos y bestias de aquestas ciudades; empero a todos los hombres metieron a cuchillo hasta destruirlos, sin dejar cosa a vida.
The Israelis took for themselves the animals that they found in those cities and everything else [that was valuable] [DOU]. But they killed all the people.
15 De la manera que Jehová lo había mandado a Moisés su siervo, así Moisés lo mandó a Josué; y Josué lo hizo así, sin quitar palabra de todo lo que Jehová había mandado a Moisés.
[Many years before], Yahweh had told Moses to do that, and then Moses told Joshua to do it. So Joshua did everything that Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.
16 Y tomó Josué toda esta tierra, las montañas, y toda la región del mediodía: y toda la tierra de Gosén, y los bajos y los llanos, y la montaña de Israel y sus valles;
Joshua’s [army] defeated all the people who were living in that land. They took control over the hilly area and the area in the southern part of Canaan, all the area of Goshen, the western foothills, and the Jordan [River] Valley. They took control over all the mountains in Israel and all the hills near the mountains.
17 Desde el monte de Hallak, que sube hasta Seir, hasta Baalgad en la llanura del Líbano a las raíces del monte de Hermón: tomó asimismo todos sus reyes, a los cuales hirió, y mató.
They took control of all the land from Halak Mountain [in the south] up to the Seir [hilly area] as far as Baal-Gaal in Lebanon Valley [in the north], at the bottom of Hermon Mountain. They captured all the kings of those areas and killed them.
18 Por muchos días tuvo guerra Josué con estos reyes.
Joshua’s men fought against those groups for many years.
19 No hubo ciudad que hiciese paz con los hijos de Israel, sacados los Heveos, que moraban en Gabaón: todo lo tomaron por guerra.
There was only one group that made a peace agreement with the Israelis; they were the people of the Hiv people-group who lived in Gibeon. The Israelis captured all the other towns in battles.
20 Porque esto vino de Jehová, que endurecia el corazón de ellos para que resistiesen con guerra a Israel, para destruirlos y que no les fuese hecha misericordia, antes fuesen desarraigados, como Jehová lo había mandado a Moisés.
Yahweh caused the people in all those other groups to be stubborn [IDM], with the result that they fought against the Israeli army, and the Israelis killed them all. They were not merciful to any of them. That is what Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.
21 También en el mismo tiempo vino Josué, y destruyó los Enaceos de los montes, de Hebrón, de Dabir, y de Anab, y de todos los montes de Judá, y de todos los montes de Israel: Josué los destruyó a ellos y a sus ciudades.
Joshua’s army also fought the Anak people-group who lived in the hills near Hebron, Debir, and Anah [cities]. They also fought against the people who lived in the hilly area of Judah and Israel, and they killed all of those people and destroyed their cities.
22 Ninguno de los Enaceos quedó en la tierra de los hijos de Israel: solamente quedaron en Gaza, en Get, y en Azoto.
As a result, there were no descendants of Anak who remained alive in Israel. Only a few remained alive in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod [cities].
23 Tomó pues Josué toda la tierra, conforme a todo lo que Jehová había dicho a Moisés. Y Josué la entregó a los Israelitas por herencia conforme a sus repartimientos de sus tribus. Y la tierra reposó de guerra.
Joshua’s army took control of all the land, just as Yahweh [long ago] had told Moses to do. Yahweh gave the land to the Israelis, because he had promised to give it to them. Then Joshua divided the land among the Israeli tribes. After that, there was (peace/no more battles) in the land.
