Números 25
1 Y reposó Israel en Setim, y el pueblo comenzó a fornicar con las hijas de Moab.
While the Israelis were camped at a place called Acacia [Grove], some of the men caused themselves to become unacceptable to God by having sex with some of the women of the Moab [people-group who lived in that area].
2 Las cuales llamaron al pueblo a los sacrificios de sus dioses, y el pueblo comió, e inclináronse a sus dioses.
Then those women invited the men to come when the sacrifices were being offered to their gods. The Israeli men [accepted]. They went to the feasts with the women and worshiped the gods of the Moab people-group.
3 Y allegóse el pueblo a Baal-pehor, y el furor de Jehová se encendió contra Israel.
By doing that, those Israeli people joined the women in worshiping the god Baal [add] the Moab people-group thought lived on Peor Mountain. That caused Yahweh to become very angry with his people.
4 Y Jehová dijo a Moisés: Toma todos los príncipes del pueblo, y ahórcalos a Jehová delante del sol, y la ira del furor de Jehová se apartará de Israel.
Yahweh said this to Moses/me: “Seize all the leaders of those men who are doing this and execute them while I am watching. Do that in the daytime. After you do that, I will no longer be angry with the Israeli people.”
5 Entonces Moisés dijo a los jueces de Israel: Matád cada uno a sus varones que se han allegado a Baal-pehor.
So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
6 Entonces, he aquí, un varón de los hijos de Israel vino, y trajo una Madianita a sus hermanos a ojos de Moisés, y de toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel, llorando ellos a la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio.
[But later], while Moses/I and many [HYP] other people were crying at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, while they/we were watching, one of the Israeli men brought a woman from the Midian people-group into his tent [and started to have sex with her].
7 Y viólo Finees hijo de Eleazar, hijo de Aarón sacerdote, y levantóse de en medio de la congregación, y tomó una lanza en su mano;
When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
8 Y vino tras el varón de Israel a la tienda, y alanceólos a ambos, al varón de Israel y a la mujer, por su vientre: y cesó la mortandad de los hijos de Israel.
and rushed into the man’s tent. He thrust the spear completely through the man’s body and into the woman’s belly [and killed both of them]. When he did that, the (plague/serious illness) [that had started to strike the Israelis] stopped.
9 Y murieron de aquella mortandad veinte y cuatro mil.
But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
10 Entonces Jehová habló a Moisés, diciendo:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
11 Finees hijo de Eleazar, hijo de Aarón sacerdote, ha hecho tornar mi furor de los hijos de Israel zelando mi celo entre ellos, por lo cual yo no he consumido con mi celo a los hijos de Israel.
“Phinehas has caused me to stop being angry with the Israeli people, by being as eager as I am [to stop this sinful behavior]. I was ready to get rid of all the Israeli people because I was extremely angry, but Phinehas has prevented me from doing that.
12 Por tanto dí: He aquí, yo pongo mi pacto de paz con él;
Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
13 Y tendrá él y su simiente después de él el pacto del sacerdocio perpetuo, por cuanto tuvo celo por su Dios, y expió los hijos de Israel.
In this agreement, I am promising to give to him and to his descendants the right/authority to be priests. I am doing this because [he showed that] he was very eager to honor me, his God, by stopping this sinful behavior. He has caused the Israeli people to become acceptable to me again by causing them to be forgiven for their sin.”
14 Y el nombre del varón muerto que fue muerto con la Madianita era Zambri, hijo de Salu, príncipe de la familia de la tribu de Simeón.
The Israeli man who was killed with the woman of the Moab people-group was named Zimri. He was the son of Salu, who was the leader of a family from the tribe of Simeon.
15 Y el nombre de la mujer muerta Madianita era Cozbi, hija de Sur príncipe de pueblos, padre de familia en Madián.
The woman’s name was Cozbi. She was the daughter of Zur, who was the leader of one of the clans of the Midian people-group.
16 Y Jehová habló a Moisés, diciendo:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
17 Afligiréis a los Madianitas, y herirlos heis:
“[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
18 Por cuanto ellos os afligieron a vosotros con sus engaños con que os han engañado en el negocio de Pehor, y en el negocio de Cozbi hija del príncipe de Madián su hermana, la cual fue muerta el día de la mortandad por causa de Pehor.
They have become your enemies, because they tricked you Israeli people and induced/persuaded many of you to worship Baal, and because [one of your men had sex with] Cozbi, who was the daughter of a leader of the Midian people-group. She was killed at the time the plague [started because the people sinned] at Peor [Mountain].”
