Deuteronomio 1
1 Estas son las palabras que Moisés dijo a todo Israel a este lado del Jordán, en el desierto de Araba, frente a Suf, entre Parán, por un lado, y Tofel, Labán, Hazerot y Dizahab, por el otro.
In this book is written what Moses/I said to the Israeli people. He/I told them these things when they/we were in the desert, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. They/We had set up our tents near [a place named] Suph, between Paran [town on the one side of the river] and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab [towns on the other side of the river].
2 Es un viaje de once días desde Horeb por el camino del Monte Seir hasta Cades-Barnea.
To walk from Sinai [Mountain] to the Kadesh-Barnea [oasis], people usually travel for only eleven days, going by way of the hilly area named Edom.
3 Ahora, en el cuadragésimo año, el primer día del mes undécimo, Moisés dio a los hijos de Israel todas las órdenes que el Señor le había dado para ellos;
Forty years after (the Israelis/we) left Egypt, in the middle of January, Moses/I told the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me to tell them.
4 Después de vencer a Sihon, rey de los amorreos, reinando en Hesbón, y Og, rey de Basán, gobernando en Astarot, en Edrei.
This was after they/we had defeated Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king of the Bashan [region] who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei [towns].
5 Al otro lado del Jordán, en la tierra de Moab, Moisés le dio esta ley al pueblo diciendo:
Moses/I told them these things while the people were in the Moab region, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. He/I (explained to them/enabled them to understand) God’s laws. This is what he/I said to them:
6 El Señor nuestro Dios nos dijo en Horeb: Ustedes han estado lo suficiente en esta montaña:
“Yahweh our God said to us when we were at Sinai [Mountain], ‘You have stayed for a very long time at [the bottom of] this mountain.
7 Regresen ahora, y continúen su camino hacia la región montañosa de los amorreos y los lugares cercanos a ella, en Araba y la región montañosa y en los valles y en el Neguev junto al mar, todo la tierra de los cananeos, y el Líbano, hasta el gran río, el río Eufrates.
So now continue traveling. Go to the hilly area where the Amor people-group lives and to the nearby areas—to the Jordan [River] Valley, to the hilly region, to the western (foothills/hills at the bottom of the mountains), to the desert area to the south, to the [Mediterranean] Seacoast, to all of Canaan land, to the Lebanon [Mountains], and [northeast] to the great Euphrates River.
8 Miren, toda la tierra está delante de ustedes; entren y tomen posesión de la tierra que el Señor dio mediante un juramento a sus padres, Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, y a su descendencia después de ellos.
Note that I will give that land to you. I, Yahweh, promised to your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob that I would give it to them and to their descendants. So now go and occupy it.’”
9 En ese tiempo les dije: No puedo encargarme de ustedes yo solo;
Moses/I also said to the people, “When [we were still at Sinai Mountain], I told your ancestors ‘It is a very big burden/responsibility for me to govern all of you. So I cannot do it by myself.
10 El Señor su Dios los ha multiplicado, y ahora eres como las estrellas del cielo en número.
Yahweh our God has caused us Israelis to now become as numerous as the stars in the sky.
11 ¡Que el Señor, el Dios de sus padres, les haga mil veces más numeroso de lo que son, y les dé su bendición como él lo ha dicho!
And I hope/desire that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], will cause us to become 1,000 times as numerous as we are now and that he will bless us just like he promised to do.
12 ¿Cómo es posible que yo sea responsable de ustedes y asuma el peso de todos sus problemas y sus argumentos?
But I certainly cannot [RHQ] (solve/deal with) all of your complaints/problems.
13 Escojan de entre ustedes mismos, de sus tribus, hombres sabios, lejanos y respetados entre ustedes, y yo los haré gobernantes sobre ustedes.
So choose some men from your tribes who are wise and who have good sense and who are respected. Then I will appoint them to be your leaders.’
14 Y respondieron y me dijeron: Es bueno que hagamos lo que dices.
Your ancestors replied, ‘What you have suggested is good for us to do.’
15 Así que tomé a los jefes de sus tribus, hombres sabios y respetados, y los hice gobernantes sobre ustedes, capitanes de miles y capitanes de cientos y capitanes de cincuenta y capitanes de decenas, y supervisores de sus tribus.
So I took the wise and respected men [that your ancestors chose] from your tribes, and I appointed them to be your leaders. I appointed some to (rule/have authority) over 1,000 people, some to have authority over 100 people, some to have authority over 50 people, and some to have authority over ten people. I also appointed other officers from throughout your tribes.
16 Y en ese momento di órdenes a sus jueces, diciendo: Permite que todas las preguntas entre sus hermanos se presenten ante ustedes para escuchar, y tomen decisiones rectas entre un hombre y su hermano o uno de otra nación que esté con él.
I instructed/told your leaders, ‘Listen to the disputes that occur among your people. Judge each dispute, including disputes between close relatives and quarrels between your people and people from other countries who live among you.
17 Al juzgar, no permitas que la posición de un hombre influya en tu decisión; Den oído igualmente a pequeños y grandes; no teman a ningún hombre, porque es Dios quien es el juez; y cualquier causa por la cual ustedes no puedan tomar una decisión, ustedes deben comparecer ante mí y les daré una audiencia.
You must (be impartial/not favor one person more than another); you must treat poor people and important people equally. You must not worry about what anyone will think [about how you decide matters], because you will decide matters as God [wants you to]. If any quarrel/dispute is very difficult and you are unable to decide it, bring it to me, and I will decide.’
18 Y en ese momento les di todas las órdenes que debían hacer.
At that time I also told you other things that you should do.”
19 Luego pasamos de Horeb, a través de tan grande y terrible desierto que ustedes vieron, en nuestro camino a la región montañosa de los amorreos, como el Señor nos dio órdenes; y llegamos a Cades-barnea.
“Then, just like Yahweh our God commanded us, we left Sinai [Mountain] and went through that huge desert that was very (dangerous/difficult to travel through), on the road to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. We arrived at Kadesh-Barnea.
20 Y les dije: Han venido a la región montañosa de los amorreos, que el Señor nuestro Dios nos está dando.
I said to your ancestors, ‘We have now come to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. This is part of the area that Yahweh our God, the one whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to us.
21 Mira, el Señor su Dios ha puesto la tierra en sus manos: suban y tomen posesión, como el Señor, el Dios de sus padres, les ha dicho; No tengan miedo y no se desanimen.
Note that Yahweh our God is giving this land to us. So go and occupy it as he commanded. Do not be (at all/even a little bit) afraid.’
22 Y vinieron a mi, cada uno de ustedes, se acercaron a mí y dijeron: Enviaremos a los hombres delante de nosotros a recorrer la tierra con cuidado y después de explorar que nos digan cómo debemos ir a los pueblos a los que nos dirigimos.
But all of your ancestors came to me and said, ‘Before we go, we should [first] send some men there to explore the land, in order that they can return and tell us which will be the best road to go there and what kind of towns are there.’
23 Y lo que dijiste me pareció bien, y tomé de ustedes a doce hombres, uno de cada tribu;
I thought that it would be good to do that, so I chose twelve men, one man from each tribe.
24 Y subieron a la región montañosa y llegaron al valle de Escol, y vieron lo que había allí.
They went up into the hilly area as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area.
25 Y tomando en sus manos parte del fruto de la tierra, descendieron de nuevo a nosotros y nos contaron, diciendo: Es una buena tierra que el Señor nuestro Dios nos está dando.
They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good/fertile.”
26 Pero yendo contra la orden del Señor su Dios, no subieron.
“But your ancestors refused to go [and conquer that land]. They rebelled against what Yahweh our God had commanded them to do, and they would not go into that land.
27 E hicieron airadas protestas en sus tiendas, y dijeron: En su odio por nosotros, el Señor nos ha sacado de la tierra de Egipto, para entregarnos en manos de los amorreos para nuestra destrucción.
Your ancestors [stayed] in their tents and complained saying ‘Yahweh hates us. So he has brought us here from Egypt just to allow the Amor people-group to destroy us.
28 ¿A dónde vamos a subir? Nuestros hermanos han llenado nuestros corazones de temor diciendo: La gente es más que nosotros y más alta que nosotros, y las ciudades son grandes y están amuralladas hasta el cielo; y más que esto, hemos visto a los hijos de Anac allí.
(Why should we go there?/We do not want to go there.) [RHQ] The men whom we sent there have caused us to become very discouraged/afraid. They have told us that the people there are much stronger and taller than we are and that there are extremely high [HYP] walls around their towns. Also they reported that they saw [giants there that are] descendants of Anak.’
29 Entonces les dije: No teman a ellos ni tengan miedo.
Then I said to your ancestors, ‘Do not be afraid (at all/even a little bit) [DOU] of those people!
30 El Señor, su Dios, que va delante de ustedes, luchará por ustedes y hará las maravillas que él hizo por ustedes en Egipto ante sus ojos;
Yahweh our God will go ahead of you, and he will fight for you, just like you saw him do for you in Egypt
31 Y en el desierto, donde has visto cómo el Señor te llevó, como lo hace un hombre a su hijo, en todo tu viaje hasta que llegaron a este lugar.
and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely here, like a man would carry his son. [SIM]’
32 Pero por todo esto, no tuvieron fe en el Señor su Dios,
[I reminded them that] he always went ahead of them while they traveled [in the desert]. He directed them by [a pillar of] fire during the night and a [pillar of] cloud during the day. He showed them places to set up their tents. But in spite of what I said, your ancestors would not trust Yahweh our God.
33 ¿Quién iba delante de ustedes en su camino, buscando un lugar donde pudieran poner sus tiendas de campaña, en el fuego por la noche, iluminando el camino en que debían ir, y en una nube por el día.
34 Y él Señor, oyendo sus palabras, se enojó y dijo con juramento.
Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared,
35 En verdad, ninguna de estas generaciones malvadas verá la buena tierra que dije que daría a sus padres.
‘Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants [some of] the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land which I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.’
36 Pero solo Caleb, el hijo de Jefone, lo verá; y a él y a sus hijos les daré la tierra sobre la cual han ido sus pies, porque ha sido fiel al Señor con todo su corazón.
37 Y, además, el Señor se enojó conmigo por culpa de ustedes, diciendo: Tú mismo no entrarás en esa tierra.
But because of [what] your ancestors [did], Yahweh was also angry with me. He said to me, ‘You also will not enter that land.
38 Josué, el hijo de Nun, tu siervo, entrará en la tierra; dile que debe ser fuerte, porque él será el guía de Israel en su herencia.
Joshua, the son of Nun, who is your helper, will enter it. Encourage him, because he is the one who will enable you Israeli people to occupy that land.’
39 Y sus pequeños, que, según dijiste, vendrían a manos extrañas, tus hijos, que ahora no tienen conocimiento del bien o del mal, entrarán en esa tierra, y a ellos se la daré y ellos la heredarán.
Then Yahweh said to all of us, ‘You said that your children would be captured by your enemies. Because they are very young, they do not yet know what is good and what is evil. But they are the ones to whom I will give that land, and they will enter it and occupy it.
40 Pero en cuanto a ustedes, regresen, viajando al desierto por el camino del Mar Rojo.
But as for you, turn around and go back into the desert, toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba).’
41 Entonces me dijeron: Hemos hecho lo malo contra el Señor, subiremos al ataque, como el Señor nuestro Dios nos ha dado órdenes. Y armándose cada uno, se prepararon para subir sin cuidado a la región montañosa.
Then your ancestors replied, ‘We have sinned; we have disobeyed Yahweh. So we will go and attack [the people who live in] that land, just like Yahweh our God commanded us to do.’ And each of their men put on his weapons, and they thought that it would be easy to invade the hilly region.
42 Y el Señor me dijo: Diles: No suban al ataque; porque no estoy entre ustedes, y serán vencidos por los que están contra ustedes.
But Yahweh said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up there and attack those people, because I will not go with you. If you go, your enemies will defeat you.”’
43 Les dije esto, pero no prestaron atención y se fueron en contra de las órdenes del Señor, y en su orgullo subieron a la región montañosa.
So I told that to your ancestors, but they would not heed what I said. They [again] rebelled against what Yahweh commanded them to do. Their soldiers proudly/arrogantly marched up into that hilly region.
44 Y los amorreos que estaban en la región montañosa salieron contra ustedes y los hicieron huir, persiguiéndote como a las abejas, y te vencieron en Seir, llevándote hasta Horma.
Then the men of the Amor people-group who lived in that region came out [of their towns] and attacked those soldiers. They pursued your ancestors’ soldiers like [a swarm of] bees pursues people, and they pursued them [south] from the Edom area and defeated them at Hormah [city].
45 Y volvieron, llorando delante del Señor; pero el Señor no prestó atención a tus gritos y no los escuchó.
So your ancestors went back [to Kadesh-Barnea] and cried out to request Yahweh [to help them], but he did not heed them. He did not pay any attention to them [DOU].
46 Así que te mantuviste esperando en Cades durante mucho tiempo.
So we stayed there at Kadesh-Barnea for a long time.”
