Josué 11
1 Y Jabín, rey de Hazor, oyendo estas cosas, envió a Jobab, rey de Madón, al rey de Simron, y al rey de Acsaf,
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 del norte en la región montañosa, y en el sur de Arabah en Cineret, y en las tierras bajas, y en las tierras altas de Dor, al oeste,
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 a los cananeos al este y al oeste, a los amorreos, a los hititas, a los ferezeos, a los jebuseos en la región montañosa, y los heveos de Hermón en la tierra de Mizpa.
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 Y salieron, ellos y todos sus ejércitos con ellos, un gran pueblo, en número como la arena del mar, con caballos y carros de guerra en gran número.
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 Y todos estos reyes se juntaron, y pusieron sus fuerzas en posición en las aguas de Merom, para hacer la guerra a 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 Y él Señor dijo a Josué: No temas, porque mañana a esta hora los entregaré a todos delante de Israel; debes cortar los músculos de las patas de sus caballos y quemar con fuego sus carruajes de guerra.
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 Entonces Josué y todos los hombres de guerra con él vinieron contra ellos de repente en las aguas de Merom, y los atacaron.
So Joshua and his army traveled to Merom Pond and attacked their enemies (by surprise/before they were ready to fight).
8 Y el Señor los entregó en manos de Israel, y los vencieron llevándolos de regreso al gran Zidon, a Misrefot-maim y al valle de Mizpa, al este; Y los mataron a todos, ningún hombre escapó a salvo.
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 les hizo como él Señor le había dicho; Les cortaron los músculos de las patas de sus caballos y quemaron con fuego sus carruajes de guerra.
Then Joshua and his men did what Yahweh told them to do: They crippled their enemies’ horses and burned their chariots.
10 En ese momento, Josué tomó a Hazor y mató a filo de espada a su rey: porque en tiempos anteriores, Hazor era el jefe de todos esos 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 Y mataron a cada persona en ella sin piedad, destruyendo todo por completo, y quemando a Hazor.
They killed everyone in Hazor; (they did not spare anyone/no one was left alive) [DOU]. Then they burned the city.
12 Y Josue capturó los pueblos de estos reyes y todos los reyes, y los pusieron a filo de espada: los destruyeron, como Moisés, el siervo del Señor, había dicho.
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 En cuanto a los pueblos que estaban sobre las colinas de la tierra, Israel no quemó a uno, sino a Hazor.
Joshua’s men burned Hazor [city], but they did not burn any of the other cities that were built on small hills.
14 Y todos los bienes que tomaron de estos pueblos y su ganado, los hijos de Israel se guardaron para sí mismos; pero cada hombre que pusieron a muerte sin piedad, hasta que su destrucción fue completa, y no había nadie vivo.
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 Como él Señor había dado órdenes a Moisés, su siervo, así Moisés dio órdenes a Josué, y así lo hizo Josué; Cada orden que el Señor había dado a Moisés fue hecha.
[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 Entonces Josué tomó toda esa tierra, la región montañosa y todo el sur, y toda la tierra de Gosén, y las tierras bajas del Jordán, la región montañosa de Israel y sus tierras bajas;
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 Halac, que sube hacia Seir, hasta Baal-gad en el valle del Líbano bajo el monte Hermón: venció y mató a todos sus reyes.
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 mucho tiempo Josué hizo la guerra a todos esos reyes.
Joshua’s men fought against those groups for many years.
19 Ni un pueblo hizo paz con los hijos de Israel, sino solo los heveos de Gabaón: los tomaron a todos en 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 el Señor los hizo tercos de corazón para ir a la guerra contra Israel, para destruirlos por completo y sin piedad, como el Señor le había dado órdenes 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 Y Josué llegó en ese momento y puso fin a los Anaceos en la región montañosa, en Hebrón, y Debir, en Anab y en toda la región montañosa de Judá e Israel. Me
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 No se podía ver a ninguno de los Anaceos en la tierra de los hijos de Israel: solo en Gaza, en Gat y en Asdod, algunos todavía vivían.
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 Entonces Josué tomó toda la tierra, como el Señor le había dicho a Moisés; y Josué se lo dio a los hijos de Israel como su herencia, dividiéndolo entre ellos por sus tribus. Y la tierra descansó de la 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.
