Jueces 1
1 Después de la muerte de Josué, los hijos de Israel hicieron una petición al Señor, diciendo: ¿Quién subirá primero para hacer la guerra por nosotros contra los cananeos?
After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
2 Y él Señor dijo: Judá tiene que subir; mira, he entregado la tierra en sus manos.
Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat [IDM] the Canaan people-group.”
3 Entonces Judá dijo a su hermano Simeón: Ven conmigo a mi herencia, para que podamos hacer guerra contra los cananeos; y luego iré contigo a tu herencia. Así que Simeón fue con él.
The men of Judah went to their fellow Israelis, [the men] from the tribe of Simeon, and said to them, “Come and help us to fight the Canaan people-group [in order that we can take from them] the land [that Yahweh] allotted to us. If you do that, we will go with you [and help you] conquer the people in the land [that Yahweh promised to give to] you.” So the men from the tribe of Simeon went with the men of the tribe of Judah.
4 Y subió Judá; y el Señor entregó a los cananeos y a los ferezeos en sus manos; y vencieron a diez mil de ellos en Bezec.
When the men of those two tribes attacked, Yahweh enabled them to defeat 10,000 men of the Canaan people-group and the Periz people-group [DOU] at Bezek [city].
5 Y se encontraron con Adoni-Bezec, y le hicieron la guerra; y vencieron a los cananeos y los ferezeos.
During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
6 Pero Adoni-Bezec salió en vuelo; y fueron tras él y lo alcanzaron, y le cortaron los pulgares y los dedos de los pies.
but he [tried to] run away. The Israelis pursued him and caught him. Then they cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
7 Y Adoni-Bezec dijo: Setenta reyes, cuyos pulgares y dedos de los pies grandes yo les corté, los hice recoger las sobras debajo de mi mesa: como lo he hecho, así lo ha hecho Dios conmigo por completo. Y lo llevaron a Jerusalén, y allí llegó a su fin.
Adoni-Bezek said, “[My army captured] 70 kings. We cut off their thumbs and big toes. After that, [we forced] those kings to eat scraps that fell from our table. Now God has (paid me back for/done to me like) [what we did to them].” Then the men of Judah took Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem, and he died there.
8 Entonces los hijos de Judá atacaron Jerusalén y la tomaron, incendiando la ciudad después de que hubieran arrojado espada a su pueblo sin piedad.
The army of Judah fought against the men of Jerusalem, and they captured the city. With their swords they killed [the people who lived there] and they burned [the houses in] the city.
9 Después de eso, los hijos de Judá bajaron para hacer la guerra a los cananeos que viven en la región montañosa y en el sur y en las tierras bajas.
Later, the men of Judah went down to fight the Canaan people-group who lived in the hilly area, in the desert to the south, and in the foothills [to the west].
10 Fueron contra los cananeos de Hebrón: ahora, en tiempos anteriores, a Hebrón se le llamaba Quiriat-arba; y puso a espada a Sesai, Ahimán y Talmai.
The men of Judah also went to fight against the Canaan people-group who lived in Hebron [city], which at that time was named Kiriath-Arba. They defeated [the armies of kings] Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 Y desde allí subió contra la gente de Debir. Ahora el nombre de Debir en tiempos anteriores era Quiriat-sefer.
Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir [city], which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.
12 Y Caleb dijo: Daré a Acsa, mi hija, como esposa al hombre que vence a Quiriat-sefer y la tomare.
[Before they attacked the city], Caleb said to them, “If one of you attacks and captures Kiriath-Sepher, I will allow him to marry my daughter.”
13 Y Otoniel, el hijo de Cenaz, el hermano menor de Caleb, lo tomó; por eso le dio a su hija Acsa por su esposa.
Othniel, who was the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, captured the city. So Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him, to become his wife.
14 Cuando ella se acercó a él, él le hizo pensar en la idea de pedirle a su padre un campo: y ella se bajó de su asno; y Caleb le dijo: ¿Qué deseas?
When Acsah married Othniel, she told him to ask her father to give him a field. [But she decided to ask him herself. She rode to Caleb’s house on her donkey], and when she got off the donkey, Caleb [could see that something was troubling her. So he] asked her, “What do you want?”
15 Y ella le dijo: Dame una bendición; Porque me has puesto en una tierra seca del sur, ahora dame manantiales de agua. Así que Caleb le dio el manantial de arriba y los manantiales de abajo.
She replied, “I want you to do a favor for me. You have given me some land in the southern desert, [but it is very dry there]. So please also give me some [land that has] springs of water.” So Caleb gave her some land on higher ground that had a spring, and some land on lower ground that also had a spring.
16 Ahora, Hobab el ceneo, el suegro de Moisés, había subido del pueblo de palmeras, con los hijos de Judá, a la tierra desierto de Arad; y fue y vivió entre los amalecitas;
The people of the Ken people-group who were descendants of Moses’ father-in-law left Jericho, which was called ‘The City of Palm Trees’. They went with some of the men of Judah to live with them in the southern desert area, near Arad [city].
17 Judá fue con su hermano Simeón, y venció a los cananeos que vivían en Zefat, y los puso bajo la maldición. y le dio a la ciudad el nombre de Horma.
The men of Judah and their fellow Israelis from the tribe of Simeon defeated the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Zephath [city]. They completely destroyed the city and gave it a new name, Hormah, [which means ‘complete destruction’].
18 Entonces Judá tomó Gaza y su límite, y Ascalon y su límite, y Ecrón y su límite.
The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron [cities] and all the land that is near those cities.
19 Y él Señor estaba con Judá; y tomó la región montañosa por su herencia; pero no pudo hacer salir a la gente del valle, porque tenían carruajes de guerra de hierro.
Yahweh helped the men of Judah to capture the hilly area, but they could not force the people who were living in the plains to leave, because [those people had better weapons—] had iron chariots.
20 Y dieron Hebrón a Caleb, como Moisés había dicho; y tomó la tierra de los tres hijos de Anac, echándolos de allí.
Hebron [city] was given to Caleb because Moses had promised him that he could have that city. And Caleb forced the three clans descended from Anak to leave that area.
21 Y los hijos de Judá no hicieron salir a los jebuseos que vivían en Jerusalén; los jebuseos todavía viven con los hijos de Benjamín en Jerusalén.
But the people of the tribe of Benjamin could not force the people of the Jebus people-group to leave Jerusalem. So, since that time the people of the Jebus people-group have lived in Jerusalem with the people of the tribe of Benjamin.
22 Y la familia de José subió contra Bet-el, y el Señor estaba con ellos.
The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against [the men of] Bethel [city], and Yahweh helped them.
23 Entonces enviaron hombres a espiar a Bet-el. ciudad en tiempos anteriores era Luz.
They sent some spies to [find out everything that they could find out about] Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
24 Y los vigilantes vieron a un hombre salir de la ciudad y le dijeron: Si nos explicas el camino hacia la ciudad, y haremos misericordia contigo.
The spies saw a man who was coming out of the city. They said to him, “If you show us a way to get into the city, we will be kind to you [and we will not kill you].”
25 Entonces les dejó claro el camino al pueblo, y se lo pusieron a la espada; Pero dejaron escapar al hombre y toda su familia a salvo.
So the man showed them a way to enter the city. The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh entered the city and killed all the people with their swords, but they did not kill the man [who showed them how to get into the city], and they did not kill his family.
26 Y se fue a la tierra de los hititas, construyendo una ciudad allí y llamándola Luz: como se llama hasta hoy.
That man went to the area where the descendants of Heth lived, and built a city. He named the city Luz, and that is still the name of that city.
27 Y Manasés no quitó la tierra de la gente de Bet-seán y sus aldeas, o de Taanac y sus aldeas, o de la gente de Dor y sus aldeas, o de la gente de Ibleam y sus aldeas, o de la gente de Megiddo y sus aldeas, pero los cananeos siguieron viviendo en esa tierra.
There were people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Beth-Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo [cities] and in the surrounding villages. [The men of] the tribe of Manasseh did not force those people to leave those towns, because the people of the Canaan people-group were determined to stay there.
28 Y cuando Israel se hizo fuerte, pusieron a los cananeos a trabajar forzadamente, sin expulsarlos por completo.
Later, the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), and they forced the people of the Canaan people-group to work for them [as their slaves], but they did not force all the people of the Canaan people-group to leave their land.
29 Y Efraín no hizo salir a los cananeos que vivían en Gezer; pero los cananeos siguieron viviendo en Gezer entre ellos.
[The men of] the tribe of Ephraim did not force the people of the Canaan people-group to leave Gezer [city]. So the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live with the people of the tribe of Ephraim.
30 Zabulón no hizo salir a la gente de Quitron o de Naalal; pero los cananeos siguieron viviendo entre ellos y fueron sometidos a trabajos forzados.
[The men of] the tribe of Zebulun did nor compel the people of the Canaan people-group who were living in Kitron and Nahalol [cities] to leave. They stayed there and lived among the people of the tribe of Zebulun, but the people of Zebulun forced them to work for them as their slaves.
31 Y Aser tampoco pudo echar de la tierra la gente de Acco, Zidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Afec o Rehob;
[The men of] the tribe of Asher did not force the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek and Rehob [cities] to leave.
32 Pero los aseritas continuaron viviendo entre los cananeos, la gente de la tierra, sin expulsarlos.
So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
33 Neftalí tampoco pudo echar de la tierra la gente de Bet-semes o de Bet-anat; pero él estaba viviendo entre los cananeos en la tierra; sin embargo, las personas de Bet-Semes y Bet-anat fueron sometidas a trabajos forzados.
[The men of] the tribe of Naphtali did not compel the people who lived in Beth-Shemesh and Beth-Anath [cities] to leave, so the people in those two cities continued to live there, but the people of the Canaan people-group were forced to work as the slaves of the people of the tribe of Naphtali.
34 Y los hijos de Dan fueron obligados a entrar en la región montañosa por los amorreos, que no los dejaron bajar al valle;
The people of the Amor people-group forced the people of the tribe of Dan to live in the hills. They did not allow them to come down [and live] on the plain.
35 Porque los amorreos siguieron viviendo en el monte Heres, en Aijalon y en Saalbim; pero los hijos de José se hicieron más fuertes que ellos, y los pusieron a trabajar forzadamente.
The people of the Amor people-group were determined to stay in Heres Mountain and in Aijalon and Shaalbim [cities]. But when the Israelis became (stronger/more numerous), they forced the people of the Amor people-group to work as their slaves.
36 Y el límite de los edomitas fue desde la ladera de Acrabim desde Sela y hacia arriba.
The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass [toward the west] beyond Sela [town], up into the hilly area.
