Números 16
1 Coré, hijo de Izar, hijo de Coat, hijo de Leví, con Datán y Abiram, hijos de Eliab, y On, hijo de Pelet, hijo de Rubén.
One day Korah, who was the son of Izhar and a descendant of Levi’s son Kohath, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, who were the sons of Eliab, and On, who was the son of Peleth. Those three men were from the tribe of Reuben.
2 Y se presentó ante Moisés, con algunos de los hijos de Israel, doscientos cincuenta jefes del pueblo, hombres de buen nombre que tenían un lugar en la reunión del pueblo.
Korah and those other three men incited 250 other people who were leaders among the Israeli people to join them in rebelling against Moses/me.
3 Se reunieron contra Moisés y Aarón, y les dijeron: Basta ya de ustedes, porque se creen superiores, ya que todo el pueblo ha sido consagrado, cada uno de ellos, y el Señor está entre ellos; ¿Por qué, pues, se han puesto como autoridad sobre el pueblo del Señor?
They came together to criticize Aaron and Moses/me. They said to them/us, “You two are using more [authority] than you should! Yahweh has set apart all of us Israeli people, and he is with/helping all of us. So why do you act as though you are more important than the rest of us people who belong to Yahweh [RHQ]?”
4 Al oír esto, Moisés se postró sobre su rostro;
When Moses/I heard what they were saying, he/I prostrated himself/myself on the ground.
5 Y dijo a Coré y sus seguidores: Por la mañana, el Señor dejará en claro quién es suyo, quién es santo y quién puede acercarse a él. Se hará que el hombre de su elección se acerque a él.
Then he/I said to Korah and those [Israeli leaders] who were with Korah, “Tomorrow morning Yahweh will show us whom he has chosen to be his [priest], and who is holy and allowed to come near to him. Yahweh will permit [only] those whom he chooses to come into his presence.
6 Hagan esto: deja que Coré y sus seguidores tomen vasijas para quemar incienso;
So Korah, tomorrow you and those who are with you must prepare your pans to burn incense.
7 Y pongan las especias sobre el fuego en ellas delante del Señor mañana; entonces el hombre escogido por el Señor será santo. Que esto les baste a ustedes, hijos de Leví.
Then you must light a fire in them and burn the incense in the presence of Yahweh. Then we will see which one of us Yahweh has chosen to be his holy servant. It is you men who are descendants of Levi who are trying to use more [authority] than you should!”
8 Entonces Moisés dijo a Coré: Escucha ahora, hijos de Leví:
Then Moses/I spoke again to Korah. He/I said, “You men who are descendants of Levi, listen to me!
9 ¿Les parece poco a ustedes que el Dios de Israel los haya separado del resto de Israel, permitiéndole acercarse para hacer la obra de la Casa del santuario del Señor? Y estén delante de la gente para hacer lo que se tiene que hacer por ellos;
The God of us Israelis has chosen all of you to be close to him in order that you can work for him at his Sacred Tent and serve the people. (Is that unimportant/Does that mean nothing) to you [RHQ]?
10 ¿Dejando que todos tus hermanos y los hijos de Leví se acerquen a él? ¿Y ahora ambicionan también él sacerdocio?
Yahweh has brought you, [Korah], and your fellow descendants of Levi, near to himself. Now are you demanding to become priests also?
11 Así que tú y todos tus seguidores se han unido contra el Señor; y Aarón, ¿quién es él que claman contra él?
It is really Yahweh against whom you and your fellow descendants of Levi are rebelling. Aaron is not the one about whom you are really complaining [RHQ].”
12 Entonces Moisés mandó llamar a Datán y a Abiram, los hijos de Eliab; y ellos dijeron: No subiremos.
Then Moses/I summoned Dathan and Abiram, but [they refused to come]. They [sent a message] saying, “We will not come to you!
13 ¿No es suficiente que nos hayas sacado de una tierra que fluye leche y miel, para matarnos en la tierra desolada, pero ahora deseas hacerte un jefe sobre nosotros?
You brought us out of Egypt, which was a very fertile [IDM] land, in order to cause us to die here in this desert. That was bad. But now you are also trying to boss us [RHQ], and that is worse.
14 Y más que esto, no nos has llevado a una tierra que fluye leche y miel, ni nos has dado una herencia de campos y viñas. ¿sacarás los ojos de estos hombres? No subiremos.
You have not given us a new land to live in, a land that has good fields and vineyards. You are only trying to [RHQ] trick these people. So we will not come to you.”
15 Entonces Moisés se enojó mucho y le dijo al Señor: No le prestes atención a su ofrenda. Ninguno de sus asnos he tomado, ni he hecho mal alguno de ellos.
Then Moses/I became very angry. He/I said to Yahweh, “Do not accept the grain offerings that they have brought. I have not taken anything from them, not even one donkey, and I have never done anything wrong to them, [so they have no reason to complain about me].”
16 Entonces Moisés dijo a Coré: Tú y tus seguidores deben venir ante el Señor mañana, tú, ellos y Aarón.
Then Moses/I said to Korah, “You and all those who are with you must come here tomorrow and stand in front of Yahweh. Aaron will also be here.
17 Y cada hombre tome un incensario y le ponga incienso; Que cada uno tome su vaso delante del Señor, doscientos cincuenta vasos; Tú y Aarón y todos con su vasija.
You and all the 250 men who are with you must each take a pan in which to burn incense, and put incense in it, to [burn it to be] an offering to Yahweh. Aaron will do the same thing.”
18 Entonces cada hombre tomó su vasija y pusieron brasas, con incienso, y llegaron a la puerta de la Tienda de reunión con Moisés y Aarón.
So [the next day] each of those men got a pan to burn incense. They put in it incense and hot coals to light it, and then they all stood at the entrance of the Sacred Tent with Aaron and Moses/me.
19 Y Core hizo que todas las personas se juntaran contra ellos a la puerta de la tienda de reunión: y la gloria del Señor fue vista por todas las personas.
Then Korah summoned all the people who supported him and who were against Moses/me, and they also gathered at the entrance of the tent. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to all of them/us,
20 Y él Señor dijo a Moisés y a Aarón:
and Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
21 Salgan de entre esta congregación, para que pueda enviarles una destrucción repentina.
“Get away from all these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately!”
22 Entonces, cayendo sobre sus rostros, dijeron: Oh Dios, el Dios de los espíritus de toda carne, por el pecado de un hombre, ¿tu ira será movida contra todo el pueblo?
But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground. We pleaded with Yahweh, saying, “God, you are the one who caused all these people to live [MTY]. Only one of these men has sinned; so, (is it right for you to be angry with all the people?/it is not right for you to be angry with all the people!) [RHQ]”
23 Y él Señor dijo a Moisés:
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
24 Di a la gente: Salgan de la tienda de Coré, Datán y Abiram.
“[Okay], but tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
25 Entonces Moisés se levantó y fue a Datán y Abiram, y los ancianos de Israel fueron con él.
So Moses/I stood up and went to the tents of Dathan and Abiram. The Israeli leaders followed him/me.
26 Y dijo a la gente: Salgan ahora de las tiendas de estos hombres malvados, sin tocar nada de ellos, o pueden ser llevados al castigo de sus pecados.
He/I told the people, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them! If you touch anything, you will die because of their sins!”
27 Entonces, por todos lados, salieron de la tienda de Coré, Datan y Abiram; y Datán y Abiram salieron a la puerta de sus tiendas, con sus esposas y sus hijos y sus pequeños.
So all the people moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram came out of their tents with their wives and children and babies, and stood at the entrances of their tents.
28 Entonces Moisés dijo: Ahora verán que el Señor me ha enviado para hacer todas estas obras, y no las he hecho por mí mismo.
Then Moses/I said, “I was not the one who decided to do all these things that I have done. It was Yahweh who [chose me and] sent me to do them. And now he will prove that to you.
29 Si estos hombres tienen la muerte común de los hombres, o si el destino natural de todos los hombres los supera, entonces el Señor no me ha enviado.
If these men die in a normal way, then it will be clear that Yahweh did not choose me.
30 Pero si el Señor hace algo nuevo, abriendo la tierra para recibirlos, con todo lo que es de ellos, y bajan a vivir al inframundo, entonces estará claro para ustedes que el Señor no ha sido honrado por estos hombres. (Sheol h7585)
But if Yahweh does something that has never happened before, if he causes the ground [that is under their feet] to open up and swallow these men [and their families] and all their possessions, and they fall into the opening and are buried while they are still alive, then you will know that these men have insulted Yahweh.” (Sheol h7585)
31 Y mientras estas palabras estaban en sus labios, la tierra debajo de ellos se dividió en dos;
As soon as Moses/I said this, the ground split open beneath those men.
32 Y la tierra, abriendo su boca, los recibió con sus familias y con todos los hombres que se habían unido a Coré y sus bienes.
It swallowed them and their families and all those who were standing there with Korah and all of their possessions.
33 Así que ellos y todos los suyos descendieron viviendo en el inframundo, y la tierra se cerró sobre ellos, y fueron separados de la reunión de la gente. (Sheol h7585)
They fell into the opening in the ground while they were still alive, and all their possessions fell into the opening also. They disappeared, and the ground closed back up again. (Sheol h7585)
34 Y todo Israel alrededor de ellos huyó a su clamor. Por temor, dijeron ellos, que la tierra nos trague también a nosotros.
They screamed as they fell, and all the people who were standing nearby heard them scream. The people [were terrified and] cried out as they ran away, saying, “[We do not want] the ground to swallow us also!”
35 Luego salió fuego del Señor, que quemó a los doscientos cincuenta hombres que ofrecían el incienso.
And then a fire from Yahweh came down [from the sky] and burned up the 250 men who were burning the incense!
36 Y él Señor dijo a Moisés:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
37 Dile a Eleazar, hijo del sacerdote Aarón, que saque los incensarios de las llamas; y dispersar los carbones en otro lugar, apagando de ellos el fuego, porque son santos;
“Tell Aaron’s son Eleazar to take the pans that had incense in them away from the fire and to scatter the burning coals. The pans that those men [were carrying] are (holy/dedicated to me) [because they burned incense to me in them].
38 Y las vasijas de aquellos hombres, que con sus vidas han pagado por sus pecados, sean martillados como platos para cubrir el altar; porque han sido ofrecidos delante del Señor y son santos; para que sean una señal para los hijos de Israel.
Those men have now died because of their sin; so [Eleazar must] take their pans and hammer the metal to make it become very thin. He must make a covering for the altar with that metal. Those pans were used to offer incense to me, so they are (holy/dedicated to me). [What happened to] those pans will now warn the Israeli people.”
39 Entonces el sacerdote Eleazar tomó los recipientes de bronce que habían sido ofrecidos por los que fueron quemados, y fueron martillados para hacer una cubierta para el altar:
So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 pans for burning incense that had been used by the men who died in the fire. He hammered the pans very thin to make a covering for the altar, as Yahweh told Moses/me should be done.
40 Para ser una señal, guardada en la memoria para siempre por los hijos de Israel, que ningún hombre que no sea de la descendencia de Aarón tiene el derecho de quemar incienso ante el Señor, para que no sea como Coré y sus seguidores: como el Señor le dijo por la boca de Moisés.
That warned the Israeli people that only those who were descendants of Aaron were permitted to burn incense for an offering to Yahweh. If anyone else did that, the same thing that happened to Korah and those who were with him would happen to them.
41 Pero al día siguiente, todos los hijos de Israel clamaron contra Moisés y Aarón, diciendo: Has matado al pueblo del Señor.
But the following morning, all the Israeli people started to complain against Aaron and Moses/me, saying “You have killed many people who belonged to Yahweh!”
42 Cuando la gente se había reunido contra Moisés y Aarón, mirando en dirección a la Tienda de reunión, vieron que la nube la cubría, y la gloria del Señor vino ante sus ojos.
When all the people gathered together to protest about what Aaron and Moses/I had done, they looked at the Sacred Tent and saw that the sacred cloud had covered it, and the glory of Yahweh had appeared.
43 Entonces Moisés y Aarón llegaron al frente de la tienda de reunión.
Aaron and Moses/I went and stood in front of the Sacred Tent.
44 Y él Señor dijo a Moisés:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
45 Salgan de entre esta gente, para que pueda enviarles una destrucción repentina. Y descendieron sobre sus rostros.
“Get away from these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately [without injuring you two]!” But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground [and prayed].
46 Entonces Moisés dijo a Aarón: Toma tu incensario ponle fuego del altar, y sobre él incienso, y llévalo rápidamente a la reunión del pueblo, y haz expiación del pecado; porque la ira ha salido de El Señor, y la enfermedad está empezando.
Moses/I said to Aaron, “Quickly take another pan and put in it some burning/hot coals from the altar. Put incense in the pan, and carry it out among the people to atone for the sins of the people. Yahweh is very angry with them, and [I know that] a (severe plague/bad sickness) has already started among them.”
47 Al oír las palabras de Moisés, Aarón tomó su incensario corrió entre el pueblo; e incluso entonces la enfermedad había comenzado entre ellos; y puso incienso en su incensario para quitar el pecado de la gente.
So Aaron did what Moses/I told him. He took the burning incense out among the people. The plague had already started to strike the people, but Aaron continued to burn the incense so that God would forgive them for the sins they had committed.
48 Y tomó su lugar entre los muertos y los vivos, y la enfermedad se detuvo.
He stood between the people who had already died and those who were still alive, and then the plague stopped.
49 Ahora, catorce mil setecientas muertes fueron causadas por esa enfermedad, además de las que llegaron a su fin por lo que Coré había hecho.
But 14,700 people had already died from that plague/sickness, in addition to the people who died with Korah.
50 Entonces Aarón volvió a Moisés a la puerta de la tienda de reunión: y la enfermedad se detuvo.
Then after the plague had ended, Aaron and Moses/I returned to the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
