Deuteronomy 1
1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all of Israel, across the Jordan, in the plain of the wilderness opposite the Red Sea, between Paran and Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth, where gold is very plentiful,
Estas son las palabras que habló Moisés a todo Israel de esta parte del Jordán en el desierto, en el llano, delante del mar Bermejo, entre Farán, y Tofel, y Labán, y Jaserot, y Dizahab.
2 eleven days from Horeb, by way of Mount Seir as far as Kadesh-barnea.
Once jornadas hay desde Horeb camino del monte de Seir hasta Cádes-barne.
3 In the fortieth year, on the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses told the sons of Israel all that the Lord had instructed him. And so he spoke to them,
Y fue, que a los cuarenta años, en el mes undécimo, al primero del mes, Moisés habló a los hijos de Israel conforme a todas las cosas que Jehová le había mandado acerca de ellos:
4 after he had struck down Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan, who resided at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
Después que hirió a Sejón rey de los Amorreos, que habitaba en Jesebón, y a Og rey de Basán, que habitaba en Astarot en Edrai,
5 across the Jordan in the land of Moab. And so, Moses began to explain the law, and to say:
De esta parte del Jordán en tierra de Moab quiso Moisés declarar esta ley, diciendo:
6 “The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying: ‘You have remained long enough on this mountain.
Jehová nuestro Dios nos habló en Horeb, diciendo: Harto habéis estado en este monte;
7 Turn back and go to the mountain of the Amorites, and to the other places which are near it: the plains as well as the mountainous regions, and the low-lying places opposite the south and along the shore of the sea, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river Euphrates.’
Volvéos, partíos, e id al monte del Amorreo, y a todas sus comarcas en el llano, en el monte, y en los valles, y al mediodía, y a la costa de la mar: a la tierra del Cananeo, y el Líbano hasta el gran río, el río de Éufrates.
8 ‘Lo,’ he said, ‘I have delivered it to you. Enter and possess that which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them, and to their offspring after them.’
Mirád, yo he dado la tierra en vuestra presencia, entrád y poseéd la tierra, que Jehová juró a vuestros padres Abraham, Isaac, y Jacob, que les daría a ellos y a su simiente después de ellos.
9 And I said to you, at that time:
Y yo os hablé entonces, diciendo: Yo no puedo llevaros solo;
10 ‘I alone am not able to sustain you. For the Lord, your God, has multiplied you, and you are today like the stars of heaven, very many.
Jehová vuestro Dios os ha multiplicado, que, he aquí, sois hoy vosotros como las estrellas del cielo en multitud.
11 May the Lord, the God of your fathers, add to this number many thousands more, and may he bless you, just as he has said.
Jehová Dios de vuestros padres añada sobre vosotros como sois mil veces, y os bendiga, como os ha prometido.
12 Alone, I do not have the strength to endure your arbitrations and judgments and disputes.
¿Cómo llevaré yo solo vuestras molestias, vuestras cargas, y vuestros pleitos?
13 Offer, from among you, wise and experienced men, those whose conversation has been proven within your tribes, so that I may appoint them as your rulers.’
Dad de vosotros varones sabios y entendidos, y expertos, de vuestras tribus, para que yo los ponga por vuestras cabezas.
14 Then you responded to me: ‘What you intend to do is a good thing.’
Y me respondisteis y dijisteis: Bueno es lo que has dicho para que se haga.
15 And so, I took from your tribes men, wise and noble, and I appointed them as rulers, as tribunes and centurions, and as leaders over fifty and over ten, who would teach you each thing.
Y tomé los principales de vuestras tribus, varones sabios y expertos, y púselos por príncipes sobre vosotros, príncipes de millares, y príncipes de cientos, y príncipes de cincuenta, y príncipes de diez, y gobernadores a vuestras tribus.
16 And I instructed them, saying: ‘Listen to them, and judge what is just, whether he is one of your citizens or a sojourner.
Y entonces mandé a vuestros jueces, diciendo: Oíd entre vuestros hermanos: juzgád justamente entre el hombre y su hermano, y entre su extranjero.
17 There shall be no favoritism to any persons. So you shall listen to the little as well as to the great. And you shall not accept anyone’s reputation, for this is the judgment of God. But if anything seems difficult to you, then refer it to me, and I will hear it.’
No tengáis respeto de personas en el juicio: así al pequeño como al grande oiréis: no habréis temor de ninguno, porque el juicio es de Dios: y la causa que os fuere difícil, llegaréis a mí, y yo la oiré.
18 And I instructed you in all that you were obliged to do.
Y entonces os mandé todo lo que hubieseis de hacer.
19 Then, setting out from Horeb, we crossed through a terrible and great wasteland, which you saw along the way of the mountain of the Amorite, just as the Lord our God had instructed us. And when we had arrived at Kadesh-barnea,
Y partidos de Horeb, anduvimos todo este desierto grande y temeroso, que habéis visto, por el camino del monte del Amorreo, como Jehová nuestro Dios nos lo mandó: y llegamos hasta Cádes-barne.
20 I said to you: ‘You have arrived at the mountain of the Amorite, which the Lord our God will give to us.
Y os dije: Llegado habéis al monte del Amorreo, el cual Jehová nuestro Dios nos da.
21 Gaze upon the land that the Lord your God gives to you. Ascend and possess it, just as the Lord our God has spoken to your fathers. Do not be afraid, and do not become terrified by anything.’
Mira, Jehová tu Dios ha dado delante de ti la tierra: sube y poséela, como Jehová el Dios de tus padres te ha dicho, no temas, ni desmayes.
22 And you all approached me and said: ‘Let us send men who may consider the land, and who may report as to the way by which we ought to ascend, and as to which cities we ought to travel.’
Y llegasteis a mí todos vosotros, y dijisteis: Enviemos varones delante de nosotros, que nos reconozcan la tierra, y nos tornen la respuesta; el camino por donde hemos de subir, y las ciudades a donde hemos de venir.
23 And since the word was pleasing to me, I sent from among you twelve men, one from each tribe.
Y el dicho me pareció bien, y tomé doce varones de vosotros un varón por tribu;
24 These, when they had set out and had ascended the mountains, arrived as far as the valley of the cluster of grapes. And having considered the land,
Y volvieron, y subieron al monte, y vinieron hasta el arroyo de Escol, y reconocieron la tierra.
25 having taken from its fruits in order to show its fertility, they brought these to us, and they said: ‘The land that the Lord our God will give to us is good.’
Y tomaron en sus manos del fruto de la tierra, y trajéronnoslo, y diéronnos la respuesta, y dijeron: Buena es la tierra que Jehová nuestro Dios nos da.
26 Yet you were not willing to go there. Instead, being incredulous to the word of the Lord our God,
Y no quisisteis subir, mas os rebelasteis al dicho de Jehová vuestro Dios:
27 you murmured in your tents, and you said: ‘The Lord hates us, and therefore he has led us away from the land of Egypt, so that he might deliver us into the hand of the Amorite and destroy us.
Y murmurasteis en vuestras tiendas, diciendo: Porque Jehová nos aborrecía, nos sacó de tierra de Egipto, para entregarnos en mano del Amorreo para destruirnos.
28 To where should we ascend? The messengers have terrified our heart by saying: “The multitude is very great, and taller than us. And the cities are great, and the walls extend even to the sky. We have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’
¿Dónde subimos? Nuestros hermanos han hecho desleir nuestro corazón, diciendo: Este pueblo es mayor y más alto que nosotros; las ciudades grandes y encastilladas hasta el cielo, y también vimos allí hijos de gigantes.
29 And I said to you: ‘Do not be apprehensive, nor should you fear them.
Entonces yo os dije: No temáis, ni hayáis miedo de ellos:
30 The Lord God himself, who is your leader, will fight on your behalf, just as he did in Egypt in the sight of all.
Jehová vuestro Dios, el que va delante de vosotros, él peleará por vosotros, conforme a todas las cosas que hizo con vosotros en Egipto delante de vuestros ojos;
31 And in the wilderness (as you yourselves saw), the Lord your God carried you, like a man who is accustomed to carrying his little son, along all the way that you walked, until you arrived at this place.’
Y en el desierto, has visto que Jehová tu Dios te ha traído, como trae el hombre a su hijo, por todo el camino que habéis andado, hasta que habéis venido a este lugar.
32 And yet, despite all of this, you did not believe the Lord your God,
Y aun con esto no habéis creído en Jehová vuestro Dios.
33 who went before you on the way, and who marked out the place where you should pitch your tents, showing you the way by fire in the night, and by a pillar of cloud in the day.
El cual iba delante de vosotros por el camino, para reconoceros el lugar donde habíais de asentar el campo, con fuego de noche, para mostraros el camino por donde anduvieseis: y con nube de día.
34 And when the Lord had heard the voice of your words, becoming angry, he swore and said:
Y oyó Jehová la voz de vuestras palabras, y enojóse, y juró, diciendo:
35 ‘None of the men of this wicked generation will see the good land, which I have promised by oath to your fathers,
No verá hombre de estos, esta mala generación, la buena tierra, que juré que había de dar a vuestros padres:
36 except Caleb the son of Jephuneh. For he himself will see it, and I will give the land on which he has walked to him and to his sons, because he has followed the Lord.’
Sino fuere Caleb hijo de Jefone, él la verá, y yo le daré la tierra que holló, a él y a sus hijos, porque cumplió en pos de Jehová.
37 Neither is his indignation with the people a wonder, since the Lord also became angry with me because of you, and so he said: ‘Neither will you enter into that place.
Y también contra mí se airó Jehová por vosotros, diciendo: Tampoco tú entrarás allá.
38 But Joshua, the son of Nun, your minister, shall himself enter on your behalf. Exhort and strengthen this man, and he himself shall divide the land by lot to Israel.
Josué hijo de Nun, que está delante de ti, él entrará allá; esfuérzale, porque él la hará heredar a Israel.
39 Your little ones, about whom you said that they would be led away as captives, and your sons, who to this day are ignorant of the difference between good and evil, they shall enter. And I will give the land to them, and they will possess it.
Y vuestros chiquitos, de los cuales dijisteis, serán por presa; y vuestros hijos, que no saben hoy bueno ni malo, ellos entrarán allá, y a ellos la daré, y ellos la heredarán.
40 But as for you, turn back and go out to the wilderness, by way of the Red Sea.’
Y vosotros volvéos, y partíos al desierto camino del mar Bermejo.
41 And you responded to me: ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will ascend and fight, just as the Lord our God has instructed.’ And having been equipped with weapons, when you were setting out for the mountain,
Y respondisteis y me dijisteis: Pecamos a Jehová, nosotros subiremos, y pelearemos, conforme a todo lo que Jehová nuestro Dios nos ha mandado. Y os armasteis cada uno de sus armas de guerra, y os apercebisteis para subir al monte,
42 the Lord said to me: ‘Say to them: Do not ascend and do not fight. For I am not with you. Otherwise, you may fall in the sight of your enemies.’
Y Jehová me dijo: Díles: No subáis, ni peleéis, porque yo no estoy entre vosotros, y no seáis heridos delante de vuestros enemigos.
43 I spoke, and you did not listen. But, opposing the order of the Lord, and swelling with pride, you ascended onto the mountain.
Y os hablé y no oísteis; antes os rebelasteis al dicho de Jehová, y porfiasteis con soberbia, y subisteis al monte.
44 And so, having gone forth, the Amorite, who was living in the mountains, came against you and pursued you, just as a swarm of bees would do. And he struck you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.
Y salió el Amorreo, que habitaba en aquel monte, a vuestro encuentro, y os persiguieron, como hacen las avispas, y os quebrantaron en Seir hasta Jorma.
45 And when you returned and were weeping in the sight of the Lord, he would not hear you, nor was he willing to agree to your voice.
Y volvisteis, y llorasteis delante de Jehová, y Jehová no oyó vuestra voz, ni os escuchó.
46 Therefore, you camped at Kadesh-barnea for a long time.”
Y estuvisteis en Cádes por muchos días, como parece en los días que habéis estado.
