Deuteronomy 1
1 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].
Estas son las palabras que Moisés dirigió a todo Israel al otro lado del Jordán, en el desierto, en el Arabá frente a Suf, entre Parán, Tofel, Labán, Hazerot y Dizahab.
2 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.
Hay once días de viaje desde Horeb, por el camino del monte Seir, hasta Cades Barnea.
3 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.
En el año cuarenta, en el mes undécimo, el primer día del mes, Moisés habló a los hijos de Israel según todo lo que Yahvé le había ordenado,
4 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].
después de haber herido en Edrei a Sehón, rey de los amorreos que vivía en Hesbón, y a Og, rey de Basán que vivía en Astarot.
5 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:
Al otro lado del Jordán, en la tierra de Moab, Moisés comenzó a declarar esta ley, diciendo:
6 “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.
“El Señor, nuestro Dios, nos habló en Horeb, diciendo: ‘Ya habéis vivido bastante en este monte.
7 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.
Volveos y emprended vuestro viaje, e id a la región montañosa de los amorreos y a todos los lugares cercanos a ella: en el Arabá, en la región montañosa, en la llanura, en el sur, a la orilla del mar, en la tierra de los cananeos y en el Líbano hasta el gran río, el río Éufrates.
8 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.’”
He aquí que he puesto la tierra delante de ti. Entrad y poseed la tierra que Yahvé juró a vuestros padres — a Abraham, a Isaac y a Jacob — para dársela a ellos y a su descendencia después de ellos”.
9 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.
En aquel tiempo te hablé diciendo: “No puedo hacerme cargo yo solo.
10 Yahweh our God has caused us Israelis to now become as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Yahvé, vuestro Dios, os ha multiplicado, y he aquí que sois hoy como las estrellas del cielo por la multitud.
11 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.
¡Que Yahvé, el Dios de tus padres, te haga mil veces más numerosa y te bendiga, como te ha prometido!
12 But I certainly cannot [RHQ] (solve/deal with) all of your complaints/problems.
¿Cómo podré llevar yo solo vuestros problemas, vuestras cargas y vuestras luchas?
13 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.’
Toma a hombres sabios y entendidos que sean respetados entre tus tribus, y los haré jefes sobre ti”.
14 Your ancestors replied, ‘What you have suggested is good for us to do.’
Tú me respondiste y dijiste: “Lo que has dicho es bueno hacerlo”.
15 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.
Así que tomé a los jefes de vuestras tribus, hombres sabios y respetados, y los nombré jefes sobre vosotros, capitanes de millares, capitanes de centenas, capitanes de cincuenta, capitanes de decenas y oficiales, según vuestras tribus.
16 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.
En aquel tiempo ordené a vuestros jueces, diciendo: “Oíd los casos entre vuestros hermanos y juzgad con justicia entre un hombre y su hermano, y el extranjero que vive con él.
17 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.’
No mostrarás parcialidad en el juicio; escucharás por igual al pequeño y al grande. No temerás el rostro del hombre, porque el juicio es de Dios. El caso que sea demasiado duro para ti, lo traerás a mí, y yo lo escucharé”.
18 At that time I also told you other things that you should do.”
En aquel momento os ordené todo lo que debíais hacer.
19 “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.
Salimos de Horeb y atravesamos todo ese desierto grande y terrible que ustedes vieron, por el camino de la región montañosa de los amorreos, como nos lo ordenó el Señor, nuestro Dios, y llegamos a Cades Barnea.
20 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.
Os dije: “Habéis llegado a la región montañosa de los amorreos, que el Señor nuestro Dios nos da.
21 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.’
He aquí que el Señor, vuestro Dios, ha puesto la tierra delante de vosotros. Subid y tomad posesión, como os ha dicho el Señor, el Dios de vuestros padres. No tengas miedo ni te acobardes”.
22 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.’
Os acercasteis a mí, todos vosotros, y dijisteis: “Enviemos hombres delante de nosotros, para que nos busquen por la tierra y nos traigan la noticia del camino por el que debemos subir y de las ciudades a las que debemos llegar.”
23 I thought that it would be good to do that, so I chose twelve men, one man from each tribe.
El asunto me agradó. Tomé doce de tus hombres, un hombre por cada tribu.
24 They went up into the hilly area as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area.
Se volvieron y subieron a la región montañosa, y llegaron al valle de Escol y lo exploraron.
25 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.”
Tomaron en sus manos parte del fruto de la tierra y nos lo trajeron, y nos volvieron a avisar diciendo: “Es una buena tierra la que nos da el Señor, nuestro Dios.”
26 “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.
Pero no quisisteis subir, sino que os rebelasteis contra el mandamiento del Señor, vuestro Dios.
27 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.
Murmurabais en vuestras tiendas y decíais: “Porque Yahvé nos odiaba, nos ha sacado de la tierra de Egipto para entregarnos en manos de los amorreos para que nos destruyan.
28 (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.’
¿Adónde vamos a subir? Nuestros hermanos han hecho que nuestro corazón se derrita, diciendo: ‘Los pueblos son más grandes y más altos que nosotros. Las ciudades son grandes y están fortificadas hasta el cielo. Además, hemos visto allí a los hijos de los Anac”.
29 Then I said to your ancestors, ‘Do not be afraid (at all/even a little bit) [DOU] of those people!
Entonces les dije: “No se asusten. No les tengáis miedo.
30 Yahweh our God will go ahead of you, and he will fight for you, just like you saw him do for you in Egypt
Yahvé vuestro Dios, que va delante de vosotros, luchará por vosotros, según todo lo que hizo por vosotros en Egipto ante vuestros ojos,
31 and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely here, like a man would carry his son. [SIM]’
y en el desierto, donde has visto cómo Yahvé vuestro Dios te llevaba, como un hombre lleva a su hijo, en todo el camino que recorriste, hasta que llegaste a este lugar.”
32 [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.
Pero en esto no creísteis a Yahvé, vuestro Dios,
que iba delante de vosotros en el camino, para buscaros un lugar donde acampar: en el fuego de noche, para mostraros por qué camino debíais ir, y en la nube de día.
34 Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared,
Yahvé oyó la voz de vuestras palabras y se enojó, y juró diciendo:
35 ‘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.’
“Ciertamente ninguno de estos hombres de esta mala generación verá la buena tierra que juré dar a vuestros padres,
excepto Caleb hijo de Jefone. Él la verá. Le daré la tierra que ha pisado a él y a sus hijos, porque ha seguido enteramente a Yahvé”.
37 But because of [what] your ancestors [did], Yahweh was also angry with me. He said to me, ‘You also will not enter that land.
También el Señor se enojó conmigo por causa de ustedes, diciendo: “Tú tampoco entrarás allí.
38 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.’
Josué, hijo de Nun, que está delante de ti, entrará allí. Anímalo, porque él hará que Israel la herede.
39 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.
Además, tus pequeños, que dijiste que serían capturados o asesinados, tus hijos, que hoy no tienen conocimiento del bien ni del mal, entrarán allí. Yo se la daré, y ellos la poseerán.
40 But as for you, turn around and go back into the desert, toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba).’
Pero en cuanto a ti, vuélvete y emprende tu viaje al desierto por el camino del Mar Rojo”.
41 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.
Entonces respondisteis y me dijisteis: “Hemos pecado contra Yahvé. Subiremos a pelear, conforme a todo lo que nos ordenó el Señor, nuestro Dios”. Cada uno de ustedes se vistió con sus armas de guerra y se dispuso a subir a la región montañosa.
42 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.”’
El Señor me dijo: “Diles que no suban y que no peleen, porque yo no estoy en medio de ustedes, para que no sean golpeados ante sus enemigos”.
43 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.
Así que os hablé, y no me escuchasteis, sino que os rebelasteis contra el mandamiento del Señor, y fuisteis presuntuosos, y subisteis a la región montañosa.
44 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].
Los amorreos, que vivían en esa región montañosa, salieron contra ti y te persiguieron como lo hacen las abejas, y os derrotaron en Seir, hasta Horma.
45 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].
Volvisteis y llorasteis delante de Yahvé, pero Yahvé no escuchó vuestra voz, ni volvió su oído hacia vosotros.
46 So we stayed there at Kadesh-Barnea for a long time.”
Así que permaneciste en Cades muchos días, según los días que permaneciste.
