Judges 1
1 After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which [of our tribes] should attack the Canaan people-group first?”
Después de la muerte de Josué, los israelitas preguntaron al Señor: “¿Qué tribu de entre nosotros debe ir primero a atacar a los cananeos?”
2 Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat [IDM] the Canaan people-group.”
“Judá debe ir primero”, respondió el Señor. “Les he entregado la tierra”.
3 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.
Los hombres de Judá dijeron a sus parientes de la tribu de Simeón: “Vengan con nosotros a la tierra que nos ha sido asignada y luchen juntos con nosotros contra los cananeos. Entonces haremos lo mismo con ustedes y con la tierra que les fue asignada”. Así que la tribu de Simeón se unió a ellos.
4 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].
Los hombres de Judá atacaron a los cananeos y a los ferezeos, y el Señor los entregó derrotados. Mataron a diez mil enemigos en la ciudad de Bezec.
5 During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city,
Allí se enfrentaron a Adoní Bezec y lucharon con él, derrotando a los cananeos y a los ferezeos.
6 but he [tried to] run away. The Israelis pursued him and caught him. Then they cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
Adoní Bezec huyó, pero ellos lo persiguieron y lo capturaron, y luego le cortaron los pulgares y los dedos gordos de los pies.
7 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.
Adoní Bezec dijo: “Tuve setenta reyes con los pulgares y los dedos gordos de los pies cortados recogiendo las sobras de debajo de mi mesa. Ahora Dios me ha devuelto de la misma manera lo que les hice a ellos”. Lo llevaron a Jerusalén, donde murió.
8 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.
Los hombres de Judá atacaron Jerusalén y la conquistaron. Mataron a los habitantes a espada y quemaron la ciudad.
9 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].
Después de esto, los hombres de Judá fueron a luchar contra los cananeos que vivían en la región montañosa, en el Néguev y en las estribaciones de las tierras bajas.
10 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.
Atacaron a los cananeos que vivían en Hebrón (antes conocida como Quiriat Arba) y derrotaron a Sesay, Ajimán y Talmai.
11 Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir [city], which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.
De allí pasaron a atacar a los que vivían en Debir (antes conocida como Quiriat Sefer).
12 [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.”
Caleb anunció: “Daré a mi hija Acsa en matrimonio al que ataque y capture Quiriat Sefer”.
13 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.
Otoniel, hijo de Quenaz, hermano menor de Caleb, fue quien la capturó, así que le dio a su hija Acsa en matrimonio.
14 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?”
Cuando Acsa se acercó a Otoniel, laconvención para que le pidiera un terreno a su padre. Cuando ella se bajó del asno, Caleb le preguntó: “¿Qué quieres?”
15 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.
“Por favor, dame una bendición”, respondió ella. “Me diste una tierra que es como el desierto, así que por favor dame también manantiales de agua”. Así que Caleb le dio los manantiales superiores e inferiores.
16 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].
Los descendientes del suegro de Moisés, el ceneo, fueron con el pueblo de Judá desde la ciudad de las palmeras hasta el desierto de Judá, en el Néguev, cerca de Arad, donde se establecieron entre el pueblo.
17 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’].
Entonces Judá se unió a Simeón y derrotó a los cananeos que vivían en Zefat. Destruyeron completamente la ciudad, por lo que la llamaron Horma.
18 The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron [cities] and all the land that is near those cities.
Judá también capturó las ciudades de Gaza, Ascalón y Ecrón, cada una con su territorio circundante.
19 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.
El Señor estaba con Judá, y se apoderaron de la región montañosa, pero no pudieron expulsar a los habitantes de la llanura porque tenían carros de hierro.
20 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.
Como Moisés había estipulado, Hebrón fue entregada a Caleb, quien expulsó de ella a los descendientes de tres hijos de Anac.
21 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.
Sin embargo, Benjamín no pudo expulsar a los jebuseos, los habitantes de Jerusalén, por lo que los jebuseos viven entre el pueblo de Benjamín en Jerusalén hasta el día de hoy.
22 The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against [the men of] Bethel [city], and Yahweh helped them.
Los descendientes de José fueron y atacaron la ciudad de Betel, y el Señor estaba con ellos.
23 They sent some spies to [find out everything that they could find out about] Bethel, which was previously called Luz.
Enviaron espías a investigar Betel, que antes se llamaba Luz.
24 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].”
Los espías vieron a un hombre que salía de la ciudad y le dijeron: “Por favor, muéstranos cómo entrar en la ciudad, y te trataremos bien”.
25 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.
El hombre les mostró el camino para entrar en la ciudad, y mataron a todos los habitantes, excepto al hombre y a su familia, a quienes dejaron ir.
26 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.
El hombre se trasladó al país de los hititas, construyó allí una ciudad y la llamó Luz, que es su nombre hasta hoy.
27 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.
Sin embargo, Manasés no expulsó a los habitantes de las ciudades de Bet Seán, Taanac, Dor, Ibleam, Meguido y sus aldeas circundantes porque los cananeos insistieron en vivir en la tierra.
28 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.
Cuando los israelitas se hicieron más fuertes, obligaron a los cananeos a realizar trabajos forzados, pero nunca los expulsaron del todo.
29 [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.
Efraín no expulsó a los cananeos que vivían en la ciudad de Gezer, así que los cananeos siguieron viviendo allí entre ellos.
30 [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.
Zabulón no expulsó a los habitantes de las ciudades de Quitrón y Nalol, por lo que los cananeos siguieron viviendo entre ellos. Sin embargo, los cananeos fueron obligados a realizar trabajos forzados para el pueblo de Zabulón.
31 [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.
Aser no expulsó a la gente que vivía en las ciudades de Aco, Sidón, Ajlab, Aczib, Jelba, Afec y Rejob,
32 So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them.
así que el pueblo de Aser siguió viviendo allí entre los habitantes cananeos de la tierra porque no los habían expulsado.
33 [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.
Neftalí no expulsó a los habitantes de las ciudades de Bet-semes y Bet-anat. Así que el pueblo de Aser siguió viviendo allí entre los habitantes cananeos de la tierra porque no los habían expulsado. Sin embargo, el pueblo de Bet-semes y Bet-anat fue obligada a realizar trabajos forzados para el pueblo de Neftalí.
34 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.
Los amorreos hicieron retroceder al pueblo de Dan a la región montañosa; no los dejaron bajar a las tierras bajas.
35 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.
Los amorreos insistieron en quedarse en el monte Heres, Ajalón y Salbim, pero cuando las tribus de José se hicieron más fuertes, los amorreos fueron obligados a hacer trabajos forzados.
36 The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass [toward the west] beyond Sela [town], up into the hilly area.
La frontera con los amorreos iba desde el Paso del Escorpión, pasando por Sela y subiendo desde allí.
