Numbers 21
1 The king of Arad [city] lived in the area where the Canaan people-group lived, in the desert in the southern part of the land. He heard a report that the Israelis were approaching on the road to Atharim [village]. So his army attacked the Israelis and captured some of them.
Cuando el cananeo, el rey de Arad, que habitaba el Négueb, oyó decir que Israel venía por el camino de Atarim, atacó a Israel y le tomó prisioneros.
2 Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
Entonces Israel hizo voto a Yahvé, diciendo: “Si entregares a este pueblo en mi mano, destruiré completamente sus ciudades.”
3 Yahweh heard what they requested, and he enabled them to defeat the army of the Canaan people-group. The Israeli soldiers killed all the people and destroyed their towns. [Ever since that time], that place has been called Hormah [which means ‘destruction’].
Oyó Yahvé la voz de Israel y le entregó el cananeo, y destruyeron completamente a ellos y a sus ciudades, por lo cual fue llamado aquel lugar Hormá.
4 Then the Israelis left Hor Mountain and traveled on the road towards the Red Sea, in order to go around [the land of] Edom. But the people became impatient along the way,
Partieron del monte Hor, camino del Mar Rojo para rodear la tierra de Edom. Mas en el camino se impacientó el pueblo,
5 and they began to grumble/complain against God and against Moses/me. They said, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in this desert [RHQ]? There is nothing to eat here, and nothing to drink. And we detest this lousy [manna] food!”
y murmuró contra Dios y contra Moisés: “¿Por qué nos habéis sacado de Egipto para morir en el desierto? Pues no hay pan, y no hay agua; nos provoca ya náusea este pan miserable.”
6 So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
Entonces Yahvé envió contra el pueblo serpientes abrasadoras, las cuales mordían al pueblo; y murió mucha gente de Israel.
7 Then the people came to Moses/me and cried out, saying, “We [now know that we] have sinned against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, asking that he will take away the snakes!” So Moses/I prayed for the people.
Y acudió el pueblo a Moisés, diciendo: “Hemos pecado, porque hemos murmurado contra Yahvé y contra ti. Ruega a Yahvé que quite de nosotros las serpientes.” Y Moisés rogó por el pueblo.
8 Then Yahweh told him/me, “Make a model/image of a poisonous snake, and attach it to the top of a pole. If those who are bitten by the snakes look at that model, they will (recover/get well).”
Dijo entonces Yahvé a Moisés: “Hazte una serpiente, y ponla en un asta; quienquiera que haya sido mordido y la mirare, vivirá.”
9 So Moses/I made a snake from bronze and attached it to the top of a pole. Then, when those who had been bitten by a snake looked at the bronze snake, they recovered!
Hizo, pues, Moisés una serpiente de bronce, y la puso sobre un asta, y quienquiera que mordido por una serpiente dirigía su mirada a la serpiente de bronce se curaba.
10 Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
Levantaron los hijos de Israel el campamento y acamparon en Obot.
11 Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
Partidos de Obot, acamparon en Iyé-Abarim, en el desierto frente a Moab, al oriente.
12 From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
Marcharon de allí y acamparon en el valle de Sared.
13 Then they traveled to the north side of the Arnon [River]. That area is in the desert next to the land where the Amor people-group lived. The Arnon [River] is the boundary between Moab and where the Amor people-group lived.
De allí partieron para acampar a la otra orilla del Arnón, en el desierto. El Arnón sale del territorio de los amorreos, pues el Arnón es la frontera de Moab, y divide a los moabitas de los amorreos.
14 That is why in the book called ‘The Book of the Wars of Yahweh’ it tells about “Waheb [town] in the Suphah area, and the ravines there; and the Arnon [River]
Por eso se dice en el Libro de las Guerras de Yahvé: “Vaheb en Sufá, y los valles del Arnón
15 and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
y el declive de los valles que desciende en la región de Ar, y se apoya sobre la frontera de Moab.”
16 From there, the Israelis traveled to Beer. There was a well there, where Yahweh previously had said to Moses/me, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
De allí marcharon a Beer. Este es aquel pozo del cual Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Junta al pueblo y Yo le daré agua.”
17 There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
Entonces Israel cantó este cántico: “¡Brota, pozo, celebradle con canción!
18 Sing about this well which our leaders dug; they dug out [the dirt] with their royal scepters and their walking sticks.” Then the Israelis left that desert and went through Mattanah,
pozo que cavaron los príncipes; lo abrieron los nobles del pueblo con el cetro, con sus cayados.” Del desierto se dirigieron a Mataná;
19 Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
de Mataná, a Nahaliel; de Nahaliel a Bamot;
20 Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
y de Bamot al valle que está en las campiñas de Moab, (al pie de) la cumbre del Fasga que mira hacia el desierto.
21 Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message [that they/we gave him]:
Israel envió mensajeros a Sehón, rey de los amorreos, diciendo:
22 “Allow us to travel through your country. We will stay on the king’s highway, [the main road that goes from the south to the north], until we have finished traveling through your land. We will not walk through any field or vineyard, or drink water from your wells.”
“Quiero pasar por tu tierra. No torceremos hacia los campos y viñas, ni beberemos agua de los pozos; por el camino real iremos hasta pasar tus fronteras.”
23 But King Sihon refused. He would not allow them to walk through his land. Instead, he sent his whole army to attack the Israelis in the desert. They attacked the Israelis at Jahaz [village].
Mas Sehón no permitió que Israel pasase por su territorio; antes bien, reuniendo Sehón a toda su gente, salió al encuentro de Israel en el desierto, y vino hasta Jahas donde atacó a Israel.
24 But the Israelis completely defeated them and occupied their land, from the Arnon [River in the south] to the Jabbok [River in the north]. They stopped at the border of the land where the Ammon people-group lived, because [the Ammon army was defending] the border strongly.
Pero Israel lo hirió a filo de espada y se apoderó de su tierra desde el Arnón hasta el Yaboc, hasta los hijos de Ammón, cuya frontera era fortificada.
25 So the Israelis occupied all the cities and towns where the Amor people-group lived, and some of the Israelis began to live in them. They occupied Heshbon [city] and the nearby villages.
Tomó Israel todas estas ciudades y habitó en todas las ciudades de los amorreos, en Hesbón y todos sus dominios.
26 Heshbon was the capital of the country. It was the city where King Sihon ruled. His army had previously defeated the army of the king of Moab, and then his people had begun to live in all of the land of Moab as far as the Arnon [River in the south].
Porque Hesbón era la ciudad de Sehón, rey de los amorreos, el cual había hecho la guerra contra el anterior rey de Moab, y le había arrancado toda su tierra hasta el Arnón.
27 For that reason, one of the poets wrote long ago, “Come to Heshbon, the city where King Sihon [ruled]. We want the city to be restored/rebuilt.
Por eso dicen los poetas: “Id a Hesbón; y sea reedificada y fortificada la ciudad de Sehón.
28 A fire blazed from Heshbon; it burned down Ar [city] in Moab, it destroyed [everything on] the hills along the Arnon [River].
Porque salió fuego de Hesbón, llama de la plaza fuerte de Sehón, que devoró a Ar de Moab, a los señores de las alturas del Arnón.
29 You people of Moab, terrible things have happened to you! You people who [worship your god] Chemosh have been (annihilated/wiped out)! The men who [worshiped] [MET] Chemosh have run away and are now refugees, and the women [who worshiped him] have been captured by [the army of] Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group.
¡Ay de ti, Moab! perdido estás, pueblo de Camos. Entregó él sus hijos a la fuga, y sus hijas al cautiverio, en mano de Sehón, rey de los amorreos.
30 But we have defeated [Sihon and] those descendants of Amor, all the way from Heshbon [in the north] to Dibon [city in the south]. We have completely obliterated/destroyed them as far as Nophah and Medeba [towns].”
Los hemos asaeteado: Hesbón está destruida hasta Dibón; hemos hecho devastación hasta Nofah, que está cerca de Medaba.”
31 So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
Así vino a habitar Israel en la tierra de los amorreos.
32 After Moses/I sent some men to explore the area near Jazer [city], Israeli people began to live in all the towns in that region and expelled the Amor people-group who lived there.
Entonces Moisés envió exploradores a Jaser; y tomaron sus aldeas, expulsando a los amorreos que allí habitaban.
33 Then they turned [north] toward the Bashan region, but King Og of Bashan and all his army attacked them at Edrei [town].
Dando vuelta subieron por el camino de Basán. Mas Og, rey de Basán, salió a su encuentro con todo su pueblo para darles batalla en Edreí.
34 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do not be afraid of Og, because I am going to enable your men to defeat him and his army, and to take possession of all his land. You will do to him what you did to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who ruled in Heshbon.”
Yahvé dijo entonces a Moisés: “No le temas, porque le he entregado en tus manos, a él y a todo su pueblo y su tierra. Harás con él como hiciste con Sehón, rey de los amorreos, que habitaba en Hesbón.”
35 And that is what happened. We Israelis defeated Og’s army, and killed King Og and his sons and all his people. Not a person survived! And then we Israelis began to live in their land.
Y le derrotaron, a él y a sus hijos y a todo su pueblo, sin dejarle un hombre con vida; y tomaron posesión de su tierra.
