Josué 10
1 Y como Adoni-sedec rey de Jerusalem oyó que Josué había tomado a Hai, y que la había asolado, ( porque como había hecho a Jericó y a su rey, así hizo a Hai y a su rey; ) y que los moradores de Gabaón habían hecho paz con los Israelitas, y que estaban entre ellos;
Later, Adonizedek, the king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua’s army had captured Ai [town] and had destroyed everything in the town. He heard that they had done to the people of Ai and to their king the same thing that they had done to the people of Jericho and their king. He also heard that the people of Gibeon [city] had made a peace treaty with the Israeli people, and that the people of Gibeon were now living near the Israelis and being protected by them.
2 Hubieron muy gran temor, porque Gabaón era una gran ciudad, como una de las ciudades reales, y mayor que Hai, y todos sus varones fuertes.
Because of that, he and the people whom he ruled became very afraid, because Gibeon was an important city, like the other cities that had kings. And [even though] Gibeon was a larger city than Ai and all its soldiers were good fighters, [they thought Joshua’s army might defeat them].
3 Envió pues Adoni-sedec rey de Jerusalem a Oham rey de Hebrón, y a Farán rey de Jerimot, y a Jafia rey de Laquis, y a Dabir rey de Eglón, diciendo:
So King Adonizedek sent a message to Hosham the king of Hebron [city], to Piram the king of Jarmuth [city], to Jarmuth the king of Lachish [city], and to Debir the king of Eglon [city].
4 Subíd a mí, y ayudádme, y combatamos a Gabaón: porque ha hecho paz con Josué y con los hijos de Israel.
In the message he said, “Please come up with your armies and help me to attack Gibeon, because the people of Gibeon have made a peace treaty with Joshua and the Israelis.”
5 Y juntáronse, y subieron, cinco reyes de los Amorreos: el rey de Jerusalem, el rey de Hebrón, el rey de Jerimot, el rey de Laquis, el rey de Eglón, ellos con todos sus ejércitos, y asentaron campo sobre Gabaón, y pelearon contra ella.
So those five kings who ruled all the groups who were descendants of Amor—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Debir—came up with all of their soldiers and surrounded the city. Then they prepared to attack it.
6 Y los moradores de Gabaón enviaron a Josué al campo en Galgala, diciendo: No encojas tus manos de tus siervos: sube prestamente a nosotros, para guardarnos y ayudarnos: porque todos los reyes de los Amorreos, que habitan en las montañas, se han juntado contra nosotros.
So the people of Gibeon sent a message to Joshua while he was in the camp at Gilgal. They said, “We are your servants. So do not forsake us. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because the kings of all of the groups descended from Amor and their armies have joined their forces and have come from the hilly area to attack us!”
7 Y subió Josué de Galgala, él y todo el pueblo de guerra con él, y todos los valientes hombres.
So Joshua and all his army, including the soldiers who were his best fighting men, marched up from Gilgal.
8 Y Jehová dijo a Josué: No hayas temor de ellos: porque yo los he entregado en tu mano; y ninguno de ellos parará delante de ti.
Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of those armies! I will enable your army to defeat them [IDM]. None of them will be able to (resist/fight and defeat) your army.”
9 Y Josué vino a ellos de repente, porque toda la noche subió desde Galgala.
Joshua’s army marched all night and arrived very early in the morning.
10 Y Jehová los turbó delante de Israel, e hirióles de gran mortandad en Gabaón, y siguiólos por el camino que sube a Bet-orón, e hiriólos hasta Azeca y Maceda.
They attacked their enemies before anyone knew that they had come. Yahweh caused their enemies to (become very confused/start running in all directions) when they saw the Israeli army. As a result, the Israeli army defeated them very severely at Gibeon [and killed many of them]. The rest of them fled along the road that goes up to Beth-Horon. But the Israeli army pursued them and killed them all along the road that goes to Azekah and Makkedah towns.
11 Y como iban huyendo de los Israelitas, a la descendida de Bet-orón Jehová echó sobre ellos del cielo grandes piedras hasta Azeca, y murieron: muchos más murieron de las piedras del granizo, que los que los hijos de Israel habían muerto a cuchillo.
As they fled in front of the Israeli army, Yahweh threw down huge hailstones from the sky. As a result, more of them died from hailstones falling on them than died as a result of the Israeli army killing them with swords.
12 Entonces Josué habló a Jehová, el día que Jehová entregó al Amorreo delante de los hijos de Israel, y dijo en presencia de los Israelitas: Sol, detente en Gabaón; y luna, en el valle de Ajalón.
On the day that Yahweh enabled the Israeli army to defeat the groups who were descendants of Amor, Joshua said to Yahweh while the Israeli people were listening, “Yahweh, cause the sun to stand still over Gibeon, and cause the moon to not move when it is over Aijalon Valley.”
13 Y el sol se detuvo, y la luna se paró, hasta tanto que la gente se vengó de sus enemigos. Esto ¿no está escrito en el libro de la rectitud? Y el sol se paró en medio del cielo: y no se apresuró a ponerse casi un día entero.
And that is what happened. The sun stood still, and the moon did not move, until the Israeli army defeated their enemies. That is what has been written in the book that Jashar wrote. The sun stopped while it was in the middle of the sky, and did not (set/go down) for about a whole day.
14 Y nunca fue tal día antes ni después de aquel, obedeciendo Jehová a la voz de un hombre: porque Jehová peleaba por Israel.
On that day Yahweh did a great miracle that someone asked him to do. There was never a day like that previously, and there has never been a day like that since. Yahweh was certainly fighting for the Israeli people!
15 Y Josué, y todo Israel con él, tornóse al campo en Galgala.
After Joshua’s army defeated their enemies, they all returned to their camp at Gilgal.
16 Y los cinco reyes huyeron, y se escondieron en una cueva en Maceda.
While the enemy soldiers were fleeing from Joshua’s army, their five kings also fled and hid in a cave at Makkedah [town].
17 Y fue dicho a Josué, que los cinco reyes habían sido hallados en una cueva en Maceda:
Then someone told Joshua, “We found those five kings, hiding in a cave at Makkedah!”
18 Y Josué dijo: Rodád grandes piedras a la boca de la cueva, y ponéd hombres junto a ella que los guarden:
When Joshua heard that, he said, “Roll some very large rocks to the entrance of the cave so that the kings cannot escape, and leave some soldiers there to guard it.
19 Y vosotros no os paréis, sino seguíd a vuestros enemigos: y herídles los postreros: y no los dejéis entrar en sus ciudades: porque Jehová vuestro Dios les ha entregado en vuestra mano.
But do not stay there! Pursue our enemies! Attack them from behind! Do not allow them to escape to their cities, because Yahweh, our God, will enable you to defeat/kill them. [IDM]”
20 Y aconteció que como Josué y los hijos de Israel hubieron acabado de matarlos de mortandad muy grande hasta acabarlos, los que quedaron de ellos se metieron en las ciudades fuertes.
So Joshua’s army did what he told them to do. They killed almost all of the enemy soldiers, but a few of them were able to reach their cities and be safe inside the walls of the cities.
21 Y todo el pueblo se volvió salvo al campo a Josué en Maceda, que no hubo quien moviese su lengua contra los hijos de Israel.
Then Joshua’s army returned to Joshua, who was still in their camp at Makkedah. No one in the land dared to criticize [MTY] the Israelis.
22 Entonces dijo Josué: Abríd la boca de la cueva, y sacádme de ella a estos cinco reyes.
Then Joshua said, “Open the entrance of the cave, and bring out to me those five kings!”
23 E hiciéronlo así, y sacáronle de la cueva aquellos cinco reyes, al rey de Jerusalem, al rey de Hebrón, al rey de Jerimot, al rey de Laquis, al rey de Eglón.
So the soldiers brought those five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
24 Y cuando hubieron sacado estos reyes a Josué; Josué llamó a todos los varones de Israel, y dijo a los principales de la gente de guerra que habían venido con él: Llegád, y ponéd vuestros pies sobre los pescuezos de aquestos reyes: y ellos se llegaron, y pusieron sus pies sobre los pescuezos de ellos.
When they brought those kings to Joshua [and forced them to lie on the ground], he summoned all the Israeli soldiers, and then he said to the army commanders, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings!” So the commanders did that.
25 Y Josué les dijo: No temáis; ni hayáis miedo: sed fuertes y valientes; porque así hará Jehová a todos vuestros enemigos contra los cuales peleais.
Then Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid of any of our enemies! Never be discouraged! Be strong and courageous. This is what Yahweh will do to all the enemies you will fight!”
26 Y después de esto Josué los hirió; y los mató; y los hizo colgar en cinco maderos; y quedaron colgados en los maderos hasta la tarde.
Then Joshua killed each of the five kings with his sword, and told his soldiers to hang the bodies of the five kings on trees. So they did that, and they left the bodies hanging on the trees until sunset.
27 Y cuando el sol se iba a poner, mandó Josué que los quitasen de los maderos, y los echasen en la cueva donde se habían escondido; y pusieron grandes piedras a la boca de la cueva, hasta hoy.
At sunset, Joshua told them to take the bodies down from the trees and throw them into the cave where they had been hiding. So the soldiers did that, and then they put those large rocks at the entrance of the cave again. Those rocks are still there.
28 En aquel mismo día tomó Josué a Maceda y la puso a cuchillo, y mató a su rey, a ellos y a todo lo que en ella tenía vida sin quedar nada; mas al rey de Maceda hizo como había hecho al rey de Jericó.
That is how Joshua’s army attacked and captured Makkedah. They killed the king and everyone else in the town. They did not leave anyone alive. They did to the king of Makkedah the same thing that they had done to the king of Jericho.
29 Y de Maceda, pasó Josué y todo Israel con él a Lebna; y peleó contra Lebna.
That same day, Joshua and his Israeli army went [southwest] from Makkedah to Libnah [city] and attacked it.
30 Y Jehová la entregó también a ella y a su rey en mano de Israel: y metióla a filo de espada con todo lo que en ella había vivo, sin quedar nada: mas a su rey hizo de la manera que había hecho al rey de Jericó.
Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer [MTY] that city and its king. They killed everyone in the city; they did not (spare anyone/allow anyone to remain alive). They killed the king of Libnah just like they had killed the king of Jericho.
31 Y pasó de Lebna Josué y todo Israel con él a Laquis; y puso campo contra ella, y combatióla.
Then Joshua and his army went [south] from Libnah to Lachish [city]. They surrounded the city and attacked it.
32 Y Jehová entregó a Laquis en mano de Israel, y tomóla el día siguiente, y metióla a cuchillo con todo lo que en ella había vivo, como había hecho en Lebna.
On the second day of the battle, Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer [MTY] the city. And like they had done at Libnah, they killed everyone [DOU] in the city.
33 Entonces Horam rey de Gazer subió en ayuda de Laquis, al cual, y a su pueblo hirió Josué, que ninguno de ellos quedó.
King Horam from Gezer [city and his army] came to help [the soldiers of] Lachish, but Joshua’s [army] defeated Horam and his army, and did not allow any of them to remain alive.
34 De Laquis pasó Josué, y todo Israel con él, a Eglón, y pusieron campo contra ella, y combatiéronla:
Then Joshua and his army went [west] from Lachish to Eglon [city]. They surrounded the city and attacked it.
35 Y tomáronla el mismo día, y metiéronla a cuchillo: y el mismo día mató todo lo que en ella había vivo, como había hecho en Laquis.
On that day, they captured the city and killed [MTY] everyone in it [DOU], just like they had done at Lachish.
36 Y subieron Josué, y todo Israel con él de Eglón a Hebrón, y combatiéronla:
Then Joshua and his army went [west from Eglon] up [into the hills] to Hebron [city]. They attacked the city
37 Y tomándola la metieron a cuchillo, a su rey, y a todas sus ciudades, con todo lo que en ella había vivo, sin quedar nada, como habían hecho a Eglón: y destruyéronla con todo lo que en ella hubo vivo.
and captured it. They killed the king and everyone else, just like they had done at Eglon. They did not allow anyone to remain alive.
38 Y tornando Josué y todo Israel con él sobre Dabir, combatióla:
Then Joshua and his army turned [south] and went to Debir [city] and attacked it.
39 Y tomóla, y a su rey, y a todas sus villas, y metiéronlos a cuchillo, y destruyeron todo lo que en ella hubo vivo sin quedar nada: como había hecho a Hebrón, así hizo a Dabir y a su rey: y como había hecho a Lebna y a su rey.
They captured the city and its king, and also captured the nearby towns. Then they killed everyone [DOU]; they did to the people there the same thing that they had done at Hebron and Libnah.
40 E hirió Josué a toda la región de las montañas, y del mediodía, y de los llanos, y de las cuestas con todos sus reyes sin quedar nada: todo lo que tenía vida mató, de la manera que Jehová Dios de Israel lo había mandado.
That is how Joshua [and his army] conquered the entire southern part of Canaan. They defeated the kings [who ruled] the hilly area, the dry southern area, the [western] foothills, and the [eastern] slopes. They killed everyone [DOU] in those areas; they did not allow anyone to remain alive.
41 E hirióles Josué desde Cádes-barne hasta Gaza, y toda la tierra de Gosén hasta Gabaón.
Joshua’s soldiers captured all the cities from Kadesh-Barnea [city] in the far south to Gaza [city] near the coast, including all the Goshen area, and north to Gibeon [city].
42 Todos estos reyes y sus tierras tomó Josué de una vez; porque Jehová el Dios de Israel peleaba por Israel.
At that one time, Joshua’s army conquered all the kings and captured all the territory that they [ruled]. They were able to do that because Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people [worship], was fighting for them.
43 Y tornóse Josué y todo Israel con él al campo en Galgala.
Then Joshua and his army returned to their camp at Gilgal.
