Deuteronomio 2
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Peregrinación por el desierto
2 Enseguida nos dirigimos hacia el desierto por la ruta del mar Rojo, como el Señor me lo había ordenado. Nos llevó mucho tiempo rodear la región montañosa de Seír.
2 Entonces el Señor me dijo: 3 «Dejen ya de andar rondando por estas montañas y diríjanse al norte. 4 Dale estas órdenes al pueblo: “Pronto pasarán ustedes por el territorio de sus hermanos, los descendientes de Esaú, que viven en Seír. Aunque ellos les tienen miedo a ustedes, tengan mucho cuidado. 5 No peleen con ellos, porque no daré a ustedes ninguna porción de su territorio ni siquiera el espacio que alcanzan a cubrir con un pie. A Esaú he dado por herencia la región montañosa de Seír. 6 Páguenles todo el alimento y el agua que ustedes consuman”».
7 Bien saben que el Señor su Dios los ha bendecido en todo lo que han emprendido, y los ha cuidado por todo este inmenso desierto. Durante estos cuarenta años, el Señor su Dios ha estado con ustedes y no les ha faltado nada.
8 Así que bordeamos el territorio de nuestros hermanos, los descendientes de Esaú, que viven en Seír. Seguimos la ruta del Arabá, que viene desde Elat y Ezión Guéber. Luego dimos vuelta y viajamos por la ruta del desierto de Moab.
9 El Señor también me dijo: «No ataquen a los moabitas ni los provoquen a la guerra, porque no daré a ustedes ninguna porción de su territorio. A los descendientes de Lot les he dado por herencia la región de Ar».
10 (Tiempo atrás vivió allí un pueblo fuerte y numeroso, el de los emitas, que eran tan altos como los anaquitas. 11 Tanto a ellos como a los anaquitas se les consideraba refaítas, pero los moabitas los llamaban emitas. 12 Antiguamente los horeos vivieron en Seír, pero los descendientes de Esaú los desalojaron, los exterminaron y se establecieron en su lugar, tal como lo hizo Israel en la tierra que el Señor le dio en posesión.)
13 El Señor ordenó: «¡Levántense y crucen el arroyo Zéred!». Y así lo hicimos.
14 Habían pasado treinta y ocho años desde que salimos de Cades Barnea hasta que cruzamos el arroyo Zéred. Para entonces ya había desaparecido del campamento toda la generación de guerreros, tal como el Señor lo había jurado. 15 La mano del Señor estuvo sobre ellos hasta que los eliminó por completo del campamento.
16 Cuando ya no quedaba entre el pueblo ninguno de aquellos guerreros, 17 el Señor me dijo: 18 «Hoy van a cruzar la frontera de Moab por la ciudad de Ar. 19 Cuando lleguen a la frontera de los amonitas, no los ataquen ni los provoquen a la guerra, porque no daré a ustedes ninguna porción de su territorio. Esa tierra se la he dado por herencia a los descendientes de Lot».
20 (Hace mucho tiempo, esta región se consideró tierra de refaítas, porque antiguamente ellos vivían allí. Los amonitas los llamaban zamzumitas. 21 Eran fuertes, numerosos y tan altos como los anaquitas, pero el Señor los destruyó por medio de los amonitas, quienes luego de desalojarlos se establecieron en su lugar. 22 Lo mismo hizo el Señor en favor de los descendientes de Esaú, que vivían en Seír, cuando por medio de ellos destruyó a los horeos. A estos los desalojó para que los descendientes de Esaú se establecieran en su lugar, y hasta el día de hoy residen allí. 23 Y en cuanto a los aveos que vivían en las aldeas cercanas a Gaza, los caftoritas procedentes de Creta los destruyeron y se establecieron en su lugar.)
Derrota de Sijón, rey de Hesbón
24 «Emprendan de nuevo el viaje y crucen el arroyo Arnón. Yo les entrego a Sijón el amorreo, rey de Hesbón, y su tierra. Láncense a la conquista. Declárenle la guerra. 25 Hoy mismo comenzaré a infundir entre todas las naciones que hay debajo del cielo terror y espanto hacia ustedes. Cuando ellas escuchen hablar de ustedes, temblarán y se llenarán de pánico».
26 Desde el desierto de Cademot envié mensajeros a Sijón, rey de Hesbón, con esta oferta de paz: 27 «Déjanos pasar por tu territorio; nos mantendremos en el camino principal, sin desviarnos ni a la derecha ni a la izquierda. 28 Te pagaremos todo el alimento y toda el agua que consumamos. Solo permítenos pasar, 29 tal como nos lo permitieron los descendientes de Esaú, que viven en Seír, y los moabitas, que viven en Ar. Necesitamos cruzar el Jordán para entrar en la tierra que nos da el Señor nuestro Dios». 30 Pero Sijón, rey de Hesbón, se negó a dejarnos pasar por allí, porque el Señor nuestro Dios había puesto obstinación en su espíritu y lo había puesto terco,[a] para hacerlo súbdito nuestro, como lo es hasta hoy.
31 Entonces el Señor me dijo: «Ahora mismo voy a entregarles a Sijón y su país. Láncense a conquistarlo y tomen posesión de su territorio».
32 Cuando Sijón, acompañado de todo su ejército, salió a combatirnos en Yahaza, 33 el Señor nuestro Dios nos lo entregó y lo derrotamos, junto con sus hijos y todo su ejército. 34 En aquella ocasión conquistamos todas sus ciudades y las destruimos por completo; matamos a varones, mujeres y niños. ¡Nadie quedó con vida! 35 Solo nos llevamos el ganado y el botín de las ciudades que conquistamos. 36 Desde Aroer, que está a la orilla del arroyo Arnón, hasta Galaad, no hubo ciudad que nos ofreciera resistencia; el Señor nuestro Dios nos entregó las ciudades una a una. 37 Sin embargo, conforme a la orden del Señor nuestro Dios, no nos acercamos al territorio amonita, es decir, a toda la franja que se extiende a lo largo del arroyo Jaboc, ni tampoco a las ciudades de la región montañosa.
Footnotes
- 2:30 lo había puesto terco. Lit. había endurecido su corazón. En la Biblia, corazón se usa para designar el asiento de las emociones, pensamientos y voluntad, es decir, el proceso de toma de decisiones del ser humano.
Deuteronomy 2
Living Bible
2 “Then we turned back across the wilderness toward the Red Sea, for so the Lord had instructed me. For many years we wandered around in the area of Mount Seir. 2 Then at last the Lord said, 3 ‘You have stayed here long enough. Turn northward. 4 Inform the people that they will be passing through the country belonging to their brothers the Edomites, the descendants of Esau who live in Seir; the Edomites will be nervous, so be careful. 5 Don’t start a fight! For I have given them all the Mount Seir hill country as their permanent possession, and I will not give you even a tiny piece of their land. 6 Pay them for whatever food or water you use. 7 The Lord your God has watched over you and blessed you every step of the way for all these forty years as you have wandered around in this great wilderness; and you have lacked nothing in all that time.’
8 “So we passed through Edom where our brothers lived, crossing the Arabah Road that goes south to Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveling northward toward the wilderness of Moab.
9 “Then the Lord warned us, ‘Don’t attack the Moabites either, for I will not give you any of their land; I have given it to the descendants of Lot.’
10 “(The Emim used to live in that area, a very large tribe, tall as the giants of Anakim; 11 both the Emim and the Anakim are often referred to as the Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim. 12 In earlier days the Horites lived in Seir, but they were driven out and displaced by the Edomites, the descendants of Esau, just as Israel would displace the peoples of Canaan, whose land had been assigned to Israel by the Lord.)
13 “‘Now cross Zered Brook,’ the Lord said; and we did.
14-15 “So it took us thirty-eight years to finally get across Zered Brook from Kadesh! For the Lord had decreed that this could not happen until all the men, who thirty-eight years earlier were old enough to bear arms, had died. Yes, the hand of the Lord was against them until finally all were dead.
16-17 “Then at last the Lord said to me, 18 ‘Today Israel shall cross the borders of Moab at Ar, 19 into the land of the Ammonites. But do not attack them, for I will not give you any of their land. I have given it to the descendants of Lot.’
20 “(That area, too, used to be inhabited by the Rephaim, called ‘Zamzummim’ by the Ammonites. 21 They were a large and powerful tribe, as tall as the Anakim; but Jehovah destroyed them as the Ammonites came in, and the Ammonites lived there in their place. 22 The Lord had similarly helped the descendants of Esau at Mount Seir, for he destroyed the Horites who were living there before them. 23 Another similar situation occurred when the people of Caphtor invaded and destroyed the tribe of Avvim living in villages scattered across the countryside as far away as Gaza.)
24 “Then the Lord said, ‘Cross the Arnon River into the land of King Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon. War against him and begin to take possession of his land. 25 Beginning today I will make people throughout the whole earth tremble with fear because of you, and dread your arrival.’
26 “Then from the wilderness of Kedemoth I sent ambassadors to King Sihon of Heshbon with a proposal of peace. 27 ‘Let us pass through your land,’ we said. ‘We will stay on the main road and won’t turn off into the fields on either side. 28 We will not steal food as we go, but will purchase every bite we eat and everything we drink; all we want is permission to pass through. 29 The Edomites at Seir allowed us to go through their country, and so did the Moabites, whose capital is at Ar. We are on our way across the Jordan into the land the Lord our God has given us.’
30 “But King Sihon refused because Jehovah your God made him obstinate, so that he could destroy Sihon by the hands of Israel, as has now been done.
31 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘I have begun to give you the land of King Sihon; when you possess it, it shall belong to Israel forever.’
32 “King Sihon then declared war on us and mobilized his forces at Jahaz. 33-34 But the Lord our God crushed him, and we conquered all his cities and utterly destroyed everything, including the women and babies. We left nothing alive 35-36 except the cattle, which we took as our reward, along with the booty gained from ransacking the cities we had taken. We conquered everything from Aroer to Gilead—from the edge of the Arnon River Valley, and including all the cities in the valley. Not one city was too strong for us, for the Lord our God gave all of them to us. 37 However, we stayed away from the people of Ammon and from the Jabbok River and the hill country cities, the places Jehovah our God had forbidden us to enter.
Deuteronomy 2
King James Version
2 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
2 And the Lord spake unto me, saying,
3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
7 For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
9 And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.
12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.
13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.
15 For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
17 That the Lord spake unto me, saying,
18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.
30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
31 And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
33 And the Lord our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:
37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us.
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