Judges 20
1 All the Israelis, from Dan [city in the north] to Beersheba [city in the south], and even from [the] Gilead [region on the east side of the Jordan River, heard what had happened. So they] they gathered together at Mizpah, [at the place where they worshiped] Yahweh.
Todos los israelitas, desde Dan hasta Beerseba, incluyendo la tierra de Galaad, fueron y se reunieron en Mizpa ante el Señor. La asamblea estaba unida en su propósito.
2 The leaders of [eleven of] the tribes of Israel stood in front of the people who gathered there. There were 400,000 men with swords who were there.
Los líderes de todo el pueblo de cada tribu israelita tomaron sus posiciones asignadas en el ejército reunido del pueblo de Dios, cuatrocientos mil soldados armados con espadas.
3 The people of the tribe of Benjamin heard that the other Israelis had gone up to Mizpah, [but none of the men from their tribe went to the meeting there]. The Israelis who had come to Mizpah asked about the evil thing that had happened.
La tribu de Benjamín se enteró de que los israelitas se habían reunido en Mizpa. Los israelitas preguntaron: “Díganos, ¿cómo pudo ocurrir un acto tan horrendo?”.
4 So the husband of the woman who had been killed replied, “My slave wife and I came to Gibeah [city], wanting to stay there that night.
El levita, esposo de la mujer asesinada, explicó: “Yo y mi concubina vinimos a pasar la noche a la ciudad de Guibeá, en el territorio de Benjamín.
5 That evening, the men of Gibeah came to attack me. They surrounded the house [where I was staying] and wanted to [have sex with me and then] kill me. They [raped and] abused my slave wife [all night], and she died.
Los dirigentes de Guibeá vinieron a atacarme por la noche. Rodearon la casa con la intención de matarme. Violaron a mi concubina y ésta murió.
6 I took her body home and cut it into pieces. Then I sent one piece to each area of Israel, [because I wanted you all to know about] this wicked and disgraceful/shameful thing [that] has been done here in Israel.
Tomé a mi concubina y la corté en pedazos, y envié estos pedazos a todas las partes del país que habían sido entregadas a Israel, porque esos hombres habían hecho algo vergonzoso y repugnante en Israel.
7 So now, all you Israeli people, speak, and tell me what you think should be done!”
¡Así que todos ustedes, israelitas, tienen que decidir aquí y ahora qué van a hacer al respecto!”
8 All the people stood up, and in unison said, “None of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!
Todos se pusieron de pie y declararon unidos: “¡Ninguno de nosotros va a volver a su casa, ni a sus tiendas! Ninguno de nosotros volverá a sus casas.
9 This is what we must do to [the people of] Gibeah. First, we will (cast lots/throw marked stones) [to determine which group should attack them].
Esto es lo que vamos a hacer a Guibeá: la atacaremos con nuestras fuerzas elegidas por sorteo.
10 We will choose (one tenth/one from every ten) of the men from all the Israeli tribes. Those men will go and find food for the men who will go to attack the people of Gibeah. Then the other men will go to Gibeah to (pay the people back/punish them) for this terrible thing that they have done [here] in Israel.”
Tomaremos diez hombres de cien de todas las tribus israelitas, luego cien de mil, y luego mil de diez mil, para organizar la comida del ejército, de modo que cuando las tropas lleguen a Guibeá, en Benjamín, puedan pagarles por todas estas cosas repugnantes que han hecho en Israel”.
11 And all the Israeli people agreed [that the people of Gibeah should be punished].
Todos los hombres de Israel se pusieron de acuerdo y se reunieron para atacar la ciudad.
12 Then the Israeli men sent messengers throughout the tribe of Benjamin. They demanded, “Do you realize that some of your men have done a very evil thing?
Las tribus israelitas también enviaron hombres a todo el territorio de Benjamín, preguntando a la gente: “¿Qué están haciendo con este terrible mal que ha ocurrido entre ustedes?
13 Bring those wicked men to us, in order that we can execute them. [By doing that], we will be doing what should be done because of this evil thing that has happened in Israel.” But the [people of the] tribe of Benjamin did not pay attention to their fellow Israelis.
¡Entreguen a estos malvados para que podamos ejecutarlos y deshacernos de este mal de Israel!” Pero los benjamitas se negaron a escuchar lo que sus compañeros israelitas tenían que decir.
14 The men of the tribe of Benjamin left their cities and gathered at Gibeah to fight the [other] Israelis.
Salieron de sus ciudades y se reunieron en Guibeá para ir a luchar contra los demás israelitas.
15 In that one day the men of the tribe of Benjamin recruited 26,000 soldiers who knew how to fight using swords. They also chose/recruited 700 men from Gibeah.
Ese día se convocó a un total de veintiséis mil hombres armados con espadas de las ciudades de Benjamín, además de los setecientos guerreros experimentados de Guibeá.
16 From all those soldiers there were 700 men who were left-handed, and each of them could sling a stone at [a target that was very small and as narrow as] a hair, and the stone always hit the target!
Formaban parte de este ejército setecientos soldados experimentados que usaban la mano izquierda. Todos ellos podían disparar una honda y no fallar ni por asomo.
17 There were 400,000 men from the other Israeli tribes who had swords.
El ejército israelita (excluyendo a Benjamín) contaba con cuatrocientos mil guerreros experimentados, todos armados con espadas.
18 Those other Israelis went up to Bethel and asked God, “Which tribe should be the first to attack the men from the tribe of Benjamin?” Yahweh answered, “[The men from the tribe of] Judah should go first.”
Los israelitas fueron a Betel y le preguntaron a Dios: “¿Quiénes de nosotros deben ser los primeros en ir a luchar contra los benjamitas?” “Judá debe ir primero”, respondió el Señor.
19 The next morning, the Israeli men went and set up their tents near Gibeah.
A la mañana siguiente, los israelitas salieron y acamparon cerca de Guibeá.
20 Then they went to fight against [the men from the tribe of] Benjamin, and stood in their positions for fighting a battle, [facing Gibeah].
Luego salieron a la batalla con el ejército de Benjamín, tomando sus posiciones para atacar Guibeá.
21 The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and fought against them, and they killed 22,000 Israeli men on that day.
Pero los benjamitas salieron de Guibeá y mataron a veintidós mil israelitas en el campo de batalla ese día.
22 [Late that afternoon], the [remaining] Israeli men went to the place of worship and cried until the sun set. Then they asked Yahweh, “Should we attack the men of the tribe of Benjamin again, even though they are our fellow Israelis?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, attack them again.” So the Israeli men encouraged each other.
Pero los israelitas se animaron unos a otros a tener confianza, y tomaron las mismas posiciones que tenían el primer día.
Los israelitas fueron y clamaron ante el Señor hasta el atardecer y preguntaron: “¿Debemos ir a atacar de nuevo a los benjamitas, nuestros parientes?” “Vayan y atáquenlos”, respondió el Señor.
24 The next day they again stood in their positions for fighting, just like they had done on the previous day.
Así que el segundo día avanzaron para atacar al ejército de Benjamín.
25 The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and attacked the Israelis, and killed 18,000 more of their men.
Sin embargo, los benjamitas salieron de Guibeá una vez más y mataron a dieciocho mil israelitas, todos armados con espadas.
26 [In the afternoon], all the people of Israel [who had not been killed] again went to Bethel. There they sat down and cried to Yahweh, and they (fasted/abstained from eating food) until it was evening. They brought some offerings which they burned completely [on the altar], and they also brought some offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh.
Entonces todos los israelitas y todo su ejército fueron a Betel y se sentaron allí a llorar ante el Señor. Ese día ayunaron hasta la noche y dieron holocaustos y ofrendas de comunión al Señor.
27 At that time, the Sacred Chest that contained the stone tablets on which were written the Ten Commandments was there at Bethel. A priest named Phinehas, the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, often stood in front of that chest [and talked with Yahweh]. While he stood there on that day, he asked Yahweh, “Shall we go again to fight against our fellow Israelis from the tribe of Benjamin, or shall we stop fighting against them?” Yahweh answered, “Go again tomorrow, because tomorrow I will enable you to defeat them.”
Los israelitas le preguntaron al Señor qué debían hacer. En aquel tiempo se guardaba allí el Arca del Acuerdo de Dios.
Finés, hijo de Eleazar y nieto de Aarón, era el sacerdote. Los israelitas le preguntaron al Señor: “¿Debemos ir y luchar de nuevo contra nuestros parientes de Benjamín, o no?” “¡Sí, vayan! Mañana se los entregaré”, respondió el Señor.
29 So [the next day, 10,000 of] the Israeli men (set up ambushes/went to hide) [in the fields] around Gibeah.
Entonces los israelitas prepararon una emboscada alrededor de Guibeá.
30 The [other] Israeli men went and stood in their positions for fighting a battle just like they had done on the previous days.
Al tercer día tomaron las mismas posiciones de antes.
31 When the men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of the city to fight against them, the Israeli men retreated away from the city, and the men of the tribe of Benjamin pursued them. The men of the tribe of Benjamin killed many Israelis, like they had done before. They killed about 30 Israelis. They killed some in the fields, and they killed some on the road that went to Bethel and on the road that went to Gibeah.
Los benjamitas salieron a atacarlos y se alejaron de la ciudad mientras comenzaban a matar a los israelitas como lo habían hecho antes. Unos treinta israelitas murieron en el campo de batalla y a lo largo de los caminos, el que va hacia Betel y el que vuelve hacia Guibeá.
32 The men of the tribe of Benjamin said, “We are defeating them like we did before!” But then Israeli men did what they had planned. The main group of Israeli men retreated a short distance from the city, to [trick] the men of Gibeah and cause them to pursue the Israeli men along the roads outside the city.
“Los estamos derrotando, como antes”, gritaron los benjamitas. Pero los israelitas dijeron: “Huyamos de ellos y alejémoslos del pueblo hacia los caminos”.
33 The main group of Israeli men left their positions and retreated, and then they stood in their battle positions again at a place named Baal-Tamar.
El grueso del ejército israelita salió de donde estaba y tomó posiciones en Baal-tamar, mientras que los que estaban en la emboscada al oeste de Guibeá salieron a atacar desde donde se habían escondido.
34 Then [while the men of Gibeah were running out of the city toward them], the other 10,000 Israelis came out from the places where they had been hiding, west of Gibeah. They were men who had come from all parts of Israel. There was a very big battle. But the men of the tribe of Benjamin did not know that they were about to suffer a disastrous defeat.
Diez mil aguerridos guerreros israelitas atacaron Guibeá, y la lucha fue tan intensa que los benjamitas no se dieron cuenta de que estaban al borde del desastre.
35 Yahweh enabled the Israeli men to defeat the men of the tribe of Benjamin. They killed 25,000 of them, even though they all were using swords. [This is what happened]:
Así que el Señor derrotó a Benjamín ante Israel. Ese día los israelitas mataron a veinticinco mil cien benjamitas, todos armados con espadas.
36 The main group of Israeli men arranged with the men who would be hiding that they should send up a smoke signal to enable the main group of soldiers to know when they should attack. Then the main group of Israeli men retreated for a short distance, because they knew that the other Israeli men who had been hiding on the other side of Gibeah would attack the people of the tribe of Benjamin by surprise. So [after the main group of Israeli men retreated a little distance], the men who had been hiding rushed out and ran into Gibeah and used their swords to kill everyone in the city. [Then they started to burn the buildings].
Los benjamitas vieron que estaban derrotados. Los israelitas habían retrocedido ante los benjamitas porque confiaban en que la emboscada que habían preparado cerca de Guibeá tendría éxito.
Los hombres de la emboscada corrieron a atacar el pueblo, y mataron a todos los que estaban en él.
El acuerdo fue que enviarían una gran nube de humo para mostrar que la ciudad había caído.
39 By that time, the men of the tribe of Benjamin said, “We are winning the battle, as we did before!”
El ejército israelita se volvió para atacar a los benjamitas, que ya habían matado a unos treinta israelitas. Los benjamitas decían: “¡Los estamos derrotando completamente, como en la primera batalla!”.
40 But then smoke [from the burning buildings] began to rise up from the city. The men of the tribe of Benjamin turned around and saw that the whole city was burning.
Sin embargo, cuando los israelitas vieron que las columnas de humo se elevaban hacia el cielo hasta formar una gran nube sobre toda la ciudad,
41 Then the main group of Israeli men [also saw the smoke, and they knew that the smoke signaled that they should] turn around and begin to attack. The men of the tribe of Benjamin were very afraid, because they realized that they were about to suffer a disastrous defeat.
se volvieron contra sus enemigos. Los benjamitas se horrorizaron al verlo y se dieron cuenta de que estaban condenados.
42 So the men of the tribe of Benjamin tried to run away toward the desert to escape from the Israeli men, but they were not able to escape, because the Israeli men who had burned the two cities came out of those cities and killed many of them.
Se volvieron y huyeron de los israelitas hacia el desierto, pero la batalla los alcanzó, y los israelitas también mataron a los que salieron de las ciudades en el camino.
43 They surrounded [some of] the men of the tribe of Benjamin, and pursued the others to the area east of Gibeah.
Persiguiendo a los benjamitas, los israelitas los rodearon y los alcanzaron fácilmente al este de Guibeá.
44 They killed 18,000 strong soldiers of the tribe of Benjamin.
Murieron dieciocho mil benjamitas, todos ellos valientes guerreros.
45 Then the rest of the men of the tribe of Benjamin realized that they had been defeated. They ran toward the desert to Rimmon Rock, but the Israeli men killed 5,000 more men of the tribe of Benjamin along the roads. They pursued the rest of them to Gidom, and they killed 2,000 more men of the tribe of Benjamin there.
Algunos de los benjamitas que quedaron corrieron hacia la Roca de la Granada en el desierto, y los israelitas mataron a otros cinco mil hombres en el camino. Persiguieron a otro grupo de benjamitas hasta Guidón y mataron a otros mil.
46 Altogether, there were 25,000 men of the tribe of Benjamin who were killed, all of whom had swords.
Así que ese día mataron a veinticinco mil benjamitas, todos armados con espadas y todos guerreros valientes.
47 But 600 men of the tribe of Benjamin ran to Rimmon Rock in the desert. They stayed there for four months.
Hubo seiscientos que huyeron a la Roca de la Granada, en el desierto, y permanecieron allí cuatro meses.
48 Then the Israeli men went back to the land belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, and killed the people in every city. They also killed all the animals, and destroyed everything else that they found there. And they burned all the cities that they came to.
Los israelitas volvieron a entrar en el territorio de los benjamitas, y yendo de pueblo en pueblo, mataron todo: personas, animales, todo lo que encontraron. Luego quemaron todos los pueblos en su camino.
