Deuteronomy · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Deuteronomy 20 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Cuando salgan a la guerra contra sus enemigos y vean caballos, carros de guerra y ejércitos más numerosos que ustedes, no tengan miedo, porque el Señor su Dios está con ustedes. Él los sacó de la tierra de Egipto.
1 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
2 Cuando estén a punto de entrar en la batalla, el sacerdote se acercará y hablará al pueblo.
2 It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
3 Les dirá: «Escucha, Israel. Hoy van a luchar contra sus enemigos. Mantengan fuerte el corazón. No tengan miedo, no se alarmen ni pierdan el valor por causa de ellos,
3 and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Don’t let your heart faint! Don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
4 porque el Señor su Dios va con ustedes. Él luchará por ustedes contra sus enemigos y los salvará».
4 for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”
5 Entonces los oficiales dirán al pueblo: «Si alguno ha construido una casa nueva y todavía no ha comenzado a vivir en ella, que regrese a su casa. De lo contrario, podría morir en la batalla y otro hombre viviría en ella.
5 The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
6 Si alguno ha plantado una viña y todavía no ha disfrutado de su fruto, que regrese a su casa. De lo contrario, podría morir en la batalla y otro hombre disfrutaría de su fruto.
6 What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.
7 Si alguno se ha casado recientemente y todavía no ha tenido relaciones sexuales con su esposa, que regrese a su casa. De lo contrario, podría morir en la batalla y otro hombre tomaría a su esposa».
7 What man is there who has pledged to be married to a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”
8 Los oficiales seguirán hablando al pueblo y dirán: «Si alguno tiene el corazón débil por el miedo, que regrese a su casa antes de hacer que sus hermanos también pierdan el valor».
8 The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”
9 Cuando los oficiales terminen de hablar al pueblo, pondrán jefes al frente del ejército.
9 It shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.
10 Cuando se acerquen a una ciudad para atacarla, primero háganle una oferta de paz.
10 When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
11 Si acepta la paz y les abre sus puertas, todos sus habitantes serán sometidos a trabajos forzados y les servirán.
11 It shall be, if it gives you answer of peace and opens to you, then it shall be that all the people who are found therein shall become forced laborers to you, and shall serve you.
12 Pero si la ciudad no acepta la paz y decide luchar contra ustedes, rodéenla y atáquenla.
12 If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it.
13 Cuando el Señor su Dios la entregue en sus manos, maten a todos los varones que haya en ella.
13 When Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword;
14 Pero podrán tomar para ustedes las mujeres, los niños, el ganado y todos los bienes de la ciudad. Podrán usar los bienes de sus enemigos que el Señor su Dios les haya dado.
14 but the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.
15 Así harán con todas las ciudades que estén lejos de ustedes y que no pertenezcan a estas naciones cercanas.
15 Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16 Pero en las ciudades de los pueblos cuya tierra el Señor su Dios les da como herencia, no dejen con vida a ningún ser vivo.
16 But of the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
17 Destrúyanlos por completo: a los hititas, amorreos, cananeos, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos, como el Señor su Dios les ha ordenado.
17 but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Yahweh your God has commanded you;
18 Así no les enseñarán a imitar todas las prácticas repugnantes que hacen para sus dioses, haciéndolos pecar contra el Señor su Dios.
18 that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.
19 Cuando estén sitiando una ciudad durante mucho tiempo para conquistarla, no destruyan sus árboles cortándolos. Pueden comer de su fruto. ¿Acaso los árboles del campo son hombres para que ustedes los ataquen?
19 When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; for you may eat of them. You shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged by you?
20 Solo podrán cortar los árboles que sepan que no producen alimento. Usen su madera para construir obras de ataque contra la ciudad hasta que caiga.
20 Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down. You shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (17)
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- 1 2 Chronicles 32:7–8; Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 20:7; Deuteronomy 31:6; Isaiah 43:2
- 2 2 Chronicles 13:12; Numbers 31:6; Numbers 10:8–9; 1 Samuel 14:18; Judges 20:27–28
- 3 Hebrews 13:6; Psalm 3:6; Revelation 2:10; Joshua 23:10; Psalm 27:1–3
- 4 Exodus 14:14; Deuteronomy 3:22; Deuteronomy 1:30; Joshua 23:10; Deuteronomy 11:25
- 5 Nehemiah 12:27; 1 Samuel 17:18; Deuteronomy 16:18; Numbers 31:48; Deuteronomy 1:15
- 6 Leviticus 19:23–25
- 7 Deuteronomy 24:5; Deuteronomy 28:30; 2 Timothy 2:4; Deuteronomy 22:23–25; Matthew 1:18
- 8 Judges 7:3; Revelation 21:8; Deuteronomy 1:28; Acts 15:37–38; Deuteronomy 23:9
- 10 Luke 10:5–6; 2 Corinthians 5:18–6:1; Ephesians 2:17; 2 Samuel 20:18–22; Zechariah 9:10
- 11 Joshua 11:19–20; Joshua 9:27; Joshua 9:22–23; Luke 19:14; Leviticus 25:42–46
- 13 Psalm 2:6–12; Luke 19:27; 1 Kings 11:15–16; Psalm 21:8–9; Numbers 31:17–18
- 14 Joshua 8:2; Joshua 22:8; Numbers 31:9; 2 Chronicles 20:25; Numbers 31:12
- 16 Joshua 11:14; Numbers 21:2–3; Deuteronomy 7:16; Deuteronomy 7:1–4; Joshua 6:17–21
- 17 Isaiah 34:5–6; Jeremiah 50:35–40; Deuteronomy 7:1–2; Ezekiel 38:21–23; Jeremiah 48:10
- 18 Deuteronomy 12:30–31; Exodus 23:33; Ephesians 5:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 6:17
- 19 Matthew 3:10; Matthew 21:19; Deuteronomy 26:6; John 15:2–8; Luke 13:7–9
- 20 Isaiah 37:33; Jeremiah 6:6; Jeremiah 33:4; Ezekiel 17:17; Deuteronomy 1:28
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