Joshua · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Joshua 7 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Pero los hijos de Israel fueron infieles en cuanto a lo destinado a la destrucción. Acán hijo de Carmi, hijo de Zabdi, hijo de Zera, de la tribu de Judá, tomó algo de aquello. Por eso la ira del Señor se encendió contra los hijos de Israel.
1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against the children of Israel.
2 Josué envió hombres desde Jericó a Hai, cerca de Bet-avén, al este de Betel, y les dijo: «Suban y exploren la tierra». Ellos fueron y exploraron Hai.
2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the land.” The men went up and spied out Ai.
3 Cuando regresaron a Josué, le dijeron: «No hace falta que suba todo el pueblo. Que suban unos dos mil o tres mil hombres para atacar Hai. No canses a todo el pueblo, porque allí hay poca gente».
3 They returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Don’t let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Don’t make all the people to toil there, for there are only a few of them.”
4 Así que subieron unos tres mil hombres, pero los hombres de Hai los hicieron huir.
4 So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
5 Los hombres de Hai mataron a unos treinta y seis israelitas. Los persiguieron desde la puerta de la ciudad hasta las canteras y los derrotaron en la bajada. Entonces el pueblo perdió todo el valor.
5 The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them. They chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became like water.
6 Josué se postró rostro en tierra delante del arca del Señor hasta la tarde. Los ancianos de Israel hicieron lo mismo, y todos echaron polvo sobre sus cabezas.
6 Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before Yahweh’s ark until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
7 Josué dijo: «¡Señor Dios! ¿Por qué nos hiciste cruzar el Jordán si ibas a entregarnos en manos de los amorreos para que nos destruyeran? ¡Ojalá nos hubiéramos quedado al otro lado del Jordán!
7 Joshua said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!
8 Señor, ¿qué puedo decir ahora que Israel ha huido delante de sus enemigos?
8 Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies?
9 Cuando los cananeos y todos los habitantes de esta tierra lo sepan, nos rodearán y borrarán nuestro nombre de la tierra. ¿Qué harás entonces por el honor de tu gran nombre?».
9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?”
10 El Señor respondió a Josué: «¡Levántate! ¿Por qué estás postrado rostro en tierra?
10 Yahweh said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face like that?
11 Israel ha pecado. Han quebrantado el pacto que hice con ellos. Han tomado de lo destinado a la destrucción; han robado, han mentido y lo han escondido entre sus propias cosas.
11 Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.
12 Por eso los hijos de Israel no pueden resistir a sus enemigos y huyen delante de ellos, porque ellos mismos han quedado condenados a la destrucción. No estaré más con ustedes si no quitan de en medio de ustedes lo destinado a la destrucción.
12 Therefore the children of Israel can’t stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
13 Levántate y consagra al pueblo. Diles: “Conságrense para mañana, porque el Señor, Dios de Israel, dice: Hay entre ustedes algo destinado a la destrucción. Israel, no podrán resistir a sus enemigos hasta que lo quiten de en medio de ustedes”.
13 Get up! Sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, “There is a devoted thing among you, Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted thing from among you.”
14 Mañana se presentarán por tribus. La tribu que el Señor señale se presentará por familias; la familia que el Señor señale se presentará por casas; y la casa que el Señor señale se presentará hombre por hombre.
14 In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. It shall be that the tribe which Yahweh selects shall come near by families. The family which Yahweh selects shall come near by households. The household which Yahweh selects shall come near man by man.
15 El que sea descubierto con algo destinado a la destrucción será quemado junto con todo lo que le pertenece, porque quebrantó el pacto del Señor e hizo algo vergonzoso en Israel».
15 It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed Yahweh’s covenant, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”
16 Josué se levantó temprano por la mañana e hizo que Israel se presentara por tribus. Fue señalada la tribu de Judá.
16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected.
17 Hizo que las familias de Judá se presentaran, y fue señalada la familia de Zera. Luego hizo que los hombres de la familia de Zera se presentaran uno por uno, y fue señalado Zabdi.
17 He brought near the family of Judah, and he selected the family of the Zerahites. He brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was selected.
18 Después hizo que los hombres de la casa de Zabdi se presentaran uno por uno, y fue señalado Acán hijo de Carmi, hijo de Zabdi, hijo de Zera, de la tribu de Judá.
18 He brought near his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.
19 Entonces Josué dijo a Acán: «Hijo mío, da gloria y honra al Señor, Dios de Israel. Dime lo que has hecho y no me ocultes nada».
19 Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done! Don’t hide it from me!”
20 Acán respondió a Josué: «Es verdad. He pecado contra el Señor, Dios de Israel. Esto es lo que hice:
20 Achan answered Joshua, and said, “I have truly sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done.
21 Entre lo tomado vi un hermoso manto de Babilonia, doscientos siclos de plata y una barra de oro que pesaba cincuenta siclos. Los deseé y los tomé. Están escondidos bajo tierra dentro de mi tienda, con la plata debajo».
21 When I saw among the plunder a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it.”
22 Josué envió hombres rápidamente. Ellos corrieron a la tienda y encontraron allí escondido el manto, con la plata debajo.
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. Behold, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.
23 Sacaron esas cosas de la tienda, las llevaron a Josué y a todos los hijos de Israel, y las pusieron delante del Señor.
23 They took them from the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel. They laid them down before Yahweh.
24 Entonces Josué y todo Israel tomaron a Acán hijo de Zera, la plata, el manto, la barra de oro, sus hijos y sus hijas, sus bueyes, sus asnos, sus ovejas, su tienda y todo lo que tenía. Los llevaron al valle de Acor.
24 Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.
25 Josué dijo: «¿Por qué nos has traído esta desgracia? Hoy el Señor traerá desgracia sobre ti». Entonces todo Israel lo apedreó hasta matarlo y después lo quemaron.
25 Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? Yahweh will trouble you today.” All Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.
26 Levantaron sobre él un gran montón de piedras, que permanece allí hasta hoy. Entonces se calmó la ira del Señor. Por eso aquel lugar se llama valle de Acor hasta hoy.
26 They raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called “The valley of Achor” to this day.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Achan
A man of Judah, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, who took a cloak, silver and gold devoted to destruction at Jericho, so that Israel was defeated at Ai until he was…
Cited in the guide: Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:18; Joshua 7:24
Carmi
A man of Judah, son of Zabdi, named as the father of Achan, who troubled Israel.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:18; 1 Chronicles 2:7
Zabdi
Head of the family of Zabdi in the Zerahite clan of Judah and grandfather of Achan; 'son of Zerah' in the text may mean descendant of Judah's son Zerah.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:17; Joshua 7:18
Places
Ai
Ai's identification is disputed — the traditional site of et-Tell doesn't fit the conquest period neatly, so scholars debate its location (approximate). Achan's sin and the ambush belong here.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 7:2; Joshua 8:28
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 22:20; Ecclesiastes 9:18; 1 Chronicles 2:6–7; Joshua 7:20–21; 1 Chronicles 21:7
- 2 Joshua 18:12; 1 Samuel 14:23; Hosea 4:15; 1 Samuel 13:5; Genesis 12:8
- 3 Hebrews 6:11–12; Luke 13:24; 2 Peter 1:5; Hebrews 4:11; 2 Peter 1:10
- 4 Deuteronomy 28:25; Leviticus 26:17; Isaiah 59:2; Isaiah 30:17; Deuteronomy 32:30
- 5 Joshua 2:9; Joshua 2:11; Leviticus 26:36; Deuteronomy 1:44; Nahum 2:10
- 6 Genesis 37:29; Genesis 37:34; Numbers 14:6; Lamentations 2:10; Revelation 18:19
- 7 Hebrews 12:5; 2 Kings 3:10; Matthew 17:20; Exodus 5:22–23; Psalm 116:11
- 8 Romans 3:5–6; Ezra 9:10; Habakkuk 2:1
- 9 Exodus 32:12; Ezekiel 36:22–23; Psalm 83:4; John 12:28; Numbers 14:13
- 10 1 Samuel 16:1; Exodus 14:15; 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Chronicles 22:16
- 11 Acts 5:1–2; Joshua 6:17–19; Hebrews 4:13; Acts 5:9; Joshua 7:20–21
- 12 Psalm 5:4–5; Isaiah 59:2; Joshua 6:18; Numbers 14:45; Judges 2:14
- 13 Lamentations 3:40–41; Joshua 3:5; Matthew 7:5; 1 Corinthians 5:11–13; Joshua 6:18
- 14 Proverbs 16:33; Joshua 7:17–18; Jonah 1:7; 1 Samuel 10:19–21; Acts 1:24–26
- 15 Genesis 34:7; Judges 20:6; 1 Samuel 14:38–39; Deuteronomy 13:15–16; Joshua 7:25–26
- 16 Psalm 119:60; Joshua 3:1; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Genesis 22:3
- 17 Numbers 26:20; Genesis 38:30; 1 Chronicles 2:4–7
- 18 Numbers 32:23; Acts 5:1–10; 1 Samuel 14:42; Jeremiah 2:26; Proverbs 13:21
- 19 1 Samuel 6:5; Jeremiah 13:16; John 9:24; Daniel 9:4; 2 Chronicles 30:22
- 20 Psalm 38:18; Numbers 22:34; Exodus 10:16; Genesis 42:21; Job 7:20
- 21 James 1:15; Psalm 119:37; Luke 12:15; 1 John 2:15–16; 2 Peter 2:15
- 24 Proverbs 15:27; 1 Timothy 6:9–10; Exodus 20:5; Joshua 7:26; Isaiah 65:10
- 25 Joshua 6:18; 1 Chronicles 2:7; Deuteronomy 17:5; Leviticus 24:14; Leviticus 20:2
- 26 Isaiah 65:10; Hosea 2:15; Deuteronomy 13:17; 2 Samuel 18:17; Joshua 7:24
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