Judges · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Judges 19 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 En aquellos días, cuando no había rey en Israel, un levita vivía en una parte apartada de la región montañosa de Efraín. Tomó como concubina a una mujer de Belén de Judá.
1 In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.
2 La concubina se enojó con él y regresó a la casa de su padre en Belén de Judá. Se quedó allí durante cuatro meses.
2 His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father’s house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there for four months.
3 Entonces su esposo fue tras ella para hablarle con bondad y convencerla de que regresara con él. Llevaba consigo a un siervo y dos asnos. Ella lo hizo entrar en la casa de su padre, y cuando el padre de la joven lo vio, lo recibió con alegría.
3 Her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him and a couple of donkeys. She brought him into her father’s house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
4 Su suegro, el padre de la joven, lo convenció de quedarse tres días. Durante ese tiempo comieron, bebieron y durmieron allí.
4 His father-in-law, the young lady’s father, kept him there; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank, and stayed there.
5 Al cuarto día se levantaron temprano para partir, pero el padre de la joven dijo a su yerno: «Come algo para recuperar fuerzas y después podrás irte».
5 On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning, and he rose up to depart. The young lady’s father said to his son-in-law, “Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.”
6 Los dos se sentaron, comieron y bebieron juntos. Luego el padre de la joven dijo al hombre: «Por favor, quédate esta noche y disfruta un poco más».
6 So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together. Then the young lady’s father said to the man, “Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.”
7 El hombre se levantó para irse, pero su suegro insistió, y él volvió a quedarse aquella noche.
7 The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he stayed there again.
8 Al quinto día se levantó temprano para partir, pero el padre de la joven dijo: «Recupera fuerzas primero». Así comieron y permanecieron allí hasta después del mediodía.
8 He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young lady’s father said, “Please strengthen your heart and stay until the day declines;” and they both ate.
9 Cuando el hombre se levantó para irse con su concubina y su siervo, su suegro le dijo: «Ya está cayendo la tarde y el día casi termina. Quédate aquí esta noche y disfruta. Mañana podrás levantarte temprano y regresar a tu casa».
9 When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady’s father, said to him, “Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night. Behold, the day is ending. Stay here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow go on your way early, that you may go home.”
10 Pero el hombre no quiso quedarse otra noche. Se levantó y salió. Llegó frente a Jebús, es decir Jerusalén, llevando consigo los dos asnos preparados para el viaje y a su concubina.
10 But the man wouldn’t stay that night, but he rose up and went near Jebus (also called Jerusalem). With him were a couple of saddled donkeys. His concubine also was with him.
11 Cuando estaban cerca de Jebús ya era muy tarde. El siervo dijo a su amo: «Vamos a entrar en esta ciudad de los jebuseos y pasar aquí la noche».
11 When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, “Please come and let’s enter into this city of the Jebusites, and stay in it.”
12 Pero su amo respondió: «No entraremos en una ciudad extranjera, donde la gente no pertenece a los hijos de Israel. Seguiremos hasta Guibeá».
12 His master said to him, “We won’t enter into the city of a foreigner that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.”
13 Luego dijo a su siervo: «Sigamos hasta uno de esos lugares y pasemos la noche en Guibeá o Ramá».
13 He said to his servant, “Come and let’s draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.”
14 Continuaron su camino, y el sol se puso cuando estaban cerca de Guibeá, en la tierra de Benjamín.
14 So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
15 Se apartaron del camino para pasar la noche en Guibeá. Entraron y se sentaron en la plaza de la ciudad, pero nadie los recibió en su casa para pasar la noche.
15 They went over there, to go in to stay in Gibeah. He went in, and sat down in the street of the city; for there was no one who took them into his house to stay.
16 Al anochecer llegó un anciano que regresaba de trabajar en el campo. Era de la región montañosa de Efraín, aunque vivía en Guibeá. Los hombres de aquel lugar eran benjamitas.
16 Behold, an old man came from his work out of the field at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
17 Cuando el anciano vio al viajero sentado en la plaza de la ciudad, le preguntó: «¿A dónde vas y de dónde vienes?»
17 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”
18 El levita respondió: «Venimos de Belén de Judá y vamos a una parte apartada de la región montañosa de Efraín, de donde soy. Fui a Belén de Judá y ahora regreso a mi casa, pero nadie me ha recibido en su casa.
18 He said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem Judah. I am going to Yahweh’s house; and there is no one who has taken me into his house.
19 Tenemos paja y alimento para nuestros asnos, y también pan y vino para mí, para la mujer y para el siervo que viene con nosotros. No nos falta nada».
19 Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your servant, and for the young man who is with your servants. There is no lack of anything.”
20 El anciano dijo: «La paz sea contigo. Yo me encargaré de todo lo que necesiten. Solo no pasen la noche en la plaza».
20 The old man said, “Peace be to you! Just let me supply all your needs, but don’t sleep in the street.”
21 Los llevó a su casa y dio alimento a los asnos. Después se lavaron los pies, comieron y bebieron.
21 So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder. Then they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
22 Mientras disfrutaban de la comida, unos hombres malvados de la ciudad rodearon la casa y comenzaron a golpear la puerta. Dijeron al anciano, dueño de la casa: «Saca al hombre que entró en tu casa para que tengamos relaciones sexuales con él».
22 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain wicked fellows, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house, that we can have sex with him!”
23 El dueño de la casa salió y les dijo: «No, hermanos míos. No hagan esta maldad. Este hombre ha entrado en mi casa; no cometan esta vergüenza.
23 The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, “No, my brothers, please don’t act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, don’t do this folly.
24 Aquí están mi hija, que es virgen, y la concubina de este hombre. Las sacaré, y ustedes pueden hacer con ellas lo que quieran. Pero no cometan esta vergüenza contra este hombre».
24 Behold, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. I will bring them out now. Humble them, and do with them what seems good to you; but to this man don’t do any such folly.”
25 Los hombres no quisieron escucharlo. Entonces el levita tomó a su concubina y la entregó afuera. Ellos la violaron toda la noche hasta la mañana. Cuando comenzó a amanecer, la dejaron ir.
25 But the men wouldn’t listen to him; so the man grabbed his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they had sex with her, and abused her all night until the morning. When the day began to dawn, they let her go.
26 Al amanecer la mujer llegó a la casa donde estaba su señor. Cayó junto a la puerta y quedó allí hasta que salió el sol.
26 Then the woman came in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, until it was light.
27 Por la mañana su señor se levantó, abrió la puerta y salió para continuar su viaje. Vio a su concubina tendida junto a la puerta de la casa, con las manos sobre el umbral.
27 Her lord rose up in the morning and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and behold, the woman his concubine had fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
28 Le dijo: «Levántate, vámonos». Pero ella no respondió. Entonces la puso sobre el asno y regresó a su casa.
28 He said to her, “Get up, and let’s get going!” but no one answered. Then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up, and went to his place.
29 Cuando llegó a su casa, tomó un cuchillo y cortó el cuerpo de su concubina, miembro por miembro, en doce partes. Luego envió las partes por todo Israel.
29 When he had come into his house, he took a knife and cut up his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
30 A los hombres que envió les dijo: «Digan a todos los hombres de Israel: “¿Se ha hecho alguna vez algo semejante desde el día en que los hijos de Israel salieron de Egipto hasta hoy? Piensen bien en esto, considérenlo y digan qué opinan”».
30 It was so, that all who saw it said, “Such a deed has not been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day! Consider it, take counsel, and speak.”
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Judges 18:1; Judges 17:8; Judges 21:25; Matthew 2:6; Joshua 24:30
- 2 Ezekiel 16:28; Deuteronomy 22:21; Leviticus 21:9
- 3 John 8:11; Genesis 50:21; Genesis 34:3; Galatians 6:1; Matthew 1:19
- 5 Genesis 18:5; Judges 19:8; John 4:34; 1 Kings 13:7; 1 Samuel 30:12
- 6 Judges 19:9; Judges 16:25; Ruth 3:7; Esther 1:10; Revelation 11:10
- 9 Proverbs 27:1; James 4:13–14; Luke 24:29
- 10 Joshua 15:8; Joshua 15:63; 2 Samuel 5:6; Joshua 18:28; Judges 1:8
- 11 2 Samuel 5:6; Joshua 15:63; Judges 19:10; Judges 1:21; Genesis 10:16
- 13 Joshua 18:25–26; Isaiah 10:29; Hosea 5:8; 1 Samuel 10:26; Joshua 18:28
- 15 Hebrews 13:2; Judges 19:18; Matthew 25:43; Matthew 25:35; Genesis 18:2–8
- 16 Psalm 104:23; Proverbs 14:23; Psalm 128:2; Judges 19:1; Proverbs 24:27
- 17 Genesis 16:8; Genesis 32:17
- 18 Judges 18:31; John 15:6; Psalm 26:9; Joshua 18:1; Judges 20:18
- 20 Judges 6:23; John 14:27; 1 Chronicles 12:18; Genesis 43:23–24; 1 Samuel 25:6
- 21 Luke 7:44; John 13:14–15; Genesis 18:4; Genesis 43:24; 2 Samuel 11:8
- 22 Genesis 19:4–5; 1 Corinthians 6:9; Judges 20:5; Romans 1:26–27; Deuteronomy 13:13
- 23 Genesis 34:7; 2 Samuel 13:12; Judges 20:6; Genesis 19:6–7; Deuteronomy 22:21
- 24 Genesis 19:8; Deuteronomy 21:14; Genesis 34:2; Romans 3:8
- 25 Ephesians 4:19; Hosea 7:4–7; Jeremiah 5:7–8; Hosea 10:9; Hosea 9:9
- 26 1 Peter 3:6; Judges 19:3; Genesis 18:12; Judges 19:27
- 28 Judges 20:5; 1 Kings 18:29
- 29 1 Samuel 11:7; Judges 20:6–7; Romans 10:2; Deuteronomy 21:22–23
- 30 Judges 20:7; Proverbs 13:10; Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 15:22; Proverbs 24:6
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