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1 Hubo un gran pecado entre los israelitas. Alguien desobedeció el mandato de Dios de destruir todo salvo lo que estaba reservado para los tesoros del Señor. Acán, hijo de Carmí, nieto de Zabdí y bisnieto de Zera, de la tribu de Judá, tomó parte del botín para sí, y el Señor se enojó con toda la nación a causa de esto.
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 Poco después de la derrota de Jericó, Josué envió a sus hombres a reconocer la ciudad de Hai que queda al oriente de Betel.
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 A su regreso le dijeron a Josué: «Es una ciudad pequeña y bastará con dos o tres mil hombres para destruirla; no es necesario que vayamos todos nosotros a tomarla».
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 Mandaron, pues, a unos tres mil soldados a tomarla, y fueron completamente derrotados.
4 So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
5 Unos treinta y seis israelitas murieron durante el ataque, y muchos otros murieron mientras huían perseguidos por los hombres de Hai por toda la bajada hasta Sebarim. El pueblo israelita se paralizó de temor ante estos acontecimientos.
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 y los ancianos de Israel rasgaron su ropa y se postraron delante del cofre del Señor echando 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 clamó al Señor: ―Oh Señor, ¿por qué nos hiciste cruzar el río Jordán si ibas a permitir que los amorreos nos dieran muerte? ¿Por qué no nos quedamos en la otra orilla?
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 Oh Señor, ¿qué voy a hacer 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 Porque cuando los cananeos y los demás pueblos cercanos lo oigan, nos rodearán, nos atacarán y nos exterminarán. Y cuando esto ocurra, ¿qué habrá de la honra que merece 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 Pero el Señor le dijo a Josué: ―Levántate, ¿por qué estás postrado?
10 Yahweh said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face like that?
11 Israel ha pecado y ha desobedecido mis órdenes, y ha tomado botín cuando yo les dije que no lo tomaran. No solamente lo han tomado, sino que han mentido acerca de ello y lo han escondido entre sus pertenencias.
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 esta razón Israel está siendo derrotado, por esta razón tus hombres están huyendo delante de sus enemigos. ¡Están malditos! No permaneceré con ustedes a menos que se libren completamente de este pecado.
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 dile al pueblo: Cada uno de ustedes debe pasar por los ritos de la purificación en preparación para mañana, porque el Señor su Dios dice que alguien ha robado lo que a él le pertenecía y no podremos derrotar a nuestros enemigos hasta que acabemos con este pecado.
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 por la mañana deben comparecer por tribus y el Señor señalará cuál es la tribu culpable. Luego la tribu se presentará por clanes y el Señor señalará cuál es el clan al que pertenece el hombre culpable. Luego el clan comparecerá por familias y entonces señalará la familia culpable y, por último, cada miembro de esa familia comparecerá por sí solo.
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 haya robado lo que pertenece al Señor será quemado junto con todo lo que tiene, porque ha violado el pacto del Señor y ha traído calamidades sobre 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 Al día siguiente, siendo muy temprano, Josué presentó las tribus de Israel delante del Señor y 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 Entonces se presentaron los clanes de Judá y fue señalado el clan de Zera. Luego se presentaron las familias de aquel clan delante del Señor y fue apartada la familia de Zabdí.
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 Los hombres de la familia de Zabdí se presentaron uno por uno y Acán fue señalado como culpable del pecado.
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 Josué entonces le dijo a Acán: ―Hijo mío, da gloria al Dios de Israel y haz tu confesión. Dime lo que has hecho.
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 contestó: ―He pecado contra el Señor, el Dios de Israel.
20 Achan answered Joshua, and said, “I have truly sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done.
21 Vi un hermoso manto importado de Babilonia, casi dos kilos y medio de plata y una barra de oro como de seiscientos gramos. Sentí tanto deseo de poseer todo aquello que lo tomé y lo escondí en la tierra debajo de mi tienda. Allí están, y la plata está debajo de todo.
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 a algunos hombres a buscar el botín. Corrieron a la tienda y hallaron las cosas robadas donde Acán había dicho, y la plata estaba debajo de todo.
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. Behold, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.
23 Trajeron todo a Josué y lo dejaron en tierra frente al 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 Josué y todos los israelitas tomaron a Acán, la plata, el manto; el oro, sus hijos, sus hijas, sus bueyes, sus burros, sus ovejas, la tienda y todo lo que él tenía, y lo 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 Allí Josué dijo a Acán: ―¿Por qué has traído esta calamidad sobre nosotros? Ahora el Señor traerá calamidad sobre ti. Los hombres de Israel los apedrearon y luego quemaron sus cuerpos
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 e hicieron un gran montón de piedras sobre ellos. Las piedras todavía están allí hasta el día de hoy, y ese lugar aún es conocido como el valle de la Calamidad. Entonces el Señor calmó su ira.
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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