Deuteronomy 9
1 “Listen, O Israel: You shall cross over the Jordan today, in order to possess nations, very great and stronger than yourself, cities vast and walled even to the sky,
¡Escucha, Israel! Hoy vas a pasar el Jordán, para entrar a desposeer a naciones más grandes y poderosas que tú, ciudades grandes y fortificadas hasta el cielo,
2 a people great and lofty, the sons of the Anakim, whom you yourselves have seen and heard, against whom no one is able to stand.
un pueblo grande y alto, los hijos de los Anaceos, a los que conoces y de los que has oído decir: “¿Quién podrá enfrentarse a los hijos de Anac?”
3 Therefore, you shall know today that the Lord your God himself will pass over before you, like a devouring and consuming fire, to crush and to wipe away and to utterly ruin them before your face, quickly, just as he has spoken to you.
Sabed, pues, hoy que Yahvé, vuestro Dios, es el que pasa delante de vosotros como un fuego devorador. Él los destruirá y los hará caer ante ti. Así los expulsarás y los harás perecer rápidamente, como Yahvé te ha dicho.
4 You should not say in your heart, when the Lord your God will have destroyed them in your sight: ‘It is because of my justice that the Lord led me in, so that I might possess this land, while these nations have been destroyed because of their impiety.’
No digas en tu corazón, después de que Yahvé vuestro Dios los haya expulsado de delante de ti, “Por mi justicia Yahvé me ha hecho entrar a poseer esta tierra”; porque Yahvé los expulsa delante de ti por la maldad de estas naciones.
5 For it is not because of your justices or the uprightness of your heart that you will enter, so that you may possess their lands. Instead, it is because they have acted wickedly that they are destroyed upon your arrival, and so that the Lord may accomplish his word, which he promised under oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
No por tu justicia ni por la rectitud de tu corazón entras a poseer su tierra, sino por la maldad de estas naciones que Yahvé, tu Dios, expulsa de delante de ti, y para confirmar la palabra que Yahvé juró a tus padres, a Abraham, a Isaac y a Jacob.
6 Therefore, know that the Lord your God will not give you this excellent land as a possession due to your justices, for you are a very stiff-necked people.
Sabed, pues, que el Señor, vuestro Dios, no os da esta buena tierra para que la poseáis por vuestra justicia, porque sois un pueblo de cuello duro.
7 Remember, and never forget, how you provoked the Lord your God to anger in the wilderness. You have always contended against the Lord, from the day that you went forth from Egypt, even to this place.
Acuérdate, y no olvides, cómo provocaste la ira del Señor, tu Dios, en el desierto. Desde el día en que saliste de la tierra de Egipto hasta que llegaste a este lugar, te has rebelado contra Yahvé.
8 For at Horeb also, you provoked him, and, becoming angry, he was willing to destroy you,
También en Horeb provocaste la ira de Yahvé, y éste se enojó contigo para destruirte.
9 when I ascended onto the mountain, so that I might receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord formed with you. And I persevered on the mountain for forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water.
Cuando subí al monte para recibir las tablas de piedra, las tablas del pacto que Yahvé hizo con ustedes, me quedé en el monte cuarenta días y cuarenta noches. No comí pan ni bebí agua.
10 And the Lord gave me two tablets of stone, written with the finger of God and containing all the words that he spoke to you on the mountain from the midst of fire, while the people, being stirred up, were assembled together.
El Señor me entregó las dos tablas de piedra escritas con el dedo de Dios. En ellas estaban todas las palabras que Yahvé habló contigo en la montaña, en medio del fuego, el día de la asamblea.
11 And when forty days, and as many nights, had passed, the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
Al cabo de cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, Yahvé me dio las dos tablas de piedra, las tablas de la alianza.
12 And he said to me: ‘Rise up, and descend quickly from here. For your people, whom you led away from Egypt, have quickly abandoned the way that you have shown to them, and they have made a molten idol for themselves.’
El Señor me dijo: “Levántate, baja pronto de aquí, porque tu pueblo que sacaste de Egipto se ha corrompido. Se han alejado rápidamente del camino que les ordené. Se han hecho una imagen de fundición”.
13 And again, the Lord said to me: ‘I discern that this people is stiff-necked.
Además, el Señor me habló diciendo: “He visto a este pueblo, y he aquí que es un pueblo de dura cerviz.
14 Depart from me, so that I may crush them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and appoint you over a nation, which will be greater and stronger than this one.’
Déjame, para que los destruya y borre su nombre de debajo del cielo; y haré de ti una nación más poderosa y más grande que ellos.”
15 And as I was descending from the burning mountain, and I held the two tablets of the covenant with both hands,
Me volví y bajé del monte, y el monte ardía en llamas. Las dos tablas de la alianza estaban en mis dos manos.
16 and I had seen that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made a molten calf for yourselves, and had quickly abandoned his way, which he had revealed to you,
Miré, y he aquí que ustedes habían pecado contra el Señor, su Dios. Os habíais hecho un becerro moldeado. Se habían alejado rápidamente del camino que Yahvé les había ordenado.
17 I threw down the tablets from my hands, and I broke them in your sight.
Tomé las dos tablas, las arrojé de mis dos manos y las rompí ante vuestros ojos.
18 And I fell prostrate before the Lord, just as before, for forty days and nights, not eating bread, and not drinking water, because of all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and because you provoked him to anger.
Me postré ante el Señor, como al principio, durante cuarenta días y cuarenta noches. No comí pan ni bebí agua, a causa de todo el pecado que cometisteis, al hacer lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, para provocarlo a la ira.
19 For I feared his indignation and wrath, which had been stirred up against you, so that he was willing to destroy you. And the Lord heeded me at this time also.
Porque tuve miedo de la cólera y del ardor con que Yahvé se enojó contra ustedes para destruirlos. Pero Yahvé me escuchó también aquella vez.
20 Likewise, he became vehemently angry against Aaron, and he was willing to destroy him, and I prayed for him similarly.
Yahvé se enojó lo suficiente con Aarón como para destruirlo. También oré por Aarón en ese momento.
21 But as for your sin which you committed, that is, the calf, taking hold of it, I burned it with fire. And breaking it into pieces, and reducing it entirely to dust, I threw it into the torrent that descends from the mountain.
Tomé vuestro pecado, el becerro que habíais hecho, y lo quemé con fuego, y lo quebré, moliéndolo muy pequeño, hasta que quedó tan fino como el polvo. Arrojé su polvo al arroyo que descendía de la montaña.
22 Likewise, at the Burning, and at the Temptation, and at the Graves of Lust, you provoked the Lord.
En Taberá, en Massa y en Kibrot Hataavá provocaste la ira del Señor.
23 And when he sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Ascend and possess the land, which I have given to you,’ even so, you spurned the command of the Lord your God, and you did not believe him, nor were you willing to listen to his voice.
Cuando Yahvé te envió desde Cades Barnea, diciendo: “Subid y tomad la tierra que te he dado”, os rebelasteis contra el mandamiento de Yahvé vuestro Dios, y no le creísteis ni escuchasteis su voz.
24 Instead, you were ever rebellious, from the day when I first began to know you.
Has sido rebelde contra el Señor desde el día en que te conocí.
25 And so, I lay prostrate before the Lord for forty days and nights, as I humbly begged him, lest he destroy you, just as he had threatened to do.
Por eso me postré ante Yahvé los cuarenta días y las cuarenta noches que estuve postrado, porque Yahvé había dicho que te destruiría.
26 And praying, I said: ‘O Lord God, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, whom you have redeemed in your greatness, whom you have led away from Egypt with a strong hand.
Oré a Yahvé y le dije: “Señor Yahvé, no destruyas a tu pueblo y a tu herencia que has redimido con tu grandeza, que has sacado de Egipto con mano poderosa.
27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look upon the stubbornness of this people, nor upon their wickedness and sinfulness.
Acuérdate de tus siervos Abraham, Isaac y Jacob. No mires la terquedad de este pueblo, ni su maldad, ni su pecado,
28 Otherwise, perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out of which you have led us, may say: “The Lord was not able to lead them into the land, which he promised to them. And he hated them; therefore, he led them out, so that he might put them to death in the wilderness.”
no sea que en la tierra de donde nos sacaste digan: ‘Porque Yahvé no pudo llevarlos a la tierra que les prometió, y porque los odiaba, los ha sacado para matarlos en el desierto.’
29 These are your people and your inheritance, whom you have led out by your great strength, and with your outstretched arm.’”
Sin embargo, ellos son tu pueblo y tu herencia, que sacaste con tu gran poder y con tu brazo extendido.”
