Nehemiah 9
1 Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the sons of Israel came together in fasting and in sackcloth, and with soil upon them.
El día veinte y cuatro de ese mes se congregaron los hijos de Israel para un ayuno, cubiertos de saco y polvo.
2 And the offspring of the sons of Israel were separated from all the sons of foreigners. And they stood up, and they confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Y separado ya el linaje de Israel de todos los extranjeros, se pusieron de pie e hicieron confesión de sus pecados y de las iniquidades de sus padres.
3 And they arose to stand. And they read in the volume of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed. And they adored the Lord their God.
Puestos en pie, cada uno en su lugar, leyeron en el Libro de la Ley de Yahvé su Dios, durante la cuarta parte del día; (otra) cuarta parte emplearon para la confesión y adoración de Yahvé, su Dios.
4 Then, upon the step of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, and Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani rose up. And they cried out in a great voice to the Lord their God.
Subieron a la tribuna de los levitas: Jesúa, Baní, Cadmiel, Sebanías, Buní, Serebías y Kenaní, que en alta voz clamaron a Yahvé, su Dios.
5 And the Levites, Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bunni, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: “Rise up. Bless the Lord your God, from eternity even to eternity! And blessed be the exalted name of your glory, with all blessing and praise.
Y dijeron los levitas Jesúa, Cadmiel, Baní, Hasebnías. Serebías, Hodías, Sebanías y Petahías: “¡Levantaos y bendecid a Yahvé, vuestro Dios, de eternidad en eternidad; y sea bendito el nombre de tu gloria que es superior a toda bendición y alabanza!
6 You yourself alone, O Lord, made heaven, and the heaven of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all things that are in it, the seas and all things that are in them. And you gave life to all these things. And the host of heaven adores you.
Tú solo eres el Señor, Tú que hiciste el cielo, y el cielo de los cielos, con toda su milicia; la tierra con todo cuanto hay en ella y los mares con todo lo que en ellos existe. Tú das vida a todas estas cosas, y la milicia del cielo te adora.
7 You yourself, O Lord God, are the One who chose Abram. And you led him away from the fire of the Chaldeans, and you gave him the name Abraham.
Tú, Yahvé, eres el Dios que escogiste a Abram, le sacaste de Ur de los caldeos y le diste el nombre de Abrahán.
8 And you found his heart to be faithful before you. And you formed a covenant with him, so that you might give to him the land of the Canaanite, of the Hittite, and of the Amorite, and of the Perizzite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Girgashite, so that you might give it to his offspring. And you have fulfilled your words, for you are just.
Tú hallaste fiel su corazón delante de Ti, e hiciste con él un pacto, de dar a su descendencia el país del cananeo, del heteo, del amorreo, del fereceo, del jebuseo y del gergeseo; y Tú has cumplido tu palabra, pues eres justo.
9 And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt. And you heard their outcry beside the Red Sea.
Tú miraste la aflicción de nuestros padres en Egipto, oíste su clamor junto al Mar Rojo,
10 And you gave signs and portents to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to the people of his land. For you knew that they acted arrogantly against them. And you made a name for yourself, just as it is in this day.
e hiciste señales y prodigios contra el Faraón, contra todos sus siervos y contra todo el pueblo de su país; pues sabías que los habían tratado con soberbia. Así te hiciste un nombre, como (se ve todavía) hoy.
11 And you divided the sea before them, and they crossed through the midst of the sea on dry land. But their pursuers you cast into the depths, like a stone into great waters.
Tú dividiste delante de ellos el mar, por en medio del cual pasaron a pie enjuto, y arrojaste a sus perseguidores en el abismo como (se arroja) una piedra en aguas impetuosas.
12 And in the pillar of cloud, you were their leader by day, and in the pillar of fire, by night, so that they might see the way along which they might advance.
Tú en columna de nube los condujiste de día, y en columna de fuego de noche, para alumbrarles la senda por donde habían de caminar.
13 You also descended to mount Sinai, and you spoke with them from heaven. And you gave them upright judgments, and the law of truth, and ceremonies, and good precepts.
Tú bajaste sobre el monte Sinaí, y hablaste con ellos desde el cielo, dándoles normas rectas, leyes de verdad, mandamientos y preceptos excelentes.
14 You revealed to them your sanctified Sabbath, and you instructed them in commandments, and ceremonies, and the law, by the hand of Moses, your servant.
Tú les hiciste conocer tu santo sábado y les ordenaste preceptos, mandamientos y la Ley por medio de Moisés, tu siervo.
15 You also gave them bread from heaven in their hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their thirst. And you said to them that they should enter and possess the land, over which you lifted up your hand so that you might give it to them.
Tú para su hambre les diste pan del cielo y para su sed hiciste brotar aguas de la peña, y les dijiste que tomasen posesión del país que con mano alzada les prometiste dar.”
16 Yet truly, they and our fathers acted arrogantly, and they hardened their necks, and they did not listen to your commandments.
“Pero ellos y nuestros padres obraron con soberbia, y endureciendo su cerviz no escucharon tus mandamientos.
17 And they were not willing to hear, and they did not remember, your miracles which you had accomplished for them. And they hardened their necks, and they offered their head, so that they would return to their servitude, as if in contention. But you, a forgiving God, lenient and merciful, longsuffering and full of compassion, did not abandon them.
Rehusaron oírlos ni se acordaron de los prodigios que Tú habías hecho a favor de ellos; endurecieron su cerviz, y en su rebeldía se eligieron un caudillo para volver a su servidumbre. Tú, empero, eres el Dios que perdona, y eres clemente y misericordioso, de larga espera y de mucha bondad, por lo cual no los abandonaste,
18 Indeed, even when they had made for themselves a molten calf, and they had said, ‘This is your God, who led you away from Egypt!’ and had committed great blasphemies,
ni aún, cuando se hicieron un becerro de fundición y dijeron: «¡Este es tu Dios que te hizo subir de Egipto!», y cometieron grandes blasfemias.
19 even so, in the multitude of your mercies, you did not send them away in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not withdraw from them by day, so that it might lead them on the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, so that it might show them the way along which they might advance.
Tú, no obstante, en tu gran misericordia no los abandonaste en el desierto: la columna de nube no se apartó de ellos de día para conducirlos en el camino, ni la columna de fuego de noche para alumbrarles el camino que tenían que seguir.
20 And you gave them your good Spirit, so that he might teach them, and you did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and you gave them water in their thirst.
Tú les diste también tu buen Espíritu para instruirlos; no rehusaste dar tu maná a su boca, y les presentaste aguas para su sed.
21 For forty years, you fed them in the desert, and nothing was lacking to them; their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn down.
Por cuarenta años los sustentaste en el desierto, sin que nada les faltase; no se gastaron sus vestidos, ni se hinchó su pie.
22 And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you distributed to them by lot. And they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, the king of Bashan.
Después les diste reinos y pueblos, repartiendo entre ellos sus territorios, y tomaron en posesión el país de Sehón, el país del rey de Hesbón y el país de Og, rey de Basán.
23 And you multiplied their sons like the stars of heaven. And you led them into the land, about which you had said to their fathers that they would enter and possess it.
Multiplicaste sus hijos como las estrellas del cielo, y los introdujiste en el país del cual habías dicho a sus padres que entrarían en su posesión.
24 And the sons arrived and possessed the land. And you humbled the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, before them. And you delivered them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, so that they might do with them just as it was pleasing to them.
En efecto, los hijos entraron y tomaron posesión del país, en tanto que Tú humillaste delante de ellos a los habitantes del país, los cananeos, y los entregaste en sus manos, con sus reyes y los pueblos del país, para que hiciesen con ellos lo que quisiesen.
25 And so they seized fortified cities and fat soil. And they possessed houses filled with all kinds of goods, cisterns made by others, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. And they ate and were satisfied. And they were fattened, and they abounded with delights from your great goodness.
Tomaron ciudades fortificadas y una tierra pingüe; se apoderaron de casas llenas de toda suerte de bienes, de cisternas excavadas, de viñas, olivares y árboles frutales en abundancia; y comieron y se saciaron y engordaron y vivieron en delicia merced a tu gran bondad.
26 But they provoked you to wrath, and they withdrew from you, and they cast your law behind their backs. And they killed your prophets, who contended with them so that they might return to you. And they committed great blasphemies.
Pero, fueron rebeldes y se levantaron contra Ti, echando tu Ley detrás de sus espaldas; y mataron a tus profetas, que daban testimonio contra ellos para convertirlos a Ti, y profirieron grandes blasfemias.
27 And so you gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation, they cried out to you, and from heaven you heard them. And in accord with your great compassion, you gave to them saviors, who might save them from the hand of their enemies.
Por eso los entregaste en manos de sus enemigos, que los oprimieron; pero cuando en el tiempo de su angustia clamaron a Ti, los oíste desde el cielo, y según la multitud de tus misericordias les diste libertadores que los salvasen del poder de sus enemigos.
28 But after they had rested, they turned back, so that they did evil in your sight. And you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, and they possessed them. And they converted, and they cried out to you. And from heaven you heeded them, and you freed them many times, by your mercies.
Apenas tuvieron descanso, volvieron a hacer lo malo delante de Ti, por lo cual volviste a abandonarlos en manos de sus enemigos, que los dominaron, y cuando de nuevo clamaron a Ti, Tú desde el cielo los escuchaste y según la multitud de tus misericordias los libraste muchas veces.
29 And you contended with them, so that they might return to your law. Yet truly, they acted in arrogance, and they did not listen to your commandments, and they sinned against your judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they withdrew from offering their shoulder, and they hardened their neck; neither would they listen.
Tú diste testimonio contra ellos para convertirlos a tu Ley; pero ellos en su soberbia no escucharon tus mandamientos; pecaron contra tus preceptos, en cuya observancia halla el hombre la vida, mostraron hombros rebeldes, endurecieron su cerviz y no quisieron escuchar.
30 And you continued to forbear them for many years. And you contended with them by your Spirit, through the hand of your prophets. And they did not listen, and so you delivered them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
Tú los sufriste muchos años, y diste testimonio contra ellos por tu Espíritu, por medio de tus profetas. Pero ellos no dieron oídos por lo cual los entregaste en manos de los pueblos de estos países.
31 Yet in your very many mercies, you did not cause them to be consumed, nor did you abandon them. For you are a compassionate and lenient God.
Con todo esto, en tu gran misericordia no acabaste con ellos, ni los abandonaste; porque eres un Dios clemente y misericordioso.
32 Now therefore, our great God, strong and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy, may you not avert your face from all the hardship that has found us, we and our kings, and our leaders, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people, from the days of king Assur, even to this day.
Ahora, oh Dios nuestro, Dios grande, fuerte y temible, que guardas la Alianza y la misericordia, no tengas en poco toda esta angustia que ha venido sobre nosotros, sobre nuestros reyes y nuestros príncipes, sobre nuestros sacerdotes y nuestros profetas, sobre nuestros padres y todo nuestro pueblo, desde los días de los reyes de Asiria hasta el día de hoy.
33 For you are just, concerning all things that have overwhelmed us. For you have done truth, but we have acted impiously.
Tú has sido justo en todo lo que nos ha sobrevenido; porque has obrado con fidelidad, mas nosotros hemos hecho el mal.
34 Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not done your law, and they have not been attentive to your commandments and your testimonies, to which you have testified among them.
Nuestros reyes y nuestros príncipes, nuestros sacerdotes y nuestros padres no han cumplido tu Ley, no hicieron caso de tus mandamientos, ni de los testimonios que diste contra ellos.
35 And they have not served you, in their kingdoms and with your many good things, which you gave to them, and in the very wide and fat land, which you delivered into their sight, nor did they return from their most wicked pursuits.
Ellos, al contrario, a pesar de la gran bondad con que los trataste, no te sirvieron en su reino, en la tierra espaciosa y pingüe que les pusiste delante, ni se convirtieron de sus malas obras.
36 Behold, we ourselves this day are servants. And the land, which you gave to our fathers so that they might eat its bread and have its good things, we ourselves are servants within it.
He aquí que hoy somos siervos; sí, somos siervos en ese mismo país que Tú diste a nuestros padres, para que comiéramos sus frutos y sus bienes.
37 And its fruits are multiplied for the kings, whom you have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies, and over our cattle, according to their will. And we are in great tribulation.
Sus abundantes frutos son para los reyes que Tú has puesto sobre nosotros a causa de nuestros pecados. Ellos dominan, según su antojo, sobre nuestros cuerpos y nuestras bestias, y vivimos en gran angustia.”
38 Therefore, concerning all of these things, we ourselves are forming and writing a covenant, and our leaders, our Levites, and our priests are signing it.”
“A raíz de todo esto, hacemos un pacto fiel, que ponemos por escrito; y nuestros príncipes, nuestros levitas y nuestros sacerdotes han de imprimirle sus sellos.”
