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 24 del mismo mes, los hijos de Israel se reunieron en ayuno, cubiertos de tela áspera y con polvo sobre ellos.
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.
Los del linaje de Israel se separaron de todos los extranjeros, y en pie confesaron sus pecados y las iniquidades de sus antepasados.
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.
Y puestos en pie en su lugar, la cuarta parte del día leyeron en el Rollo de la Ley de Yavé su ʼElohim, y en la otra cuarta parte confesaron sus pecados y adoraron a Yavé su ʼElohim.
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.
Luego Jesuá, Bani, Cadmiel, Sebanías, Buni, Serebías, Bani y Quenani subieron al estrado de los levitas y clamaron a gran voz a Yavé su ʼElohim.
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.
Los levitas Jesuá, Cadmiel, Bani, Hasabnías, Serebías, Hodías, Sebanías y Petaías dijeron: ¡Levántense, bendigan a Yavé su ʼElohim Desde la eternidad hasta la eternidad! ¡Bendito sea tu glorioso Nombre, Exaltado por encima De 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 Yavé! Tú hiciste los cielos, El cielo de los cielos y toda su hueste, La tierra y todo lo que hay en ella, Los mares y todo lo que hay en ellos. Tú das vida a todos ellos, Y la hueste de los cielos se postra ante Ti.
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.
Oh Yavé, Tú eres el ʼElohim Que escogiste a Abram, A quien sacaste de Ur de los caldeos Y lo llamaste Abraham,
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.
Hallaste que su corazón Era fiel delante de Ti. Hiciste un Pacto con él Para darle la tierra del cananeo, del heteo, Del amorreo, del ferezeo, Del jebuseo y del gergeseo, Para darla a su descendencia. Cumpliste tu promesa, Porque Tú eres justo.
9 And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt. And you heard their outcry beside the Red Sea.
Miraste la aflicción De nuestros antepasados en Egipto. Escuchaste su clamor en el 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.
Hiciste señales y maravillas Delante de Faraón y de todos sus esclavos Y en todo el pueblo de su tierra, Porque sabías que procedieron Con soberbia contra ellos. Te hiciste renombre, como 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.
Dividiste el mar delante de ellos Y pasaron en seco por medio de él. A sus perseguidores los lanzaste a las profundidades Como una piedra, a las rugientes aguas.
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.
De día los guiaste con columna de nube, Y de noche con columna de fuego Para alumbrarles el camino Por donde debían ir.
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.
Luego descendiste a la montaña Sinaí Y hablaste con ellos desde el cielo. Les diste Preceptos justos y Leyes verdaderas, Estatutos y Mandamientos buenos.
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.
Les diste a conocer tu santo sábado Y les prescribiste Mandamientos, Estatutos, y una Ley Por medio de tu esclavo Moisés.
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.
En su hambre les diste pan del cielo, Y en su sed les sacaste aguas de la peña. Les propusiste entrar a poseer La tierra por la cual alzaste tu mano Para jurar que se la darías.
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 antepasados obraron con soberbia Y se volvieron indómitos. 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 escuchar. Ni se acordaron de tus maravillas Que hiciste entre ellos, Sino se volvieron indómitos. En su rebelión designaron a un caudillo Que los devolviera a su esclavitud. Pero Tú eres un ʼEloha que perdonas, Clemente y compasivo, Lento para la ira, y grande en misericordia. 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 aun cuando se hicieron Un becerro fundido y dijeron: ¡Este es tu ʼElohim Quien te sacó de Egipto! Así cometieron grandes repugnancias.
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.
Pero Tú, por tus muchas misericordias, No los abandonaste en el desierto. La columna de nube no se apartó de ellos Para guiarlos por el camino de día, Ni la columna de fuego Para alumbrarles el camino Por el cual debían andar durante la noche.
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.
Diste tu buen Espíritu para instruirlos. No retuviste tu maná de su boca, Y les diste agua 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.
Los sustentaste 40 años en el desierto. No tuvieron necesidad, Sus ropas no se desgastaron Ni se hincharon sus pies.
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.
Les diste reinos y pueblos, Y los distribuiste por regiones. Se adueñaron de la tierra de Seón, Es decir, la tierra del rey de Hesbón, Y de la tierra de Og, el 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 la tierra Que dijiste a sus antepasados Que poseerían.
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.
Los hijos vinieron Y poseyeron la tierra. Ante ellos humillaste a los habitantes de aquella tierra, Los cananeos, a quienes entregaste en su mano Con sus reyes y los pueblos de la tierra, Para que hicieran con ellos lo que quisieran.
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.
Así capturaron ciudades fortificadas y una tierra fértil. Poseyeron casas llenas de todo bien, Cisternas excavadas, viñas y olivares y frutales en abundancia, De modo que comieron y se hartaron, Engordaron y se deleitaron en 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.
Aun así desobedecieron Y se rebelaron contra ti. Echaron tu Ley tras sus espaldas, Asesinaron a tus profetas que testificaban Contra ellos para acercarlos a Ti E hicieron grandes repugnancias.
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 Tú los entregaste en mano de sus enemigos, Quienes los afligieron. Pero en el tiempo de su aflicción Clamaron a Ti, Tú los escuchaste desde el cielo. Según tus numerosas misericordias Les diste libertadores Para que los libraran de la mano 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.
Pero cuando tenían reposo, Volvían a hacer lo malo delante de Ti, Tú los entregabas en la mano de sus enemigos, Quienes se enseñoreaban de ellos. Después se arrepentían Y clamaban a Ti. Tú los escuchabas desde el cielo, Y así los libraste muchas veces según tus misericordias.
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.
Testificaste contra ellos Para que se volvieran a tu Ley, Pero fueron arrogantes Y no escucharon tus Mandamientos, Sino pecaron contra tus Preceptos, Por los cuales vive El hombre que los cumple, Y volvieron con rebeldía la espalda, Y fueron indómitos, 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.
Pero Tú los soportaste muchos años, Y testificaste contra ellos por medio de tu Espíritu, a través de tus profetas. Sin embargo, no dieron oído. Por tanto, los entregaste En la mano de los pueblos de la tierra.
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.
Pero por tu gran misericordia No los consumiste por completo, Ni los abandonaste. Porque eres un ʼElohim 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 pues, ¡oh ʼElohim nuestro! ʼEL grande, el poderoso y el terrible Quien guarda el Pacto y la misericordia: No dejes que la calamidad que vino a nosotros Parezca pequeña delante de Ti, La que vino sobre nosotros, Nuestros reyes, jefes, sacerdotes, profetas, antepasados y a todo tu pueblo, Desde los días de los reyes de Asiria hasta hoy.
33 For you are just, concerning all things that have overwhelmed us. For you have done truth, but we have acted impiously.
Sin embargo, Tú fuiste justo En todo lo que nos sobrevino, Porque actuaste fielmente. Pero nosotros actuamos perversamente.
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.
Porque nuestros reyes, gobernantes, sacerdotes y antepasados No practicaron tu Ley, Ni atendieron tus Mandamientos, ni tus Testimonios, Con los cuales testificaste 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.
Porque ellos no te sirvieron en su reino, En la abundancia que les concediste En la tierra espaciosa y rica que entregaste a ellos, Ni se arrepintieron 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.
Por eso ¡aquí estamos esclavos En la misma tierra que diste a nuestros antepasados Para comer su fruto y su bien! Aquí somos esclavos en ella,
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.
A causa de nuestros pecados. Su cosecha se multiplica Para los reyes que impusiste sobre nosotros, Quienes se enseñorean sobre nuestros cuerpos y sobre nuestras bestias Conforme a su voluntad, Y estamos en gran aflicción.
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 causa de todo esto nosotros hacemos fiel promesa y la escribimos. Firmada por nuestros jefes, levitas y sacerdotes.
