Deuteronomy 26
1 “After you occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you (have settled/are living) there,
Cuando entres en la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da como heredad, la tomes en posesión y vivas en ella,
2 [each of] you must take some of the first crops that you harvest, put them in a basket, and take them to the place that Yahweh will have chosen for you to worship [MTY] there.
tomarás las primicias de todos los frutos que coseches en la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da, las pondrás en una cesta, e irás al lugar que Yavé tu ʼElohim escoja para que more allí su Nombre.
3 Go to the Supreme Priest who is serving at that time and say to him, ‘[By giving you this first part of my harvest] today, I am declaring to Yahweh our God that I have [picked it in] the land that he vowed to our ancestors to give to us.’
Te presentarás al sacerdote que ministre en aquellos días, y le dirás: Hoy reconozco ante Yavé tu ʼElohim, que entré en la tierra que Yavé juró a nuestros antepasados que nos daría.
4 Then the priest must take the basket of food from your hand and put it on the altar where sacrifices are offered to Yahweh our God.
El sacerdote tomará la cesta de tu mano y la mecerá delante del altar de Yavé tu ʼElohim.
5 Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor [Jacob] was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering [from one place to another]. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group [when they went there], but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous [DOU] and powerful nation.
Entonces hablarás en presencia de Yavé tu ʼElohim: Un arameo errante fue mi antepasado, el cual con muy pocos hombres bajó a Egipto para vivir allí temporalmente, y allí llegó a ser un pueblo grande, fuerte y numeroso.
6 Then the people of Egypt treated them very harshly [DOU], and they forced them to become their slaves and to work very hard.
Pero los egipcios nos maltrataron, afligieron e impusieron sobre nosotros una dura esclavitud.
7 Then our ancestors cried out to you, Yahweh our God, and you heard them. You saw that they were suffering, and that they were forced to work very hard, and were being oppressed.
Entonces clamamos a Yavé, ʼElohim de nuestros antepasados, y Yavé oyó nuestra voz y vio nuestra aflicción, nuestro trabajo forzado y la opresión a la cual estábamos sometidos.
8 Then by your great power [MTY] and by performing many kinds of miracles [DOU], and other terrifying things, you brought them out of Egypt.
Yavé nos sacó de Egipto con mano fuerte y brazo extendido, con gran terror, señales y milagros,
9 You brought us to this land and gave it to us, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
y nos trajo a este lugar y nos dio esta tierra que fluye leche y miel.
10 So now, Yahweh, I have brought to you the first part of the harvest from the land that I received.’ Then you must set the basket down in Yahweh’s presence and worship him there.
Ahora, oh Yavé, aquí traigo las primicias del fruto de la tierra que me diste. Las pondrás delante de Yavé tu ʼElohim, y te postrarás delante de Yavé tu ʼElohim.
11 And you must celebrate [by eating a meal together to thank] Yahweh our God for all the good things that he has given to you and to your family. And you must invite the descendants of Levi and the foreigners who are living among you to also rejoice [and eat] with you.
Te regocijarás con todo el bien que Yavé tu ʼElohim te dio, a ti y a tu familia, así como al levita, y al extranjero que está en medio de ti.
12 Every third year, you must bring to the descendants of Levi and to the foreigners [who are living among you] and the orphans and the widows (a tithe/10 percent) of your crops, in order that in every town they will have plenty to eat.
En el tercer año, el año del diezmo, cuando acabes de diezmar el total de tu cosecha, lo darás al levita, al extranjero, al huérfano y a la viuda para que coman en las puertas de tus ciudades y se sacien.
13 Then you must say to Yahweh, ‘I have brought to you, from my house, all of the sacred tithe [from my harvest this year]. I am giving it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded us to do. I have not disobeyed any of your commands [about the tithes], and I have not forgotten any of your commands [about tithes].
Y dirás en presencia de Yavé tu ʼElohim: Aparté de mi casa lo consagrado, y también lo dí al levita, al extranjero, al huérfano y a la viuda, según todos los Mandamientos que me ordenaste. No transgredí ni olvidé tus Mandamientos.
14 [I declare that] I have not eaten any food from the tithe while I was mourning [for someone who died]. And I have not touched any of it while I was unacceptable to you; I have not offered any of it to [spirits of] dead people. Yahweh, I have obeyed you and done everything that you have commanded us [concerning the tithe].
No comí de ello cuando estuve de luto, ni lo tomé cuando estaba impuro, ni de ello ofrecí a los muertos. Obedecí la voz de Yavé mi ʼElohim. Hice según todo lo que me mandaste.
15 So [please] look down from your holy place in heaven, and bless us, your Israeli people. Also bless this very fertile [IDM] land which you have given to us, which is what you promised our ancestors that you would do.’
Contempla desde tu santa morada, desde los cielos, y bendice a tu pueblo Israel y la tierra que nos diste, como juraste a nuestros antepasados, tierra que fluye leche y miel.
16 Today Yahweh our God is commanding you to obey all these rules and regulations. So obey them faithfully, with your entire inner being [DOU].
Yavé tu ʼElohim te manda hoy que cumplas estos Estatutos y Ordenanzas. Por tanto, tendrás el cuidado de practicarlos con todo tu corazón y toda tu alma.
17 Today you have declared that Yahweh is your God, and that you will conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and that you will obey all his commands and rules and regulations, and that you will do all that he tells you to do.
Hoy declaraste solemnemente que Yavé es tu ʼElohim, que andarás en sus caminos, guardarás sus Estatutos, Mandamientos y Ordenanzas, y escucharás su voz.
18 And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands.
Hoy Yavé declaró que eres pueblo de su exclusiva posesión, como te prometió, para que guardes todos sus Mandamientos,
19 If you do that, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation that he has established, and he will enable you to praise him and honor him [DOU]. You will truly belong to Yahweh our God, which is what he has promised.”
a fin de que Él te eleve por encima de todas las naciones que hizo, para alabanza, fama y gloria, y con el propósito de que seas un pueblo santo para Yavé tu ʼElohim, como Él habló.
