Deuteronomy 9
1 “You people of Israel, listen to me! You will soon [HYP] cross the Jordan [River]. In the land that you will enter, there are large cities that have very high walls [around them] that [seem to] [HYP] extend up to the sky. There are people-groups in that land that are more numerous and more powerful than you are.
¡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 Those people are very tall and strong. [Some of them] are giants who are descendants of Anak. You know about them, and you have heard people say that no one [RHQ] can defeat the descendants of Anak.
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 But I want you to know that Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will be like a raging/roaring fire. While you advance, he will defeat and destroy them. As a result, you will quickly be able to expel some of them and kill the others, which is what Yahweh promised that you would do.
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 “After Yahweh our God has expelled them for you, do not say to yourselves, ‘It is because we are righteous that Yahweh has enabled us to capture this land.’ The truth is that it is because the people in that land are wicked that Yahweh will expel them as you advance.
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 [I say again that] it is not because you are righteous or because you do things that are righteous that you will enter and capture that land. It is because those people-groups are very wicked that Yahweh our God will expel them as you advance, and because he intends to do what he vowed to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would do.
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 I want you to know that it is not because you are righteous that Yahweh our God is giving you this good/fertile land. I say that because [you are not righteous]; you are a very stubborn [IDM] 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 “Never forget what your ancestors did in the desert that caused Yahweh our God to become angry. From the day that we left Egypt until the day that we arrived here, you and your ancestors have continually rebelled against him.
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 Even at Sinai [Mountain] your ancestors caused Yahweh to become angry. Because he was very angry, he was ready to get rid of [all of] them.
También en Horeb provocaste la ira de Yahvé, y éste se enojó contigo para destruirte.
9 When I climbed the mountain to receive from him the stone tablets on which he had written the Ten Commandments that he was giving to them, I stayed there 40 days and nights, and [during that time] I did not eat or drink anything.
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 Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets on which he had written [the commandments] with his own fingers. They were the words/commandments that he had spoken to your ancestors from the fire on that mountain, when they were gathered together [at the bottom of the mountain].
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 “At the end of those 40 days and nights, Yahweh gave me those two stone tablets on which he had written those commandments.
Al cabo de cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, Yahvé me dio las dos tablas de piedra, las tablas de la alianza.
12 But then he said to me, ‘Go down the mountain immediately, because [the people whom you are leading], the people whom you led out of Egypt, have committed a terrible sin! They have very quickly done what I commanded them not to do. They have made for themselves a metal statue [of a calf to worship].’
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 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘I have been watching these people, and I see that they are very stubborn.
Además, el Señor me habló diciendo: “He visto a este pueblo, y he aquí que es un pueblo de dura cerviz.
14 So do not try to stop me. I am going to destroy all of them, with the result that no one anywhere will remember (their names [MTY]/that they ever existed). Then I will enable you to become [the ancestor of] a nation that will be more numerous and more powerful than they are.’
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 So I turned and went down the mountain, carrying in my hands the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were [written]. Fire was burning all over the mountain.
Me volví y bajé del monte, y el monte ardía en llamas. Las dos tablas de la alianza estaban en mis dos manos.
16 I looked, and I was shocked to see that your ancestors had committed a [great] sin against Yahweh. They very quickly had begun to do what Yahweh our God had commanded them not to do. They had [requested Aaron to] make for them [a metal image of] a calf [to worship].
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 So while they were watching, I lifted up those two stone tablets and threw them [on the ground], and they broke into pieces.
Tomé las dos tablas, las arrojé de mis dos manos y las rompí ante vuestros ojos.
18 Then I (prostrated myself/lay) on the ground in Yahweh’s presence as I had done before, and I did not eat or drink anything for 40 days and nights. I did that because your ancestors had sinned against Yahweh and caused him to become very angry.
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 I was afraid/worried that because Yahweh was very angry with them, he would get rid of all of them. [But again I prayed that he would not do that], and again he listened to me [and answered my prayer].
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 Yahweh was also very angry with Aaron [for making that golden calf] and was ready to kill Aaron. But at the same time I prayed for Aaron also, [and Yahweh answered my prayer].
Yahvé se enojó lo suficiente con Aarón como para destruirlo. También oré por Aarón en ese momento.
21 Your ancestors had sinned by [requesting Aaron to] make [a metal statue of] a calf. So I took that statue and [I melted it] in a fire and crushed it and ground it into very tiny pieces [HYP]. Then I threw those tiny pieces into the stream that flowed down 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 Your ancestors also caused Yahweh to become very angry [by what they did] at [places which they named] Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.
En Taberá, en Massa y en Kibrot Hataavá provocaste la ira del Señor.
23 And when we were at Kadesh-Barnea, Yahweh said to your ancestors, ‘Go up and capture the land that I am about to give to you!’ But they rebelled against him. They did not trust him, and they did not obey what he told [MTY] them to do.
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 Your ancestors rebelled against Yahweh from the first day that I knew them, [in Egypt].
Has sido rebelde contra el Señor desde el día en que te conocí.
25 So, [as I said], I lay on the ground in Yahweh’s presence for 40 days and nights, because Yahweh had said that he would get rid of your ancestors.
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 I prayed to Yahweh, saying, ‘Lord God, these people belong to you; do not destroy them. They are people whom you rescued and brought out of Egypt by your very great power. [DOU, MTY]
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 Do not forget [what you promised to] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Please ignore these stubborn and wicked people and the sin that they have committed.
Acuérdate de tus siervos Abraham, Isaac y Jacob. No mires la terquedad de este pueblo, ni su maldad, ni su pecado,
28 If you do not do that, [and if you get rid of them], the people of Egypt will [hear about it and] say that you were not able to bring them into the land that you promised to give to them. They will say that you took them into the desert only to kill them there because you hated them.
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 [Do not forget that] they are your people. [You chose them to] belong to you. You brought them out [from Egypt] by your very great power [DOU, MTY].’”
Sin embargo, ellos son tu pueblo y tu herencia, que sacaste con tu gran poder y con tu brazo extendido.”
