Nehemiah 13
1 On that day, when someone read to the people parts of the laws [that God gave] to Moses, they read where it was written that no one from the Ammon people-group or the Moab people-group was ever to be allowed to be with God’s people while they were gathered together [to worship].
Ese día hubo una lectura del libro de Moisés en la audiencia del pueblo; y vieron que en el libro se decía que ningún amonita o moabita podría entrar en la reunión de Dios;
2 The reason for that was that the people of Ammon and the people of Moab did not give/sell any food or water to the Israelis [while the Israelis were going through their areas after they left Egypt]. Instead, the people of Ammon and Moab paid money to Balaam in order that he would curse the Israelis. But God commanded Balaam to bless the people, not to curse them.
Porque no les dieron pan y agua a los hijos de Israel cuando vinieron a ellos, sino que hicieron que Balaam los maldijera; aunque la maldición fue convertida en bendición por nuestro Dios.
3 So when the people heard these laws [being read to them], they sent away all the people whose ancestors had come from other countries.
Entonces, después de escuchar la ley, sacaron de Israel a todas las personas que se habían mezclado con los extranjeros.
4 Previously, Eliashib the priest had been appointed to be in charge of the storerooms in the temple. He was a relative of [our enemy] Tobiah.
Antes de esto, el sacerdote Eliasib, que había sido colocado sobre las habitaciones de la casa de nuestro Dios, siendo amigo de Tobías,
5 He allowed Tobiah to use a large room in which they had previously stored the grain offerings and the incense, the equipment that is used in the temple, the offerings [that the people had brought] for the priests, and the tithes of grain and wine and [olive] oil that [God] had commanded the people to bring to the [other] descendants of Levi, and to the temple musicians, and to the temple guards.
le había preparado una gran sala, donde en un momento guardaron las ofrendas de comida, el perfume y los vasos y las décimas del grano, el vino y el aceite que se entregaban por orden a los levitas y los cantores y los encargados de las puertas, y las ofrendas levantadas para los sacerdotes.
6 While [Tobias was using that room], I was not in Jerusalem, because in the 32nd year that Artaxerxes was the king of Babylonia, I went back there to report to him. After a while I requested the king to allow me to return to Jerusalem, [and he allowed me to go].
Pero todo este tiempo no estuve en Jerusalén; en el año treinta y dos de Artajerjes, rey de Babilonia, fui al rey; y después de algunos días, conseguí que el rey me dejara ir,
7 When I arrived in Jerusalem, I found out that Eliashib had done an evil thing by allowing Tobiah to use a room in God’s temple.
Y llegué a Jerusalén; y me quedó claro la maldad que Eliasib había hecho por Tobías, al prepararle una habitación en los atrios del templo de Dios.
8 I became very angry, and I threw out of that room everything that belonged to Tobiah.
Y me dolió mucho, así que todas las cosas de Tobías fueron sacadas de la habitación.
9 Then I commanded [that they perform a ritual] to make the rooms (pure/acceptable to God) again. And I also ordered that all the equipment used in the temple and all the grain offerings and incense should be put in that room again.
Entonces di órdenes y purificaron las habitaciones; volví a poner en ellos los vasos de la casa de Dios, con las ofrendas de comida y él incienso.
10 I also found out that the temple musicians and [other] descendants of Levi had left Jerusalem and returned to their fields/farms, because the Israeli people had not been bringing to them the food [that they needed].
Y vi que a los levitas no se les había dado lo que se necesitaba para su apoyo; de modo que los levitas y los cantores, encargados del culto, se habían ido, todos a su campo.
11 So I rebuked the officials, saying to them, “(Why have you not taken care of the work in the temple?/It is disgraceful that you have not taken care of the work in the temple.)” [RHQ] So I brought the descendants of Levi and the musicians back to the temple, and told them to do their work there again.
Entonces hice protestas a los jefes y dije: ¿Por qué han abandonado la casa de Dios? Y los junté y los puse en sus lugares.
12 Then all the people of Judah again started to bring to the temple storerooms their tithes of grain, wine, and [olive] oil.
Entonces vino todo Judá con la décima parte del grano, el vino y el aceite, y lo puso en los almacenes.
13 I appointed these men to be in charge of the storerooms: Shelemiah, who was a priest; Zadok, who knew the Jewish laws very well; and Pedaiah, a descendant of Levi. I appointed Hanan, who is the son of Zaccur and grandson of Mattaniah, to assist them. I knew that I could trust these men while they distributed those offerings to their fellow workers.
Hice controladores en los almacenes, el sacerdote Selemias y Sadoc el escriba, y de los levitas, Pedaías, y con ellos estaba Hanan, el hijo de Zacur, hijo de Matanías; fueron tomados por fieles. Ellos hacían la distribución de las raciones a sus hermanos.
14 My God, do not forget all these good things that I have faithfully done for your temple and for the work that is done there!
Ten en mente, oh Dios mío, en relación con esto y no borres el bien que he hecho por la casa de mi Dios y su servicio.
15 During that time, I saw some people in Judea [who were working] on the Sabbath day. [Some were] pressing grapes [to make wine]. Others were putting grain, [bags of] wine, [baskets of] grapes, figs, and many [HYP] other things, on their donkeys and taking them into Jerusalem. I warned them that they should not sell things to the people of Judea on Sabbath days.
En aquellos días, vi en Judá a algunos que estaban triturando uvas en el día de reposo, y metían grano y lo ponían en asnos; así como vino y uvas e higos y todo tipo de bienes que llevaron a Jerusalén el día de reposo y di testimonio contra ellos el día en que comercializaban alimentos.
16 I also saw some people from Tyre [city] who were living there in Jerusalem who were bringing fish and other things [into Jerusalem] to sell to the people of Judea on the Sabbath day.
Y allí había hombres de Tiro, que venían con peces y toda clase de bienes, que comerciaban en sábado con los hijos de Judá y en Jerusalén.
17 So I rebuked the Jewish leaders and told them, “This is [RHQ] a very evil thing that you are doing! You are causing the Sabbath days to be unholy.
Entonces hice protestas a los jefes de Judá, y les dije: ¿Qué es este mal que están haciendo, no santificando el día de reposo?
18 Your ancestors did [RHQ] things like that, so God punished them, and as a result, this city was destroyed! And now by causing the Sabbath day to be unholy, you are going to cause God to be angry with us Israeli people [and punish us] more!”
. ¿No hicieron lo mismo tus padres, y nuestro Dios no envió todo este mal sobre nosotros y sobre este pueblo? pero estás causando más ira sobre Israel al no santificar el sábado.
19 So I ordered that at (the beginning of every Sabbath day/every Friday evening) they should shut the gates of the city before it became dark. I also ordered that they should not open the gates until (the Sabbath day was ended [the next day]/Saturday evening). Then [each Sabbath day] I put some of my men at the gates, so they would make sure that nothing to sell was brought into the city on that day.
Entonces, cuando las calles de Jerusalén se oscurecían antes del sábado, di órdenes para que las puertas se cerraran y no se volvieran a abrir hasta después del sábado, y puse a algunos de mis sirvientes en la puerta para que no entrara ninguna carga en el día de reposo.
20 One or two times merchants [DOU] stayed outside of the city on (Friday night/[the night before the Sabbath day]).
Así que los comerciantes de todo tipo de bienes tomaron su descanso nocturno fuera de Jerusalén una o dos veces.
21 I warned them, “It is useless [RHQ] for you to stay here outside the walls [on Friday night]! If you do this again, I will tell my men to arrest you!” So after that, they did not come on Sabbath days.
Entonces di testimonio contra ellos y dije: ¿Por qué esperaste toda la noche junto al muro? Si vuelves a hacerlo te haré prisioneros. Desde ese momento no volvieron a venir en sábado.
22 I also commanded the descendants of Levi to [perform the ritual to] purify themselves and to guard the city gates, to make sure that the Sabbath was kept holy [by not allowing merchants to enter it on Sabbath days]. My God, do not forget this also that I [have done for you]! And because of your faithfully loving me, allow me to continue to live [many more years]!
Y les di a los levitas la orden de purificarse, venir, guardar las puertas y santificar el sábado. Ten esto en mente para mi crédito, oh Dios mío, y ten piedad de mí, porque grande es tu misericordia.
23 During that time, I also found out that many of the Jewish men had married women from Ashdod [city], and from [the] Ammon and Moab [people-groups].
Y en esos días vi a los judíos que estaban casados con mujeres de Asdod, Amón y Moab;
24 The result was that half of their children spoke the language that people in Ashdod speak or some other language, and they didn’t know how to speak our language.
Y sus hijos hablaban a medias en el lenguaje de Asdod; no tenían conocimiento de la lengua de los judíos, pero hicieron uso de la lengua de cada pueblo.
25 So I rebuked those men, and I [asked God to] curse them, and I beat them and pulled out [some of] their hair. Then I forced them to solemnly promise, knowing that God [MTY] was [listening], that they would never again marry foreigners, and never allow their children to marry foreigners.
Reñí con ellos, maldiciéndolos y dando golpes a algunos de ellos y arrancándoles el pelo; y les hice jurar por Dios, diciendo: No deben entregar a sus hijas a sus hijos o tomar a sus hijas por sus hijos o para ustedes mismos.
26 [I said to them], “Solomon, the king of Israel, sinned [RHQ] as a result of [marrying] foreign women. He was greater than any of the kings of other nations. God loved him, and caused him to become the king of all the Israeli people, but his foreign wives caused even him to sin.
¿No fue esta la razón por la cual Salomón, rey de Israel, cometió un error? entre varias naciones no había rey como él, y él era querido por su Dios, y Dios lo hizo rey sobre todo Israel, pero incluso las mujeres extranjeras lo hicieron hacer el mal.
27 [Do you think that] we should do what you have done, and disobey our God by marrying foreign women [who worship idols]? [RHQ]”
¿Entonces, sin protestar, te dejamos hacer todo este gran mal, pecando contra nuestro Dios al tomar mujeres extranjeras por esposas?
28 One of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the Supreme Priest, had married the daughter of [our enemy] Sanballat, from Beth-Horon [town]. So I forced Jehoiada’s son to leave Jerusalem.
Y uno de los hijos de Joiada, el hijo de Eliasib, el principal sacerdote, era yerno de Sanbalat el horonita; lo envié lejos de mí.
29 My God, do not forget that those people [who have married foreign women] have caused it to be a shame/disgrace to be a priest, and have caused people to despise the agreement that you made with the priests and with the [other] descendants of Levi [who help the priests])!
Tenlos en mente, oh Dios mío, porque han avergonzado el nombre de los sacerdotes y el pacto de los sacerdotes y los levitas.
30 I did all that to make sure that there were no more foreign people among the [Israeli] people [who would encourage them to worship idols]. I also established regulations for the priests and [other] descendants of Levi, in order that they would know what work they should do.
Así que los purifique, pues, de todas las personas extranjeras, y tuve guardias regulares para los sacerdotes y los levitas, por sus grupos, todos en su trabajo;
31 I also arranged for people to bring the firewood [that was needed to burn on the altar, as Moses had declared] that we should [do]. I also arranged for the people to bring the first part of what they harvested [each year]. My God, do not forget [that] I [have done all these things], and bless me [for doing them]!
Y para la ofrenda de la leña, en tiempos fijos, y para los primeros frutos. Tenme presente, oh Dios mío, para bien.
