Deuteronomio 26
1 Cuando hubieres entrado en el país que Yahvé, tu Dios, te va a dar en herencia, y cuando después de tomarlo en posesión habitares en él,
“After you occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you (have settled/are living) there,
2 tomarás de las primicias de todos los frutos de la tierra que cosechares en el país que Yahvé, tu Dios, te dé, y las pondrás en un canasto, e irás al lugar que Yahvé, tu Dios, haya elegido para morada de su nombre.
[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.
3 Allí te presentaras al sacerdote que fuere por entonces, y le dirás: ‘Yo confieso hoy a Yahvé, tu Dios, que he entrado en el país que Yahvé juró a nuestros padres que nos daría.’
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.’
4 El sacerdote recibirá el canasto de tu mano y lo pondrá delante del altar de Yahvé, tu Dios.
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.
5 Entonces tomarás la palabra y dirás en presencia de Yahvé, tu Dios: ‘Un arameo errante fue mi padre, el cual con muy poca gente bajó a Egipto y vivió allí como extranjero, y allí vino a ser un pueblo grande, fuerte y numeroso.
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.
6 Pero los egipcios nos maltrataron y nos oprimieron, imponiéndonos dura servidumbre.
Then the people of Egypt treated them very harshly [DOU], and they forced them to become their slaves and to work very hard.
7 Y clamamos a Yahvé, el Dios de nuestros padres, y Yahvé oyó nuestra voz, y miró nuestra miseria, nuestro trabajo y nuestra opresión;
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.
8 y nos sacó Yahvé de Egipto con mano poderosa y con brazo extendido, en medio de terrores estupendos, con señales y prodigios,
Then by your great power [MTY] and by performing many kinds of miracles [DOU], and other terrifying things, you brought them out of Egypt.
9 y nos trajo a este lugar, entregándonos esta tierra, tierra que mana leche y miel.
You brought us to this land and gave it to us, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 Ahora, pues, he aquí que ofrezco las primicias de los frutos de la tierra que Tú, Yahvé, me has dado.’ Y las pondrás delante de Yahvé, tu Dios, y te prosternarás ante Yahvé, tu Dios;
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.
11 y te regocijarás por todo el bien que Yahvé, tu Dios, te ha dado a ti y a tu casa, así tú como el levita y el extranjero que moran en medio de ti.
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.
12 Cuando hubieres acabado de separar el diezmo de todos tus frutos en el año tercero, el año del diezmo, lo darás al levita, al extranjero, al huérfano y a la viuda, para que coman dentro de tus puertas y se sacien;
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.
13 y dirás delante de Yahvé, tu Dios: ‘He sacado de mi casa las cosas consagradas (a Dios), y las he dado al levita, al extranjero, al huérfano y a la viuda, conforme a todo lo que me has mandado; no he traspasado en nada tus mandamientos ni los he olvidado.
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].
14 No he comido de ellas cuando estaba de luto, no he sacado nada de ellas en estado de impureza ni dado para un muerto. He obedecido la voz de Yahvé, mi Dios; he hecho conforme a cuanto me has mandado.
[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].
15 Mira desde tu santa morada, desde el cielo, y bendice a Israel, tu pueblo, y a la tierra que nos has dado, como juraste a nuestros padres, tierra que mana leche y miel.’
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.’
16 Hoy Yahvé, tu Dios, te manda que cumplas estas leyes y preceptos; los observarás y los pondrás en práctica con todo tu corazón y con todo tu alma.
Today Yahweh our God is commanding you to obey all these rules and regulations. So obey them faithfully, with your entire inner being [DOU].
17 Hoy has hecho declarar a Yahvé que Él será tu Dios y que tú tienes que andar en sus caminos, guardar sus leyes, sus mandamientos y sus preceptos, y escuchar su voz.
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.
18 Hoy Yahvé te ha hecho confesar que tú eres un pueblo particular suyo, como te lo ha prometido, y que has de guardar todos sus mandamientos;
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.
19 y Él te elevará a gloria, honor y esplendor, sobre todos los pueblos que ha hecho, y serás un pueblo santo para Yahvé, tu Dios, como Él ha dicho.”
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.”
