Éxodo 33

1 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Moisés: “Deja este lugar, tú y el pueblo que sacaste de Egipto, y ve a la tierra que prometí con juramento dar a Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, diciéndoles: ‘Daré esta tierra a tu descendencia’.

Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Leave this place and go with the people whom you led out of Egypt. Go to the land that I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that I would give to their descendants.

2 Enviaré un ángel delante de ti y expulsaré a los cananeos, amorreos, hititas, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos.

I will send my angel ahead of you all, and I will expel [from that land] the Canaan, Amor, Heth, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups.

3 Entra en una tierra que fluye leche y miel, pero no te acompañaré porque eres un pueblo rebelde. De lo contrario, te destruiría en el camino”.

You will go to a land that will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops [IDM]. But I will not go with you myself, because [if I did that], I might get rid of you while you are traveling, because you are very stubborn [IDM] people.”

4 Cuando el pueblo escuchó estas palabras de crítica, se pusieron de luto y no se pusieron sus joyas.

Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Tell the Israeli people, ‘You are very stubborn [IDM]. If I would go with you for even a moment, I would completely (get rid of you/wipe you out). Now take off your jewelry [to show that you are sorry for having sinned]. Then I will decide how I will punish you (OR, if I should punish you).’” So when Moses/I told to the people what God said, they started to mourn, and they all took off their jewelry.

5 Porque el Señor ya le había dicho a Moisés: “Dile al pueblo de Israel: ‘Tú eres un pueblo rebelde. Si estuviera contigo un momento, te aniquilaría. Ahora quítate las joyas, y yo decidiré qué hacer contigo’”.

6 Así que los israelitas se quitaron las joyas desde que dejaron el Monte Sinaí.

After the Israeli people left Sinai Mountain, they did not wear jewelry any more.

7 Moisés solía montar el Tabernáculo de Reunión en las afueras del campamento. Cualquiera que quisiera preguntarle algo al Señor podía ir a el Tabernáculo de Reunión.

[When the Israeli people traveled], whenever they stopped and set up their tents, Moses/I had them set up a tent outside the camp, far from the camp. I called it ‘the Sacred Tent where God and I talk together’. Everyone who wanted Yahweh to decide something for them would go out of the camp to the Sacred Tent.

8 Cada vez que Moisés salía a la tienda, todo el pueblo iba y se paraba a la entrada de sus tiendas. Lo observaban hasta que entraba.

Whenever Moses/I went out to the Sacred Tent, all the people would stand at the entrances of their tents and watch him/me until he/I had entered the Sacred Tent.

9 Tan pronto como Moisés entraba en la tienda, la columna de nubes descendía y se quedaba en la entrada mientras el Señor hablaba con Moisés.

When Moses/I entered the Sacred Tent, the tall cloud that looked like a fire would come down and stay at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and then Yahweh would talk with Moses/me.

10 Cuandoel pueblo veía la columna de nubes de pie en la puerta de la tienda, todos se levantaban y se inclinaban en adoración a la entrada de sus tiendas.

When the people saw the tall cloud at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, they would all prostrate themselves on the ground and worship Yahweh.

11 Moisés hablaba con el Señor cara a cara como si fuera un amigo, y luego regresaba al campamento. Sin embargo, su joven ayudante Josué, hijo de Nun, se quedó en la Tienda.

Yahweh would speak to Moses/me directly, like someone speaks to his friend. Then Moses/I would return to the camp. But his/my young helper, Joshua, the son of Nun, stayed in the Sacred Tent.

12 Moisés le dijo al Señor: “Mira, me has estado diciendo: ‘Ve y dirige a estepueblo’, pero no me has hecho saber a quién vas a enviar conmigo. Y sin embargo has declarado: ‘Te conozco personalmente, x y estoy feliz contigo’.

Moses/I said to Yahweh, “It is true that you have told me, ‘Lead the people to the land [that I will show you],’ and you have said that you know me well and that you are pleased with me, but you have not told me whom you will send with me!

13 Ahora bien, si es cierto que eres feliz conmigo, por favor, enséñame tus caminos para que pueda conocerte y seguir agradándote. Recuerda que la gente de esta nación es tuya”.

So now, if you are truly pleased with me, I ask you, tell me the things that you intend/plan to do, in order that I will know you [better] and continue to please you. Also, do not forget that the [Israeli] people are the people whom you chose to belong to you.”

14 El Señor respondió: “Yo mismo iré contigo y te apoyaré”.

Yahweh replied, “I will go with you, and I will give you inner peace.”

15 “Si no vas con nosotros, por favor no nos saques de aquí”, respondió Moisés.

Moses/I replied, “If you do not go with me, do not force us to leave this place.

16 “¿Cómo sabrán los demás que eres feliz conmigo y con tu pueblo si no nos acompañas? ¿Cómo podría alguien separarnos a mí y a tu pueblo de todos los demás pueblos que viven en la tierra?”

The only way that [other] people will know that you are pleased with me and with your people is if you go with us [RHQ]! (If you go with us, [that will show that] we are different from all the other people on the earth./If you do not go with us, what will show that we are different from all the other people on the earth?)” [RHQ]

17 El Señor le dijo a Moisés: “Prometo hacer lo que me pidas, porque soy feliz contigo y te conozco personalmente”.

Yahweh replied to Moses/me, “What you have asked is exactly what I will do, because I know you well and I am pleased with you.”

18 “Ahora, por favor, revélame tu gloria”, pidió Moisés.

Then Moses/I said, “Please let me see your glorious presence!”

19 “Haré pasar toda la bondad de mi carácter delante de ti, gritaré el nombre ‘Yahvé’, mostraré gracia a los que les quiero mostrar gracia, y mostraré misericordia a los que les quiero mostrar misericordia.

Yahweh replied, “I will let you see how great and glorious I am, and I will tell you clearly that my name is Yahweh. I will act very kindly and be merciful to all those whom I choose.

20 Pero no podrás ver mi rostro, porque nadie puede ver mi rostro y vivir”.

But you are not allowed to see my face, because anyone who sees my face will (die/not continue to stay alive).

21 “Ven aquí y quédate a mi lado en esta roca”, continuó el Señor,

[But look]! Here is a place close to me where you can stand on a [large] rock.

22 “y a medida que pase mi gloria te pondré en una grieta de la roca y te cubriré con mi mano hasta que haya pasado.

When my glorious presence comes past you, I will put you in a large crevice/opening in the rock, and I will cover your face with my hand until I have passed by.

23 Entonces quitaré mi mano y verás mi espalda; pero no verás mi cara”.

Then I will take my hand away, and you will see my back, but you will not see my face.”