Deuteronomio 10
1 En aquel tiempo Yahvé me dijo: “Corta dos tablas de piedra como las primeras, y sube a mí al monte, y haz un arca de madera.
“Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Cut two stone tablets like the first ones. And make a wooden chest to put them in. Then [bring the tablets] up to me on this mountain.
2 Yo escribiré en las tablas las palabras que estaban en las primeras tablas que rompiste, y las pondrás en el arca.”
I will write on those tablets the same words that I wrote on the first tablets, the ones that you broke. Then you can put them in the chest.’
3 Hice, pues, un arca de madera de acacia y corté dos tablas de piedra como las primeras, y subí al monte con las dos tablas en la mano.
“So I made a chest. I used wood from an acacia tree to make it. Then I cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I went up the mountain carrying the tablets.
4 En las tablas escribía, según la primera escritura, los diez mandamientos que Yahvé os había hablado en la montaña, en medio del fuego, el día de la asamblea; y Yahvé me los dio.
There Yahweh wrote on the tablets the [same] Ten Commandments [that he had written on the first tablet]. They are the commandments that he told to your ancestors from the middle of the fire on the mountain, when they were gathered [at the bottom of the mountain]. Then Yahweh gave the tablets to me,
5 Me volví y bajé del monte, y puse las tablas en el arca que había hecho; y allí están, tal como Yahvé me lo ordenó.
and I turned and went down the mountain. Then, just as he had commanded, I put them in the chest that I had made. And they are still there.”
6 (Los hijos de Israel viajaron desde Beerot Bene Jaacan hasta Moserah. Allí murió Aarón, y allí fue enterrado; y su hijo Eleazar ejerció el ministerio sacerdotal en su lugar.
(Then, from the wells that belonged to the people of Jaakan, the Israeli people traveled to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar took his place and became the Supreme Priest.
7 De allí viajaron a Gudgodá, y de Gudgodá a Jotbata, tierra de arroyos de agua.
From there, the Israelis traveled to Gudgodah, and from there to Jotbathah, which was a place that had many streams.
8 En aquel tiempo Yahvé apartó a la tribu de Leví para que llevara el arca del pacto de Yahvé, para que estuviera delante de Yahvé para servirle y para bendecir en su nombre, hasta el día de hoy.
At that time, Yahweh (set apart/appointed) the tribe of Levi to carry the chest that contained [the tablets on which were written] the Ten Commandments, and to stand in Yahweh’s presence [in the sacred tent], to offer sacrifices, and to pray for Yahweh to bless [the people. They are still doing those things] at the present time.
9 Por lo tanto, Leví no tiene parte ni herencia con sus hermanos; Yahvé es su herencia, según le habló Yahvé vuestro Dios).
That is the reason that the tribe of Levi did not receive any land like the other tribes did. What they received was the work/privilege of being Yahweh’s [priests], which is what he said that they should do.)
10 Me quedé en el monte, como la primera vez, cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, y el Señor me escuchó también esa vez. El Señor no quiso destruirlos.
“I stayed on the mountain 40 days and nights, just like I did the first time. [I prayed to] Yahweh, and he (answered my prayers/did what I requested) again and said that he would not destroy your ancestors.
11 Yahvé me dijo: “Levántate y ponte en camino delante del pueblo; entrarán y poseerán la tierra que juré a sus padres que les daría”.
Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Continue your journey, going in front of the people, to occupy the land that I vowed your ancestors that I would give to you.’”
12 Ahora bien, Israel, ¿qué exige de ti el Señor tu Dios, sino que temas al Señor tu Dios, que andes en todos sus caminos, que lo ames y que sirvas al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma,
“Now, you Israeli people, [I will tell you] [RHQ] what Yahweh our God requires/demands that you do. He requires you to revere him, to conduct your lives as he wants you to, to love him, and to serve him wholeheartedly [DOU],
13 que guardes los mandamientos y los estatutos del Señor que hoy te ordeno para tu bien?
and to obey all of his commandments [DOU] which I am giving to you today for your benefit.
14 He aquí que a Yahvé vuestro Dios pertenecen los cielos, el cielo de los cielos y la tierra con todo lo que hay en ella.
“Do not forget that Yahweh our God owns even the sky and everything that is in it. He also owns the earth and everything that is on it.
15 Sólo que Yahvé se deleitó en vuestros padres para amarlos, y eligió a su descendencia después de ellos, a vosotros sobre todos los pueblos, como sucede hoy.
But [in spite of owning all those things], Yahweh loved your ancestors, and from all the people-groups [on the earth] he chose us, their descendants, and we are still his people.
16 Circuncidad, pues, el prepucio de vuestro corazón, y no seáis más rígidos de cuello.
So you must stop sinning [MET] and stop being stubborn [IDM]!
17 Porque Yahvé, vuestro Dios, es el Dios de los dioses y el Señor de los señores, el Dios grande, el poderoso y el imponente, que no hace acepción de personas ni acepta sobornos.
Yahweh our God is greater than all gods, and he is greater than all rulers. He is very powerful [DOU] and awesome. He (is impartial/does not do things that favor one (group/person) more than others), and he does not accept bribes.
18 Él hace justicia al huérfano y a la viuda y ama al extranjero dándole comida y ropa.
He makes sure that orphans and widows are treated fairly. He loves even (foreigners/people from other countries) who live among us Israeli people, and he gives them food and clothes.
19 Amad, pues, al extranjero, porque vosotros fuisteis extranjeros en la tierra de Egipto.
So you must love those foreigners too, because you were once foreigners when you were living in Egypt.
20 Temerás al Señor, tu Dios. Le servirás. Te aferrarás a él y jurarás por su nombre.
Revere Yahweh our God and worship only him. (Be faithful to/Have a close relationship with) him, and say that he should punish you if you do not do what you promise.
21 Él es tu alabanza, y él es tu Dios, que ha hecho por ti estas cosas grandes y asombrosas que tus ojos han visto.
He is the one whom you must praise. He is our God, and we have seen the great and amazing things that he has done for us.
22 Tus padres bajaron a Egipto con setenta personas, y ahora Yahvé, tu Dios, te ha hecho como las estrellas del cielo por la multitud.
When our ancestors, [Jacob and his family], went down to Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now Yahweh our God has caused us to be as numerous as the stars in the sky.”
