Deuteronomio 26
1 Cuando entres en la tierra que Yahvé vuestro Dios te da en herencia, la poseas y habites en ella,
Now when you have come into the land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage, and you have made it yours and are living in it;
2 tomarás parte de los primeros frutos de la tierra que traigas de la tierra que Yahvé vuestro Dios te da. Lo pondrás en un cesto, e irás al lugar que Yahvé vuestro Dios elija para hacer habitar allí su nombre.
You are to take a part of the first-fruits of the earth, which you get from the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket, and go to the place marked out by the Lord your God, as the resting-place of his name.
3 Te acercarás al sacerdote que estará en esos días y le dirás: “Hoy profeso a Yahvé vuestro Dios que he llegado a la tierra que Yahvé juró a nuestros padres que nos daría.”
And you are to come to him who is priest at that time, and say to him, I give witness today before the Lord your God, that I have come into the land which the Lord made an oath to our fathers to give us.
4 El sacerdote tomará la canasta de tu mano y la depositará ante el altar de Yahvé vuestro Dios.
Then the priest will take the basket from your hand and put it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.
5 Responderás y dirás ante Yahvé vuestro Dios: “Mi padre era un sirio dispuesto a perecer. Descendió a Egipto y vivió allí, siendo pocos. Allí se convirtió en una nación grande, poderosa y populosa.
And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:
6 Los egipcios nos maltrataron, nos afligieron y nos impusieron trabajos forzados.
And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:
7 Entonces clamamos a Yahvé, el Dios de nuestros padres. Yahvé escuchó nuestra voz y vio nuestra aflicción, nuestro trabajo y nuestra opresión.
And our cry went up to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord's ear was open to the voice of our cry, and his eyes took note of our grief and the crushing weight of our work:
8 Yahvé nos sacó de Egipto con mano poderosa, con brazo extendido, con gran terror, con señales y con prodigios;
And the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand and a stretched-out arm, with works of power and signs and wonders:
9 y nos ha traído a este lugar, y nos ha dado esta tierra, una tierra que fluye leche y miel.
And he has been our guide to this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
10 Ahora, he aquí que he traído lo primero del fruto de la tierra, que tú, Yahvé, me has dado”. Lo pondrás delante de Yahvé vuestro Dios, y adorarás ante Yahvé vuestro Dios.
So now, I have come here with the first of the fruits of the earth which you, O Lord, have given me. Then you will put it down before the Lord your God and give him worship:
11 Te alegrarás de todo el bien que Yahvé vuestro Dios te ha dado a ti y a tu casa, a ti, al levita y al extranjero que está entre vosotros.
And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.
12 Cuando hayas terminado de diezmar todo tu producto en el tercer año, que es el año del diezmo, se lo darás al levita, al extranjero, al huérfano y a la viuda, para que coman dentro de tus puertas y se sacien.
When you have taken out a tenth from the tenth of all your produce in the third year, which is the year when this has to be done, give it to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and the child without a father, and the widow, so that they may have food in your towns and be full;
13 Dirás ante Yahvé vuestro Dios: “He sacado de mi casa las cosas sagradas, y también se las he dado al levita, al extranjero, al huérfano y a la viuda, según todo tu mandamiento que me has ordenado. No he transgredido ninguno de tus mandamientos, ni los he olvidado.
And say before the Lord your God, I have taken all the holy things out of my house and have given them to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and him who has no father, and the widow, as you have given me orders: I have kept in mind all your orders, in nothing have I gone against them:
14 No he comido de él en mi luto, ni he quitado nada de él mientras estaba impuro, ni he dado de él para los muertos. He escuchado la voz de Yahvé, mi Dios. He hecho conforme a todo lo que me has ordenado.
No part of these things has been used for food in a time of weeping, or put away when I was unclean, or given for the dead: I have given ear to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done all you have given me orders to do.
15 Mira desde tu santa morada, desde el cielo, y bendice a tu pueblo Israel y la tierra que nos has dado, como lo juraste a nuestros padres, una tierra que fluye leche y miel.”
So, looking down from your holy place in heaven, send your blessing on your people Israel and on the land which you have given us, as you said in your oath to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
16 Hoy el Señor, tu Dios, te manda a cumplir estos estatutos y ordenanzas. Por lo tanto, los guardarás y los pondrás en práctica con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma.
Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.
17 Hoy has declarado que Yahvé es tu Dios, y que quieres andar por sus caminos, guardar sus estatutos, sus mandamientos y sus ordenanzas, y escuchar su voz.
Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:
18 Yahvé ha declarado hoy que ustedes son un pueblo para su propiedad, como les ha prometido, y que deben guardar todos sus mandamientos.
And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;
19 Él te pondrá en alto sobre todas las naciones que ha hecho, en alabanza, en nombre y en honor, y para que seas un pueblo santo para Yahvé vuestro Dios, como él ha dicho.
And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.
