Nehemías 9

1 El día veinticuatro de este mes se reunieron los hijos de Israel con ayuno, con cilicio y con tierra sobre ellos.

Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth on them.

2 Los descendientes de Israel se separaron de todos los extranjeros y se pusieron de pie y confesaron sus pecados y las iniquidades de sus padres.

The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 Se pusieron de pie en su lugar y leyeron en el libro de la ley de Yahvé su Dios la cuarta parte del día; y la cuarta parte la confesaron y adoraron a Yahvé su Dios.

They stood up in their place, and read in the scroll of the law of the LORD their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed, and worshiped the LORD their God.

4 Entonces Jesúa, Baní, Cadmiel, Sebanías, Buní, Serebías, Baní y Quenaní, de los levitas, se pusieron de pie en la escalera y clamaron en voz alta a Yahvé su Dios.

Then Jeshua, and Binnui, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God.

5 Entonces los levitas, Jesúa y Cadmiel, Baní, Hasabneías, Serebías, Hodías, Sebanías y Petaías, dijeron: “¡Ponte de pie y bendice a Yahvé, tu Dios, desde la eternidad hasta la eternidad! ¡Bendito sea tu nombre glorioso, que es exaltado sobre toda bendición y alabanza!

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

6 Tú eres Yahvé, tú solo. Tú has hecho el cielo, el cielo de los cielos, con todo su ejército, la tierra y todo lo que hay en ella, los mares y todo lo que hay en ellos, y tú lo conservas todo. El ejército de los cielos te adora.

You are the LORD, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

7 Tú eres Yahvé, el Dios que eligió a Abram, lo sacó de Ur de los Caldeos, le dio el nombre de Abraham,

You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur Kasdim, and gave him the name of Abraham,

8 encontró su corazón fiel ante ti, e hizo un pacto con él para darle la tierra del cananeo, del hitita, del amorreo, del ferezeo, del jebuseo y del gergeseo, para dársela a su descendencia, y has cumplido tus palabras, porque eres justo.

and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hethite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his descendants, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

9 “Viste la aflicción de nuestros padres en Egipto, y oíste su clamor junto al Mar Rojo,

"You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,

10 y mostraste señales y prodigios contra el Faraón, contra todos sus siervos y contra todo el pueblo de su tierra, porque sabías que se burlaban de ellos, y te hiciste un nombre, como lo es hoy.

and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is this day.

11 Dividiste el mar delante de ellos, de modo que pasaron por el medio del mar en seco; y arrojaste a sus perseguidores a las profundidades, como una piedra a las aguas impetuosas.

You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

12 Además, en una columna de nube los guiaste de día, y en una columna de fuego de noche, para alumbrarles el camino que debían seguir.

Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

13 “También bajaste al monte Sinaí, y hablaste con ellos desde el cielo, y les diste ordenanzas rectas y leyes verdaderas, buenos estatutos y mandamientos,

"You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

14 y les diste a conocer tu santo sábado, y les ordenaste mandamientos, estatutos y una ley, por medio de Moisés, tu siervo,

and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,

15 y les diste pan del cielo para su hambre, y les sacaste agua de la roca para su sed, y les ordenaste que entraran a poseer la tierra que habías jurado darles.

and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.

16 “Pero ellos y nuestros padres se comportaron con soberbia, endurecieron su cerviz, no escucharon tus mandamientos,

"But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, did not listen to your commandments,

17 y se negaron a obedecer. No tuvieron en cuenta tus maravillas que hiciste entre ellos, sino que endurecieron su cerviz, y en su rebeldía nombraron un capitán para volver a su esclavitud. Pero tú eres un Dios dispuesto a perdonar, clemente y misericordioso, lento para la ira y abundante en bondades, y no los abandonaste.

and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and did not forsake them.

18 Sí, cuando se hicieron un becerro moldeado y dijeron: “Este es vuestro Dios, que os hizo subir de Egipto”, y cometieron horribles blasfemias,

Yes, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, 'This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,' and had committed awful blasphemies;

19 pero tú, en tus múltiples misericordias, no los abandonaste en el desierto. La columna de nube no se apartó de ellos durante el día para guiarlos por el camino, ni la columna de fuego durante la noche para mostrarles la luz y el camino que debían seguir.

yet you in your manifold mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

20 También diste tu buen Espíritu para instruirlos, y no retuviste tu maná de su boca, y les diste agua para su sed.

You gave also your good Ruach to instruct them, and did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

21 “Sí, cuarenta años los sostuviste en el desierto. Nada les faltó. Sus vestidos no envejecieron y sus pies no se hincharon.

"Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes did not grow old, and their feet did not swell.

22 Además, les diste reinos y pueblos, que asignaste según sus porciones. Así poseyeron la tierra de Sehón, la tierra del rey de Hesbón y la tierra de Og, rey de Basán.

Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

23 También multiplicaste sus hijos como las estrellas del cielo, y los introdujiste en la tierra sobre la que habías dicho a sus padres que entrarían a poseerla.

You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

24 “Así que los hijos entraron y poseyeron la tierra; y tú sometiste ante ellos a los habitantes de la tierra, los cananeos, y los entregaste en sus manos, con sus reyes y los pueblos de la tierra, para que hicieran con ellos lo que quisieran.

"So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.

25 Tomaron ciudades fortificadas y una tierra rica, y poseyeron casas llenas de todos los bienes, cisternas excavadas, viñas, olivares y árboles frutales en abundancia. Así comieron, se saciaron, engordaron y se deleitaron en tu gran bondad.

They took fortified cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

26 “Sin embargo, fueron desobedientes y se rebelaron contra ti, echaron tu ley a sus espaldas, mataron a tus profetas que testificaban contra ellos para que se volvieran a ti, y cometieron horribles blasfemias.

"Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.

27 Por eso los entregaste en manos de sus adversarios, que los angustiaron. En el tiempo de su angustia, cuando clamaron a ti, tú oíste desde el cielo; y según tus múltiples misericordias les diste salvadores que los salvaron de las manos de sus adversarios.

Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.

28 Pero después de haber descansado, volvieron a hacer el mal ante ti; por eso los dejaste en manos de sus enemigos, para que se enseñorearan de ellos; sin embargo, cuando volvieron y clamaron a ti, tú oíste desde el cielo; y muchas veces los libraste según tus misericordias,

But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,

29 y diste testimonio contra ellos, para que volvieran a tu ley. Sin embargo, fueron arrogantes y no escucharon tus mandamientos, sino que pecaron contra tus ordenanzas (que si el hombre hace, vivirá en ellas), volvieron la espalda, endurecieron su cerviz y no quisieron escuchar.

and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and did not listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.

30 Sin embargo, durante muchos años los aguantaste y les diste testimonio con tu Espíritu por medio de tus profetas. Sin embargo, no quisieron escuchar. Por eso los entregaste en manos de los pueblos de las tierras.

Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Ruach through your prophets. Yet would they not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

31 “Sin embargo, en tus múltiples misericordias, no les pusiste fin ni los abandonaste, porque eres un Dios clemente y misericordioso.

"Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

32 Ahora, pues, Dios nuestro, el grande, el poderoso y el imponente, que guarda el pacto y la bondad amorosa, no dejes que te parezcan pequeños todos los trabajos que nos han sobrevenido, a nuestros reyes, a nuestros príncipes, a nuestros sacerdotes, a nuestros profetas, a nuestros padres y a todo tu pueblo, desde el tiempo de los reyes de Asiria hasta hoy.

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, do not let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our leaders, and on our cohanim, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.

33 Sin embargo, tú eres justo en todo lo que ha recaído sobre nosotros; porque tú has actuado con verdad, pero nosotros hemos hecho maldad.

However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;

34 También nuestros reyes, nuestros príncipes, nuestros sacerdotes y nuestros padres no han guardado tu ley, ni han escuchado tus mandamientos y tus testimonios con los que testificaste contra ellos.

neither have our kings, our leaders, our cohanim, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them.

35 Porque no te han servido en su reino y en tu gran bondad que les diste, y en la tierra grande y rica que les diste. No se convirtieron de sus obras malvadas.

For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

36 “He aquí que hoy somos siervos, y en cuanto a la tierra que diste a nuestros padres para comer su fruto y su bien, he aquí que somos siervos en ella.

"Look, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, look, we are servants in it.

37 La tierra da muchos frutos a los reyes que has puesto sobre nosotros a causa de nuestros pecados. También tienen poder sobre nuestros cuerpos y sobre nuestro ganado, a su antojo, y estamos en gran aflicción.

It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

38 Sin embargo, por todo esto, hacemos un pacto seguro y lo escribimos; y nuestros príncipes, nuestros levitas y nuestros sacerdotes lo sellan.”

Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our leaders, our Levites, and our cohanim, seal it."