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 on the twenty-fourth day of the same month the people of Israel were assembled and they were fasting, and they were wearing sackcloth, and they put dust on their heads.

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 the foreigners. They stood and confessed their own sins and the evil actions of their ancestors.

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 places, and for one-fourth of the day they read from the book of the law of Yahweh their God. For another fourth of the day they were confessing and bowing down before Yahweh 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.

The Levites, Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani, stood on the stairs and they called out with a loud voice to Yahweh 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 give praise to Yahweh your God forever and ever.” “May they bless your glorious name, and may it be exalted above every 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 Yahweh. You alone. You have made heaven, the highest heavens, with all their host, and the earth and everything on it, and the seas and all that is in them. You give life to them all, and the host of heaven worship 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 Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name 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.

You found his heart was faithful before you, and you made with him the covenant to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have kept your promise because 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 forefathers in Egypt and you heard their cry by the Sea of Reeds.

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.

You gave signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians acted with arrogance against them. But you made a name for yourself which stands to 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.

Then you divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and threw those who pursued them into the depths, as a stone into deep 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.

You led them by a pillar of cloud during by day, and by a pillar of fire during the night to light the way for them to 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,

On Mount Sinai you came down and you spoke with them from heaven and gave to them righteous decrees 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,

You made your holy Sabbath known to them, and you gave them commandments and statutes and a law through 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.

You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and water from a rock for their thirst, and you said to them to go in to possess the land you swore on oath to give them.

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

But they and our ancestors acted disrespectfully, and they were stubborn, and 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.

They refused to listen, and they did not think about the wonders that you had done among them, but became stubborn, and in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their slavery. But you are a God who is full of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love. You did not abandon 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,

Even when they had cast a calf out of molten metal and said, 'This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,' and had committed great 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.

you, in your compassion, did not abandon them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud to lead them on the way did not leave them during day, neither did the pillar of fire by night to light the way for them to go.

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

Your good Spirit you gave them to instruct them, and your manna you did not withhold from their mouths, and water you gave them 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.

For forty years you provided for them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out 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.

You gave them kingdoms and peoples, assigning to them every corner of the land. Then they took possession of 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 made their children as numerous as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you told their ancestors to go in and possess.

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 people went in and possessed the land and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites. You gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that Israel 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 captured the fortified cities and a productive land, and they captured houses full of all good things, cisterns already cut out, vineyards and olive orchards, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were satisfied and grew fat and enjoyed 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.

Then they became disobedient and they rebelled against you. They threw your law behind their backs. They murdered your prophets who had warned them to turn back to you, and they committed great 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.

So you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. In the time of their suffering, they cried out to you, and you heard them from heaven, and because of your great mercies you sent them rescuers who rescued them out of the hand of their enemies.

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, and you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so their enemies ruled over them. Yet when they returned and cried out to you, you heard from heaven, and many times because of your compassion you rescued them.

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.

You warned them so they might turn back to your law. Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to your commands. They sinned against your decrees which give life to anyone who obeys them. They gave the stubborn shoulder-blade and stiffened their neck and refused to listen.

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.

For many years you put up with them and warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they did not listen. So you gave them into the hand of the neighboring peoples.

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

But in your great mercies you did not make a complete end of them, or 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—you great, mighty, and awesome God who keep your covenant and steadfast love—do not let all this hardship seem little to you that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our ancestors, and on all your people from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

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.

You are just in everything that has come on us, for you have dealt faithfully, but we have acted 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.

Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law, nor paid attention to your commandments or your covenant decrees by which you warned 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.

Even in their own kingdom, while they enjoyed your great goodness to them, in the large and productive land you set before them, they did not serve you or turn away from their evil ways.

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.

Now we are slaves in the land you gave our ancestors to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, and behold, we are slaves 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.

The rich yield from our land goes to the kings you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please. 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.”

Because of all this, we make a firm covenant in writing. On the sealed document are the names of our princes, Levites, and priests.”