Deuteronomio 10

1 En aquel tiempo Yavé me dijo: Lábrate dos tablas de piedra como las primeras y sube a Mí a la Montaña. Y hazte 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 sobre esas tablas las Palabras que había sobre las primeras tablas que quebraste, 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 Entonces hice un arca de madera de acacia. Labré dos tablas de piedra como las primeras y subí a la Montaña con las dos tablas en mi 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 Él escribió sobre las tablas, conforme a la primera escritura, los Diez Mandamientos que Yavé les habló en la Montaña, desde en medio del fuego, el día de la asamblea. Y Yavé me las entregó.

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 Di vuelta, bajé de la Montaña y puse las tablas que hizo en el arca. Y allí están, como me ordenó Yavé.

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 Después los hijos de Israel salieron desde los pozos de Bené Jaacán hacia Moserá. Allí murió Aarón y allí fue sepultado. Eleazar su hijo fue constituido sumo sacerdote en lugar de él.

(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 salieron a Gudgoda, y de Gudgoda a Jotbatá, tierra de torrentes 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 Yavé separó a la tribu de Leví para transportar el Arca del Pacto de Yavé, a fin de que estuviera delante de Yavé para ministrarle y bendecir en su Nombre hasta 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 cual Leví no tuvo parte ni herencia con sus hermanos. Yavé es su herencia, como Yavé tu ʼElohim le prometió.

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 En cuanto a mí, permanecí en la Montaña 40 días y 40 noches como los primeros días. También esta vez Yavé me escuchó y desistió de destruirte.

“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 Y Yavé me dijo: ¡Levántate! Anda, para que marches delante del pueblo con el fin de que entren y posean la tierra de la cual juré dársela a sus antepasados.

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 Y ahora, Israel, ¿qué te pide Yavé tu ʼElohim? Solo que temas a Yavé tu ʼElohim, que andes en todos sus caminos, que lo ames y sirvas a Yavé tu ʼElohim con todo tu corazón y 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 y que guardes los Mandamientos de Yavé y sus Estatutos que te prescribo hoy para tu bien.

and to obey all of his commandments [DOU] which I am giving to you today for your benefit.

14 Ciertamente a Yavé tu ʼElohim pertenecen el cielo y los más altos cielos, y la tierra y 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 Pero Yavé solo se agradó de tus antepasados para amarlos, y escogió de entre todos los pueblos a su descendencia, a ustedes, como ven 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 Circunciden, pues, el prepucio de su corazón y no sean indómitos.

So you must stop sinning [MET] and stop being stubborn [IDM]!

17 Porque Yavé su ʼElohim es el ʼElohim de ʼelohim y ʼAdón de ʼadón, ʼEL grande, poderoso y temible, Quien no muestra parcialidad ni admite soborno,

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 que hace justicia al huérfano y a la viuda, y ama al extranjero y le da pan 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 Por tanto, amarán al extranjero, porque ustedes fueron 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 a Yavé tu ʼElohim. A Él servirás, a Él te aferrarás y por su Nombre jurarás.

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. Él es tu ʼElohim, Quien hizo para ti estas cosas grandes y portentosas que vieron tus ojos.

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 Con 70 personas descendieron tus antepasados a Egipto, y ahora Yavé tu ʼElohim te hizo tan numeroso como las estrellas del cielo.

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.”