Nehemías 9

1 El día 24 del mismo mes, los hijos de Israel se reunieron en ayuno, cubiertos de tela áspera y con polvo sobre ellos.

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

2 Los del linaje de Israel se separaron de todos los extranjeros, y en pie confesaron sus pecados y las iniquidades de sus antepasados.

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 Y puestos en pie en su lugar, la cuarta parte del día leyeron en el Rollo de la Ley de Yavé su ʼElohim, y en la otra cuarta parte confesaron sus pecados y adoraron a Yavé su ʼElohim.

And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

4 Luego Jesuá, Bani, Cadmiel, Sebanías, Buni, Serebías, Bani y Quenani subieron al estrado de los levitas y clamaron a gran voz a Yavé su ʼElohim.

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

5 Los levitas Jesuá, Cadmiel, Bani, Hasabnías, Serebías, Hodías, Sebanías y Petaías dijeron: ¡Levántense, bendigan a Yavé su ʼElohim Desde la eternidad hasta la eternidad! ¡Bendito sea tu glorioso Nombre, Exaltado por encima De toda bendición y alabanza!

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

6 ¡Tú solo eres Yavé! Tú hiciste los cielos, El cielo de los cielos y toda su hueste, La tierra y todo lo que hay en ella, Los mares y todo lo que hay en ellos. Tú das vida a todos ellos, Y la hueste de los cielos se postra ante Ti.

You, even you, are LORD alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and you preserve them all; and the host of heaven worships you.

7 Oh Yavé, Tú eres el ʼElohim Que escogiste a Abram, A quien sacaste de Ur de los caldeos Y lo llamaste Abraham,

You are the LORD the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;

8 Hallaste que su corazón Era fiel delante de Ti. Hiciste un Pacto con él Para darle la tierra del cananeo, del heteo, Del amorreo, del ferezeo, Del jebuseo y del gergeseo, Para darla a su descendencia. Cumpliste tu promesa, Porque Tú eres justo.

And found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous:

9 Miraste la aflicción De nuestros antepasados en Egipto. Escuchaste su clamor en el mar Rojo.

And did see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red sea;

10 Hiciste señales y maravillas Delante de Faraón y de todos sus esclavos Y en todo el pueblo de su tierra, Porque sabías que procedieron Con soberbia contra ellos. Te hiciste renombre, como hoy.

And showed signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for you knew that they dealt proudly against them. So did you get you a name, as it is this day.

11 Dividiste el mar delante de ellos Y pasaron en seco por medio de él. A sus perseguidores los lanzaste a las profundidades Como una piedra, a las rugientes aguas.

And you did divide the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors you threw into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

12 De día los guiaste con columna de nube, Y de noche con columna de fuego Para alumbrarles el camino Por donde debían ir.

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

13 Luego descendiste a la montaña Sinaí Y hablaste con ellos desde el cielo. Les diste Preceptos justos y Leyes verdaderas, Estatutos y Mandamientos buenos.

You came down also on mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

14 Les diste a conocer tu santo sábado Y les prescribiste Mandamientos, Estatutos, y una Ley Por medio de tu esclavo Moisés.

And made known to them your holy sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses your servant:

15 En su hambre les diste pan del cielo, Y en su sed les sacaste aguas de la peña. Les propusiste entrar a poseer La tierra por la cual alzaste tu mano Para jurar que se la darías.

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

16 Pero ellos y nuestros antepasados obraron con soberbia Y se volvieron indómitos. No escucharon tus Mandamientos.

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and listened not to your commandments,

17 Rehusaron escuchar. Ni se acordaron de tus maravillas Que hiciste entre ellos, Sino se volvieron indómitos. En su rebelión designaron a un caudillo Que los devolviera a su esclavitud. Pero Tú eres un ʼEloha que perdonas, Clemente y compasivo, Lento para la ira, y grande en misericordia. No los abandonaste,

And refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsook them not.

18 Ni aun cuando se hicieron Un becerro fundido y dijeron: ¡Este es tu ʼElohim Quien te sacó de Egipto! Así cometieron grandes repugnancias.

Yes, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is your God that brought you up out of Egypt, and had worked great provocations;

19 Pero Tú, por tus muchas misericordias, No los abandonaste en el desierto. La columna de nube no se apartó de ellos Para guiarlos por el camino de día, Ni la columna de fuego Para alumbrarles el camino Por el cual debían andar durante la noche.

Yet you in your manifold mercies forsook them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.

20 Diste tu buen Espíritu para instruirlos. No retuviste tu maná de su boca, Y les diste agua para su sed.

You gave also your good spirit to instruct them, and withheld not your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

21 Los sustentaste 40 años en el desierto. No tuvieron necesidad, Sus ropas no se desgastaron Ni se hincharon sus pies.

Yes, forty years did you sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

22 Les diste reinos y pueblos, Y los distribuiste por regiones. Se adueñaron de la tierra de Seón, Es decir, la tierra del rey de Hesbón, Y de la tierra de Og, el rey de Basán.

Moreover you gave them kingdoms and nations, and did divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

23 Multiplicaste sus hijos Como las estrellas del cielo, Y los introdujiste en la tierra Que dijiste a sus antepasados Que poseerían.

Their children also multiplied you as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land, concerning which you had promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

24 Los hijos vinieron Y poseyeron la tierra. Ante ellos humillaste a los habitantes de aquella tierra, Los cananeos, a quienes entregaste en su mano 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 people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

25 Así capturaron ciudades fortificadas y una tierra fértil. Poseyeron casas llenas de todo bien, Cisternas excavadas, viñas y olivares y frutales en abundancia, De modo que comieron y se hartaron, Engordaron y se deleitaron en tu gran bondad.

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells dig, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

26 Aun así desobedecieron Y se rebelaron contra ti. Echaron tu Ley tras sus espaldas, Asesinaron a tus profetas que testificaban Contra ellos para acercarlos a Ti E hicieron grandes repugnancias.

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their backs, and slew your prophets which testified against them to turn them to you, and they worked great provocations.

27 Por eso Tú los entregaste en mano de sus enemigos, Quienes los afligieron. Pero en el tiempo de su aflicción Clamaron a Ti, Tú los escuchaste desde el cielo. Según tus numerosas misericordias Les diste libertadores Para que los libraran de la mano de sus enemigos.

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

28 Pero cuando tenían reposo, Volvían a hacer lo malo delante de Ti, Tú los entregabas en la mano de sus enemigos, Quienes se enseñoreaban de ellos. Después se arrepentían Y clamaban a Ti. Tú los escuchabas desde el cielo, Y así los libraste muchas veces según tus misericordias.

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

29 Testificaste contra ellos Para que se volvieran a tu Ley, Pero fueron arrogantes Y no escucharon tus Mandamientos, Sino pecaron contra tus Preceptos, Por los cuales vive El hombre que los cumple, Y volvieron con rebeldía la espalda, Y fueron indómitos, Y no quisieron escuchar.

And testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law: yet they dealt proudly, and listened not to your commandments, but sinned against your judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them; ) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

30 Pero Tú los soportaste muchos años, Y testificaste contra ellos por medio de tu Espíritu, a través de tus profetas. Sin embargo, no dieron oído. Por tanto, los entregaste En la mano de los pueblos de la tierra.

Yet many years did you forbear them, and testified against them by your spirit in your prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gave you them into the hand of the people of the lands.

31 Pero por tu gran misericordia No los consumiste por completo, Ni los abandonaste. Porque eres un ʼElohim clemente y misericordioso.

Nevertheless for your great mercies’ sake you did not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

32 Ahora pues, ¡oh ʼElohim nuestro! ʼEL grande, el poderoso y el terrible Quien guarda el Pacto y la misericordia: No dejes que la calamidad que vino a nosotros Parezca pequeña delante de Ti, La que vino sobre nosotros, Nuestros reyes, jefes, sacerdotes, profetas, antepasados y a todo tu pueblo, Desde los días de los reyes de Asiria hasta hoy.

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keep covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, 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 fuiste justo En todo lo que nos sobrevino, Porque actuaste fielmente. Pero nosotros actuamos perversamente.

However, you are just in all that is brought on us; for you have done right, but we have done wickedly:

34 Porque nuestros reyes, gobernantes, sacerdotes y antepasados No practicaron tu Ley, Ni atendieron tus Mandamientos, ni tus Testimonios, Con los cuales testificaste contra ellos.

Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies, with which you did testify against them.

35 Porque ellos no te sirvieron en su reino, En la abundancia que les concediste En la tierra espaciosa y rica que entregaste a ellos, Ni se arrepintieron de sus malas obras.

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

36 Por eso ¡aquí estamos esclavos En la misma tierra que diste a nuestros antepasados Para comer su fruto y su bien! Aquí somos esclavos en ella,

Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:

37 A causa de nuestros pecados. Su cosecha se multiplica Para los reyes que impusiste sobre nosotros, Quienes se enseñorean sobre nuestros cuerpos y sobre nuestras bestias Conforme a su voluntad, Y estamos en gran aflicción.

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

38 A causa de todo esto nosotros hacemos fiel promesa y la escribimos. Firmada por nuestros jefes, levitas y sacerdotes.

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal to it.