Deuteronomio 26
1 Ahora, cuando hayas venido a la tierra que el Señor te ha dado para tu herencia, la hayas hecho tuya y vivas en ella;
“After you occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you (have settled/are living) there,
2 Tomarás una parte de las primicias de la tierra, que obtienes de la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da, y la pondrás en una cesta, y te dirigirás al lugar señalado por el Señor tu Dios, como lugar de descanso de su nombre.
[each of] you must take some of the first crops that you harvest, put them in a basket, and take them to the place that Yahweh will have chosen for you to worship [MTY] there.
3 Y tú debes venir al que es sacerdote en ese momento, y decirle hoy, hoy doy testimonio ante el Señor tu Dios, que he venido a la tierra que el Señor juró a nuestros padres que nos daría.
Go to the Supreme Priest who is serving at that time and say to him, ‘[By giving you this first part of my harvest] today, I am declaring to Yahweh our God that I have [picked it in] the land that he vowed to our ancestors to give to us.’
4 Entonces el sacerdote tomará la canasta de tu mano y la pondrá delante del altar del Señor tu Dios.
Then the priest must take the basket of food from your hand and put it on the altar where sacrifices are offered to Yahweh our God.
5 Y estas son las palabras que dirás ante el Señor tu Dios: Mi padre era un arameo errante, y bajó con un pequeño número de personas a Egipto; Allí se convirtió en una nación grande, numerosa y fuerte.
Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor [Jacob] was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering [from one place to another]. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group [when they went there], but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous [DOU] and powerful nation.
6 Y los egipcios fueron crueles con nosotros, nos oprimieron bajo un duro yugo.
Then the people of Egypt treated them very harshly [DOU], and they forced them to become their slaves and to work very hard.
7 Y nuestro clamor subió al Señor, el Dios de nuestros padres, y el oído del Señor se abrió a la voz de nuestro clamor, y sus ojos notaron nuestro dolor y la opresión de nuestro trabajo.
Then our ancestors cried out to you, Yahweh our God, and you heard them. You saw that they were suffering, and that they were forced to work very hard, and were being oppressed.
8 Y el Señor nos sacó de Egipto con una mano fuerte y un brazo extendido, con obras de poder y gran espanto, señales y maravillas.
Then by your great power [MTY] and by performing many kinds of miracles [DOU], and other terrifying things, you brought them out of Egypt.
9 Y él ha sido nuestro guía para este lugar, y nos ha dado esta tierra, una tierra que fluye leche y miel.
You brought us to this land and gave it to us, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 Ahora, he venido aquí con el primero de los frutos de la tierra que tú, Señor, me has dado. Entonces lo pondrás delante del Señor tu Dios y le darás adoración:
So now, Yahweh, I have brought to you the first part of the harvest from the land that I received.’ Then you must set the basket down in Yahweh’s presence and worship him there.
11 Y tendrás gozo por todo lo bueno que el Señor tu Dios te ha dado a ti y a tu familia; y el levita, y el hombre extranjero que está contigo, participarán en tu alegría.
And you must celebrate [by eating a meal together to thank] Yahweh our God for all the good things that he has given to you and to your family. And you must invite the descendants of Levi and the foreigners who are living among you to also rejoice [and eat] with you.
12 Cuando hayas sacado una décima parte de todos tus productos en el tercer año, que es el año en que debe hacerse esto, entrégalo al levita y al hombre extranjero, al huérfano, y la viuda, para que tengan comida en tus pueblos y se llenen;
Every third year, you must bring to the descendants of Levi and to the foreigners [who are living among you] and the orphans and the widows (a tithe/10 percent) of your crops, in order that in every town they will have plenty to eat.
13 Di, delante de él Señor tu Dios, ya saqué todas las cosas santas de mi casa y se las he dado al levita, y al hombre extranjero, al huérfano, y la viuda como me has mandado; he tenido en cuenta todas tus mandamientos, en nada he ido en contra de ellas.
Then you must say to Yahweh, ‘I have brought to you, from my house, all of the sacred tithe [from my harvest this year]. I am giving it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded us to do. I have not disobeyed any of your commands [about the tithes], and I have not forgotten any of your commands [about tithes].
14 Ninguna parte de estas cosas se usó para comer en un momento de luto, ni he tomado de ella mientras que estaba impuro, ni la he ofrecido a los muertos; he escuchado la voz del Señor mi Dios, y he hecho todo lo que me has dado órdenes de hacer.
[I declare that] I have not eaten any food from the tithe while I was mourning [for someone who died]. And I have not touched any of it while I was unacceptable to you; I have not offered any of it to [spirits of] dead people. Yahweh, I have obeyed you and done everything that you have commanded us [concerning the tithe].
15 Entonces, mirando desde tu lugar santo en el cielo, envía tu bendición a tu pueblo Israel y a la tierra que nos has dado, como dijiste en tu juramento a nuestros padres, una tierra que fluye con leche y miel.
So [please] look down from your holy place in heaven, and bless us, your Israeli people. Also bless this very fertile [IDM] land which you have given to us, which is what you promised our ancestors that you would do.’
16 Hoy el Señor tu Dios te da órdenes de guardar todas estas leyes y decisiones: así que guárdalos y hazlo con todo tu corazón y toda tu alma.
Today Yahweh our God is commanding you to obey all these rules and regulations. So obey them faithfully, with your entire inner being [DOU].
17 Hoy has dado testimonio de que el Señor es tu Dios, y que seguirás sus caminos y guardarás sus leyes y sus órdenes y sus decisiones, y escucharás su voz.
Today you have declared that Yahweh is your God, and that you will conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and that you will obey all his commands and rules and regulations, and that you will do all that he tells you to do.
18 Y el Señor ha dejado en claro este día que eres un pueblo especial para él, cuando te dio su palabra; y que debes guardar todas sus órdenes;
And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands.
19 Y que serás exaltado sobre todas las naciones que ha hecho, en alabanza, en nombre y en honor, y que debes ser un pueblo santo para el Señor tu Dios como él ha dicho. M
If you do that, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation that he has established, and he will enable you to praise him and honor him [DOU]. You will truly belong to Yahweh our God, which is what he has promised.”
