Deuteronomio 9

1 Escucha, oh Israel: hoy debes pasar por el Jordán, para tomar la herencia de naciones más grandes y más fuertes que tú, y pueblos de gran tamaño con muros tan altos como el cielo;

“You people of Israel, listen to me! You will soon [HYP] cross the Jordan [River]. In the land that you will enter, there are large cities that have very high walls [around them] that [seem to] [HYP] extend up to the sky. There are people-groups in that land that are more numerous and more powerful than you are.

2 Un pueblo numeroso y alto, los hijos de Anac, de los cuales tienen conocimiento y de los que se ha dicho: Quién puede oponerse ante los hijos de Anac.

Those people are very tall and strong. [Some of them] are giants who are descendants of Anak. You know about them, and you have heard people say that no one [RHQ] can defeat the descendants of Anak.

3 Entonces, asegúrate hoy de que es el Señor, tu Dios, quien pasa ante ti como un fuego que quema todo; él enviará destrucción sobre ellos, derribándolos delante de ti; y los enviarás en vuelo, acabando con ellos rápidamente, como el Señor ha dicho.

But I want you to know that Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will be like a raging/roaring fire. While you advance, he will defeat and destroy them. As a result, you will quickly be able to expel some of them and kill the others, which is what Yahweh promised that you would do.

4 Y después que el Señor los envió en fuga delante de ti, no digas en tu corazón: Gracias a mi justicia, el Señor me ha dado esta tierra; cuando es debido a la maldad de ellos que el Señor está expulsando a estas naciones delante de ti.

“After Yahweh our God has expelled them for you, do not say to yourselves, ‘It is because we are righteous that Yahweh has enabled us to capture this land.’ The truth is that it is because the people in that land are wicked that Yahweh will expel them as you advance.

5 No por tu justicia o por la rectitud de tu corazón, vas a tomar su tierra pero debido a la maldad de estas naciones, el Señor tu Dios los está echando de delante de ti, y para hacer cumplir su juramento a tus padres, Abraham, Isaac y Jacob.

[I say again that] it is not because you are righteous or because you do things that are righteous that you will enter and capture that land. It is because those people-groups are very wicked that Yahweh our God will expel them as you advance, and because he intends to do what he vowed to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would do.

6 Asegúrate entonces de que el Señor tu Dios no te está dando esta buena tierra como recompensa por tu justicia; Porque eres un pueblo muy terco.

I want you to know that it is not because you are righteous that Yahweh our God is giving you this good/fertile land. I say that because [you are not righteous]; you are a very stubborn [IDM] people.”

7 Ten en cuenta cómo hiciste enojar al Señor tu Dios en él desierto; desde el día en que saliste de Egipto hasta que viniste a este lugar, has ido en contra de las órdenes del Señor.

“Never forget what your ancestors did in the desert that caused Yahweh our God to become angry. From the day that we left Egypt until the day that we arrived here, you and your ancestors have continually rebelled against him.

8 Nuevamente en Horeb hiciste enojar al Señor, y en su ira estuvo a punto de destruirlos.

Even at Sinai [Mountain] your ancestors caused Yahweh to become angry. Because he was very angry, he was ready to get rid of [all of] them.

9 Cuando subí a la montaña para recibir las piedras en las que estaba registrado el pacto que el Señor hizo contigo, estuve en la montaña durante cuarenta días y cuarenta noches sin tomar comida ni beber agua.

When I climbed the mountain to receive from him the stone tablets on which he had written the Ten Commandments that he was giving to them, I stayed there 40 days and nights, and [during that time] I did not eat or drink anything.

10 Y el Señor me dio las dos piedras con las escrituras hechas por el dedo de Dios: en ellas se registraron todas las palabras que el Señor te dijo en la montaña de en medio del fuego, en el día de la asamblea.

Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets on which he had written [the commandments] with his own fingers. They were the words/commandments that he had spoken to your ancestors from the fire on that mountain, when they were gathered together [at the bottom of the mountain].

11 Luego, al cabo de cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, el Señor me dio esas piedras, las piedras del pacto.

“At the end of those 40 days and nights, Yahweh gave me those two stone tablets on which he had written those commandments.

12 Y el Señor me dijo: Levántate ahora, y desciende rápidamente de este lugar; porque las personas que has sacado de Egipto se han entregado al mal; rápidamente se han apartado de la forma en que les di órdenes de ir; Se han hecho una imagen de metal fundido.

But then he said to me, ‘Go down the mountain immediately, because [the people whom you are leading], the people whom you led out of Egypt, have committed a terrible sin! They have very quickly done what I commanded them not to do. They have made for themselves a metal statue [of a calf to worship].’

13 Entonces el Señor me dijo: He visto que esta gente son muy tercos:

Then Yahweh said to me, ‘I have been watching these people, and I see that they are very stubborn.

14 Déjame enviar destrucción sobre ellos hasta que su nombre sea cortado; y haré de ti una nación más grande y más fuerte que ellos.

So do not try to stop me. I am going to destroy all of them, with the result that no one anywhere will remember (their names [MTY]/that they ever existed). Then I will enable you to become [the ancestor of] a nation that will be more numerous and more powerful than they are.’

15 Así que, volviéndome, descendí de la montaña, y la montaña ardía de fuego; y las dos piedras del acuerdo estaban en mis manos.

So I turned and went down the mountain, carrying in my hands the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were [written]. Fire was burning all over the mountain.

16 Y vi que habías hecho el mal contra el Señor, y te habías hecho una imagen de metal de un becerro: te habías alejado de la manera en que el Señor te había dado las órdenes de ir.

I looked, and I was shocked to see that your ancestors had committed a [great] sin against Yahweh. They very quickly had begun to do what Yahweh our God had commanded them not to do. They had [requested Aaron to] make for them [a metal image of] a calf [to worship].

17 Y solté las piedras de mis manos, y fueron rotas delante de tus ojos.

So while they were watching, I lifted up those two stone tablets and threw them [on the ground], and they broke into pieces.

18 Y descendí sobre mi rostro delante del Señor, como al principio, durante cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, sin comer ni beber agua, por todos tus pecados, al hacer el mal a los ojos del Señor y moviéndolo a la ira.

Then I (prostrated myself/lay) on the ground in Yahweh’s presence as I had done before, and I did not eat or drink anything for 40 days and nights. I did that because your ancestors had sinned against Yahweh and caused him to become very angry.

19 Porque estaba lleno de temor a causa de la ira del Señor que ardía contra ustedes, que casi quiso destruirlos. Pero nuevamente el oído del Señor estaba abierto a mi oración.

I was afraid/worried that because Yahweh was very angry with them, he would get rid of all of them. [But again I prayed that he would not do that], and again he listened to me [and answered my prayer].

20 Y el Señor, en su ira, habría dado muerte a Aarón; y yo oré por Aarón al mismo tiempo.

Yahweh was also very angry with Aaron [for making that golden calf] and was ready to kill Aaron. But at the same time I prayed for Aaron also, [and Yahweh answered my prayer].

21 Y tomé tu pecado, la imagen que habías hecho, lo puse en el fuego y lo hice martillar y aplastar muy pequeño hasta que solo fuera polvo, y el polvo lo esparcí en el arroyo que fluye de la montaña.

Your ancestors had sinned by [requesting Aaron to] make [a metal statue of] a calf. So I took that statue and [I melted it] in a fire and crushed it and ground it into very tiny pieces [HYP]. Then I threw those tiny pieces into the stream that flowed down the mountain.

22 Nuevamente en Tabera y en Masah y en Kibrot-hataava hiciste enojar al Señor.

Your ancestors also caused Yahweh to become very angry [by what they did] at [places which they named] Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.

23 Y cuando el Señor te envió desde Cades-barnea, diciendo: Sube y toma la tierra que te he dado; fuiste contra las órdenes del Señor tu Dios, y no tuviste fe en él, y no quisiste escuchar su voz.

And when we were at Kadesh-Barnea, Yahweh said to your ancestors, ‘Go up and capture the land that I am about to give to you!’ But they rebelled against him. They did not trust him, and they did not obey what he told [MTY] them to do.

24 Desde el día en que te conocí, has ido en contra de la palabra del Señor.

Your ancestors rebelled against Yahweh from the first day that I knew them, [in Egypt].

25 Así que me postre en oración ante el Señor por cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, como hice al principio; porque el Señor había dicho que él te pondría fin.

So, [as I said], I lay on the ground in Yahweh’s presence for 40 days and nights, because Yahweh had said that he would get rid of your ancestors.

26 Y oré al Señor y dije: Oh Señor Dios, no envíes destrucción a tu pueblo ni a tu herencia, a quienes, con tu gran poder, has dado la salvación, a quienes has sacado de Egipto con la fuerza de tu mano.

And I prayed to Yahweh, saying, ‘Lord God, these people belong to you; do not destroy them. They are people whom you rescued and brought out of Egypt by your very great power. [DOU, MTY]

27 Ten en cuenta que tus siervos Abraham, Isaac y Jacob no miran el corazón duro de esta gente, ni sus actos malvados y sus pecados:

Do not forget [what you promised to] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Please ignore these stubborn and wicked people and the sin that they have committed.

28 O se puede decir en la tierra de donde los has sacado, porque el Señor no pudo llevarlos a la tierra que dijo que les daría, y debido a su odio por ellos, los ha llevado para matarlos en el desierto.

If you do not do that, [and if you get rid of them], the people of Egypt will [hear about it and] say that you were not able to bring them into the land that you promised to give to them. They will say that you took them into the desert only to kill them there because you hated them.

29 Pero son tu pueblo y tu herencia, a quienes sacaste con tu gran poder y con tu brazo extendido.

[Do not forget that] they are your people. [You chose them to] belong to you. You brought them out [from Egypt] by your very great power [DOU, MTY].’”