Nehemías 9

1 Ahora, a los veinticuatro días de este mes, los hijos de Israel se reunieron, para ayunar, con ropas ásperas y polvo sobre si.

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting haircloth and dust on their bodies.

2 Y la simiente de Israel se separó de todos los hombres de otras naciones, solicitando públicamente el perdón por sus pecados y la maldad de sus antepasados.

And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.

3 Y por una cuarta parte del día, erectos en sus lugares, estaban leyendo el libro de la ley de su Dios; y por una cuarta parte del día pedían perdón y adoraban al Señor su Dios.

And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God.

4 Entonces Josué, Binuy, Cadmiel, Sebanias, Buni, Serebias, Bani y Quenani tomaron sus lugares en los escalones de los levitas, clamando en voz alta al Señor su Dios.

Then Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani took their places on the steps of the Levites, crying in a loud voice to the Lord their God.

5 Entonces los levitas, Josué, y Cadmiel, Bani, Hasabnias, Serebias, Hodias, Sebanias y Petaias dijeron: Levántate y alaba al Señor tu Dios por los siglos de los siglos; Sea bendito tu nombre majestuoso, que es exaltado sobre toda bendición y alabanza.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise.

6 Tú eres el Señor, solo tú; has hecho los cielos, los cielos de los cielos con todos sus ejércitos, la tierra y todas las cosas en ella, los mares y todo lo que hay en ellos; y los guardas de la destrucción, y los ejércitos del cielo son tus adoradores.

You are the Lord, even you only; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them; and you keep them from destruction: and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.

7 Tú eres el Señor, el Dios, que escogiste Abram y lo hiciste tuyo, guiándolo desde Ur de los caldeos, y le diste el nombre de Abraham;

You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;

8 Viste que su corazón era verdadero delante de ti, e hiciste un pacto con él para dar la tierra de los cananeos, los hititas, los amorreos, los ferezeos, los jebuseos y los gergeseos, para entregarla a su simiente. y has hecho lo que dijiste; Porque eres Justo.

You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours:

9 Y viste el problema de nuestros antepasados en Egipto, y su clamor llegó a tus oídos junto al Mar Rojo;

And you saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry came to your ears by the Red Sea;

10 E hiciste señales y prodigios contra Faraón y todos sus siervos y toda la gente de su tierra; porque viste lo crueles que eran con ellos. Así que te has conseguido un nombre grande, como lo es hoy.

And you did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land; for you saw how cruel they were to them. So you got yourself a name as it is today.

11 Por ti se separó el mar delante de ellos, y pasaron por el mar en tierra firme; y los que iban tras ellos bajaban al abismo, como una piedra en grandes aguas.

By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters.

12 Y fuiste delante de ellos de día en una columna de nube, y en una columna de fuego de noche, para darles luz sobre el camino a seguir.

And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.

13 Y descendiste al Monte Sinaí, y tu voz vino a ellos desde el cielo, dándoles decisiones correctas y leyes verdaderas, buenas reglas y órdenes.

And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:

14 Y les enseñaste a consagrar tu santo sábado, y les diste órdenes y reglas y una ley, por medio de tu siervo Moisés.

And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:

15 Y diste los panes del cielo para saciar su hambre, hiciste que salieran de la roca agua para saciar su sed, y les diste órdenes de entrar y tomar para su patrimonio la tierra que tú habías prometido darles.

And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.

16 Pero ellos y nuestros antepasados, en su orgullo, endurecieron sus cuellos y no prestaron atención a tus mandamientos.

But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,

17 Y no quisieron escuchar, ni recordar las maravillas que habías hecho entre ellos; pero endurecieron sus cuellos, y al alejarse de ti, se hicieron un capitán sobre sí mismos para llevarlos de regreso a su prisión en Egipto: pero eres un Dios de perdón, lleno de gracia y compasión, lento para la ira y grande en misericordia, y No los abandonaste.

And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

18 Incluso cuando se hicieron un becerro de metal fundido y dijeron: Este es tu Dios que te sacó de Egipto, y cometieron grandes blasfemias para hacerte enojar;

Even when they had made for themselves an ox of metal, and said, This is your God who took you up out of Egypt, and had done so much to make you angry;

19 Incluso entonces, en tu gran misericordia, no los abandonaste en el desierto, la columna de nube no se apartó de ellos durante el día, guiándolos por el camino, y la columna de fuego por la noche, para alumbrar el camino que debían de seguir.

Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.

20 Y diste tu buen espíritu para ser su maestro, y no apartaste tu maná de su boca, y les diste agua cuando la necesitaban.

And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.

21 En verdad, durante cuarenta años los sustentaste en el desierto, y no necesitaron nada; Su ropa no envejeció o sus pies no se hincharon.

Truly, for forty years you were their support in the waste land, and they were in need of nothing; their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired.

22 Y les diste reinos y pueblos, repartiéndolos en regiones de la tierra; y tomaron como herencia la tierra del rey Sehón, la tierra de Hesbón, y la tierra del rey Og de Basán.

And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, making distribution to them in every part of the land: so they took for their heritage the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.

23 También multiplicaste a sus hijos como las estrellas del cielo, y los llevaste a la tierra, la cual les habías prometido dar a sus antepasados en propiedad para ellos mismos.

And you made their children as great in number as the stars of heaven, and took them into the land, of which you had said to their fathers that they were to go in and take it for themselves.

24 Entonces los hijos entraron y tomaron la tierra, y tú venciste ante ellos a la gente de la tierra, los cananeos, y los entregaste en sus manos, con sus reyes y la gente de la tierra, para que hicieran de ellos a su voluntad.

So the children went in and took the land, and you overcame before them the people of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them up into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them whatever it was their pleasure to do.

25 Tomaron ciudades amuralladas y tierras fértiles, y se convirtieron en los dueños de casas llenas de todas las cosas buenas, pozos de agua cortados en la roca, viñedos y olivares y una gran cantidad de árboles frutales; comieron suficiente y engordaron, y se gozaron por el bien que les diste.

And they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.

26 Pero eran de corazón duro, y se opusieron a tu autoridad, le dieron la espalda a tu ley y mataron a tus profetas, quienes dieron testimonio contra ellos con el propósito de volverlos a ti, y te ofendieron grandemente con sus abominaciones.

But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.

27 Así que los entregaste en manos de sus enemigos que fueron crueles con ellos, y en el momento de su angustia, cuando te clamaron, los escuchaste desde el cielo; y en tu gran misericordia les diste salvadores, que los salvaron de las manos de sus enemigos.

And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.

28 Pero cuando descansaron, volvieron a hacer lo malo ante ti: así que los entregaste en manos de sus enemigos, que los habían dominado; pero volvían y te clamaban, los escuchabas desde el cielo; Una y otra vez, en tu misericordia, les diste la salvación;

But when they had rest, they did evil again before you: so you gave them into the hands of their haters, who had rule over them: but when they came back and made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; again and again, in your mercy, you gave them salvation;

29 Los amonestaste para que regresaran a tu ley; pero sus corazones se enorgullecieron, y no prestaron atención a tus órdenes y fueron en contra de tus decisiones lo cual, si un hombre las cumple, será vida para él, y te dieron la espalda, fueron rebeldes y testarudos y no te escucharon.

And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.

30 Año tras año los soportaste y les advertías con tu espíritu por medio de tus profetas. Aun así, no escucharon, y los entregaste en manos de los pueblos de la tierra.

Year after year you put up with them, and gave witness against them by your spirit through your prophets: still they did not give ear: and so you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.

31 Incluso entonces, en tu gran misericordia, no les pusiste fin a ellos por completo, ni los abandonaste; Porque tú eres un Dios de gracia y de misericordia.

Even then, in your great mercy, you did not put an end to them completely, or give them up; for you are a God of grace and mercy.

32 Y ahora, nuestro Dios, el grande, el fuerte, el Dios que debe ser temido, que guarda la fe y la misericordia, no te parezca que todos estos problemas son pequeños para ti y para nuestros reyes, nuestros gobernantes, sobre nuestros sacerdotes, nuestros profetas, nuestros padres y sobre todo su pueblo desde el tiempo de los reyes de Asiria hasta este día.

And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.

33 Pero aún así, has estado en lo correcto en todo lo que ha venido sobre nosotros; Has sido fiel a nosotros, pero hemos hecho el mal:

But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil:

34 Y nuestros reyes, nuestros gobernantes, nuestros sacerdotes y nuestros padres no han guardado tu ley ni han prestado atención a tus órdenes y a tu testimonio.

And our kings, our rulers, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or given attention to your orders and your witness, with which you gave witness against them.

35 Porque en su reino, y en todas las cosas buenas que les diste, y en la tierra grande y fértil que les diste, no te sirvieron, no abandonaron su maldad.

For they have not been your servants in their kingdom, and in all the good things you gave them, and in the great and fat land you gave them, and they have not been turned away from their evil-doing.

36 Ahora, hoy, somos siervos, y en cuanto a la tierra que diste a nuestros antepasados, para que se alimentarán de sus productos, mira, somos siervos en ella.

Now, today, we are servants, and as for the land which you gave to our fathers, so that the produce of it and the good might be theirs, see, we are servants in it:

37 Y aumenta mucho su fruto a los reyes que has puesto sobre nosotros por nuestros pecados, y tienen poder sobre nuestros cuerpos y sobre nuestro ganado a su gusto, y estamos en un gran problema.

And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.

38 Y por todo esto estamos de acuerdo de buena fe, y lo ponemos por escrito; y nuestros gobernantes, nuestros levitas y nuestros sacerdotes le ponen sus nombres.

And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.