Deuteronomy 9
1 “Listen, O Israel: You shall cross over the Jordan today, in order to possess nations, very great and stronger than yourself, cities vast and walled even to the sky,
Oye Israel: Tu pasas hoy el Jordán para entrar a heredar gentes más y más fuertes que tú, ciudades grandes y encastilladas hasta el cielo;
2 a people great and lofty, the sons of the Anakim, whom you yourselves have seen and heard, against whom no one is able to stand.
Un pueblo grande y alto, hijos de gigantes, los cuales ya tú conoces; y has oído, ¿Quién parará delante de los hijos del gigante?
3 Therefore, you shall know today that the Lord your God himself will pass over before you, like a devouring and consuming fire, to crush and to wipe away and to utterly ruin them before your face, quickly, just as he has spoken to you.
Sepas pues hoy, que Jehová tu Dios es el que pasa delante de ti, fuego consumidor, que los destruirá, y humillará delante de ti: y echarlos has, y destruirlos has luego, como Jehová te ha dicho.
4 You should not say in your heart, when the Lord your God will have destroyed them in your sight: ‘It is because of my justice that the Lord led me in, so that I might possess this land, while these nations have been destroyed because of their impiety.’
No digas en tu corazón, cuando Jehová tu Dios los echare de delante de tu presencia, diciendo: Por mi justicia me ha metido Jehová a heredar esta tierra; que por la impiedad de estas gentes Jehová las echa de delante de ti.
5 For it is not because of your justices or the uprightness of your heart that you will enter, so that you may possess their lands. Instead, it is because they have acted wickedly that they are destroyed upon your arrival, and so that the Lord may accomplish his word, which he promised under oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
No por tu justicia, ni por la rectitud de tu corazón entras a heredar la tierra de ellos: mas por la impiedad de estas gentes Jehová tu Dios las echa de delante de ti, y por confirmar la palabra que Jehová juró a tus padres Abraham, Isaac, y Jacob.
6 Therefore, know that the Lord your God will not give you this excellent land as a possession due to your justices, for you are a very stiff-necked people.
Por tanto sepas que no por tu justicia Jehová tu Dios te da esta buena tierra, que la heredes: que pueblo duro de cerviz eres tú.
7 Remember, and never forget, how you provoked the Lord your God to anger in the wilderness. You have always contended against the Lord, from the day that you went forth from Egypt, even to this place.
Acuérdate, no te olvides que has provocado a ira a Jehová tu Dios en el desierto: desde el día que saliste de la tierra de Egipto hasta que entrastes en este lugar habéis sido rebeldes a Jehová.
8 For at Horeb also, you provoked him, and, becoming angry, he was willing to destroy you,
Y en Horeb provocastes a ira a Jehová, y Jehová se enojó contra vosotros para destruiros.
9 when I ascended onto the mountain, so that I might receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord formed with you. And I persevered on the mountain for forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water.
Cuando yo subí al monte para recibir las tablas de piedra, las tablas del concierto que Jehová hizo con vosotros, y estuve en el monte cuarenta días y cuarenta noches; no comí pan, ni bebí agua:
10 And the Lord gave me two tablets of stone, written with the finger of God and containing all the words that he spoke to you on the mountain from the midst of fire, while the people, being stirred up, were assembled together.
Y Jehová me dio las dos tablas de piedra escritas con el dedo de Dios; y en ellas conforme a todas las palabras que Jehová os habló en el monte de en medio del fuego el día de la congregación.
11 And when forty days, and as many nights, had passed, the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
Y fue que al cabo de los cuarenta días, y cuarenta noches, Jehová me dio las dos tablas de piedra, las tablas del concierto.
12 And he said to me: ‘Rise up, and descend quickly from here. For your people, whom you led away from Egypt, have quickly abandoned the way that you have shown to them, and they have made a molten idol for themselves.’
Y díjome Jehová: Levántate, desciende presto de aquí, que tu pueblo que sacaste de Egipto ha corrompido, presto se han apartado del camino, que yo les mandé; hánse hecho un vaciadizo.
13 And again, the Lord said to me: ‘I discern that this people is stiff-necked.
Y hablóme Jehová, diciendo: Yo he visto este pueblo, y, he aquí, él es pueblo duro de cerviz:
14 Depart from me, so that I may crush them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and appoint you over a nation, which will be greater and stronger than this one.’
Déjame que los destruya, y raiga su nombre de debajo del cielo, que yo te pondré sobre gente fuerte y mucha más que él.
15 And as I was descending from the burning mountain, and I held the two tablets of the covenant with both hands,
Y volví, y descendí del monte, y el monte ardía en fuego, con las tablas del concierto en mis dos manos.
16 and I had seen that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made a molten calf for yourselves, and had quickly abandoned his way, which he had revealed to you,
Y miré, y, he aquí, habíais pecado contra Jehová vuestro Dios: os habíais hecho un becerro de vaciadizo; apartándoos presto del camino que Jehová os había mandado.
17 I threw down the tablets from my hands, and I broke them in your sight.
Entonces tomé las dos tablas, y arrojélas de mis dos manos, y quebrélas delante de vuestros ojos.
18 And I fell prostrate before the Lord, just as before, for forty days and nights, not eating bread, and not drinking water, because of all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and because you provoked him to anger.
Y echéme delante de Jehová, como antes, cuarenta días y cuarenta noches: no comí pan, ni bebí agua, a causa de todo vuestro pecado que habíais pecado haciendo mal en ojos de Jehová enojándole:
19 For I feared his indignation and wrath, which had been stirred up against you, so that he was willing to destroy you. And the Lord heeded me at this time also.
Porque temí a causa del furor y de la ira, con que Jehová estaba enojado contra vosotros para destruiros: y Jehová me oyó también esta vez.
20 Likewise, he became vehemently angry against Aaron, and he was willing to destroy him, and I prayed for him similarly.
Contra Aarón también se enojó Jehová en gran manera para destruirle; y yo oré entonces también por Aarón.
21 But as for your sin which you committed, that is, the calf, taking hold of it, I burned it with fire. And breaking it into pieces, and reducing it entirely to dust, I threw it into the torrent that descends from the mountain.
Y tomé a vuestro pecado que habíais hecho, es a saber, el becerro; y quemélo en el fuego, y desmenucélo moliéndolo bien, hasta que fue molido en polvo; y eché el polvo de él en el arroyo que descendía del monte.
22 Likewise, at the Burning, and at the Temptation, and at the Graves of Lust, you provoked the Lord.
Y en Tabera, y en Massa, y en Kibrot-hattaava enojasteis también a Jehová.
23 And when he sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Ascend and possess the land, which I have given to you,’ even so, you spurned the command of the Lord your God, and you did not believe him, nor were you willing to listen to his voice.
Y cuando Jehová os envió desde Cádes-barne, diciendo: Subíd, y heredad la tierra, que yo os dí, también fuisteis rebeldes al dicho de Jehová vuestro Dios, y no lo creísteis, ni obedecisteis a su voz.
24 Instead, you were ever rebellious, from the day when I first began to know you.
Rebeldes habéis sido a Jehová desde el día que yo os conozco.
25 And so, I lay prostrate before the Lord for forty days and nights, as I humbly begged him, lest he destroy you, just as he had threatened to do.
Y postréme delante de Jehová cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, que estuve echado, porque Jehová dijo, que os había de destruir.
26 And praying, I said: ‘O Lord God, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, whom you have redeemed in your greatness, whom you have led away from Egypt with a strong hand.
Y yo oré a Jehová, diciendo: Señor Jehová, no destruyas tu pueblo, y tu heredad que has redimido con tu grandeza, al cual sacaste de Egipto con mano fuerte.
27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look upon the stubbornness of this people, nor upon their wickedness and sinfulness.
Acuérdate de tus siervos Abraham, Isaac, y Jacob: no mires a la dureza de este pueblo, y a su impiedad, y a su pecado:
28 Otherwise, perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out of which you have led us, may say: “The Lord was not able to lead them into the land, which he promised to them. And he hated them; therefore, he led them out, so that he might put them to death in the wilderness.”
Porque no digan los de la tierra de donde nos sacaste: Porque no pudo Jehová meterlos en la tierra que les había dicho, o porque los aborrecía, los sacó para matarlos en el desierto.
29 These are your people and your inheritance, whom you have led out by your great strength, and with your outstretched arm.’”
Y ellos son tu pueblo, y tu heredad, que sacaste con tu gran fortaleza, y con tu brazo extendido.
