Nehemías 9

1 Y a los veinte y cuatro días de este mes, los hijos de Israel se juntaron en ayuno, y en cilicios, y tierra sobre sí.

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 Y habíase ya apartado la simiente de Israel de todos los extranjeros: y estando en pie confesaron sus pecados, y las iniquidades de sus padres.

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

3 Y levantáronse sobre su lugar, y leyeron en el libro de la ley de Jehová su Dios la cuarta parte del día, y la cuarta parte confesaron, y adoraron a Jehová su Dios.

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 Y levantáronse sobre la grada de los Levitas, Jesuá, y Bani, Cadmiel, Sabanías, Bunni, Serebías, Bani, y Canani, y clamaron a gran voz a Jehová su Dios.

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 Y dijeron los Levitas, Jesuá, y Cadmiel, Bani, Hasebnías, Serebías, Odaías, Sebnías, Petahías: Levantáos, bendecíd a Jehová vuestro Dios desde el siglo hasta el siglo: y bendigan el nombre de tu gloria, y alto sobre 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, oh Jehová, eres solo, tú hiciste los cielos y los cielos de los cielos, y todo su ejército: la tierra, y todo lo que está en ella: las mares, y todo lo que está en ellas: y vivificas todas estas cosas: y los ejércitos de los cielos te adoran.

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 Tú eres, oh Jehová, el Dios que escogiste a Abraham, y le sacaste de Ur de los Caldeos, y pusiste su nombre 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 Y hallaste fiel su corazón delante de ti, e hiciste con él alianza para darle la tierra del Cananeo, del Jetteo, y del Amorreo, y del Ferezeo, y del Jebuseo, y del Gergeseo, para dar la a su simiente: y cumpliste tu palabra, porque 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 Y miraste la aflicción de nuestros padres en Egipto, y oíste el clamor de ellos en el mar Bermejo.

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

10 Y diste señales y maravillas en Faraón, y en todos sus siervos, y en todo el pueblo de su tierra: porque sabías que habían hecho soberbiamente contra ellos, y te hiciste nombre grande, como parece este día.

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 Y partiste la mar delante de ellos; y pasaron por medio de ella en seco: y a sus perseguidores echaste en los profundos, como una piedra en grandes 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 Y con columna de nube los guiaste de día, y con columna de fuego de noche, para alumbrarles el camino por donde habían de 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 Y sobre el monte de Sinaí descendiste, y hablaste con ellos desde el cielo, y les diste juicios rectos, y leyes verdaderas, y 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 Y les notificaste el sábado de tu santidad; y les mandaste por mano de Moisés tu siervo mandamientos, y estatutos, y ley.

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

15 Y les diste pan del cielo en su hambre, y en su sed les sacaste aguas de la piedra: y les dijiste que entrasen a poseer la tierra, por la cual alzaste tu mano que se la habías de dar.

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 Mas ellos y nuestros padres hicieron soberbiamente, y endurecieron su cerviz, y no oyeron tus mandamientos,

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

17 Y no quisieron oír, ni se acordaron de tus maravillas que habías hecho con ellos; mas endurecieron su cerviz, y pusieron cabeza para volverse a su servidumbre por su rebelión. Tú empero, Dios de perdones, clemente y piadoso, luengo de iras y de mucha misericordia, que no los dejaste.

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 Cuanto mas que hicieron para si becerro de fundición, y dijeron: Este es tu Dios que te hizo subir de Egipto: e hicieron abominaciones grandes.

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 Empero tú, por tus muchas misericordias, no los dejaste en el desierto: la columna de nube no se apartó de ellos de día, para guiarlos por el camino, y la columna de fuego de noche, para alumbrarles el camino, por el cual habían de ir.

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 Y diste tu Espíritu bueno para enseñarles: y no detuviste tu man de su boca: y agua les diste en 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 Y los sustentaste cuarenta años en el desierto: de ninguna cosa tuvieron necesidad; sus vestidos no se envejecieron, ni sus pies se hincharon.

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 Y dísteles reinos y pueblos, y repartísteles la tierra por suertes: y poseyeron la tierra de Sejón, y la tierra del rey de Jesebón, y la tierra de Og 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 Y multiplicaste sus hijos como las estrellas del cielo, y los metiste en la tierra, de la cual habías dicho a sus padres, que habían de entrar en ella para heredarla:

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 Porque los hijos vinieron y heredaron la tierra: y humillaste delante de ellos a los moradores de la tierra, los Cananeos, los cuales entregaste en su mano, y a sus reyes, y a los pueblos de la tierra, para que hiciesen de ellos a su voluntad.

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 Y tomaron ciudades fortalecidas, y tierra gruesa: y heredaron casas llenas de todo bien, cisternas hechas, viñas, y olivares, y muchos árboles de comer: y comieron, y se hartaron, y se engrosaron, y se deleitaron en tu grande 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 Y te enojaron, y se rebelaron contra ti, y echaron tu ley tras sus espaldas, y mataron tus profetas que protestaban contra ellos para convertirlos a ti, e hicieron abominaciones grandes.

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 Y los entregaste en mano de sus enemigos, los cuales los afligieron: y en el tiempo de su tribulación clamaron a ti, y tú desde los cielos los oíste; y según tus muchas miseraciones, les dabas salvadores que los salvasen de 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 Mas en teniendo reposo, se volvían a hacer lo malo delante de ti: por lo cual los dejaste en mano de sus enemigos que se enseñorearon de ellos: mas convertidos clamaban otra vez a ti, y tú desde los cielos los oías, y según tus miseraciones los libraste muchos tiempos.

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 Y les protestaste que se volviesen a tu ley: mas ellos hicieron soberbiamente, y no oyeron tus mandamientos: y en tus juicios pecaron en ellos, los cuales si el hombre hiciere vivirá por ellos: y dieron hombro rehuidor, y endurecieron su cerviz, y no oyeron.

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 Y alargaste sobre ellos muchos años, y les protestaste con tu Espíritu por mano de tus profetas; mas no escucharon: por lo cual los entregaste en mano de los pueblos de las tierras.

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 Mas por tus muchas misericordias no los consumiste, ni los dejaste; porque eres Dios 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, Dios nuestro, Dios grande, fuerte, terrible, que guardas el concierto y la misericordia, no sea disminuido delante de ti todo el trabajo que nos ha alcanzado, a nuestros reyes, a nuestros príncipes, a nuestros sacerdotes, y a nuestros profetas, y a nuestros padres, y a todo tu pueblo, desde los días de los reyes de Asiria hasta este día.

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 Tú empero eres justo en todo lo que ha venido sobre nosotros, porque verdad has hecho, y nosotros hemos hecho lo malo:

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

34 Y nuestros reyes, nuestros príncipes, nuestros sacerdotes, y nuestros padres no hicieron tu ley, ni escucharon a tus mandamientos, y a tus testimonios con que les protestabas.

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 Y ellos en su reino, y en tu mucho bien que les diste, y en la tierra ancha y gruesa que diste delante de ellos, no te sirvieron, ni se convirtieron 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 He aquí que hoy somos siervos: y en la tierra que diste a nuestros padres para que comiesen su fruto y su bien, he aquí somos siervos.

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 Y se multiplica su fruto para los reyes que has puesto sobre nosotros por nuestros pecados, que se enseñorean sobre nuestros cuerpos, y sobre nuestras bestias, conforme a su voluntad: y estamos en grande angustia.

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 Y con todo eso nosotros hacemos fiel alianza, y la escribimos signada de nuestros príncipes, de nuestros Levitas, y de nuestros sacerdotes.

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