Nehemías 9

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 El día veinticuatro de ese mes, los israelitas se reunieron para un ayuno, vestidos de sayales y cubiertos de polvo.	1 On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites gathered together fasting and in sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.
2 Los de la estirpe de Israel se separaron de todos los extranjeros y se presentaron para confesar sus pecados y las faltas de sus padres.	2 Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all who were of foreign extraction, then stood forward and confessed their sins and the guilty deeds of their fathers.
3 Una vez ubicados en sus puestos, durante una cuarta parte del día se leyó el libro de la Ley del Señor, su Dios, y durante otra cuarta parte, confesaron sus pecados y se postraron delante del Señor, su Dios.	3 When they had taken their places, they read from the book of the law of the LORD their God, for a fourth part of the day, and during another fourth part they made their confession and prostrated themselves before the LORD their God.
4 Sobre la tribuna de los levitas se levantó Josué, junto con Binuí, Cadmiel, Sebanías, Buní, Serebías, Baní y Quenaní, y clamaron en alta voz al Señor, su Dios.	4 Standing on the platform of the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, who cried out to the LORD their God, with a loud voice.
5 Luego los levitas Josué, Cadmiel, Baní, Jasbanías, Serebías, Hodías, Sebanías y Petajías dijeron: «¡Levántense, bendigan al Señor, su Dios, desde siempre y para siempre! Sea bendecido tu Nombre glorioso, que supera toda bendición y alabanza».	5 The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "Arise, bless the LORD, your God, from eternity to eternity!" The Israelites answered with the blessing, "Blessed is your glorious name, and exalted above all blessing and praise."
6 Y Esdras dijo: «¡Tú eres el Señor, sólo tú! Tú hiciste los cielos, lo más alto del cielo y todo su ejército, la tierra y todo lo hay en ella, los mares y todo lo que contienen, A todo eso le das vida. y el ejército del cielo se postra ente ti.	6 Then Ezra said: "It is you, O LORD, you are the only one; you made the heavens, the highest heavens and all their host, the earth and all that is upon it, the seas and all that is in them. To all of them you give life, and the heavenly hosts bow down before you.
7 Tú, Señor, eres el Dios que elegiste a Abram, lo hiciste salir de Ur de los caldeos y le pusiste por nombre Abraham.	7 "You, O LORD, are the God who chose Abram, who brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, and named him Abraham.
8 Al ver que su corazón te era fiel, concluiste con él la alianza, para darle el país de los cananeos, de los hititas, de los amorreos, de los perizitas, de los jebuseos y guirgasitas, y para dárselo a su descendencia. Y has cumplido tus palabras, porque eres justo.	8 When you had found his heart faithful in your sight, you made the covenant with him to give to him and his posterity the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites. These promises of yours you fulfilled, for you are just.
9 Tú viste la miseria de nuestros padres en Egipto, oíste su clamor junto al Mar Rojo,	9 "You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, you heard their cry by the Red Sea;
10 Hiciste signos y prodigios contra el Faraón, contra sus servidores y todo el pueblo de su país, porque sabías con qué arrogancia los habían tratado; así adquiriste un renombre que perdura hasta hoy.	10 You worked signs and wonders against Pharaoh, against all his servants and the people of his land, Because you knew of their insolence toward them; thus you made for yourself a name even to this day.
11 Abriste ante ellos el mar, y ellos lo cruzaron sin mojarse los pies; pero a sus perseguidores los hundiste en el abismo, como una piedra en las aguas caudalosas.	11 The sea you divided before them, on dry ground they passed through the midst of the sea; Their pursuers you hurled into the depths, like a stone into the mighty waters.
12 Los guiaste de día con una columna de nube y de noche, con una columna de fuego, para iluminarles el camino que debían recorrer.	12 With a column of cloud you led them by day, and by night with a column of fire, To light the way of their journey, the way in which they must travel.
13 Tú bajaste a la montaña del Sinaí y hablaste con ellos desde el cielo; les diste normas justas y leyes fidedignas, preceptos y mandamientos excelentes.	13 On Mount Sinai you came down, you spoke with them from heaven; You gave them just ordinances, firm laws, good statutes, and commandments;
14 Les hiciste conocer tu santo día sábado y les prescribiste mandamientos, preceptos y una Ley, por medio de Moisés, tu servidor.	14 Your holy sabbath you made known to them, commandments, statutes, and law you prescribed for them, by the hand of Moses your servant.
15 Tú les diste pan del cielo para saciar su hambre, hiciste brotar agua de la roca para calmar su sed, y les mandaste ir a tomar posesión de la tierra que, con la mano en alto, habías jurado darles.	15 Food from heaven you gave them in their hunger, water from a rock you sent them in their thirst. You bade them enter and occupy the land which you had sworn with upraised hand to give them.
16 Pero nuestros padres se mostraron arrogantes, se obstinaron y desoyeron tus mandamientos.	16 "But they, our fathers, proved to be insolent; they held their necks stiff and would not obey your commandments.
17 Se negaron a obedecer, sin acordarse de las maravillas que habías hecho por ellos; se obstinaron, empecinándose en volver a su servidumbre en Egipto. Pero tú eres el Dios del perdón, compasivo y misericordioso, lento para enojarte y lleno de fidelidad; por eso, no los has abandonado.	17 They refused to obey and no longer remembered the miracles you had worked for them. They stiffened their necks and turned their heads to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God of pardons, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in mercy; you did not forsake them.
18 Ellos se fabricaron un ternero de metal fundido, diciendo: «Aquí está tu Dios, el que te hizo salir de Egipto», y así cometieron un gran ultraje.	18 Though they made for themselves a molten calf, and proclaimed, 'Here is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,' and were guilty of great effronteries,
19 Pero aún entonces, por tu gran misericordia, no los abandonaste en el desierto: la columna de nube no se alejó de ellos de día, para guiarlos por el camino, no la columna de fuego durante la noche, para iluminarles el camino que debían recorrer.	19 yet in your great mercy you did not forsake them in the desert. The column of cloud did not cease to lead them by day on their journey, nor did the column of fire by night cease to light for them the way by which they were to travel.
20 Tú les diste tu buen espíritu, para que supieran discernir; no les quitaste el maná de la boca y les diste agua para calmar su sed.	20 "Your good spirit you bestowed on them, to give them understanding; your manna you did not withhold from their mouths, and you gave them water in their thirst.
21 Cuarenta años los sustentaste en el desierto y nunca les faltó nada: no se gastaron sus vestidos ni se les hincharon los pies.	21 Forty years in the desert you sustained them: they did not want; their garments did not become worn, and their feet did not become swollen.
22 Tú les entregaste reinos y pueblos, y se los repartiste como zona fronteriza: tomaron posesión del país de Sijón, rey de Jesbón, y del país de Og, rey de Basán.	22 You gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you divided up among them as border lands. They possessed the land of Sihon, king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.
23 Multiplicaste sus hijos como las estrellas del cielo, y los introdujiste en la tierra que habías prometido a sus padres en posesión.	23 "You made their children as numerous as the stars of the heavens, and you brought them into the land which you had commanded their fathers to enter and possess.
24 Los hijos entraron y tomaron posesión del país, y tú sometiste ante ellos a los habitantes del país, los cananeos: los pusiste en sus manos, igual que a sus reyes y a los pueblos del país, para que ellos los trataran a su arbitrio.	24 The sons went in to take possession of the land, and you humbled before them the Canaanite inhabitants of the land and delivered them over into their power, their kings as well as the peoples of the land, to do with them as they would.
25 Así conquistaron plazas fuertes y un suelo fértil; se adueñaron de casas llenas de toda clase de bienes, de cisternas excavadas, viñas y olivares y de árboles frutales en abundancia. Comieron hasta saciarse y engordaron, y por tu gran bondad, vivieron en medio de delicias.	25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took possession of houses filled with all good things, cisterns already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. They could eat and have their fill, fatten and feast themselves on your immense good gifts.
26 Pero después fueron indóciles y se rebelaron contra ti: arrojaron tu Ley a sus espaldas, mataron a los profetas que los conminaban a volver a ti, y cometieron grandes ultrajes.	26 "But they were contemptuous and rebellious: they cast your law behind their backs, they slew your prophets who bore witness against them in order to bring them back to you, and they were guilty of great effronteries.
27 Tú los entregaste en manos de sus opresores, y ellos los oprimían. En el momento de la opresión, clamaban a ti; tú los escuchabas desde el cielo y, por tu gran misericordia, les mandabas salvadores que los salvaban de sus opresores.	27 Therefore you delivered them into the power of their enemies, who oppressed them. But in the time of their oppression they would cry out to you, and you would hear them from heaven, and according to your great mercy give them saviors to deliver them from the power of their enemies.
28 Pero apenas se sentían tranquilos, volvían a hacer el mal delante de ti, y tú los abandonabas en manos de sus enemigos, que los oprimían; ellos volvían a invocarte y tú los oías desde el cielo: ¡cuántas veces los salvaste por tu misericordia!	28 "As soon as they had relief, they would go back to doing evil in your sight. Then again you abandoned them to the power of their enemies, who crushed them. Then they cried out to you, and you heard them from heaven and delivered them according to your mercy, many times over.
29 Tú los conminabas a que volvieran a tu Ley, pero ellos se mostraron arrogantes y no obedecieron tus mandamientos; pecaron contra tus normas, las que el hombre debe cumplir para tener la vida; volvieron la espalda con rebeldía, se obstinaron y no obedecieron.	29 You bore witness against them, in order to bring them back to your law. But they were insolent and would not obey your commandments; they sinned against your ordinances, from which men draw life when they practice them. They turned stubborn backs, stiffened their necks, and would not obey.
30 Tú fuiste paciente con ellos durante muchos años; les advertiste con tu espíritu, por medio de tus profetas; pero ellos no escucharon y tú los entregaste en manos de otros pueblos.	30 You were patient with them for many years, bearing witness against them through your spirit, by means of your prophets; still they would not listen. Thus you delivered them over into the power of the peoples of the lands.
31 Sin embargo, por tu gran misericordia, no los has exterminado ni abandonado, porque eres un Dios compasivo y misericordioso.	31 Yet in your great mercy you did not completely destroy them and you did not forsake them, for you are a kind and merciful God.
32 Y ahora, Dios nuestro, Dios grande, poderoso y temible, que mantienes la alianza y la fidelidad, no menosprecies las tribulaciones que nos han sobrevenido a nosotros, a nuestros reyes y a nuestros jefes, a nuestros sacerdotes y profetas, a nuestros padres y a todo tu pueblo, desde los tiempos de los reyes de Asiria hasta el día de hoy.	32 "Now, therefore, O our God, great, mighty, and awesome God, you who in your mercy preserve the covenant, take into account all the disasters that have befallen us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and your entire people, from the time of the kings of Assyria until this day!
33 Tú has sido justo en todo lo que nos ha sobrevenido, porque tú has obrado con fidelidad y nosotros cometimos el mal.	33 In all that has come upon us you have been just, for you kept faith while we have done evil.
34 Sí, nuestros reyes, nuestros jefes, nuestros sacerdotes y nuestros padres no practicaron la ley, no hicieron caso de tus mandamientos ni de las advertencias que les habías hecho.	34 Yes, our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law; they paid no attention to your commandments and the obligations of which you reminded them.
35 Durante su reinado, en medio de los grandes bienes que les concediste, y en la tierra espaciosa y fértil que les entregaste, ellos no te sirvieron ni se convirtieron de sus malas acciones.	35 While they were yet in their kingdom, in the midst of the many good things that you had given them and in the wide and fertile land that you had spread out before them, they did not serve you nor did they turn away from their evil deeds.
36 Mira que hoy estamos esclavizados, sí, somos esclavos aquí, en el país que diste a nuestros padres, para que gozáramos de sus frutos y de sus bienes.	36 But, see, we today are slaves; and as for the land which you gave our fathers that they might eat its fruits and good things--see, we have become slaves upon it!
37 Sus abundantes productos son para los reyes que tú nos has impuesto a causa de nuestros pecados, y ellos disponen a su arbitrio de nuestras personas y nuestro ganado. ¡En qué opresión hemos caído!».	37 Its rich produce goes to the kings whom you set over us because of our sins, who rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress!"