Deuteronomy 9

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	Biblia Sagrada
1 "Hear, O Israel; you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves, cities great and fortified up to heaven,	1 Escucha, Israel: tú vas a pasar hoy el Jordán, para desposeer a naciones más grandes y fuertes que tú, ciudades grandes y fortificadas hasta el cielo,
2 a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'	2 un pueblo numeroso y corpulento, los anaquitas, que tú conoces y de quienes has oído decir: “¿Quién podrá resistir ante los hijos de Anac?”.
3 Know therefore this day that he who goes over before you as a devouring fire is the LORD your God; he will destroy them and subdue them before you; so you shall drive them out, and make them perish quickly, as the LORD has promised you.	3 Has de saber hoy que el Señor, tu Dios, pasará él mismo delante de ti como fuego devorador. Tú los desposeerás y los destruirás pronto, como te dijo el Señor.
4 "Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has thrust them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to possess this land'; whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is driving them out before you.	4 Cuando el Señor, tu Dios, los haya expulsado delante de ti, no pienses: “Por mi justicia me ha traído el Señor a tomar posesión de esta tierra”, y “el Señor ha desposeído delante de mí a esas naciones por su perversidad”.
5 Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land; but because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.	5 No vas a entrar y a tomar posesión de esas tierras por tu justicia ni por la rectitud de tu corazón, pues el Señor, tu Dios, las va a desposeer delante de ti por la perversidad de esas naciones y para cumplir la palabra que el Señor juró a tus padres, Abrahán, Isaac y Jacob.
6 "Know therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness; for you are a stubborn people.	6 Has de saber, por tanto, que el Señor, tu Dios, no te da en posesión esa tierra buena por tu justicia, pues eres un pueblo de dura cerviz.
7 Remember and do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day you came out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.	7 Recuerda y no olvides que provocaste al Señor, tu Dios, en el desierto: desde el día que saliste de la tierra de Egipto hasta que entrasteis en este lugar habéis sido rebeldes al Señor.
8 Even at Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, and the LORD was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you.	8 En el Horeb provocasteis al Señor, y el Señor se irritó con vosotros y os quiso destruir.
9 When I went up the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.	9 Cuando yo subí al monte a recibir las tablas de piedra, las tablas de la alianza que concertó el Señor con vosotros, me quedé en el monte cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, sin comer pan ni beber agua.
10 And the LORD gave me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the LORD had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.	10 Luego el Señor me entregó las dos tablas de piedra, escritas por el dedo de Dios; en ellas estaban todas las palabras que os dijo el Señor en la montaña, desde el fuego, el día de la asamblea.
11 And at the end of forty days and forty nights the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.	11 Al cabo de cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, me entregó el Señor las dos tablas de piedra, las tablas de la alianza,
12 Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly; they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a molten image.'	12 y me dijo el Señor: “Levántate, baja de aquí enseguida, que se ha pervertido tu pueblo, el que tú sacaste de Egipto. Pronto se han apartado del camino que les mandaste, se han fundido un ídolo”.
13 "Furthermore the LORD said to me, 'I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people;	13 El Señor continuó diciéndome: “He visto que este pueblo es un pueblo de dura cerviz.
14 let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'	14 Déjame destruirlo y borrar su nombre bajo el cielo; de ti haré un pueblo más fuerte y numeroso que él”.
15 So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.	15 Yo me volví y bajé de la montaña, mientras la montaña ardía; llevaba en las manos las dos tablas de la alianza.
16 And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you.	16 Miré y, en efecto, habíais pecado contra el Señor, vuestro Dios, os habíais hecho un becerro de fundición. Pronto os apartasteis del camino que el Señor os había mandado.
17 So I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.	17 Entonces agarré las tablas, las arrojé con las dos manos y las estrellé ante vuestros ojos.
18 Then I lay prostrate before the LORD as before, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin which you had committed, in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.	18 Luego, me postré ante el Señor cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, como la vez anterior, sin comer pan ni beber agua, pidiendo perdón por el pecado que habíais cometido, haciendo el mal a los ojos del Señor, irritándolo.
19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure which the LORD bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened to me that time also.	19 Porque tenía miedo de que la ira y la cólera del Señor contra vosotros os destruyese. También aquella vez me escuchó el Señor.
20 And the LORD was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.	20 Con Aarón se irritó tanto el Señor que quería destruirlo, y entonces tuve que interceder también por Aarón.
21 Then I took the sinful thing, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I threw the dust of it into the brook that descended out of the mountain.	21 Después cogí el pecado que os habíais fabricado, el becerro, y lo quemé, lo machaqué, lo trituré hasta pulverizarlo como ceniza, y arrojé la ceniza en el torrente que baja de la montaña.
22 "At Taberah also, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, you provoked the LORD to wrath.	22 En Taberá, en Masá y en Quibrot Atabá, provocasteis también al Señor.
23 And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, 'Go up and take possession of the land which I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and did not believe him or obey his voice.	23 Y cuando el Señor os envió desde Cadés Barnea diciendo: “Subid y tomad posesión de la tierra que os he dado”, os rebelasteis contra la orden del Señor, no le creísteis ni escuchasteis su voz.
24 You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.	24 Habéis sido rebeldes al Señor, desde el día que os conocí.
25 "So I lay prostrate before the LORD for these forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.	25 Me postré ante el Señor, estuve postrado cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, porque el Señor pensaba destruiros.
26 And I prayed to the LORD, 'O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thy heritage, whom thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.	26 Y supliqué al Señor, diciendo: “Señor mío, no destruyas a tu pueblo, la heredad que redimiste con tu grandeza, que sacaste de Egipto con mano fuerte.
27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness, or their sin,	27 Acuérdate de tus siervos, Abrahán, Isaac y Jacob, no te fijes en la terquedad de este pueblo, en su crimen y en su pecado,
28 lest the land from which thou didst bring us say, "Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness."	28 no sea que digan en la tierra de donde nos sacaste: ‘No pudo el Señor introducirlos en la tierra que les había prometido’, o: ‘Los sacó por odio, para matarlos en el desierto’.
29 For they are thy people and thy heritage, whom thou didst bring out by thy great power and by thy outstretched arm.'	29 Son tu pueblo, la heredad que sacaste con tu gran fuerza y con tu brazo extendido”.