Nehemías 9

BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 El día veinticuatro de aquel mismo mes, se congregaron los israelitas para ayunar, vestidos de sayal y la cabeza cubierta de polvo.	1 And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.
2 La raza de Israel se separó de todos los extranjeros; y puestos en pie, confesaron sus pecados y las culpas de sus padres.	2 And the seed of the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger: and they stood, and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
3 (De pie y cada uno en su sitio, leyeron en el libro de la Ley de Yahveh su Dios, por espacio de un cuarto de día; durante otro cuarto hacían confesión y se postraban ante Yahveh su Dios.)	3 And they rose up to stand: and they read in the book of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed, and adored the Lord their God.
4 (Josué, Binnuy, Cadmiel, Sebanías, Bunní, Serebías, Baní y Quenaní subieron al estrado de los levitas y clamaron en alta voz hacia Yahveh su Dios,	4 And there stood up upon the seep of the Levites, Josue, and Bani, and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias, Bani, and Chanani: and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.
5 y los levitas Josué, Cadmiel, Baní, Jasabneías, Serebías, Hodiyías, Sebanías y Petajías dijeron: «¡Levantaos, bendecid a Yahveh nuestro Dios!») ¡Bendito seas, Yahveh Dios nuestro, de eternidad en eternidad! ¡Y sea bendito el Nombre de tu Gloria que supera toda bendición y alabanza!	5 And the Levites Josue and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Oduia, Sebnia, and Phathahia, said: Arise, bless the Lord your God from eternity to eternity: and blessed be the high name of thy glory with all blessing and praise.
6 ¡Tú, Yahveh, tú el único! Tú hiciste los cielos, el cielo de los cielos y toda su mesnada, la tierra y todo cuanto abarca, los mares y todo cuanto encierran. Todo esto tú lo animas, y la mesnada de los cielos ante ti se prosterna.	6 Thou thyself, O Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all the host thereof: the earth and all things that are in it: the seas and all that are therein: and thou givest life to all these things, and the host of heaven adoreth thee.
7 Tú, Yahveh, eres el Dios que elegiste a Abram, le sacaste de Ur de Caldea y le diste el nombre de Abraham.	7 Thou, O Lord God, art he who chosest Abram, and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraham.
8 Hallaste su corazón fiel ante ti, con él hiciste alianza, para darle el país del cananeo, del hitita y del amorreo, del perizita, del jebuseo y del guirgasita, a él y a su posteridad. Y has mantenido tu palabra, porque eres justo.	8 And thou didst find his heart faithful before thee: and thou madest a covenant with him, to give him the land of the Chanaanite, of the Hethite, and of the Amorrhite, and of the Pherezite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Gergezite, to give it to his seed: and thou hast fulfilled thy words, because thou art just.
9 Tú viste la aflicción de nuestros padres en Egipto, y escuchaste su clamor junto al mar de Suf.	9 And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt: and thou didst hear their cry by the Red Sea.
10 Contra Faraón obraste señales y prodigios, contra sus siervos y todo el pueblo de su país, pues supiste que eran altivos con ellos. ¡Te hiciste un nombre hasta el día de hoy!	10 And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land : for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is at this day.
11 Tú hendiste el mar ante ellos: por medio del mar pasaron a pie enjuto. Hundiste en los abismos a sus perseguidores, como una piedra en aguas poderosas.	11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land: but their persecutors thou threwest into the depth, as a stone into mighty waters.
12 Con columna de nube los guiaste de día, con columna de fuego por la noche, para alumbrar ante ellos el camino por donde habían de marchar.	12 And in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day, and in a pillar of Are by night, that they might see the way by which they went.
13 Bajaste sobre el monte Sinaí y del cielo les hablaste; les diste normas justas, leyes verdaderas, preceptos y mandamientos excelentes;	13 Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven, and thou gavest them right judgments, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good precepts.
14 les diste a conocer tu santo sábado; les ordenaste mandamientos, preceptos y Ley por mano de Moisés, tu siervo.	14 Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy servant.
15 Del cielo les mandaste el pan para su hambre, para su sed hiciste brotar el agua de la roca. Y les mandaste ir a apoderarse de la tierra que tú juraste darles mano en alto.	15 And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst, and thou saidst to them that they should go in, and possess the land, upon which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it them.
16 Altivos se volvieron nuestros padres, su cerviz endurecieron y desoyeron tus mandatos.	16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.
17 No quisieron oír, no recordaron los prodigios que con ellos hiciste; endurecieron la cerviz y se obstinaron en volver a Egipto y a su servidumbre. Pero tú eres el Dios de los perdones, clemente y entrañable, tardo a la cólera y rico en bondad. ¡No los desamparaste!	17 And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.
18 Ni siquiera cuando se fabricaron un becerro de metal fundido y exclamaron: «¡Este es tu dios que te sacó de Egipto!» (grandes desprecios te hicieron).	18 Yea when they had made also to themselves a molten calf, and had said: This is thy God, that brought thee out of Egypt: and hail committed great blasphemies :
19 Tú, en tu inmensa ternura, no los abandonaste en el desierto: la columna de nube no se apartó de ellos, para guiarles de día por la ruta, ni la columna de fuego por la noche, para alumbrar ante ellos el camino por donde habían de marchar.	19 Yet thou, in thy many mercies, didst not leave them in the desert: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the way, and the pillar of fire by night to shew them the way by which they should go.
20 Tu Espíritu bueno les diste para instruirles, el maná no retiraste de su boca, y para su sed les diste agua.	20 And thou gavest them thy good Spirit to teach them, and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and thou gavest them water for their thirst.
21 Cuarenta años los sustentaste en el desierto, y nada les faltó: ni sus vestidos se gastaron ni se hincharon sus pies.	21 Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn.
22 Reinos y pueblos les donaste y las tierras vecinas repartiste: se apoderaron del país de Sijón, rey de Jesbón, y del país de Og, rey de Basán.	22 And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.
23 Y multiplicaste sus hijos como estrellas del cielo, los llevaste a la tierra que a sus padres dijiste que entrarían a poseer.	23 And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fathers, that they should go in and possess it.
24 Llegaron los hijos y tomaron el país, y tú ante ellos aplastaste a los habitantes del país, los cananeos, los pusiste en sus manos, con sus reyes y las gentes del país, para que los trataran a merced de su capricho.	24 And the children came and possessed the land, and thou didst humble before them the inhabitants of the land, the Chanaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as it pleased them.
25 Ciudades fuertes conquistaron y una tierra generosa; y heredaron casas de toda suerte de bienes rebosantes, cisternas ya excavadas, viñas y olivares, árboles frutales sin medida: comieron, se saciaron, engordaron, se deleitaron en tus inmensos bienes.	25 And they took strong cities and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods: cisterns made by others, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: and they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and abounded with delight in thy great goodness.
26 Pero después, indóciles, se rebelaron contra ti, arrojaron tu Ley a sus espaldas, mataron a los profetas que les conjuraban a convertirse a ti; (grandes desprecios te hicieron).	26 But they provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs: and they killed thy prophets, who admonished them earnestly to return to thee : and they were guilty of great blasphemies.
27 Tú los entregaste en poder de sus enemigos que los oprimieron. Durante su opresión clamaban hacia ti, y tú los escuchabas desde el cielo; y en tu inmensa ternura les mandabas salvadores que los libraron de las manos opresoras.	27 And thou gavest them into the hands of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee, and thou heardest from heaven, and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies thou gavest them saviours, to save them from the hands of their enemies.
28 Pero, apenas en paz, volvían a hacer el mal ante ti, y tú los dejabas en mano de sus enemigos que los oprimían. Ellos de nuevo gritaban hacia ti, y tú escuchabas desde el cielo: ¡muchas veces, por ternura, los salvaste!	28 But after they had rest, they returned to do evil in thy sight : and thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them. Then they returned, and cried to thee: and thou heardest from heaven, and deliveredst them many times in thy mercies.
29 Les conminaste para volverlos a tu Ley, pero ellos en su orgullo no escucharon tus mandatos; contra tus normas pecaron, contra aquellas que, cumplidas, dan la vida; dieron la espalda, endurecieron su cerviz y no escucharon.	29 And thou didst admonish them to re turn to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
30 Tuviste paciencia con ellos durante muchos años; les advertiste por tu Espíritu, por boca de tus profetas; pero ellos no escucharon. Y los pusiste en manos de las gentes de los países.	30 And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands.
31 Mas en tu inmensa ternura no los acabaste, no los abandonaste, porque eres tú Dios clemente y lleno de ternura.	31 Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God.
32 Ahora, pues, oh Dios nuestro, tú, Dios grande, poderoso y temible, que mantienes la alianza y el amor, no menosprecies esta miseria que ha caído sobre nosotros, sobre nuestros reyes y príncipes, nuestros sacerdotes y profetas, sobre todo tu pueblo, desde los tiempos de los reyes de Asiria hasta el día de hoy.	32 Now therefore our God, great, strong and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy, turn not away from thy face all the labour which hath come upon us, upon our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people from the days of the king of Assur, until this day.
33 Has sido justo en todo lo que nos ha sobrevenido, pues tú fuiste fiel, y nosotros malvados:	33 And thou art just in all things that have come upon us: because thou hast done truth, but we have done wickedly.
34 nuestros reyes y jefes, nuestros sacerdotes y padres no guardaron tu Ley, no hicieron caso de los mandamientos y dictámenes que tú les diste.	34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law, and have not minded thy commandments, and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them.
35 Mientras vivían en su reino, entre los grandes bienes que tú les regalabas, y en la espaciosa y generosa tierra que tú les habías preparado, no te sirvieron ellos ni se convirtieron de sus malas acciones.	35 And they have not served thee in their kingdoms, and in thy manifold goodness, which thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land, which thou deliveredst before them, nor did they return from their most wicked devices.
36 Míranos hoy a nosotros esclavos, y en el país que habías dado a nuestros padres para gozar de sus frutos y bienes, mira que aquí en servidumbre nos sumimos.	36 Behold we ourselves this day are bondmen: and the land, which thou gavest our fathers, to eat the bread thereof, and the good things thereof, and we ourselves are servants in it.
37 Sus muchos frutos son para los reyes, que por nuestros pecados tú nos impusiste, y que a capricho dominan nuestras personas, cuerpos y ganados. ¡En gran angustia nos hallamos!	37 And the fruits thereof grow up for the kings, whom thou hast set over us for our sins, and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our beasts, according to their will, and we are in great tribulation.
	38 and because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.