Nehemías 9

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 El día veinticuatro de aquel mismo mes, se congregaron los israelitas para ayunar, vestidos de sayal y la cabeza cubierta de polvo.	1 Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the sons of Israel came together in fasting and in sackcloth, and with soil 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 offspring of the sons of Israel were separated from all the sons of foreigners. And they stood up, and they 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 arose to stand. And they read in the volume of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed. And they 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 Then, upon the step of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, and Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani rose up. And they cried out in a great 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, Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bunni, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: “Rise up. Bless the Lord your God, from eternity even to eternity! And blessed be the exalted name of your 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 You yourself alone, O Lord, made heaven, and the heaven of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all things that are in it, the seas and all things that are in them. And you gave life to all these things. And the host of heaven adores you.
7 Tú, Yahveh, eres el Dios que elegiste a Abram, le sacaste de Ur de Caldea y le diste el nombre de Abraham.	7 You yourself, O Lord God, are the One who chose Abram. And you led him away from the fire of the Chaldeans, and you gave him the name 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 you found his heart to be faithful before you. And you formed a covenant with him, so that you might give to him the land of the Canaanite, of the Hittite, and of the Amorite, and of the Perizzite, and of the Jebusite, and of the Girgashite, so that you might give it to his offspring. And you have fulfilled your words, for you are just.
9 Tú viste la aflicción de nuestros padres en Egipto, y escuchaste su clamor junto al mar de Suf.	9 And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt. And you heard their outcry beside 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 you gave signs and portents to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to the people of his land. For you knew that they acted arrogantly against them. And you made a name for yourself, just as it is in 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 you divided the sea before them, and they crossed through the midst of the sea on dry land. But their pursuers you cast into the depths, like a stone into great 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 the pillar of cloud, you were their leader by day, and in the pillar of fire, by night, so that they might see the way along which they might advance.
13 Bajaste sobre el monte Sinaí y del cielo les hablaste; les diste normas justas, leyes verdaderas, preceptos y mandamientos excelentes;	13 You also descended to mount Sinai, and you spoke with them from heaven. And you gave them upright judgments, and the law of truth, and 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 You revealed to them your sanctified Sabbath, and you instructed them in commandments, and ceremonies, and the law, by the hand of Moses, your 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 You also gave them bread from heaven in their hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their thirst. And you said to them that they should enter and possess the land, over which you lifted up your hand so that you might give it to them.
16 Altivos se volvieron nuestros padres, su cerviz endurecieron y desoyeron tus mandatos.	16 Yet truly, they and our fathers acted arrogantly, and they hardened their necks, and they did not listen to your 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 were not willing to hear, and they did not remember, your miracles which you had accomplished for them. And they hardened their necks, and they offered their head, so that they would return to their servitude, as if in contention. But you, a forgiving God, lenient and merciful, longsuffering and full of compassion, did not abandon 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 Indeed, even when they had made for themselves a molten calf, and they had said, ‘This is your God, who led you away from Egypt!’ and had 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 even so, in the multitude of your mercies, you did not send them away in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not withdraw from them by day, so that it might lead them on the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, so that it might show them the way along which they might advance.
20 Tu Espíritu bueno les diste para instruirles, el maná no retiraste de su boca, y para su sed les diste agua.	20 And you gave them your good Spirit, so that he might teach them, and you did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and you gave them water in 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 For forty years, you fed them in the desert, and nothing was lacking to them; their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn down.
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 you gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you distributed to them by lot. And they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, the king of Bashan.
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 you multiplied their sons like the stars of heaven. And you led them into the land, about which you had said to their fathers that they would enter 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 sons arrived and possessed the land. And you humbled the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, before them. And you delivered them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, so that they might do with them just as it was pleasing to 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 so they seized fortified cities and fat soil. And they possessed houses filled with all kinds of goods, cisterns made by others, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. And they ate and were satisfied. And they were fattened, and they abounded with delights from your 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 you to wrath, and they withdrew from you, and they cast your law behind their backs. And they killed your prophets, who contended with them so that they might return to you. And they committed 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 so you gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they afflicted them. And in the time of their tribulation, they cried out to you, and from heaven you heard them. And in accord with your great compassion, you gave to them saviors, who might save them from the hand 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 rested, they turned back, so that they did evil in your sight. And you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, and they possessed them. And they converted, and they cried out to you. And from heaven you heeded them, and you freed them many times, by your 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 you contended with them, so that they might return to your law. Yet truly, they acted in arrogance, and they did not listen to your commandments, and they sinned against your judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they withdrew from offering their shoulder, and they hardened their neck; neither would they listen.
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 you continued to forbear them for many years. And you contended with them by your Spirit, through the hand of your prophets. And they did not listen, and so you delivered them into the hand of the peoples 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 your very many mercies, you did not cause them to be consumed, nor did you abandon them. For you are a compassionate and lenient 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 great God, strong and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy, may you not avert your face from all the hardship that has found us, we and our kings, and our leaders, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and all the people, from the days of king Assur, even to this day.
33 Has sido justo en todo lo que nos ha sobrevenido, pues tú fuiste fiel, y nosotros malvados:	33 For you are just, concerning all things that have overwhelmed us. For you have done truth, but we have acted impiously.
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 leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not done your law, and they have not been attentive to your commandments and your testimonies, to which you have 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 you, in their kingdoms and with your many good things, which you gave to them, and in the very wide and fat land, which you delivered into their sight, nor did they return from their most wicked pursuits.
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 servants. And the land, which you gave to our fathers so that they might eat its bread and have its good things, we ourselves are servants within 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 its fruits are multiplied for the kings, whom you have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies, and over our cattle, according to their will. And we are in great tribulation.
	38 Therefore, concerning all of these things, we ourselves are forming and writing a covenant, and our leaders, our Levites, and our priests are signing it.”