1 E l día veinticuatro de ese mes se congregaron los Israelitas en ayuno, vestidos de cilicio y con polvo sobre sí.

Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth on them.

2 Y los descendientes de Israel se separaron de todos los extranjeros, y se pusieron en pie, confesando sus pecados y las iniquidades de sus padres.

The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 P uestos de pie, cada uno en su lugar, una cuarta parte del día estuvieron leyendo en el Libro de la Ley del Señor su Dios, y otra cuarta parte, estuvieron confesando y adorando al Señor su Dios.

They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed, and worshiped Yahweh their God.

4 Y sobre el estrado de los Levitas se levantaron Jesúa, Bani, Cadmiel, Sebanías, Buni, Serebías, Bani y Quenani, y clamaron en alta voz al Señor su Dios.

Then Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.

5 E ntonces los Levitas, Jesúa, Cadmiel, Bani, Hasabnías, Serebías, Hodías, Sebanías y Petaías, dijeron: “Levántense, bendigan al Señor su Dios por siempre y para siempre. Sea bendito Tu glorioso nombre Y exaltado sobre toda bendición y alabanza.

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!

6 S ólo Tú eres el Señor. Tú hiciste los cielos, Los cielos de los cielos con todo su ejército, La tierra y todo lo que en ella hay, Los mares y todo lo que en ellos hay. Tú das vida a todos ellos Y el ejército de los cielos se postra ante Ti.

You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

7 T ú eres el Señor Dios Que escogiste a Abram, Lo sacaste de Ur de los Caldeos Y le diste por nombre Abraham.

You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,

8 H allaste fiel su corazón delante de Ti, E hiciste con él un pacto Para dar le la tierra del Cananeo, Del Hitita, del Amorreo, Del Ferezeo, del Jebuseo y del Gergeseo, Para darla a su descendencia. Y has cumplido Tu palabra, porque eres justo.

and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

9 T ú viste la aflicción de nuestros padres en Egipto, Y escuchaste su clamor junto al Mar Rojo.

“You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,

10 E ntonces hiciste señales y maravillas contra Faraón, Contra todos sus siervos y contra todo el pueblo de su tierra; Pues supiste que ellos los trataban con soberbia, Y Te hiciste un nombre como el de hoy.

and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is today.

11 D ividiste el mar delante de ellos, Y pasaron por medio del mar sobre tierra firme; Y echaste en los abismos a sus perseguidores, Como a una piedra en aguas turbulentas.

You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

12 C on columna de nube los guiaste de día, Y con columna de fuego de noche, Para alumbrarles el camino En que debían andar.

Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

13 L uego bajaste sobre el Monte Sinaí, Y desde el cielo hablaste con ellos; Les diste ordenanzas justas y leyes verdaderas, Estatutos y mandamientos buenos.

“You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

14 L es hiciste conocer Tu santo día de reposo, Y les entregaste mandamientos, estatutos y la ley Por medio de Tu siervo Moisés.

and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,

15 L es proveíste pan del cielo para su hambre, Les sacaste agua de la peña para su sed, Y les dijiste que entraran a poseer La tierra que Tú habías jurado darles.

and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought water out of the rock for them for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.

16 P ero ellos, nuestros padres, obraron con soberbia, Fueron tercos y no escucharon Tus mandamientos.

“But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,

17 R ehusaron escuchar, Y no se acordaron de las maravillas que hiciste entre ellos; Fueron tercos y eligieron un jefe para volver a su esclavitud en Egipto. Pero Tú eres un Dios de perdón, Clemente y compasivo, Lento para la ira y abundante en misericordia, Y no los abandonaste.

and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, 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 abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.

18 N i siquiera cuando hicieron Un becerro de metal fundido Y dijeron: ‘Este es tu Dios Que te sacó de Egipto,’ Y cometieron grandes blasfemias,

Yes, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful blasphemies;

19 E n Tu gran compasión, Tú no los abandonaste en el desierto. La columna de nube no los dejó de día Para guiarlos en el camino, Ni la columna de fuego de noche para alumbrarles el camino por donde debían andar.

yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

20 Y diste Tu buen Espíritu para instruirles; No retiraste Tu maná de su boca, Y les diste agua para su sed.

You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

21 P or cuarenta años proveíste para ellos en el desierto y nada les faltó, Sus vestidos no se gastaron ni se hincharon sus pies.

“Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell.

22 T ambién les diste reinos y pueblos, Y se los repartiste con sus límites. Tomaron posesión de la tierra de Sehón, rey de Hesbón, Y la tierra de Og, rey de Basán.

Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

23 M ultiplicaste sus hijos como las estrellas del cielo, Y los llevaste a la tierra Que habías dicho a sus padres que entraran a poseer la.

You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

24 A sí que entraron los hijos y poseyeron la tierra. Y Tú sometiste delante de ellos a los habitantes de la tierra, a los Cananeos, Y los entregaste en su mano, con sus reyes y los pueblos de la tierra, Para hacer con ellos como quisieran.

“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 peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.

25 C apturaron ciudades fortificadas y una tierra fértil. Tomaron posesión de casas llenas de toda cosa buena, Cisternas excavadas, viñas y olivares, Y árboles frutales en abundancia. Comieron, se saciaron, engordaron Y se deleitaron en tu gran bondad.

They took fortified cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

26 P ero fueron desobedientes y se rebelaron contra Ti, Echaron Tu ley a sus espaldas, Mataron a Tus profetas que los amonestaban (les testificaban) Para que se volvieran a Ti; Y cometieron grandes blasfemias.

“Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.

27 E ntonces los entregaste en mano de sus enemigos, que los oprimieron; Pero en el tiempo de su angustia clamaron a Ti, Y Tú escuchaste desde el cielo, y conforme a Tu gran compasión Les diste libertadores que los libraron de mano de sus opresores.

Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.

28 P ero cuando tenían descanso, volvían a hacer lo malo delante de Ti; Por tanto, Tú los abandonabas en mano de sus enemigos para que los dominaran. Cuando clamaban de nuevo a Ti, Tú oías desde el cielo Y muchas veces los rescataste conforme a Tu compasión.

But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,

29 L os amonestaste para que volvieran a Tu ley, Pero ellos obraron con soberbia y no escucharon Tus mandamientos, sino que pecaron contra Tus ordenanzas, Las cuales si el hombre las cumple, por ellas vivirá. Dieron la espalda en rebeldía, fueron tercos y no escucharon.

and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.

30 S in embargo, Tú fuiste paciente con ellos por muchos años, Y los amonestaste con Tu Espíritu por medio de Tus profetas, Pero no prestaron oído. Entonces los entregaste en mano de los pueblos de estas tierras.

Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet would they not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

31 P ero en Tu gran compasión no los Exterminaste ni los abandonaste, Porque Tú eres un Dios clemente y compasivo.

“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

32 A hora pues, Dios nuestro, Dios grande, poderoso y temible, que guardas el pacto y la misericordia, No parezca insignificante ante Ti toda la aflicción Que nos ha sobrevenido, a nuestros reyes, a nuestros príncipes, a nuestros sacerdotes, a nuestros profetas, a nuestros padres y a todo Tu pueblo, Desde los días de los reyes de Asiria hasta el día de hoy.

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail 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 P ero Tú eres justo en todo lo que ha venido sobre nosotros, Porque Tú has obrado fielmente, Pero nosotros, perversamente.

However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;

34 N uestros reyes, nuestros jefes, nuestros sacerdotes y nuestros padres no han observado Tu ley Ni han hecho caso a Tus mandamientos ni a Tus amonestaciones con que los amonestabas.

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 testified against them.

35 P ero ellos en su propio reino, Con los muchos bienes que Tú les diste, Con la espaciosa y rica tierra que pusiste 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 rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

36 P or tanto, hoy somos esclavos, Y en cuanto a la tierra que diste a nuestros padres Para comer de sus frutos y de sus bienes, Ahora somos esclavos en ella.

“Behold, we are servants today, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it.

37 Y su abundante fruto es para los reyes Que Tú pusiste sobre nosotros a causa de nuestros pecados, Los cuales dominan nuestros cuerpos Y nuestros ganados como les place, Y en gran angustia estamos.

It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

38 A causa de todo esto, nosotros hacemos un pacto fiel por escrito; y en el documento sellado están los nombres de nuestros jefes, nuestros Levitas y nuestros sacerdotes.”

Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”