1 “ And it shall be, when you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it,

Cuando hayas entrado en la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da por herencia, y tomes posesión de ella y la habites,

2 t hat you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.

entonces tomarás de las primicias de todos los frutos que sacares de la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da, y las pondrás en una canasta, e irás al lugar que Jehová tu Dios escogiere para hacer habitar allí su nombre.

3 A nd you shall go to the one who is priest in those days, and say to him, ‘I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the country which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’

Y te presentarás al sacerdote que hubiere en aquellos días, y le dirás: Declaro hoy a Jehová tu Dios, que he entrado en la tierra que juró Jehová a nuestros padres que nos daría.

4 “ Then the priest shall take the basket out of your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God.

Y el sacerdote tomará la canasta de tu mano, y la pondrá delante del altar de Jehová tu Dios.

5 A nd you shall answer and say before the Lord your God: ‘My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

Entonces hablarás y dirás delante de Jehová tu Dios: Un arameo a punto de perecer fue mi padre, el cual descendió a Egipto y habitó allí con pocos hombres, y allí creció y llegó a ser una nación grande, fuerte y numerosa;

6 B ut the Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us.

y los egipcios nos maltrataron y nos afligieron, y pusieron sobre nosotros dura servidumbre.

7 T hen we cried out to the Lord God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labor and our oppression.

Y clamamos a Jehová el Dios de nuestros padres; y Jehová oyó nuestra voz, y vio nuestra aflicción, nuestro trabajo y nuestra opresión;

8 S o the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders.

y Jehová nos sacó de Egipto con mano fuerte, con brazo extendido, con grande espanto, y con señales y con milagros;

9 H e has brought us to this place and has given us this land, “a land flowing with milk and honey”;

y nos trajo a este lugar, y nos dio esta tierra, tierra que fluye leche y miel.

10 a nd now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which you, O Lord, have given me.’ “Then you shall set it before the Lord your God, and worship before the Lord your God.

Y ahora, he aquí he traído las primicias del fruto de la tierra que me diste, oh Jehová. Y lo dejarás delante de Jehová tu Dios, y adorarás delante de Jehová tu Dios.

11 S o you shall rejoice in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and your house, you and the Levite and the stranger who is among you.

Y te alegrarás en todo el bien que Jehová tu Dios te haya dado a ti y a tu casa, así tú como el levita y el extranjero que está en medio de ti.

12 “ When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year—the year of tithing—and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled,

Cuando acabes de diezmar todo el diezmo de tus frutos en el año tercero, el año del diezmo, darás también al levita, al extranjero, al huérfano y a la viuda; y comerán en tus aldeas, y se saciarán.

13 t hen you shall say before the Lord your God: ‘I have removed the holy tithe from my house, and also have given them to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed Your commandments, nor have I forgotten them.

Y dirás delante de Jehová tu Dios: He sacado lo consagrado de mi casa, y también lo he dado al levita, al extranjero, al huérfano y a la viuda, conforme a todo lo que me has mandado; no he transgredido tus mandamientos, ni me he olvidado de ellos.

14 I have not eaten any of it when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it for an unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that You have commanded me.

No he comido de ello en mi luto, ni he gastado de ello estando yo inmundo, ni de ello he ofrecido a los muertos; he obedecido a la voz de Jehová mi Dios, he hecho conforme a todo lo que me has mandado.

15 L ook down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us, just as You swore to our fathers, “a land flowing with milk and honey.”’ A Special People of God

Mira desde tu morada santa, desde el cielo, y bendice a tu pueblo Israel, y a la tierra que nos has dado, como juraste a nuestros padres, tierra que fluye leche y miel.

16 “ This day the Lord your God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.

Jehová tu Dios te manda hoy que cumplas estos estatutos y decretos; cuida, pues, de ponerlos por obra con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma.

17 T oday you have proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice.

Has declarado solemnemente hoy que Jehová es tu Dios, y que andarás en sus caminos, y guardarás sus estatutos, sus mandamientos y sus decretos, y que escucharás su voz.

18 A lso today the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments,

Y Jehová ha declarado hoy que tú eres pueblo suyo, de su exclusiva posesión, como te lo ha prometido, para que guardes todos sus mandamientos;

19 a nd that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken.”

a fin de exaltarte sobre todas las naciones que hizo, para loor y fama y gloria, y para que seas un pueblo santo a Jehová tu Dios, como él ha dicho.