1 » Cuando hayas entrado en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da en posesión, y la hayas tomado y habites en ella,

It shall be, when you have come in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, possess it, and dwell in it,

2 t omarás una parte de todos los primeros frutos que obtengas de la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da, la pondrás en una canasta, y te dirigirás al lugar que el Señor tu Dios escoja como residencia de su nombre.

that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you. You shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

3 T e presentarás ante el sacerdote que en esos días esté en funciones, y le dirás: “Hoy declaro, ante el Señor tu Dios, que he entrado en la tierra que el Señor juró dar a nuestros padres.”

You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, “I profess today to Yahweh your God, that I have come to the land which Yahweh swore to our fathers to give us.”

4 E l sacerdote recibirá de tu mano la canasta y la colocará ante el altar del Señor tu Dios.

The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of Yahweh your God.

5 E ntonces tomarás la palabra, y delante del Señor tu Dios dirás: “Un arameo errante fue mi padre. Con pocos hombres emigró a Egipto, y allí se quedó a vivir. Y allí creció y llegó a ser una nación grande, fuerte y numerosa.

You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

6 L os egipcios nos maltrataron, nos oprimieron, y nos impusieron una cruel esclavitud.

The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.

7 P ero clamamos al Señor, el Dios de nuestros padres, y el Señor oyó nuestra voz, y vio nuestra aflicción, nuestros pesados trabajos y nuestra opresión.

Then we cried to Yahweh, the God of our fathers. Yahweh heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.

8 E ntonces el Señor nos sacó de Egipto con mano fuerte y brazo extendido, y con señales y portentos que causaban terror,

Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs, and with wonders;

9 y nos trajo a este lugar, y nos dio esta tierra, ¡tierra que fluye leche y miel!

and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

10 P or eso ahora vengo aquí, con los primeros frutos de la tierra que tú, Señor, me diste.” »Todo eso lo pondrás delante del Señor tu Dios, y delante de él te postrarás.

Now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, Yahweh, have given me.” You shall set it down before Yahweh your God, and worship before Yahweh your God.

11 D espués de eso, tú y tu familia, y los levitas y extranjeros que convivan contigo, harán fiesta por todo el bien que el Señor tu Dios te haya dado.

You shall rejoice in all the good which Yahweh your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the foreigner who is among you.

12 » Cuando en el año tercero, que es el año del diezmo, hayas apartado la décima parte de tus frutos, la repartirás entre los levitas, extranjeros, huérfanos y viudas que haya en tus aldeas, para que coman hasta quedar satisfechos.

When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled.

13 E ntonces dirás delante del Señor tu Dios: “Todo lo consagrado a ti lo he sacado de mi casa, y se lo he dado a los levitas y extranjeros, y a los huérfanos y a las viudas, conforme a todo lo que me has mandado. No he desobedecido tus mandamientos, ni los he olvidado.

You shall say before Yahweh your God, “I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them.

14 N o comí nada de ello mientras estuve de luto, ni lo consumí mientras estaba yo impuro. Tampoco ofrecí nada de ello a los muertos. Más bien, mi Señor y Dios, he obedecido tu voz y he cumplido con todo lo que me has mandado.

I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor given of it for the dead. I have listened to Yahweh my God’s voice. I have done according to all that you have commanded me.

15 D ígnate asomarte desde el cielo, desde tu santa mansión, y bendice a Israel, que es tu pueblo, y bendice la tierra que nos has dado, tierra que fluye leche y miel, tal y como se lo juraste a nuestros padres.”

Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

16 » Este día el Señor tu Dios te manda que cumplas estos estatutos y decretos. Ten cuidado de ponerlos por obra con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma.

Today Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart and with all your soul.

17 E ste día declaras solemnemente que el Señor es tu Dios, que andarás en sus caminos y cumplirás sus estatutos, mandamientos y decretos, y que obedecerás su voz.

You have declared today that Yahweh is your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice.

18 E ste día el Señor declara que tú eres su pueblo, su posesión exclusiva, tal y como te lo ha prometido. Así que cumple todos sus mandamientos;

Yahweh has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments.

19 y exáltalo sobre todas las naciones que él ha creado, para que seas un pueblo santo al Señor tu Dios, digno de alabanza, renombre y gloria, como él lo ha dicho.»

He will make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.