1 E l día veinticuatro del mismo mes se reunieron los hijos de Israel para ayunar, vestidos de ropas ásperas y cubiertos de polvo.

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth and with earth upon their heads.

2 Y a se había apartado la descendencia de Israel de todos los extranjeros; y en pie, confesaron sus pecados y las iniquidades de sus padres.

And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 P uestos de pie en su lugar, leyeron el libro de la ley de Jehová, su Dios, la cuarta parte del día, y durante otra cuarta parte del día confesaron sus pecados y adoraron a Jehová, su Dios.

And they stood in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day, and for another fourth of it they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God.

4 J esúa, Bani, Cadmiel, Sebanías, Buni, Serebías, Bani y Quenani subieron luego al estrado de los levitas y clamaron en voz alta a Jehová, su Dios.

On the stairs of the Levites stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

5 Y esto es lo que dijeron los levitas Jesúa, Cadmiel, Bani, Hasabnías, Serebías, Hodías, Sebanías y Petaías: —Levantaos y bendecid a Jehová, vuestro Dios: »Desde la eternidad y hasta la eternidad sea bendecido tu nombre glorioso, que supera toda bendición y alabanza.

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

6 » Sólo tú eres Jehová. Tú hiciste los cielos, y los cielos de los cielos, con todo su ejército, la tierra y todo lo que está en ella, los mares y todo lo que hay en ellos. Tú vivificas todas estas cosas, y los ejércitos de los cielos te adoran.

You are the Lord, You alone; You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and You preserve them all, and the hosts of heaven worship You.

7 » Tú eres, oh Jehová, el Dios que escogió a Abram; tú lo sacaste de Ur de los caldeos, y le pusiste por nombre Abraham.

You are the Lord, the God Who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees and gave him the name Abraham.

8 H allaste fiel su corazón delante de ti, e hiciste pacto con él para darle la tierra del cananeo, del heteo, del amorreo, del ferezeo, del jebuseo y del gergeseo, para darla a su descendencia; y cumpliste tu palabra, porque eres justo.

You found his heart faithful before You, and You made the covenant with him to give his descendants the land of the Canaanite, Hittite, Amorite, Perizzite, Jebusite, and Girgashite. And You have fulfilled Your promise, for You are just and righteous.

9 » Miraste en Egipto la aflicción de nuestros padres, y oíste el clamor de ellos en el Mar Rojo.

You saw our fathers’ affliction in Egypt, and You heard their cry at the Red Sea.

10 H iciste señales y maravillas contra el faraón, contra todos sus siervos, y contra todo el pueblo de su tierra, porque sabías que habían procedido con soberbia contra ellos; y te hiciste nombre grande como hasta este día.

You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for You knew that they dealt insolently against the Israelites. And You got for Yourself a name, as it is today.

11 D ividiste el mar delante de ellos, y pasaron por medio de él en seco; pero a sus perseguidores echaste en las profundidades, como una piedra en profundas aguas.

You divided the sea before them, so that they went through its midst on dry land; their persecutors You threw into the depths, as a stone into mighty waters.

12 C on columna de nube los guiaste de día, y con columna de fuego de noche, para alumbrarles el camino por donde habían de ir.

Moreover, by a pillar of cloud You led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night to light the way they should go.

13 » Sobre el monte Sinaí descendiste, y hablaste con ellos desde el cielo, y les diste juicios rectos, leyes verdaderas, y estatutos y mandamientos buenos.

You came down also upon Mount Sinai and spoke with them from Heaven and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

14 L es ordenaste guardar tu santo sábado, y por medio de Moisés, tu siervo, les prescribiste la Ley, y mandamientos y estatutos.

And You made known to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments, statutes, and a law through Moses Your servant.

15 » Les diste pan del cielo para saciar su hambre, y para su sed les sacaste aguas de la peña; y les dijiste que entraran a poseer la tierra, por la cual alzaste tu mano y juraste que se la darías.

You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst; and You told them to go in and possess the land You had sworn to give them.

16 M as ellos y nuestros padres fueron soberbios, y endurecieron su cerviz y no escucharon tus mandamientos.

But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their necks, and did not heed Your commandments.

17 N o quisieron oír, ni se acordaron de las maravillas que con ellos hiciste; antes endurecieron su cerviz y, en su rebelión, pensaron poner caudillo para volverse a su servidumbre. Pero tú eres Dios perdonador, clemente y piadoso, tardo para la ira y grande en misericordia, pues no los abandonaste.

They refused to obey, nor were they mindful of Your wonders and miracles which You did among them; but they stiffened their necks and in their rebellion appointed a captain, that they might return to their bondage. But You are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great steadfast love; and You did not forsake them.

18 » Aun cuando hicieron para sí un becerro de fundición y dijeron: “Éste es tu Dios que te hizo subir de Egipto”, y cometieron grandes ofensas,

Even when they had made for themselves a molten calf and said, This is your god, who brought you out of Egypt, and had committed great and contemptible blasphemies,

19 t ú, con todo, por tus muchas misericordias no los abandonaste en el desierto. La columna de nube no se apartó de ellos de día, para guiarlos por el camino, ni de noche la columna de fuego, para alumbrarles el camino por el cual habían de ir.

You in Your great mercy forsook them not in the wilderness; the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night to light the way they should go.

20 » Enviaste tu buen espíritu para enseñarles; no retiraste tu maná de su boca, y agua les diste para su sed.

You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, and withheld not Your manna from them, and gave water for their thirst.

21 L os sustentaste cuarenta años en el desierto; de ninguna cosa tuvieron necesidad; sus vestidos no se envejecieron, ni se hincharon sus pies.

Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.

22 » Les diste reinos y pueblos, y los repartiste por distritos; poseyeron la tierra de Sehón, la tierra del rey de Hesbón, y la tierra de Og, rey de Basán.

Also You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner. So they possessed the land of Sihon 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 de la cual habías dicho a sus padres que habían de entrar a poseerla.

Their children You also multiplied as the stars of heaven and brought them into the land which You told their fathers they should go in and possess.

24 Y los hijos vinieron y poseyeron la tierra, y humillaste delante de ellos a los habitantes del país, a los cananeos, los cuales entregaste en sus manos, igual que a sus reyes y a los pueblos de la tierra, para que hicieran de ellos como quisieran.

So the descendants 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 would.

25 T omaron ciudades fortificadas y tierra fértil, y heredaron casas llenas de todo bien, cisternas hechas, viñas y olivares, y muchos árboles frutales; comieron, se saciaron y engordaron, y se deleitaron en tu gran bondad.

And they captured fortified cities and a rich land and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, olive orchards, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.

26 » Pero te provocaron a ira y se rebelaron contra ti, y echaron tu Ley tras sus espaldas, mataron a tus profetas que los amonestaban a volver a ti, y te ofendieron grandemente.

Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You and cast Your law behind their back and killed Your prophets who accused and warned them to turn to You again; and they committed great and contemptible blasphemies.

27 E ntonces los entregaste en manos de sus enemigos, los cuales los afligieron; pero clamaron a ti en el tiempo de su tribulación, y tú desde los cielos los oíste; y según tu gran misericordia les enviaste libertadores para que los salvaran de manos de sus enemigos.

Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who distressed them. In the time of their suffering when they cried to You, You heard them from heaven, and according to Your abundant mercy You gave them deliverers, who saved them from their enemies.

28 P ero una vez que tenían paz, volvían a hacer lo malo delante de ti, por lo cual los abandonaste en manos de sus enemigos que los dominaron; pero volvían y clamaban otra vez a ti; tú desde los cielos los oías, y según tus misericordias muchas veces los libraste.

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

29 L es amonestaste a que se volvieran a tu Ley; mas ellos se llenaron de soberbia y no oyeron tus mandamientos, sino que pecaron contra tus juicios, los cuales dan vida a quien los cumple; se rebelaron, endurecieron su cerviz y no escucharon.

And reproved and warned them, that You might bring them again to Your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not heed Your commandments, but sinned against Your ordinances, which by keeping, a man shall live. And they turned a stubborn shoulder, stiffened their neck, and would not listen.

30 » Los soportaste por muchos años, y les testificaste con tu espíritu por medio de tus profetas, pero no escucharon; por lo cual los entregaste en manos de los pueblos de la tierra.

Yet You bore with them many years more and reproved and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets; still they would not listen. Therefore You gave them into the power of the peoples of the lands.

31 M as por tus muchas misericordias no los consumiste ni los desamparaste; porque eres Dios clemente y misericordioso.

Yet in Your great mercies You did not utterly consume them or forsake them, for You are a gracious and merciful God.

32 » Ahora pues, Dios nuestro, Dios grande, fuerte, temible, que guardas el pacto y la misericordia, no sea tenido en poco delante de ti todo el sufrimiento que ha alcanzado a nuestros reyes, a nuestros gobernantes, a nuestros sacerdotes, a nuestros profetas, a nuestros padres y a todo tu pueblo, desde los días de los reyes de Asiria hasta este día.

Now therefore, our God, the great, mighty, and terrible God, Who keeps covenant and mercy and loving-kindness, let not all the trouble and hardship seem little to You—the hardship that has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, 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 rectamente has hecho, mas nosotros hemos hecho lo malo.

However, You are just in all that has come upon us; for You have dealt faithfully, but we have done wickedly;

34 N uestros reyes, nuestros gobernantes, nuestros sacerdotes y nuestros padres no pusieron por obra tu Ley, ni atendieron a tus mandamientos ni a los testimonios con que los amonestabas.

Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept Your law or hearkened to Your commandments and Your warnings and reproofs which You gave them.

35 P ero ellos en su reino y en los muchos bienes que les diste, y en la tierra espaciosa y fértil que entregaste delante de ellos, no te sirvieron, ni se convirtieron de sus malas obras.

They did not serve You in their kingdom, and in Your great goodness that You gave them and in the large and rich land You set before them, nor did they turn from their wicked works.

36 » Míranos hoy, convertidos en siervos; somos siervos en la tierra que diste a nuestros padres para que comieran su fruto y su bien.

Behold, we are slaves this day, and as for the land that You gave to our fathers to eat the fruit and the good of it, behold, we are slaves in it.

37 E l fruto de ella se multiplica para los reyes que has puesto sobre nosotros por nuestros pecados, quienes se enseñorean sobre nuestros cuerpos, y sobre nuestros ganados, conforme a su voluntad. ¡En gran angustia estamos! El pueblo se compromete a guardar la Ley

And its rich yield goes to the kings whom You have set over us because of our sins; they have power also over our bodies and over our livestock at their pleasure. And we are in great distress.

38 » A causa, pues, de todo esto, nosotros hacemos fiel promesa, y la escribimos, firmada por nuestros gobernantes, por nuestros levitas y por nuestros sacerdotes.»

Because of all this, we make a firm and sure written covenant, and our princes, Levites, and priests set their seal to it.