Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Nehemías 1
1Relato de Nehemías, hijo de Hacalías. En el mes Kislev del año vigésimo, estando yo en el palacio de Susa, The words of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. And it happened that, in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, I was in the capital city of Susa.2vino Hananí, uno de mis hermanos, con algunos hombres de Judá. Yo les pregunté por los judíos liberados, los sobrevivientes del cautiverio, y por Jerusalén; And Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived, he and some men of Judah. And I questioned them about the Jews who had remained and were left behind from the captivity, and about Jerusalem.3y ellos me contestaron: “Los que han quedado, los sobrevivientes del cautiverio, viven allá en la provincia en gran miseria y oprobio; y las murallas de Jerusalén se hallan en ruinas y sus puertas consumidas por el fuego.” And they said to me: “Those who have remained and have been left behind from the captivity, there in the province, are in great affliction and in disgrace. And the wall of Jerusalem has been broken apart, and its gates have been burned with fire.”4Cuando oí estas palabras, me senté y me puse a llorar; e hice duelo algunos días, ayunando y orando delante del Dios del cielo. And when I had heard this manner of words, I sat down, and I wept and mourned for many days. I fasted and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.5Y dije: “Te ruego, oh Yahvé, Dios del cielo, Dios grande y terrible, que guardas la alianza y la misericordia con los que te aman y observan tus mandamientos; And I said: “I beg you, O Lord, God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love you and who keep your commandments:6préstenme atención tus oídos, y ábranse tus ojos, para escuchar la oración que yo, siervo tuyo, elevo ahora delante de Ti, día y noche, por tus siervos, los hijos de Israel, a la vez que confieso los pecados de los hijos de Israel, cometidos por nosotros contra Ti; porque yo y la casa de mi padre hemos pecado. may your ears be attentive, and may your eyes be open, so that you may hear the prayer of your servant, which I am praying before you today, night and day, for the sons of Israel, your servants. And I am confessing the sins of the sons of Israel, which they have sinned against you. We have sinned, I and my father’s house.7Te hemos ofendido gravemente; no hemos guardado los mandamientos, las leyes y los preceptos que Tú prescribiste a tu siervo Moisés. We have been seduced by vanity. And we have not kept your commandments and ceremonies and judgments, which you have instructed to your servant Moses.8Acuérdate, te ruego, de la palabra que intimaste a Moisés, tu siervo, diciendo: Si fuereis infieles, os esparciré entre las naciones; Remember the word which you commanded to your servant Moses, saying: ‘When you will have transgressed, I will disperse you among the nations.9si, en cambio, os convirtiereis a Mí, guardando mis mandamientos y poniéndolos por obra, reuniré a tus desterrados, aunque estuvieran en el punto más extremo del cielo, y los llevaré al lugar que he escogido para que habite allí mi Nombre. But if you will return to me, and keep my precepts, and do them, even if you will have been led away to the furthest reaches of the heavens, I will gather you from there, and I will lead you back to the place that I have chosen so that my name would dwell there.’10Pues siervos tuyos son, y pueblo tuyo, que Tú redimiste con tu gran poder y con tu fuerte mano. And these same are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great strength and by your powerful hand.11Te ruego, oh Señor, que prestes atento oído a la oración de tu siervo, y a la plegaria de tus siervos que se complacen en temer tu nombre. Da ahora éxito a tu siervo, y concédele que halle gracia delante de este hombre”; pues era yo entonces copero del rey. I beg you, O Lord, may your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who are willing to fear your name. And so, guide your servant today, and grant to him mercy before this man.” For I was the cupbearer of the king.