Nehemiah · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Nehemiah 13 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 In that day they read in the book of Moses in the ears of the people; and it was found written in it, that the Ammonites and Moabites should not enter into the congregation of God forever;
1 AQUEL día se leyó en el libro de Moisés oyéndolo el pueblo, y fué hallado en él escrito, que los Ammonitas y Moabitas no debían entrar jamás en la congregación de Dios;
2 because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them: but our God turned the curse into a blessing.
2 Por cuanto no salieron á recibir á los hijos de Israel con pan y agua, antes alquilaron á Balaam contra ellos, para que los maldijera: mas nuestro Dios volvió la maldición en bendición.
3 And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they were separated, [even] every alien in Israel.
3 Y fué que, como oyeron la ley, apartaron de Israel toda mistura.
4 And before this time Eliashib the priest dwelt in the treasury of the house of our God, connected with Tobiah;
4 Y antes de esto, Eliasib sacerdote, siendo superintendente de la cámara de la casa de nuestro Dios, había emparentado con Tobías,
5 and he made himself a great treasury, and there they were formerly in the habit of bestowing the offerings, and the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the oil, the ordered portion of the Levites, and singers, and porters; and the firstfruits of the priests.
5 Y le había hecho una grande cámara, en la cual guardaban antes las ofrendas, y el perfume, y los vasos, y el diezmo del grano, y del vino y del aceite, que estaba mandado [dar] á los Levitas, á los cantores, y á los porteros; y la ofrenda de los sacerdotes.
6 But in all this [time] I was not in Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king, and after a certain time I made my request of the king;
6 Mas á todo esto, yo no estaba en Jerusalem; porque el año treinta y dos de Artajerjes rey de Babilonia, vine al rey; y al cabo de días fuí enviado del rey.
7 and I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the mischief which Eliashib had done in the case of Tobiah, in making for him a treasury in the court of the house of God.
7 Y venido á Jerusalem, entendí el mal que había hecho Eliasib en atención á Tobías, haciendo para él cámara en los patios de la casa de Dios.
8 And it appeared very evil to me: so I cast forth all the furniture of the house of Tobiah from the treasury.
8 Y dolióme en gran manera; y eché todas las alhajas de la casa de Tobías fuera de la cámara;
9 And I gave orders, and they purified the treasuries: and I restored thither the vessels of the house of God, [and] the offerings, and the frankincense.
9 Y dije que limpiasen las cámaras, é hice volver allí las alhajas de la casa de Dios, las ofrendas y el perfume.
10 And I understood that the portion of the Levites had not been given: and they had fled every one to his field, the Levites and the singers doing the work.
10 Entendí asimismo que las partes de los Levitas no se les habían dado; y que los Levitas y cantores que hacían el servicio se habían huído cada uno á su heredad.
11 And I strove with the commanders, and said, Wherefore has the house of God been abandoned? and I assembled them, and set them in their place.
11 Y reprendí á los magistrados, y dije: ¿Por qué está la casa de Dios abandonada? Y juntélos, y púselos en su lugar.
12 And all Judah brought a tithe of the wheat and the wine and the oil into the treasuries,
12 Y todo Judá trajo el diezmo del grano, del vino y del aceite, á los almacenes.
13 to the charge of Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites: and next to them [was] Hanan the son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah; for they were accounted faithful: [it was] their office to distribute to their brethren.
13 Y puse por sobrestantes de ellos á Selemías sacerdote, y á Sadoc escriba, y de los Levitas, á Pedaías; y á mano de ellos Hanán hijo de Zaccur, hijo de Mathanías: pues que eran tenidos por fieles, y de ellos era el repartir á sus hermanos.
14 Remember me, O God, in this, and let not my kindness be forgotten which I have wrought in [regard to] the house of the Lord God.
14 Acuérdate de mí, oh Dios, en orden á esto, y no raigas mis misericordias que hice en la casa de mi Dios, y en sus observancias.
15 In those days I saw in Judah [men] treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and loading asses with both wine, and grapes, and figs, and every [kind of] burden, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day:
15 En aquellos días ví en Judá algunos que pisaban en lagares el sábado, y que acarreaban haces, y cargaban asnos con vino, y también de uvas, de higos, y toda suerte de carga, y traían á Jerusalem en día de sábado; y protesté[les] acerca del día que vendían el mantenimiento.
16 and I testified in the day of their sale. Also there dwelt in it [men] bringing fish, and selling every [kind of] merchandise to the children of Judah and in Jerusalem on the Sabbath.
16 También estaban en ella Tirios que traían pescado y toda mercadería, y vendían en sábado á los hijos de Judá en Jerusalem.
17 And I strove with the free children of Judah, and said to them, What [is] this evil thing which ye do, and profane the Sabbath day?
17 Y reprendí á los señores de Judá, y díjeles: ¿Qué mala cosa es esta que vosotros hacéis, profanando así el día del sábado?
18 Did not your fathers thus, and our God brought upon them and upon us and upon this city all these evils? and do ye bring additional wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath?
18 ¿No hicieron así vuestros padres, y trajo nuestro Dios sobre nosotros todo este mal, y sobre esta ciudad? ¿Y vosotros añadís ira sobre Israel profanando el sábado?
19 And it came to pass, when the gates were set up in Jerusalem, before the Sabbath, that I spoke, and they shut the gates; and I gave orders that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath: and I set [some] of my servants at the gates, that none should bring [in] burdens on the Sabbath day.
19 Sucedió pues, que cuando iba oscureciendo á las puertas de Jerusalem antes del sábado, dije que se cerrasen las puertas, y ordené que no las abriesen hasta después del sábado; y puse á las puertas algunos de mis criados, para que en día de sábado no entrasen carga.
20 So all [the merchants] lodged, and carried on traffic without Jerusalem once or twice.
20 Y quedáronse fuera de Jerusalem una y dos veces los negociantes, y los que vendían toda especie de mercancía.
21 Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye lodge in front of the wall? if ye do so again, I will stretch out my hand upon you. From that time they came not on the Sabbath.
21 Y protestéles, y díjeles: ¿Por qué os quedáis vosotros delante del muro? Si lo hacéis otra vez, os echaré mano. Desde entonces no vinieron en sábado.
22 And I told the Levites who were purifying themselves, and came and kept the gates, that they should sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember me, O God, for these things, and spare me according to the abundance of thy mercy.
22 Y dije á los Levitas que se purificasen, y viniesen á guardar las puertas, para santificar el día del sábado. También por esto acuérdate de mí, Dios mío, y perdóname según la muchedumbre de tu misericordia.
23 And in those days I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:
23 Ví asimismo en aquellos días Judíos que habían tomado mujeres de Asdod, Ammonitas, y Moabitas:
24 and their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and did not know how to speak in the Jewish language.
24 Y sus hijos la mitad hablaban asdod, y conforme á la lengua de cada pueblo; que no sabían hablar judaico.
25 And I strove with them and cursed them; and I smote some of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters to their sons, and ye shall not take of their daughters to your sons.
25 Y reñí con ellos, y maldíjelos, y herí algunos de ellos, y arranquéles los cabellos, y juramentélos, [diciendo]: No daréis vuestras hijas á sus hijos, y no tomaréis de sus hijas para vuestros hijos, ó para vosotros.
26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin thus? though there was no king like him among many nations, and he was beloved of God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women turned him aside.
26 ¿No pecó por esto Salomón, rey de Israel? Bien que en muchas gentes no hubo rey como él, que era amado de su Dios y Dios lo había puesto por rey sobre todo Israel, aun á él hicieron pecar las mujeres extranjeras.
27 So we will not hearken to you to do all this evil, to break covenant with our God—to marry strange wives.
27 ¿Y obedeceremos á vosotros para cometer todo este mal tan grande de prevaricar contra nuestro Dios, tomando mujeres extranjeras?
28 And Eliashib the high priest, [one] of the sons of Jehoiada, [being] son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite, I chased him away from me.
28 Y uno de los hijos de Joiada hijo de Eliasib el gran sacerdote, era yerno de Sanballat Horonita: ahuyentélo por tanto de mí.
29 Remember them, O God, for their [false] connection with the priesthood, and [the breaking] the covenant of the priesthood, and [for defiling] the Levites.
29 Acuérdate de ellos, Dios mío, contra los que contaminan el sacerdocio, y el pacto del sacerdocio y de los Levitas.
30 So I purged them from all foreign connection, and established courses for the priests and the Levites, [every] man according to his work.
30 Limpiélos pues de todo extranjero, y puse á los sacerdotes y Levitas por [sus] clases, á cada uno en su obra;
31 And the offering of the wood bearers [was] at certain set times, and in the [times of the] firstfruits. Remember me, O our God, for good.
31 Y para la ofrenda de la leña en los tiempos señalados, y para las primicias. Acuérdate de mí, Dios mío, para bien.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Hanan
Son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, appointed with Shelemiah, Zadok and Pedaiah to distribute supplies to the Levites because they were trustworthy.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 13:13
Joiada
Son of Eliashib and father of Jonathan; Neh 13:28 (Jehoiada) says one of his sons became Sanballat’s son-in-law and Nehemiah drove him away.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 12:10; Nehemiah 12:22; Nehemiah 13:28
Mattaniah
Pedaiah
Levite appointed by Nehemiah as a treasurer over the storerooms.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 13:13
Shelemiah
Priest appointed by Nehemiah as a treasurer over the storerooms.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 13:13
Zaccur
Son of Mattaniah and father of Hanan the storeroom assistant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 13:13
Zadok
Scribe appointed by Nehemiah as a treasurer over the storerooms.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 13:13
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 23:3–5; Nehemiah 9:3; Deuteronomy 31:11–12; Nehemiah 13:23; Ezekiel 25:1–11
- 2 Deuteronomy 23:5; Joshua 24:9–10; Psalm 109:28; Micah 6:5; Matthew 25:40
- 3 Nehemiah 9:2; Exodus 12:38; Nehemiah 10:28; Numbers 11:4; James 1:27
- 4 Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 13:28; Nehemiah 6:17–18; Nehemiah 12:10
- 5 Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 10:38; Numbers 18:21–24; 2 Chronicles 34:11
- 6 Nehemiah 5:14; Nehemiah 2:5–6; Ezra 6:22; 2 Chronicles 24:17–18; Matthew 13:25
- 7 Nehemiah 13:5; Matthew 21:12–13; Nehemiah 13:1; Lamentations 1:10; Acts 21:28–29
- 8 Ezra 10:1; Psalm 69:9; Mark 11:15–17; John 2:13–17; Ezra 9:3–4
- 9 2 Chronicles 29:5; Nehemiah 12:45; 2 Chronicles 29:15–19
- 10 Nehemiah 10:37; Malachi 3:8; Nehemiah 12:47; Nehemiah 12:28–29; Malachi 1:6–14
- 11 Nehemiah 10:39; Nehemiah 13:17; Nehemiah 13:25; Job 31:34; Proverbs 28:4
- 12 Nehemiah 10:37–39; Malachi 3:10; Nehemiah 12:44; Deuteronomy 14:22; Leviticus 27:30
- 13 Nehemiah 7:2; 2 Kings 22:7; Acts 6:3; 1 Corinthians 4:2; Acts 6:1
- 14 Psalm 122:6–9; Hebrews 6:10; Nehemiah 13:31; Nehemiah 13:22; 2 Chronicles 31:20–21
- 15 Nehemiah 10:31; Exodus 34:21; Nehemiah 13:21; Isaiah 58:13; Exodus 20:8–11
- 16 Exodus 23:12; Deuteronomy 5:14
- 17 Nehemiah 13:11; Nehemiah 13:25; Jeremiah 22:2–23; Micah 3:9; Psalm 82:1–2
- 18 Jeremiah 17:21–23; Ezekiel 23:26; Joshua 22:17–18; Ezra 9:13–15; Jeremiah 44:9
- 19 Leviticus 23:32; Exodus 31:14–17; Jeremiah 17:19–22
- 21 Romans 13:3–4; Ezra 7:26; 1 Peter 2:14; Nehemiah 13:15
- 22 Nehemiah 12:30; Nehemiah 13:14; Nehemiah 13:31; Psalm 130:3–4; Isaiah 38:3
- 23 Ezra 9:1–2; Nehemiah 10:30; Ezra 10:10; Nehemiah 13:1; 2 Corinthians 6:14
- 24 Zephaniah 3:9
- 25 Deuteronomy 7:3; Nehemiah 10:29–30; Nehemiah 13:17; Ezra 10:5; Nehemiah 5:13
- 26 1 Kings 11:1–8; 1 Kings 3:13; Ecclesiastes 7:26; 2 Chronicles 1:12; 2 Samuel 12:24–25
- 27 Ezra 10:2; 1 Samuel 30:24
- 28 Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 6:17–19; Nehemiah 12:10; Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:22
- 29 Nehemiah 6:14; Numbers 16:9–10; Malachi 2:4–8; Numbers 25:12–13; Leviticus 21:1–7
- 30 Nehemiah 10:30; Nehemiah 12:1–26; 1 Chronicles 23:1–26
- 31 Nehemiah 13:14; Nehemiah 13:22; Psalm 106:4; Psalm 26:8–9; Nehemiah 10:34
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences