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Nehemiah 9 Brenton's English Septuagint

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Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel assembled with fasting, and in sackcloths, and with ashes on their head.
1 Y EL día veinticuatro del mismo mes se juntaron los hijos de Israel en ayuno, y con sacos, y tierra sobre sí.
2 And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
2 Y habíase ya apartado la simiente de Israel de todos los extranjeros; y estando [en pie], confesaron sus pecados, y las iniquidades de sus padres.
3 And they stood in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God: and they confessed [their sins] to the Lord, and worshipped the Lord their God.
3 Y puestos de pie en su lugar, leyeron en el libro de la ley de Jehová su Dios la cuarta parte del día, y la cuarta parte confesaron y adoraron á Jehová su Dios.
4 [And] there stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jesus, and the sons of Cadmiel, Sechenia the son of Sarabia, sons of Choneni; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.
4 Levantáronse luego sobre la grada de los Levitas, Jesuá y Bani, Cadmiel, Sebanías, Bunni, Serebías, Bani y Chênani, y clamaron en voz alta á Jehová su Dios.
5 And the Levites, Jesus and Cadmiel, said, Rise up, bless the Lord our God for ever and ever: and let them bless thy glorious name, and exalt it with all blessing and praise.
5 Y dijeron los Levitas, Jesuá y Cadmiel, Bani, Hosabnías, Serebías, Odaías, Sebanías [y] Pethaía: Levantaos, bendecid á Jehová vuestro Dios desde el siglo hasta el siglo: y bendigan el nombre tuyo, glorioso y alto sobre toda bendición y alabanza.
6 And Esdras said, Thou art the only true Lord; thou madest the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all their array, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all things in them; and thou quickenest all things, and the hosts of heaven worship thee.
6 Tú, oh Jehová, eres solo; tú hiciste los cielos, y los cielos de los cielos, y toda su milicia, la tierra y todo lo que está en ella, los mares y todo lo que hay en ellos; y tú vivificas todas estas cosas, y los ejércitos de los cielos te adoran.
7 Thou art the Lord God, thou didst choose Abram, and broughtest him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraam:
7 Tú eres, oh Jehová, el Dios que escogiste á Abram, y lo sacaste de Ur de los Caldeos, y pusístele el nombre Abraham;
8 and thou foundest his heart faithful before thee, and didst make a covenant with him to give to him and to his seed the land of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites; and thou hast confirmed thy words, for thou [art] righteous.
8 Y hallaste fiel su corazón delante de ti, é hiciste con él alianza para darle la tierra del Cananeo, del Hetheo, y del Amorrheo, y del Pherezeo, y del Jebuseo, y del Gergeseo, para darla á su simiente: y cumpliste tu palabra, porque eres justo.
9 And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and thou heardest their cry at the Red Sea.
9 Y miraste la aflicción de nuestros padres en Egipto, y oíste el clamor de ellos en el mar Bermejo;
10 And thou shewedst signs and wonders in Egypt, on Pharao and all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knowest that they behaved insolently against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as at this day.
10 Y diste señales y maravillas en Faraón, y en todos sus siervos, y en todo el pueblo de su tierra; porque sabías que habían hecho soberbiamente contra ellos; é hicístete nombre grande, como este día.
11 And thou didst cleave the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land; and thou didst cast into the deep them that were about to pursue them, as a stone in the mighty water.
11 Y dividiste la mar delante de ellos, y pasaron por medio de ella en seco; y á sus perseguidores echaste en los profundos, como una piedra en grandes aguas.
12 And thou guidedst them by day by a pillar of cloud, and by night by a pillar of fire, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.
12 Y con columna de nube los guiaste de día, y con columna de fuego de noche, para alumbrarles el camino por donde habían de ir.
13 Also thou camest down upon mount Sina, and thou spakest to them out of heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and laws of truth, ordinances, and good commandments.
13 Y sobre el monte de Sinaí descendiste, y hablaste con ellos desde el cielo, y dísteles juicios rectos, leyes verdaderas, y estatutos y mandamientos buenos:
14 And thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath; thou didst enjoin upon them commandments, and ordinances, and a law, by the hand of thy servant Moses.
14 Y notificásteles el sábado tuyo santo, y les prescribiste, por mano de Moisés tu siervo, mandamientos y estatutos y ley.
15 And thou gavest them bread from heaven for their food, and thou broughtest them forth water from a rock for their thirst; and thou badest them go in to inherit the land over which thou stretchedst out thy hand to give [it] them.
15 Y dísteles pan del cielo en su hambre, y en su sed les sacaste aguas de la piedra; y dijísteles que entrasen á poseer la tierra, por la cual alzaste tu mano que se la habías de dar.
16 But they and our fathers behaved proudly, and hardened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,
16 Mas ellos y nuestros padres hicieron soberbiamente, y endurecieron su cerviz, y no escucharon tus mandamientos,
17 and refused to listen, and remembered not thy wonders which thou wroughtest with them; and they hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt: but thou, O God, [art] merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and thou didst not forsake them.
17 Y no quisieron oir, ni se acordaron de tus maravillas que habías hecho con ellos; antes endurecieron su cerviz, y en su rebelión pensaron poner caudillo para volverse á su servidumbre. Tú empero, eres Dios de perdones, clemente y piadoso, tardo para la ira, y de mucha misericordia, que no los dejaste.
18 And still farther they even made to themselves a molten calf, and said, These [are] the gods that brought us up out of Egypt: and they wrought great provocations.
18 Además, cuando hicieron para sí becerro de fundición, y dijeron: Este es tu Dios que te hizo subir de Egipto; y cometieron grandes abominaciones;
19 Yet thou in thy great compassions didst not forsake them in the wilderness: thou didst not turn away from them the pillar of the cloud by day, to guide them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.
19 Tú, 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 la columna de fuego de noche, para alumbrarles el camino por el cual habían de ir.
20 And thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them, and thou didst not withhold thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water in their thirst.
20 Y diste tu espíritu bueno para enseñarlos, y no retiraste tu maná de su boca, y agua les diste en su sed.
21 And thou didst sustain them forty years in the wilderness; thou didst not allow anything to fail them: their garments did not wax old, and their feet were not bruised.
21 Y sustentástelos cuarenta años en el desierto; de ninguna cosa tuvieron necesidad: sus vestidos no se envejecieron, ni se hincharon sus pies.
22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms, and didst divide nations to them: and they inherited the land of Seon king of Esebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.
22 Y dísteles reinos y pueblos, y los distribuiste por cantones: y poseyeron la tierra de Sehón, y la tierra del rey de Hesbón, y la tierra de Og rey de Basán.
23 And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land of which thou spokest to their fathers;
23 Y multiplicaste sus hijos como las estrellas del cielo, y metístelos en la tierra, de la cual habías dicho á sus padres que habían de entrar á poseerla.
24 and they inherited it: and thou didst destroy from before them the dwellers in the land of the Chananites, and thou gavest into their hands them and their kings, and the nations of the land, to do unto them as it pleased them.
24 Y los hijos vinieron y poseyeron la tierra, y humillaste delante de ellos á los moradores del país, á los Cananeos, los cuales entregaste en su mano, y á sus reyes, y á los pueblos de la tierra, para que hiciesen de ellos á su voluntad.
25 And they took lofty cities, and inherited houses full of all good things, wells dug, vineyards, and oliveyards, and every fruit tree in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and grew fat, and rioted in thy great goodness.
25 Y tomaron ciudades fortalecidas, y tierra pingüe, y heredaron casas llenas de todo bien, cisternas hechas, viñas y olivares, y muchos árboles de comer; y comieron, y hartáronse, y engrosáronse, y deleitáronse en tu grande bondad.
26 But they turned, and revolted from thee, and cast thy law behind their backs; and they slew thy prophets, who testified against them to turn them back to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
26 Empero [te] irritaron, y rebeláronse contra ti, y echaron tu ley tras sus espaldas, y mataron tus profetas que protestaban contra ellos para convertirlos á ti; é hicieron grandes abominaciones.
27 Then thou gavest them into the hand of them that afflicted them, and they did afflict them: and they cried to thee in the time of their affliction, and thou didst hear them from thy heaven, and in thy great compassions gavest them deliverers, and didst save them from the hand of them that afflicted them.
27 Y entregástelos en mano de sus enemigos, los cuales los afligieron: y en el tiempo de su tribulación clamaron á ti, y tú desde los cielos los oíste; y según tus muchas miseraciones les dabas salvadores, que los salvasen de mano de sus enemigos.
28 But when they rested, they did evil again before thee: so thou leftest them in the hands of their enemies, and they ruled over them: and they cried again to thee, and thou heardest [them] from heaven, and didst deliver them in thy great compassions.
28 Mas en teniendo reposo, se volvían á hacer lo malo delante de ti; por lo cual los dejaste en mano de sus enemigos, que se enseñorearon de ellos: pero convertidos clamaban otra vez á ti, y tú desde los cielos los oías, y según tus miseraciones muchas veces los libraste.
29 And thou didst testify against them, to bring them back to thy law: but they hearkened not, but sinned against thy commandments and thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them; and they turned their back, and hardened their neck, and heard not.
29 Y protestásteles que se volviesen á tu ley; mas ellos hicieron soberbiamente, y no oyeron tus mandamientos, sino que pecaron contra tus juicios, los cuales si el hombre hiciere, en ellos vivirá; y dieron hombro renitente, y endurecieron su cerviz, y no escucharon.
30 Yet thou didst bear long with them many years, and didst testify to them by thy Spirit by the hand of thy prophets: but they hearkened not; so thou gavest them into the hand of the nations of the land.
30 Y alargaste sobre ellos muchos años, y protestásteles con tu espíritu por mano de tus profetas, mas no escucharon; por lo cual los entregaste en mano de los pueblos de la tierra.
31 But thou in thy many mercies didst not appoint them to destruction, and didst not forsake them; for thou art strong, and merciful, and pitiful.
31 Empero por tus muchas misericordias no los consumiste, ni los dejaste; porque eres Dios clemente y misericordioso.
32 And now, O our God, the powerful, the great, the mighty, and the terrible, keeping thy covenant and thy mercy, let not all the trouble seem little in thy sight which has come upon us, and our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and upon all thy people, from the days of the kings of Assur even to this day.
32 Ahora pues, Dios nuestro, Dios grande, fuerte, terrible, que guardas el pacto y la misericordia, no sea tenido en poco delante de ti todo el trabajo que nos ha alcanzado á nuestros reyes, á nuestros príncipes, á nuestros sacerdotes, y á nuestros profetas, y á nuestros padres, y á todo tu pueblo, desde los días de los reyes de Asiria hasta este día.
33 But thou [art] righteous in all the things that come upon us; for thou hast wrought faithfully, but we have greatly sinned.
33 Tú empero eres justo en todo lo que ha venido sobre nosotros; porque rectamente has hecho, mas nosotros hemos hecho lo malo:
34 And our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, and have not given heed to thy commandments, and [have not kept] thy testimonies which thou didst testify to them.
34 Y nuestros reyes, nuestros príncipes, nuestros sacerdotes, y nuestros padres, no pusieron por obra tu ley, ni atendieron á tus mandamientos y á tus testimonios, con que les protestabas.
35 And they did not serve thee in thy kingdom, and in thy great goodness which thou gavest to them, and in the large and fat land which thou didst furnish before them, and they turned not from their evil devices.
35 Y ellos en su reino y en tu mucho bien que les diste, y en la tierra espaciosa y pingüe que entregaste delante de ellos, no te sirvieron, ni se convirtieron de sus malas obras.
36 Behold, we are servants this day, and [as for] the land which thou gavest to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good things of it, behold, we are servants upon it:
36 He aquí que hoy somos siervos, henos aquí, siervos en la tierra que diste á nuestros padres para que comiesen su fruto y su bien.
37 and its produce [is] abundant for the kings whom thou didst appoint over us because of our sins; and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, as it pleases them, and we are in great affliction.
37 Y se multiplica su fruto para los reyes que has puesto sobre nosotros por nuestros pecados, quienes se enseñorean sobre nuestros cuerpos, y sobre nuestras bestias, conforme á su voluntad, y estamos en grande angustia. 38 A causa pues de todo eso nosotros hacemos fiel alianza, y la escribimos, signada de nuestros príncipes, de nuestros Levitas, y de nuestros sacerdotes.
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  1. 1 Ezra 8:23; Nehemiah 8:2; Joshua 7:6; Acts 13:2–3; 1 Samuel 4:12
  2. 2 Nehemiah 13:3; Daniel 9:3–10; Ezra 10:11; Nehemiah 13:30; Daniel 9:20
  3. 3 Nehemiah 8:3–4; Nehemiah 8:7–8
  4. 4 Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 12:8; 2 Chronicles 20:19; Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:9–13
  5. 5 Psalm 103:1–2; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 1 Peter 1:3; Psalm 106:2; Matthew 11:25
  6. 6 Isaiah 37:16; Genesis 1:1; Revelation 4:11; Deuteronomy 10:14; Deuteronomy 6:4
  7. 7 Genesis 11:31; Genesis 17:5; Isaiah 51:2; Acts 7:2–4; Deuteronomy 10:15
  8. 8 Hebrews 6:18; Genesis 15:18–21; Genesis 15:6; Joshua 23:14; Genesis 12:7
  9. 9 Exodus 3:7–9; Exodus 2:25; Exodus 14:10–14; Exodus 3:16; Acts 7:34
  10. 10 Daniel 9:15; Jeremiah 32:20; Exodus 5:2; Exodus 14:1–31; Isaiah 63:12
  11. 11 Psalm 78:13; Exodus 14:21–22; Exodus 14:27–28; Isaiah 63:11–13; Psalm 66:6
  12. 12 Exodus 13:21–22; Nehemiah 9:19; Psalm 107:7; Psalm 78:14; Psalm 105:39
  13. 13 Psalm 119:160; Exodus 20:1; Exodus 19:11; Psalm 119:127–128; Ezekiel 20:11–13
  14. 14 Exodus 20:8–11; Genesis 2:3; Ezekiel 20:12; Ezekiel 20:20; Exodus 16:29
  15. 15 1 Corinthians 10:3–4; Deuteronomy 1:8; Exodus 17:6; Exodus 16:14–15; Exodus 16:4
  16. 16 Nehemiah 9:29; Psalm 81:11–14; Hebrews 3:15; Deuteronomy 31:27; Nehemiah 9:10
  17. 17 Joel 2:13; Psalm 86:5; Psalm 145:8–9; Psalm 86:15; Exodus 34:6–7
  18. 18 Psalm 106:19–23; Exodus 32:4–8; Exodus 32:31–32; Ezekiel 20:7–44; Deuteronomy 9:12–16
  19. 19 Psalm 106:45; Nehemiah 9:27; Malachi 3:6; Nehemiah 9:12; Numbers 14:14
  20. 20 Psalm 143:10; Numbers 11:17; Isaiah 63:11–14; John 4:10; 2 Peter 1:21
  21. 21 Deuteronomy 2:7; Deuteronomy 8:4; Deuteronomy 29:5; Psalm 34:10; Numbers 14:33–34
  22. 22 Numbers 21:21–35; Psalm 105:44; Joshua 11:23; Psalm 78:65; Deuteronomy 3:1–17
  23. 23 Genesis 22:17; Genesis 15:5; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 12:7
  24. 24 Joshua 18:1; Joshua 21:43; 1 Chronicles 22:18; Psalm 44:2–3; Joshua 11:23
  25. 25 Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 3:5; Nehemiah 9:35; 1 Kings 8:66; Deuteronomy 32:13
  26. 26 1 Kings 14:9; Judges 2:11–12; Nehemiah 9:18; Acts 7:52; 1 Kings 19:10
  27. 27 Psalm 106:41–45; 2 Kings 14:27; Daniel 9:10–14; 2 Kings 13:5; Judges 2:18
  28. 28 Judges 5:31–6:1; 1 Kings 8:33–34; 1 Kings 8:39; Judges 4:1; Judges 3:11–12
  29. 29 Nehemiah 9:16; Leviticus 18:5; Nehemiah 9:26; Nehemiah 9:10; James 4:6–10
  30. 30 Romans 2:4; 2 Chronicles 36:15–16; Isaiah 63:10; Isaiah 42:24; Acts 7:51
  31. 31 Lamentations 3:22; Psalm 103:8–9; Nehemiah 9:17; Jeremiah 4:27; Exodus 34:6–7
  32. 32 Deuteronomy 7:9; Nehemiah 1:5; Daniel 9:4; Daniel 9:8; Micah 7:18–20
  33. 33 Psalm 106:6; Daniel 9:5–14; Genesis 18:25; Job 34:23; Psalm 119:137
  34. 34 Jeremiah 29:19; 2 Kings 17:13; Deuteronomy 31:21; 2 Kings 17:15; Nehemiah 9:30
  35. 35 Deuteronomy 28:47; Deuteronomy 32:12–15; Jeremiah 5:19; Deuteronomy 8:7–10; Deuteronomy 31:21
  36. 36 Ezra 9:9; Deuteronomy 28:48; 2 Chronicles 12:8
  37. 37 Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy 28:48; Ezra 7:24; Deuteronomy 28:39; Nehemiah 5:8

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  1. Quotes verse 9:20 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XVI)

    And Ezra says, Thou gavest also Thy good Spirit to instruct them.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)