Nehemiah · Catholic Public Domain Version
Nehemiah 5 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 And there occurred a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers, the Jews.
1 ENTONCES fué grande el clamor del pueblo y de sus mujeres contra los Judíos sus hermanos.
2 And there were those who were saying: “Our sons and our daughters are very many. Let us receive grain as a price for them, and then we may eat and live.”
2 Y había quien decía: Nosotros, nuestros hijos y nuestras hijas, somos muchos: hemos por tanto tomado grano para comer y vivir.
3 And there were those who were saying: “Let us offer up our fields and vineyards, and our houses, and then we may receive grain during the famine.”
3 Y había quienes decían: Hemos empeñado nuestras tierras, y nuestras viñas, y nuestras casas, para comprar grano en el hambre.
4 And others were saying: “Let us borrow money for the tribute of the king, and let us surrender our fields and vineyards.”
4 Y había quienes decían: Hemos tomado prestado dinero para el tributo del rey, sobre nuestras tierras y viñas.
5 “And now, as is the flesh of our brothers, so is our flesh; and as are their sons, so also are our sons. Behold, we have subjugated our sons and our daughters into servitude, and some of our daughters are slaves, nor do we have the ability to redeem them, for others possess our fields and our vineyards.”
5 Ahora bien, nuestra carne es como la carne de nuestros hermanos, nuestros hijos como sus hijos: y he aquí que nosotros sujetamos nuestros hijos y nuestras hijas á servidumbre, y hay algunas de nuestras hijas sujetas: mas no hay facultad en nuestras manos para rescatarlas, porque nuestras tierras y nuestras viñas son de otros.
6 And when I had heard their outcry in these words, I was exceedingly angry.
6 Y enojéme en gran manera cuando oí su clamor y estas palabras.
7 And my heart considered within me. And I rebuked the nobles and the magistrates, and I said to them, “Have you each been exacting usury from your brothers?” And I gathered together a great assembly against them.
7 Medité[lo] entonces para conmigo, y reprendí á los principales y á los magistrados, y díjeles: ¿Tomáis cada uno usura de vuestros hermanos? Y convoqué contra ellos una grande junta.
8 And I said to them: “As you know, in accord with what was possible for us, we have redeemed our brothers, the Jews, who had been sold to the Gentiles. And yet you now sell your brothers, and we must redeem them?” And they were silent, nor did they find anything to answer.
8 Y díjeles: Nosotros rescatamos á nuestros hermanos Judíos que habían sido vendidos á las gentes, conforme á la facultad que [había] en nosotros: ¿y vosotros aun vendéis á vuestros hermanos, y serán vendidos á nosotros? Y callaron, que no tuvieron qué responder.
9 And I said to them: “The thing that you are doing is not good. Why are you not walking in the fear of our God, so that there may be no reproach against us from our enemies, the Gentiles?
9 Y dije: No es bien lo que hacéis, ¿no andaréis en temor de nuestro Dios, por [no ser] el oprobio de las gentes enemigas nuestras?
10 Both I and my brothers, with my servants, have lent money and grain to many. Let us agree not to ask for its return. Let us forgive the other money that is owed to us.
10 También yo, y mis hermanos, y mis criados, les hemos prestado dinero y grano: relevémosles ahora de este gravamen.
11 On this day, restore their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive groves, and their houses to them. Then, too, the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, wine, and oil, which you usually exact from them, give it to them.”
11 Ruégoos que les devolváis hoy sus tierras, sus viñas, sus olivares, y sus casas, y la centésima parte del dinero y grano, del vino y del aceite que demandáis de ellos.
12 And they said: “We will restore it, and we will require nothing from them. And we will do just as you say.” And I called the priests, and I had them swear an oath, so that they would act in accord with what I had said.
12 Y dijeron: Devolveremos, y nada les demandaremos; haremos así como tú dices. Entonces convoqué los sacerdotes, y juramentélos que harían conforme á esto.
13 Moreover, I shook out my lap, and I said: “So may God shake out every man, who does not fulfill this word. From his house and from his labors, so may he be shaken out and become empty.” And the entire multitude said, “Amen.” And they praised God. Therefore, the people acted in accord with what was said.
13 Además sacudí mi vestido, y dije: Así sacuda Dios de su casa y de su trabajo á todo hombre que no cumpliere esto, y así sea sacudido y vacío. Y respondió toda la congregación: ¡Amén! Y alabaron á Jehová. Y el pueblo hizo conforme á esto.
14 Now from that day, on which the king had ordered me to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of king Artaxerxes, for twelve years, I and my brothers did not eat the yearly allowance that was owed to the governors.
14 También desde el día que me mandó [el rey] que fuese gobernador de ellos en la tierra de Judá, desde el año veinte del rey Artajerjes hasta el año treinta y dos, doce años, ni yo ni mis hermanos comimos el pan del gobernador.
15 But the former governors, the ones who had been before me, were a burden to the people, and they took from them bread and wine, and forty shekels of money each day. And their officials also oppressed the people. But I did not do so, out of fear of God.
15 Mas los primeros gobernadores que fueron antes de mí, cargaron al pueblo, y tomaron de ellos por el pan y por el vino sobre cuarenta siclos de plata: á más de esto, sus criados se enseñoreaban sobre el pueblo; pero yo no hice así, á causa del temor de Dios.
16 In fact, I preferred to build in the work of the wall, and I bought no land, and all my servants were gathered to do the work.
16 También en la obra de este muro instauré [mi parte], y no compramos heredad: y todos mis criados juntos estaban allí á la obra.
17 Likewise, the Jews and the magistrates, one hundred and fifty men, were at my table, with those who came to us from among the Gentiles that are around us.
17 Además ciento y cincuenta hombres de los Judíos y magistrados, y los que venían á nosotros de las gentes que están en nuestros contornos, estaban á mi mesa.
18 Now there was prepared for me, on each day, one ox and six choice rams, along with poultry. And once every ten days, I distributed diverse wines and many other things. Yet I did not require my yearly allowance as governor. For the people were greatly impoverished.
18 Y lo que se aderezaba para cada día era un buey, seis ovejas escogidas, y aves también se aparejaban para mí, y cada diez días vino en toda abundancia: y con todo esto nunca requerí el pan del gobernador, porque la servidumbre de este pueblo era grave.
19 Remember me, O my God, for good, in accord with all that I have done for this people.
19 Acuérdate de mí para bien, Dios mío, y de todo lo que hice á este pueblo.
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 5:7; Deuteronomy 15:7–11; Leviticus 25:35–37; Job 34:28; Job 31:38–39
- 2 Psalm 128:2–4; Malachi 2:2; Genesis 41:57; Psalm 127:3–5; Genesis 43:8
- 3 Leviticus 25:35–39; Malachi 3:8–11; Deuteronomy 15:7; Genesis 47:15–25
- 4 Ezra 4:13; Ezra 4:20; 1 Kings 9:21; Ezra 7:24; Nehemiah 9:37
- 5 2 Kings 4:1; Leviticus 25:39–43; Genesis 37:27; Isaiah 58:7; Exodus 21:1–11
- 6 Nehemiah 13:25; Exodus 11:8; Ephesians 4:26; Numbers 16:15; Nehemiah 13:8
- 7 Leviticus 25:36; Deuteronomy 23:19–20; Exodus 22:25; Ezekiel 22:12; 2 Chronicles 19:6–7
- 8 Leviticus 25:47–49; Deuteronomy 24:7; Matthew 25:15; 2 Corinthians 8:12; 1 Corinthians 8:11
- 9 Leviticus 25:36; Proverbs 18:5; Romans 2:24; 1 Peter 2:12; 2 Samuel 12:14
- 10 2 Corinthians 6:1; Exodus 22:25–27; Ezekiel 18:13; 1 Corinthians 9:12–18; Micah 2:1
- 11 Isaiah 58:6; Leviticus 6:4–5; Luke 3:8; 1 Samuel 12:3; Nehemiah 5:3–4
- 12 Ezra 10:5; Jeremiah 34:8–10; Nehemiah 10:29; Ezra 10:12; 2 Chronicles 6:22–23
- 13 Acts 18:6; 1 Chronicles 16:36; Matthew 10:14; Zechariah 5:3–4; Deuteronomy 27:14–26
- 14 Nehemiah 13:6; 1 Corinthians 9:18; 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9; 1 Corinthians 9:4–15; Ezra 4:13–14
- 15 Nehemiah 5:9; Isaiah 50:10; Proverbs 16:6; 2 Corinthians 11:9; Job 31:23
- 16 Galatians 6:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:5–6; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Acts 20:33–35; Philippians 2:20–21
- 17 1 Kings 18:19; 1 Peter 4:9–10; 2 Samuel 9:7; Romans 12:13; Isaiah 32:8
- 18 1 Kings 4:22–23; Psalm 37:21; Psalm 37:26; Nehemiah 5:14–15
- 19 Nehemiah 13:31; Psalm 106:4; Nehemiah 13:14; Nehemiah 13:22; Jeremiah 29:11
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