Nehemiah 13 Free Bible Version
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1 One day when the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the section was found where it was written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be allowed into the assembly of God,
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;
1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and it was found written in it that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,
2 because they hadn't brought food and water when they met the Israelites, but instead they had hired Balaam to put a curse on them—though our God turned that 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.
2 because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
3 When the people heard about this law, they separated out from Israel everyone who had foreign ancestry.
3 Y fué que, como oyeron la ley, apartaron de Israel toda mistura.
3 It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
4 Before all this, Eliashib the priest, who was related to Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the Temple of our God.
4 Y antes de esto, Eliasib sacerdote, siendo superintendente de la cámara de la casa de nuestro Dios, había emparentado con Tobías,
4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
5 He had provided Tobiah with a large room which had previously been used to store the grain offerings, incense, and Temple items, as well as the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil allocated to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, in addition to the offerings for 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.
5 had prepared for him a great room, where previously they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the wave offerings for the priests.
6 When all this happened I was not in Jerusalem because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I requested permission from the king to go back.
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.
6 But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king; and after some days I asked leave of the king,
7 When I arrived back in Jerusalem I discovered the dreadful thing Eliashib had done in providing Tobiah a room in the courtyard of God's Temple.
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.
7 and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of God’s house.
8 I was extremely upset, and I went and threw out everything that was in Tobiah's room.
8 Y dolióme en gran manera; y eché todas las alhajas de la casa de Tobías fuera de la cámara;
8 It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room.
9 I ordered the rooms purified, and put back the Temple items, the grain offerings, and the incense.
9 Y dije que limpiasen las cámaras, é hice volver allí las alhajas de la casa de Dios, las ofrendas y el perfume.
9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms. I brought into them the vessels of God’s house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense again.
10 I also found out that the food allowances for the Levites were not being provided, so the Levites had gone back to take care of their fields, along with the singers who led the worship services.
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.
10 I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had each fled to his field.
11 I went and confronted the leaders, asking, “Why is God's Temple being neglected?” I called the Levites back and made sure they were carrying out their responsibilities.
11 Y reprendí á los magistrados, y dije: ¿Por qué está la casa de Dios abandonada? Y juntélos, y púselos en su lugar.
11 Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God’s house forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
12 Everyone in Judah then brought the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil into the storerooms.
12 Y todo Judá trajo el diezmo del grano, del vino y del aceite, á los almacenes.
12 Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries.
13 I put Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah, one of the Levites, in charge of the storerooms with Hanan, son of Zakkur, son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered honest people. Their responsibility was to distribute the allowances to their fellow Levites.
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.
13 I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.
14 My God, please remember me over this. Please don't forget my good deeds I have done for the Temple of my God and its services.
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.
14 Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.
15 Around that time I noticed people treading the winepress on Sabbath. I saw others collecting grain and loading it up on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, and bringing it all 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.
15 In those days I saw some men treading wine presses on the Sabbath in Judah, bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; and I testified against them in the day in which they sold food.
16 I told them off for selling their produce on that day.
16 También estaban en ella Tirios que traían pescado y toda mercadería, y vendían en sábado á los hijos de Judá en Jerusalem.
16 Some men of Tyre also lived there, who brought in fish and all kinds of wares, and sold on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
17 Some people from Tyre who lived in Jerusalem were bringing in fish and all kinds of things and they were selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.
17 Y reprendí á los señores de Judá, y díjeles: ¿Qué mala cosa es esta que vosotros hacéis, profanando así el día del sábado?
17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?
18 I confronted the Jewish leaders, asking them, “Why are you are doing such an evil thing? You are violating the Sabbath day! Wasn't this what your forefathers did, bringing our God down on us, causing us and this city such disasters? Now you're bringing even more trouble on us by violating 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?
18 Didn’t your fathers do this, and didn’t our God bring all this evil on us and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”
19 So I ordered Jerusalem's gates to be shut at sunset on the day before the Sabbath, and that were not to be opened until after the Sabbath had ended. I assigned some of my men to guard the gates to make sure no goods would be brought in 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.
19 It came to pass that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.
20 A couple of times merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside of Jerusalem.
20 Y quedáronse fuera de Jerusalem una y dos veces los negociantes, y los que vendían toda especie de mercancía.
20 So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside of Jerusalem once or twice.
21 I warned them, saying, “Why are you spending the night by the wall? If you do that again I'll have you arrested!” After that they didn't come 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.
21 Then I testified against them, and said to them, “Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they didn’t come on the Sabbath.
22 Then I told the Levites to purify themselves and to come and guard the gates to keep the Sabbath day holy. My God, please also remember me for doing this, and be merciful to me because of your trustworthy love.
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.
22 I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember me for this also, my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.
23 Around the same time I realized some Jews had married women from Ashdod, Moab, and Ammon.
23 Ví asimismo en aquellos días Judíos que habían tomado mujeres de Asdod, Ammonitas, y Moabitas:
23 In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
24 Half their children could only speak the language of Ashdod or that of another people, and didn't know how to speak the language of Judah.
24 Y sus hijos la mitad hablaban asdod, y conforme á la lengua de cada pueblo; que no sabían hablar judaico.
24 and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.
25 So I confronted them and told them they were cursed. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God, saying, “You must not allow your daughters to marry their sons, or allow your sons—or yourselves— to marry their daughters.
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.
25 I contended with them, cursed them, struck certain of them, plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
26 Wasn't it marriages like these that made King Solomon of Israel sin? There wasn't a king in any nation like him. God loved him, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was made to sin by foreign women.
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.
26 Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.
27 So do we have to hear about you committing this dreadful sin, how you are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?”
27 ¿Y obedeceremos á vosotros para cometer todo este mal tan grande de prevaricar contra nuestro Dios, tomando mujeres extranjeras?
27 Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?”
28 Even one of the sons of Jehoiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. So I expelled him.
28 Y uno de los hijos de Joiada hijo de Eliasib el gran sacerdote, era yerno de Sanballat Horonita: ahuyentélo por tanto de mí.
28 One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.
29 My God, remember them and what they did, violating the priesthood and the solemn agreement of the priests and Levites.
29 Acuérdate de ellos, Dios mío, contra los que contaminan el sacerdocio, y el pacto del sacerdocio y de los Levitas.
29 Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
30 I purified them from everything foreign, and I made sure the priests and Levites were carrying out their assigned responsibilities.
30 Limpiélos pues de todo extranjero, y puse á los sacerdotes y Levitas por [sus] clases, á cada uno en su obra;
30 Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;
31 I also arranged for wood to be supplied for the altar at the specified times, and for the first part of the produce to be donated. My God, remember me favorably.
31 Y para la ofrenda de la leña en los tiempos señalados, y para las primicias. Acuérdate de mí, Dios mío, para bien.
31 and for the wood offering, at appointed times, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God, for good.
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
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
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