Nehemías · Versión Estándar Americana (1901)
Nehemías 9 Versión Estándar Americana (1901)
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1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.
1 Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sackcloth, and dirt on them.
2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
2 The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; and [another] fourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their God.
3 They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed and worshiped Yahweh their God.
4 Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto Jehovah their God.
4 Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.
5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Jehovah your God from everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
6 Thou art Jehovah, even thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
6 You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.
7 Thou art Jehovah the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham,
7 You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,
8 and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.
8 found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring, and have performed your words, for you are righteous.
9 And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea,
9 “You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
10 and showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and didst get thee a name, as it is this day.
10 and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, against all his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is today.
11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
11 You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
12 Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou leddest them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
12 Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
13 “You also came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
14 and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant,
14 and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
15 and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
15 and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought water out of the rock for them for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
16 “But they and our fathers behaved proudly, hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,
17 and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.
17 and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.
18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
18 Yes, when they had made themselves a molded calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful blasphemies,
19 yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.
19 yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither did the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.
20 Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
20 You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, [and] they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
21 “Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell.
22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, which thou didst allot after their portions: so they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
22 Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
23 You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.
24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
24 “So the children went in and possessed the land; and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.
25 And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
25 They took fortified cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.
26 “Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against you, cast your law behind their back, killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hands of their adversaries.
28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee; therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies,
28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore you left them in the hands of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,
29 and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
29 and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
30 Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
30 Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they would not listen. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
31 Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
31 “Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.
32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and lovingkindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem little before you that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, on our priests, on our prophets, on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
33 However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly.
34 neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies wherewith thou didst testify against them.
34 Also our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them.
35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
35 For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them. They didn’t turn from their wicked works.
36 Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.
36 “Behold, we are servants today, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it.
37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
37 It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. Also they have power over our bodies and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
38 And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal unto it.
38 Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”
Personas y lugares de este capítulo
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Personas
Bani
Levite named Bani in the Levites who taught the Law, led confession and sealed the covenant (Nehemiah 8:7, 9:4-5, 10:13). The lists do not say whether same-named Levites in…
Citado en la guía: Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 9:4; Nehemiah 9:5
Bunni
Levite named Bunni in the Levites who stood on the raised platform and cried out to the LORD (Nehemiah 9:4). The lists do not say whether same-named Levites in different lists are…
Citado en la guía: Nehemiah 9:4
Chenani
Levite named Chenani in the Levites who stood on the raised platform and cried out to the LORD (Nehemiah 9:4). The lists do not say whether same-named Levites in different lists…
Citado en la guía: Nehemiah 9:4
Hashabneiah
Levite named Hashabneiah in the Levites who called the people to bless the LORD (Nehemiah 9:5). The lists do not say whether same-named Levites in different lists are one man.
Citado en la guía: Nehemiah 9:5
Hodiah
Levite named Hodiah in the Levites who taught the Law, led prayer and sealed the covenant. The lists do not say whether same-named Levites in different lists are one man.
Citado en la guía: Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:10
Kadmiel
Levite whose family returned and who, with Jeshua and the sons of Henadad, oversaw the temple builders; he later joined in the Levites’ prayer and the covenant.
Citado en la guía: Ezra 2:40; Ezra 3:9; Nehemiah 9:4
Pethahiah
Levite named Pethahiah in the Levites who called the people to bless the LORD (Nehemiah 9:5). The lists do not say whether same-named Levites in different lists are one man.
Citado en la guía: Nehemiah 9:5
Shebaniah
Levite named Shebaniah in the Levites who led the prayer and sealed the covenant (the name appears twice in Neh 10:10-12). The lists do not say whether same-named Levites in…
Citado en la guía: Nehemiah 9:4; Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:10
Lugares
Ur
Traditionally the southern Sumerian city (Tell el-Muqayyar) with its famous ziggurat, though some scholars argue for a northern Ur (location debated). Abraham set out from here.
Citado en la guía: Genesis 11:31; Genesis 15:7; Nehemiah 9:7
Referencias cruzadas (38)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Esdras 8:23; Nehemías 8:2; Josué 7:6; Hechos 13:2–3; 1 Samuel 4:12
- 2 Nehemías 13:3; Daniel 9:3–10; Esdras 10:11; Nehemías 13:30; Daniel 9:20
- 3 Nehemías 8:3–4; Nehemías 8:7–8
- 4 Nehemías 8:7; Nehemías 12:8; 2 Crónicas 20:19; Nehemías 9:5; Nehemías 10:9–13
- 5 Salmo 103:1–2; 2 Corintios 4:6; 1 Pedro 1:3; Salmo 106:2; Mateo 11:25
- 6 Isaías 37:16; Génesis 1:1; Apocalipsis 4:11; Deuteronomio 10:14; Deuteronomio 6:4
- 7 Génesis 11:31; Génesis 17:5; Isaías 51:2; Hechos 7:2–4; Deuteronomio 10:15
- 8 Hebreos 6:18; Génesis 15:18–21; Génesis 15:6; Josué 23:14; Génesis 12:7
- 9 Éxodo 3:7–9; Éxodo 2:25; Éxodo 14:10–14; Éxodo 3:16; Hechos 7:34
- 10 Daniel 9:15; Jeremías 32:20; Éxodo 5:2; Éxodo 14:1–31; Isaías 63:12
- 11 Salmo 78:13; Éxodo 14:21–22; Éxodo 14:27–28; Isaías 63:11–13; Salmo 66:6
- 12 Éxodo 13:21–22; Nehemías 9:19; Salmo 107:7; Salmo 78:14; Salmo 105:39
- 13 Salmo 119:160; Éxodo 20:1; Éxodo 19:11; Salmo 119:127–128; Ezequiel 20:11–13
- 14 Éxodo 20:8–11; Génesis 2:3; Ezequiel 20:12; Ezequiel 20:20; Éxodo 16:29
- 15 1 Corintios 10:3–4; Deuteronomio 1:8; Éxodo 17:6; Éxodo 16:14–15; Éxodo 16:4
- 16 Nehemías 9:29; Salmo 81:11–14; Hebreos 3:15; Deuteronomio 31:27; Nehemías 9:10
- 17 Joel 2:13; Salmo 86:5; Salmo 145:8–9; Salmo 86:15; Éxodo 34:6–7
- 18 Salmo 106:19–23; Éxodo 32:4–8; Éxodo 32:31–32; Ezequiel 20:7–44; Deuteronomio 9:12–16
- 19 Salmo 106:45; Nehemías 9:27; Malaquías 3:6; Nehemías 9:12; Números 14:14
- 20 Salmo 143:10; Números 11:17; Isaías 63:11–14; Juan 4:10; 2 Pedro 1:21
- 21 Deuteronomio 2:7; Deuteronomio 8:4; Deuteronomio 29:5; Salmo 34:10; Números 14:33–34
- 22 Números 21:21–35; Salmo 105:44; Josué 11:23; Salmo 78:65; Deuteronomio 3:1–17
- 23 Génesis 22:17; Génesis 15:5; Génesis 15:18; Génesis 17:8; Génesis 12:7
- 24 Josué 18:1; Josué 21:43; 1 Crónicas 22:18; Salmo 44:2–3; Josué 11:23
- 25 Deuteronomio 32:15; Deuteronomio 3:5; Nehemías 9:35; 1 Reyes 8:66; Deuteronomio 32:13
- 26 1 Reyes 14:9; Jueces 2:11–12; Nehemías 9:18; Hechos 7:52; 1 Reyes 19:10
- 27 Salmo 106:41–45; 2 Reyes 14:27; Daniel 9:10–14; 2 Reyes 13:5; Jueces 2:18
- 28 Jueces 5:31–6:1; 1 Reyes 8:33–34; 1 Reyes 8:39; Jueces 4:1; Jueces 3:11–12
- 29 Nehemías 9:16; Levítico 18:5; Nehemías 9:26; Nehemías 9:10; Santiago 4:6–10
- 30 Romanos 2:4; 2 Crónicas 36:15–16; Isaías 63:10; Isaías 42:24; Hechos 7:51
- 31 Lamentaciones 3:22; Salmo 103:8–9; Nehemías 9:17; Jeremías 4:27; Éxodo 34:6–7
- 32 Deuteronomio 7:9; Nehemías 1:5; Daniel 9:4; Daniel 9:8; Miqueas 7:18–20
- 33 Salmo 106:6; Daniel 9:5–14; Génesis 18:25; Job 34:23; Salmo 119:137
- 34 Jeremías 29:19; 2 Reyes 17:13; Deuteronomio 31:21; 2 Reyes 17:15; Nehemías 9:30
- 35 Deuteronomio 28:47; Deuteronomio 32:12–15; Jeremías 5:19; Deuteronomio 8:7–10; Deuteronomio 31:21
- 36 Esdras 9:9; Deuteronomio 28:48; 2 Crónicas 12:8
- 37 Deuteronomio 28:33; Deuteronomio 28:48; Esdras 7:24; Deuteronomio 28:39; Nehemías 5:8
- 38 Nehemías 10:1; Nehemías 10:29; 2 Crónicas 34:31; Esdras 10:3; 2 Reyes 23:3
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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And Ezra says, Thou gavest also Thy good Spirit to instruct them.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)