Deuteronomio, 26

1. Cuando llegues a la tierra que Yahveh tu Dios te da en herencia, cuando la poseas y habites en ella,

1. "When you come into the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and have taken possession of it, and live in it,

2. tomarás las primicias de todos los productos del suelo que coseches en la tierra que Yahveh tu Dios te da, las pondrás en una cesta, y las llevarás al lugar elegido por Yahveh tu Dios para morada de su nombre.

2. you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land that the LORD your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket, and you shall go to the place which the LORD your God will choose, to make his name to dwell there.

3. Te presentarás al sacerdote que esté entonces en funciones y le dirás: «Yo declaro hoy a Yahveh mi Dios que he llegado a la tierra que Yahveh juró a nuestros padres que nos daría.»

3. And you shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, `I declare this day to the LORD your God that I have come into the land which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.'

4. El sacerdote tomará de tu mano la cesta y la depositará ante el altar de Yahveh tu Dios.

4. Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God.

5. Tú pronunciarás estas palabras ante Yahveh tu Dios: «Mi padre era un arameo errante que bajó a Egipto y residió allí como inmigrante siendo pocos aún, pero se hizo una nación grande, fuerte y numerosa.

5. "And you shall make response before the LORD your God, `A wandering Aramean was my father; and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

6. Los egipcios nos maltrataron, nos oprimieron y nos impusieron dura servidumbre.

6. And the Egyptians treated us harshly, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.

7. Nosotros clamanos a Yahveh Dios de nuestros padres, y Yahveh escuchó nuestra voz; vio nuestra miseria, nuestras penalidades y nuestra opresión,

7. Then we cried to the LORD the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression;

8. y Yahveh nos sacó de Egipto con mano fuerte y tenso brazo en medio de gran terror, señales y prodigios.

8. and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs and wonders;

9. Nos trajo aquí y nos dio esta tierra, tierra que mana leche y miel

9. and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

10. Y ahora yo traigo las primicias de los productos del suelo que tú, Yahveh, me has dado.» Las depositarás ante Yahveh tu Dios y te postrarás ante Yahveh tu Dios.

10. And behold, now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground, which thou, O LORD, hast given me.' And you shall set it down before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God;

11. Luego te regocijarás por todos los bienes que Yahveh tu Dios te haya dado a ti y a tu casa, y también se regocijará el levita y el forastero que viven en medio de ti.

11. and you shall rejoice in all the good which the LORD your God has given to you and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the sojourner who is among you.

12. El tercer año, el año del diezmo, cuando hayas acabado de apartar el diezmo de toda tu cosecha y se lo hayas dado al levita, al forastero, a la viuda y al huérfano, para que coman de ello en tus ciudades hasta saciarse,

12. "When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year, which is the year of tithing, giving it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within your towns and be filled,

13. dirás en presencia de Yahveh tu Dios: «He retirado de mi casa lo que era sagrado; se lo he dado al levita, al forastero, al huérfano y a la viuda, según todos los mandamientos que me has dado sin traspasar ninguno de tus mandamientos ni olvidarlos.

13. then you shall say before the LORD your God, `I have removed the sacred portion out of my house, and moreover I have given it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me; I have not transgressed any of thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them;

14. Nada de ello he comido estando en duelo, nada he retirado hallándome impuro, nada he ofrecido a un muerto. He escuchado la voz de Yahveh mi Dios y he obrado conforme a todo lo que me has mandado.

14. I have not eaten of the tithe while I was mourning, or removed any of it while I was unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; I have obeyed the voice of the LORD my God, I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

15. Desde la morada de tu santidad, desde lo alto de los cielos, contempla y bendice a tu pueblo Israel, así como al suelo que nos has dado como habías jurado a nuestros padres, tierra que mana leche y miel.»

15. Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel and the ground which thou hast given us, as thou didst swear to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.'

16. Yahveh tu Dios te manda hoy practicar estos preceptos y estas normas; las guardarás y las practicarás con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma.

16. "This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances; you shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul.

17. Has hecho decir a Yahveh que él será tu Dios - tú seguirás sus caminos, observarás sus preceptos, sus mandamientos y sus normas, y escucharás su voz -.

17. You have declared this day concerning the LORD that he is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his ordinances, and will obey his voice;

18. Y Yahveh te ha hecho decir hoy que serás su pueblo propio, como él te ha dicho - tú deberás guardar todos sus mandamientos -;

18. and the LORD has declared this day concerning you that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments,

19. él te elevará en honor, renombre y gloria, por encima de todas las naciones que hizo, y serás un pueblo consagrado a Yahveh tu Dios como él te ha dicho.

19. that he will set you high above all nations that he has made, in praise and in fame and in honor, and that you shall be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he has spoken."