Nehemías 1
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Oración de Nehemías por Jerusalén
1 Palabras de Nehemías hijo de Jacalías:
«En el mes de Quisleu del año veinte, mientras yo me encontraba en Susa, que era la ciudad capital del reino, 2 recibí la visita de Jananí, uno de mis hermanos, y de algunos varones de Judá. Al preguntarles por los judíos que habían escapado con vida del cautiverio, y por Jerusalén, 3 me dijeron: “Los cautivos que quedaron con vida están muy mal y pasando por muchas vergüenzas; la muralla de Jerusalén está en ruinas, y las puertas de la ciudad fueron quemadas.”
4 »Cuando escuché esto, me senté a llorar y durante varios días me puse en duelo; y ayuné y oré al Dios de los cielos. 5 Le dije:
“Señor, Dios de los cielos, tú eres fuerte, grande y temible. Cumples tu pacto y eres misericordioso con los que te aman y guardan tus mandamientos. Yo te ruego 6 que prestes atención a las súplicas que de día y de noche te hace este humilde siervo tuyo en favor de Israel. Reconozco que tu pueblo Israel ha pecado contra ti, lo mismo que mis antepasados y yo. 7 Nuestra corrupción ha llegado a los extremos, pues no hemos cumplido con los mandamientos, leyes y estatutos que le diste a tu siervo Moisés.
8 ”Recuerda que ya le habías advertido a Moisés, que si nosotros llegáramos a pecar, tú nos dispersarías entre las naciones,(A) 9 pero que si nos arrepentíamos y te buscábamos y cumplíamos tus mandamientos, y los poníamos por obra, tú nos harías volver y nos llevarías a la tierra que elegiste como residencia de tu nombre, aun cuando nos hubieras dispersado hasta los confines de los cielos.(B)
10 ”Señor, somos tu pueblo; somos tus siervos. ¡Tú, con tu gran poder y tu brazo poderoso, nos liberaste de la esclavitud! 11 Yo te ruego, Señor, que prestes atención a las súplicas de este humilde siervo tuyo, y a las de todos tus siervos, que honran tu nombre. Concédele a este siervo tuyo tener éxito ante el rey, para que me conceda lo que le solicite.”
»En esos días yo era el copero del rey.
Nehemiah 1
New King James Version
Nehemiah Prays for His People
1 The words of (A)Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah.
It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the (B)twentieth year, as I was in (C)Shushan[a] the [b]citadel, 2 that (D)Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 3 And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the (E)province are there in great distress and (F)reproach. (G)The wall of Jerusalem (H)is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
4 So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
5 And I said: “I pray, (I)Lord God of heaven, O great and (J)awesome God, (K)You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love [c]You and observe [d]Your commandments, 6 please let Your ear be attentive and (L)Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and (M)confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned. 7 (N)We have acted very corruptly against You, and have (O)not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. 8 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, (P)‘If you [e]are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations; 9 (Q)but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, (R)though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.’ 10 (S)Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand. 11 O Lord, I pray, please (T)let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who (U)desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”
For I was the king’s (V)cupbearer.
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 1:1 Or Susa
- Nehemiah 1:1 Or fortified palace, and so elsewhere in the book
- Nehemiah 1:5 Lit. Him
- Nehemiah 1:5 Lit. His
- Nehemiah 1:8 act treacherously
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