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Para entonces los israelitas ya habían apartado de sí a los hijos de extranjeros. Puestos de pie, los israelitas confesaron sus pecados y los de sus padres, y así de pie, durante tres horas escucharon la lectura del libro de la ley del Señor su Dios, y durante las siguientes tres horas el pueblo confesó sus pecados y adoró al Señor.

Luego, los levitas Josué, Bani, Cadmiel, Sebanías, Binuy, Serebías, Bani y Quenani subieron los escalones, y en voz alta clamaron al Señor.

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Habiéndose separado de los extranjeros, se pusieron de pie y confesaron públicamente sus propios pecados y la maldad de sus antepasados. Permanecieron en su lugar y durante tres horas leyeron el libro de la Ley del Señor su Dios; en las tres horas siguientes[a] confesaron sus pecados y lo adoraron. Luego los levitas Jesúa, Baní, Cadmiel, Sebanías, Buní, Serebías, Baní y Quenaní subieron a la plataforma y en alta voz invocaron al Señor su Dios.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:3 tres … siguientes. Lit. una cuarta parte del día … una cuarta parte.

Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners.(A) They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.(B) They stood where they were and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day, and spent another quarter in confession and in worshiping the Lord their God. Standing on the stairs of the Levites(C) were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Kenani. They cried out with loud voices to the Lord their God.

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(A)Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all who were of foreign extraction, then stood forward and confessed their sins and the guilty deeds of their ancestors. When they had taken their places, they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God, for a fourth of the day, and during another fourth they made their confession and bowed down before the Lord their God. Standing on the platform of the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, who cried out to the Lord their God, with a loud voice.

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