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26 You shall not make gods that are really not gods for yourselves, and you shall not set up an image or a sacred memorial stone for yourselves, and you shall not set up a carved stone relief in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God. You shall observe my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

If you walk according to my regulations and keep my commandments and carry them out, I will give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees in the farmland will yield their fruit. Threshing will last until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will last until the time for sowing. You will eat your food until you are full, and you will live securely in your land.

I will give peace in the land so that you may lie down without anyone frightening you. I will eliminate ferocious animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land. You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword. Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.

I will look on you with favor, and I will make you fruitful and will multiply you, and I will keep my covenant with you. 10 You will eat grain from previous harvests, grain long stored, until you remove the old grain to make room for the new. 11 I will place my Dwelling in your midst, and I will not at all detest you. 12 I will walk about in your midst, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. 13 I am the Lord your God, who freed you from the land of Egypt so that you would not be slaves to them. I broke the bars of your yoke so that I could make you walk upright.

14 But if you will not listen to me and do not obey all these commandments, 15 if you reject my regulations and you detest my ordinances so much that you do not obey all my commandments, so that you break my covenant, 16 I in turn will do this to you: I will inflict upon you panic, wasting disease, and fever, which will cause your eyes to fail and your vitality to slip away. You will sow your seed but get no return, for your enemies will eat it. 17 I will set my face against you. You will be beaten by your enemies, and those who hate you will rule over you. You will flee, even though nobody is pursuing you.

18 If, despite these things, you will not listen to me, I will go on to discipline you seven times for your sins. 19 I will break your proud strength and make your sky like iron and your land as hard as bronze, 20 so that your strength will be exhausted without accomplishing anything. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees on the land will not yield their fruit.

21 If you still remain hostile to me and you are not willing to listen to me, I will multiply the plague against you seven times more according to your sins. 22 I will send against you the wild animals so that they will deprive you of your children and cut off your livestock. They will make you so few that your roads will be deserted.

23 If in spite of all these things you still refuse to be disciplined by me, and you remain hostile to me, 24 I will also remain hostile to you. I will strike you seven times more for your sins. 25 I will bring a sword on you to avenge the covenant. If you withdraw into your towns, I will send an epidemic among you, so that you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 When I break your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven. They will have to ration[a] your bread, and though you eat, you will not be satisfied.

27 But if, in spite of all this, you will not listen to me and remain hostile to me, 28 I will remain hostile to you in anger. I myself will discipline you seven times as much for your sins. 29 You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters. 30 I will destroy your high places,[b] cut down your incense burners, and place your corpses on the corpses of your filthy idols. With all my heart I will detest you. 31 I will turn your towns into a wasteland and make your holy places desolate, and I will not smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices. 32 I myself will make your land so desolate that your enemies who settle in it will be appalled at it, 33 while I scatter you among the nations and unsheathe my sword against you. Then your land will be a desolation, and your towns will be a wasteland.

34 The land will then enjoy its sabbaths during all the days of its desolation, while you are in the land of your enemies. Yes, the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths.[c] 35 All the days when it is desolate it will rest, because it did not rest on your sabbaths when you lived there. 36 As for those of you who survive, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that the sound of a scattered leaf will scare them away. They will flee as though fleeing from a sword, and they will fall though no one is pursuing them. 37 Each of them will stumble over his brother, as if from a sword, even though no one is pursuing him. You will have no power to stand against your enemies, 38 and you will perish among the nations. The land of your enemies will devour you. 39 Those of you who survive will rot away in the lands of your enemies because of their guilt. They will rot away because of the guilt of their ancestors. 40 They will confess their guilt and the guilt of their ancestors because of the unfaithfulness that they committed against me, and also because they remained hostile to me. 41 So I in turn became hostile to them, and I brought them into the land of their enemies. So their uncircumcised hearts will then be humbled, and they will then accept the punishment for their guilt.

42 Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob. I will remember also my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham as well. I will remember the land.

43 The land will be empty of them, so that in its desolation it may enjoy its sabbaths without them, while they suffer punishment for their guilt, because, and only because, they rejected my ordinances and they detested my statutes with all their heart.

44 Yet, for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, and I will not detest them so much that I exterminate them. I will not annul my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God. 45 I will remember in their favor the covenant to be their God that I made with their first generation, whom I freed from the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations. I am the Lord.

46 These are the regulations, the ordinances, and the laws[d] that the Lord instituted between himself and the people of Israel at Mount Sinai through Moses.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 26:26 Literally distribute by weight
  2. Leviticus 26:30 That is, local shrines. Sometimes, but not always, they were located on a high place.
  3. Leviticus 26:34 Its sabbaths here include not only the weekly Sabbath day but also the sabbatical years and jubilee years.
  4. Leviticus 26:46 Or instructions

Bendiciones de la obediencia

26 »No os haréis ídolos(A), ni os levantaréis imagen tallada(B) ni pilares sagrados(C), ni pondréis en vuestra tierra piedra grabada(D) para inclinaros ante[a] ella; porque yo soy el Señor vuestro Dios. Guardaréis mis días de reposo(E), y tendréis en reverencia mi santuario; yo soy el Señor. (F)Si andáis en mis estatutos y guardáis mis mandamientos para ponerlos por obra, yo os daré lluvias en su tiempo(G), de manera que la tierra dará sus productos, y los árboles del campo darán su fruto. Ciertamente, vuestra trilla os durará hasta la vendimia, y la vendimia hasta el tiempo de la siembra. Comeréis, pues, vuestro pan hasta que os saciéis[b](H) y habitaréis seguros en vuestra tierra(I). Daré también paz en la tierra(J), para que durmáis sin que nadie os atemorice(K). Asimismo eliminaré bestias dañinas de vuestra[c] tierra(L), y no pasará espada por vuestra tierra(M). Y vosotros perseguiréis a vuestros enemigos y caerán a espada delante de vosotros; cinco de vosotros perseguirán a cien(N), y cien de vosotros perseguirán a diez mil, y vuestros enemigos caerán a espada delante de vosotros. Me volveré hacia vosotros y os haré fecundos y os multiplicaré(O) y confirmaré mi pacto con vosotros(P). 10 Y comeréis de las provisiones almacenadas y tendréis que sacar lo almacenado para guardar lo nuevo(Q). 11 Además, haré mi morada[d] en medio de vosotros(R), y mi alma no os aborrecerá. 12 Andaré entre vosotros y seré vuestro Dios(S), y vosotros seréis mi pueblo. 13 Yo soy el Señor vuestro Dios, que os saqué de la tierra de Egipto para que no fuerais esclavos(T) de ellos; rompí las varas de vuestro yugo(U) y os hice andar erguidos.

Resultados de la desobediencia

14 »(V)Pero si no me obedecéis y no ponéis por obra todos estos mandamientos, 15 si despreciáis(W) mis estatutos y si aborrece vuestra alma mis ordenanzas para no poner por obra todos mis mandamientos, quebrantando así mi pacto(X), 16 yo, por mi parte, os haré esto: Pondré sobre vosotros terror súbito(Y), tisis y fiebre que consuman los ojos y hagan languidecer el alma(Z). En vano sembraréis vuestra semilla, pues vuestros enemigos la comerán(AA). 17 Fijaré mi rostro contra vosotros, para que seáis derrotados delante de vuestros enemigos; los que os aborrecen os dominarán(AB) y huiréis sin que nadie os persiga(AC). 18 Y si aun con todas estas cosas no me obedecéis, entonces os castigaré siete veces más por vuestros pecados(AD). 19 También quebrantaré el orgullo de vuestro poderío(AE), y haré vuestros cielos como hierro y vuestra tierra como bronce. 20 Y vuestras fuerzas se consumirán en vano, porque vuestra tierra no dará su producto y los árboles de la tierra no darán su fruto(AF).

21 »Y si procedéis[e] con hostilidad contra mí(AG) y no queréis obedecerme, aumentaré la plaga sobre vosotros siete veces conforme a vuestros pecados(AH). 22 Soltaré entre vosotros las fieras del campo que os privarán de vuestros hijos(AI), destruirán vuestro ganado y os reducirán en número de manera que vuestros caminos queden desiertos(AJ).

23 »Y si con estas cosas no os enmendáis ante mí, sino que procedéis con hostilidad contra mí(AK), 24 entonces yo procederé[f] con hostilidad contra vosotros(AL); y yo mismo os heriré siete veces por vuestros pecados(AM). 25 Y traeré sobre vosotros una espada que ejecutará venganza(AN) a causa del pacto; y cuando os reunáis en vuestras ciudades, enviaré pestilencia entre vosotros(AO), para que seáis entregados en manos del enemigo. 26 Cuando yo os quite el sustento[g] del pan(AP), diez mujeres cocerán vuestro pan en un horno, y os darán vuestro pan en cantidades medidas[h], de modo que comeréis y no os saciaréis(AQ).

27 »Si a pesar de todo esto no me obedecéis, sino que procedéis con hostilidad contra mí, 28 entonces yo procederé con hostilidad airada contra vosotros(AR), y yo mismo os castigaré siete veces por vuestros pecados. 29 Comeréis la carne de vuestros hijos(AS), y la carne de vuestras hijas comeréis. 30 Y destruiré vuestros lugares altos(AT), derribaré vuestros altares de incienso[i](AU) y amontonaré vuestros cadáveres sobre los cadáveres de vuestros ídolos, pues mi alma os aborrecerá. 31 También dejaré en ruinas vuestras ciudades(AV), desolaré vuestros santuarios(AW) y no oleré vuestros suaves aromas(AX). 32 Asolaré la tierra(AY) de tal modo que vuestros enemigos que se establezcan[j] en ella queden pasmados(AZ). 33 A vosotros, sin embargo, os esparciré entre las naciones(BA) y desenvainaré la espada en pos de vosotros, y vuestra tierra será asolada y vuestras ciudades quedarán en ruinas.

34 »Entonces la tierra gozará[k] de sus días de reposo(BB) durante todos los días de su desolación, mientras que habitéis en la tierra de vuestros enemigos; entonces descansará la tierra y gozará[l] de sus días de reposo. 35 Durante todos los días de su desolación la tierra guardará el descanso que no guardó en vuestros días de reposo mientras habitabais en ella. 36 En cuanto a los que queden de vosotros, infundiré cobardía[m] en sus corazones en la tierra de sus enemigos; y el sonido de una hoja que se mueva los ahuyentará, y aun cuando nadie los persiga, huirán como quien huye de la espada(BC), y caerán. 37 Tropezarán unos con otros como si huyeran de la espada(BD) aunque nadie los persiga; no tendréis fuerza para hacer frente a vuestros enemigos. 38 Y pereceréis entre las naciones(BE) y os devorará la tierra de vuestros enemigos. 39 Así que los que sobrevivan de vosotros se pudrirán a causa de su iniquidad(BF) en la tierra de vuestros enemigos; también a causa de las iniquidades de sus antepasados se pudrirán juntamente con ellos.

40 »Si confiesan su iniquidad y la iniquidad de sus antepasados(BG), por las[n] infidelidades que cometieron contra mí, y también porque procedieron[o] con hostilidad contra mí 41 (yo también procedía[p] con hostilidad contra ellos para llevarlos a la tierra de sus enemigos), o si su corazón incircunciso(BH) se humilla, y reconocen sus iniquidades(BI), 42 entonces yo me acordaré de mi pacto con Jacob(BJ), me acordaré también de mi pacto con Isaac(BK) y de mi pacto con Abraham(BL), y me acordaré de la tierra. 43 Porque la tierra será abandonada por ellos, y gozará[q] de sus días de reposo mientras quede desolada con su ausencia(BM). Entretanto, ellos pagarán[r] su iniquidad, porque[s] despreciaron mis ordenanzas y su alma aborreció(BN) mis estatutos. 44 Sin embargo, a pesar de esto, cuando estén en la tierra de sus enemigos no los desecharé ni los aborreceré(BO) tanto como para destruirlos(BP), quebrantando mi pacto con ellos(BQ), porque yo soy el Señor su Dios, 45 sino que por ellos me acordaré del pacto con sus antepasados, que yo saqué de la tierra de Egipto(BR) a la vista de las naciones, para ser su Dios(BS). Yo soy el Señor».

46 Estos son los estatutos, ordenanzas y leyes que el Señor estableció entre Él y los hijos de Israel por medio de[t] Moisés en el monte Sinaí(BT).

Footnotes

  1. Levítico 26:1 Lit., sobre
  2. Levítico 26:5 Lit., hasta la saciedad
  3. Levítico 26:6 Lit., la
  4. Levítico 26:11 O, tabernáculo
  5. Levítico 26:21 Lit., andáis, y así en los vers. 23 y 27
  6. Levítico 26:24 Lit., andaré, y así en el vers. 28
  7. Levítico 26:26 O, báculo
  8. Levítico 26:26 Lit., por peso
  9. Levítico 26:30 O, pilares del sol
  10. Levítico 26:32 Lit., habiten
  11. Levítico 26:34 Lit., se satisfará
  12. Levítico 26:34 Lit., se satisfará
  13. Levítico 26:36 O, flaqueza
  14. Levítico 26:40 Lit., sus
  15. Levítico 26:40 Lit., anduvieron
  16. Levítico 26:41 Lit., andaba
  17. Levítico 26:43 Lit., se satisfará
  18. Levítico 26:43 Lit., satisfarán
  19. Levítico 26:43 Lit., porque y por causa de que
  20. Levítico 26:46 Lit., por la mano de

26 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

11 And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

13 I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.

45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.

46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.