Deuteronomy 17
1 No ox or sheep which has a mark on it or is damaged in any way may be offered to the Lord your God: for that is disgusting to the Lord your God.
No sacrificarás a Jehová tu Dios buey, o cordero en el cual haya falta, o alguna cosa mala, que es abominación a Jehová tu Dios.
2 If there is any man or woman among you, in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you, who does evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, sinning against his agreement,
Cuando se hallare entre ti, en alguna de tus ciudades, que Jehová tu Dios te da, hombre, o mujer, que haya hecho mal en ojos de Jehová tu Dios traspasando su concierto;
3 By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders;
Que hubiere ido, y servido a dioses ajenos, y se hubiere inclinado a ellos, o al sol, o a la luna, o a todo el ejército del cielo, lo cual yo no mandé;
4 If word of this comes to your ears, then let this thing be looked into with care, and if there is no doubt that it is true, and such evil has been done in Israel;
Y te fuere dado aviso, y oyeres, y hubieres buscado bien, y la cosa ha parecido de verdad cierta, que tal abominación ha sido hecha en Israel;
5 Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.
Entonces sacarás al hombre o mujer, que hubiere hecho esta mala cosa, a tus puertas, hombre o mujer, y apedrearlos has con piedras, y morirán.
6 On the word of two or three witnesses, a man may be given the punishment of death; but he is not to be put to death on the word of one witness.
Por dicho de dos testigos, o de tres testigos, morirá el que hubiere de morir: no morirá por el dicho de un solo testigo.
7 The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all the people. So you are to put away the evil from among you.
La mano de los testigos será primero sobre él, para matarle, y la mano de todo el pueblo después: y quitarás el mal de en medio de ti.
8 If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;
Cuando alguna cosa te fuere oculta en juicio entre sangre y sangre, entre causa y causa, y entre llaga y llaga en negocios de rencillas en tus ciudades, entonces levantarte has, y subirás al lugar que Jehová tu Dios escogiere:
9 And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:
Y vendrás a los sacerdotes Levitas, y al juez que fuere en aquellos días; y preguntarás, y enseñarte han la palabra del juicio.
10 And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:
Y harás según la palabra que ellos te enseñaren del lugar que Jehová escogiere, y guardarás que hagas según todo lo que te enseñaren.
11 Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.
Según la ley, que ellos te enseñaren, y según el juicio que te dijeren, harás: de la palabra que te enseñaren, no te apartarás ni a diestra ni a siniestra.
12 And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel.
Y el hombre que hiciere con soberbia no obedeciendo al sacerdote que está para ministrar allí, delante de Jehová tu Dios, o al juez, el tal varón morirá: y quitarás el mal de Israel.
13 And all the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear and put away their pride.
Y todo el pueblo oirá, y temerá, y no se ensoberbecerán más.
14 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it for a heritage and are living in it, if it is your desire to have a king over you, like the other nations round about you;
Cuando hubieres entrado en la tierra, que Jehová tu Dios te da y la heredares, y habitares en ella, y dijeres: Pondré rey sobre mí, como todas las gentes que están en mis al derredores;
15 Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God: let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.
Poniendo pondrás por rey sobre ti al que Jehová tu Dios escogiere: de entre tus hermanos pondrás rey sobre ti: no podrás poner sobre ti hombre extranjero, que no sea tu hermano.
16 And he is not to get together a great army of horses for himself, or make the people go back to Egypt to get horses for him: because the Lord has said, You will never again go back that way.
Solamente que no se aumente caballos, ni haga volver el pueblo a Egipto para aumentar caballos: porque Jehová os ha dicho: No procuraréis de volver más por este camino.
17 And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.
Ni aumentará para sí mujeres, porque su corazón no se aparte: ni plata ni oro se multiplicará mucho.
18 And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care:
Y será que cuando se asentare sobre la silla de su reino, escribirá para sí un traslado de esta ley en un libro, tomándolo de delante de los sacerdotes Levitas;
19 And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:
El cual tendrá consigo, y leerá en él todos los días de su vida, para que aprenda a temer a Jehová su Dios, para guardar todas las palabras de aquesta ley, y estos estatutos para hacerlos;
20 So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.
Para que no se eleve su corazón sobre sus hermanos, ni se aparte del mandamiento a diestra ni a siniestra, porque alargue días en su reino él, y sus hijos en medio de Israel.
