Deuteronomy 25
1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
Si hay algún argumento jurídico entre dos personas, deben acudir a los tribunales para que se juzgue el caso, a fin de justificar al que tiene razón y condenar al que está equivocado.
2 And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.
Si el culpable es condenado a ser azotado, el juez ordenará que se acueste y sea azotado ante él con el número de azotes que el delito merece.
3 He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you.
No deben recibir más de cuarenta azotes. Más que eso sería humillarlos públicamente.
4 Do not keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it.
No se debe amordazar a un buey cuando está pisando el grano.
5 If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.
Cuando dos hermanos viven cerca uno del otro y uno de ellos muere sin tener un hijo, la viuda no debe casarse con un extraño fuera de la familia. El hermano de su marido se casará con ella y se acostará con ella, cumpliendo los requisitos de un cuñado para proporcionarle hijos.
6 Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.
El primer hijo que tenga se llamará como el hermano muerto, para que su nombre no sea olvidado en Israel.
7 But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.
Sin embargo, si el hombre se niega a casarse con la viuda de su hermano, ella irá a los ancianos a la puerta del pueblo y les dirá: “El hermano de mi marido se niega a mantener vivo el nombre de su hermano en Israel. No quiere cumplir los requisitos de un cuñado para mí”.
8 Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;
Los ancianos del pueblo deben llamarlo y hablar con él. Si continúa negándose y dice: “No quiero casarme con ella”,
9 Then his brother's wife is to come to him, before the responsible men of the town, and take his shoe off his foot, and put shame on him, and say, So let it be done to the man who will not take care of his brother's name.
la viuda de su hermano debe confrontarlo en presencia de los ancianos, sacarle la sandalia, escupirle en la cara y anunciar, “Esto es lo que le pasa al hombre que se niega a mantener vivo el nombre de la familia de su hermano”.
10 And his family will be named in Israel, The house of him whose shoe has been taken off.
A partir de entonces su apellido en Israel se llamará “La familia de la sandalia arrancada”.
11 If two men are fighting, and the wife of one of them, coming to the help of her husband, takes the other by the private parts;
Si dos hombres están peleando, y una de sus esposas interviene para salvar a su marido de ser golpeado, y ella se agarra a los genitales del atacante,
12 Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her.
eben cortarle la mano. No le muestres ninguna piedad.
13 Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;
No tengas dos pesos de medida diferentes en tu bolsa, uno que sea pesado y otro que sea ligero.
14 Or in your house different measures, a great and a small.
No tengas dos recipientes de medida diferentes en tu casa, uno que sea grande y otro que sea pequeño.
15 But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Asegúrate de usar siempre pesos y medidas exactas y verdaderas. De esa manera tendrás una larga vida en el país que el Señor tu Dios te ha dado.
16 For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.
Cualquiera que no lo haga y haga fraudes como este ofende al Señor su Dios.
17 Keep in mind what Amalek did to you on your way from Egypt;
Recuerda lo que te hicieron los amalecitas al salir de Egipto.
18 How, meeting you on the way, he made an attack on you when you were tired and without strength, cutting off all the feeble ones at the end of your line; and the fear of God was not in him.
Salieron a enfrentarse a ti cuando estabas cansado y cansado de tu viaje, y atacaron a todos aquellos que se estaban quedando atrás. No tuvieron ningún respeto por Dios.
19 So when the Lord your God has given you rest from all who are against you on every side, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, see to it that the memory of Amalek is cut off from the earth; keep this in mind.
Una vez que el Señor tu Dios te dé la paz después de luchar contra tus enemigos en el país que te da para que lo tomes y lo poseas, debes borrar incluso el recuerdo de los amalecitas de la tierra. ¡No lo olvides!
