Deuteronomy 25
1 And if there should be a dispute between men, and they should come forward to judgement, and [the judges] judge, and justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked:
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 then it shall come to pass, if the unrighteous should be worthy of stripes, you shall lay him down before the judges, and they shall scourge him before them according to his iniquity.
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 And they shall scourge him with forty stripes in number, they shall not inflict more; for if you should scourge him [with] more stripes beyond these stripes, your brother will be disgraced before you.
No deben recibir más de cuarenta azotes. Más que eso sería humillarlos públicamente.
4 You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn.
No se debe amordazar a un buey cuando está pisando el grano.
5 And if brethren should live together, and one of them should die, and should not have seed, the wife of the deceased shall not marry out [of the family] to a man not related: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and shall take her to himself for a wife, and shall dwell with her.
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 And it shall come to pass that the child which she shall bear, shall be named by the name of the deceased, and his name shall not be blotted out of Israel.
El primer hijo que tenga se llamará como el hermano muerto, para que su nombre no sea olvidado en Israel.
7 And if the man should not be willing to take his brother's wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband's brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband's brother has refused.
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 And the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him; and if he stand and say, 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 shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother's house in Israel.
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 name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that has had his shoe loosed.
A partir de entonces su apellido en Israel se llamará “La familia de la sandalia arrancada”.
11 And if men should strive together, a man with his brother, and the wife of one of them should advance to rescue her husband out of the hand of him that smites him, and she should stretch forth her hand, and take hold of his 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 you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not spare her.
eben cortarle la mano. No le muestres ninguna piedad.
13 You shall not have in your bag various 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 You shall not have in your house various 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 You shall have a true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that you may live long upon the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance.
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 every one that does this [is] an abomination to the Lord your God, even every one that does injustice.
Cualquiera que no lo haga y haga fraudes como este ofende al Señor su Dios.
17 Remember what things Amalec did to you by the way, when you went forth out of the land of Egypt:
Recuerda lo que te hicieron los amalecitas al salir de Egipto.
18 how he withstood you in the way, and harassed your rear, [even] those that were weary behind you, and you did hunger and was weary; and he did not fear God.
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 And it shall come to pass whenever the Lord your God shall have given you rest from all your enemies round about you, in the land which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, you shall blot out the name of Amalec from under heaven, and shall not forget [to do it].
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!
