Exodus 22
1 “Anyone who steals an ox or a sheep and kills or sells it, he must pay back five oxen for one ox and four sheep for one sheep.
Cuando un hombre robe un buey o un cordero, y lo degüelle o lo venda, por aquel buey pagará cinco bueyes, y por aquel cordero pagará cuatro corderos.
2 If a thief is discovered breaking into someone's house and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of murder.
Si un ladrón es hallado cuando irrumpe en un lugar y es herido de tal modo que muere, a nadie se inculpará por su sangre.
3 But if it happens during daylight, then someone is guilty of murder. A thief must pay everything back that's stolen. If he doesn't have anything, then he must be sold to pay for what was stolen.
Pero si ya salió el sol, será delito de sangre. Ciertamente hará restitución. Si nada tiene, entonces será vendido por su robo.
4 If what was stolen is a live animal he still has, whether it's an ox, donkey, or sheep, he must pay back double.
Si lo que robó se encuentra vivo en su poder, sea buey, asno u oveja, hará restitución con el doble.
5 If livestock are grazing in a field or vineyard and their owner lets them stray so that they graze in someone else's field, the owner must pay compensation from the best of their own fields or vineyards.
Cuando alguno destroce un campo o una viña al soltar su bestia a pastar en campo ajeno, hará restitución con lo mejor de su campo o lo mejor de su viña.
6 If a fire is started and it spreads to thorn bushes and then burns stacked or standing grain, or even the whole field, the person who started the fire must pay full compensation.
Cuando un fuego se propague a las espinas y consuma las gavillas amontonadas o en pie en el campo, el que encendió el fuego restituirá sin falta.
7 If someone gives his neighbor money or possessions to be kept safe and they are stolen from the neighbor's house, if the thief is caught they must pay back double.
Cuando un hombre dé a su prójimo plata u objetos para que los guarde, y sean robados de la casa de aquel que los guardó, si se halla al ladrón, restituirá el doble.
8 If the thief isn't caught the owner of the house must appear before the judges to find out whether he took his neighbor's property.
Pero si el ladrón no es hallado, entonces el dueño de la casa se presentará ante los jueces y jurará si metió su mano en los bienes de su prójimo, o no.
9 If there's an argument over the ownership of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything that was lost that someone says, ‘This is mine,’ both parties are to bring their case before the judges. The one whom the judges find in the wrong must pay the other back double.
En todo asunto de transgresión, sea de buey, de asno, de oveja, de ropa, o cualquier pérdida en la que se diga: Esto es así, el asunto de ambos se llevará ante los jueces, y aquel a quien los jueces declaren culpable, pagará el doble a su prójimo.
10 If someone asks a neighbor to look after a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal, but it dies or is injured or is stolen without anybody noticing,
Cuando un hombre dé a su prójimo un asno, buey u oveja, o cualquier animal para que lo guarde, y muera, o sea destrozado o robado sin que nadie vea,
11 then an oath must be taken before the Lord to decide if the neighbor has taken the owner's property. The owner must accept the oath and not demand compensation.
se interpondrá juramento ante Yavé entre ambos para afirmar que su mano no se extendió a los bienes de su prójimo, su dueño lo aceptará, y el otro no pagará.
12 However, if the animal really was stolen from the neighbor, he must compensate the owner.
Pero si fue robado de junto a él, hará restitución a su dueño,
13 If it was killed and torn to pieces by a wild animal, the neighbor shall present the carcass as evidence and does not need to pay compensation.
y si fue destrozado por una fiera, le llevará evidencia y no pagará lo destrozado.
14 If someone borrows a neighbor's animal and it's injured or dies while its owner is not present, they must pay compensation in full.
Cuando un hombre pida a su prójimo un animal, y sea herido o muerto en ausencia de su dueño, ciertamente lo pagará.
15 If the owner was present, no compensation is to be paid. If the animal was hired, only the hire charge needs to be paid.
Si el dueño está presente, no pagará. Si era alquilado, entrará en su alquiler.
16 If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the full bride-price for her to become his wife.
Si un varón seduce a una virgen que no está comprometida y se une a ella, ciertamente deberá pagar la dote a fin de tomarla como esposa para él mismo.
17 If her father adamantly refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay the same amount as the bride-price for a virgin.
Pero si su padre rehúsa terminantemente dársela, él pagará el dinero conforme a la dote de las vírgenes.
18 You must not allow a woman who practices witchcraft to live.
No dejarás vivir a la hechicera.
19 Anyone who has sex with an animal must be executed.
Todo el que se ayunte con animal ciertamente será muerto.
20 Anyone who sacrifices to any other god than the Lord must be set apart and executed.
El que ofrezca sacrificio a cualquier ʼelohim que no sea Yavé, será completamente destruido.
21 You must not exploit or mistreat a foreigner. Remember that you yourselves were once foreigners in Egypt.
No maltratarás ni oprimirás al extranjero, porque también ustedes fueron extranjeros en la tierra de Egipto.
22 You must not take advantage of any widow or orphan.
No afligirán a la viuda ni al huérfano.
23 If you mistreat them, and they call out to me for help, I will definitely respond to their cry.
Porque si los afligen, y ellos elevan su clamor a Mí, ciertamente escucharé el clamor de ellos
24 I will become angry, and I will kill you with the sword. Your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
y se encenderá mi ira. A ustedes los haré morir a espada, y sus esposas quedarán viudas y sus hijos huérfanos.
25 If you lend money to any of my people because they're poor, you must not behave as a moneylender to them. You must not charge them any interest.
Si prestas dinero al pobre de mi pueblo que está entre ustedes, no actuarás como un acreedor ni le cobrarás interés.
26 If you require your neighbor's cloak as security for a loan, you must return it to him by sunset,
Si tomas en prenda la ropa de tu prójimo, se lo devolverás antes de la puesta del sol,
27 because it's the only clothing he has for his body. What would he sleep in otherwise? If he calls out to me for help, I will listen, for I am considerate.
pues la ropa es su único cobertor para su piel. ¿En qué se va a acostar? Y si clama a Mí, sucederá que Yo lo escucharé, porque soy misericordioso.
28 You must not despise God or curse your people's leader.
No insultarás a los jueces, ni maldecirás al magistrado de tu pueblo.
29 You must not hold onto the required offerings of your produce, olive oil, and wine. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.
No retardes la ofrenda de tu cosecha y de tu vendimia. Me darás el primogénito de tus hijos.
30 You must also give me the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats. They can stay with their mothers for their first seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.
Lo mismo harás con el de tu buey y con el de tu oveja. Siete días estará con su madre, y al octavo día me lo darás.
31 You are to be holy people to me. You must not eat any animal carcass that you find in the countryside that has been killed by wild animals. Throw it to the dogs to eat.”
Me serán hombres santos. No comerán carne despedazada en el campo. La echarán a los perros.
