Deuteronomy 20
1 And if you should go forth to war against your enemies, and should see horse, and rider, and a people more numerous than yourself; you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God [is] with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Cuando salgas a la guerra contra tus enemigos, y veas caballos, carruajes y gente más numerosa que tú, no les temas, porque Yavé tu ʼElohim, Quien te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, está contigo.
2 And it shall come to pass whenever you shall draw near to battle, that the priest shall draw near and speak to the people, and shall say to them,
Cuando se acerquen para combatir, el sacerdote se pondrá en pie y hablará al pueblo,
3 Hear, O Israel; you are going this day to battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint, fear not, neither be confounded, neither turn aside from their face.
y les dirá: Escucha, oh Israel: Hoy ustedes se acercan a presentar batalla contra sus enemigos. No desmaye su corazón. No teman, ni se turben, ni tiemblen ante ellos,
4 For [it is] the Lord your God who advances with you, to fight with you against your enemies, [and] to save you.
porque Yavé su ʼElohim va con ustedes para combatir por ustedes contra sus enemigos y para darles la victoria.
5 And the scribes shall speak to the people, saying, What man [is] he that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war, and another man dedicate it.
Los oficiales hablarán al pueblo: ¿Quién edificó una casa y no la estrenó? Retírese y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en la batalla, y la estrene otro.
6 And what man [is] he that has planted a vineyard, and not been made merry with it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man be made merry with it.
¿Quien plantó una viña y no disfrutó de ella? Retírese y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en la batalla, y la disfrute otro.
7 And what man [is] he that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
¿Quién está comprometido con una mujer, y aún no la tomó? Que se retire y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en la batalla y algún otro la tome.
8 And the scribes shall speak further to the people, and say, What man [is] he that fears and is cowardly in his heart? Let him go and return to his house, lest he make the heart of his brother fail, as his own.
Los oficiales volverán a hablar al pueblo: ¿Quién siente temor y está acobardado? Que se retire y vuelva a su casa, no sea que su cobardía desanime el corazón de sus hermanos.
9 And it shall come to pass when the scribes shall have ceased speaking to the people, that they shall appoint generals of the army to be leaders of the people.
Cuando los oficiales terminen de hablar al pueblo, designarán a los comandantes de los ejércitos que dirigirán al pueblo.
10 And if you shall draw near to a city to overcome them by war, then call them out peaceably.
Cuando te acerques para atacar una ciudad, le ofrecerás condiciones de paz.
11 If then they should answer peaceably to you, and open to you, it shall be that all the people found in it shall be tributary and subject to you.
Si te responde con paz y se abre a ti, todos sus habitantes te servirán en trabajos forzados.
12 But if they will not listen to you, but wage war against you, you shall invest it;
Pero si no acepta tu propuesta de paz y emprende guerra contra ti, entonces la sitiarás.
13 until the Lord your God shall deliver it into your hands, and you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:
Cuando Yavé tu ʼElohim la entregue en tu mano, matarás a todos sus varones a filo de espada.
14 except the women and the stuff: and all the cattle, and whatever shall be in the city, and all the plunder you shall take as spoil for yourself, and shall eat all the plunder of your enemies whom the Lord your God gives you.
Tomarás para ti las mujeres, los niños, el ganado y todo lo que hay en la ciudad, todo su botín. Te alimentarás del botín de tus enemigos, los cuales Yavé tu ʼElohim te entregó.
15 Thus shall you do to all the cities that are very far off from you, not [being] of the cities of these nations which the Lord your God gives you to inherit their land.
Así harás a todas las ciudades que estén muy lejos de ti, que no sean de las ciudades de estas naciones.
16 [Of these] you shall not take any thing alive;
Pero de las ciudades de estos pueblos que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da como herencia, no dejarás con vida a ninguna persona.
17 but you shall surely curse them, the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Gergesite; as the Lord your God commanded you:
Destruirás por completo al heteo, al amorreo, al cananeo, al ferezeo, al heteo y al jebuseo, como Yavé tu ʼElohim te mandó,
18 that they may not teach you to do all their abominations, which they did to their gods, and [so] you should sin before the Lord your God.
para que no les enseñen a hacer todas las repugnancias que ellos hicieron a sus ʼelohim, y ustedes pequen contra Yavé su ʼElohim.
19 And if you should besiege a city many days to prevail against it by war to take it, you shall not destroy its trees, by applying an iron tool to them, but you shall eat of it, and shall not cut it down: Is the tree that is in the field a man, to enter before you into the work of the siege?
Cuando sities una ciudad largo tiempo antes de hacer guerra contra ella a fin de capturarla, no destruyas con el hacha su arboleda, porque puedes comer de ella. No la cortes, porque ¿es el árbol del campo un hombre para que sea sitiado por ti?
20 But the tree which you know to be not fruit-bearing, this you shall destroy and cut down; and you shall construct a mound against the city, which makes war against you, until it be delivered up.
Solo podrás destruir y cortar el árbol del cual tú sabes que no es frutal, para construir con él obras de asedio contra la ciudad que te hace la guerra, hasta que caiga.
