Deuteronomy 17
1 “You do not sacrifice to your God YHWH ox or sheep in which there is a blemish—any bad thing; for it [is] an abomination [to] your God YHWH.
No sacrificarás a Yavé tu ʼElohim un becerro o una oveja que tenga falla o defecto, porque es repugnancia a Yavé tu ʼElohim.
2 When there is found in your midst, in one of your cities which your God YHWH is giving to you, a man or a woman who does evil in the eyes of your God YHWH by transgressing His covenant,
Si en alguna de las ciudades que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da, se halla en medio de ti algún hombre o mujer que hace lo malo ante Yavé tu ʼElohim, porque quebranta su Pacto,
3 and he goes and serves other gods, and bows himself to them, and to the sun, or to the moon, or to any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded,
ofrece culto a otros ʼelohim, se postra ante ellos, el sol, la luna o la hueste del cielo, y hace lo que Yo no mandé
4 and it has been declared to you, and you have heard, and have searched diligently, and behold, [if] truth, the thing is established; this abomination has been done in Israel—
y te lo dicen, si después de escucharlo y hacer una completa indagación, con seguridad es cierto que tal repugnancia se cometió en Israel,
5 then you have brought out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing, to your gates—the man or the woman—and you have stoned them with stones, and they have died.
entonces sacarás a tus puertas a ese hombre o a esa esposa que cometió esa mala acción, y lo apedrearás hasta que muera.
6 By the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses is he who is being put to death put to death; he is not put to death by the mouth of one witness;
Por declaración de dos o tres testigos morirá el que debe morir. No podrá ser condenado a muerte por el testimonio de un solo testigo.
7 the hand of the witnesses is on him in the first place to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; and you have put away evil out of your midst.
La mano de los testigos se levantará primero contra él para matarlo, y después la mano de todo el pueblo. Así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti.
8 When anything is too hard for you for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke—matters of strife within your gates—then you have risen and gone up to the place on which your God YHWH fixes,
Si surge un caso demasiado difícil de decidir en un juicio ya sea alguna clase de homicidio u otra, entre alguna clase de litigio u otro, que son casos de controversia en tus tribunales de justicia, entonces te levantarás y subirás al lugar que Yavé tu ʼElohim escoja.
9 and have come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in those days, and have inquired, and they have declared the word of judgment to you,
Irás a los sacerdotes levitas y al juez que esté en funciones en aquellos días, y consultarás. Ellos te indicarán el veredicto del caso.
10 and you have done according to the tenor of the word which they declare to you ([they] of that place which YHWH chooses); and you have observed to do according to all that they direct you.
Entonces actuarás según el veredicto que te indicaron desde aquel lugar que Yavé escoja, y cuidarás de hacer conforme a todo lo que te indiquen.
11 According to the tenor of the law which they direct you, and according to the judgment which they say to you, you do; you do not turn aside from the word which they declare to you [to] the right or left.
Actuarás según la instrucción que ellos te enseñen, y según el veredicto que te digan. No te apartarás ni a la derecha ni a la izquierda de la sentencia que te declaren.
12 And the man who acts with presumption, so as not to listen to the priest (who is standing to serve your God YHWH there), or to the judge, even that man has died, and you have put away evil from Israel,
El que proceda con soberbia y no obedezca al juez y al sacerdote que esté allí para servir a Yavé tu ʼElohim, morirá. Así eliminarás el mal de Israel.
13 and all the people hear and fear, and do not presume anymore.
Todo el pueblo oirá y temerá, y ya no actuará con soberbia.
14 When you come into the land which your God YHWH is giving to you, and have possessed it, and dwelt in it, and you have said, Let me set a king over me like all the nations which [are] around me—
Cuando entres en la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da, la tengas en posesión, vivas en ella y digas: Deseo designar sobre mí un rey, como todas las naciones que están alrededor de mí,
15 you certainly set a king over you on whom YHWH fixes; you set a king over you from the midst of your brothers; you are not able to set a stranger over you, who is not your brother.
solo designarás rey sobre ti a aquel a quien Yavé tu ʼElohim escogió. Instituirás como rey sobre ti a uno de entre tus hermanos. No podrás colocar sobre ti a un extranjero que no sea hermano tuyo.
16 Only, he does not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, so as to multiply horses, seeing YHWH has said to you, You do not add to return in this way anymore.
Pero él no aumentará para él caballos, ni ordenará que el pueblo regrese a Egipto para aumentar caballos, porque Yavé les dijo: Jamás volverán ustedes por ese camino.
17 And he does not multiply wives for himself, and his heart does not turn aside, and he does not exceedingly multiply silver and gold for himself.
No tomará para él muchas mujeres, no sea que se desvíe su corazón. Ni acumulará para él mucha plata y oro.
18 And it has been, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he has written a copy of this law for himself, on a scroll, from [that] before the priests, the Levites,
Sucederá que, cuando se siente en el trono de su reino, escribirá para él una copia de esta Ley en un rollo, en presencia de los levitas sacerdotes.
19 and it has been with him, and he has read in it all [the] days of his life, so that he learns to fear his God YHWH, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes—to do them,
La tendrá consigo y leerá en ella todos los días de su vida para que aprenda a temer a Yavé su ʼElohim, y observe diligentemente todas las palabras de esta Ley y de estos Preceptos para cumplirlos,
20 so that his heart is not high above his brothers, and so as not to turn aside from the command [to] the right or left, so that he prolongs days over his kingdom, he and his sons in the midst of Israel.”
a fin de que su corazón no se eleve sobre sus hermanos, ni se aparte del Mandamiento ni a la derecha ni a la izquierda, para que él y sus hijos prolonguen sus días en su reino en medio de Israel.
