Deuteronomy 20
1 “When you go out to battle against your enemy, and have seen horse and chariot—a people more numerous than you—you are not afraid of them, for your God YHWH [is] with you, who is bringing 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 has been, in your drawing near to the battle, that the priest has come near, and spoken to the people,
Cuando se acerquen para combatir, el sacerdote se pondrá en pie y hablará al pueblo,
3 and said to them, Hear, O Israel: You are drawing near today to battle against your enemies, do not let your hearts be tender, do not fear, nor make haste, nor be terrified at their presence,
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 your God YHWH [is] He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies—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 authorities have spoken to the people, saying, Who [is] the man that has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in battle 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 who [is] the man that has planted a vineyard and has not made it common? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man make it common.
¿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 who [is] the man that has betrothed a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in 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 authorities have added to speak to the people and said, Who [is] the man that is afraid and tender of heart? Let him go and return to his house, and the heart of his brothers does not melt like his heart.
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 has come to pass, as the authorities finish to speak to the people, that they have appointed princes of the hosts at the head of the people.
Cuando los oficiales terminen de hablar al pueblo, designarán a los comandantes de los ejércitos que dirigirán al pueblo.
10 When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then you have called to it for peace,
Cuando te acerques para atacar una ciudad, le ofrecerás condiciones de paz.
11 and it has been, if it answers you [with] peace, and has opened to you, then it has come to pass, all the people who are found in it are for tributaries to you, and have served you.
Si te responde con paz y se abre a ti, todos sus habitantes te servirán en trabajos forzados.
12 And if it does not make peace with you, and has made war with you, then you have laid siege against it,
Pero si no acepta tu propuesta de paz y emprende guerra contra ti, entonces la sitiarás.
13 and your God YHWH has given it into your hand, and you have struck every male of it by the mouth of the sword.
Cuando Yavé tu ʼElohim la entregue en tu mano, matarás a todos sus varones a filo de espada.
14 Only, the women, and the infants, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you seize for yourself, and you have eaten the spoil of your enemies which your God YHWH has given to 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 So you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Así harás a todas las ciudades que estén muy lejos de ti, que no sean de las ciudades de estas naciones.
16 Only, of the cities of these peoples which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance, you do not keep alive any [that are] breathing;
Pero de las ciudades de estos pueblos que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da como herencia, no dejarás con vida a ninguna persona.
17 for you certainly devote the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as your God YHWH has 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 so that they do not teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and you have sinned against your God YHWH.
para que no les enseñen a hacer todas las repugnancias que ellos hicieron a sus ʼelohim, y ustedes pequen contra Yavé su ʼElohim.
19 When you lay siege to a city [for] many days to fight against it, to capture it, you do not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for you eat of them, and you do not cut them down—for the tree of the field [is] man’s—to go in at your presence in 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 Only, the tree of which you know that it [is] not a fruit-tree, you destroy it, and have cut [it] down, and have built a bulwark against the city which is making war with you until you have subdued it.”
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.
