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 salieres a la guerra contra tus enemigos, y vieres caballos y carros, un pueblo más grande que tú, no tengas temor de ellos, que el SEÑOR tu Dios es contigo, el cual te sacó de tierra de Egipto.
2 and it has been, in your drawing near to the battle, that the priest has come near, and spoken to the people,
Y será que, cuando os acercaréis para combatir, llegará el sacerdote, 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: Oye, Israel, vosotros os juntáis hoy en batalla contra vuestros enemigos; no se ablande vuestro corazón, no temáis, ni tengáis miedo, ni tampoco os desalentéis delante de ellos;
4 for your God YHWH [is] He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies—to save you.
que el SEÑOR vuestro Dios anda con vosotros, para pelear por vosotros contra vuestros enemigos, para salvaros.
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.
Y los alcaldes hablarán al pueblo, diciendo: ¿Quién ha edificado casa nueva, y no la ha estrenado? Vaya, y vuélvase a su casa, para que no muera por ventura en la batalla, y algún otro la estrene.
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.
¿Y quién ha plantado viña, y no ha disfrutado de ella? Vaya, y vuélvase a su casa, para que por ventura no muera en la batalla, y algún otro la disfrute.
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.
¿Y quién se ha desposado con mujer, y no la ha tomado? Vaya, y vuélvase a su casa, para que por ventura no 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.
Y volverán los alcaldes a hablar al pueblo, y dirán: ¿Quién es hombre medroso y cobarde de corazón? Vaya, y vuélvase a su casa, y no apoque el corazón de sus hermanos, como su corazón.
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.
Y será que, cuando los alcaldes acabaren de hablar al pueblo, entonces los capitanes de los ejércitos mandarán delante del pueblo.
10 When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then you have called to it for peace,
Cuando te acercares a una ciudad para combatirla, le intimarás la 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.
Y será que, si te respondiere: Paz, y te abriere, todo el pueblo que en ella fuere hallado te serán tributarios, y te servirán.
12 And if it does not make peace with you, and has made war with you, then you have laid siege against it,
Mas si no hiciere paz contigo, y emprendiere contigo guerra, y la cercares,
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.
y el SEÑOR tu Dios la entregare en tu mano, entonces herirás a todo varón suyo 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.
Solamente las mujeres y los niños, y los animales, y todo lo que hubiere en la ciudad, todos sus despojos, tomarás para ti; y comerás del despojo de tus enemigos, los cuales el SEÑOR tu Dios 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 estuvieren muy lejos de ti, que no fueren de las ciudades de estos gentiles.
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;
Solamente de las ciudades de estos pueblos que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da por heredad, ninguna persona dejarás con vida;
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,
del todo los destruirás: al heteo, y al amorreo, y al cananeo, y al ferezeo, y al heveo, y al jebuseo, como el SEÑOR tu Dios te ha mandado;
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 os enseñen a hacer según todas sus abominaciones, que ellos hacen a sus dioses, y pequéis contra el SEÑOR vuestro Dios.
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 pusieres cerco a alguna ciudad, peleando contra ella muchos días para tomarla, no destruyas su arboleda metiendo en ella hacha, porque de ella comerás; y no la talarás, (porque el árbol del campo es la vida del hombre) para emplearla en el cerco.
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.”
Mas el árbol que supieres que no es árbol para comer, lo destruirás y lo talarás, y edificarás baluarte contra la ciudad que pelea contigo, hasta sojuzgarla.
