Deuteronomy 21
1 “When one is found slain, fallen in a field on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you to possess it, [and] it is not known who has struck him,
Si alguien es encontrado muerto en la tierra que Yahvé vuestro Dios te da para poseer, tirado en el campo, y no se sabe quién lo ha herido,
2 then your elderly and yours [of those] judging have gone out and measured to the cities which [are] around the slain one,
entonces saldrán tus ancianos y tus jueces, y medirán a las ciudades que están alrededor del muerto.
3 and it has been, the city which [is] near to the slain one, even [the] elderly of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked with, which has not drawn in a yoke,
Los ancianos de la ciudad más cercana al muerto tomarán una novilla del rebaño que no haya sido trabajada y que no haya sido arrastrada por el yugo.
4 and [the] elderly of that city have brought down the heifer to a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded the heifer there in the valley.
Los ancianos de esa ciudad llevarán la novilla a un valle con aguas corrientes, que no esté arado ni sembrado, y le romperán el cuello allí en el valle.
5 And the priests, sons of Levi, have come near—for your God YHWH has fixed on them to serve Him and to bless in the Name of YHWH, and by their mouth is every strife and every stroke—
Los sacerdotes hijos de Leví se acercarán, porque a ellos ha elegido Yahvé vuestro Dios para que le sirvan y bendigan en nombre de Yahvé; y según su palabra se decidirá toda controversia y todo asalto.
6 and all [the] elderly of that city, who are near to the slain one, wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,
Todos los ancianos de la ciudad más cercana al muerto se lavarán las manos sobre la vaquilla cuyo cuello fue quebrado en el valle.
7 and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen—
Responderán y dirán: “Nuestras manos no han derramado esta sangre, ni nuestros ojos la han visto.
8 receive atonement for Your people Israel, whom You have ransomed, O YHWH, and do not permit innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel; and the blood has been pardoned to them,
Perdona, Yahvé, a tu pueblo Israel, al que has redimido, y no permitas la sangre inocente en tu pueblo Israel.” La sangre les será perdonada.
9 and you put away the innocent blood out of your midst, for you do that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH.
Así eliminaréis la sangre inocente de entre vosotros, cuando hagáis lo que es justo a los ojos de Yahvé.
10 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and your God YHWH has given them into your hand, and you have taken captive its captivity,
Cuando salgas a luchar contra tus enemigos, y el Señor tu Dios los entregue en tus manos y los lleves cautivos,
11 and have seen a woman of beautiful form in the captivity, and have delighted in her, and have taken [her] to yourself for a wife,
y veas entre los cautivos a una mujer hermosa, y te atraiga y desees tomarla como esposa,
12 then you have brought her into the midst of your household, and she has shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
entonces la llevarás a tu casa. Ella se afeitará la cabeza y se cortará las uñas.
13 and turned aside the raiment of her captivity from off her, and has dwelt in your house, and lamented her father and her mother [for] a month of days, and afterward you go in to her and have married her, and she has been to you for a wife.
Se quitará la ropa de su cautiverio y se quedará en tu casa, y llorará a su padre y a su madre un mes entero. Después entrarás con ella y serás su esposo, y ella será tu esposa.
14 And it has been, if you have not delighted in her, that you have sent her away at her desire, and surely you do not sell her for money; you do not tyrannize over her, because that you have humbled her.
Si no te gusta, la dejarás ir a donde quiera, pero no la venderás por dinero. No la tratarás como a una esclava, porque la has humillado.
15 When a man has two wives, one loved and the other hated, and they have borne sons to him (the loved one and the hated one), and the firstborn son has been to the hated one,
Si un hombre tiene dos esposas, una amada y otra odiada, y le han dado hijos, tanto la amada como la odiada, y si el hijo primogénito es de la odiada,
16 then it has been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he has, he is not able to declare firstborn the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one—the firstborn.
entonces será, el día que haga heredar a sus hijos lo que tiene, que no dará al hijo de la amada los derechos de primogénito antes que al hijo de la odiada, que es el primogénito;
17 But the firstborn, son of the hated one, he acknowledges, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he [is] the beginning of his strength; to him [is] the right of the firstborn.
sino que reconozca al primogénito, el hijo del odiado, dándole una doble porción de todo lo que tiene, porque él es el principio de su fuerza. El derecho del primogénito es suyo.
18 When a man has a son apostatizing and being rebellious—he is not listening to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they have disciplined him, and he does not listen to them—
Si un hombre tiene un hijo testarudo y rebelde que no obedece la voz de su padre ni la de su madre, y aunque lo castiguen, no les hace caso,
19 then his father and his mother have laid hold on him, and they have brought him out to [the] elderly of his city, and to the gate of his place,
entonces su padre y su madre lo agarrarán y lo llevarán a los ancianos de su ciudad y a la puerta de su lugar.
20 and have said to [the] elderly of his city, Our son—this one—is apostatizing and being rebellious; he is not listening to our voice—a glutton and drunkard.
Dirán a los ancianos de su ciudad: “Este hijo nuestro es terco y rebelde. No quiere obedecer nuestra voz. Es un glotón y un borracho”.
21 Then all the men of his city have stoned him with stones and he has died, and you have put away the evil out of your midst, and all Israel hears and fears.
Todos los hombres de su ciudad lo apedrearán hasta que muera. Así eliminarán el mal de entre ustedes. Todo Israel escuchará y temerá.
22 And when there is a sin in a man [with] a judgment of death, and he has been put to death, and you have hanged him on a tree,
Si un hombre ha cometido un pecado digno de muerte, y es condenado a muerte, y lo cuelgas en un madero,
23 his corpse does not remain on the tree, for you certainly bury him in the day—for he who is hanged [becomes] a curse of God—and you do not defile your ground which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance.”
su cuerpo no permanecerá toda la noche en el madero, sino que lo enterrarás el mismo día; porque el ahorcado es maldito por Dios. No contamines tu tierra que el Señor, tu Dios, te da en herencia.
