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 en la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da para que la poseas, es hallada una persona asesinada, tendida en el campo, y no se sabe quién la asesinó,
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 la distancia hasta las ciudades que circundan al 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 lugar donde fue hallado el cadáver tomarán una becerra de la manada de ganado vacuno que aún no trabajó ni llevó 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 aquella ciudad harán bajar la becerra a un valle que tenga agua corriente, donde nunca se aró ni se sembró, y allí en el valle, desnucarán la becerra.
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—
Entonces los sacerdotes hijos de Leví se acercarán, porque a ellos escogió Yavé tu ʼElohim para que le sirvan y para bendecir en el Nombre de Yavé, por cuya decisión se resolverá toda disputa 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 aquella ciudad, la más cercana al cadáver, lavarán sus manos en el arroyo sobre la becerra desnucada
7 and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen—
y declararán: Nuestras manos no derramaron esta sangre, ni lo vieron nuestros ojos.
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,
Oh Yavé, perdona a tu pueblo Israel, al cual redimiste, y no culpes de sangre inocente a tu pueblo Israel. La sangre les servirá como sacrificio que apacigua.
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 quitarás la culpa por la sangre inocente de en medio de ti, cuando hagas lo recto ante Yavé.
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 la guerra contra tus enemigos, y Yavé tu ʼElohim los entregue en tus manos, y los tomes 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 entre los cautivos veas a alguna mujer hermosa, y tengas un deseo de tomarla para ti como esposa,
12 then you have brought her into the midst of your household, and she has shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
la llevarás a tu casa. Ella rapará su 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.
Luego se quitará la ropa de cautiva y se quedará en tu casa. Hará duelo por su padre y por su madre durante un mes. Después podrás unirte a ella, y tú serás su esposo y ella 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.
Pero si ella no te agrada, la dejarás en libertad. No la venderás por dinero, ni la tendrás como esclava, porque tú la humillaste.
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 mujeres, la una amada y la otra no amada, y las dos le dan a luz hijos, y el primogénito es hijo de la no amada,
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.
el día cuando reparta sus posesiones, no puede constituir como primogénito al hijo de la mujer amada en perjuicio del hijo de la mujer no amada, quien 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.
Reconocerá como primogénito al hijo de la mujer no amada, y le dará el doble de todo lo que posea, pues él es la primicia de su vigor. Tiene jerarquía de primogenitura.
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—
Cuando un hombre tenga un hijo porfiado y rebelde, que no obedece la voz de su padre ni de su madre, y cuando ellos lo disciplinan no les obedece,
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 en la puerta de su ciudad.
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.
Y dirán a los ancianos de su ciudad: Este hijo nuestro es porfiado y rebelde. No obedece a nuestra voz. Es glotón y 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.
Entonces todos los hombres de su ciudad lo apedrearán hasta que muera. Así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti, y todo Israel oirá 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 alguno cometió un delito digno de muerte, y es condenado a muerte, y lo cuelgan 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.”
no dejarás que su cadáver pase la noche en el madero. Sin falta lo enterrarás el mismo día, porque maldito por ʼElohim es el colgado. Así no contaminarás la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da como herencia.
