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 el Señor tu Dios te está dando, te encuentras con el cadáver de un hombre en el campo abierto, y no tienes idea de quién lo mató.
2 then your elderly and yours [of those] judging have gone out and measured to the cities which [are] around the slain one,
Entonces, tus hombres responsables y tus jueces saldrán y darán órdenes para medir la distancia del cadáver a los pueblos que la rodean.
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,
Y cualquiera que sea el pueblo más cercano al cuerpo, los hombres responsables de ese pueblo deben sacar de la manada una vaca joven que nunca ha sido utilizada para el trabajo o sometida al 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.
Y ellos llevarán a la vaca a un valle donde fluye agua, y que no está arada ni plantada, y allí se romperá el cuello de la vaca.
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, los hijos de Leví, se acercarán; porque han sido escogidos por el Señor tu Dios para ser sus siervos y para dar bendiciones en el nombre del Señor; y por su decisión, cada argumento y cada golpe debe ser juzgado:
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,
Y todos los hombres responsables de la ciudad que está más cerca del hombre muerto, lavando sus manos sobre la becerra 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—
Dirá: Esta muerte no es obra de nuestras manos y nuestros ojos no 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,
Ten piedad, oh Señor, de tu pueblo Israel, a quien has liberado, y quita a tu pueblo el crimen de una muerte sin causa. Entonces ya no serán responsables de la muerte del hombre.
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 de ti el crimen de una muerte sin causa, cuando hagas lo correcto ante los ojos del Señor.
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 sales a la guerra contra otras naciones, y el Señor su Dios les entregó en sus manos y los toman como prisioneros;
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,
Si entre los prisioneros ves a una mujer hermosa y es tu deseo hacerla tu esposa;
12 then you have brought her into the midst of your household, and she has shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
Entonces llévala a tu casa; y que se le corten el pelo y 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.
Deje que ella se quite el vestido con el que fue hecha prisionera y continúe viviendo en tu casa y llorará por su padre y su madre durante un mes entero. Después de eso, puede ir a ella y ser 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.
Pero si no te deleitas en ella, debes dejarla ir a donde quiera; No la venderás, ni la tratarás como esclava, ni como tu propiedad, ya que la has deshonrado.
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 ama mucho y la otra odia, y las dos han tenido hijos con él; y si el primer hijo es el hijo de la odiada esposa;
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.
Luego, cuando entrega sus bienes a sus hijos por su herencia, no debe poner al hijo de su ser querido en el lugar del primer hijo, el hijo de la odiada esposa:
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.
Pero debe dar a su primer hijo su derecho de nacimiento, y el doble de parte de su propiedad: porque es el primer fruto de su fortaleza y el derecho del primer hijo 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 de corazón duro e incontrolado, que no presta atención a la voz de su padre y madre, y que no será gobernado por ellos, aunque le den el castigo:
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,
Luego, que su padre y su madre lo lleven a los hombres responsables del pueblo, al lugar público;
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 diles: Este nuestro hijo es de corazón duro e incontrolado, no nos prestará atención; Se entrega al placer y a la bebida fuerte.
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 del pueblo lo apedrearán hasta morir. Así que tú debes quitar el mal de en medio de ti y todo Israel, al oírlo, se llenará de temor.
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 comete un crimen por el cual el castigo es la muerte, y se le mata al colgarlo de un árbol;
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 permitan que su cuerpo esté en el árbol toda la noche, sino que lo sepultarás ese mismo día; porque el hombre que sufre el ahorcamiento es maldito por Dios; así que no dejes inmunda la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da para tu herencia.
