Deuteronomy 20
1 When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God is with you, who brought 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 It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
Cuando se acerquen para combatir, el sacerdote se pondrá en pie y hablará al pueblo,
3 and shall tell them, "Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: do not let your heart faint; do not be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
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 the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against 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 The officers shall speak to the people, saying, "What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the 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 What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.
¿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 What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the 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 The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, "What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as 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 It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies 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 proclaim peace to it.
Cuando te acerques para atacar una ciudad, le ofrecerás condiciones de paz.
11 It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found in it shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.
Si te responde con paz y se abre a ti, todos sus habitantes te servirán en trabajos forzados.
12 If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:
Pero si no acepta tu propuesta de paz y emprende guerra contra ti, entonces la sitiarás.
13 and when the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:
Cuando Yavé tu ʼElohim la entregue en tu mano, matarás a todos sus varones a filo de espada.
14 but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given 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 Thus you shall 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 But of the cities of these peoples, that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
Pero de las ciudades de estos pueblos que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da como herencia, no dejarás con vida a ninguna persona.
17 but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hethite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as the LORD your God 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 that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against the LORD your God.
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 shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you?
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 trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build siege works against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.
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.
