Deuteronomy 12
1 “(I will now tell you again/These, [again], are) the rules and regulations that you must faithfully obey in the land that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to you to occupy. You must obey these laws all the time that you are alive.
Estos son los estatutos y derechos que guardaréis para hacer en la tierra que Jehová el Dios de tus padres te ha dado, para que la heredes todos los días que vosotros viviereis sobre la tierra.
2 You must destroy all the places where the people-groups that you will expel worship their gods, on the tops of mountains and hills and under big green trees.
Destruyendo destruiréis todos los lugares donde las gentes, que vosotros heredaréis, sirvieron a sus dioses sobre los montes altos, y sobre los collados, y debajo de todo árbol espeso.
3 You must tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Completely burn the statues of their goddess Asherah in fires, and chop down their wooden idols, in order that no one will ever worship them [MTY] in those places again.
Y derribaréis sus altares, y quebraréis sus imágines, y sus bosques quemaréis a fuego: y las esculturas de sus dioses destruiréis, y desharéis el nombre de ellas de aquel lugar.
4 “Do not worship Yahweh like [the people in Canaan worship their gods].
No haréis así a Jehová vuestro Dios.
5 Instead, you must go to the place that Yahweh will choose. It will be in the area where one of your tribes will live. That is where you must go to worship Yahweh.
Mas el lugar que Jehová vuestro Dios escogiere de todas vuestras tribus, para poner allí su nombre por su habitación, buscaréis, y allá vendréis.
6 That is the place where you must bring your sacrifices that will be completely burned on the altar, and your other sacrifices, (your tithes/ten percent of all of your crops), other offerings that you decide to give, and the firstborn animals from your cattle and sheep.
Y allí traeréis vuestros holocaustos, y vuestros sacrificios, y vuestros diezmos, y la ofrenda de vuestras manos, y vuestros votos, y vuestras ofrendas voluntarias, y los primogénitos de vuestras vacas y de vuestras ovejas.
7 There, in the presence of Yahweh our God, who has [greatly] blessed you, you and your families will eat the good things that you have worked to produce, and you will be happy.
Y comeréis allí delante de Jehová vuestro Dios, y alegraros heis en toda obra de vuestras manos, vosotros y vuestras casas, en que Jehová tu Dios te hubiere bendecido.
8 “[When you are in that land], you must not do some of the things that we have been doing. Until now, you have all been worshiping [Yahweh] the way you wanted to,
No haréis como todo lo que nosotros hacemos aquí hoy, cada uno lo que le parece:
9 because you have not yet arrived in the land which Yahweh is giving to you, where you will be able to live peacefully.
Porque aun hasta ahora no habéis entrado al reposo, y a la heredad, que Jehová vuestro Dios os da.
10 But when you cross the Jordan [River], you will start to live in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. He will protect you from all your enemies that will surround you, and you will live peacefully/safely.
Mas pasaréis el Jordán, y habitaréis en la tierra que Jehová vuestro Dios os hace heredar, y él os dará reposo de todos vuestros enemigos al derredor, y habitaréis seguros.
11 “Yahweh will choose one place where he wants you to worship him. That is the place to which you must bring all the offerings that I command you to bring: The sacrifices that must be completely burned [on the altar], your other sacrifices, other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, (your tithes/ten percent of all your crops), and all the special offerings that you will solemnly promise to give to Yahweh.
Y entonces, al lugar que Jehová vuestro Dios escogiere para hacer habitar en él su nombre, allí traeréis todas las cosas, que yo os mando, vuestros holocaustos, y vuestros sacrificios, vuestros diezmos, y las ofrendas de vuestras manos, y toda elección de vuestros votos, que hubiereis prometido a Jehová.
12 Rejoice there in the presence of Yahweh, along with your children, your male and female servants, and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns. Do not forget that the descendants of Levi will not have their own land, like you will have.
Y alegraros heis delante de Jehová vuestro Dios vosotros y vuestros hijos, y vuestras hijas, y vuestros siervos y vuestras siervas, y el Levita que estuviere dentro de vuestras puertas: por cuanto no tiene parte ni heredad con vosotros.
13 Be sure that you do not offer sacrifices anywhere you want to.
Guárdate, que no ofrezcas tus holocaustos en cualquier lugar, que vieres:
14 You must offer them only in the place that Yahweh will choose for you, in an area that belongs to one of your tribes. That is the only place where he wants you to offer sacrifices that will be completely burned [on the altar], and to do the other things that I am commanding you to do [when you worship him].
Mas en el lugar, que Jehová escogiere en una de tus tribus, allí ofrecerás tus holocaustos, y allí harás todo lo que yo te mando.
15 “However, you will be permitted to kill and eat the meat of your animals in the places where you live. As often as you want to, you may eat the meat of the animals that Yahweh our God will bless you by giving them to you. Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God and those who have not done things like that may all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
Solamente conforme al deseo de tu alma matarás, y comerás carne según la bendición de Jehová tu Dios, la cual él te dará en todas tus villas, el inmundo y el limpio la comerá, como un corzo, o como un ciervo:
16 But you must not eat the blood [of any animals]; you must let the blood drain onto the ground [before you cook the meat].
Salvo que sangre no comeréis: sobre la tierra la derramaréis, como agua.
17 In the places where you live, you must not eat the things that you are offering [to Yahweh]: You must not eat the (tithes/ten percent) of your grain or of your wine, or of your [olive] oil, or the firstborn of your cattle and sheep, or the offerings that you yourselves decide to give to Yahweh, or any other offerings.
Ni podrás comer en tus villas el diezmo de tu grano, o de tu vino, o de tu aceite; ni los primogénitos de tus vacas, ni de tus ovejas: ni tus votos que prometieres, ni tus ofrendas voluntarias, ni las ofrendas de tus manos.
18 Instead, you and your children and your male and female servants and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns must go to the place that he has chosen and eat those things there in the presence of Yahweh. And you should rejoice in the presence of Yahweh about everything that you do.
Mas delante de Jehová tu Dios las comerás, en el lugar que Jehová tu Dios escogiere, tú, y tu hijo, y tu hija, y tu siervo y tu sierva, y el Levita que está en tus villas: y alegrarte has delante de Jehová tu Dios en toda obra de tus manos.
19 Be sure that you take care of the descendants of Levi all during the time that you live in your land.
Guárdate, no desampares al Levita en todos tus días sobre tu tierra.
20 “When Yahweh our God gives you much more land [than you will have when you first occupy it], which is what he has promised to do, and you say ‘I would like some meat to eat’ because you are craving/wanting some meat, you will be permitted to eat meat whenever you want to.
Cuando Jehová tu Dios ensanchare tu término, como él te ha dicho, y tú dijeres: Comeré carne: porque deseó tu alma comer carne, conforme a todo el deseo de tu alma comerás carne.
21 If the place that Yahweh our God chooses to be the place for you to worship him is far [from where you live], you are permitted to kill some of your cattle or sheep that Yahweh has given to you, and you may eat that meat at the places where you live, just like I have told you to do.
Cuando estuviere lejos de ti el lugar, que Jehová tu Dios escogerá, para poner allí su nombre, matarás de tus vacas, y de tus ovejas, que Jehová te hubiere dado, como yo te he mandado, y comerás en tus villas según todo lo que deseare tu alma.
22 Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God, and those who have not done things like that, are all permitted to all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
Cierto como se come el corzo y el ciervo, así las comerás: el inmundo y el limpio también comerán de ellas:
23 But be sure that you do not eat the blood [of any animal], because it is the blood that sustains life in living beings, and so you must not eat the life along with the meat.
Solamente que te esfuerces a no comer sangre: porque la sangre es el alma: y no has de comer el alma juntamente con su carne.
24 Do not eat the blood; instead, let it drain onto the ground.
No la comerás: en tierra la derramarás como agua.
25 If you obey this command and do what Yahweh says is right [for you to do], things will go well for you and for your descendants.
No comerás de ella, porque hayas bien tú, y tus hijos después de ti, cuando hicieres lo recto en ojos de Jehová.
26 “But the sacred offerings that Yahweh has told you to give and the other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, you must take to the place that Yahweh will choose.
Empero tus santificaciones que tuvieres, y tus votos, tomarás, y vendrás al lugar que Jehová escogiere.
27 You must offer there the sacrifices that will be completely burned [on Yahweh’s altar]. You must also offer there the sacrifices from which you may eat some of meat after you [kill the animals and] drain out the blood and some of it is thrown on the [sides of the] altar.
Y harás tus holocaustos, la carne y la sangre, sobre el altar de Jehová tu Dios: y la sangre de tus sacrificios será derramada sobre el altar de Jehová tu Dios, y la carne comerás.
28 Faithfully obey all these things that I have commanded you. If you do that, things will go well forever for you and your descendants, because you will be doing what Yahweh our God says is right [for you to do] and what pleases him.
Guarda, y oye todas estas palabras, que yo te mando, porque hayas bien tú y tus hijos después de ti para siempre, cuando hicieres lo bueno y lo recto en los ojos de Jehová tu Dios.
29 “When you enter the land that you will occupy, as you advance, Yahweh our God will get rid of the people-groups that live there.
Cuando hubiere talado de delante de ti Jehová tu Dios las gentes donde tú vas para heredarlas, y las heredares, y habitares en su tierra,
30 After he does that, be sure that you do not [worship the gods] that they have been worshiping, because if you do that, you will be caught in the same trap [that they were caught in] [MET]. Do not ask anyone about those gods, saying, ‘Tell me how they worshiped their gods, in order that I can [worship them] also.’
Guárdate que no tropieces en pos de ellas después que fueren destruidas delante de ti: no preguntes acerca de sus dioses, diciendo: De la manera que servían aquellas gentes a sus dioses, así haré también yo.
31 Do not try to worship Yahweh our God like they have worshiped their gods, because when they worship them, they do disgusting things, things that Yahweh hates. [The worst thing that they do is] that they sacrifice their own children and burn them [on their altars].
No harás así a Jehová tu Dios: porque todo lo que Jehová aborrece, hicieron ellos a sus dioses: porque aun a sus hijos e hijas quemaban en el fuego a sus dioses.
32 “Be sure to do everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not add anything to these commands, and do not take anything away from them.”
Todo lo que yo os mando guardaréis para hacer: no añadirás a ello, ni quitarás de ello.
