Deuteronomy 17
1 “Do not sacrifice to Yahweh our God any cattle or sheep or goats that have any defects, because Yahweh hates that kind of gift.”
No sacrificarás al SEÑOR tu Dios buey, o cordero, en el cual haya falta o alguna cosa mala; porque es abominación al SEÑOR tu Dios.
2 “When you are living in any of the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you, suppose you hear that there is some man or woman who sins by disobeying the agreement that Yahweh has made with you.
Cuando se hallare entre ti, en alguna de tus ciudades que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da, hombre, o mujer, que haya hecho mal en ojos del SEÑOR tu Dios traspasando su pacto,
3 Suppose someone tells you that that person has worshiped and served other gods, or the sun, or the moon, or the stars.
que hubiere ido y servido a dioses ajenos, y se hubiere inclinado a ellos, o al sol, o a la luna, o a todo el ejército del cielo, lo cual yo no he mandado;
4 If you hear that some person has been doing that, you must investigate it thoroughly. If [you find out that] it is true that this detestable thing has happened in Israel,
y te fuere dado aviso, y, después que oyeres y hubieres indagado bien, la cosa parece de verdad cierta, que tal abominación ha sido hecha en Israel;
5 you must take outside the town the man or woman who has done it. Then you must kill that person by throwing stones at him or her.
entonces sacarás al hombre o a la mujer que hubiere hecho esta mala cosa, a la puerta de la ciudad, hombre o mujer, y los apedrearás con piedras, y así morirán.
6 But you are allowed to execute such people only if at least two witnesses testify that they saw them [doing that]. They must not be executed if there is only one witness.
Por dicho de dos testigos, o de tres testigos, morirá el que hubiere de morir; no morirá por el dicho de un solo testigo.
7 The (witnesses/ones who saw them doing it) must be the first ones to throw stones at them. Then the other people [MTY] [should throw stones at them]. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.”
La mano de los testigos será primero sobre él para matarlo, y después la mano de todo el pueblo; así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti.
8 “Sometimes it will be very difficult for a judge to decide what really happened. He might be trying to decide whether, when someone injured or killed another person, he did it accidentally or deliberately. Or he might be trying to decide if some person is suing another person unfairly. If in some town it is very difficult to know what really happened, with the result that the judge cannot decide it, you should go to the place that Yahweh our God has chosen for you [to worship him].
Cuando alguna cosa te fuere oculta en el juicio entre sangre y sangre, entre causa y causa, y entre llaga y llaga, en negocios de rencillas en tus ciudades; entonces te levantarás y subirás al lugar que el SEÑOR tu Dios escogiere;
9 There you should present the case to the descendants of Levi who are the priests, and to the judge who is serving at that time, and they should decide what should be done.
y vendrás a los sacerdotes levitas, y al juez que fuere en aquellos días, y preguntarás; y te enseñarán la palabra del juicio.
10 After they make their decision, you must do what they tell you to do.
Y harás según la palabra que ellos te enseñarán, los del lugar que el SEÑOR escogiere, y guardarás de hacer según todo lo que te enseñaren.
11 Accept what they have decided, and do what they say that you should do. Do not try to change in any way what they have decided [IDM].
Según la ley, que ellos te enseñaren, y según el juicio que te dijeren, harás: no te apartarás ni a diestra ni a siniestra de la palabra que te enseñaren.
12 You must execute anyone who proudly/arrogantly disobeys the judge or the priest who stands there in the presence of Yahweh [and decides what should be done]. By doing that, you will get rid of evil practices among you.
Y el hombre que procediere con soberbia, no escuchando al sacerdote que está para ministrar allí delante del SEÑOR tu Dios, o al juez, el tal varón morirá; y quitarás el mal de Israel.
13 Then [after that person is executed], all the people will hear about it, and they will be afraid, and none of them will act that way any more.”
Y todo el pueblo oirá, y temerá, y no serán soberbios más.
14 “[I know that] after you have occupied the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you are living there, you will say, ‘We should have a king to rule over us, like the kings that other nations around us have.’
Cuando hubieres entrado en la tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da, y la heredares, y habitares en ella, y dijeres: Pondré rey sobre mí, como todos los gentiles que están en mis alrededores;
15 Yahweh our God will permit you to have a king, but be sure that you appoint someone whom he has chosen. That man must be an Israeli; you must not appoint someone who is a foreigner to be your king.
sin duda pondrás por rey sobre ti al que el SEÑOR tu Dios escogiere; de entre tus hermanos pondrás rey sobre ti; no podrás poner sobre ti hombre extranjero, que no sea tu hermano.
16 [After he becomes the king], he should not acquire a large number of horses for himself. He should not send people to Egypt to buy horses for him, because Yahweh said to you, ‘Never return to Egypt [for anything’]!
Solamente que no se aumente caballos, ni haga volver el pueblo a Egipto para aumentar caballos; porque el SEÑOR os ha dicho: No procuraréis de volver más por este camino.
17 And he must not have a lot of wives, because if he did that, they would turn him [SYN] away from [worshiping only] Yahweh. And he must not acquire a lot of silver and gold.
Ni aumentará para sí mujeres, para que su corazón no se desvíe; ni plata ni oro se multiplicará mucho.
18 “When he becomes your king, he must [appoint someone to] copy these laws. He must copy them from the scroll that is kept by the priests who are descended from Levi.
Y será, que cuando se asentare sobre el trono de su reino, se hará escribir copia de esta segunda ley en un libro en presencia de los sacerdotes levitas;
19 He must keep this new scroll near him and read from it every day of his life, in order that he may learn to revere Yahweh, and to faithfully obey [DOU] all the rules and regulations [that are written] in these laws.
y será cerca de él, y leerá en él todos los días de su vida, para que aprenda a temer al SEÑOR su Dios, para guardar todas las palabras de esta ley y estos estatutos, para hacerlos.
20 If he does that, he [SYN] will not think that he is (better/more important) than [IDM] his fellow Israelis, and he will completely obey [LIT] Yahweh’s commands. As a result, he and his descendants will rule as kings in Israel for many years.”
Para que no se eleve su corazón sobre sus hermanos, ni se aparte del mandamiento a diestra ni a siniestra; para que tenga largos días en su reino, él y sus hijos, en medio de Israel.
