Deuteronomy 21
1 “Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person.
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 [If that happens], your elders and judges must go out to where that person’s corpse was found and measure the distance from there to each of the nearby towns.
entonces saldrán tus ancianos y tus jueces y medirán la distancia hasta las ciudades que circundan al muerto.
3 Then the elders in the town that is closest to where the corpse was found must select a young cow that has never been used for doing work.
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 They must take it to a place near a stream where the ground has never been plowed or planted. They must break its neck there in that 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 The priests must go there also, because Yahweh our God has chosen them from the tribe of Levi to serve him and to be his representatives [MTY] when they bless people. And he has also chosen them to settle disputes in which someone has been injured.
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 The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
Todos los ancianos de aquella ciudad, la más cercana al cadáver, lavarán sus manos en el arroyo sobre la becerra desnucada
7 and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
y declararán: Nuestras manos no derramaron esta sangre, ni lo vieron nuestros ojos.
8 Yahweh, forgive us, your Israeli people whom you rescued [from Egypt]. Do not consider (us to be guilty/that we should be punished because) of murdering someone who (is innocent/had not done something that is wrong). Instead, forgive us.’
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 By doing that, you will be doing what Yahweh considers to be right, and you will not be considered to be guilty for murdering that person.”
Así quitarás la culpa por la sangre inocente de en medio de ti, cuando hagas lo recto ante Yavé.
10 “When you [soldiers] go to fight against your enemies, and Yahweh our God enables you to defeat them [IDM], and (they become your prisoners/you capture them),
Cuando salgas a la guerra contra tus enemigos, y Yavé tu ʼElohim los entregue en tus manos, y los tomes cautivos,
11 one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
y entre los cautivos veas a alguna mujer hermosa, y tengas un deseo de tomarla para ti como esposa,
12 He should take her to his home, and there she must shave [all the hair off] her head and cut her fingernails [to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli].
la llevarás a tu casa. Ella rapará su cabeza y se cortará las uñas.
13 She must take off the clothes that she was wearing when she was captured, [and put on Israeli clothes]. She must stay in that man’s house and mourn for a month because of [leaving] her parents. After that, he will be allowed to marry her.
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 Later, if he no longer is pleased with her, he will be permitted to allow her to leave him. But because she was forced to have sex with him, he will not be allowed to treat her like a slave [and sell her to someone else].”
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 “Suppose that a man has two wives, but he likes one of them and dislikes the other one. And suppose that they both give birth to sons, and the oldest son is the child of the woman that he does not like.
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 On the day when that man decides how he will divide his possessions for his sons to possess [after he dies], he must not favor the son of the wife that he loves by giving him [a bigger share, ] the share that the older son should receive.
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 He must give to the older son, the son of the wife whom he does not like, twice as much of his possessions. That son is his firstborn son, and he must be given the share that he should receive because of his being that man’s firstborn son.”
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 “Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always (rebelling against/disobeying) [his parents], and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him [MTY].
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 If that happens, his parents must take him to the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city where he lives and have him stand in front of the elders of the city.
entonces su padre y su madre lo agarrarán y lo llevarán a los ancianos en la puerta de su ciudad.
20 Then the parents must say to the elders of that city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and always rebelling against us. He will not pay attention to what we tell him [MTY]. He wastes a lot of money (OR, eats too much food) and gets drunk.’
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 elders of that city must execute him by throwing stones at him. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. And everyone in Israel will hear [about what happened] and they will be afraid [to do what he did].”
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 “If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
Si alguno cometió un delito digno de muerte, y es condenado a muerte, y lo cuelgan en un madero,
23 you must not allow his corpse to remain there all night. You must bury it on the day that he died, because [God] has cursed anyone whose corpse is allowed to remain on a post. [You must bury the corpse that day], in order that you do not defile the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
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.
