Deuteronomy 23
1 “Any man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall not be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.
No entrará en la comunidad de Yahvé el hombre que tenga los testículos majados o cuyo miembro genital haya sido cortado,
2 “No (illegitimate person/person whose mother and father were not married), or descendant of that person, extending to the tenth generation, shall be included as one of Yahweh’s people.
no entrará en la comunidad de Yahvé ningún bastardo; ni siquiera en la décima generación entrará en ella.
3 “No one from the Ammon or Moab people-groups shall be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people, extending to the tenth generation.
No entrará en la comunidad de Yahvé amonita ni moabita, ni siquiera en la décima generación entrarán en ella; jamás entrarán;
4 One reason is that their [leaders] refused to give your ancestors food and water when they were traveling from Egypt [to Canaan]. Another reason is that they wanted to pay Balaam, the son of Beor from Pethor [town] in Mesopotamia, to curse you Israelis.
porque no vinieron a vuestro encuentro con pan y agua en el camino cuando salisteis de Egipto, sino que sobornaron contra ti a Balaam, hijo de Beor, de Petor de Mesopotamia, para que te maldijera.
5 But Yahweh our God did not pay attention to Balaam; instead, he caused Balaam to bless your ancestors, because Yahweh loved them.
Pero Yahvé, tu Dios, no quiso escuchar a Balaam; antes Yahvé tu Dios, te convirtió la maldición en bendición; pues Yahvé, tu Dios, te ama.
6 As long as Israel is a nation, you must not do anything to cause things to go well for those two people-groups or enable them to prosper.
No buscarás jamás su paz ni su bienestar en todos sus días.
7 “But do not despise anyone from the Edom people-group, because they are [descendants of your ancestor Jacob], just like you are. And do not despise people from Egypt, because [they treated your ancestors well when] they first lived in Egypt.
No abominarás al idumeo, porque es tu hermano. No abominarás al egipcio, porque fuiste peregrino en su tierra.
8 The children and grandchildren of people from Edom and Egypt [who live among you] may be (included among/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.”
Los hijos nacidos de ellos en la tercera generación, podrán entrar en la comunidad de Yahvé.
9 “When your soldiers are living in tents at a time of fighting your enemies, they must avoid doing things that would make them unacceptable to God.
Cuando salgas a campaña contra tus enemigos, guárdate de toda cosa indecente,
10 If any soldier becomes unacceptable to God because semen comes out of his body during the night, [the next morning] he must go outside the camp and stay there during that day.
Si hubiere en medio de ti alguno que se (haya) hecho inmundo por algo que le sucedió de noche, salga fuera del campamento y no vuelva al campamento,
11 But in the evening of that day, he must bathe himself, and at sunset he is allowed to come back into the camp.
hasta que al caer la tarde se haya lavado con agua, y a la puesta del sol regresará al campamento.
12 “Your soldiers must have a toilet area outside the camp where you can go [when you need to].
Además tendrás fuera del campamento un lugar, adonde podrás salir.
13 [When you go to fight against your enemies], carry a stick along with your weapons, in order that when you need to defecate [EUP], you can dig a hole with the stick, and then cover up the hole [when you have finished defecating].
Tendrás también en tu equipo una estaca, con la cual harás un hoyo cuando te sentares fuera, y antes de volverte cubrirás tus excrementos.
14 You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful/indecent that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.”
Porque Yahvé, tu Dios, anda en medio de tu campamento para protegerte y entregar tus enemigos delante de ti; por eso tu campamento ha de ser santo, para que Él no vea en ti cosas vergonzosas y no te abandone.
15 “If slaves who escape from their masters come to you [and request you to protect them], do not send them back to their masters.
No entregarás a su amo, esclavo que se haya refugiado contigo, huyendo de su amo.
16 Allow them to stay/live among you, in whatever town they choose, and do not mistreat them.
Habitará contigo, en medio de ti, en cualquier lugar que eligiere, en algunas de tus ciudades que le gustare; no le oprimirás.
17 “Do not [allow] any Israeli man or woman [to] become a prostitute at the temple.
No haya prostituta entre las hijas de Israel; tampoco haya prostituto entre los hijos de Israel.
18 Also, do not allow any people who earned money from being a prostitute to bring any of that money into the temple of Yahweh our God, even if they solemnly promised to pay that money to Yahweh. Yahweh hates those who are prostitutes.
No lleves a la Casa de Yahvé, tu Dios, las ganancias de la ramera, ni el salario del perro, para cumplir un voto, pues ambos son objeto de abominación ante Yahvé, tu Dios.
19 “When you lend money or food or anything else to a fellow Israeli, do not charge them interest.
No exijas de tu hermano interés alguno por el dinero, ni interés por comestibles, ni interés por ninguna otra cosa, por las cuales se suele tomar interés.
20 You are allowed to charge interest when you lend money to foreigners [who live in your land], but not when you lend money to Israelis. Do this in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.
Del extranjero podrás exigirlo, mas no lo exijas de tu hermano; para que Yahvé, tu Dios, te bendiga en toda empresa de tu mano en la tierra adónde vas para tomarla en posesión.
21 “When you vow to give something to Yahweh your God [or to do something for him], do it as soon as you can. Yahweh expects you to do what you promised, and if you do not do it, you will be committing a sin.
Cuando hagas algún voto a Yahvé, tu Dios, no tardes en cumplirlo, porque Yahvé, tu Dios, sin falta te lo reclamará y te cargarías con un pecado.
22 But if you [SYN] do not vow [to do something], that is not sinful.
Si te abstienes de hacer voto, no cometas pecado.
23 But if you voluntarily promise to do something, you must do it.
Pero lo que una vez salió de tus labios, lo cumplirás y ejecutarás, conforme al voto libremente hecho a Yahvé, tu Dios, que prometiste con tu boca.
24 “When you walk through someone else’s vineyard, you are allowed to [pick and] eat as many grapes as you want, but you must not [cut some from a vine and carry them away] in a container.
Cuando entrares en la viña de tu prójimo, podrás comer uvas según tu apetito, hasta saciarte, mas no las pondrás en tu cesta.
25 When you walk [along a path] in someone else’s field of grain, you are allowed to pluck/pick some of the grain and eat it, but you must not cut any grain with a sickle [and take it with you].”
Cuando entrares en la mies de tu prójimo, podrás arrancar espigas con tu mano; mas no meterás la hoz en la mies de tu prójimo.
