Exodus 23
1 “Do not tell to others (false rumors/untrue reports) about other people. Do not help someone who is guilty by (testifying falsely/lying) [about what happened].
“No difundirás una noticia falsa. No juntes tu mano con la del malvado para ser un testigo malicioso.
2 Do not join a group of people who are planning to do something evil. Do not testify the way the [crowd wants you to], if that will prevent [the judge from deciding the case] justly/fairly.
“No seguirás a una multitud para hacer el mal. No testificarás en la corte para ponerte del lado de una multitud para pervertir la justicia.
3 When a poor person is on trial, do not [testify in] his favor [just] because he is poor [and you feel sorry for him].
No favorecerás al pobre en su causa.
4 If you see someone’s bull or donkey when it is wandering away [loose], take it back to [its owner, even if the owner] is your enemy.
“Si encuentras al buey de tu enemigo o a su asno extraviado, lo harás volver a él.
5 If you see someone’s donkey that has fallen down [because of its heavy load], help the owner to get the donkey up again, [even if] he is someone who hates you. Do not just walk away [without helping him].
Si ves que el asno del que te odia se ha caído bajo su carga, no lo dejes. Lo ayudarás con toda seguridad.
6 Decide the cases of poor people who are on trial [as] fairly [as you decide the cases of other people].
“No negarás la justicia a tu pueblo pobre en sus pleitos.
7 Do not accuse people falsely. Do not decide that innocent and righteous [DOU] people should be executed, because I will (punish/not forgive) people who do such an evil thing.
“Aléjate de una acusación falsa y no mates al inocente y al justo, porque no justificaré al impío.
8 Do not accept money that is a bribe, because officials who accept bribes are not able to [MTY] decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly.
“No aceptarás soborno, porque el soborno ciega a los que tienen vista y pervierte las palabras de los justos.
9 Do not mistreat foreigners [who live among you]. You know [how people often treat] foreigners, because the Egyptians [did not treat you well when] you were foreigners there.
“No oprimirás al extranjero, pues conoces el corazón del extranjero, ya que fuisteis extranjeros en la tierra de Egipto.
10 Plant [seeds] in your ground and gather the harvest for six years.
“Durante seis años sembrarás tu tierra y recogerás sus frutos,
11 But during the seventh year you must not plant anything. [If things grow without your planting seeds], allow poor people [to harvest and] eat the crops. If there are still crops (left over/that they do not harvest), allow wild animals to eat them. Do the same thing with your grapevines/vineyards and your olive trees.
pero el séptimo año la dejarás descansar y en barbecho, para que coman los pobres de tu pueblo; y lo que dejen lo comerá el animal del campo. Del mismo modo, te ocuparás de tu viña y de tu olivar.
12 [You may] work for six days [each week], but on the seventh day you must rest [and not work]. And on the seventh day you must allow your work animals and your slaves and the foreigners [who live among you] also [to rest and] be refreshed.
“Seis días harás tu trabajo, y el séptimo día descansarás, para que tu buey y tu asno tengan descanso, y el hijo de tu siervo y el extranjero se refresquen.
13 Make certain that you obey everything that I have commanded [you to do]. Do not pray to [MTY] other gods. Do not even mention their names.”
“Cuida de hacer todo lo que te he dicho; y no invoques el nombre de otros dioses ni dejes que se oiga de tu boca.
14 “Every year you must celebrate three festivals to [honor] me.
“Celebrarás una fiesta para mí tres veces al año.
15 [The first one] is the Festival of Bread That Has No Yeast. Celebrate it in the month [that is named] Abib. That is the month in which you left Egypt. Celebrate it in the way that I commanded you. And always bring [LIT] an offering when you come to worship me.
Celebrarás la fiesta de los panes sin levadura. Siete días comeréis panes sin levadura, como os he mandado, en el tiempo señalado en el mes de Abib (porque en él salisteis de Egipto), y nadie se presentará vacío ante mí.
16 The second one is the Festival of Harvesting. During that festival you must offer to me the first parts/harvest of your crops that grow from the seeds that you planted. The third one is the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. That will be after you finish harvesting your grain and grapes and fruit.
Y la fiesta de la cosecha, con los primeros frutos de vuestras labores, que sembréis en el campo; y la fiesta de la recolección, al final del año, cuando recojáis vuestras labores del campo.
17 Every year, at each of these times, all the men must gather together to worship me, Yahweh God.
Tres veces al año se presentarán todos vuestros varones ante el Señor Yahvé.
18 When you sacrifice an animal [and offer it] to me, you must not offer bread that has been baked with yeast. [When you] offer sacrifices, [burn] the fat [from the animals on that same day]. Do not allow any fat to remain until the next morning.
“No ofrecerás la sangre de mi sacrificio con pan leudado. La grasa de mi fiesta no permanecerá toda la noche hasta la mañana.
19 Each year, when you harvest your crops, bring to the place where you worship me, Yahweh God, the first part of what you harvest. When you kill a (young animal/kid [or lamb or calf)], do not [prepare to eat it by] boiling it in its mother’s milk.”
Traerás las primicias de tu tierra a la casa de Yahvé, tu Dios. “No hervirás un cabrito en la leche de su madre.
20 “Note this: I am going to send an angel ahead of you, to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared [for you]. Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him, because he will have my authority [MTY] and he will (punish/not forgive) [LIT] you if you rebel against him.
“He aquí que yo envío un ángel delante de ti, para que te guarde en el camino y te lleve al lugar que he preparado.
Presta atención a él y escucha su voz. No lo provoques, porque no perdonará tu desobediencia, pues mi nombre está en él.
22 But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you [to do], I will fight strongly [DOU] against all of your enemies.
Pero si en verdad escuchas su voz y haces todo lo que yo digo, seré enemigo de tus enemigos y adversario de tus adversarios.
23 My angel will go ahead of you, and will take you to where the Amor and Heth and Periz and Canaan and Hiv and Jebus people-groups live, and I will completely get rid of them.
Porque mi ángel irá delante de ti y te llevará ante el amorreo, el hitita, el ferezeo, el cananeo, el heveo y el jebuseo, y los eliminaré.
24 Do not bow down before their gods/idols or worship them. And do not do the things [that they think that their gods want] them to do. Completely destroy their gods/idols, and smash to pieces their sacred stones.
No te inclinarás ante sus dioses, ni los servirás, ni seguirás sus prácticas, sino que los derrocarás por completo y demolerás sus pilares.
25 You must worship me, Yahweh God. [If you do that], I will bless your (OR, bless [you by giving you]) food and water, and I will protect you from becoming sick.
Servirás a Yahvé, tu Dios, y él bendecirá tu pan y tu agua, y quitaré la enfermedad de en medio de ti.
26 No women in your land will have (miscarriages/babies that will die after being born prematurely), and no women will be unable to become pregnant. And I will enable you to live a long time.
Nadie abortará ni será estéril en tu tierra. Cumpliré el número de tus días.
27 I will cause the people who oppose you to become very afraid of me. I will cause the people whom you fight against to become very confused. And then I will cause them to turn around and run away from you.
Enviaré mi terror delante de ti y confundiré a todos los pueblos a los que vayas, y haré que todos tus enemigos te den la espalda.
28 I will cause your enemies to become terrified. And I will expel the Hiv, Canaan, and Heth people-groups from your land.
Enviaré el avispón delante de ti, que expulsará al heveo, al cananeo y al hitita de tu presencia.
29 I will not expel [all of] them in less than one year. If I did that, your land would become deserted, and there would be very many wild animals ([that would attack you/you would not be able to control]).
No los expulsaré de delante de ti en un año, no sea que la tierra quede desolada y los animales del campo se multipliquen contra ti.
30 I will expel those people-groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in the land.
Poco a poco los expulsaré de delante de ti, hasta que te hayas multiplicado y hayas heredado la tierra.
31 I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba) [in the southeast] to the Mediterranean Sea [in the northwest], and from the [Sinai] Desert [in the southwest] to the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast of the country]. I will enable you [MTY] to expel the people who live there, so that you will expel them as you occupy more of the country.
Fijaré tu frontera desde el Mar Rojo hasta el mar de los filisteos, y desde el desierto hasta el río; porque entregaré en tu mano a los habitantes de la tierra, y los expulsarás delante de ti.
32 You must not make any agreement/treaty with those people or with their gods.
No harás ningún pacto con ellos, ni con sus dioses.
33 Do not allow [those people] to live in your land, in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, [you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me, just like someone caught] in a trap [is unable to escape] [MET].”
No habrán de habitar en tu tierra, para que no te hagan pecar contra mí, pues si sirves a sus dioses, ciertamente será una trampa para ti.”
