Deuteronomy 25
1 If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
Cuando hubiere pleito entre algunos y recurrieren al juez, se les juzgue, y sea absuelto el inocente y condenado el culpable.
2 It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
Y si el culpable ha merecido ser azotado, el juez lo mandará tender en el suelo, y en su presencia le hará azotar a medida de su delito, contando los azotes.
3 He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.
No le hará dar más de cuarenta azotes, no sea que continúe dándole muchos azotes más y quede tu hermano deshonrado a tus ojos.
4 You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
No pondrás bozal al buey que trilla.
5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
Si hermanos viven juntos y muriere uno de ellos sin tener hijos, la mujer del difunto no se casará fuera con un extraño, sino que su cuñado se llegará a ella y la tomará por mujer, cumpliendo con ella el deber del levirato.
6 It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
El primogénito que ella diere a luz, será sucesor del nombre del hermano difunto, para que su nombre no se borre de Israel.
7 If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”
Pero si el hombre no deseare tomar a su cuñada, subirá esta a la puerta donde están los ancianos, y dirá: ‘Rehúsa mi cuñado resucitar el nombre de su hermano en Israel; no quiere cumplir conmigo el deber de levirato.’
8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says, “I don’t want to take her,”
Entonces le llamarán los ancianos de su ciudad y le hablarán; y si él persiste y dice: ‘No quiero tomarla’,
9 then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”
su cuñada se acercará a él y en presencia de los ancianos le quitará el calzado del pie, le escupirá en la cara y contestará diciendo: ‘Así se ha de hacer al hombre que no quiere edificar la casa de su hermano.’
10 His name shall be called in Israel, “The house of him who had his sandal removed.”
Y se le dará en Israel este nombre: La casa del descalzado.
11 When men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and grabs him by his private parts,
Si entre hombres que riñen, el uno con el otro, y la mujer del uno de ellos se acerca para librar a su marido de la mano del que lo golpea, y alargando la mano (contra este) le agarra por las partes vergonzosas,
12 then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.
le cortarás a ella la mano; tu ojo no tendrá compasión.
13 You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.
No tendrás en tu bolsa dos pesas: una grande y otra chica.
14 You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.
No tendrás en tu casa dos medidas: una grande y otra chica.
15 You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Tendrás pesa exacta y justa; tendrás medida exacta y justa; para que vivas largo tiempo en la tierra que Yahvé, tu Dios, va a darte.
16 For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
Porque abominable ante Yahvé, tu Dios, es todo el que hace tales cosas, todo el que comete iniquidad.
17 Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt,
Acuérdate de lo que hizo Amalec en el camino, cuando saliste de Egipto,
18 how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.
cómo te salió al encuentro en el camino, y asaltó a tus rezagados, todos los débiles que iban atrás, estando tú fatigado y agotado; y cómo no tuvo temor de Dios.
19 Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget.
Ahora bien, cuando Yahvé, tu Dios, te diere descanso de todos tus enemigos a la redonda, en el país que Yahvé, tu Dios, te dará en propiedad hereditaria, borrarás la memoria de Amalec de debajo del cielo. No lo olvides.
