Deuteronomio 17
1 No inmolarás a Yahvé, tu Dios, animal vacuno o lanar que tenga tacha o defecto de cualquier clase; porque es abominación ante Yahvé, tu Dios.
“Do not sacrifice to Yahweh our God any cattle or sheep or goats that have any defects, because Yahweh hates that kind of gift.”
2 Cuando en medio de ti, en alguna de las ciudades que Yahvé, tu Dios, te diere, se hallare hombre o mujer que obre mal a los ojos de Yahvé, tu Dios, quebrantando su alianza,
“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.
3 y que pase a servir a otros dioses, postrándose delante de ellos, delante del sol, o de la luna, o del ejército de los cielos —cosa que yo no he mandado—,
Suppose someone tells you that that person has worshiped and served other gods, or the sun, or the moon, or the stars.
4 y eso te fuere denunciado y lo oyeres, harás diligentes investigaciones; y si resulta verdad comprobada el haberse cometido esta abominación en Israel, llevarás a tus puertas al hombre o a la mujer que hubiere hecho esta maldad,
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,
5 (digo: sacarás) a tal hombre o mujer, y los apedrearás para que mueran,
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.
6 Por el testimonio de dos testigos, o de tres testigos, será quitada la vida al que es digno de muerte; nadie morirá por el testimonio de un solo testigo.
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.
7 La mano de los testigos será la primera que se alce contra él para hacerle morir, y después se alce la mano de todo el pueblo; así extirparás el mal de en medio de ti.
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.”
8 Cuando te resultare demasiado difícil resolver una causa entre sangre y sangre, entre derecho y derecho, entre herida y herida y (otras) cuestiones litigiosas en tus puertas, te levantarás y subirás al lugar escogido por Yahvé, tu Dios,
“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].
9 e irás a los sacerdotes, hijos de Leví, y al juez que hubiere entonces, y los consultarás; y ellos te resolverán el caso conforme al derecho.
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.
10 Haz según la sentencia que te anuncien desde aquel lugar que Yahvé haya escogido, y pon cuidado en hacer conforme a todo lo que te enseñaren.
After they make their decision, you must do what they tell you to do.
11 Según la ley que ellos te enseñaren, y según la sentencia dada por ellos, así has de hacer. No te apartes de la sentencia que te hayan manifestado, ni a la diestra ni a la izquierda.
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].
12 Quien dejándose llevar por la soberbia, no escuchare al sacerdote establecido allí para servir a Yahvé, tu Dios, ni al juez, a ese tal será quitado la vida. Así extirparás el mal de en medio de Israel.
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.
13 Y todo el pueblo al oírlo temerá, y no se dejarán más llevar por la soberbia.
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.”
14 Entrado que hubieres en el país que Yahvé, tu Dios, te va a dar, y si después de haberlo tomado en posesión para habitarlo, dijeres: ‘Yo quiero poner sobre mí un rey, como lo tienen todas las naciones que me rodean’,
“[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.’
15 pondrás sobre ti por rey solamente a aquel que Yahvé, tu Dios, elija; establecerás por rey sobre ti a uno de en medio de tus hermanos; no podrás poner sobre ti un extranjero que no sea hermano tuyo.
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.
16 Pero no tenga para sí muchos caballos, ni haga volver al pueblo a Egipto para tener más caballos, pues Yahvé os ha dicho: ‘No volváis nunca jamás por este camino’.
[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’]!
17 No pretenda tener gran número de mujeres, no sea que se aparte su corazón; ni ha de tener para sí excesiva cantidad de plata y oro.
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.
18 Y cuando haya subido al trono de su reino, escribirá para sí una copia de esta Ley según el ejemplar que poseen los sacerdotes levitas.
“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.
19 La tendrá consigo y leerá en ella todos los días de su vida, a fin de que aprenda a temer a Yahvé, su Dios, guardando todas las palabras de esta ley y todos estos mandamientos para ponerlos por obra;
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.
20 a fin de que no se eleve en su corazón sobre sus hermanos, ni se aparte de lo mandado ni a la derecha ni a la izquierda. Así prolongará los días de su reinado, tanto él como sus hijos en medio de Israel.
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.”
