Deuteronomio 20
1 Cuando saliendo a la guerra contra tus enemigos vieres caballos y carros y gente más numerosa que tú, no los temas; porque Yahvé, tu Dios, el que te sacó del país de Egipto, está contigo.
“When you go out to battle against your enemy, and have seen horse and chariot—a people more numerous than you—you are not afraid of them, for your God YHWH [is] with you, who is bringing you up out of the land of Egypt;
2 Cuando os dispongáis al combate, se acercará el sacerdote y hablará al pueblo,
and it has been, in your drawing near to the battle, that the priest has come near, and spoken to the people,
3 y le dirá: ‘Escucha Israel: os dispondréis hoy para pelear contra vuestros enemigos; no desmaye vuestro corazón; no temáis, no os asustéis, ni os amedrentéis ante ellos;
and said to them, Hear, O Israel: You are drawing near today to battle against your enemies, do not let your hearts be tender, do not fear, nor make haste, nor be terrified at their presence,
4 pues Yahvé, vuestro Dios, marcha con vosotros para pelear por vosotros contra vuestros enemigos para salvaros.’
for your God YHWH [is] He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies—to save you.
5 Los capitanes hablarán al pueblo, diciendo: ‘¿Quién ha edificado una casa nueva y no la ha estrenado? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en la batalla y otro hombre la estrene.
And the authorities have spoken to the people, saying, Who [is] the man that has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in battle and another man dedicate it.
6 ¿Quién ha plantado una viña y no ha comenzado aún a disfrutarla? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en la batalla y otro hombre goce de ella.
And who [is] the man that has planted a vineyard and has not made it common? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man make it common.
7 ¿Quién se ha desposado con una mujer, y aún no la ha tomado? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en la batalla y otro hombre se case con ella.’
And who [is] the man that has betrothed a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man take her.
8 Los capitanes se dirigirán de nuevo al pueblo y dirán: ‘¿Quién tiene miedo y es tímido de corazón? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que el corazón de sus hermanos desfallezca así como el corazón suyo.’
And the authorities have added to speak to the people and said, Who [is] the man that is afraid and tender of heart? Let him go and return to his house, and the heart of his brothers does not melt like his heart.
9 Y cuando los capitanes hayan acabado de hablar al pueblo, los jefes de las tropas se pondrán al frente del pueblo.
And it has come to pass, as the authorities finish to speak to the people, that they have appointed princes of the hosts at the head of the people.
10 En el caso de acercarte a una ciudad para atacarla le ofrecerás la paz.
When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then you have called to it for peace,
11 Si la acepta, y te abre, toda la gente que se hallare dentro será tributaria tuya y te servirá.
and it has been, if it answers you [with] peace, and has opened to you, then it has come to pass, all the people who are found in it are for tributaries to you, and have served you.
12 Mas si no hace paz contigo, y empieza a hacerte guerra, la sitiarás;
And if it does not make peace with you, and has made war with you, then you have laid siege against it,
13 y cuando Yahvé tu Dios, la entregare en tu mano pasarás a cuchillo a todos sus varones;
and your God YHWH has given it into your hand, and you have struck every male of it by the mouth of the sword.
14 pero las mujeres, los niños y los ganados, con todo lo que se halle dentro de la ciudad, todo su botín lo tomarás para ti, y comerás de los despojos de tus enemigos, que Yahvé, tu Dios, ha entregado en tus manos.
Only, the women, and the infants, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you seize for yourself, and you have eaten the spoil of your enemies which your God YHWH has given to you.
15 Así harás con todas las ciudades muy distantes de ti y que no sean de las ciudades de estos pueblos.
So you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16 Pero en cuanto a las ciudades de estos pueblos que Yahvé, tu Dios, te da por herencia, no dejarás con vida alma alguna,
Only, of the cities of these peoples which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance, you do not keep alive any [that are] breathing;
17 sino que entregarás al anatema a los heteos, amorreos, cananeos, fereceos, heveos y jebuseos, como Yahvé, tu Dios, te lo ha mandado,
for you certainly devote the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as your God YHWH has commanded you,
18 a fin de que no os enseñen a imitar todas las abominaciones que ellos practican con sus dioses, y para que no pequéis contra Yahvé, Dios vuestro.
so that they do not teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and you have sinned against your God YHWH.
19 Cuando sitiares una ciudad por mucho tiempo, peleando contra ella para conquistarla, no destruirás sus árboles, alzando contra ellos el hacha; porque de ellos podrás comer; no los cortarás. ¿Acaso son hombres los árboles del campo y necesitan ser sitiados?
When you lay siege to a city [for] many days to fight against it, to capture it, you do not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for you eat of them, and you do not cut them down—for the tree of the field [is] man’s—to go in at your presence in the siege.
20 Solamente los árboles que tú sabes que no son frutales, podrás destruir cortándolos para construir fortificaciones contra la ciudad que te hace guerra hasta que se rinda.
Only, the tree of which you know that it [is] not a fruit-tree, you destroy it, and have cut [it] down, and have built a bulwark against the city which is making war with you until you have subdued it.”
