Éxodo 23
1 No siembres falsos rumores ni te conciertes con el malvado para dar falso testimonio.
“You must not spread stories that are lies. You must not help bad people by giving evidence that's malicious.
2 No sigas a la muchedumbre para hacer el mal; ni depongas en una causa inclinándote hacia la mayoría para torcer (la justicia).
Don't follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give evidence in a lawsuit, don't corrupt justice by siding with the majority.
3 Tampoco favorecerás al pobre en su pleito.
Don't show favoritism to poor people in their legal cases either.
4 Cuando encuentres extraviado el buey de tu enemigo, o su asno, devuélveselos sin falta.
If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey that has wandered off, take it back it to him.
5 Si ves caído debajo de su carga el asno del que te aborrece, no te niegues a ayudarlo. Ayúdalo juntamente con el (dueño).
If you see the donkey of someone who hates you that has fallen under its load, don't just leave it there. You must stop and help.
6 No dobles el derecho de tu pobre en su pleito.
You must not prevent the poor from getting justice in their lawsuits.
7 Aléjate de causas mentirosas, y no quites la vida al inocente y justo; porque Yo no absolveré al malvado.
Don't have anything to do with making false accusations. Don't kill the innocent or those who do right, for I won't let the guilty go unpunished.
8 No recibas regalos; porque el regalo ciega a los prudentes, y pervierte las causas justas.
Don't accept bribes, for a bribe blinds those who can see, and undermines the evidence of the honest.
9 No oprimas al extranjero; porque vosotros sabéis lo que es ser extranjero; pues extranjeros fuisteis en la tierra de Egipto.
Don't abuse foreigners living among you, since you know very well what it's like to be foreigners, for you were once foreigners in Egypt.
10 Seis años sembrarás tu tierra y recogerás su producto;
Six years you are to sow your land and harvest crops,
11 al séptimo la abandonarás y la dejarás sin cultivo para que coman los pobres de tu pueblo; y lo que quede, lo comerán las bestias del campo; lo mismo harás con tu viña y tu olivar.
but in the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that poor people may eat what grows naturally from the field and the wild animals can finish what's left. Follow the same procedure for your vineyards and olive groves.
12 Seis días trabajarás, y al séptimo dejarás de trabajar, para que descansen tu buey y tu asno, y se recree el hijo de tu sierva y el extranjero.
You have six days to do your work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, so that your ox and your donkey can rest, and your slaves' families can catch their breath, as well as the foreigners living among you.
13 Atended a todo lo que os he dicho. No mencionaréis el nombre de otros dioses, ni se oiga este de tu boca.
Make sure to pay attention to everything I've told you. Don't think to call on the names of other gods—you must not even mention them.
14 Tres veces al año me celebraréis fiestas.
Three times every year you are to celebrate a feast dedicated to me.
15 Guardarás la fiesta de los Ácimos. Durante siete días comerás panes sin levadura, como te he mandado, al tiempo señalado, en el mes de Abib; pues en él saliste de Egipto. Nadie se presentará delante de Mí con las manos vacías.
You are to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread as I instructed you. You are to eat bread without yeast for seven days at the appropriate time in the month of Abib, because that was the month you left Egypt. No one can come before me without bringing an offering.
16 También la fiesta de la siega, de las primicias de tus labores, de cuanto hayas sembrado en el campo; y la fiesta de la Recolección al final del año al recoger del campo los frutos de tu trabajo.
You are also to observe the Festival of Harvest when you present the firstfruits of the produce from what you've sown in the fields. Lastly you are to observe the Festival of Gathering-In the Harvest at the end of the year, when you gather in the harvest of the rest of your crops from the field.
17 Tres veces al año se presentarán todos tus varones delante de Yahvé, el Señor.
Every Israelite male is to come before the Lord God at these three times every year.
18 No ofrecerás la sangre de mi sacrificio juntamente con pan fermentado; ni has de guardar la grasa de mi sacrificio hasta el día siguiente.
You must not offer the blood of my sacrifices together with anything that contains yeast, and the fat from the offerings presented at my festival must not be left until morning.
19 Los primeros productos de tu tierra los llevarás a la Casa de Yahvé, tu Dios. No cocerás el cabrito en la leche de su madre.
Bring the best firstfruits of your crops to the house of the Lord your God. Don't cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
20 He aquí que Yo envío un Ángel delante de ti, para guardarte en el camino, y para conducirte al lugar que te tengo dispuesto.
Look, I'm sending an angel ahead of you to protect you on the way and to take you to the place I've prepared for you.
21 Muéstrale reverencia y escucha su voz; no le irrites; porque no perdonará vuestras transgresiones, pues en él está mi Nombre.
Make sure you pay attention to him and do what he says. Don't oppose him, because he won't forgive rebellion, for he carries my authority.
22 Si escuchas atentamente su voz haciendo todo lo que Yo diga, seré enemigo de tus enemigos y oprimiré a tus opresores.
However, if you listen to him carefully, and do everything that I tell you, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and I will fight those who fight against you.
23 Porque mi Ángel caminará delante de ti y te introducirá en el país del amorreo, del heteo, del fereceo, del cananeo, del heveo y del jebuseo; y Yo los destruiré.
For my angel will go ahead of you and take you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
24 No te postrarás ante sus dioses, ni les darás culto, ni imitarás sus obras; al contrario, los destruirás por completo y quebrarás sus piedras de culto.
You must not bow down to their gods or worship them or follow their pagan practices. No, you must demolish their idols and smash their sacred pillars into pieces.
25 Vosotros serviréis a Yahvé, Vuestro Dios, y Él bendecirá tu pan y tu agua. También las enfermedades las desterraré de ti.
You are to worship the Lord your God, and he will bless your food and water. I will make sure none of you fall sick.
26 En tu tierra no habrá mujer que aborte ni que sea estéril; y colmaré el número de tus días.
No woman will have a miscarriage or be without children. I will make sure you live long lives.
27 Enviaré delante de ti mi terror y llenaré de consternación a todos los pueblos a los que llegues; y haré que todos tus enemigos vuelvan ante ti las espaldas.
I will send terror about me ahead of you which will throw every nation you meet into panic. I will make all your enemies turn and run away.
28 También enviaré tábanos delante de ti que ahuyentarán ante tu presencia al heveo, al cananeo y al heteo.
I will send hornets ahead of you to drive out before you the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites.
29 No los expulsaré de tu presencia en un solo año, no sea que la tierra quede desierta y se multipliquen contra ti las fieras del campo.
I will not drive them out in just one year, because the land would become desolate and you would have to deal with increased numbers of wild animals.
30 Poco a poco los haré desaparecer de tu vista, hasta que tú crezcas y te apoderes del país.
Bit by bit I will drive them out ahead of you, until there are enough of you to take possession of the land.
31 Y fijaré tus confines desde el Mar Rojo hasta el Mar de los filisteos, y desde el desierto hasta el río. Pues entregaré en tus manos a los habitantes del país para que los arrojes de tu presencia.
I will fix your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will hand the inhabitants of the land over to you, and you will drive them out.
32 No hagas pacto con ellos, ni con sus dioses.
You must not make any agreement with them or with their gods.
33 No habiten ellos en tu país, no sea que te hagan pecar contra Mí. Porque sirviendo a sus dioses caerías en un lazo.
They must not be allowed to stay in your land, otherwise they will lead you to sin against me. For if you worship their gods, they will definitely become a trap for you.”
