Deuteronomio 12
1 Estas son las normas y preceptos que debes asegurarte de seguir todo el tiempo que vivas en la tierra que el Señor, el Dios de tus antepasados, te ha dado para que la poseas.
“(I will now tell you again/These, [again], are) the rules and regulations that you must faithfully obey in the land that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to you to occupy. You must obey these laws all the time that you are alive.
2 Debes destruir completamente todos los santuarios paganos donde las naciones que expulsas adoraban a sus dioses: en la cima de las altas montañas, en las colinas y bajo todo árbol verde.
You must destroy all the places where the people-groups that you will expel worship their gods, on the tops of mountains and hills and under big green trees.
3 Derriba sus altares, derriba sus pilares idólatras, quema sus postes de Asera, y destruye los ídolos de sus dioses. Elimina todas partes cualquier rastro de ellos.
You must tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Completely burn the statues of their goddess Asherah in fires, and chop down their wooden idols, in order that no one will ever worship them [MTY] in those places again.
4 No debes adorar al Señor tu Dios de la manera en que ellos lo hacían.
“Do not worship Yahweh like [the people in Canaan worship their gods].
5 Sino que debes ir al lugar que el Señor tu Dios elija entre el territorio de todas tus tribus para establecer un lugar donde viva contigo. Allí es donde debes ir.
Instead, you must go to the place that Yahweh will choose. It will be in the area where one of your tribes will live. That is where you must go to worship Yahweh.
6 Llevarás allí tus holocaustos y sacrificios, tus diezmos y todas tus ofrendas, tus ofrendas voluntarias y las ofrendas para cumplir una promesa, junto con los primogénitos de tus rebaños y manadas.
That is the place where you must bring your sacrifices that will be completely burned on the altar, and your other sacrifices, (your tithes/ten percent of all of your crops), other offerings that you decide to give, and the firstborn animals from your cattle and sheep.
7 Allí es donde, en presencia del Señor tu Dios, ustedes y sus familias comerán y celebrarán todo aquello por lo que han trabajado, porque el Señor su Dios los ha bendecido.
There, in the presence of Yahweh our God, who has [greatly] blessed you, you and your families will eat the good things that you have worked to produce, and you will be happy.
8 No deben hacer lo que estamos haciendo aquí hoy. En este momento cada uno hace lo que cree correcto,
“[When you are in that land], you must not do some of the things that we have been doing. Until now, you have all been worshiping [Yahweh] the way you wanted to,
9 porque no han llegado a la tierra que les pertenecerá y que el Señor su Dios les está dando, y donde estarán en paz.
because you have not yet arrived in the land which Yahweh is giving to you, where you will be able to live peacefully.
10 Después de que crucen el Jordán y se establezcan en el país que el Señor su Dios les está dando como posesión, y los deje descansar de la lucha contra todos sus enemigos y vivan seguros,
But when you cross the Jordan [River], you will start to live in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. He will protect you from all your enemies that will surround you, and you will live peacefully/safely.
11 entonces el Señor su Dios elegirá un lugar donde vivir con ustedes. Allí es donde llevarán todo lo que les he ordenado hacer: sus holocaustos y sacrificios, sus diezmos y ofrendas voluntarias, y todos los regalos especiales que prometan darle al Señor.
“Yahweh will choose one place where he wants you to worship him. That is the place to which you must bring all the offerings that I command you to bring: The sacrifices that must be completely burned [on the altar], your other sacrifices, other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, (your tithes/ten percent of all your crops), and all the special offerings that you will solemnly promise to give to Yahweh.
12 Celebrarán allí en presencia del Señor su Dios, ustedes, sus hijos e hijas, sus esclavos y esclavas, y los levitas que viven en sus pueblos, porque no tienen ninguna participación en la asignación de tierras.
Rejoice there in the presence of Yahweh, along with your children, your male and female servants, and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns. Do not forget that the descendants of Levi will not have their own land, like you will have.
13 Asegúrense de no presentar sus holocaustos donde quieran.
Be sure that you do not offer sacrifices anywhere you want to.
14 Sino que los ofrecerás solamente en el lugar que el Señor elija, en el territorio de una de tus tribus. Allí es donde deben hacer todo lo que les ordeno.
You must offer them only in the place that Yahweh will choose for you, in an area that belongs to one of your tribes. That is the only place where he wants you to offer sacrifices that will be completely burned [on the altar], and to do the other things that I am commanding you to do [when you worship him].
15 Por supuesto que puedes sacrificar y comer carne donde estés, cuando quieras, dependiendo de cuánto te haya bendecido el Señor tu Dios. Todos ustedes, ya sea que estén ceremonialmente limpios o no, pueden comerla como lo harían con una gacela o un ciervo,
“However, you will be permitted to kill and eat the meat of your animals in the places where you live. As often as you want to, you may eat the meat of the animals that Yahweh our God will bless you by giving them to you. Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God and those who have not done things like that may all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
16 pero no deben comer el derramamiento de sangre que hay en el suelo.
But you must not eat the blood [of any animals]; you must let the blood drain onto the ground [before you cook the meat].
17 En sus pueblos no deben comer el diezmo de su grano o del vino nuevo ni del aceite de oliva; o los primogénitos de sus manadas o rebaños, ni ninguna de las ofrendas que hagan para cumplir una promesa, sus ofrendas voluntarias o susofrendas especiales.
In the places where you live, you must not eat the things that you are offering [to Yahweh]: You must not eat the (tithes/ten percent) of your grain or of your wine, or of your [olive] oil, or the firstborn of your cattle and sheep, or the offerings that you yourselves decide to give to Yahweh, or any other offerings.
18 Sino que deben comerlos en presencia del Señor su Dios en el lugar que el Señor tu Dios elija: ustedes, sus hijos e hijas, sus esclavos y esclavas y los levitas que viven en sus ciudades. Celebren en presencia del Señor su Dios en todo lo que hagan,
Instead, you and your children and your male and female servants and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns must go to the place that he has chosen and eat those things there in the presence of Yahweh. And you should rejoice in the presence of Yahweh about everything that you do.
19 y asegúrense de no olvidarse de los levitas durante todo el tiempo que vivan en su tierra.
Be sure that you take care of the descendants of Levi all during the time that you live in your land.
20 Cuando el Señor su Dios les de más tierra, como prometió, y desees un poco de carne, y digas: “Quiero comer carne”, podrás hacerlo cuando quieras.
“When Yahweh our God gives you much more land [than you will have when you first occupy it], which is what he has promised to do, and you say ‘I would like some meat to eat’ because you are craving/wanting some meat, you will be permitted to eat meat whenever you want to.
21 Si el lugar donde el Señor tu Dios elige está muy lejos, entonces puedes sacrificar cualquier animal del rebaño o manada que te ha dado, siguiendo los preceptos que yo te he dado, y puedes comerlo en tu ciudad cuando quieras.
If the place that Yahweh our God chooses to be the place for you to worship him is far [from where you live], you are permitted to kill some of your cattle or sheep that Yahweh has given to you, and you may eat that meat at the places where you live, just like I have told you to do.
22 De hecho, puedes comerlo como si te comieras una gacela o un ciervo, tanto si estás ceremonialmente limpio como si no, puedes comerlo.
Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God, and those who have not done things like that, are all permitted to all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
23 Sólo asegúrate de no comer la sangre, porque la sangre es la vida, y no debes comer la vida con la carne.
But be sure that you do not eat the blood [of any animal], because it is the blood that sustains life in living beings, and so you must not eat the life along with the meat.
24 No debes comer la sangre; derrámala en el suelo.
Do not eat the blood; instead, let it drain onto the ground.
25 No la comas, para que en todo te vaya bien a ti y a tus hijos, porque harás lo que es correcto ante los ojos del Señor.
If you obey this command and do what Yahweh says is right [for you to do], things will go well for you and for your descendants.
26 Toma tus santos sacrificios y las ofrendas para cumplir tus votos y ve al lugar que el Señor elija.
“But the sacred offerings that Yahweh has told you to give and the other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, you must take to the place that Yahweh will choose.
27 Presenta tus holocaustos, la carne y la sangre, en el altar del Señor tu Dios. La sangre de tus otros sacrificios se derramará junto al altar del Señor tu Dios, pero se te permitirá comer la carne.
You must offer there the sacrifices that will be completely burned [on Yahweh’s altar]. You must also offer there the sacrifices from which you may eat some of meat after you [kill the animals and] drain out the blood and some of it is thrown on the [sides of the] altar.
28 Cumplan todo lo que yo les mando, para que les vaya bien a ustedes y a sus hijos, porque seguirán lo que es bueno y recto ante los ojos del Señor su Dios.
Faithfully obey all these things that I have commanded you. If you do that, things will go well forever for you and your descendants, because you will be doing what Yahweh our God says is right [for you to do] and what pleases him.
29 Cuando el Señor tu Dios destruya las naciones que están delante de ti cuando entres en el país para poseerlas, y las expulses y te establezcas en su tierra,
“When you enter the land that you will occupy, as you advance, Yahweh our God will get rid of the people-groups that live there.
30 asegúrate de no caer en la trampa de seguir sus caminos después de haber sido destruidos delante de ti. No intentes averiguar sobre sus dioses, preguntando, “¿Cómo adora este pueblo a sus dioses? Haré lo mismo que ellos”.
After he does that, be sure that you do not [worship the gods] that they have been worshiping, because if you do that, you will be caught in the same trap [that they were caught in] [MET]. Do not ask anyone about those gods, saying, ‘Tell me how they worshiped their gods, in order that I can [worship them] also.’
31 No debes adorar al Señor tu Dios así, porque cuando adoran a sus dioses hacen todo tipo de cosas abominables que el Señor odia. ¡Incluso queman a sus hijos e hijas como sacrificios a sus dioses!
Do not try to worship Yahweh our God like they have worshiped their gods, because when they worship them, they do disgusting things, things that Yahweh hates. [The worst thing that they do is] that they sacrifice their own children and burn them [on their altars].
32 Con toda dedicación, obedezcan todo lo que les ordeno. No añadan ni quiten nada de lo que dicen estas instrucciones.
“Be sure to do everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not add anything to these commands, and do not take anything away from them.”
