Deuteronomio 17
1 No sacrifiques al Señor tu Dios ganado o una oveja que tenga un defecto grave, porque eso es ofensivo para el Señor tu Dios.
“You do not sacrifice to your God YHWH ox or sheep in which there is a blemish—any bad thing; for it [is] an abomination [to] your God YHWH.
2 Puede que exista un informe de que uno de ustedes, ya sea hombre o mujer, que vive en un pueblo que el Señor su Dios le dio, ha sido encontrado pecando a los ojos del Señor su Dios al romper el pacto del Señor.
When there is found in your midst, in one of your cities which your God YHWH is giving to you, a man or a woman who does evil in the eyes of your God YHWH by transgressing His covenant,
3 Esta persona ha hecho esto yendo a adorar a otros dioses, inclinándose ante ellos – o ante el sol, la luna o cualquiera de las estrellas del cielo – lo cual yo les he ordenado que no hagan.
and he goes and serves other gods, and bows himself to them, and to the sun, or to the moon, or to any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded,
4 Si escuchas tal informe, necesitas hacer una investigación completa. Si se descubre que el informe es cierto, y que se ha cometido un pecado tan terrible en Israel,
and it has been declared to you, and you have heard, and have searched diligently, and behold, [if] truth, the thing is established; this abomination has been done in Israel—
5 deben hacer que el hombre o la mujer que ha cometido este terrible acto sea expulsado del pueblo y apedreado hasta la muerte.
then you have brought out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing, to your gates—the man or the woman—and you have stoned them with stones, and they have died.
6 Esa persona debe ser ejecutada basándose en las pruebas aportadas por dos o tres testigos. Nadie será ejecutado sobre la base de la evidencia dada por un solo testigo.
By the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses is he who is being put to death put to death; he is not put to death by the mouth of one witness;
7 Los testigos deben actuar primero en la ejecución de la persona, y luego el resto de los presentes. Deben eliminar el mal de entre ustedes.
the hand of the witnesses is on him in the first place to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; and you have put away evil out of your midst.
8 Si hay un caso ante el tribunal de su ciudad que sea demasiado problemático para resolverlo ustedes mismos, ya sea que la discusión sea sobre asesinato u homicidio, una decisión legal contra otra, o diferentes grados de asalto, deben traer el asunto al lugar que el Señor su Dios elija.
When anything is too hard for you for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke—matters of strife within your gates—then you have risen and gone up to the place on which your God YHWH fixes,
9 Acudan a los sacerdotes, a los levitas y al juez encargado. Preséntenles el caso y ellos anunciarán su decisión.
and have come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in those days, and have inquired, and they have declared the word of judgment to you,
10 Deben acatar la decisión que les den allí, en el lugar que el Señor elija. Asegúrense de hacer todo lo que les digan,
and you have done according to the tenor of the word which they declare to you ([they] of that place which YHWH chooses); and you have observed to do according to all that they direct you.
11 conforme a las instrucciones legales que les den y según el veredicto que ellos dicten. No te desvíes de tal decisión.
According to the tenor of the law which they direct you, and according to the judgment which they say to you, you do; you do not turn aside from the word which they declare to you [to] the right or left.
12 Todo aquel que trate con desprecio al sacerdote (que ministra ante el Señor su Dios) o al juez, debe ser ejecutado. Debes eliminar este mal de Israel.
And the man who acts with presumption, so as not to listen to the priest (who is standing to serve your God YHWH there), or to the judge, even that man has died, and you have put away evil from Israel,
13 Entonces todos los demás se enterarán y tendrán miedo, y no actuarán con desprecio en el futuro.
and all the people hear and fear, and do not presume anymore.
14 Una vez que hayas entrado en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da, la hayas tomado y te hayas establecido en ella, y decidas: “Tengamos un rey que nos gobierne como lo hacen todas las demás naciones que nos rodean”,
When you come into the land which your God YHWH is giving to you, and have possessed it, and dwelt in it, and you have said, Let me set a king over me like all the nations which [are] around me—
15 puedes tener un rey pero sólo uno elegido por el Señor tu Dios. Debe ser un israelita. No debes tener un rey que sea extranjero, alguien que no sea israelita.
you certainly set a king over you on whom YHWH fixes; you set a king over you from the midst of your brothers; you are not able to set a stranger over you, who is not your brother.
16 Tu rey no debe tener grandes cantidades de caballos, ni enviar a sus hombres a Egipto para comprar más caballos, porque el Señor ha declarado: “No debes volver allí nunca más”.
Only, he does not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, so as to multiply horses, seeing YHWH has said to you, You do not add to return in this way anymore.
17 No debe tener muchas esposas, para que no lo alejen del camino del Señor. No debe tener grandes cantidades de plata y oro.
And he does not multiply wives for himself, and his heart does not turn aside, and he does not exceedingly multiply silver and gold for himself.
18 Una vez que sea rey y se siente en su trono real, debe hacer una copia para sí mismo de estas instrucciones, escribiéndolas en un pergamino en presencia de los sacerdotes levitas.
And it has been, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he has written a copy of this law for himself, on a scroll, from [that] before the priests, the Levites,
19 Debe guardarlas con él, y debe leerlas cada día durante toda su vida, para que aprenda a respetar al Señor su Dios, teniendo cuidado de seguir cada palabra de estas instrucciones y normas.
and it has been with him, and he has read in it all [the] days of his life, so that he learns to fear his God YHWH, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes—to do them,
20 Entonces no pensará más en sí mismo que en sus compatriotas israelitas, y no se desviará de los mandamientos, para que él y sus hijos puedan tener un largo reinado sobre el reino de Israel.
so that his heart is not high above his brothers, and so as not to turn aside from the command [to] the right or left, so that he prolongs days over his kingdom, he and his sons in the midst of Israel.”
