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 must not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox or a sheep in which is any blemish or anything bad, for that would be an abomination to Yahweh your God.
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.
If there is found among you, within any of your city gates that Yahweh your God is giving you, any man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God and transgresses 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.
anyone who has gone and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, either the sun, the moon, or any of the host of heaven—nothing that I have 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 if you are told about this, or if you have heard of it, then you must make a careful investigation. If it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel, this is what you should do.
5 deben hacer que el hombre o la mujer que ha cometido este terrible acto sea expulsado del pueblo y apedreado hasta la muerte.
You must bring that man or woman, who has done this evil thing, to your city gates, that very man or woman, and you must stone that person to death.
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.
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, will he who must die be put to death; but at the mouth of only one witness he must not be put to death.
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 must be the first to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people; and you will remove the evil from among you.
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.
If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge—perhaps a question of murder or accidental death, of one person's right and another person's right, or a question of one kind of harm done, or another kind of matter, matters of controversy within your city gates—then you must go up to the place that Yahweh your God will choose as his sanctuary.
9 Acudan a los sacerdotes, a los levitas y al juez encargado. Preséntenles el caso y ellos anunciarán su decisión.
You must go to the priests, the descendants of Levi, and to the judge who will be serving at that time; you will seek their advice, and they will give you the verdict.
10 Deben acatar la decisión que les den allí, en el lugar que el Señor elija. Asegúrense de hacer todo lo que les digan,
You must follow the law given to you at the place Yahweh will choose as his sanctuary. You will be careful to do everything that they direct you to do.
11 conforme a las instrucciones legales que les den y según el veredicto que ellos dicten. No te desvíes de tal decisión.
Follow the law they teach you, and do according to the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right hand or to the 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.
Anyone who acts arrogantly, in not listening to the priest who is standing to serve before Yahweh your God, or in not listening to the judge—that man will die; you will put away the evil from Israel.
13 Entonces todos los demás se enterarán y tendrán miedo, y no actuarán con desprecio en el futuro.
All the people must hear and fear, and act arrogantly no more.
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 have come to the land that Yahweh your God gives you, and when you take possession of it and begin to live in it, and then you say, 'I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are round about 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.
then you must surely set as king over yourself someone whom Yahweh your God will choose. You must set as king over yourself someone from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner, who is not your brother, over yourself.
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”.
But he must not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt so that he may multiply horses, for Yahweh had said to you, 'You will never return that way again.'
17 No debe tener muchas esposas, para que no lo alejen del camino del Señor. No debe tener grandes cantidades de plata y oro.
He must not take many wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn away. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
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.
When he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he must write for himself in a scroll a copy of this law, from the law that is before the priests, who are 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.
The scroll must be with him, and he must read in it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to honor Yahweh his God, so as to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to observe 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.
He must do this so that his heart is not lifted up above his brothers, and so that he does not turn away from the commandments, to the right hand or to the left; for the purpose that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, among Israel.
