Deuteronomio 25
1 Si hay algún argumento jurídico entre dos personas, deben acudir a los tribunales para que se juzgue el caso, a fin de justificar al que tiene razón y condenar al que está equivocado.
If there is some legal argument between two people, they are to go to court to have the case judged, in order to justify the one who is right and condemn the one who is wrong.
2 Si el culpable es condenado a ser azotado, el juez ordenará que se acueste y sea azotado ante él con el número de azotes que el delito merece.
If the person who is guilty is sentenced to be flogged, the judge shall order them to lie down and be flogged before him with the number of lashes the crime deserves.
3 No deben recibir más de cuarenta azotes. Más que eso sería humillarlos públicamente.
They are not to receive more than forty lashes. More than that would be to publicly humiliate them.
4 No se debe amordazar a un buey cuando está pisando el grano.
Don't muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
5 Cuando dos hermanos viven cerca uno del otro y uno de ellos muere sin tener un hijo, la viuda no debe casarse con un extraño fuera de la familia. El hermano de su marido se casará con ella y se acostará con ella, cumpliendo los requisitos de un cuñado para proporcionarle hijos.
When two brothers live near to each other and one of them dies without having a son, the widow is not to marry a stranger outside the family. Her husband's brother is to marry her and sleep with her, fulfilling the requirements of a brother-in-law to provide her with children.
6 El primer hijo que tenga se llamará como el hermano muerto, para que su nombre no sea olvidado en Israel.
The first son she has will be named after the dead brother, so that his name won't be forgotten in Israel.
7 Sin embargo, si el hombre se niega a casarse con la viuda de su hermano, ella irá a los ancianos a la puerta del pueblo y les dirá: “El hermano de mi marido se niega a mantener vivo el nombre de su hermano en Israel. No quiere cumplir los requisitos de un cuñado para mí”.
However, if the man refuses to marry his brother's widow, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and tell them, “My husband's brother is refusing to keep his brother's name alive in Israel. He doesn't want to perform the requirements of a brother-in-law for me.”
8 Los ancianos del pueblo deben llamarlo y hablar con él. Si continúa negándose y dice: “No quiero casarme con ella”,
The town elders are to summon him and talk with him. If he continues to refuse and says, “I don't want to marry her,”
9 la viuda de su hermano debe confrontarlo en presencia de los ancianos, sacarle la sandalia, escupirle en la cara y anunciar, “Esto es lo que le pasa al hombre que se niega a mantener vivo el nombre de la familia de su hermano”.
his brother's widow is to confront him in the presence of the elders, pull off his sandal, spit in his face, and announce, “This is what happens to the man who refuses to keep his brother's family name alive.”
10 A partir de entonces su apellido en Israel se llamará “La familia de la sandalia arrancada”.
From then on his family name in Israel will be called “The Family of the Pulled-off Sandal.”
11 Si dos hombres están peleando, y una de sus esposas interviene para salvar a su marido de ser golpeado, y ella se agarra a los genitales del atacante,
If two men are fighting, and one of their wives intervenes to save her husband from being beaten, and she grabs hold of the attacker's genitals,
12 eben cortarle la mano. No le muestres ninguna piedad.
you are to cut her hand off. Don't show her any mercy.
13 No tengas dos pesos de medida diferentes en tu bolsa, uno que sea pesado y otro que sea ligero.
Don't have two different measuring weights in your bag, one that's heavy and one that's light.
14 No tengas dos recipientes de medida diferentes en tu casa, uno que sea grande y otro que sea pequeño.
Don't have two different measuring containers in your house, one that's large and one that's small.
15 Asegúrate de usar siempre pesos y medidas exactas y verdaderas. De esa manera tendrás una larga vida en el país que el Señor tu Dios te ha dado.
Make sure you always use accurate and true weights and measures. In that way you will have long lives in the country the Lord your God is giving you.
16 Cualquiera que no lo haga y haga fraudes como este ofende al Señor su Dios.
Anyone who doesn't do so and cheats like this offends the Lord your God.
17 Recuerda lo que te hicieron los amalecitas al salir de Egipto.
Remember what the Amalekites did to you on your way out of Egypt.
18 Salieron a enfrentarse a ti cuando estabas cansado y cansado de tu viaje, y atacaron a todos aquellos que se estaban quedando atrás. No tuvieron ningún respeto por Dios.
The came out to confront you when you were tired and weary from your journey, and they attacked all those of you who were lagging behind. They didn't have any respect for God.
19 Una vez que el Señor tu Dios te dé la paz después de luchar contra tus enemigos en el país que te da para que lo tomes y lo poseas, debes borrar incluso el recuerdo de los amalecitas de la tierra. ¡No lo olvides!
Once the Lord your God gives you peace after fighting your enemies in the country that he's giving you to take over and own, you are to wipe out even the memory of the Amalekites from the earth. Don't forget!
