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 be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
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.
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
3 No deben recibir más de cuarenta azotes. Más que eso sería humillarlos públicamente.
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile unto you.
4 No se debe amordazar a un buey cuando está pisando el grano.
You shall not suppress the ox when he treads out the corn.
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.
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
6 El primer hijo que tenga se llamará como el hermano muerto, para que su nombre no sea olvidado en Israel.
And it shall be, that the firstborn which she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of 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”.
And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
8 Los ancianos del pueblo deben llamarlo y hablar con él. Si continúa negándose y dice: “No quiero casarme con ella”,
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take 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”.
Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
10 A partir de entonces su apellido en Israel se llamará “La familia de la sandalia arrancada”.
And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that has his shoe loosed.
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,
When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near in order to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets:
12 eben cortarle la mano. No le muestres ninguna piedad.
Then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall not pity her.
13 No tengas dos pesos de medida diferentes en tu bolsa, uno que sea pesado y otro que sea ligero.
You shall not have in your bag divers weights, a great and a small.
14 No tengas dos recipientes de medida diferentes en tu casa, uno que sea grande y otro que sea pequeño.
You shall not have in your house divers measures, a great and a 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.
But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have: that your days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
16 Cualquiera que no lo haga y haga fraudes como este ofende al Señor su Dios.
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD your God.
17 Recuerda lo que te hicieron los amalecitas al salir de Egipto.
Remember what Amalek did unto you by the way, when all of you were come forth 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.
How he met you by the way, and stroke the hindmost of you, even all that were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he feared not 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!
Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all of your enemies round about, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget it.
