Deuteronomio 5
1 Entonces Moisés convocó a todos los israelitas y les dijo: Escuchen, pueblo de Israel, las reglas y preceptos que les doy hoy. Apréndanlas y asegúrense de seguirlas cuidadosamente.
Moses/I summoned all the people of Israel and said to them, “You Israeli people, listen to all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today. Learn them and be sure to obey them.
2 Recuerden que el Señor nuestro Dios hizo un acuerdo con nosotros en Horeb.
When we were at Sinai [Mountain], Yahweh our God made an agreement with us.
3 No hizo este acuerdo con nuestros padres, sino con nosotros, todos los que aún viven hoy.
But this agreement was not only for our ancestors. He made it also for us who are alive now.
4 El Señor habló con ustedes de persona a persona desde el fuego de la montaña.
Yahweh spoke with us face-to-face on that mountain, from the middle of the fire.
5 Este fue el momento en el que me interpuse entre el Señor y ustedes para deciros lo que el Señor dijo, porque ustedes tuvieron miedo del fuego y se rehusaban a subir a la montaña. Y él les dijo:
On that day, I stood between your ancestors and Yahweh to tell them what he said, because they were afraid of the fire, and they did not climb up the mountain. This is what Yahweh said:
6 “Yo soy el Señor tu Dios, que te sacó de Egipto, de la prisión de la esclavitud.
‘I am Yahweh your God, the one you [worship]. I am the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. I am the one who freed you from being slaves [there].
7 “No debes tener otros dioses aparte de mí.
[You must worship only] me; you must not worship any other god.
8 “No debes hacerte ningún tipo de ídolo, ya sea en forma de algo que esté arriba en los cielos, o abajo en la tierra, o debajo en las aguas.
You must not carve/make for yourselves any idol that represents anything in the sky or anything that is on the ground or anything that swims in the water.
9 No debes inclinarte ante ellas ni adorarlas, porque yo soy el Señor tu Dios y soy celosamente exclusivo. Yo pongo las consecuencias del pecado de los que me odian sobre sus hijos, nietos y bisnietos;
You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I (am very jealous/want you to worship me only). I punish those who sin and hate me. I punish not only them, but I will punish (their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren).
10 pero muestro un amor fiel a las miles de generaciones que me aman y guardan mis mandamientos.
But I will steadfastly love (thousands of generations/all the descendants) of those who love me and obey my commandments (OR, I will love for thousands of generations).
11 “No debes usar el nombre del Señor tu Dios de manera incorrecta, porque el Señor no perdonará a nadie que use su nombre de forma incorrecta.
Do not use/speak my name carelessly (OR, for wrong/evil purposes), because I am Yahweh God, the one whom you [should worship], and I will certainly punish those who use/speak my name for wrong/evil purposes [LIT].
12 “Recuerda el sábado para santificarlo, como el Señor, tu Dios, te ha ordenado.
Do not forget that the seventh day [of every week] is mine. Dedicate those days to me just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you.
13 Tienes seis días para trabajar y ganarte el sustento,
There are six days each week for you to do all your work,
14 pero el séptimo día es el sábado para honrar al Señor tu Dios. En este día no debes hacer ningún trabajo, ni tú, ni tu hijo o hija, ni tu esclavo o esclava, ni tu buey o asno, ni ninguno de tus ganados, ni el extranjero que se quede contigo, para que tu esclavo y esclava puedan tener el mismo descanso que tú.
but the seventh day is a rest day, a day dedicated to me, Yahweh your God. On that day you must not do any work. You and your sons and daughters and your male and female slaves must not work. You must not even force your livestock to work, and you must not tell foreigners to work, those who are living in your country. You must allow your slaves to rest on that day just like you do.
15 Recuerda que una vez fueron esclavos en Egipto, y que el Señor su Dios los sacó de allí con su gran poder y su increíble fuerza. Es por eso que el Señor tu Dios te ha ordenado que guardes el día de reposo.
Do not forget that you were slaves in Egypt, and that I, Yahweh your God, brought you out from there by my very great power. [DOU, MTY] That is the reason that I am commanding that [all of] you must rest on the seventh/Sabbath day [each week].
16 Honra a tu padre y a tu madre, como te ha ordenado el Señor tu Dios, para que vivas mucho tiempo y te vaya bien en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da.
Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh your God, will give you, and in order that things will go well for you there.
17 “No debes matar a la gente.
Do not murder anyone.
18 “No debes cometer adulterio.
Do not (commit adultery/have sex with anyone other than your spouse).
19 “No debes robar.
Do not steal anything.
20 “No debes dar pruebas falsas contra otros.
Do not tell lies about anyone [when you are speaking in a court].
21 “No debes desear tener la esposa de otro. No debes desear tener su casa o su campo, o su esclavo o su esclava, o su buey o su asno, o cualquier cosa que les pertenezca”.
Do not (covet/desire to have) someone else’s wife, someone else’s house, someone else’s fields, someone else’s male slave or female slave, someone else’s livestock, someone else’s donkeys, or anything else that another person owns.’
22 En voz alta el Señor les dio estos mandamientos a todos ustedes, hablando desde el fuego, la nube y la profunda oscuridad que cubría la montaña. No añadió nada más. Los escribió en dos tablas de piedra y me las dio.
Those are the commandments that Yahweh spoke to your ancestors. When they were gathered there at [the bottom of] the mountain, he spoke with a very loud voice from the middle of the fire, and there were dark clouds surrounding the mountain. He spoke only those [ten] commandments, no more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
23 Cuando escucharon la voz que venía de las tinieblas mientras la montaña estaba en llamas, todos sus jefes y ancianos de las tribus vinieron a mí,
After your ancestors heard [Yahweh’s] voice when he spoke to them out of the darkness, while there was a big fire burning on the mountain, their leaders and elders came to me,
24 y me dijeron: “Escucha, el Señor nuestro Dios nos ha revelado la gloria y la majestad, y hemos escuchado su voz que venía del fuego. Hoy hemos visto que los seres humanos no pueden morir incluso cuando Dios habla con ellos.
and [one of] them said, ‘Listen to us! Yahweh our God showed us that he is very great and glorious when we heard him speak [MTY] from the fire. Today we have realized that it is possible for us humans to continue to live even though God has spoken to us.
25 Pero aún podríamos morir, ¿no es así? Este enorme fuego nos va a quemar, y moriremos si el Señor nuestro Dios continúa hablándonos.
But we are afraid that we will die [RHQ] if we hear Yahweh our God speak [MTY] to us again; his terrible fire will destroy/kill us.
26 ¿Alguien más ha oído hablar al Dios vivo desde el fuego y ha sobrevivido, como nosotros?
(Who has/Certainly no human has) remained alive after hearing the all-powerful God speak [MTY] to them from a fire.
27 e y escucha todo lo que el Señor nuestro Dios dice. Entonces podrás repetirnos todo lo que el Señor nuestro Dios ha dicho. Prometemos escuchar y obedecer”.
[So Moses], you go [up the mountain] and listen to everything that Yahweh our God will say. Then [come back and] tell us everything that he has said, and we will listen to what he has said and obey it.’
28 El Señor escuchó lo que ustedes me dijeron, y me dijo: “He escuchado lo que este pueblo te dijo. Todo lo que han dicho es bueno.
Yahweh heard your leaders say that, so [when I went back up the mountain], Yahweh said to me, ‘I have heard what your leaders have said, and what they have said is right/correct.
29 Sólo deseo que me respeten y guarden siempre mis mandamientos para que ellos y sus hijos estén bien para siempre.
I surely wish that they would always think like that and revere me and obey all my commandments, in order that things may go well for them and for their descendants forever.
30 Ve y diles: ‘Tienen que volver a sus tiendas’.
So go [down] and tell them to return to their tents.
31 Pero deben quedarse aquí conmigo para que les dé todos los mandamientos y reglas que deben enseñarles a seguir en el país que les estoy dando para que lo tomen y lo posean”.
But [then] you [come back up here and] stand near me, and I will give to you all the rules and regulations that I [want them to obey]. Then you can teach them to the people, in order that they will obey them when they are in the land that I am giving to them.’
32 Así que asegúrate de hacer lo que el Señor tu Dios te ha ordenado hacer, no te desvíes en ninguna dirección.
[So I went back down to the people, and I said to them], ‘Be sure that you do everything that Yahweh our God has commanded us to do. Do not disobey any of his laws.
33 Sigue todos los caminos que el Señor tu Dios te ha mostrado, para que te vaya bien y vivas una larga vida en el país donde vivirás.
Conduct your lives as Yahweh our God has commanded us to do, in order that you may live a long time, and in order that things will go well for you [when you are living] in the land that you will occupy.’”
