Éxodo 23
1 “No ayudes a difundir historias que son mentiras. No ayudes a la gente mala dando mal testimonio.
“Do not tell to others (false rumors/untrue reports) about other people. Do not help someone who is guilty by (testifying falsely/lying) [about what happened].
2 “No sigas a la multitud haciendo el mal. Cuando testifiques en un juicio, no corrompas la justicia poniéndote del lado de la mayoría.
Do not join a group of people who are planning to do something evil. Do not testify the way the [crowd wants you to], if that will prevent [the judge from deciding the case] justly/fairly.
3 Tampoco muestres favoritismo hacia los pobres en sus casos legales.
When a poor person is on trial, do not [testify in] his favor [just] because he is poor [and you feel sorry for him].
4 “Si te encuentras con el buey o asno de tu enemigo que se ha extraviado, devuélveselo.
If you see someone’s bull or donkey when it is wandering away [loose], take it back to [its owner, even if the owner] is your enemy.
5 Si ves el asno de alguien que te odia y que ha caído porel peso de su carga, no lo dejes ahí. Debes detenerte y ayudarle.
If you see someone’s donkey that has fallen down [because of its heavy load], help the owner to get the donkey up again, [even if] he is someone who hates you. Do not just walk away [without helping him].
6 “No debes impedir que los pobres obtengan justicia en sus demandas.
Decide the cases of poor people who are on trial [as] fairly [as you decide the cases of other people].
7 No tengas nada que ver con hacer falsas acusaciones. No maten a los inocentes ni a los que hacen el bien, porque no dejaré que los culpables queden impunes.
Do not accuse people falsely. Do not decide that innocent and righteous [DOU] people should be executed, because I will (punish/not forgive) people who do such an evil thing.
8 “No aceptes sobornos, porque un soborno ciega a los que pueden ver y socava las pruebas de los honestos.
Do not accept money that is a bribe, because officials who accept bribes are not able to [MTY] decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly.
9 “No abusen de los extranjeros que viven entre ustedes, pues ustedes saben muy bien lo que es ser extranjeros, ya que una vez fueron extranjeros en Egipto.
Do not mistreat foreigners [who live among you]. You know [how people often treat] foreigners, because the Egyptians [did not treat you well when] you were foreigners there.
10 “Seis años deben sembrar la tierra y cosechar los cultivos,
Plant [seeds] in your ground and gather the harvest for six years.
11 pero en el séptimo año deben dejarla descansar y dejarla sin cultivar, para que los pobres puedan comer lo que crece naturalmente en el campo y los animales salvajes puedan terminar lo que queda. Sigan el mismo procedimiento para sus viñedos y olivares.
But during the seventh year you must not plant anything. [If things grow without your planting seeds], allow poor people [to harvest and] eat the crops. If there are still crops (left over/that they do not harvest), allow wild animals to eat them. Do the same thing with your grapevines/vineyards and your olive trees.
12 “Tendrán seis días para hacer su trabajo, pero el séptimo día deben dejar de trabajar, para que su buey y su asno puedan descansar, y las familias de sus esclavos puedan recuperar el aliento, así como los extranjeros que viven entre ustedes.
[You may] work for six days [each week], but on the seventh day you must rest [and not work]. And on the seventh day you must allow your work animals and your slaves and the foreigners [who live among you] also [to rest and] be refreshed.
13 “Asegúrate de prestar atención a todo lo que te he dicho. Que no pase por tu mente invocar el nombre de otros dioses, ni siquiera debes mencionarlos.
Make certain that you obey everything that I have commanded [you to do]. Do not pray to [MTY] other gods. Do not even mention their names.”
14 “Tres veces al año celebrarán una fiesta dedicada a mí.
“Every year you must celebrate three festivals to [honor] me.
15 Deben observar el Festival de los Panes sin Levadura como se los he instruído. Deben comer pan sin levadura durante siete días en el momento apropiado en el mes de Abib, porque ese fue el mes en que saliste de Egipto. Nadie puede venir delante mí sin traer una ofrenda.
[The first one] is the Festival of Bread That Has No Yeast. Celebrate it in the month [that is named] Abib. That is the month in which you left Egypt. Celebrate it in the way that I commanded you. And always bring [LIT] an offering when you come to worship me.
16 “Y también observarán el Festival de las Cosechas cuando presenten las primicias de los productos de lo que hayan sembrado en los campos. Por último, deben observar el Festival de la Cosecha al final del año, cuando recojan la cosecha del resto de tus cultivos en el campo.
The second one is the Festival of Harvesting. During that festival you must offer to me the first parts/harvest of your crops that grow from the seeds that you planted. The third one is the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. That will be after you finish harvesting your grain and grapes and fruit.
17 Todo varón israelita debe presentarse ante el Señor Dios en estas tres ocasiones cada año.
Every year, at each of these times, all the men must gather together to worship me, Yahweh God.
18 “No ofrecerán la sangre de mis sacrificios junto con nada que contenga levadura, y la grasa de las ofrendas presentadas en mi festival no debe dejarse hasta la mañana.
When you sacrifice an animal [and offer it] to me, you must not offer bread that has been baked with yeast. [When you] offer sacrifices, [burn] the fat [from the animals on that same day]. Do not allow any fat to remain until the next morning.
19 “Traigan las mejores primicias de sus cosechas a la casa del Señor su Dios. No cocinarán a un cabrito en la leche de su madre.
Each year, when you harvest your crops, bring to the place where you worship me, Yahweh God, the first part of what you harvest. When you kill a (young animal/kid [or lamb or calf)], do not [prepare to eat it by] boiling it in its mother’s milk.”
20 “Yo envío un ángel delante de ti para que te proteja en el camino y te lleve al lugar que te he preparado.
“Note this: I am going to send an angel ahead of you, to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared [for you]. Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him, because he will have my authority [MTY] and he will (punish/not forgive) [LIT] you if you rebel against him.
21 Asegúrate de prestarle atención y hacer lo que te diga. No te opongas a él, porque no perdonará la rebelión, pues lleva mi autoridad.
22 “Sin embargo, si le escuchas atentamente y haces todo lo que te digo, entonces seré enemigo de tus enemigos y lucharé contra los que luchan contra ti.
But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you [to do], I will fight strongly [DOU] against all of your enemies.
23 Porque mi ángel irá delante de ti y te llevará a la tierra de los amorreos, hititas, ferezeos, cananeos, heveos y jebuseos, y los aniquilaré.
My angel will go ahead of you, and will take you to where the Amor and Heth and Periz and Canaan and Hiv and Jebus people-groups live, and I will completely get rid of them.
24 No debes inclinarte ante sus dioses ni adorarlos, ni seguir sus prácticas paganas. Más bien destruirás sus ídolos y derribarás sus altares.
Do not bow down before their gods/idols or worship them. And do not do the things [that they think that their gods want] them to do. Completely destroy their gods/idols, and smash to pieces their sacred stones.
25 “Adorarás al Señor tu Dios, y él bendecirá tu comida y tu agua. Me aseguraré de que ninguno de ustedes se enferme.
You must worship me, Yahweh God. [If you do that], I will bless your (OR, bless [you by giving you]) food and water, and I will protect you from becoming sick.
26 Ninguna mujer tendrá un aborto espontáneo ni se quedará sin hijos. Me aseguraré de que vivan una larga vida.
No women in your land will have (miscarriages/babies that will die after being born prematurely), and no women will be unable to become pregnant. And I will enable you to live a long time.
27 “Enviaré un terror sobre mí delante de ustedes que hará que todas las naciones que los conozcan entren en pánico. Haré que todos sus enemigos se den la vuelta y huyan.
I will cause the people who oppose you to become very afraid of me. I will cause the people whom you fight against to become very confused. And then I will cause them to turn around and run away from you.
28 Y enviaré avispones delante de ti para expulsar a los heveos, cananeos e hititas.
I will cause your enemies to become terrified. And I will expel the Hiv, Canaan, and Heth people-groups from your land.
29 No los expulsaré en un año, porque la tierra se volvería desolada y tendrías que enfrentarte a un mayor número de animales salvajes.
I will not expel [all of] them in less than one year. If I did that, your land would become deserted, and there would be very many wild animals ([that would attack you/you would not be able to control]).
30 Poco a poco los expulsaré delante de ti, hasta que haya suficientes para tomar posesión de la tierra.
I will expel those people-groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in the land.
31 “Fijaré sus fronteras desde el Mar Rojo hasta el Mar de los Filisteos, y desde el desierto hasta el río Éufrates. Te entregaré los habitantes de la tierra y tú los expulsarás.
I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba) [in the southeast] to the Mediterranean Sea [in the northwest], and from the [Sinai] Desert [in the southwest] to the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast of the country]. I will enable you [MTY] to expel the people who live there, so that you will expel them as you occupy more of the country.
32 No debes hacer ningún acuerdo con ellos ni con sus dioses.
You must not make any agreement/treaty with those people or with their gods.
33 No se les debe permitir permanecer en tu tierra, de lo contrario te llevarán a pecar contra mí. Porque si adoras a sus dioses, definitivamente se convertirán en una trampa para ti”.
Do not allow [those people] to live in your land, in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, [you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me, just like someone caught] in a trap [is unable to escape] [MET].”
