Números 35
1 El Señor le habló a Moisés en las llanuras de Moab junto al Jordán, frente a Jericó. Le dijo,
And the Lord said to Moses in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho,
2 “Ordena a los israelitas que provean de sus ciudades de asignación de tierras para que los levitas vivan y pasten alrededor de las ciudades.
Give orders to the children of Israel to give to the Levites, from the heritage which is theirs, towns for themselves, with land on the outskirts of the towns.
3 Las ciudades son para que vivan en ellas, y los pastos serán para sus rebaños y para todo su ganado.
These towns are to be their living-places, with land round them for their cattle and their food and all their beasts,
4 Los pastos alrededor de las ciudades que le des a los levitas se extenderán desde el muro mil codos por todos lados.
Stretching from the wall of the towns a distance of a thousand cubits all round.
5 Mide dos mil codos fuera de la ciudad al Este, dos mil al Sur, dos mil al Oeste y dos mil al Norte, con la ciudad en el medio. Estas áreas serán sus pastos alrededor de las ciudades.
The measure of this space of land is to be two thousand cubits outside the town on the east, and two thousand cubits on the south and on the west and on the north, the town being in the middle. This space will be the outskirts of their towns.
6 “Seis de los pueblos que le das a los levitas serán pueblos santuarios, donde una persona que mata a alguien puede correr para protegerse. Además de estas ciudades, dale a los levitas cuarenta y dos más.
And the towns which you give the Levites are to be the six safe places to which the taker of life may go in flight; and in addition you are to give them forty-two towns.
7 El número total de pueblos que le darás a los levitas es de cuarenta y ocho, junto con sus pastos.
Forty-eight towns are to be given to the Levites, all with land round them.
8 Las ciudades que asignes para ser entregadas a los levitas serán tomadas del territorio de los israelitas, y tomarás más de las tribus más grandes y menos las más pequeñas. El número será proporcional al tamaño de la asignación de tierras de cada tribu”.
And these towns are to be given out of the heritage of the children of Israel, taking the greater number from those who have much, and a smaller number from those who have little: everyone, in the measure of his heritage, is to give of his property to the Levites.
9 El Señor le dijo a Moisés,
And the Lord said to Moses,
10 “Dile a los israelitas: ‘Cuando cruces el Jordán hacia Canaán,
Say to the children of Israel, when you have gone over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
11 escoge pueblos como tus pueblos de santuario, para que una persona que mate a alguien por error pueda correr allí.
Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.
12 Estas ciudades serán para ustedes santuario de los que buscan venganza, para que el asesino no muera hasta que sea juzgado en un tribunal.
In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people.
13 “Las ciudades que elijan serán sus seis ciudades santuario.
Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;
14 Elijan tres ciudades al otro lado del Jordán y tres en Canaán como ciudades de refugio.
Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight.
15 Estas seis ciudades serán lugares de santuario para los israelitas y para los extranjeros o colonos entre ellos, de modo que cualquiera que mate a una persona por error pueda correr allí.
For the children of Israel and for the man from another country who is living among them, these six towns are to be safe places, where anyone causing the death of another through error may go in flight.
16 “Pero si alguien golpea deliberadamente a alguien con algo hecho de hierro y lo mata, esa persona es un asesino y debe ser ejecutado.
But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
17 Si alguien tomaun trozo de piedra que pueda ser usado como arma y golpea a alguien con ella, y lo mata, esa persona es un asesino y debe ser ejecutado.
Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
18 Si alguien tomaun trozo de madera que pueda ser usado como arma y golpea a alguien con ella, y lo mata, esa persona es un asesino y debe ser ejecutado.
Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
19 “El vengador debe ejecutar al asesino. Cuando encuentre al asesino, lo matará.
He whose right it is to give punishment for blood, may himself put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
20 De la misma manera, si uno odia al otro y lo derriba o le tira algo deliberadamente, y lo mata;
If in his hate he put a sword through him, or waiting secretly for him sent a spear or stone at him, causing his death;
21 o si alguien golpea a otro con su mano y mueren, el que lo golpeó debe ser ejecutado porque es un asesino. Cuando el vengador encuentra al asesino, debe matarlo.
Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
22 “Pero si alguien derriba a otro sin querer y sin odiarlo, o le tira algo sin querer hacerle daño,
But if a man has given a wound to another suddenly and not in hate, or without design has sent something against him,
23 o deja caer descuidadamente una piedra pesada que lo mata, pero no como enemigo o con intención de hacerle daño,
Or has given him a blow with a stone, without seeing him, so causing his death, though he had nothing against him and no desire to do him evil:
24 entonces la comunidad debe juzgar entre el asesino y el vengador siguiendo este reglamento.
Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:
25 El tribunal debe proteger al asesino de ser atacado por el vengador y debe devolverlo a la ciudad santuario a la que corrió, y debe permanecer allí hasta la muerte del sumo sacerdote, que fue ungido con el óleo santo.
And let the people keep the man responsible for the death safe from the hands of him who has the right of punishment for blood, and send him back to his safe town where he had gone in flight: there let him be till the death of the high priest who was marked with the holy oil.
26 “Pero si el asesino sale de los límites de la ciudad santuario a la que huyó,
But if ever he goes outside the walls of the safe town where he had gone in flight,
27 y el vengador lo encuentra fuera de su ciudad santuario y lo mata, entonces el vengador no será culpable de asesinato,
And the giver of punishment, meeting him outside the walls of the town, puts him to death, he will not be responsible for his blood:
28 porque el asesino tiene que permanecer en su ciudad santuario hasta la muerte del sumo sacerdote. Sólo después de la muerte del sumo sacerdote se les permite volver a la tierra que poseen.
Because he had been ordered to keep inside the safe town till the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the taker of life may come back to the place of his heritage.
29 Estas normas se aplican a todas las generaciones futuras dondequiera que vivan.
These rules are to be your guide in judging through all your generations wherever you may be living.
30 “Si alguien mata a una persona, el asesino debe ser ejecutado basándose en las pruebas aportadas por los testigos, en plural. Nadie debe ser ejecutado basándose en la evidencia dada por un solo testigo.
Anyone causing the death of another is himself to be put to death on the word of witnesses: but the word of one witness is not enough.
31 “No se aceptará el pago en lugar de ejecutar a un asesino que ha sido declarado culpable.
Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.
32 Tampoco se le permite aceptar el pago de una persona que huye a una ciudad santuario y le permite regresar y vivir en su propia tierra antes de la muerte del sumo sacerdote.
And no price may be offered for one who has gone in flight to a safe town, for the purpose of letting him come back to his place before the death of the high priest.
33 “No contaminen la tierra donde viven porque el derramamiento de sangre contamina la tierra, y la tierra donde se derrama la sangre no puede ser purificada excepto por la sangre de quien la derrama.
So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.
34 No hagas impura la tierra donde vives porque yo también vivo allí. Yo soy el Señor, y vivo con los israelitas’”.
Do not make unclean the land where you are living and in which is my House: for I the Lord am present among the children of Israel.
