Deuteronomio 16
1 Observa el mes de Abib y celebra la Pascua a Yahvé vuestro Dios; porque en el mes de Abib Yahvé vuestro Dios te sacó de Egipto de noche.
“[Each year] honor Yahweh our God by celebrating the Passover [Festival] in the month of Abib [in early spring]. It was on a night in that month that Yahweh rescued your ancestors from Egypt.
2 Sacrificarás la Pascua a Yahvé vuestro Dios, de los rebaños y de las vacas, en el lugar que Yahvé elija para hacer habitar allí su nombre.
[In order to celebrate that festival], go to the place that Yahweh will choose [for you to worship him], and offer [there one young animal] from your cattle or your sheep to be the Passover sacrifice, to honor Yahweh [MTY].
3 No comerás con ella pan con levadura. Comerás con ella panes sin levadura durante siete días, el pan de la aflicción (porque salisteis de la tierra de Egipto apresuradamente) para que recordéis el día en que salisteis de la tierra de Egipto todos los días de vuestra vida.
[When you eat the Passover meal], the bread that you eat must not have yeast in it. You must eat this kind of bread, which will be called the bread of suffering/misery, for seven days. This is to help you to remember all during the time that you are alive that when your ancestors left Egypt, [where they were suffering because they were slaves], they left very quickly. [They did not put in yeast and wait for the dough to swell up].
4 No se verá levadura con vosotros en todo vuestro territorio durante los siete días; ni nada de la carne que sacrifiquéis el primer día por la tarde, permanecerá toda la noche hasta la mañana.
[During that festival], you must not have any yeast in any house in your land for seven days. Furthermore, the meat [of the animals] that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day [of the Passover Festival must be eaten during that night]; do not allow any of it to remain until the next day.
5 No podrás sacrificar la Pascua dentro de ninguna de las puertas que Yahvé, tu Dios, te da;
“To honor Yahweh our God, you must offer the Passover sacrifice only at the place that he chooses for you [to worship him]; do not offer that sacrifice in any other town in the land that Yahweh is giving to you. Offer that sacrifice when the sun is setting, at the same time of day that your ancestors [started to] leave Egypt.
6 sino en el lugar que Yahvé, tu Dios, elija para hacer habitar su nombre, allí sacrificarás la Pascua al atardecer, al ponerse el sol, en la época en que saliste de Egipto.
7 La asarás y la comerás en el lugar que elija Yahvé vuestro Dios. Por la mañana volveréis a vuestras tiendas.
Boil [the meat] and eat it at the place [of worship] that Yahweh our God chooses. The next morning, you may return to your tents.
8 Durante seis días comerás panes sin levadura. El séptimo día será una asamblea solemne para Yahvé vuestro Dios. No harás ningún trabajo.
Each day for six days the bread that you eat must have no yeast in it. On the seventh day, you must all gather to worship Yahweh our God. [It will be a day of rest]; you must not do any work on that day.”
9 Contaréis para vosotros siete semanas. Desde el momento en que empecéis a meter la hoz en el grano en pie, empezaréis a contar siete semanas.
“[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.
10 Celebrarás la fiesta de las semanas a Yahvé vuestro Dios con un tributo de ofrenda voluntaria de tu mano, que darás según te bendiga Yahvé vuestro Dios.
Then, to honor Yahweh our God, celebrate the Harvest Festival. Do that by bringing to him an offering [of grain]. Yahweh has blessed you [by causing it to grow in your fields during that year]. If you had a big harvest, bring a big offering. If you had a small harvest, bring a small offering.
11 Te alegrarás ante Yahvé vuestro Dios: tú, tu hijo, tu hija, tu siervo, tu sierva, el levita que esté dentro de tus puertas, el extranjero, el huérfano y la viuda que estén entre vosotros, en el lugar que Yahvé vuestro Dios elija para hacer habitar allí su nombre.
[Each married couple] should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh. Their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should also be joyful. Bring those offerings to the place of worship that Yahweh will choose.
12 Recordarás que fuiste esclavo en Egipto. Observarás y pondrás en práctica estos estatutos.
[“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”
13 Celebrarás la fiesta de las cabañas durante siete días, después de recoger de tu era y de tu lagar.
“[Each year], after you have threshed all your grain and pressed [the juice from] all your grapes, you must celebrate the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days.
14 Te alegrarás de tu fiesta, tú, tu hijo, tu hija, tu siervo, tu sierva, el levita, el extranjero, el huérfano y la viuda que estén dentro de tus puertas.
[Each married couple] along with their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh.
15 Celebrarás una fiesta a Yahvé vuestro Dios durante siete días en el lugar que Yahvé elija, porque Yahvé vuestro Dios te bendecirá en todo tu producto y en todo el trabajo de tus manos, y estarás completamente alegre.
Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that Yahweh chooses [for you to worship him]. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done.
16 Tres veces al año todos tus varones se presentarán ante el Señor tu Dios en el lugar que él elija: en la fiesta de los panes sin levadura, en la fiesta de las semanas y en la fiesta de las cabañas. No se presentarán vacíos ante Yahvé.
“So, each year all of you Israeli men must gather [with your families] to worship Yahweh our God at the place that he will choose, [to celebrate three festivals]: The Passover Festival, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. Each of you men must bring [LIT] an offering [for Yahweh to these festivals]
17 Cada uno dará lo que pueda, según la bendición de Yahvé, tu Dios, que te ha dado.
in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”
18 Harás jueces y funcionarios en todas tus ciudades, que el Señor, tu Dios, te da, según tus tribus; y ellos juzgarán al pueblo con recto juicio.
“Appoint judges and other officials throughout your tribes, in all the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you. They must judge people fairly/justly.
19 No pervertirás la justicia. No mostrarás parcialidad. No aceptarás soborno, porque el soborno ciega los ojos de los sabios y pervierte las palabras de los justos.
They must not judge unjustly. They must not favor one person more than another. The judges must not accept bribes, because if a judge accepts a bribe, even if he is wise and honest, it will be very difficult for him to judge fairly [IDM]; [he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that] the righteous/innocent people [must be punished].
20 Seguirás lo que es totalmente justo, para que vivas y heredes la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da.
You must be completely fair and just [DOU], in order that you will enter and occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
21 No plantaréis para vosotros ningún tipo de árbol junto al altar de Yahvé vuestro Dios, que haréis para vosotros.
“When you make an altar to worship Yahweh our God, do not put next to it any wooden statue [that represents] the goddess Asherah.
22 Tampoco os pondréis una piedra sagrada que el Señor, vuestro Dios, odie.
And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”
