Deuteronomio 21
1 Si alguien es encontrado muerto en la tierra que Yahvé vuestro Dios te da para poseer, tirado en el campo, y no se sabe quién lo ha herido,
If someone is found slain in the land which Adonai your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has struck him;
2 entonces saldrán tus ancianos y tus jueces, y medirán a las ciudades que están alrededor del muerto.
then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain.
3 Los ancianos de la ciudad más cercana al muerto tomarán una novilla del rebaño que no haya sido trabajada y que no haya sido arrastrada por el yugo.
It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke.
4 Los ancianos de esa ciudad llevarán la novilla a un valle con aguas corrientes, que no esté arado ni sembrado, y le romperán el cuello allí en el valle.
The leaders of that town are to bring the heifer down to a valley with a stream in it that never dries up, to a place that is neither plowed nor sown; and they are to break the cow’s neck there in the valley
5 Los sacerdotes hijos de Leví se acercarán, porque a ellos ha elegido Yahvé vuestro Dios para que le sirvan y bendigan en nombre de Yahvé; y según su palabra se decidirá toda controversia y todo asalto.
The priests the sons of Levi [United with] shall come near; for them Adonai your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in Adonai’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.
6 Todos los ancianos de la ciudad más cercana al muerto se lavarán las manos sobre la vaquilla cuyo cuello fue quebrado en el valle.
All the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
7 Responderán y dirán: “Nuestras manos no han derramado esta sangre, ni nuestros ojos la han visto.
They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
8 Perdona, Yahvé, a tu pueblo Israel, al que has redimido, y no permitas la sangre inocente en tu pueblo Israel.” La sangre les será perdonada.
Forgive, Adonai, your people Israel [God prevails], whom you have redeemed, and don’t allow innocent blood among your people Israel [God prevails].” The blood shall be forgiven them.
9 Así eliminaréis la sangre inocente de entre vosotros, cuando hagáis lo que es justo a los ojos de Yahvé.
So you shall put away the innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in Adonai’s eyes.
10 Cuando salgas a luchar contra tus enemigos, y el Señor tu Dios los entregue en tus manos y los lleves cautivos,
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and Adonai your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,
11 y veas entre los cautivos a una mujer hermosa, y te atraiga y desees tomarla como esposa,
and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have chasak ·set your affection· for her, and desire to take her as your wife;
12 entonces la llevarás a tu casa. Ella se afeitará la cabeza y se cortará las uñas.
then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails.
13 Se quitará la ropa de su cautiverio y se quedará en tu casa, y llorará a su padre y a su madre un mes entero. Después entrarás con ella y serás su esposo, y ella será tu esposa.
She shall take the clothing of her captivity off of herself, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
14 Si no te gusta, la dejarás ir a donde quiera, pero no la venderás por dinero. No la tratarás como a una esclava, porque la has humillado.
It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she desires; but you shall not sell her at all for money. You shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.
15 Si un hombre tiene dos esposas, una amada y otra odiada, y le han dado hijos, tanto la amada como la odiada, y si el hijo primogénito es de la odiada,
If a man has two wives, the one 'ahav ·affectionately loved·, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the 'ahav ·affectionately loved· and the hated; and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated;
16 entonces será, el día que haga heredar a sus hijos lo que tiene, que no dará al hijo de la amada los derechos de primogénito antes que al hijo de la odiada, que es el primogénito;
then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the son of the 'ahav ·affectionately loved· the rights of the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn;
17 sino que reconozca al primogénito, el hijo del odiado, dándole una doble porción de todo lo que tiene, porque él es el principio de su fuerza. El derecho del primogénito es suyo.
but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The mishpat ·right· of the firstborn is his.
18 Si un hombre tiene un hijo testarudo y rebelde que no obedece la voz de su padre ni la de su madre, y aunque lo castiguen, no les hace caso,
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them;
19 entonces su padre y su madre lo agarrarán y lo llevarán a los ancianos de su ciudad y a la puerta de su lugar.
then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place.
20 Dirán a los ancianos de su ciudad: “Este hijo nuestro es terco y rebelde. No quiere obedecer nuestra voz. Es un glotón y un borracho”.
They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not sh'ma ·hear obey· our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
21 Todos los hombres de su ciudad lo apedrearán hasta que muera. Así eliminarán el mal de entre ustedes. Todo Israel escuchará y temerá.
All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel [God prevails] shall sh'ma ·hear obey·, and fear.
22 Si un hombre ha cometido un pecado digno de muerte, y es condenado a muerte, y lo cuelgas en un madero,
If a man has committed a crime deserving peanlty, sin ·missing the goal· mishpat ·judged· worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree;
23 su cuerpo no permanecerá toda la noche en el madero, sino que lo enterrarás el mismo día; porque el ahorcado es maldito por Dios. No contamines tu tierra que el Señor, tu Dios, te da en herencia.
his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don’t defile your land which Adonai your God gives you for an inheritance.
