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 killed in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has attacked 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 must go out, and they must measure to the cities that are around him who has been killed.
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.
Then the elders of the town nearest to the dead man's body must take a heifer from the herd, one that has never been put to work, and that has not borne 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.
Then they must lead the heifer down to a valley with running water, a valley that has been neither plowed nor sown, and there in the valley they must break the heifer's neck.
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, descendants of Levi, must come forward, for Yahweh your God has chosen them to serve him and give blessing in the name of Yahweh and to decide every case of dispute and assault by their word.
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 the city that is the nearest to the killed man must 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.
and they must answer to the case 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, Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not put guilt for innocent bloodshed in the midst of your people Israel.' Then the bloodshed will be forgiven them.
9 Así eliminaréis la sangre inocente de entre vosotros, cuando hagáis lo que es justo a los ojos de Yahvé.
In this way you will put away the innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of Yahweh.
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 do battle against your enemies and Yahweh your God gives you victory and puts them under your control, and you take them away as captives,
11 y veas entre los cautivos a una mujer hermosa, y te atraiga y desees tomarla como esposa,
if you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire for her and wish to take her for yourself as a wife,
12 entonces la llevarás a tu casa. Ella se afeitará la cabeza y se cortará las uñas.
then you will bring her home to your house; she will shave her head and cut 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.
Then she will take off the clothes she was wearing when she was taken captive and she will remain in your house and mourn for her father and her mother a full month. After that you may sleep with her and be her husband, and she will 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.
But if you take no delight in her, then you may let her go where she wishes. But you must not sell her at all for money, and you must not treat her like a slave, because you have humiliated 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 and one is loved and the other is hated, and they have both borne him children—both the beloved wife and the hated wife—if the firstborn son is of her that is 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 on the day that the man causes his sons to inherit what he possesses, he may not make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn before the son of the hated wife, the son who is actually 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.
Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he possesses; for that son is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
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 obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, even though they correct 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 must lay hold on him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his city.
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 must say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not 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.
Then all the men of his city must stone him to death with stones; and you will remove the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it 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 sin 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.
then his body must not remain all night on the tree. Instead, you must surely bury him the same day; for whoever is hanged is cursed by God. Obey this commandment so that you do not defile the land that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance.
