Deuteronomio 22

1 No verás extraviado el buey o la oveja de tu hermano y te esconderás de ellos. Los llevarás de nuevo a tu hermano.

“If you see some Israeli’s ox or sheep that has strayed away, do not act as though you did not see it. Take it back [to its owner].

2 Si tu hermano no está cerca de ti, o si no lo conoces, lo llevarás a tu casa, y estará contigo hasta que tu hermano venga a buscarlo, y se lo devolverás.

But if the owner does not live near you, or if you do not know who the owner is, take the animal to your house. [It can stay with you] until the owner comes, searching for it. Then you must give the animal to him.

3 Así harás con su asno. Así harás con su ropa. Así harás con toda cosa perdida de tu hermano, que él haya perdido y tú hayas encontrado. No podrás esconderte.

You must do the same thing if you see a donkey, or a piece of clothing, or anything else that someone has lost. Do not refuse to do what you should do.

4 No verás el asno de tu hermano ni su buey caídos en el camino, y te esconderás de ellos. Le ayudarás a levantarlos de nuevo.

“And if you see a fellow Israeli’s donkey or cow that has fallen down on the road, do not act as though you did not see it. Help the owner to lift the animal up [so that it can stand on its feet again].

5 La mujer no se vestirá con ropa de hombre, ni el hombre se pondrá ropa de mujer; porque quien hace estas cosas es una abominación para Yahvé, tu Dios.

“Women must not wear men’s clothes, and men must not wear women’s clothes. Yahweh our God hates people who do things like that.

6 Si en el camino encuentras un nido de pájaros, en cualquier árbol o en el suelo, con crías o huevos, y la gallina está sentada sobre las crías o sobre los huevos, no te llevarás la gallina con las crías.

“If you happen to find a bird’s nest in a tree or on the ground, and the mother bird is sitting in the nest on its eggs or with the baby birds, do not take the mother bird [and kill it].

7 Dejarás ir a la gallina, pero podrás tomar las crías para ti, para que te vaya bien y prolongues tus días.

You are permitted to take the baby birds, but you must allow the mother bird to fly away. Do this in order that things will go well for you and that you will live for a long time.

8 Cuando construyas una casa nueva, harás una barandilla alrededor de tu techo, para que no traigas sangre a tu casa si alguien se cae de allí.

“If you build a new house, you must put a (railing/low wall) around the edge of the roof. If you do that, and if someone falls off the roof [and dies], (you will not be guilty of causing that person to die/his death [MTY] will not be your fault).

9 No sembrarás tu viña con dos tipos de semilla, para que no se contamine todo el fruto, la semilla que has sembrado y el producto de la viña.

“Do not plant any crop in the area where your grapevines are growing. If you do, you are not allowed to harvest the crops that you have planted or to harvest the grapes [to make wine from them].

10 No ararás con un buey y un asno juntos.

“Do not hitch together an ox and a donkey [for plowing your fields].

11 No te pondrás ropa de lana y de lino tejidas juntas.

“Do not wear clothing that is made by weaving together (wool and linen/two different kinds of thread).

12 Os haréis flecos en las cuatro esquinas del manto con el que os cubrís.

“[Twist threads together to] make tassels and sew/fasten them on the four bottom corners of your cloak.

13 Si un hombre toma a una mujer y se acerca a ella, la odia,

“Suppose a man marries a young woman and has sex with her and later decides that he does not want her any more,

14 la acusa de cosas vergonzosas, le da mala fama y dice: “Tomé a esta mujer, y cuando me acerqué a ella, no encontré en ella las señales de virginidad”;

and he says false things about her, and claims that she was not a virgin when he married her.

15 entonces el padre y la madre de la joven tomarán y llevarán las señales de virginidad de la joven a los ancianos de la ciudad en la puerta.

If that happens, the young woman’s parents must take the sheet that was on the bed when that man and their daughter were married, which still has bloodstains on it, and show it to the elders of the city at the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city.

16 El padre de la joven dirá a los ancianos: “Yo le di mi hija a este hombre como esposa, y él la odia.

Then the father of the young woman must say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife. But now he says that he doesn’t want her any more.

17 He aquí que él la ha acusado de cosas vergonzosas, diciendo: ‘No he encontrado en tu hija las señales de la virginidad’; y sin embargo, éstas son las señales de la virginidad de mi hija.” Extenderán el paño ante los ancianos de la ciudad.

And he has falsely said that she was not a virgin when he married her. But look! Here is what proves that my daughter was a virgin! Look at the bloodstains on the sheet where they slept the night that they were married!’ And he will show the sheet to the elders.

18 Los ancianos de la ciudad tomarán al hombre y lo castigarán.

Then the elders of that city must take that man and whip him.

19 Le impondrán una multa de cien siclos de plata, y se la darán al padre de la joven, por haber dado mala fama a una virgen de Israel. Ella será su esposa. No podrá repudiarla en todos sus días.

They shall require that he pay a fine of 100 pieces of silver and give the money to the father of the young woman, because the man caused an Israeli young woman to be disgraced. Also, that woman must continue to live with him; she is his wife. He is not allowed to divorce her during the rest of his life.

20 Pero si esto es cierto, que las señales de virginidad no se encontraron en la joven,

“But if what the man said is true, and there is nothing to prove that she was a virgin when he married her,

21 entonces sacarán a la joven a la puerta de la casa de su padre, y los hombres de su ciudad la apedrearán hasta que muera, porque ha hecho una locura en Israel, al jugar a la prostitución en la casa de su padre. Así eliminaréis el mal de entre vosotros.

they must take that young woman to the door of her father’s house. Then the men of that city must execute her by throwing stones at her. They must do that because she has done something in Israel that is very disgraceful, by having sex with some man [while she was still living] in her father’s house. By executing her like that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.

22 Si se encuentra a un hombre acostado con una mujer casada con un marido, entonces ambos morirán, el hombre que se acostó con la mujer y la mujer. Así eliminarás el mal de Israel.

“If a man is caught while he is having sex with another man’s wife, both of them must be executed. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice in Israel.

23 Si hay una joven virgen comprometida para casarse con un marido, y un hombre la encuentra en la ciudad y se acuesta con ella,

“Suppose in some town a man sees a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married to another man, and he is caught having sex with [EUP] her.

24 entonces los sacaréis a ambos a la puerta de esa ciudad, y los apedrearéis hasta que mueran; a la dama, por no haber llorado, estando en la ciudad; y al hombre, por haber humillado a la mujer de su prójimo. Así eliminaréis el mal de entre vosotros.

You must take both of them to the (gate of/central meeting place in) that town. There you must execute them both by throwing stones at them. You must execute the young woman because she did not shout for help even though she was in the town. And the man must be executed because he had sex [EUP] with someone who was already engaged/promised to be married. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.

25 Pero si el hombre encuentra a la dama prometida en el campo, y el hombre la fuerza y se acuesta con ella, entonces sólo morirá el hombre que se acostó con ella;

“But suppose out in the open countryside a man meets a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married, and he rapes her. If that happens, only that man must be executed.

26 pero a la dama no le haréis nada. No hay en la dama ningún pecado digno de muerte; pues como cuando un hombre se levanta contra su prójimo y lo mata, así es este asunto;

You must not punish the young woman, because she did not do anything for which she deserves to be executed. This case is like when one man attacks another man [in the countryside] and murders him,

27 pues la encontró en el campo, la dama prometida para casarse lloró, y no hubo quien la salvara.

because the man who raped her saw her when she was in the open countryside, and even though she called out for help, there was no one there who could rescue her.

28 Si un hombre encuentra a una dama virgen, que no está comprometida para casarse, la agarra y se acuesta con ella, y son encontrados,

“If a man rapes a young woman who is not engaged/promised to be married, if someone sees him while he is doing that,

29 entonces el hombre que se acostó con ella dará al padre de la dama cincuenta siclos de plata. Ella será su esposa, porque la ha humillado. No podrá repudiarla en todos sus días.

that man must pay 50 pieces of silver to the young woman’s father, and he must marry her, because he forced her to have sex with him. He is not allowed to divorce her for the rest of his life.

30 El hombre no tomará la mujer de su padre, y no descubrirá la falda de su padre.

“man must not disgrace his father by having sex with any of his father’s wives.”