Deuteronomio 5
1 Moisés llamó a todo Israel y les dijo: “Escucha, Israel, los estatutos y las ordenanzas que hoy les hablo en sus oídos, para que los aprendan y cuiden de cumplirlos.”
Moses/I summoned all the people of Israel and said to them, “You Israeli people, listen to all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today. Learn them and be sure to obey them.
2 Yahvé, nuestro Dios, hizo un pacto con nosotros en Horeb.
When we were at Sinai [Mountain], Yahweh our God made an agreement with us.
3 Yahvé no hizo este pacto con nuestros padres, sino con nosotros, que somos todos los que estamos aquí vivos hoy.
But this agreement was not only for our ancestors. He made it also for us who are alive now.
4 Yahvé habló con ustedes cara a cara en el monte, en medio del fuego,
Yahweh spoke with us face-to-face on that mountain, from the middle of the fire.
5 (yo me interpuse entre Yahvé y ustedes en ese momento, para mostrarles la palabra de Yahvé; porque vosotros tuvisteis miedo a causa del fuego y no subieron al monte) diciendo,
On that day, I stood between your ancestors and Yahweh to tell them what he said, because they were afraid of the fire, and they did not climb up the mountain. This is what Yahweh said:
6 “Yo soy Yahvé, tu Dios, que te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de la esclavitud.
‘I am Yahweh your God, the one you [worship]. I am the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. I am the one who freed you from being slaves [there].
7 “No tendréis otros dioses delante de mí.
[You must worship only] me; you must not worship any other god.
8 “No te harás ninguna imagen tallada, ni ninguna semejanza de lo que está arriba en el cielo, ni de lo que está abajo en la tierra, ni de lo que está en las aguas debajo de la tierra.
You must not carve/make for yourselves any idol that represents anything in the sky or anything that is on the ground or anything that swims in the water.
9 No te inclinarás ante ellas, ni las servirás, porque yo, Yahvé vuestro Dios, soy un Dios celoso, que visita la iniquidad de los padres en los hijos y en la tercera y cuarta generación de los que me odian
You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I (am very jealous/want you to worship me only). I punish those who sin and hate me. I punish not only them, but I will punish (their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren).
10 y que muestra bondad amorosa a miles de los que me aman y guardan mis mandamientos.
But I will steadfastly love (thousands of generations/all the descendants) of those who love me and obey my commandments (OR, I will love for thousands of generations).
11 “No harás mal uso del nombre de Yahvé, tu Dios; porque Yahvé no declarará inocente al que haga mal uso de su nombre.
Do not use/speak my name carelessly (OR, for wrong/evil purposes), because I am Yahweh God, the one whom you [should worship], and I will certainly punish those who use/speak my name for wrong/evil purposes [LIT].
12 “Observa el día de reposo, para santificarlo, como te lo ordenó Yahvé vuestro Dios.
Do not forget that the seventh day [of every week] is mine. Dedicate those days to me just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you.
13 Trabajarás seis días y harás todo tu trabajo;
There are six days each week for you to do all your work,
14 pero el séptimo día es sábado para Yahvé vuestro Dios, en el cual no harás ningún trabajo, ni tú, ni tu hijo, ni tu hija, ni tu siervo, ni tu sierva, ni tu buey, ni tu asno, ni ninguno de tus animales, ni tu extranjero que esté dentro de tus puertas; para que tu siervo y tu sierva descansen como tú.
but the seventh day is a rest day, a day dedicated to me, Yahweh your God. On that day you must not do any work. You and your sons and daughters and your male and female slaves must not work. You must not even force your livestock to work, and you must not tell foreigners to work, those who are living in your country. You must allow your slaves to rest on that day just like you do.
15 Recordarás que fuiste siervo en la tierra de Egipto, y que el Señor tu Dios te sacó de allí con mano poderosa y brazo extendido. Por eso el Señor, tu Dios, te ordenó que guardes el día de reposo.
Do not forget that you were slaves in Egypt, and that I, Yahweh your God, brought you out from there by my very great power. [DOU, MTY] That is the reason that I am commanding that [all of] you must rest on the seventh/Sabbath day [each week].
16 “Honra a tu padre y a tu madre, como te ha ordenado Yahvé vuestro Dios, para que tus días se alarguen y te vaya bien en la tierra que Yahvé vuestro Dios te da.
Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh your God, will give you, and in order that things will go well for you there.
17 “No matarás.
Do not murder anyone.
18 “No cometerás adulterio.
Do not (commit adultery/have sex with anyone other than your spouse).
19 “No robarás.
Do not steal anything.
20 “No darás falso testimonio contra tu prójimo.
Do not tell lies about anyone [when you are speaking in a court].
21 “No codiciarás la mujer de tu prójimo. Tampoco desearás la casa de tu prójimo, ni su campo, ni su siervo, ni su sierva, ni su buey, ni su asno, ni nada que sea de tu prójimo”.
Do not (covet/desire to have) someone else’s wife, someone else’s house, someone else’s fields, someone else’s male slave or female slave, someone else’s livestock, someone else’s donkeys, or anything else that another person owns.’
22 El Señor dijo estas palabras a toda tu asamblea en la montaña, en medio del fuego, de la nube y de la espesa oscuridad, con una gran voz. No añadió nada más. Las escribió en dos tablas de piedra y me las dio.
Those are the commandments that Yahweh spoke to your ancestors. When they were gathered there at [the bottom of] the mountain, he spoke with a very loud voice from the middle of the fire, and there were dark clouds surrounding the mountain. He spoke only those [ten] commandments, no more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
23 Cuando oísteis la voz en medio de las tinieblas, mientras la montaña ardía en fuego, os acercasteis a mí, todos los jefes de vuestras tribus y vuestros ancianos;
After your ancestors heard [Yahweh’s] voice when he spoke to them out of the darkness, while there was a big fire burning on the mountain, their leaders and elders came to me,
24 y dijisteis: “He aquí que el Señor, nuestro Dios, nos ha mostrado su gloria y su grandeza, y hemos oído su voz en medio del fuego. Hoy hemos visto que Dios habla con el hombre, y él vive.
and [one of] them said, ‘Listen to us! Yahweh our God showed us that he is very great and glorious when we heard him speak [MTY] from the fire. Today we have realized that it is possible for us humans to continue to live even though God has spoken to us.
25 Ahora, pues, ¿por qué hemos de morir? Porque este gran fuego nos consumirá. Si seguimos oyendo la voz de Yahvé, nuestro Dios, moriremos.
But we are afraid that we will die [RHQ] if we hear Yahweh our God speak [MTY] to us again; his terrible fire will destroy/kill us.
26 Porque ¿quién hay de toda carne que haya oído la voz del Dios vivo hablando desde el medio del fuego, como nosotros, y haya vivido?
(Who has/Certainly no human has) remained alive after hearing the all-powerful God speak [MTY] to them from a fire.
27 Acércate y escucha todo lo que diga Yahvé nuestro Dios, y cuéntanos todo lo que te diga Yahvé nuestro Dios; y lo oiremos y lo haremos.”
[So Moses], you go [up the mountain] and listen to everything that Yahweh our God will say. Then [come back and] tell us everything that he has said, and we will listen to what he has said and obey it.’
28 Yahvé oyó la voz de tus palabras cuando me hablaste; y Yahvé me dijo: “He oído la voz de las palabras de este pueblo que te han dicho. Han dicho bien todo lo que han dicho.
Yahweh heard your leaders say that, so [when I went back up the mountain], Yahweh said to me, ‘I have heard what your leaders have said, and what they have said is right/correct.
29 ¡Oh, si hubiera en ellos un corazón tal que me temieran y guardaran siempre todos mis mandamientos, para que les fuera bien a ellos y a sus hijos para siempre!
I surely wish that they would always think like that and revere me and obey all my commandments, in order that things may go well for them and for their descendants forever.
30 “Ve y diles: ‘Volved a vuestras tiendas’.
So go [down] and tell them to return to their tents.
31 Pero en cuanto a ti, quédate aquí junto a mí, y te diré todos los mandamientos, los estatutos y las ordenanzas que les enseñarás, para que los cumplan en la tierra que les doy en posesión.”
But [then] you [come back up here and] stand near me, and I will give to you all the rules and regulations that I [want them to obey]. Then you can teach them to the people, in order that they will obey them when they are in the land that I am giving to them.’
32 Por lo tanto, deberás hacer lo que el Señor, tu Dios, te ha ordenado. No te desviarás ni a la derecha ni a la izquierda.
[So I went back down to the people, and I said to them], ‘Be sure that you do everything that Yahweh our God has commanded us to do. Do not disobey any of his laws.
33 Caminarás por todo el camino que Yahvé vuestro Dios te ha ordenado, para que vivas y te vaya bien, y para que prolongues tus días en la tierra que vas a poseer.
Conduct your lives as Yahweh our God has commanded us to do, in order that you may live a long time, and in order that things will go well for you [when you are living] in the land that you will occupy.’”
