Deuteronomio 16

1 Guarda el mes de Abib y celebra la Pascua para Yavé tu ʼElohim, porque el mes de Abib, de noche, Yavé tu ʼElohim te sacó de Egipto.

“[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 a Yavé tu ʼElohim la pascua de tus ovejas y de tu ganado vacuno en el lugar que Yavé escoja para que more 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 Nada leudado comerás con ella. Siete días comerás con ella pan sin levadura, el pan de aflicción, porque saliste a prisa de la tierra de Egipto, para que todos los días de tu vida recuerdes el día cuando saliste de la tierra de Egipto.

[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 Durante siete días no se hallará levadura en tu casa, en ningún lugar de tu territorio. De la carne que sacrifiques al llegar la noche del primer día nada quedará para 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 en cualquiera de las ciudades que Yavé tu ʼElohim 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 Yavé tu ʼElohim escoja para que more allí su Nombre. Allí sacrificarás la pascua al llegar la noche, a la puesta del sol, en la hora cuando saliste de Egipto.

7 La asarás y la comerás en el lugar que Yavé tu ʼElohim escoja, y por la mañana regresarás e irás a tus 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 Seis días comerás panes sin levadura, y el séptimo día será una asamblea solemne para Yavé tu ʼElohim. Ninguna obra harás.

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 Contarás siete semanas. Cuando la hoz comience a cortar las espigas, comenzarás a contar las siete semanas.

“[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.

10 Entonces celebrarás la fiesta de Las Semanas a Yavé tu ʼElohim con un tributo de ofrenda voluntaria de tu mano, según te bendijo Yavé tu ʼElohim.

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 Se regocijarán en presencia de Yavé tu ʼElohim en el lugar que Yavé tu ʼElohim escoja para que more allí su Nombre, tú, tu hijo y tu hija, tu esclavo y tu esclava, el levita que esté en tu ciudad, el extranjero, el huérfano y la viuda que estén en medio de ti.

[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 Recuerda que fuiste esclavo en Egipto. Por tanto, tendrás cuidado en observar estos Preceptos.

[“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”

13 Cuando termines la recolección de tu era y tu lagar, celebrarás la fiesta de las Cabañas durante siete días.

“[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 Se regocijarán en tus fiestas, tú, tu hijo y tu hija, tu esclavo y tu esclava, el levita, el extranjero, el huérfano y la viuda que estén en tus ciudades.

[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 Siete días celebrarás para Yavé tu ʼElohim en el lugar que Yavé escoja, pues Yavé tu ʼElohim te bendecirá en toda tu cosecha y en toda obra de tus manos, de modo que ciertamente estarás 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 Cada año aparecerán tres veces todos tus varones delante de Yavé tu ʼElohim en el lugar que Él escoja: en la fiesta de Los Panes sin Levadura, en la fiesta de Las Semanas y en la fiesta de Las Cabañas. No se presentarán delante de Yavé con las manos vacías.

“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, conforme a la bendición que Yavé tu ʼElohim te dio.

in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”

18 En todas las ciudades que Yavé tu ʼElohim dé a tus tribus, designarás jueces y alguaciles, quienes juzgarán al pueblo con juicio justo.

“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 torcerás la justicia. No serás parcial ni recibirás 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 Perseguirás la justicia, solo la justicia, para que vivas y poseas la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim 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 Junto al altar de Yavé tu ʼElohim que harás para ti, no pondrás Asera de ninguna clase,

“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 ni te erigirás estatua, lo cual aborrece Yavé tu ʼElohim.

And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”