Deuteronomio 21

1 Si en la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da para que la poseas, es hallada una persona asesinada, tendida en el campo, y no se sabe quién la asesinó,

If one be found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who has slain him:

2 entonces saldrán tus ancianos y tus jueces y medirán la distancia hasta las ciudades que circundan al muerto.

Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him that is slain:

3 Los ancianos de la ciudad más cercana al lugar donde fue hallado el cadáver tomarán una becerra de la manada de ganado vacuno que aún no trabajó ni llevó yugo.

And it shall be, that the city which is next to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which has not been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke;

4 Los ancianos de aquella ciudad harán bajar la becerra a un valle que tenga agua corriente, donde nunca se aró ni se sembró, y allí en el valle, desnucarán la becerra.

And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:

5 Entonces los sacerdotes hijos de Leví se acercarán, porque a ellos escogió Yavé tu ʼElohim para que le sirvan y para bendecir en el Nombre de Yavé, por cuya decisión se resolverá toda disputa y todo asalto.

And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

6 Todos los ancianos de aquella ciudad, la más cercana al cadáver, lavarán sus manos en el arroyo sobre la becerra desnucada

And all the elders of that city, that are next to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

7 y declararán: Nuestras manos no derramaron esta sangre, ni lo vieron nuestros ojos.

And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

8 Oh Yavé, perdona a tu pueblo Israel, al cual redimiste, y no culpes de sangre inocente a tu pueblo Israel. La sangre les servirá como sacrificio que apacigua.

Be merciful, O LORD, to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and lay not innocent blood to your people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

9 Así quitarás la culpa por la sangre inocente de en medio de ti, cuando hagas lo recto ante Yavé.

So shall you put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

10 Cuando salgas a la guerra contra tus enemigos, y Yavé tu ʼElohim los entregue en tus manos, y los tomes cautivos,

When you go forth to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God has delivered them into your hands, and you have taken them captive,

11 y entre los cautivos veas a alguna mujer hermosa, y tengas un deseo de tomarla para ti como esposa,

And see among the captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire to her, that you would have her to your wife;

12 la llevarás a tu casa. Ella rapará su cabeza y se cortará las uñas.

Then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

13 Luego se quitará la ropa de cautiva y se quedará en tu casa. Hará duelo por su padre y por su madre durante un mes. Después podrás unirte a ella, y tú serás su esposo y ella tu esposa.

And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

14 Pero si ella no te agrada, la dejarás en libertad. No la venderás por dinero, ni la tendrás como esclava, porque tú la humillaste.

And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not make merchandise of her, because you have humbled her.

15 Si un hombre tiene dos mujeres, la una amada y la otra no amada, y las dos le dan a luz hijos, y el primogénito es hijo de la no amada,

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

16 el día cuando reparta sus posesiones, no puede constituir como primogénito al hijo de la mujer amada en perjuicio del hijo de la mujer no amada, quien es el primogénito.

Then it shall be, when he makes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:

17 Reconocerá como primogénito al hijo de la mujer no amada, y le dará el doble de todo lo que posea, pues él es la primicia de su vigor. Tiene jerarquía de primogenitura.

But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he has: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

18 Cuando un hombre tenga un hijo porfiado y rebelde, que no obedece la voz de su padre ni de su madre, y cuando ellos lo disciplinan no les obedece,

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them:

19 entonces su padre y su madre lo agarrarán y lo llevarán a los ancianos en la puerta de su ciudad.

Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;

20 Y dirán a los ancianos de su ciudad: Este hijo nuestro es porfiado y rebelde. No obedece a nuestra voz. Es glotón y borracho.

And they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

21 Entonces todos los hombres de su ciudad lo apedrearán hasta que muera. Así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti, y todo Israel oirá y temerá.

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

22 Si alguno cometió un delito digno de muerte, y es condenado a muerte, y lo cuelgan en un madero,

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and you hang him on a tree:

23 no dejarás que su cadáver pase la noche en el madero. Sin falta lo enterrarás el mismo día, porque maldito por ʼElohim es el colgado. Así no contaminarás la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da como herencia.

His body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God; ) that your land be not defiled, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.