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,

And if one be found slain with the sword in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, having fallen in the field, and they do not know who has struck [him];

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

your elders and your judges shall come forth, and shall measure the distances of the cities round about the slain man:

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 nearest to the slain man the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not laboured, and which has not borne a 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 into a rough valley, which has not been tilled and is not sown, and they shall kill the heifer 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 Levites shall come, because the Lord God has chosen them to stand by him, and to bless in his name, and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be [decided].

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 who draw near to the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer which was slain 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, and our eyes have not 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 to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, that innocent blood may not be charged on your people Israel: and the blood shall be atoned for to them.

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

And you shall take away innocent blood from among you, if you should do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord your God.

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

And if when you go out to war against your enemies, the Lord your God should deliver them into your hands, and you should take their spoil,

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

and should see among the spoil a woman beautiful in countenance, and should desire her, and take her to yourself for a wife,

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

and should bring her within your house: then shall you 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 shall take away her garments of captivity from off her, and she shall abide in your house, and shall bewail her father and mother the days of a month; and afterwards you shall go in to her and dwell with her, 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 do not delight in her, you shall send her out free; and she shall not by any means be sold for money, you shall not treat her contemptuously, 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,

And if a man have two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and both the loved and the hated should have born him [children], and the son of the hated should be firstborn;

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 that whenever he shall divide by inheritance his goods to his sons, he shall not be able to give the right of the firstborn to the son of the loved one, having overlooked the son of the hated, which is 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 firstborn of the hated one to give to him double of all things which shall be found by him, because he is the first of his children, and to him belongs the birthright.

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,

And if any man has a disobedient and contentious son, who hearkens not to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they should correct him, and he should 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 take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the 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 men of their city, This our son is disobedient and contentious, he hearkens not to our voice, he is a reveler 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 the men of his city shall stone him with stones, and he shall die; and you shall remove the evil one from yourselves, and the rest 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 there be sin in any one, [and] the judgment of death [be upon him], and he 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 upon the tree, but you shall by all means bury it in that day; for every one that is hanged on a tree is cursed of God; and you shall by no means defile the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance.