Éxodo 23

1 No admitirás falso rumor, ni concertarás con el perverso para ser testigo falso.

“You must not spread stories that are lies. You must not help bad people by giving evidence that's malicious.

2 No seguirás a la mayoría para hacer el mal, ni testificarás en alguna contienda, al inclinarte a la mayoría para pervertir la justicia.

Don't follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give evidence in a lawsuit, don't corrupt justice by siding with the majority.

3 No favorecerás al pobre en su pleito.

Don't show favoritism to poor people in their legal cases either.

4 Si encuentras extraviado el buey o el asno de tu enemigo, ciertamente lo regresarás a él.

If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey that has wandered off, take it back it to him.

5 Cuando veas el asno del que te aborrece caído debajo de su carga, ¿te abstendrás de ayudarlo? Más bien le ayudarás a levantarlo.

If you see the donkey of someone who hates you that has fallen under its load, don't just leave it there. You must stop and help.

6 No pervertirás la justicia para el necesitado en su pleito.

You must not prevent the poor from getting justice in their lawsuits.

7 Te alejarás de acusaciones falsas, y no condenarás a muerte al inocente ni al justo, porque Yo no justificaré al culpable.

Don't have anything to do with making false accusations. Don't kill the innocent or those who do right, for I won't let the guilty go unpunished.

8 No aceptarás soborno porque el soborno ciega al de vista clara y pervierte las palabras de los justos.

Don't accept bribes, for a bribe blinds those who can see, and undermines the evidence of the honest.

9 No oprimirás al extranjero, pues ustedes mismos conocen los sentimientos del extranjero, porque extranjeros fueron en la tierra de Egipto.

Don't abuse foreigners living among you, since you know very well what it's like to be foreigners, for you were once foreigners in Egypt.

10 Seis años sembrarás tu tierra, y recogerás su cosecha,

Six years you are to sow your land and harvest crops,

11 pero el séptimo la dejarás descansar sin cultivar para que los necesitados de tu pueblo coman, y de cualquier cosa que ellos dejen que la bestia del campo coma. Así harás con tu viña y con tu olivar.

but in the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that poor people may eat what grows naturally from the field and the wild animals can finish what's left. Follow the same procedure for your vineyards and olive groves.

12 Seis días trabajarás, pero en el séptimo día cesarás para que descanse tu buey y tu asno, y tome aliento el hijo de tu esclava y el extranjero.

You have six days to do your work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, so that your ox and your donkey can rest, and your slaves' families can catch their breath, as well as the foreigners living among you.

13 Guardarán todo lo que les he dicho. No invoquen los nombres de otros ʼelohim, ni se oigan de sus labios.

Make sure to pay attention to everything I've told you. Don't think to call on the names of other gods—you must not even mention them.

14 Tres veces por año me celebrarán una fiesta.

Three times every year you are to celebrate a feast dedicated to me.

15 Observarás la celebración de los Panes sin Levadura. Siete día s comerás Panes sin Levadura, como te ordené, en el tiempo señalado, el mes de Abib, porque en él saliste de Egipto. Y ninguno se presentará delante de Mí con las manos vacías.

You are to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread as I instructed you. You are to eat bread without yeast for seven days at the appropriate time in the month of Abib, because that was the month you left Egypt. No one can come before me without bringing an offering.

16 También observarás la fiesta solemne de La Cosecha de los primeros frutos de tus labores de lo que sembraste en el campo, y la fiesta solemne de La Cosecha al final del año, cuando coseches el producto de tus labores del campo.

You are also to observe the Festival of Harvest when you present the firstfruits of the produce from what you've sown in the fields. Lastly you are to observe the Festival of Gathering-In the Harvest at the end of the year, when you gather in the harvest of the rest of your crops from the field.

17 Tres veces al año todos tus varones comparecerán ante ʼAdonay Yavé.

Every Israelite male is to come before the Lord God at these three times every year.

18 No degollarás ni derramarás la sangre de mi sacrificio sobre cosa leudada, ni la grasa de mi fiesta solemne quedará hasta la mañana.

You must not offer the blood of my sacrifices together with anything that contains yeast, and the fat from the offerings presented at my festival must not be left until morning.

19 Llevarás las primicias de los primeros frutos de tu tierra a la Casa de Yavé tu ʼElohim. No cocerás el cabrito en la leche de su madre.

Bring the best firstfruits of your crops to the house of the Lord your God. Don't cook a young goat in its mother's milk.

20 Mira, Yo envío mi Ángel delante de ti para que te guarde en el camino, y te introduzca en el lugar que preparé.

Look, I'm sending an angel ahead of you to protect you on the way and to take you to the place I've prepared for you.

21 Cuídate delante de Él y escucha su voz. No te rebeles en contra de Él, porque Él no perdonará tu transgresión, puesto que mi Nombre está en Él.

Make sure you pay attention to him and do what he says. Don't oppose him, because he won't forgive rebellion, for he carries my authority.

22 Si escuchas atentamente su voz y haces todo lo que Yo te digo, entonces seré enemigo de tus enemigos y adversario de tus adversarios.

However, if you listen to him carefully, and do everything that I tell you, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and I will fight those who fight against you.

23 Porque mi Ángel irá delante de ti y te conducirá hacia el amorreo, al heteo, al ferezeo, al cananeo, al heveo y al jebuseo, y los exterminaré.

For my angel will go ahead of you and take you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.

24 No te postrarás ante sus ʼelohim, ni les rendirás culto, ni harás según sus obras, sino les destruirás sus estelas y las destrozarás por completo.

You must not bow down to their gods or worship them or follow their pagan practices. No, you must demolish their idols and smash their sacred pillars into pieces.

25 Servirás a Yavé tu ʼElohim. Él bendecirá tu pan y tu agua. Yo apartaré la enfermedad de en medio de ti.

You are to worship the Lord your God, and he will bless your food and water. I will make sure none of you fall sick.

26 No habrá en tu tierra mujer que aborte, ni estéril, y Yo cumpliré el número de tus días.

No woman will have a miscarriage or be without children. I will make sure you live long lives.

27 Enviaré mi terror delante de ti y trastornaré a todo pueblo donde tú entres. Todos tus enemigos te darán la espalda.

I will send terror about me ahead of you which will throw every nation you meet into panic. I will make all your enemies turn and run away.

28 Delante de ti enviaré la avispa que expulsará de tu presencia al heveo, al cananeo y al heteo.

I will send hornets ahead of you to drive out before you the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites.

29 No los echaré de tu presencia en un año para que la tierra no quede desolada y se multipliquen contra ti las fieras del campo.

I will not drive them out in just one year, because the land would become desolate and you would have to deal with increased numbers of wild animals.

30 Poco a poco los echaré de tu presencia, hasta que te multipliques y tomes posesión de la tierra.

Bit by bit I will drive them out ahead of you, until there are enough of you to take possession of the land.

31 Estableceré tu frontera desde el mar Rojo hasta el mar de los filisteos, y desde el desierto hasta el Río, porque entregaré en tus manos a los habitantes de la tierra y tú los expulsarás de tu presencia.

I will fix your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will hand the inhabitants of the land over to you, and you will drive them out.

32 No harás pacto con ellos ni con sus ʼelohim.

You must not make any agreement with them or with their gods.

33 No vivirán en tu tierra, no sea que te inciten a pecar contra Mí al rendir culto a sus ʼelohim, lo cual ciertamente te será una trampa.

They must not be allowed to stay in your land, otherwise they will lead you to sin against me. For if you worship their gods, they will definitely become a trap for you.”