Éxodo 23

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

“Do not tell to others (false rumors/untrue reports) about other people. Do not help someone who is guilty by (testifying falsely/lying) [about what happened].

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

Do not join a group of people who are planning to do something evil. Do not testify the way the [crowd wants you to], if that will prevent [the judge from deciding the case] justly/fairly.

3 No favorecerás al pobre en su pleito.

When a poor person is on trial, do not [testify in] his favor [just] because he is poor [and you feel sorry for him].

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

If you see someone’s bull or donkey when it is wandering away [loose], take it back to [its owner, even if the owner] is your enemy.

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 someone’s donkey that has fallen down [because of its heavy load], help the owner to get the donkey up again, [even if] he is someone who hates you. Do not just walk away [without helping him].

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

Decide the cases of poor people who are on trial [as] fairly [as you decide the cases of other people].

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

Do not accuse people falsely. Do not decide that innocent and righteous [DOU] people should be executed, because I will (punish/not forgive) people who do such an evil thing.

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

Do not accept money that is a bribe, because officials who accept bribes are not able to [MTY] decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly.

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

Do not mistreat foreigners [who live among you]. You know [how people often treat] foreigners, because the Egyptians [did not treat you well when] you were foreigners there.

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

Plant [seeds] in your ground and gather the harvest for six years.

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 during the seventh year you must not plant anything. [If things grow without your planting seeds], allow poor people [to harvest and] eat the crops. If there are still crops (left over/that they do not harvest), allow wild animals to eat them. Do the same thing with your grapevines/vineyards and your olive trees.

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 may] work for six days [each week], but on the seventh day you must rest [and not work]. And on the seventh day you must allow your work animals and your slaves and the foreigners [who live among you] also [to rest and] be refreshed.

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

Make certain that you obey everything that I have commanded [you to do]. Do not pray to [MTY] other gods. Do not even mention their names.”

14 Tres veces por año me celebrarán una fiesta.

“Every year you must celebrate three festivals to [honor] 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.

[The first one] is the Festival of Bread That Has No Yeast. Celebrate it in the month [that is named] Abib. That is the month in which you left Egypt. Celebrate it in the way that I commanded you. And always bring [LIT] an offering when you come to worship me.

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.

The second one is the Festival of Harvesting. During that festival you must offer to me the first parts/harvest of your crops that grow from the seeds that you planted. The third one is the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. That will be after you finish harvesting your grain and grapes and fruit.

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

Every year, at each of these times, all the men must gather together to worship me, Yahweh God.

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

When you sacrifice an animal [and offer it] to me, you must not offer bread that has been baked with yeast. [When you] offer sacrifices, [burn] the fat [from the animals on that same day]. Do not allow any fat to remain until the next 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.

Each year, when you harvest your crops, bring to the place where you worship me, Yahweh God, the first part of what you harvest. When you kill a (young animal/kid [or lamb or calf)], do not [prepare to eat it by] boiling it 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.

“Note this: I am going to send an angel ahead of you, to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared [for you]. Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him, because he will have my authority [MTY] and he will (punish/not forgive) [LIT] you if you rebel against him.

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.

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.

But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you [to do], I will fight strongly [DOU] against all of your enemies.

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.

My angel will go ahead of you, and will take you to where the Amor and Heth and Periz and Canaan and Hiv and Jebus people-groups live, and I will completely get rid of them.

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.

Do not bow down before their gods/idols or worship them. And do not do the things [that they think that their gods want] them to do. Completely destroy their gods/idols, and smash to pieces their sacred stones.

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

You must worship me, Yahweh God. [If you do that], I will bless your (OR, bless [you by giving you]) food and water, and I will protect you from becoming sick.

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

No women in your land will have (miscarriages/babies that will die after being born prematurely), and no women will be unable to become pregnant. And I will enable you to live a long time.

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

I will cause the people who oppose you to become very afraid of me. I will cause the people whom you fight against to become very confused. And then I will cause them to turn around and run away from you.

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

I will cause your enemies to become terrified. And I will expel the Hiv, Canaan, and Heth people-groups from your land.

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 expel [all of] them in less than one year. If I did that, your land would become deserted, and there would be very many wild animals ([that would attack you/you would not be able to control]).

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

I will expel those people-groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in 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 cause the borders of your land to extend from the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba) [in the southeast] to the Mediterranean Sea [in the northwest], and from the [Sinai] Desert [in the southwest] to the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast of the country]. I will enable you [MTY] to expel the people who live there, so that you will expel them as you occupy more of the country.

32 No harás pacto con ellos ni con sus ʼelohim.

You must not make any agreement/treaty with those people 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.

Do not allow [those people] to live in your land, in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, [you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me, just like someone caught] in a trap [is unable to escape] [MET].”