Deuteronomio 20
1 Cuando salieres a la guerra contra tus enemigos, y vieres caballos y carros, pueblo más grande que tú, no hayas temor de ellos, que Jehová tu Dios es contigo, que te sacó de tierra de Egipto.
“When your [soldiers] go to fight your enemies, and you see that they have many horses and chariots and that their army is much bigger than yours, do not be afraid of them, because Yahweh our God, who brought your [ancestors safely] out of Egypt, will be with you.
2 Y será que cuando os acercareis para pelear, el sacerdote se llegará, y hablará al pueblo:
When you are ready to start the battle, the Supreme Priest must stand in front of the troops.
3 Y decirles ha: Oye Israel: Vosotros os juntáis hoy en batalla contra vuestros enemigos: no se enternezca vuestro corazón, no temáis, no os apresuréis, y no os quebrantéis delante de ellos:
He must say to them, ‘You Israeli men, listen to me! Today you are going to fight against your enemies. Do not be timid or afraid [DOU] or tremble or panic [DOU],
4 Que Jehová vuestro Dios anda con vosotros para pelear por vosotros contra vuestros enemigos para salvaros.
because Yahweh our God will go with you. He will fight your enemies for you, and he will enable you to defeat them.’
5 Y los alcaldes hablarán al pueblo, diciendo: ¿Quién ha edificado casa nueva, y no la ha estrenado? Vaya, y vuélvase a su casa, porque quizá no muera en la batalla, y otro alguno la estrene.
Then the army officers must say to the troops, ‘If anyone among you has just built a new house [RHQ] and has not dedicated it [to God], he should go home [and dedicate the house]. If he does not do that, if he dies in the battle, someone else will dedicate the house [and live in it].
6 Y ¿quién ha plantado viña, y no la ha profanado? Vaya, y vuélvase a su casa, porque quizá no muera en la batalla y otro alguno la profane.
If anyone among you has planted a vineyard and has not yet harvested any grapes from it [RHQ], he should go home. If he [stays here and] dies in the battle, someone else will [harvest the grapes and] enjoy [the wine made from them].
7 Y ¿quién se ha desposado con mujer, y no la ha tomado? Vaya, y vuélvase a su casa, porque quizá no muera en la batalla y algún otro la tome.
If anyone among you has become engaged to marry a woman [but has not married her yet] [RHQ], he should go home. If [he stays here and] dies in the battle, someone else will marry her.’
8 Y tornarán los alcaldes a hablar al pueblo, y dirán: ¿Quién es hombre medroso, y tierno de corazón? Vaya, y vuélvase a su casa, y no deslía el corazón de sus hermanos, como su corazón.
“Then the officers must also say, ‘If anyone among you is afraid or timid [RHQ], he should go home, in order that he does not cause his fellow soldiers to also stop being courageous.’
9 Y será, que cuando los alcaldes acabaren de hablar al pueblo, entonces los capitanes de los ejércitos mandarán delante del pueblo.
And when the officers have finished speaking to the troops, they must appoint commanders [to lead the groups of soldiers].
10 Cuando te acercares a la ciudad para combatirla, pregonarle has paz.
“When you come near a city [that is far away] to attack it, first tell the people there that if they surrender, you will not attack them.
11 Y será, que si te respondiere: Paz, y te abriere, todo el pueblo que en ella fuere hallado te serán tributarios, y te servirán.
If they open the gates of the city and surrender, they all will become your slaves to work for you.
12 Mas sino hiciere paz contigo, e hiciere contigo guerra, y la cercares,
But if they refuse to [surrender] peacefully, and decide instead to fight against you, your troops must surround the city [and break through the walls].
13 Y Jehová tu Dios la diere en tu mano, entonces herirás a todo varón suyo a filo de espada.
Then, when Yahweh our God enables you to capture [IDM] the city, you must kill all the men in the city.
14 Solamente las mujeres y los niños, y los animales, y todo lo que hubiere en la ciudad, todos sus despojos, tomarás para ti: y comerás del despojo de tus enemigos, los cuales Jehová tu Dios te entregó.
But you are allowed to take for yourselves the women, the children, the livestock, and everything else [that you want to take] from the city. You will be allowed to enjoy all the things that belonged to your enemies; it is Yahweh our God who has given those things to you.
15 Así harás a todas las ciudades que estuvieren muy lejos de ti, que no fueren de las ciudades de estas gentes.
You should do that in all the cities that are far from the land in which you will settle.
16 Solamente de las ciudades de estos pueblos que Jehová tu Dios te da por heredad, ninguna persona dejarás a vida:
“But in the cities that are in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, you must kill all the people and all the animals [LIT].
17 Mas destruyendo los destruirás, al Jetteo, y al Amorreo, y al Cananeo, y al Ferezeo, y al Heveo, y al Jebuseo: como Jehová tu Dios te ha mandado.
You must get rid of them completely. Get rid of the Heth people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group; that is what Yahweh our God commanded you to do.
18 Porque no os enseñen a hacer según todas sus abominaciones, que ellos hacen a sus dioses, y pequéis contra Jehová vuestro Dios.
If you do not do that, they will teach you to sin against Yahweh our God and do the disgusting things that they do when they worship their gods.
19 Cuando pusieres cerco a alguna ciudad peleando contra ella muchos días para tomarla, no destruirás su arboleda metiendo en ella hacha, porque de ella comerás: y no la talarás, que no es hombre el árbol del campo, que venga contra ti en el cerco.
“When you surround a city for a long time, trying to capture it, do not cut down the fruit trees [outside the city]. You are allowed to eat the fruit from the trees, but do not get rid of the trees, because they certainly are not [RHQ] your enemies.
20 Mas el árbol que supieres que no es árbol para comer, destruirlo has y talarlo has, y edificarás baluarte contra la ciudad que pelea contigo, hasta sojuzgarla.
You are permitted to cut down the other trees and use the wood to make ladders and towers to enable you to [go over the walls and] capture the city.”
