Deuteronomio 17
1 No sacrificarás al SEÑOR tu Dios buey, o cordero, en el cual haya falta o alguna cosa mala; porque es abominación al SEÑOR tu Dios.
“You do not sacrifice to your God YHWH ox or sheep in which there is a blemish—any bad thing; for it [is] an abomination [to] your God YHWH.
2 Cuando se hallare entre ti, en alguna de tus ciudades que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da, hombre, o mujer, que haya hecho mal en ojos del SEÑOR tu Dios traspasando su pacto,
When there is found in your midst, in one of your cities which your God YHWH is giving to you, a man or a woman who does evil in the eyes of your God YHWH by transgressing His covenant,
3 que hubiere ido y servido a dioses ajenos, y se hubiere inclinado a ellos, o al sol, o a la luna, o a todo el ejército del cielo, lo cual yo no he mandado;
and he goes and serves other gods, and bows himself to them, and to the sun, or to the moon, or to any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded,
4 y te fuere dado aviso, y, después que oyeres y hubieres indagado bien, la cosa parece de verdad cierta, que tal abominación ha sido hecha en Israel;
and it has been declared to you, and you have heard, and have searched diligently, and behold, [if] truth, the thing is established; this abomination has been done in Israel—
5 entonces sacarás al hombre o a la mujer que hubiere hecho esta mala cosa, a la puerta de la ciudad, hombre o mujer, y los apedrearás con piedras, y así morirán.
then you have brought out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing, to your gates—the man or the woman—and you have stoned them with stones, and they have died.
6 Por dicho de dos testigos, o de tres testigos, morirá el que hubiere de morir; no morirá por el dicho de un solo testigo.
By the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses is he who is being put to death put to death; he is not put to death by the mouth of one witness;
7 La mano de los testigos será primero sobre él para matarlo, y después la mano de todo el pueblo; así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti.
the hand of the witnesses is on him in the first place to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; and you have put away evil out of your midst.
8 Cuando alguna cosa te fuere oculta en el juicio entre sangre y sangre, entre causa y causa, y entre llaga y llaga, en negocios de rencillas en tus ciudades; entonces te levantarás y subirás al lugar que el SEÑOR tu Dios escogiere;
When anything is too hard for you for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke—matters of strife within your gates—then you have risen and gone up to the place on which your God YHWH fixes,
9 y vendrás a los sacerdotes levitas, y al juez que fuere en aquellos días, y preguntarás; y te enseñarán la palabra del juicio.
and have come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in those days, and have inquired, and they have declared the word of judgment to you,
10 Y harás según la palabra que ellos te enseñarán, los del lugar que el SEÑOR escogiere, y guardarás de hacer según todo lo que te enseñaren.
and you have done according to the tenor of the word which they declare to you ([they] of that place which YHWH chooses); and you have observed to do according to all that they direct you.
11 Según la ley, que ellos te enseñaren, y según el juicio que te dijeren, harás: no te apartarás ni a diestra ni a siniestra de la palabra que te enseñaren.
According to the tenor of the law which they direct you, and according to the judgment which they say to you, you do; you do not turn aside from the word which they declare to you [to] the right or left.
12 Y el hombre que procediere con soberbia, no escuchando al sacerdote que está para ministrar allí delante del SEÑOR tu Dios, o al juez, el tal varón morirá; y quitarás el mal de Israel.
And the man who acts with presumption, so as not to listen to the priest (who is standing to serve your God YHWH there), or to the judge, even that man has died, and you have put away evil from Israel,
13 Y todo el pueblo oirá, y temerá, y no serán soberbios más.
and all the people hear and fear, and do not presume anymore.
14 Cuando hubieres entrado en la tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da, y la heredares, y habitares en ella, y dijeres: Pondré rey sobre mí, como todos los gentiles que están en mis alrededores;
When you come into the land which your God YHWH is giving to you, and have possessed it, and dwelt in it, and you have said, Let me set a king over me like all the nations which [are] around me—
15 sin duda pondrás por rey sobre ti al que el SEÑOR tu Dios escogiere; de entre tus hermanos pondrás rey sobre ti; no podrás poner sobre ti hombre extranjero, que no sea tu hermano.
you certainly set a king over you on whom YHWH fixes; you set a king over you from the midst of your brothers; you are not able to set a stranger over you, who is not your brother.
16 Solamente que no se aumente caballos, ni haga volver el pueblo a Egipto para aumentar caballos; porque el SEÑOR os ha dicho: No procuraréis de volver más por este camino.
Only, he does not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, so as to multiply horses, seeing YHWH has said to you, You do not add to return in this way anymore.
17 Ni aumentará para sí mujeres, para que su corazón no se desvíe; ni plata ni oro se multiplicará mucho.
And he does not multiply wives for himself, and his heart does not turn aside, and he does not exceedingly multiply silver and gold for himself.
18 Y será, que cuando se asentare sobre el trono de su reino, se hará escribir copia de esta segunda ley en un libro en presencia de los sacerdotes levitas;
And it has been, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he has written a copy of this law for himself, on a scroll, from [that] before the priests, the Levites,
19 y será cerca de él, y leerá en él todos los días de su vida, para que aprenda a temer al SEÑOR su Dios, para guardar todas las palabras de esta ley y estos estatutos, para hacerlos.
and it has been with him, and he has read in it all [the] days of his life, so that he learns to fear his God YHWH, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes—to do them,
20 Para que no se eleve su corazón sobre sus hermanos, ni se aparte del mandamiento a diestra ni a siniestra; para que tenga largos días en su reino, él y sus hijos, en medio de Israel.
so that his heart is not high above his brothers, and so as not to turn aside from the command [to] the right or left, so that he prolongs days over his kingdom, he and his sons in the midst of Israel.”
