Deuteronomio 23
1 No entrará en la congregación del SEÑOR el que fuere quebrado, ni el castrado.
“Any man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall not be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.
2 No entrará bastardo en la congregación del SEÑOR; ni aun en la décima generación entrará en la congregación del SEÑOR.
“No (illegitimate person/person whose mother and father were not married), or descendant of that person, extending to the tenth generation, shall be included as one of Yahweh’s people.
3 No entrará amonita ni moabita en la congregación del SEÑOR; ni aun en la décima generación entrará en la congregación del SEÑOR para siempre;
“No one from the Ammon or Moab people-groups shall be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people, extending to the tenth generation.
4 por cuanto no os salieron a recibir con pan y agua al camino, cuando salisteis de Egipto; y porque alquiló contra ti a Balaam hijo de Beor de Petor de Mesopotamia de Siria, para que te maldijese.
One reason is that their [leaders] refused to give your ancestors food and water when they were traveling from Egypt [to Canaan]. Another reason is that they wanted to pay Balaam, the son of Beor from Pethor [town] in Mesopotamia, to curse you Israelis.
5 Mas no quiso el SEÑOR tu Dios oír a Balaam; y el SEÑOR tu Dios te volvió la maldición en bendición, porque el SEÑOR tu Dios te amaba.
But Yahweh our God did not pay attention to Balaam; instead, he caused Balaam to bless your ancestors, because Yahweh loved them.
6 No procurarás la paz de ellos ni su bien en todos los días para siempre.
As long as Israel is a nation, you must not do anything to cause things to go well for those two people-groups or enable them to prosper.
7 No abominarás al idumeo, que tu hermano es; no abominarás al egipcio, que extranjero fuiste en su tierra.
“But do not despise anyone from the Edom people-group, because they are [descendants of your ancestor Jacob], just like you are. And do not despise people from Egypt, because [they treated your ancestors well when] they first lived in Egypt.
8 Los hijos que nacieren de ellos, a la tercera generación entrarán en la congregación del SEÑOR.
The children and grandchildren of people from Edom and Egypt [who live among you] may be (included among/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.”
9 Cuando salieres a campaña contra tus enemigos, guárdate de toda cosa mala.
“When your soldiers are living in tents at a time of fighting your enemies, they must avoid doing things that would make them unacceptable to God.
10 Cuando hubiere en ti alguno que no fuere limpio por accidente de noche, se saldrá del campamento, y no entrará en él.
If any soldier becomes unacceptable to God because semen comes out of his body during the night, [the next morning] he must go outside the camp and stay there during that day.
11 Y será que al declinar de la tarde se lavará con agua, y cuando fuere puesto el sol, entrará en el campamento.
But in the evening of that day, he must bathe himself, and at sunset he is allowed to come back into the camp.
12 Y tendrás un lugar fuera del real, y saldrás allá fuera;
“Your soldiers must have a toilet area outside the camp where you can go [when you need to].
13 tendrás también una estaca entre tus armas; y será que, cuando estuvieres allí fuera, cavarás con ella, y luego al volverte cubrirás tu excremento;
[When you go to fight against your enemies], carry a stick along with your weapons, in order that when you need to defecate [EUP], you can dig a hole with the stick, and then cover up the hole [when you have finished defecating].
14 porque el SEÑOR tu Dios anda en medio de tu campamento, para librarte y para entregar tus enemigos delante de ti; por tanto tu campamento será santo; para que él no vea en ti cosa inmunda, y se vuelva de en pos de ti.
You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful/indecent that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.”
15 No entregarás a su señor el siervo que se huyere a ti de su amo.
“If slaves who escape from their masters come to you [and request you to protect them], do not send them back to their masters.
16 More contigo, en su tierra, en el lugar que escogiere en alguna de tus ciudades, donde bien le estuviere; no le harás fuerza.
Allow them to stay/live among you, in whatever town they choose, and do not mistreat them.
17 No habrá ramera de las hijas de Israel, ni habrá sodomita de los hijos de Israel.
“Do not [allow] any Israeli man or woman [to] become a prostitute at the temple.
18 No traerás precio de ramera, ni precio de perro ( sodomita ) a la casa del SEÑOR tu Dios por ningún voto; porque abominación es al SEÑOR tu Dios así lo uno como lo otro.
Also, do not allow any people who earned money from being a prostitute to bring any of that money into the temple of Yahweh our God, even if they solemnly promised to pay that money to Yahweh. Yahweh hates those who are prostitutes.
19 No tomarás de tu hermano logro de dinero, ni logro de comida, ni logro de cosa alguna que se suele tomar.
“When you lend money or food or anything else to a fellow Israeli, do not charge them interest.
20 Del extraño tomarás logro, mas de tu hermano no lo tomarás, para que te bendiga el SEÑOR tu Dios en toda obra de tus manos sobre la tierra a la cual entras para heredarla.
You are allowed to charge interest when you lend money to foreigners [who live in your land], but not when you lend money to Israelis. Do this in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.
21 Cuando prometieres voto al SEÑOR tu Dios, no tardarás en pagarlo; porque ciertamente lo demandará el SEÑOR tu Dios de ti, y habría en ti pecado.
“When you vow to give something to Yahweh your God [or to do something for him], do it as soon as you can. Yahweh expects you to do what you promised, and if you do not do it, you will be committing a sin.
22 Mas cuando te abstuvieres de prometer, no habrá en ti pecado.
But if you [SYN] do not vow [to do something], that is not sinful.
23 Guardarás lo que tus labios pronunciaren; y harás, como prometiste al SEÑOR tu Dios, lo que de tu voluntad hablaste por tu boca.
But if you voluntarily promise to do something, you must do it.
24 Cuando entrares en la viña de tu prójimo, comerás uvas hasta saciar tu deseo; mas no pondrás en tu vaso.
“When you walk through someone else’s vineyard, you are allowed to [pick and] eat as many grapes as you want, but you must not [cut some from a vine and carry them away] in a container.
25 Cuando entrares en la mies de tu prójimo, podrás cortar espigas con tu mano; mas no aplicarás hoz a la mies de tu prójimo.
When you walk [along a path] in someone else’s field of grain, you are allowed to pluck/pick some of the grain and eat it, but you must not cut any grain with a sickle [and take it with you].”
