Deuteronomio 25
1 Si hay una discusión entre hombres y ellos van a la ley entre sí, permita que los jueces den su decisión absolviendo al recto y condenado al malhechor.
“If [two] Israelis have a dispute and they go to a court, the judge will [probably] decide/declare that one of them (is innocent/did not do any wrong) and the other one is guilty.
2 Y si el malhechor es sometido a un castigo mediante latigazos, el juez le dará órdenes para que en su presencia sea azotado ante él, el número de golpes es en relación con su crimen.
If the judge says that the guilty person must be punished, he shall command him to lie [with his face] on the ground and be whipped. The number of times he is struck with a whip will depend on [what kind of] crime he committed.
3 Se le pueden dar cuarenta golpes, no más; porque si se dan más, tu hermano sería degradado ante tus ojos.
It is permitted that he be struck as many as 40 times, but no more than that. If he is struck more than 40 times, he would be humiliated publicly.
4 No evites que el buey tome el grano cuando lo esté trillando.
When your ox is treading/walking on the grain [to separate the chaff from the grain], do not (muzzle it/put a covering on its mouth) [to prevent it from eating some of the grain].
5 Si los hermanos viven juntos y uno de ellos, a su muerte, no tiene un hijo, la esposa del hombre muerto no debe casarse fuera de la familia con otro hombre: deje que el hermano de su esposo entre a ella y le haga ella su esposa, haciendo lo correcto para que lo haga un cuñado.
If two brothers live on the same property, and one of them who has no son dies, the man’s widow should not marry someone who is not a member of his family. The dead man’s brother must marry her and have sex [EUP] with her. It is his duty to do that.
6 Entonces, el primer hijo varón que tenga se hará cargo de los derechos del hermano muerto, para que su nombre no llegue a su fin en Israel.
If she later gives birth to a son, that son is to be considered [MTY] the son of the man who died, in order that the dead man’s name will not disappear from Israel.
7 Pero si el hombre dice que no se llevará a la esposa de su hermano, entonces deje que la esposa vaya a los hombres responsables del pueblo y diga: “El hermano de mi marido no quiere que el nombre de su hermano siga vivo en Israel; no quiere cumplir su deber de cuñado.
“But if the dead man’s brother does not want to marry that woman, she must stand at the (gate/central meeting place) of the town and say to the [town] elders, ‘My husband’s brother will not do (his duty/what he is supposed to do). He refuses to [marry me in order that I may give birth to a son who will] prevent my dead husband’s name from disappearing in Israel.’
8 Entonces los hombres responsables del pueblo enviarán por el hombre y hablarán con él; y si él todavía dice: no la tomaré;
Then the elders must summon that man and talk to him. If he still refuses to marry that widow,
9 Entonces la esposa de su hermano debe venir a él, delante de los hombres responsables del pueblo, y quitarle el zapato del pie, y escupirle en la cara, y decir: Así se lo debe hacer al hombre que no quiere cuidar el nombre de su hermano.
she must go up to him while the elders are watching, and take off one of his sandals [to symbolize/show that he would not receive any of her property], and spit in his face, and say to him, ‘This is what happens to the man who refuses to do what is needed [to allow his dead brother to have a son] in order that our family name does not disappear.’
10 Y su familia será nombrada en Israel, la casa de aquel cuyo zapato ha sido quitado.
After that happens, that man’s family will be known as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off’.
11 Si dos hombres están peleando, y la esposa de uno de ellos, acudiendo en ayuda de su esposo, toma al otro por las partes privadas;
When [two] men are fighting with each other, and the one man’s wife comes near to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man’s genitals,
12 Su mano será cortada; no tengas piedad de ella.
do not act mercifully toward her; cut off her hand.
13 No tendrás en tu bolsa pesas y medidas falsas, una grande y otra pequeña;
“[When you are buying or selling things], do not try to cheat people by having two kinds of weights, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something], and two kinds of measuring baskets, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something].
14 O en tu casa diferentes medidas, una grande y una pequeña.
15 Pero ten pesas y medidas verdadera: para que tu vida sea larga en la tierra que el Señor su Dios les está dando.
Always use correct weights and correct measuring baskets, in order that Yahweh our God will allow you to live a long time in the land that he is giving to you.
16 Porque todos los que hacen tales cosas, y todos aquellos cuyos caminos no son rectos, son repugnantes para el Señor tu Dios.
Yahweh hates all those who act dishonestly, [and he will punish them].
17 Acuérdate lo que Amalec les hizo a ustedes en su camino desde Egipto;
Continue to remember what the Amalek people-group did to your ancestors when they were coming out of Egypt.
18 Cómo, encontrándote en el camino, les atacó cuando estabas cansado y sin fuerzas, cortando a todos los débiles al final de la retaguardia; y el temor de Dios no estaba en él.
They attacked your ancestors as your ancestors were traveling, when they were weak and exhausted. Those people were not afraid of God at all, so they attacked your ancestors from the rear and killed all those who were unable to walk as fast as the others.
19 Entonces, cuando el Señor tu Dios les haya dado descanso de todos los que están contra ustedes por todos lados, en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios les está dando por tu herencia, borrarás de debajo del cielo la memoria de Amalec; No lo olvides.
Therefore, when Yahweh our God has given you the land [that he promised to give you], and when he has enabled you to rest from [fighting] all your enemies around you, kill all the Amalek people-group, with the result that no one will remember them any more. Do not forget [to do this]!”
