Mosaico decorativo

1. No sacrificarás a Yahveh tu Dios ganado mayor o menor que tenga cualquier tara o defecto, porque es una abominación para Yahveh tu Dios.

1. "You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep in which is a blemish, any defect whatever; for that is an abomination to the LORD your God.

2. Si hay en medio de ti, en alguna de las ciudades que Yahveh tu Dios te da, un hombre o una mujer que haga lo que es malo a los ojos de Yahveh tu Dios, violando su alianza,

2. "If there is found among you, within any of your towns which the LORD your God gives you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing his covenant,

3. que vaya a servir a otros dioses y se postre ante ellos, o ante el sol, la luna, o todo el ejército de los cielos, cosa que yo no he mandado,

3. and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden,

4. y es denunciado a ti; si, después de escucharle y haber hecho una indagación minuciosa, se verifica el hecho y se comprueba que en Israel se ha cometido tal abominación,

4. and it is told you and you hear of it; then you shall inquire diligently, and if it is true and certain that such an abominable thing has been done in Israel,

5. sacarás a las puertas de tu ciudad a ese hombre o mujer, culpables de esta mala acción, y los apedrearás, al hombre o a la mujer, hasta que mueran.

5. then you shall bring forth to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you shall stone that man or woman to death with stones.

6. No se podrá ejecutar al reo de muerte más que por declaración de dos o tres testigos; no se le hará morir por declaración de un solo testigo.

6. On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses he that is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.

7. La primera mano que se pondrá sobre él para darle muerte será la de los testigos, y luego la mano de todo el pueblo. Así harás desaparecer el mal de en medio de ti.

7. The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.

8. Si tienes que juzgar un caso demasiado difícil para ti, una causa de sangre, de colisión de derechos, o de lesiones, un litigio cualquiera en tus ciudades, te levantarás, subirás al lugar elegido por Yahveh tu Dios,

8. "If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns which is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God will choose,

9. y acudirás a los sacerdotes levitas y al juez que entonces esté en funciones. Ellos harán una investigación y te indicarán el fallo de la causa.

9. and coming to the Levitical priests, and to the judge who is in office in those days, you shall consult them, and they shall declare to you the decision.

10. Te ajustarás al fallo que te hayan indicado en este lugar elegido por Yahveh, y cuidarás de actuar conforme a cuanto te hayan enseñado.

10. Then you shall do according to what they declare to you from that place which the LORD will choose; and you shall be careful to do according to all that they direct you;

11. Te ajustarás a las instrucciones que te hayan dado y a la sentencia que te dicten, sin desviarte a derecha ni a izquierda del fallo que te señalen.

11. according to the instructions which they give you, and according to the decision which they pronounce to you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the verdict which they declare to you, either to the right hand or to the left.

12. Si alguno procede insolentemente, no escuchando ni al sacerdote que se encuentra allí al servicio de Yahveh tu Dios, ni al juez, ese hombre morirá. Harás desaparecer el mal de Israel.

12. The man who acts presumptuously, by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or the judge, that man shall die; so you shall purge the evil from Israel.

13. Así todo el pueblo, al saberlo, temerá y no actuará más con insolencia.

13. And all the people shall hear, and fear, and not act presumptuously again.

14. Si cuando llegues a la tierra que Yahveh tu Dios te da, la tomes en posesión y habites en ella, dices: «Querría poner un rey sobre mí como todas las naciones de alrededor».

14. "When you come to the land which the LORD your God gives you, and you possess it and dwell in it, and then say, `I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me';

15. deberás poner sobre ti un rey elegido por Yahveh, y a uno de entre tus hermanos pondrás sobre ti como rey; no podrás darte por rey a un extranjero que no sea hermano tuyo.

15. you may indeed set as king over you him whom the LORD your God will choose. One from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

16. Pero no ha de tener muchos caballos, ni hará volver al pueblo a Egipto para aumentar su caballería, porque Yahveh os ha dicho: «No volveréis a ir jamás por ese camino.»

16. Only he must not multiply horses for himself, or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to multiply horses, since the LORD has said to you, `You shall never return that way again.'

17. No ha de tener muchas mujeres, cosa que podría descarriar su corazón. Tampoco deberá tener demasiada plata y oro.

17. And he shall not multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply for himself silver and gold.

18. Cuando suba al trono real, deberá escribir esta Ley para su uso, copiándola del libro de los sacerdotes levitas.

18. "And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, from that which is in the charge of the Levitical priests;

19. La llevará consigo; la leerá todos los días de su vida para aprender a temer a Yahveh su Dios, guardando todas las palabras de esta Ley y estos preceptos, para ponerlos en práctica.

19. and it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them;

20. Así su corazón no se engreirá sobre sus hermanos y no se apartará de estos mandamientos ni a derecha ni a izquierda. Y así prolongará los días de su reino, él y sus hijos, en medio de Israel.

20. that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left; so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.



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