Mosaico decorativo

1. Cuando salgas a la guerra contra tus enemigos, y veas caballos, carros y un pueblo más numeroso que tú, no les tengas miedo; porque está contigo Yahveh tu Dios, el que te sacó del país de Egipto.

1. "When you go forth to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

2. Cuando estéis para entablar combate, el sacerdote se adelantará y hablará al pueblo.

2. And when you draw near to the battle, the priest shall come forward and speak to the people,

3. Les dirá: «Escucha, Israel; hoy vais a entablar combate con vuestros enemigos; no desmaye vuestro corazón, no tengáis miedo ni os turbéis, ni tembléis ante ellos,

3. and shall say to them, `Hear, O Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint; do not fear, or tremble, or be in dread of them;

4. porque Yahveh vuestro Dios marcha con vosotros para pelear en favor vuestro contra vuestros enemigos y salvaros.»

4. for the LORD your God is he that goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.'

5. Luego los escribas hablarán al pueblo y dirán: «¿Quién ha edificado una casa nueva y no la ha estrenado todavía? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en el combate y la estrene otro hombre.

5. Then the officers shall speak to the people, saying, `What man is there that has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it.

6. «¿Quién ha plantado una viña y todavía no la ha disfrutado? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en el combate y la disfrute otro.

6. And what man is there that has planted a vineyard and has not enjoyed its fruit? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man enjoy its fruit.

7. «¿Quién se ha desposado con una mujer y no se ha casado aún con ella? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en el combate y se case con ella otro hombre.»

7. And what man is there that has betrothed a wife and has not taken her? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her.'

8. Los escribas dirán además al pueblo: «¿Quién tiene miedo y siente enflaquecer su ánimo? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, para que no desanime el corazón de sus hermanos como lo está el suyo.»

8. And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say, 'What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go back to his house, lest the heart of his fellows melt as his heart.'

9. En cuanto los escribas hayan acabado de hablar al pueblo, se pondrán al frente de él jefes de tropa.

9. And when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, then commanders shall be appointed at the head of the people.

10. Cuando te acerques a una ciudad para combatir contra ella, le propondrás la paz.

10. "When you draw near to a city to fight against it, offer terms of peace to it.

11. Si ella te responde con la paz y te abre sus puertas, todo el pueblo que se encuentre en ella te deberá tributo y te servirá.

11. And if its answer to you is peace and it opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall do forced labor for you and shall serve you.

12. Pero si no hace la paz contigo y te declara la guerra, la sitiarás.

12. But if it makes no peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it;

13. Yahveh tu Dios la entregará en tus manos, y pasarás a filo de espada a todos sus varones;

13. and when the LORD your God gives it into your hand you shall put all its males to the sword,

14. las mujeres, los niños, el ganado, todo lo que haya en la ciudad, todos sus despojos, lo tomarás como botín. Comerás los despojos de los enemigos que Yahveh tu Dios te haya entregado.

14. but the women and the little ones, the cattle, and everything else in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as booty for yourselves; and you shall enjoy the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.

15. Así has de tratar a las ciudades muy alejadas de ti, que no forman parte de estas naciones.

15. Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not cities of the nations here.

16. En cuanto a las ciudades de estos pueblos que Yahveh tu Dios te da en herencia, no dejarás nada con vida,

16. But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes,

17. sino que las consagrarás al anatema: a hititas, amorreos, cananeos, perizitas, jivitas, y jebuseos, como te ha mandado Yahveh tu Dios,

17. but you shall utterly destroy them, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Per'izzites, the Hivites and the Jeb'usites, as the LORD your God has commanded;

18. para que no os enseñen a imitar todas esas abominaciones que ellos hacían en honor de sus dioses: ¡pecaríais contra Yahveh vuestro Dios!

18. that they may not teach you to do according to all their abominable practices which they have done in the service of their gods, and so to sin against the LORD your God.

19. Si, al atacar una ciudad, tienes que sitiarla mucho tiempo para tomarla, no destruirás su arbolado metiendo en él el hacha; te alimentarás de él sin talarlo. ¿Son acaso hombres los árboles del campo para que los trates como a sitiados?

19. "When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, but you shall not cut them down. Are the trees in the field men that they should be besieged by you?

20. Sin embargo podrás destruir y cortar los árboles que sabes que no son frutales, y hacer con ellos obras de asedio contra esa ciudad que está en guerra contigo, hasta que caiga.

20. Only the trees which you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down that you may build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.



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