Numbers 5
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Entonces el Señor le dijo a Moisés:
2 “Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘You must send away from your (camp/area where you have your tents) any man or woman who has leprosy and anyone who has a discharge [of some fluid from his body], and anyone who has become unacceptable to God because of [having touched] a corpse.
“Ordena a los israelitas que expulsen del campamento a cualquiera que tenga una enfermedad de la piel, o que tenga una secreción, o que esté sucio por tocar un cuerpo muerto.
3 Send them away from there in order that they will not [touch people in the camp area] where I live among you and cause them to become unacceptable to me.’”
Ya sea hombre o mujer, debes expulsarlos para que no ensucien su campamento, porque ahí es donde yo habito con ellos”.
4 So [Moses/I told that to the Israeli people, and] the Israeli people obeyed what Yahweh commanded Moses/me.
Los israelitas siguieron estas instrucciones y expulsaron a esas personas del campamento. Hicieron lo que el Señor le había dicho a Moisés que debían hacer.
5 Yahweh also told Moses/me,
El Señor le dijo a Moisés:
6 “Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If someone (commits a crime against/does something wrong to) another person, [I consider that] that person has done wrong to me.
“Dile a los israelitas que cuando un hombre o una mujer es infiel al Señor pecando contra alguien más, son culpables
7 That person must confess that he or she is guilty, and he or she must pay to the person to whom wrong was done [what others consider to be a suitable/proper payment] for what he has done, and he must pay an extra 20 percent.
y deben confesar su pecado. Tienen que pagar el monto total de la compensación más un quinto de su valor, y darlo a la persona a la que han agraviado.
8 If the person against whom the wrong was done [has died and] there is no relative to whom the money can be paid, then the money belongs to me, and it must be paid to the priest. In addition, the one who did the wrong must give a male sheep to the priest [to sacrifice] in order that (that person’s sin may be forgiven/I can forgive that person for his sin).
Sin embargo, si esa persona no tiene un pariente que pueda recibir la compensación, ésta le pertenece al Señor y será entregada al sacerdote, junto con un carnero de sacrificio con el que se justifica al culpable.
9 All the sacred offerings that the Israelis bring to the priest belong to the priest.
Todas las ofrendas sagradas que los israelitas traigan al sacerdote, le pertenecen a él.
10 The priest can keep those gifts.’”
Sus santas ofrendas les pertenecen, pero una vez que se las dan al sacerdote, le pertenecen a él”.
11 Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
El Señor le dijo a Moisés:
12 “Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘Suppose a man thinks that his wife has slept with another man,
“Dile a los israelitas que estas son las instrucciones a seguir en caso de que la esposa de un hombre tenga una aventura amorosa, siéndole infiel a él
13 but neither he nor anyone else knows if it is true or not, because no one saw her doing that.
por acostarse con otra persona. Puede ser que su marido no se entere y que su acto sucio no haya sido presenciado. No la atraparon.
14 But if the woman’s husband is jealous, and if he suspects that she has committed adultery, and he wants to know whether that is true or not,
Pero si su marido se pone celoso y sospecha de su mujer, sea culpable o no,
15 he should take his wife to the priest. He must take along as an offering two quarts/liters of barley flour. The priest must not pour [olive] oil or incense on it, because this is an offering that the man has brought because he (is jealous/wants his wife to sleep only with him). It is an offering to find out if she is guilty or not. [Neither olive oil nor incense should be used because are associated with joy and this is not a time for joy.]
debe llevarla ante el sacerdote. También debe llevar en su nombre una ofrenda de un décimo de efa de harina de cebada. También debe llevar para ella una ofrenda de un efa de harina de cebada. No debe verter aceite de oliva o poner incienso sobre ella, ya que es una ofrenda de grano por los celos, una ofrenda recordatoria para recordarle a las personas sobre el pecado.
16 The priest must tell the woman to stand [in front of the altar] in my presence.
“El sacerdote debe guiar a la esposa hacia adelante y hacer que se presente ante el Señor.
17 He must put some sacred water in a clay jar, and then he must put some dirt from the floor of the Sacred Tent into the water.
Luego llenará una vasija de barro con agua sagrada y rociará sobre ella polvo del suelo del Tabernáculo.
18 He must untie/unfasten the woman’s hair. Then he must put in her hands the grain that her jealous husband is offering to determine whether she has committed adultery or not. The priest must hold [the bowl that contains] bitter water that will cause (the woman to be cursed/bad things to happen to the woman) [if she is guilty].
Una vez que el sacerdote haya hecho que la mujer se ponga de pie ante el Señor, le soltará el pelo y le hará sostener la ofrenda de grano recordatoria, la ofrenda de grano que se usa en casos de celos. El sacerdote sostendrá el agua amarga que maldice.
19 The priest must require her to solemnly declare [that she will tell the truth]. Then he must say to her, “Has another man had sex [EUP] with you? Have you faithfully [slept only with your husband] or not? If you have not slept with another man, nothing bad will happen to you if you drink the water.
Pondrá a la mujer bajo juramento y le dirá: ‘Si nadie más ha dormido contigo y no has sido infiel ni te has vuelto impura mientras estabas casada con tu marido, que no te perjudique esta agua amarga que maldice.
20 But if you have had sex with another man, [Yahweh will curse you].
Pero si has sido infiel mientras estabas casada con tu marido y te has vuelto impura y has tenido relaciones sexuales con otra persona...’”.
21 Your womb will shrivel up and your stomach will swell up. You will never be able to give birth to children, and as a result, everyone will curse you and avoid you. If you have committed adultery, [when you drink] this water, that is what will happen to you.” Then the woman must answer, “[If I am guilty], I will not object if that happens.”
(Aquí el sacerdote pondrá a la mujer bajo juramento de la maldición como sigue). “Que el Señor te envíe una maldición que todo el mundo conoce, haciendo que tus muslos se encojan y tu vientre se hinche.
Que esta agua que maldice entre en tu estómago y haga que tu vientre se hinche y tus muslos se encojan. “La mujer debe responder: ‘De acuerdo, estoy de acuerdo’.
23 ‘Then the priest must write [with ink] on a small scroll these (curses/bad things that will happen to her if she is guilty) [and then wash the ink off into the bitter water].
“El sacerdote debe escribir estas maldiciones en un pergamino y luego lavarlas en el agua amarga.
24 The priest must take from her the offering of barley flour [that she is holding], and lift it up to dedicate it to me. Then he must put it on the altar
Hará que la mujer beba el agua amarga que maldice, y le causará un dolor amargo si es culpable.
El sacerdote le quitará la ofrenda de grano por los celos, la agitará ante el Señor y la llevará al altar.
26 and burn part of it as a sacrifice. Then the woman must drink the bitter water.
Entonces el sacerdote tomará un puñado de la ofrenda de grano como porción de recuerdo y lo quemará en el altar, y hará que la mujer beba el agua.
27 If the woman has committed adultery, the water will cause her to suffer greatly. Her stomach will swell up and her womb will shrink, [and she will be unable to give birth to children]. And then her (relatives/fellow Israelis) will curse her.
“Después de hacerla beber el agua, si ella se ha hecho impura y ha sido infiel a su marido, entonces el agua que maldice le causará un dolor amargo. Su vientre se hinchará y sus muslos se encogerán. Se convertirá en una mujer maldita entre su pueblo.
28 But if she (is innocent/has not committed adultery), her body will not be harmed, and she will still be able to give birth to children.
Pero si la mujer no se ha hecho impura por ser infiel y está limpia, no experimentará este castigo y aún podrá tener hijos.
29 ‘That is the ritual that must be performed when a woman who is married has been unfaithful to her husband,
“Esta es la regla a seguir en casos de celos cuando una mujer tiene una aventura y se hace impura mientras está casada con su marido,
30 or when a man is jealous and suspects that his wife [has had sex with another man]. The priest must tell that woman to stand [at the altar] in my presence and obey these instructions.
o cuando el marido empieza a sentir celos y sospecha de su esposa. Su esposa deberá presentarse ante el Señor, y el sacerdote deberá cumplir cada parte de esta regla.
31 Even if the woman has not done what the husband suspected, he will not be punished [MTY] for doing something wrong [by bringing his wife to the priest]. But if his wife is guilty, she will suffer as a result.’”
Si es hallada culpable, su marido no será responsable. Pero la mujer cargará con las consecuencias de su pecado”.
