Deuteronomy 17
1 You must not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox or a sheep in which is any blemish or anything bad, for that would be an abomination to Yahweh your God.
No sacrificarás al SEÑOR tu Dios buey, o cordero, en el cual haya falta o alguna cosa mala; porque es abominación al SEÑOR tu Dios.
2 If there is found among you, within any of your city gates that Yahweh your God is giving you, any man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God and transgresses his covenant,
Cuando se hallare entre ti, en alguna de tus ciudades que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da, hombre, o mujer, que haya hecho mal en ojos del SEÑOR tu Dios traspasando su pacto,
3 anyone who has gone and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, either the sun, the moon, or any of the host of heaven—nothing that I have commanded—
que hubiere ido y servido a dioses ajenos, y se hubiere inclinado a ellos, o al sol, o a la luna, o a todo el ejército del cielo, lo cual yo no he mandado;
4 and if you are told about this, or if you have heard of it, then you must make a careful investigation. If it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel, this is what you should do.
y te fuere dado aviso, y, después que oyeres y hubieres indagado bien, la cosa parece de verdad cierta, que tal abominación ha sido hecha en Israel;
5 You must bring that man or woman, who has done this evil thing, to your city gates, that very man or woman, and you must stone that person to death.
entonces sacarás al hombre o a la mujer que hubiere hecho esta mala cosa, a la puerta de la ciudad, hombre o mujer, y los apedrearás con piedras, y así morirán.
6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, will he who must die be put to death; but at the mouth of only one witness he must not be put to death.
Por dicho de dos testigos, o de tres testigos, morirá el que hubiere de morir; no morirá por el dicho de un solo testigo.
7 The hand of the witnesses must be the first to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people; and you will remove the evil from among you.
La mano de los testigos será primero sobre él para matarlo, y después la mano de todo el pueblo; así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti.
8 If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge—perhaps a question of murder or accidental death, of one person's right and another person's right, or a question of one kind of harm done, or another kind of matter, matters of controversy within your city gates—then you must go up to the place that Yahweh your God will choose as his sanctuary.
Cuando alguna cosa te fuere oculta en el juicio entre sangre y sangre, entre causa y causa, y entre llaga y llaga, en negocios de rencillas en tus ciudades; entonces te levantarás y subirás al lugar que el SEÑOR tu Dios escogiere;
9 You must go to the priests, the descendants of Levi, and to the judge who will be serving at that time; you will seek their advice, and they will give you the verdict.
y vendrás a los sacerdotes levitas, y al juez que fuere en aquellos días, y preguntarás; y te enseñarán la palabra del juicio.
10 You must follow the law given to you at the place Yahweh will choose as his sanctuary. You will be careful to do everything that they direct you to do.
Y harás según la palabra que ellos te enseñarán, los del lugar que el SEÑOR escogiere, y guardarás de hacer según todo lo que te enseñaren.
11 Follow the law they teach you, and do according to the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right hand or to the left.
Según la ley, que ellos te enseñaren, y según el juicio que te dijeren, harás: no te apartarás ni a diestra ni a siniestra de la palabra que te enseñaren.
12 Anyone who acts arrogantly, in not listening to the priest who is standing to serve before Yahweh your God, or in not listening to the judge—that man will die; you will put away the evil from Israel.
Y el hombre que procediere con soberbia, no escuchando al sacerdote que está para ministrar allí delante del SEÑOR tu Dios, o al juez, el tal varón morirá; y quitarás el mal de Israel.
13 All the people must hear and fear, and act arrogantly no more.
Y todo el pueblo oirá, y temerá, y no serán soberbios más.
14 When you have come to the land that Yahweh your God gives you, and when you take possession of it and begin to live in it, and then you say, 'I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are round about me,'
Cuando hubieres entrado en la tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da, y la heredares, y habitares en ella, y dijeres: Pondré rey sobre mí, como todos los gentiles que están en mis alrededores;
15 then you must surely set as king over yourself someone whom Yahweh your God will choose. You must set as king over yourself someone from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner, who is not your brother, over yourself.
sin duda pondrás por rey sobre ti al que el SEÑOR tu Dios escogiere; de entre tus hermanos pondrás rey sobre ti; no podrás poner sobre ti hombre extranjero, que no sea tu hermano.
16 But he must not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt so that he may multiply horses, for Yahweh had said to you, 'You will never return that way again.'
Solamente que no se aumente caballos, ni haga volver el pueblo a Egipto para aumentar caballos; porque el SEÑOR os ha dicho: No procuraréis de volver más por este camino.
17 He must not take many wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn away. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
Ni aumentará para sí mujeres, para que su corazón no se desvíe; ni plata ni oro se multiplicará mucho.
18 When he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he must write for himself in a scroll a copy of this law, from the law that is before the priests, who are Levites.
Y será, que cuando se asentare sobre el trono de su reino, se hará escribir copia de esta segunda ley en un libro en presencia de los sacerdotes levitas;
19 The scroll must be with him, and he must read in it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to honor Yahweh his God, so as to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to observe them.
y será cerca de él, y leerá en él todos los días de su vida, para que aprenda a temer al SEÑOR su Dios, para guardar todas las palabras de esta ley y estos estatutos, para hacerlos.
20 He must do this so that his heart is not lifted up above his brothers, and so that he does not turn away from the commandments, to the right hand or to the left; for the purpose that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, among Israel.
Para que no se eleve su corazón sobre sus hermanos, ni se aparte del mandamiento a diestra ni a siniestra; para que tenga largos días en su reino, él y sus hijos, en medio de Israel.
