Deuteronomy 20
1 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
Cuando salieres a la guerra contra tus enemigos, y vieres caballos y carros, pueblo más grande que tú, no hayas temor de ellos, que Jehová tu Dios es contigo, que te sacó de tierra de Egipto.
2 It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
Y será que cuando os acercareis para pelear, el sacerdote se llegará, y hablará al pueblo:
3 and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Don’t let your heart faint! Don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
Y decirles ha: Oye Israel: Vosotros os juntáis hoy en batalla contra vuestros enemigos: no se enternezca vuestro corazón, no temáis, no os apresuréis, y no os quebrantéis delante de ellos:
4 for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”
Que Jehová vuestro Dios anda con vosotros para pelear por vosotros contra vuestros enemigos para salvaros.
5 The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
Y los alcaldes hablarán al pueblo, diciendo: ¿Quién ha edificado casa nueva, y no la ha estrenado? Vaya, y vuélvase a su casa, porque quizá no muera en la batalla, y otro alguno la estrene.
6 What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.
Y ¿quién ha plantado viña, y no la ha profanado? Vaya, y vuélvase a su casa, porque quizá no muera en la batalla y otro alguno la profane.
7 What man is there who has pledged to be married to a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”
Y ¿quién se ha desposado con mujer, y no la ha tomado? Vaya, y vuélvase a su casa, porque quizá no muera en la batalla y algún otro la tome.
8 The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”
Y tornarán los alcaldes a hablar al pueblo, y dirán: ¿Quién es hombre medroso, y tierno de corazón? Vaya, y vuélvase a su casa, y no deslía el corazón de sus hermanos, como su corazón.
9 It shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.
Y será, que cuando los alcaldes acabaren de hablar al pueblo, entonces los capitanes de los ejércitos mandarán delante del pueblo.
10 When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
Cuando te acercares a la ciudad para combatirla, pregonarle has paz.
11 It shall be, if it gives you answer of peace and opens to you, then it shall be that all the people who are found therein shall become forced laborers to you, and shall serve you.
Y será, que si te respondiere: Paz, y te abriere, todo el pueblo que en ella fuere hallado te serán tributarios, y te servirán.
12 If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it.
Mas sino hiciere paz contigo, e hiciere contigo guerra, y la cercares,
13 When Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword;
Y Jehová tu Dios la diere en tu mano, entonces herirás a todo varón suyo a filo de espada.
14 but the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.
Solamente las mujeres y los niños, y los animales, y todo lo que hubiere en la ciudad, todos sus despojos, tomarás para ti: y comerás del despojo de tus enemigos, los cuales Jehová tu Dios te entregó.
15 Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Así harás a todas las ciudades que estuvieren muy lejos de ti, que no fueren de las ciudades de estas gentes.
16 But of the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
Solamente de las ciudades de estos pueblos que Jehová tu Dios te da por heredad, ninguna persona dejarás a vida:
17 but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Yahweh your God has commanded you;
Mas destruyendo los destruirás, al Jetteo, y al Amorreo, y al Cananeo, y al Ferezeo, y al Heveo, y al Jebuseo: como Jehová tu Dios te ha mandado.
18 that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.
Porque no os enseñen a hacer según todas sus abominaciones, que ellos hacen a sus dioses, y pequéis contra Jehová vuestro Dios.
19 When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; for you may eat of them. You shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged by you?
Cuando pusieres cerco a alguna ciudad peleando contra ella muchos días para tomarla, no destruirás su arboleda metiendo en ella hacha, porque de ella comerás: y no la talarás, que no es hombre el árbol del campo, que venga contra ti en el cerco.
20 Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down. You shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.
Mas el árbol que supieres que no es árbol para comer, destruirlo has y talarlo has, y edificarás baluarte contra la ciudad que pelea contigo, hasta sojuzgarla.
