Deuteronomy 25
1 If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
Cuando se presente un pleito entre algunos, y acudan al tribunal para que los jueces los juzguen, éstos absolverán al justo y condenarán al culpable.
2 It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
Si el perverso merece ser azotado, entonces el juez ordenará que se acueste en tierra y sea azotado en su presencia, según el número de azotes que merezca su culpa.
3 He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.
Podrá darle 40 azotes. No más, no sea que si aumentan mucho los azotes por encima de éstos, tu hermano se sienta degradado delante de ti.
4 You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
No pondrás bozal al buey cuando trilla.
5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
Cuando unos hermanos vivan juntos, y uno de ellos muera sin tener hijos, la esposa del difunto no se casará afuera con un hombre extraño. Su cuñado se unirá a ella y la tomará como esposa y cumplirá con ella el deber de hermano de su esposo.
6 It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
Al primogénito que ella dé a luz se le dará el nombre de su hermano difunto para que su nombre no sea borrado de Israel.
7 If the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”
Pero si el hombre no quiere tomar a su cuñada, entonces ésta irá a los ancianos en la puerta de la ciudad y dirá: Mi cuñado se niega a perpetuar el nombre de su hermano en Israel. No quiere cumplir conmigo el deber de levirato.
8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says, “I do not want to take her,”
Entonces los ancianos de aquella ciudad lo llamarán y hablarán con él. Si él se levanta y dice: No deseo tomarla,
9 then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”
entonces su cuñada se acercará a él en presencia de los ancianos, le quitará la sandalia del pie, lo escupirá en el rostro y dirá: ¡Así se hace al hombre que no edifica la casa de su hermano!
10 His name shall be called in Israel, “The house of him who had his sandal removed.”
Se le dará este nombre en Israel: Casa del Descalzado.
11 When men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and grabs him by his private parts,
Si dos varones luchan el uno contra el otro, y la esposa del uno se acerca para librar a su esposo del que lo ataca, y al meter ella su mano le agarra sus genitales,
12 then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.
entonces le cortarás su mano. No le tendrás compasión.
13 You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.
No tendrás en tu bolsa pesa grande y pesa pequeña.
14 You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.
No tendrás en tu casa medida grande y medida pequeña.
15 You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Tendrás pesa y medida exactas y justas, para que tus días se prolonguen en la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da.
16 For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.
Porque todo el que hace estas cosas, todo el que comete injusticia, es repugnancia ante Yavé tu ʼElohim.
17 Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt,
Recuerda lo que Amalec te hizo en el camino cuando salieron de Egipto,
18 how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God.
cómo te salió al camino y atacó a los rezagados entre los tuyos, que iban en tu retaguardia fatigados y cansados, y no tuvo temor a ʼElohim.
19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget.
Por tanto, cuando Yavé tu ʼElohim te dé descanso de todos tus enemigos de alrededor, en la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da como heredad para que la poseas, borrarás la memoria de Amalec de debajo del cielo. No lo olvides.
