Deuteronomy 19
1 “When the Lord your God will have destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to you, and when you possess it and live in its cities and buildings,
Cuando Jehová tu Dios talare las gentes, cuya tierra Jehová tu Dios te da a ti, y tú las heredares, y habitares en sus ciudades, y en sus casas;
2 you shall separate for yourselves three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give to you as a possession,
Apartarte has tres ciudades en medio de tu tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da para que la heredes.
3 paving the road carefully. And you shall divide the entire province of your land equally into three parts, so that he who is forced to flee because of manslaughter may have a place nearby to which he may be able to escape.
Aderezarte has el camino, y partirás en tres partes el término de tu tierra, que Jehová tu Dios te dará en heredad, y será para que todo homicida se huya allí.
4 This shall be the law of the killer who flees, whose life is to be saved. Whoever strikes down his neighbor unwillingly, and who has been proven to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before,
Y este es el negocio del homicida que huirá allí, y vivirá: El que hiriere a su prójimo por yerro, que no le tenía enemistad desde ayer ni desde anteayer:
5 such that he had gone with him into the forest simply to cut wood, and in cutting down the tree, the axe slipped from his hand, or the iron slipped from the handle, and it struck his friend and killed him: he shall flee to one of the cities stated above, and he shall live.
Y el que fue con su prójimo al monte a cortar leña, y poniendo fuerza con su mano en la hacha para cortar algún leño, saltó el hierro del cabo, y halló a su prójimo, y murió; este huirá a una de estas ciudades, y vivirá.
6 Otherwise, perhaps the near relative of him whose blood was shed, impelled by his grief, might pursue and apprehend him, unless the way is too long, and he might strike down the life of him who is not guilty unto death, since he had demonstrated that he had no prior hatred against him who was slain.
Porque el redimidor de la sangre no vaya tras el homicida cuando se escalentare su corazón, y lo alcance, por ser largo el camino, y lo hiera de muerte, el cual no será condenado a muerte; porque no tenía enemistad con él desde ayer y anteayer.
7 For this reason, I instruct you to separate three cities at equal distance from one another.
Por tanto yo te mando, diciendo: Tres ciudades te apartarás.
8 And when the Lord your God will have enlarged your borders, just as he swore to your fathers, and when he will have given to you all the land that he has promised to them,
Y si Jehová tu Dios ensanchare tu término, como lo juró a tus padres, y te diere toda la tierra, que dijo a tus padres, que había de dar,
9 (but this is only so if you will keep his commandments and do the things which I instruct to you this day, so that you love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways at all times) you shall add for yourselves three other cities, and so you shall double the number of the three cities stated above.
Cuando guardases todos estos mandamientos, que yo te mando hoy, para hacerlos, que ames a Jehová tu Dios y andes en sus caminos todos los días entonces añadirás otras tres ciudades allende de estas tres:
10 So may innocent blood not be shed in the midst of the land which the Lord your God will give you to possess, lest you be guilty of blood.
Porque no sea derramada sangre inocente en medio de tu tierra, que Jehová tu Dios te da por heredad, y sean sobre ti sangres.
11 But if anyone, having hatred for his neighbor, will have lain in ambush for his life, and, rising up, will have struck him, and he will have died, and if he will have fled to one of the cities stated above,
Mas cuando hubiere alguno que aborreciere a su prójimo, y le espiare, y se levantare sobre él, y le hiriere de muerte, y muriere, y huyere a alguna de estas ciudades;
12 the elders of his city shall send, and they shall take him from the place of refuge, and they shall deliver him into the hand of the relative of him whose blood was shed, and he shall die.
Entonces los ancianos de su ciudad enviarán, y sacarle han de allí, y entregarle han en mano del pariente del muerto, y morirá.
13 You shall not take pity on him, and so shall you take away the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may be well with you.
No le perdonará tu ojo: y quitarás la sangre inocente de Israel, y habrás bien.
14 You shall not take up or move the landmark of your neighbor, which those before you have placed, in your possession that the Lord your God will give to you, in the land you will receive to possess.
No estrecharás el término de tu prójimo, que señalaron los antiguos en tu heredad que poseyeres en la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da, para que la heredes.
15 One witness shall not stand against another, no matter what the sin or outrage may be. For every word shall stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses.
No valdrá un testigo contra ninguno en cualquier delito, y en cualquier pecado, en cualquier pecado que se cometiere. En dicho de dos testigos, o en dicho de tres testigos consistirá el negocio.
16 If a lying witness will have stood against a man, accusing him of a transgression,
Cuando se levantare testigo falso contra alguno para testificar contra él rebelión;
17 both of those whose case it is shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges who shall be in those days.
Entonces los dos hombres, que pleitean se presentarán delante de Jehová, delante de los sacerdotes y jueces que fueren en aquellos días;
18 And when, after a very diligent examination, they will have found that the false witness had told a lie against his brother,
Y los jueces inquirirán bien, y si pareciere ser aquel testigo falso, que testificó falso contra su hermano;
19 they shall render to him just as he intended to do to his brother. And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.
Haréis a él como él pensó hacer a su hermano, y quitarás el mal de en medio de ti.
20 Then the others, upon hearing this, will be afraid, and they will by no means dare to do such things.
Y los que quedaren, oirán, y temerán, y no volverán más a hacer una mala cosa como esta en medio de ti.
21 You shall not take pity on him. Instead, you shall require a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.”
Y no perdonará tu ojo: vida por vida, ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie.
