Deuteronomy 21
1 “When there will have been found in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you, the corpse of a man who has been killed, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,
Cuando fuere hallado algún muerto en la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da, para que la heredes, echado en el campo, y no se supiere quien le hirió;
2 your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure, from the place of the corpse, the distance to each of the surrounding cities.
Entonces tus ancianos y tus jueces saldrán, y medirán hasta las ciudades que están al derredor del muerto:
3 And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others, the elders shall take a calf from the herd, one which has not pulled with a yoke, nor tilled with a plow.
Y será que los ancianos de aquella ciudad, de la ciudad más cercana al muerto, tomarán una becerra de las vacas, que no haya servido, que no haya traído yugo;
4 And they shall lead it into a rough and stony valley, one which has never been tilled or sown. And in that place, they shall cut the neck of the calf.
Y los ancianos de aquella ciudad traerán la becerra a un valle áspero, que nunca haya sido arado ni sembrado, y descervigarán allí la becerra en el valle;
5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall approach, those whom the Lord your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in his name, and to decide every controversy by their word, and to judge which things are clean and which are unclean.
Y vendrán los sacerdotes hijos de Leví, porque a ellos escogió Jehová tu Dios para que le sirvan, y para bendecir en nombre de Jehová, y por el dicho de ellos, se determinará todo pleito, y toda llaga.
6 And those greater by birth of that city, nearest to the one who was slain, shall go and shall wash their hands over the calf that was killed in the valley.
Y todos los ancianos de aquella ciudad más cercana al muerto lavarán sus manos sobre la becerra descervigada en el valle.
7 And they shall say: ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
Y protestarán, y dirán: Nuestras manos no han derramado esta sangre, ni nuestros ojos lo vieron:
8 Be merciful to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, and do not charge them with innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.’ And so the guilt of the blood will be taken away from them.
Expía a tu pueblo Israel al cual redimiste, oh Jehová, y no pongas la sangre inocente en medio de tu pueblo Israel. Y la sangre les será perdonada.
9 Then you will be free from the blood that was shed against the innocent, when you will have done as the Lord has instructed you.
Y tú quitarás la sangre inocente de en medio de ti, cuando hicieres lo que es recto en los ojos de Jehová.
10 If you have gone out to fight against your enemies, and the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand, and if, as you are leading away the captives,
Cuando salieres a la guerra contra tus enemigos, y Jehová tu Dios los diere en tu mano, y tomares de ellos cautivos,
11 you see among the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and you love her, and you are willing to have her as a wife:
Y vieres entre los cautivos alguna mujer hermosa, y la codiciares, y la tomares para ti por mujer;
12 then you shall lead her into your house. And she shall shave off her hair, and cut her nails short,
Meterla has en tu casa, y ella raerá su cabeza, y cortará sus uñas,
13 and remove the garment in which she was captured. And she shall sit in your house and weep for her father and mother, for one month. And after that, you shall enter to her and sleep with her, and she shall be your wife.
Y quitará de sí el vestido de su cautiverio, y quedarse ha en tu casa: y llorará a su padre y a su madre un mes de tiempo: y después entrarás a ella y tú serás su marido, y ella tu mujer.
14 But if afterwards she does not sit well in your mind, you shall set her free. You cannot sell her for money, nor can you oppress her by force. For you have humiliated her.
Y será, que si no te agradare, dejarla has en su libertad, y no la venderás por dinero, y no mercadearás con ella, por cuanto la afligiste.
15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,
Cuando algún varón tuviere dos mujeres, la una amada, y la otra aborrecida, y la amada y la aborrecida le parieren hijos, y el hijo primogénito fuere de la aborrecida;
16 and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons: he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn, and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife.
Será que el día que hiciere heredar a sus hijos lo que tuviere, no podrá dar el derecho de primogenitura a los hijos de la amada delante del hijo de la aborrecida el primogénito.
17 Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn, and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has. For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.
Mas al hijo de la aborrecida conocerá por primogénito para darle dos tantos de todo lo que le fuere hallado; porque aquel es el principio de su fuerza, el derecho de la primogenitura es suyo.
18 If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience:
Cuando alguno tuviere hijo contumaz y rebelde, que no obedeciere a la voz de su padre ni a la voz de su madre, y habiéndole castigado, no les obedeciere;
19 they shall take him and lead him to the elders of the city and to the gate of judgment.
Entonces tomarle han su padre, y su madre, y sacarle han a los ancianos de su ciudad, y a la puerta de su lugar,
20 And they shall say to them: ‘This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions. He occupies himself with carousing, and self-indulgence, and feasting.’
Y dirán a los ancianos de la ciudad: Este nuestro hijo es contumaz y rebelde, no obedece a nuestra voz, es glotón y borracho.
21 Then the people of the city shall stone him to death. And he shall die, so that you may take away the evil from your midst. And so may all of Israel, upon hearing it, be very afraid.
Entonces todos los hombres de su ciudad le apedrearán con piedras, y morirá: y quitarás el mal de en medio de ti, y todo Israel oirán y temerán.
22 When a man will have sinned in a matter which is punished by death, and, having been judged unto death, he has been hanged on a gallows:
Cuando en alguno hubiere pecado de sentencia de muerte, y hubiere de morir, colgarle has en un madero.
23 his corpse shall not remain on the tree. Instead, he shall be buried on the same day. For he who hangs from a tree has been cursed by God, and you shall not defile your land, which the Lord your God will give to you as a possession.”
No anochecerá su cuerpo en el madero, mas enterrando le enterrarás el mismo día, porque maldición de Dios es el colgado: y no contaminarás tu tierra, que Jehová tu Dios te da por heredad.
