Deuteronomy 19
1 After Yahweh our God has gotten rid of the people-groups from the land that he is giving to you, and after you have expelled them from their cities and you start to live in their houses,
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 must divide into three parts the land that he is giving to you. Then choose a city in each part. You must make good roads [in order that people can get to those cities easily]. Someone who kills another person can escape to one of those cities [to be safe/protected].
Apartarte has tres ciudades en medio de tu tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da para que la heredes.
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 is the rule about someone who has killed another person. If someone (accidentally/without planning to) kills another person who was not his enemy, he may escape to one of those cities and be safe/protected there.
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 For example, if two men go into the forest to cut some wood, if the axe head comes off the handle while one of them is chopping down a tree and the axe head strikes and kills the other man, the man [who was using the axe] will be allowed to run to one of those cities and be safe there, [because the people of that city will protect him].
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 Because he accidentally killed someone, and because the man was not his enemy, he can try to run to one of those cities. If there were only one city, it may be a long distance to that city. Then if the relative of the man who was killed [MTY], the man who is supposed/expected to get revenge, is very angry, he may be able to catch the other person before he arrives at that city.
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 [To prevent that from happening], you must choose three cities, not only one, [in order that someone can get to one of those cities quickly].
Por tanto yo te mando, diciendo: Tres ciudades te apartarás.
8 “If you do everything that I am today commanding you to do, and if you love Yahweh our God, and if you conduct your lives as he wants you to do, Yahweh our God will give you much more land than you will have when you first occupy it, which is what he promised to do. He will give you all the land which he promised your ancestors that he would give to you. When he gives you that land, you must select three more cities [to which people may escape].
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,
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 Do this in order that people who (are innocent/have killed someone else without planning to) will not die, and you will not be guilty for [allowing] them to be executed, in the land that Yahweh is giving to you.
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 suppose someone hates his enemy and hides and waits for that person [to come along the road]. Then [when he passes by, suddenly] he attacks him and murders him. If the attacker flees to one of those cities [to be protected there],
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 the city [where the murdered man lived must not protect the attacker. They]. must send someone to the city to which the other man escaped, and bring him to [MTY] the relative who is supposed/expected to get revenge, so that he may execute that man.
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 must not pity those who murder other people! Instead, you must execute them, in order that the people in the land of Israel will not murder [MTY] innocent people, and in order that things will go well for you.”
No le perdonará tu ojo: y quitarás la sangre inocente de Israel, y habrás bien.
14 “[When you are living] in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, do not move the markers of your neighbors’ property boundaries which were placed there long ago.”
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 “If someone is accused of committing a crime, one (witness/person who says, ‘I saw him do it’) is not enough. There must be at least two (witnesses/people who say, ‘We saw him do it’). [If there is only one witness], the judge must not believe that what he says is true.
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 someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
Cuando se levantare testigo falso contra alguno para testificar contra él rebelión;
17 both of them must go to the place where the people worship, to [talk to] the priests and judges who are serving at that time.
Entonces los dos hombres, que pleitean se presentarán delante de Jehová, delante de los sacerdotes y jueces que fueren en aquellos días;
18 The judges must (investigate the case carefully/try to find out which one is telling the truth). If [the judges determine that] one of them has accused the other falsely,
Y los jueces inquirirán bien, y si pareciere ser aquel testigo falso, que testificó falso contra su hermano;
19 that person must be punished in the same way that the other one would have been punished [if the judge decided that he (was guilty/had done what is wrong)]. By punishing such people, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
Haréis a él como él pensó hacer a su hermano, y quitarás el mal de en medio de ti.
20 And/Because when that person is punished, everyone will hear what has happened, and they will be afraid, and no one will dare to act that way any more.
Y los que quedaren, oirán, y temerán, y no volverán más a hacer una mala cosa como esta en medio de ti.
21 You must not pity people who are punished like that. The rule should be that a person who has murdered someone else must be executed; one of a person’s eyes must be gouged out if he has gouged out someone else’s eye, one tooth of a person who has knocked out the tooth of another person must be knocked out; one hand of a person who has cut off the hand of another person must likewise be cut off; one foot of a person who has cut off the foot of another person must also be cut off.”
Y no perdonará tu ojo: vida por vida, ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie.
