1 I f there is a controversy between men, and they come into court and the judges decide between them, justifying the innocent and condemning the guilty,

CUANDO hubiere pleito entre algunos, y vinieren á juicio, y los juzgaren, y absolvieren al justo y condenaren al inicuo,

2 T hen if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a certain number of stripes according to his offense.

Será que, si el delincuente mereciere ser azotado, entonces el juez lo hará echar en tierra, y harále azotar delante de sí, según su delito, por cuenta.

3 F orty stripes may be given him but not more, lest, if he should be beaten with many stripes, your brother should seem low and worthless to you.

Harále dar cuarenta azotes, no más: no sea que, si lo hiriere con muchos azotes a más de éstos, se envilezca tu hermano delante de tus ojos.

4 Y ou shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.

No pondrás bozal al buey cuando trillare.

5 I f brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, his wife shall not be married outside the family 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 hermanos estuvieren juntos, y muriere alguno de ellos, y no tuviere hijo, la mujer del muerto no se casará fuera con hombre extraño: su cuñado entrará á ella, y la tomará por su mujer, y hará con ella parentesco.

6 A nd the firstborn son shall succeed to the name of the dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.

Y será que el primogénito que pariere ella, se levantará en nombre de su hermano el muerto, porque el nombre de éste no sea raído de Israel.

7 A nd if the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuses to continue his brother’s name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.

Y si el hombre no quisiere tomar á su cuñada, irá entonces la cuñada suya á la puerta á los ancianos, y dirá: Mi cuñado no quiere suscitar nombre en Israel á su hermano; no quiere emparentar conmigo.

8 T hen the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. And if he stands firm and says, I do not want to take her,

Entonces los ancianos de aquella ciudad lo harán venir, y hablarán con él: y si él se levantare, y dijere, No quiero tomarla,

9 T hen shall his brother’s wife come to him in the presence of the elders and pull his shoe off his foot and spit in his face and shall answer, So shall it be done to that man who does not build up his brother’s house.

Llegaráse entonces su cuñada á él delante de los ancianos, y le descalzará el zapato de su pie, y escupirále en el rostro, y hablará y dirá: Así será hecho al varón que no edificare la casa de su hermano.

10 A nd his family shall be called in Israel, The House of Him Whose Shoe Was Loosed.

Y su nombre será llamado en Israel: La casa del descalzado.

11 W hen men strive together one with another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him who is beating him, and puts out her hand and seizes the other man by the private parts,

Cuando algunos riñeren juntos el uno con el otro, y llegare la mujer del uno para librar á su marido de mano del que le hiere, y metiere su mano y le trabare de sus vergüenzas;

12 T hen you shall cut off her hand; your eyes shall not pity her.

La cortarás entonces la mano, no la perdonará tu ojo.

13 Y ou shall not have in your bag true and false weights, a large and a small.

No tendrás en tu bolsa pesa grande y pesa chica.

14 Y ou shall not have in your house true and false measures, a large and a small.

No tendrás en tu casa epha grande y epha pequeño.

15 B ut you shall have a perfect and just weight and a perfect and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

Pesas cumplidas y justas tendrás; epha cabal y justo tendrás: para que tus días sean prolongados sobre la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da.

16 F or all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Porque abominación es á Jehová tu Dios cualquiera que hace esto, cualquiera que hace agravio.

17 R emember what Amalek did to you on the way when you had come forth from Egypt,

Acuérdate de lo que te hizo Amalec en el camino, cuando salisteis de Egipto:

18 H ow he did not fear God, but when you were faint and weary he attacked you along the way and cut off all the stragglers at your rear.

Que te salió al camino, y te desbarató la retaguardia de todos los flacos que iban detrás de ti, cuando tú estabas cansado y trabajado; y no temió á Dios.

19 T herefore when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens; you must not forget.

Será pues, cuando Jehová tu Dios te hubiere dado reposo de tus enemigos alrededor, en la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da por heredar para que la poseas, que raerás la memoria de Amalec de debajo del cielo: no te olvides.