1 H abló Jehová a Moisés, diciendo:

The Lord said to Moses,

2 D irás asimismo a los hijos de Israel: Cualquier varón de los hijos de Israel, o de los extranjeros que moran en Israel, que ofrezca alguno de sus hijos a Moloc, de seguro morirá; el pueblo de la tierra lo apedreará.

“Say to the people of Israel, ‘Any man of Israel or of the strangers living in Israel, who gives any of his children to the false god Molech, must be put to death. The people of the land will kill him with stones.

3 Y yo pondré mi rostro contra el tal varón, y lo cortaré de entre su pueblo, por cuanto dio de sus hijos a Moloc, contaminando mi santuario y profanando mi santo nombre.

I Myself will go against that man and he will not be numbered among God’s people, because he has given some of his children to Molech, making My holy place sinful and bringing shame on My holy name.

4 S i el pueblo de la tierra cierra sus ojos respecto de aquel varón que haya dado de sus hijos a Moloc, para no matarle,

If the people of the land close their eyes when a man gives any of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,

5 e ntonces yo pondré mi rostro contra aquel varón y contra su familia, y le exterminaré de entre su pueblo, con todos los que fornicaron en pos de él prostituyéndose con Moloc.

then I Myself will go against that man and his family. They will not be numbered among God’s people, and all who follow him to sell themselves to Molech.

6 Y la persona que atienda a encantadores o adivinos, para prostituirse tras de ellos, yo pondré mi rostro contra la tal persona, y la cortaré de entre su pueblo.

‘I will go against the person who turns to those who speak with bad spirits and talk to the dead. In doing this, he sells himself to them. He will not be numbered among God’s people.

7 S antificaos, pues, y sed santos, porque yo Jehová soy vuestro Dios. Faltas contra la familia

So you should set yourselves apart and be holy. For I am the Lord your God.

8 Y guardad mis estatutos, y ponedlos por obra. Yo Jehová que os santifico.

Keep My Laws and live by them. I am the Lord Who sets you apart.

9 T odo hombre que maldiga a su padre o a su madre, de cierto morirá; a su padre o a su madre maldijo; su sangre será sobre él.

‘If there is anyone who curses his father or mother, he will for sure be put to death. Because he has cursed his father or mother, his blood will be on his own head.

10 S i un hombre comete adulterio con la mujer de su prójimo, el adúltero y la adúltera indefectiblemente serán muertos.

‘If a man does sex sins with another man’s wife, even his friend’s wife, both the sinful man and woman must be put to death.

11 C ualquiera que yazca con la mujer de su padre, la desnudez de su padre descubrió; ambos han de ser muertos; su sangre será sobre ellos.

If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has put his father to shame. Both of the guilty ones must be put to death. They will suffer for their own sin.

12 S i alguno duerme con su nuera, ambos han de morir; cometieron grave perversión; su sangre será sobre ellos.

If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have done a bad sex sin. They will suffer for their own sin.

13 S i alguno se acuesta con varón como con mujer, abominación hicieron; ambos han de ser muertos; sobre ellos será su sangre.

If a man lies with a male as if he were a woman, both of them have done a very sinful act. They must be put to death. They will suffer for their own sin.

14 E l que tome mujer y a la madre de ella, comete vileza; quemarán con fuego a él y a ellas, para que no haya vileza entre vosotros.

If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is sin. Both he and they will be burned with fire, so this kind of sin will not be among you.

15 C ualquiera que tenga cópula con bestia, ha de ser muerto, y mataréis a la bestia.

If a man lies with an animal, he must be put to death. Kill the animal also.

16 Y si una mujer se llega a algún animal para unirse con él, a la mujer y al animal matarás; morirán indefectiblemente; su sangre será sobre ellos.

If a woman goes near any animal to have sex with it, you must kill the woman and the animal. They must be put to death. They will suffer for their own sin.

17 S i alguno toma a su hermana, hija de su padre o hija de su madre, y ve su desnudez, y ella ve la suya, es cosa execrable; por tanto serán muertos a ojos de los hijos de su pueblo; descubrió la desnudez de su hermana; su pecado llevará.

‘If a man takes his sister, his father’s or mother’s daughter, and he sees her without clothes on and she sees him, it is a shame. They will be punished in front of their people. He has taken off his sister’s clothes. He will suffer for his own sin.

18 C ualquiera que duerma con mujer menstruosa, y descubra su desnudez, la fuente de su flujo descubrió, y ella descubrió la fuente de su sangre; ambos serán cortados de entre su pueblo.

If a man lies with a woman who has a flow of blood, and takes her clothes off, he has made her flow to show. And she has shown the flow of her blood. So both of them will not be numbered among God’s people.

19 L a desnudez de la hermana de tu madre, o de la hermana de tu padre, no descubrirás; porque al descubrir la desnudez de su parienta, su iniquidad llevarán.

Do not take the clothes off your mother’s sister or father’s sister. For that is putting to shame one of your own family. They will suffer for their own sin.

20 C ualquiera que duerma con la mujer del hermano de su padre, la desnudez del hermano de su padre descubrió; su pecado llevarán; morirán sin hijos.

If a man lies with the wife of his father’s or mother’s brother, he has put to shame his father’s or mother’s brother. They will suffer for their own sin. They will die without children.

21 Y el que tome la mujer de su hermano, comete inmundicia; la desnudez de su hermano descubrió; sin hijos serán.

If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is sin. He has put his brother to shame. They will have no children.

22 G uardad, pues, todos mis estatutos y todas mis ordenanzas, y ponedlos por obra, no sea que os vomite la tierra en la cual yo os introduzco para que habitéis en ella.

‘Keep all My Laws and do what I tell you, so the land where I am bringing you to live will not spit you out.

23 Y no andéis en las prácticas de las naciones que yo echaré de delante de vosotros; porque ellos hicieron todas estas cosas, y los tuve en abominación.

Do not follow the ways of the nation which I am driving out before you. For they did all these things, and so I hated them.

24 P ero a vosotros os he dicho: Vosotros poseeréis la tierra de ellos, y yo os la daré para que la poseáis por heredad, tierra que fluye leche y miel. Yo Jehová vuestro Dios, que os he apartado de los pueblos.

But I have said to you, “Their land will belong to you. I Myself will give it to you for your own, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, Who has set you apart from all other peoples.

25 P or tanto, vosotros haréis diferencia entre animal limpio e inmundo, y entre ave inmunda y limpia; y no contaminéis vuestras personas con los animales, ni con las aves, ni con nada que se arrastra sobre la tierra, los cuales os he apartado por inmundos.

You are to know the difference between the clean animal and the animal that is unclean, and between the clean bird and the bird that is unclean. Do not make yourselves a sinful people with animal or bird or anything that moves on the ground, which I have set apart from you as being unclean.

26 H abéis, pues, de serme santos, porque yo Jehová soy santo, y os he apartado de los pueblos para que seáis míos.

Be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy. I have divided you from the nations, so you belong to Me.

27 Y el hombre o la mujer que evoque espíritus de muertos o se entregue a la adivinación, ha de morir; serán apedreados; su sangre será sobre ellos.

‘A man or woman who speaks with bad spirits or who talks to the dead must be put to death. They will be killed with stones. They will suffer for their own sin.’”