1 S i ves extraviado el buey de tu hermano, o su cordero, no te desentenderás de ellos; lo volverás a tu hermano.

“If you see your brother’s bull or sheep walking away, do not pretend that you do not see them. Be sure to return them to your brother.

2 Y si tu hermano no es vecino tuyo, o no lo conoces, lo recogerás en tu casa, y estará contigo hasta que tu hermano lo busque, y se lo devolverás.

If your brother is not home, or if you do not know who he is, then bring the animal to your house. Keep it there until your brother looks for it. Then return it to him.

3 A sí harás con su asno, con su manto, y con toda cosa de tu hermano que se le pierda y tú la halles; no podrás desentenderte de ello.

Do the same with his donkey, or his coat, or anything lost by your brother. If you find what he has lost, you must help him.

4 S i ves el asno de tu hermano, o su buey, caído en el camino, no te apartarás de él; le ayudarás a levantarlo.

If you see your brother’s donkey or his ox fallen down by the road, do not pretend that you do not see them. Be sure to help him lift them up again.

5 N o vestirá la mujer traje de hombre, ni el hombre vestirá traje de mujer; porque abominación es a Jehová tu Dios cualquiera que esto hace.

“A woman must not wear men’s clothing. And a man must not put on women’s clothing. For the Lord your God hates whoever does these things.

6 C uando encuentres por el camino algún nido de ave en cualquier árbol, o sobre la tierra, con pollos o huevos, y la madre echada sobre los pollos o sobre los huevos, no tomarás la madre con los hijos.

“You might find a bird’s nest by the road, in a tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs. If you find the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young.

7 D ejarás ir a la madre, y tomarás los pollos para ti, para que te vaya bien, y prolongues tus días.

Be sure to let the mother go. But you may take the young for yourself. Then it will go well with you, and you will live long.

8 C uando edifiques casa nueva, harás pretil a tu terrado, para que no eches culpa de sangre sobre tu casa, si de él se cae alguno.

“When you build a new house, you should put a short wall around your roof. Then no one will fall from it and bring the guilt of blood upon your house.

9 N o sembrarás tu viña con semillas mezcladas, no sea que se pierda todo, tanto la semilla que sembraste como el fruto de la viña.

“Do not plant among your vines another kind of seed. All that grows from what you have planted will be unclean.

10 N o ararás con buey y con asno juntamente.

Do not plow with a bull and a donkey together.

11 N o vestirás ropa de lana y lino juntamente.

Do not wear clothing made of both wool and linen together.

12 T e harás flecos en las cuatro puntas de tu manto con que te cubras. Leyes sobre la castidad

“Make tassels to put on the four corners of the clothing you use to cover yourself. Law of Those Who Are Not Faithful in Marriage

13 C uando alguno tome mujer, y después de haberse llegado a ella le cobre aversión,

“If a man takes a wife and goes in to her and decides he does not like her,

14 y le atribuya faltas que den que hablar, y diga: A esta mujer tomé, y me llegué a ella, y no la hallé virgen;

and says that she did sinful acts and puts her to shame before others and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I found that she had been with another man,’

15 e ntonces el padre de la joven y su madre tomarán y sacarán las señales de la virginidad de la doncella a los ancianos de la ciudad, en la puerta;

then the girl’s father and mother should bring what is needed to prove she has not been with another man to the leaders of the city at the gate.

16 y dirá el padre de la joven a los ancianos: Yo di mi hija a este hombre por mujer, y él la aborrece;

The girl’s father will say to the leaders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man for a wife. But he turned against her.

17 y he aquí, él le atribuye faltas que dan que hablar, diciendo: No he hallado virgen a tu hija; pero ved aquí las señales de la virginidad de mi hija. Y extenderán la vestidura delante de los ancianos de la ciudad.

He said she has done sinful acts, saying, “I found that your daughter has been with another man.” But I brought what will prove that my daughter has not been with another man.’ And they will spread the clothing in front of the leaders of the city.

18 E ntonces los ancianos de la ciudad tomarán al hombre y lo castigarán;

Then the leaders of that city will take the man and punish him.

19 y le multarán en cien piezas de plata, las cuales darán al padre de la joven, por cuanto esparció mala fama sobre una virgen de Israel; y la tendrá por mujer, y no podrá despedirla en todos sus días.

They will make him pay a hundred pieces of silver and give it to the girl’s father, because he has put to shame the name of an Israelite girl who has not had a man. She will still be his wife. He cannot divorce her as long as he lives.

20 M as si resultare ser verdad que no se halló virginidad en la joven,

But if it is true that the girl was found to have had another man,

21 e ntonces la sacarán a la puerta de la casa de su padre, y la apedrearán los hombres de su ciudad, y morirá, por cuanto hizo vileza en Israel fornicando en casa de su padre; así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti. Adulterio o fornicación

then they will bring the girl to the door of her father’s house. There the men of her city will kill her with stones, because she has done a foolish act in Israel by acting in her father’s house like a woman who sells the use of her body. So you will get rid of the sin from among you.

22 S i se sorprende a un hombre acostado con una mujer casada, ambos morirán, el hombre que se acostó con la mujer, y la mujer también; así quitarás el mal de Israel.

“If a man is found lying with a married woman, then both of them must die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you will get rid of the sin from Israel.

23 S i una muchacha virgen está prometida a un hombre, y otro la halla en la ciudad, y se acuesta con ella;

“If a girl who has never had a man is promised in marriage to a man, another man might find her in the city and lie with her.

24 e ntonces los sacaréis a ambos a la puerta de la ciudad, y los apedrearéis, y morirán; la joven porque no dio voces en la ciudad, y el hombre porque humilló a la mujer de su prójimo; así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti.

Then you must bring them both to the gate of that city and kill them with stones. Put the girl to death because she did not cry for help in the city, and the man because he has sinned against his neighbor’s wife. So you will get rid of the sin from among you.

25 M as si un hombre halló en el campo a la joven desposada, y la forzó, acostándose con ella, morirá solamente el hombre que se acostó con ella;

But if the man finds a girl in the field who is promised in marriage, and makes her lie with him, then only the man who lies with her will die.

26 m as a la joven no le harás nada; no hay en ella culpa de muerte; pues como cuando alguno se levanta contra su prójimo y le quita la vida, así es en este caso.

Do nothing to the girl. There is no sin in the girl bad enough for her to be put to death. It is as if a man goes against his neighbor and kills him.

27 P orque él la halló en el campo; dio voces la joven desposada, y no hubo quien la librase.

When he found her in the field, the girl promised in marriage cried out. But there was no one to save her.

28 C uando algún hombre halle a una joven virgen que no esté prometida, y la tome y se acueste con ella, y fueren descubiertos;

“If a man finds a girl who has never had a man and is not promised in marriage, and takes her and lies with her, and they are found,

29 e ntonces el hombre que se acostó con ella dará al padre de la joven cincuenta piezas de plata, y ella será su mujer, por cuanto la humilló; no la podrá despedir en todos sus días.

then the man who lay with her must give fifty pieces of silver to the girl’s father. And she will become his wife, because he has put her to shame. He cannot divorce her as long as he lives.

30 N inguno tomará la mujer de su padre, ni profanará el lecho de su padre.

“A man must not take his father’s wife. He must not take the clothes off the woman who belongs to his father.