1 I f there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

¶ Cuando hubiere pleito entre algunos, y vinieren a juicio, y los juzgaren, y absolvieren al justo y condenaren al inicuo,

2 I t shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.

será que, si el impío mereciere ser azotado, entonces el juez lo hará echar en tierra, y le hará azotar delante de sí, según su impiedad, por cuenta.

3 H e may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more; lest, if he should give more, and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.

Cuarenta veces lo hará herir, no más; no sea que, si lo hiriere con muchos azotes a más de éstos, tu hermano sería menospreciado 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 dwell together, and one of them dies, and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside 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 moran juntos, y muriere alguno de ellos, y no tuviere hijo, la mujer del muerto no se casará fuera con hombre extraño; su cuñado se llegará a ella, y la tomará por su mujer, y hará con ella parentesco.

6 I t shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.

Y será que el primogénito que ella diere a luz, se levantará en nombre de su hermano el muerto, para que el nombre de éste no sea raído de Israel.

7 I f the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”

Y si el hombre no quisiere tomar a su cuñada, irá entonces la cuñada a la puerta donde están los ancianos, y dirá: Mi cuñado no quiere suscitar nombre en Israel a 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 and says, “I don’t 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 his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”

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

10 H is name shall be called in Israel, “The house of him who had his shoe removed.”

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

11 W hen men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and takes him by his private parts,

Cuando algunos riñeren juntos el uno con el otro, y llegare la mujer del uno para librar a 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 eye shall have no pity.

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

13 Y ou shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.

¶ No tendrás en tu bolsa pesa grande y pesa chica.

14 Y ou shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.

No tendrás en tu casa efa grande y efa pequeño.

15 Y ou shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Pesas perfectas y justas tendrás; efa perfecto y justo tendrás; para que tus días sean prolongados sobre la tierra que el SEÑOR tu Dios te da.

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

Porque abominación es al SEÑOR tu Dios cualquiera que hace esto, cualquiera que hace injusticia.

17 R emember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt;

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

18 h ow he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.

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

19 T herefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget.

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