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.

Si hubiere pleito entre algunos, y acudieren al tribunal para que los jueces los juzguen, éstos absolverán al justo, y condenarán al culpable.

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.

Y si el delincuente mereciere ser azotado, entonces el juez le hará echar en tierra, y le hará azotar en su presencia; según su delito será el número de azotes.

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.

Se podrá dar cuarenta azotes, no más; no sea que, si lo hirieren con muchos azotes más que éstos, se sienta tu hermano envilecido 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 habitaren 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 el primogénito que ella diere a luz sucederá en el nombre de su hermano muerto, para que el nombre de éste no sea borrado 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 su cuñada a la puerta, a 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 quitará el calzado del pie, y le escupirá en el rostro, y hablará y dirá: Así será hecho al varón que no quiere edificar la casa de su hermano.

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

Y se le dará este nombre 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,

Si algunos riñeren uno con otro, y se acercare la mujer de uno para librar a su marido de mano del que le hiere, y alargando su mano asiere de sus partes vergonzosas,

12 t hen you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.

le cortarás entonces la mano; no la perdonarás.

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.

ni 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.

Pesa exacta y justa tendrás; efa 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 Yahweh your God.

Porque abominación es a Jehová tu Dios cualquiera que hace esto, y cualquiera que hace injusticia. Orden de exterminar a Amalec

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

Acuérdate de lo que hizo Amalec contigo en el camino, cuando salías 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.

de cómo te salió al encuentro en el camino, y te desbarató la retaguardia de todos los débiles que iban detrás de ti, cuando tú estabas cansado y trabajado; y no tuvo ningún temor de 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.

Por tanto, cuando Jehová tu Dios te dé descanso de todos tus enemigos alrededor, en la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da por heredad para que la poseas, borrarás la memoria de Amalec de debajo del cielo; no lo olvides.