Deuteronomy 22

1 If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.

1 »Si ves un buey o una oveja extraviada, no hagas como que no lo has visto. Tómalo y llévalo a su propietario.

2 If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.

2 Si no sabes quién es el propietario, llévalo a tu casa y retenlo allí hasta que venga su propietario preguntando por él, y entrégaselo.

3 And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

3 Lo mismo harás con burros, ropas o cualquier cosa que encuentres. Consérvalo para entregárselo a su propietario.

4 If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.

4 »Si ves que alguien está tratando de poner en pie a un buey o a un burro que se ha caído debajo de su carga, no mires en otra dirección haciéndote el desentendido, anda y ayuda.

5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

5 »La mujer no debe usar ropa de hombre, y el hombre no debe usar ropa de mujer. Es abominación delante del Señor tu Dios.

6 If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

6 »Si ves un nido en el suelo o en un árbol, y hay polluelos o huevos en el nido, no tomes la madre juntamente con los polluelos.

7 You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

7 Déjala ir y toma solamente los polluelos. El Señor te bendecirá por ello, y tendrás una larga vida.

8 If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.

8 »Cuando edifiques casa nueva, harás una barandilla alrededor de la azotea para evitar que alguien se caiga, y la culpa de su sangre recaiga sobre la casa y sobre el propietario.

9 Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.

9 »No sembrarás semillas diversas entre las hileras de tu viña. Si lo haces, los sembrados y las viñas deberán entregarse como ofrenda a Dios.

10 Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.

10 »No ararás con un buey y un burro en el mismo yugo.

11 Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.

11 »No uses ropa tejida con dos tipos de hebra (por ejemplo, lana y lino).

12 You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.

12 »Harás flecos en las cuatro puntas del manto con que te cubras.

13 Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,

13 »Si un hombre se casa con una muchacha, y después de haber dormido con ella

14 and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”

14 la acusa de haber tenido antes relaciones con otro hombre,

15 Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate

15 su padre y su madre traerán las pruebas de su virginidad a los jueces de la ciudad.

16 and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.

16 »El padre dirá: “Yo di mi hija a este hombre para que fuera su esposa, y ahora él la repudia

17 And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.

17 y la calumnia diciendo que no era virgen cuando se casó. Pero aquí está la prueba de su virginidad”. Entonces extenderá la sábana delante de los jueces,

18 Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.

18 y estos sentenciarán al hombre a que sea azotado,

19 They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

19 y lo multarán con cien monedas de plata que serán entregadas al padre de la muchacha. Ha acusado falsamente a una virgen de Israel. Ella seguirá siendo su esposa y él no podrá divorciarse de ella.

20 If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,

20 Pero si las acusaciones del hombre son ciertas y ella no era virgen,

21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.

21 los jueces la llevarán hasta la puerta de la casa de sus padres donde los hombres de la ciudad la apedrearán hasta darle muerte. Ha contaminado a Israel con el delito de andar como prostituta mientras vivía en la casa de sus padres; el mal debe ser quitado de en medio de tu pueblo.

22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

22 »Si se sorprende a un hombre cometiendo adulterio con la esposa de otro, él y la mujer deberán morir. De esa manera será purgado el pecado de Israel.

23 If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,

23 Si una muchacha que está comprometida es seducida dentro de las murallas de una ciudad,

24 you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.

24 ella y el hombre que la sedujo serán llevados fuera de las puertas y serán apedreados hasta que mueran: la muchacha porque no gritó pidiendo socorro, y el hombre porque ha violado la dignidad de la novia de otro hombre. De esta manera combatirás el delito en tu pueblo.

25 But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.

25 Pero si este hecho ocurre en el campo, solamente el hombre morirá.

26 Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

26 La muchacha es tan inocente como la víctima de un asesinato.

27 When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.

27 Se da por sentado que ella gritó pero no hubo nadie cerca para oírla y librarla. Si un hombre viola a una muchacha que no está comprometida, y es sorprendido en el acto,

28 If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

28–29 debe pagar una multa de cincuenta monedas de plata y casarse con ella. No podrá divorciarse de ella.

29 then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

30 A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.

30 Un hombre no dormirá con la viuda de su padre, puesto que perteneció a su padre.