Deuteronomy 25

1 If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

1 »Si un hombre es declarado culpable de un delito

2 If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.

2 y se le condena a ser azotado, el juez ordenará que se acueste en tierra y sea azotado en su presencia en proporción a la gravedad de su delito.

3 He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.

3 Pero no debe dársele más de cuarenta azotes, porque el castigo podría ser demasiado severo y tu hermano podría verse degradado ante ti.

4 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

4 »No le pondrás bozal al buey que trilla.

5 When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

5 »Si el hermano de un hombre muere sin tener hijos, la viuda no podrá casarse fuera de la familia. El hermano del marido deberá casarse con ella y darle descendencia.

6 The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

6 El primer hijo que ella le dé será considerado hijo del hermano muerto, a fin de que su nombre no sea olvidado.

7 But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”

7 Pero si el hermano del muerto no quiere cumplir su deber en este asunto y se niega a casarse con la viuda, ella irá a la ciudad donde deliberan los ancianos de la ciudad y les dirá: “Mi cuñado no quiere hacer que continúe el nombre de su hermano. No quiere casarse conmigo”.

8 Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”

8 Los ancianos de la ciudad lo llamarán y tratarán de convencerlo, y si aún se niega,

9 his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

9 la viuda se acercará a él en presencia de los ancianos, le sacará la sandalia del pie y le escupirá en el rostro. Entonces ella dirá: “Esto es lo que le ocurre a un hombre que se niega a dejar descendencia a su hermano”.

10 And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”

10 De allí en adelante, el nombre de la casa de ese hombre será “casa del descalzo”.

11 If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,

11 »Si dos hombres riñen y la esposa de uno de ellos interviene para ayudar a su marido y toma al otro por los testículos,

12 you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.

12 se le cortará la mano a la mujer inmediatamente y sin misericordia:

13 You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

13–15 »En todos tus negocios debes usar balanza y medida exactas para que tengas una vida larga y buena en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da.

14 You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.

15 You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

16 For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

16 Todo aquel que engaña con pesas y medidas injustas es detestable delante del Señor tu Dios.

17 Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,

17 »No debes olvidar lo que el pueblo de Amalec te hizo cuando saliste de Egipto.

18 how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.

18 Recuerda que ellos pelearon contra ti y atacaron a los que estaban agotados y cansados en la retaguardia, sin respeto ni temor del Señor.

19 When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

19 Por lo tanto, cuando el Señor tu Dios te haya dado reposo de todos tus enemigos en la Tierra prometida, deberás destruir completamente al nombre de Amalec de debajo del cielo. Jamás olvides esto.