Numbers 5

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

1 Otras instrucciones que el Señor dio a Moisés:

2 “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.

2 «Informa al pueblo de Israel que deben sacar a todos los leprosos del campamento y a todos los que padecen flujo, así como a los que se han contaminado tocando a un muerto.

3 You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

3 Esto es aplicable tanto a hombres como a mujeres. Sáquenlos para que no contaminen el campamento donde yo habito con ustedes».

4 So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.

4 Estas instrucciones se llevaron a cabo.

5 And the LORD said to Moses,

5 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Moisés:

6 “Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty

6 «Dile al pueblo de Israel que cuando alguien, sea hombre o mujer, sea infiel al Señor por pecar contra su prójimo,

7 and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.

7 debe confesar su pecado y debe restituir a la persona perjudicada completamente el daño, añadiendo el veinte por ciento.

8 But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.

8 Pero si la persona perjudicada ha muerto, y no hay un pariente cercano a quien se pueda hacer el pago, entonces la restitución debe darse al sacerdote, junto con un cordero como restitución.

9 Every sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him.

9–10 Cuando el pueblo de Israel lleve una ofrenda al Señor, la ofrenda quedará como posesión de los sacerdotes».

10 Each man’s sacred gifts are his own, but whatever he gives to the priest will belong to the priest.”

11 Then the LORD said to Moses,

11 Y el Señor le dijo a Moisés:

12 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him

12 «Dile al pueblo de Israel que si la esposa de un hombre comete adulterio,

13 by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),

13 pero no hay pruebas por falta de testigos,

14 and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—

14 y él tiene sospechas y está celoso,

15 then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.

15 el marido llevará a su mujer ante el sacerdote junto con una ofrenda por ella, consistente en dos kilos y medio de harina de cebada, sin aceite ni incienso —porque es una ofrenda de celos— con el fin de averiguar la verdad en cuanto a si es culpable o no.

16 The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD.

16 »El sacerdote presentará a la mujer ante el Señor,

17 Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

17 y pondrá agua santa en una jarra de barro, mezclándola con polvo del suelo del santuario.

18 After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

18 La mujer desatará sus cabellos y pondrá en sus manos la ofrenda de los celos para determinar si las sospechas de su marido están o no justificadas. El sacerdote estará de pie delante de ella sosteniendo al jarro con agua amarga que trae la maldición.

19 And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

19 El sacerdote la pondrá bajo juramento para jurar que es inocente, y a continuación le dirá: “Si ningún hombre se ha acostado contigo, excepto tu marido que quedes libre de los efectos de esta agua amarga que trae maldición.

20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—

20 Pero si has cometido adulterio,

21 and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

21–22 que el Señor te maldiga en medio de tu pueblo, y no puedas tener hijos y tu vientre se hinche”. Entonces le pedirá a la mujer que diga: “Sí, así sea”.

22 May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’

23 And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

23 A continuación el sacerdote escribirá las maldiciones en un libro y las lavará con el agua amarga.

24 He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and may cause her bitter suffering.

24 (Cuando la mujer se beba el agua a instancia del sacerdote, esta se hará amarga dentro de ella si es culpable).

25 The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.

25 »Entonces el sacerdote tomará la ofrenda de los celos, la mecerá ante el Señor y la llevará al altar.

26 Then the priest is to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar; after that he is to have the woman drink the water.

26 Tomará un puñado de la ofrenda, lo quemará sobre el altar, y luego ordenará a la mujer que se beba el agua.

27 When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.

27 Si ella se ha contaminado cometiendo adulterio contra su marido, el agua se volverá amarga en su interior, y su vientre se hinchará y sus muslos se secarán, y ella será maldita en su nación.

28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.

28 Pero si ella es fiel a su marido y no ha cometido adulterio, no le pasará nada y pronto quedará encinta.

29 This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,

29 »Esta es, pues, la ley en cuanto a la esposa infiel —o en cuanto a las sospechas de un marido respecto a su mujer—.

30 or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.

30 Esta es la ley que se aplicará cuando una esposa sea infiel a su marido, o este sospeche que lo ha sido, el marido llevará a su mujer ante el sacerdote, y este actuará como se ha dicho antes.

31 The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”

31 El marido no será juzgado por haberle causado tan terrible enfermedad, pues ella es la responsable».