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 hay pleito entre dos hombres y van a la corte, y los jueces deciden el caso, y absuelven al justo y condenan 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.

sucederá que si el culpable merece ser azotado, entonces el juez le hará tenderse, y será azotado en su presencia con el número de azotes de acuerdo con su culpa.

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.

Puede darle cuarenta azotes, pero no más, no sea que le dé muchos más azotes que éstos, y tu hermano quede degradado ante tus ojos.

4 Y ou shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.

No pondrás bozal al buey mientras trilla. Deberes para con la viuda del hermano

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 dos hermanos habitan juntos y uno de ellos muere y no tiene hijo, la mujer del fallecido no se casará fuera de la familia con un extraño. El cuñado se allegará a ella y la tomará para sí como mujer, y cumplirá con ella su deber de cuñado.

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 dé a luz llevará el nombre de su hermano difunto, para que su nombre 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.”

Pero si el hombre no quiere tomar a su cuñada, entonces su cuñada irá a la puerta, a los ancianos, y dirá: “Mi cuñado se niega a establecer un nombre para su hermano en Israel; no quiere cumplir para conmigo su deber de cuñado.”

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 su ciudad lo llamarán y le hablarán. Y si él persiste y dice: “No deseo 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.”

entonces su cuñada vendrá a él a la vista de los ancianos, le quitará la sandalia de su pie y le escupirá en la cara; y ella declarará: “Así se hace al hombre 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 en Israel se le llamará: “La casa del de la sandalia quitada.” Leyes diversas

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 dos hombres luchan entre sí, un hombre y su conciudadano, y la mujer de uno se acerca para librar a su marido de la mano del que lo golpea, y ella extiende su mano y le agarra sus partes vergonzosas,

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

entonces le cortarás su mano; no tendrás piedad.

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

No tendrás en tu bolsa pesas diferentes, una grande y una pequeña.

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

No tendrás en tu casa medidas diferentes, una grande y una pequeña.

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.

Tendrás peso completo y justo; tendrás medida completa y justa, para que se prolonguen tus días en 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 todo el que hace estas cosas, todo el que comete injusticia, es abominación para el Señor tu Dios.

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 saliste 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.

cómo te salió al encuentro en el camino, y atacó entre los tuyos a todos los agotados en tu retaguardia cuando tú estabas fatigado y cansado; y él 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.

Por tanto, sucederá que cuando el Señor tu Dios te haya dado descanso de todos tus enemigos alrededor, en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da en heredad para poseerla, borrarás de debajo del cielo la memoria de Amalec; no lo olvides.