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Lunedi, 29 aprile 2024 - Santa Caterina da Siena ( Letture di oggi)

Deuteronomio 19


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BIBLIANEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Cuando Yahveh tu Dios haya exterminado a las naciones cuya tierra te va a dar Yahveh tu Dios, cuando las hayas desalojado y habites en sus ciudades y sus casas,1 "When the LORD, your God, removes the nations whose land he is giving you, and you have taken their place and are settled in their cities and houses,
2 te reservarás tres ciudades en medio de la tierra que Yahveh tu Dios te da en posesión.2 you shall set apart three cities in the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you to occupy.
3 Tendrás franco el camino de acceso a ellas, y dividirás en tres partes el territorio del país que Yahveh tu Dios te da en posesión: esto para que todo homicida pueda huir allá.3 You shall thereby divide into three regions the land which the LORD, your God, will give you as a heritage, and so arrange the routes that every homicide will be able to find a refuge.
4 Este es el caso del homicida que puede salvar su vida huyendo allá. El que mate a su prójimo sin querer, sin haberle odiado antes4 "It is in the following case that a homicide may take refuge in such a place to save his life: when someone unwittingly kills his neighbor to whom he had previously borne no malice.
5 (por ejemplo, si va al bosque con su prójimo a cortar leña y, al blandir su mano el hacha para tirar el árbol, se sale el hierro del mango y va a herir mortalmente a su prójimo), éste puede huir a una de esas ciudades y salvar su vida:5 For example, if he goes with his neighbor to a forest to cut wood, and as he swings his ax to fell a tree, its head flies off the handle and hits his neighbor a mortal blow, he may take refuge in one of these cities to save his life.
6 no sea que el vengador de sangre, cuando su corazón arde de ira, persiga al asesino, le dé alcance por ser largo el camino, y le hiera de muerte, siendo así que éste no es reo de muerte, puesto que no odiaba anteriormente al otro.6 Should the distance be too great, the avenger of blood may in the heat of his anger pursue the homicide and overtake him and strike him dead, even though he does not merit death since he had previously borne the slain man no malice.
7 Por eso te doy yo esta orden: «Te reservarás tres ciudades»;7 That is why I order you to set apart three cities.
8 y si Yahveh tu Dios dilata tu territorio, como juró a tus padres, y te da toda la tierra que prometió dar a tus padres. -8 "But if the LORD, your God, enlarges your territory, as he swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land he promised your fathers he would give
9 a condición de que guardes y practiques todos los mandamientos que yo te prescribo hoy, amando a Yahveh tu Dios y siguiendo siempre sus caminos -, a estas tres ciudades añadirás otras tres.9 in the event that you carefully observe all these commandments which I enjoin on you today, loving the LORD, your God, and ever walking in his ways: then add three cities to these three.
10 Así no se derramará sangre inocente en medio de la tierra que Yahveh tu Dios te da en herencia, y no habrá sangre sobre ti.10 Thus, in the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you as a heritage, innocent blood will not be shed and you will not become guilty of bloodshed.
11 Pero si un hombre odia a su prójimo y le tiende una emboscada, se lanza sobre él, le hiere mortalmente y aquél muere, y luego huye a una de estas ciudades,11 "However, if someone lies in wait for his neighbor out of hatred for him, and rising up against him, strikes him mortally, and then takes refuge in one of these cities,
12 los ancianos de su ciudad mandarán a prenderle allí, y le entregarán en manos del vengador de sangre, para que muera.12 the elders of his own city shall send for him and have him taken from there, and shall hand him over to be slain by the avenger of blood.
13 No tendrá tu ojo piedad de él. Harás desaparecer de Israel todo derramamiento de sangre inocente, y así te irá bien.13 Do not look on him with pity, but purge from Israel the stain of shedding innocent blood, that you may prosper.
14 No desplazarás los mojones de tu prójimo, puestos por los antepasados, en la heredad recibida en la tierra que Yahveh tu Dios te da en posesión.14 "You shall not move your neighbor's landmarks erected by your forefathers in the heritage you receive in the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you to occupy.
15 Un solo testigo no es suficiente para convencer a un hombre de cualquier culpa o delito; sea cual fuere el delito que haya cometido, sólo por delaración de dos o tres testigos será firme la causa.15 "One witness alone shall not take the stand against a man in regard to any crime or any offense of which he may be guilty; a judicial fact shall be established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
16 Si un testigo injusto se levanta contra un hombre para acusarle de transgresión,16 "If an unjust witness takes the stand against a man to accuse him of a defection from the law,
17 los dos hombres que por ello tienen pleito comparecerán en presencia de Yahveh, ante los sacerdotes y los jueces que estén entonces en funciones.17 the two parties in the dispute shall appear before the LORD in the presence of the priests or judges in office at that time;
18 Los jueces indagarán minuciosamente, y si resulta que el testigo es un testigo falso, que ha acusado falsamente a su hermano,18 and if after a thorough investigation the judges find that the witness is a false witness and has accused his kinsman falsely,
19 haréis con él lo que él pretendía hacer con su hermano. Así harás desaparecer el mal de en medio de ti.19 you shall do to him as he planned to do to his kinsman. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst.
20 Los demás, al saberlo, temerán y no volverán a cometer una maldad semejante en medio de ti.20 The rest, on hearing of it, shall fear, and never again do a thing so evil among you.
21 No tendrá piedad tu ojo. Vida por vida, ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie.21 Do not look on such a man with pity. Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot!