Deuteronomio 19

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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 will have destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to you, and when you possess it and live in its cities and buildings,
2 te reservarás tres ciudades en medio de la tierra que Yahveh tu Dios te da en posesión.	2 you shall separate for yourselves three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give to you as a possession,
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 paving the road carefully. And you shall divide the entire province of your land equally into three parts, so that he who is forced to flee because of manslaughter may have a place nearby to which he may be able to escape.
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 antes	4 This shall be the law of the killer who flees, whose life is to be saved. Whoever strikes down his neighbor unwillingly, and who has been proven to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before,
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 such that he had gone with him into the forest simply to cut wood, and in cutting down the tree, the axe slipped from his hand, or the iron slipped from the handle, and it struck his friend and killed him: he shall flee to one of the cities stated above, and he shall live.
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 Otherwise, perhaps the near relative of him whose blood was shed, impelled by his grief, might pursue and apprehend him, unless the way is too long, and he might strike down the life of him who is not guilty unto death, since he had demonstrated that he had no prior hatred against him who was slain.
7 Por eso te doy yo esta orden: «Te reservarás tres ciudades»;	7 For this reason, I instruct you to separate three cities at equal distance from one another.
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 And when the Lord your God will have enlarged your borders, just as he swore to your fathers, and when he will have given to you all the land that he has promised to them,
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 (but this is only so if you will keep his commandments and do the things which I instruct to you this day, so that you love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways at all times) you shall add for yourselves three other cities, and so you shall double the number of the three cities stated above.
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 So may innocent blood not be shed in the midst of the land which the Lord your God will give you to possess, lest you be guilty of blood.
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 But if anyone, having hatred for his neighbor, will have lain in ambush for his life, and, rising up, will have struck him, and he will have died, and if he will have fled to one of the cities stated above,
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 city shall send, and they shall take him from the place of refuge, and they shall deliver him into the hand of the relative of him whose blood was shed, and he shall die.
13 No tendrá tu ojo piedad de él. Harás desaparecer de Israel todo derramamiento de sangre inocente, y así te irá bien.	13 You shall not take pity on him, and so shall you take away the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may be well with you.
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 take up or move the landmark of your neighbor, which those before you have placed, in your possession that the Lord your God will give to you, in the land you will receive to possess.
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 shall not stand against another, no matter what the sin or outrage may be. For every word shall stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses.
16 Si un testigo injusto se levanta contra un hombre para acusarle de transgresión,	16 If a lying witness will have stood against a man, accusing him of a transgression,
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 both of those whose case it is shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges who shall be in those days.
18 Los jueces indagarán minuciosamente, y si resulta que el testigo es un testigo falso, que ha acusado falsamente a su hermano,	18 And when, after a very diligent examination, they will have found that the false witness had told a lie against his brother,
19 haréis con él lo que él pretendía hacer con su hermano. Así harás desaparecer el mal de en medio de ti.	19 they shall render to him just as he intended to do to his brother. And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.
20 Los demás, al saberlo, temerán y no volverán a cometer una maldad semejante en medio de ti.	20 Then the others, upon hearing this, will be afraid, and they will by no means dare to do such things.
21 No tendrá piedad tu ojo. Vida por vida, ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie.	21 You shall not take pity on him. Instead, you shall require a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.”