Deuteronomio 20

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1 Cuando salgas a la guerra contra tus enemigos, y veas caballos, carros y un pueblo más numeroso que tú, no les tengas miedo; porque está contigo Yahveh tu Dios, el que te sacó del país de Egipto.	1 “If you go out to battle against your enemies, and you see horsemen and chariots, and that the multitude of your adversary’s army is greater than your own, you shall not fear them. For the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, is with you.
2 Cuando estéis para entablar combate, el sacerdote se adelantará y hablará al pueblo.	2 Then, as the battle now draws near, the priest shall stand before the front ranks, and he shall speak to the people in this manner:
3 Les dirá: «Escucha, Israel; hoy vais a entablar combate con vuestros enemigos; no desmaye vuestro corazón, no tengáis miedo ni os turbéis, ni tembléis ante ellos,	3 ‘Listen, O Israel! Today you engage in a battle against your enemies. Do not let your heart be overwhelmed with fear. Do not be apprehensive. Do not yield. You should have no dread of them.
4 porque Yahveh vuestro Dios marcha con vosotros para pelear en favor vuestro contra vuestros enemigos y salvaros».	4 For the Lord your God is in your midst, and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf, so that he may rescue you from peril.’
5 Luego los escribas hablarán al pueblo y dirán: «¿Quién ha edificado una casa nueva y no la ha estrenado todavía? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en el combate y la estrene otro hombre.	5 Likewise, the officers shall proclaim, throughout every company, in the hearing of the soldiers: ‘What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may dedicate it.
6 «¿Quién ha plantado una viña y todavía no la ha disfrutado? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en el combate y la disfrute otro.	6 What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not yet caused it to be common, so that all may eat from it? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may carry out his office.
7 «¿Quién se ha desposado con una mujer y no se ha casado aún con ella? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en el combate y se case con ella otro hombre».	7 What man is there, who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in battle, and another man may take her.’
8 Los escribas dirán además al pueblo: «¿Quién tiene miedo y siente enflaquecer su ánimo? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, para que no desanime el corazón de sus hermanos como lo está el suyo».	8 After these things have been declared, they shall add the remainder, and shall say to the people: ‘What man is there who is overwhelmed by fear and is fainthearted? Let him go, and return to his house, lest he cause the hearts of his brothers to fear, just as he himself has been thoroughly stricken with fear.’
9 En cuanto los escribas hayan acabado de hablar al pueblo, se pondrán al frente de él jefes de tropa.	9 And when the officers of the army have become silent, and have completed their speech, each one shall prepare his unit to wage war.
10 Cuando te acerques a una ciudad para combatir contra ella, le propondrás la paz.	10 When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it, you shall first offer peace to it.
11 Si ella te responde con la paz y te abre sus puertas, todo el pueblo que se encuentre en ella te deberá tributo y te servirá.	11 If they receive it, and open the gates to you, then all the people who are in it shall be saved, and they shall serve you by paying tribute.
12 Pero si no hace la paz contigo y te declara la guerra, la sitiarás.	12 But if they are not willing to enter into an agreement, and they begin to act against you in warfare, then you shall besiege it.
13 Yahveh tu Dios la entregará en tus manos, y pasarás a filo de espada a todos sus varones;	13 And when the Lord your God will have delivered it into your hands, you shall strike down anyone who is in it, of the male gender, with the edge of the sword,
14 las mujeres, los niños, el ganado, todo lo que haya en la ciudad, todos sus despojos, lo tomarás como botín. Comerás los despojos de los enemigos que Yahveh tu Dios te haya entregado.	14 but not the women and young children, nor the cattle and the other things that are within the city. And you shall divide all the plunder to the soldiers, and you shall eat the spoils from your enemies, which the Lord your God will give to you.
15 Así has de tratar a las ciudades muy alejadas de ti, que no forman parte de estas naciones.	15 So shall you do to all the cities which are at a great distance from you, those which are not among the cities that you shall receive as a possession.
16 En cuanto a las ciudades de estos pueblos que Yahveh tu Dios te da en herencia, no dejarás nada con vida,	16 But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.
17 sino que las consagrarás al anatema: a hititas, amorreos, cananeos, perizitas, jivitas, y jebuseos, como te ha mandado Yahveh tu Dios,	17 Instead, you shall put them to death with the edge of the sword, specifically: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.
18 para que no os enseñen a imitar todas esas abominaciones que ellos hacían en honor de sus dioses: ¡pecaríais contra Yahveh vuestro Dios!	18 Otherwise, they may teach you to do all the abominations which they have committed for their own gods. And then you would sin against the Lord your God.
19 Si, al atacar una ciudad, tienes que sitiarla mucho tiempo para tomarla, no destruirás su arbolado metiendo en él el hacha; te alimentarás de él sin talarlo. ¿Son acaso hombres los árboles del campo para que los trates como a sitiados?	19 When you will have besieged a city for a long time, and you will have encircled it with fortifications, so that you may fight against it, you shall not cut down trees from which one is able to eat, neither shall you cause devastation with axes to the surrounding region. For it is a tree, and not a man. It is not able to increase the number of those who are fighting against you.
20 Sin embargo podrás destruir y cortar los árboles que sabes que no son frutales, y hacer con ellos obras de asedio contra esa ciudad que está en guerra contigo, hasta que caiga.	20 But if there are any trees which are not fruitful, but are wild, and if these are fit for other uses, then cut them down, and make machines, until you have captured the city that is contending against you.”