Deuteronomio 25

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1 Cuando hay pleito entre dos hombres, se presentarán a juicio para que se pronuncie entre ellos: se dará la razón a quien la tenga y se condenará al culpable.	1 “If there is a case between persons, and they apply to the judges, they shall give the palm of justice to the one whom they perceive to be just, and they shall condemn of impiety the one who is impious.
2 Si el culpable merece azotes, el juez le hará echarse en tierra en su presencia y hará que le azoten con un número de golpes proporcionado a su culpa.	2 But if they see that the one who has sinned is worthy of stripes, they shall prostrate him and cause him to be beaten before them. According to the measure of the sin, so shall the measure of the stripes be.
3 Podrá infligirle cuarenta azotes, pero no más, no sea que al golpearle más sea excesivo el castigo, y tu hermano quede envilecido a tus ojos.	3 Even so, these shall not exceed the number of forty. Otherwise, your brother may depart, having been wounded shamefully before your eyes.
4 No pondrás bozal al buey que trilla.	4 You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out your crops in the field.
5 Si unos hermanos viven juntos y uno de ellos muere sin tener hijos, la mujer del difunto no se casará fuera con un hombre de familia extraña. Su cuñado se llegará a ella, ejercerá su levirato tomándola por esposa,	5 When brothers are living together, and one of them dies without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry another. Instead, his brother shall take her, and he shall raise up offspring for his brother.
6 y el primogénito que ella dé a luz llevará el nombre de su hermano difunto; así su nombre no se borrará de Israel.	6 And the first son from her, he shall call by his brother’s name, so that his name will not be abolished from Israel.
7 Pero si el cuñado se niega a tomarla por mujer, subirá ella a la puerta donde los ancianos y dirá: «Mi cuñado se niega a perpetuar el nombre de su hermano en Israel, no quiere ejercer conmigo su levirato».	7 But if he is not willing to take his brother’s wife, who by law must go to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and she shall call upon those greater by birth, and she shall say: ‘The brother of my husband is not willing to raise up his brother’s name in Israel; nor will he join with me.’
8 Los ancianos de su ciudad llamarán a ese hombre y le hablarán. Cuando al comparecer diga: «No quiero tomarla»,	8 And immediately, they shall summon him to be sent, and they shall question him. If he responds, ‘I am not willing to accept her as a wife,’
9 su cuñada se acercará a él en presencia de los ancianos, le quitará su sandalia del pie, le escupirá a la cara y pronunciará estas palabras: «Así se hace con el hombre que no edifica la casa de su hermano»;	9 then the woman shall approach him in the sight of the elders, and she shall remove his shoe from his foot, and she shall spit in his face, and she shall say: ‘So shall it be done to the man who was not willing to build up his brother’s house.’
10 y se le dará en Israel el nombre de «Casa del descalzado».	10 And his name shall be called in Israel: The House of the Unshod.
11 Si un hombre está peleándose con su hermano, y la mujer de uno de ellos se acerca y, para librar a su marido de los golpes del otro, alarga la mano y agarra a éste por sus partes,	11 If two men have a conflict between themselves, and one begins to do violence to the other, and if the other’s wife, wanting to rescue her husband from the hand of the stronger one, extends her hand and grasps him by his private parts,
12 tú le cortarás a ella la mano sin piedad.	12 then you shall cut off her hand. Neither shall you weep over her with any mercy.
13 No tendrás en tu bolsa pesa y pesa, una grande y otra pequeña.	13 You shall not have differing weights, greater and lesser, in your bag.
14 No tendrás en tu casa medida y medida, una grande y otra pequeña.	14 Neither shall there be in your house a greater and a lesser measure.
15 Has de tener un peso cabal y exacto, e igualmente una medida cabal y exacta, para que se prolonguen tus días en el suelo que Yahveh tu Dios te da.	15 You shall have a just and a true weight, and your measure shall be equal and true, so that you may live for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
16 Porque todo el que hace estas cosas, todo el que comete fraude, es una abominación para Yahveh tu Dios.	16 For the Lord your God abominates him who does these things, and he loathes all injustice.
17 Recuerda lo que te hizo Amalec cuando estabais de camino a vuestra salida de Egipto,	17 Remember what Amalek did to you, along the way, when you were departing from Egypt:
18 cómo vino a tu encuentro en el camino y atacó por la espalda a todos los que iban agotados en tu retaguardia, cuando tú estabas cansado y extenuado; ¡no tuvo temor de Dios!	18 how he met you and cut down the stragglers of the troops, who were sitting down, exhausted, when you were consumed by hunger and hardship, and how he did not fear God.
19 Por eso, cuando Yahveh tu Dios te haya asentado al abrigo de todos tus enemigos de alrededor, en la tierra que Yahveh tu Dios te da en herencia para que la poseas, borrarás el recuerdo de Amalec de debajo de los cielos. ¡No lo olvides!	19 Therefore, when the Lord your God will give you rest, and you will have subdued all the surrounding nations, in the land which he has promised to you, you shall delete his name from under heaven. Take care not to forget this.”