| 1 Hijos sois del Señor, vuestro Dios. No os tatuaréis ni os raparéis la frente por un muerto, | 1 “Be sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make yourselves bald, because of the dead. |
| 2 pues tú eres un pueblo santo para el Señor, tu Dios; el Señor te eligió para que seas, entre todos los pueblos de la tierra, su propio pueblo. | 2 For you are a holy people, for the Lord your God. And he chose you, so that you may be a people particularly his, out of all the nations on earth. |
| 3 No comerás nada abominable. | 3 You shall not eat the things that are unclean. |
| 4 Estos son los animales que podréis comer: el buey, el cordero, el cabrito, | 4 These are the animals which you ought to eat: the ox, and the sheep, and the goat, |
| 5 el ciervo, la gacela, el corzo, la cabra montés, el antílope, el búfalo y el rebeco, | 5 the stag and the roe deer, the gazelle, the wild goat, the addax, the antelope, the giraffe. |
| 6 y cualquier animal rumiante de pata ungulada, que tenga la pezuña hendida en dos, lo podéis comer. | 6 Every beast which has a hoof divided into two parts and which also chews the cud, you shall eat. |
| 7 Pero, entre los rumiantes o que tienen la pezuña hendida, no comeréis los siguientes: el camello, la liebre y el conejo, que son rumiantes, pero no tienen la pezuña hendida, tenedlos por impuros; | 7 But those which chew over again, but do not have a divided hoof, you must not eat, such as the camel, the hare, and the hyrax. Since these chew the cud, but do not have a divided the hoof, they shall be unclean to you. |
| 8 el cerdo, que tiene la pezuña hendida, pero no es rumiante, tenedlo por impuro. No comeréis su carne ni tocaréis su cadáver. | 8 The pig also, since it has a divided hoof, but does not chew over again, shall be unclean. Their flesh shall not be eaten, and you shall not touch their carcasses. |
| 9 De todo lo que vive en el agua, podréis comer lo siguiente: todo lo que tiene aletas y escamas, lo podéis comer, | 9 These you shall eat out of all that dwells in the waters: whatever has fins and scales, you shall eat. |
| 10 pero lo que no tiene aletas ni escamas, no lo podéis comer. Tenedlo por impuro. | 10 Whatever is without fins and scales, you shall not eat, for these are unclean. |
| 11 Podréis comer toda ave pura, | 11 All the clean birds, you shall eat. |
| 12 pero no podéis comer el águila, el quebrantahuesos, el águila marina, | 12 You shall not eat those that are unclean: such as the eagle, and the griffin, and the osprey, |
| 13 el milano, el buitre en todas sus variedades, | 13 the crane, and the vulture, and the kite, according to their kind, |
| 14 el cuervo en todas sus variedades, | 14 and any kind of raven, |
| 15 el avestruz, el halcón, la gaviota y el azor en todas sus variedades, | 15 and the ostrich, and the owl, and the gull, and the hawk, according to their kind, |
| 16 el búho, el mochuelo, el cisne, | 16 the heron, and the swan, and the ibis, |
| 17 el pelícano, el calamón, el mergo, | 17 and the sea bird, the marsh hen, and the night raven, |
| 18 la cigüeña, la garza en todas sus variedades, la abubilla y el murciélago. | 18 the pelican and the plover, each in their kind, likewise the crested hoopoe and the bat. |
| 19 Todo insecto alado, tenedlo por impuro, no lo comeréis. | 19 And anything which crawls and also has little wings shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten. |
| 20 Podéis comer toda ave pura. | 20 All that is clean, you shall eat. |
| 21 No comeréis ninguna bestia muerta; la podrás dar al emigrante que vive en tus ciudades, para que se la coma, o véndela a un extranjero, pues tú eres un pueblo santo para el Señor, tu Dios.No cocerás un cabrito en la leche de su madre. | 21 But whatever has died of itself, you shall not eat from it. Give it to the sojourner, who is within your gates, so that he may eat, or sell it to him. For you are the holy people of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of his mother. |
| 22 Cada año apartarás el diezmo de todo el producto de lo que hayas sembrado y haya brotado en el campo, | 22 Each year, you shall separate the tithes out of all your crops which spring forth from the earth. |
| 23 y comerás en presencia del Señor, tu Dios, en el lugar que elija para hacer morar allí su nombre, el diezmo de tu grano, tu mosto y tu aceite, y los primogénitos de tu ganado mayor y menor, para que aprendas a temer al Señor, tu Dios, mientras vivas. | 23 And you shall eat these in the sight of the Lord your God, in the place which he will choose, so that his name may be invoked there: the tenth part of your grain and wine and oil, and the firstborn from the herds and your sheep. So may you learn to fear the Lord your God at all times. |
| 24 Pero si el camino es demasiado largo para ti y no puedes transportarlo, porque te queda lejos el lugar que el Señor haya elegido para poner allí su nombre y porque el Señor, tu Dios, te ha colmado de bendiciones, | 24 But when the way and the place which the Lord your God will have chosen is further away, and he will have blessed you, so that you are not able to carry all these things to it, |
| 25 lo cambiarás por dinero, y tomarás el dinero contigo e irás al lugar que haya elegido el Señor, tu Dios. | 25 you shall sell them all, so as to turn them into money, and you shall carry it in your hand, and you shall set out for the place which the Lord will choose. |
| 26 Emplearás el dinero en todo lo que te apetezca: ganado mayor o menor, vino, licores, todo lo que te apetezca; y lo comerás allí, en presencia del Señor, tu Dios, y te regocijarás tú y tu casa. | 26 And you shall buy with the same money whatever pleases you, either from the herds or from the sheep, and also wine and liquor, and all that your soul desires. And you shall eat in the sight of the Lord your God, and you shall feast: you and your household. |
| 27 No abandonarás al levita, que vive en tus ciudades, pues él no tiene porción ni heredad como tú. | 27 As for the Levite, who is within your gates, take care that you do not abandon him, for he has no other portion within your possession. |
| 28 Cada tres años apartarás todo el diezmo de tu cosecha de ese año y lo depositarás en tus ciudades, | 28 In the third year, you shall separate another tenth part of all the things which spring forth for you at that time, and you shall store it within your gates. |
| 29 y vendrá el levita, que no tiene porción ni heredad como tú, el emigrante, el huérfano y la viuda, que viven en tus ciudades, y comerán hasta saciarse, para que el Señor, tu Dios, te bendiga en todas las tareas que emprendas. | 29 And the Levite, who has no other portion or possession with you, and the sojourner as well as the orphan and the widow who are within your gates, shall approach and eat and be satisfied, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works of your hands which you shall do.” |
