Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Deuteronomio 20
1Cuando saliendo a la guerra contra tus enemigos vieres caballos y carros y gente más numerosa que tú, no los temas; porque Yahvé, tu Dios, el que te sacó del país de Egipto, está contigo. “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.2Cuando os dispongáis al combate, se acercará el sacerdote y hablará al pueblo, 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:3y le dirá: ‘Escucha Israel: os dispondréis hoy para pelear contra vuestros enemigos; no desmaye vuestro corazón; no temáis, no os asustéis, ni os amedrentéis ante ellos; ‘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.4pues Yahvé, vuestro Dios, marcha con vosotros para pelear por vosotros contra vuestros enemigos para salvaros.’ 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.’5Los capitanes hablarán al pueblo, diciendo: ‘¿Quién ha edificado una casa nueva y no la ha estrenado? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en la batalla y otro hombre la estrene. 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 no ha comenzado aún a disfrutarla? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en la batalla y otro hombre goce de ella. 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 aún no la ha tomado? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que muera en la batalla y otro hombre se case con ella.’ 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.’8Los capitanes se dirigirán de nuevo al pueblo y dirán: ‘¿Quién tiene miedo y es tímido de corazón? Váyase y vuelva a su casa, no sea que el corazón de sus hermanos desfallezca así como el corazón suyo.’ 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.’9Y cuando los capitanes hayan acabado de hablar al pueblo, los jefes de las tropas se pondrán al frente del pueblo. And when the officers of the army have become silent, and have completed their speech, each one shall prepare his unit to wage war.10En el caso de acercarte a una ciudad para atacarla le ofrecerás la paz. When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it, you shall first offer peace to it.11Si la acepta, y te abre, toda la gente que se hallare dentro será tributaria tuya y te servirá. 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.12Mas si no hace paz contigo, y empieza a hacerte guerra, la sitiarás; 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.13y cuando Yahvé tu Dios, la entregare en tu mano pasarás a cuchillo a todos sus varones; 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,14pero las mujeres, los niños y los ganados, con todo lo que se halle dentro de la ciudad, todo su botín lo tomarás para ti, y comerás de los despojos de tus enemigos, que Yahvé, tu Dios, ha entregado en tus manos. 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.15Así harás con todas las ciudades muy distantes de ti y que no sean de las ciudades de estos pueblos. 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.16Pero en cuanto a las ciudades de estos pueblos que Yahvé, tu Dios, te da por herencia, no dejarás con vida alma alguna, But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.17sino que entregarás al anatema a los heteos, amorreos, cananeos, fereceos, heveos y jebuseos, como Yahvé, tu Dios, te lo ha mandado, 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.18a fin de que no os enseñen a imitar todas las abominaciones que ellos practican con sus dioses, y para que no pequéis contra Yahvé, Dios vuestro. 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.19Cuando sitiares una ciudad por mucho tiempo, peleando contra ella para conquistarla, no destruirás sus árboles, alzando contra ellos el hacha; porque de ellos podrás comer; no los cortarás. ¿Acaso son hombres los árboles del campo y necesitan ser sitiados? 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.20Solamente los árboles que tú sabes que no son frutales, podrás destruir cortándolos para construir fortificaciones contra la ciudad que te hace guerra hasta que se rinda. 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.”