Deuteronomy · Catholic Public Domain Version
Deuteronomy 20 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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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.
1 CUANDO salieres á la guerra contra tus enemigos, y vieres caballos y carros, un pueblo más grande que tú, no tengas temor de ellos, que Jehová tu Dios es contigo, el cual te sacó de tierra de Egipto.
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:
2 Y será que, cuando os acercareis para combatir, llegaráse el sacerdote, y hablará al pueblo,
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.
3 Y les dirá: Oye, Israel, vosotros os juntáis hoy en batalla contra vuestros enemigos: no se ablande vuestro corazón, no temáis, no os azoréis, ni tampoco os desalentéis delante de ellos;
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.’
4 Que Jehová vuestro Dios anda con vosotros, para pelear por vosotros contra vuestros enemigos, para salvaros.
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.
5 Y los oficiales hablarán al pueblo, diciendo: ¿Quién ha edificado casa nueva, y no la ha estrenado? Vaya, y vuélvase á su casa, porque quizá no muera en la batalla, y otro alguno la estrene.
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.
6 ¿Y quién ha plantado viña, y no ha hecho común uso de ella? Vaya, y vuélvase á su casa, porque quizá no muera en la batalla, y otro alguno la goce.
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.’
7 ¿Y quién se ha desposado con mujer, y no la ha tomado? Vaya, y vuélvase á su casa, porque quizá no muera en la batalla, y algún otro la tome.
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.’
8 Y tornarán los oficiales á hablar al pueblo, y dirán: ¿Quién es hombre medroso y tierno de corazón? Vaya, y vuélvase á su casa, y no apoque el corazón de sus hermanos, como su corazón.
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.
9 Y será que, cuando los oficiales acabaren de hablar al pueblo, entonces los capitanes de los ejércitos mandarán delante del pueblo.
10 When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it, you shall first offer peace to it.
10 Cuando te acercares á una ciudad para combatirla, le intimarás la paz.
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.
11 Y será que, si te respondiere, Paz, y te abriere, todo el pueblo que en ella fuere hallado te serán tributarios, y te servirán.
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.
12 Mas si no hiciere paz contigo, y emprendiere contigo guerra, y la cercares,
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,
13 Luego que Jehová tu Dios la entregare en tu mano, herirás á todo varón suyo á filo de espada.
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.
14 Solamente las mujeres y los niños, y los animales, y todo lo que hubiere en la ciudad, todos sus despojos, tomarás para ti: y comerás del despojo de tus enemigos, los cuales Jehová tu Dios te entregó.
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.
15 Así harás á todas las ciudades que estuvieren muy lejos de ti, que no fueren de las ciudades de estas gentes.
16 But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.
16 Empero de las ciudades de estos pueblos que Jehová tu Dios te da por heredad, ninguna persona dejarás con vida;
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.
17 Antes del todo los destruirás: al Hetheo, y al Amorrheo, y al Cananeo, y al Pherezeo, y al Heveo, y al Jebuseo; como Jehová tu Dios te ha mandado:
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.
18 Porque no os enseñen á hacer según todas sus abominaciones, que ellos hacen á sus dioses, y pequéis contra Jehová vuestro Dios.
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.
19 Cuando pusieres cerco á alguna ciudad, peleando contra ella muchos días para tomarla, no destruyas su arboleda metiendo en ella hacha, porque de ella comerás; y no la talarás, que no es hombre el árbol del campo para venir contra ti en el cerco.
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.”
20 Mas el árbol que supieres que no es árbol para comer, lo destruirás y lo talarás, y construye baluarte contra la ciudad que pelea contigo, hasta sojuzgarla.
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 32:7–8; Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 20:7; Deuteronomy 31:6; Isaiah 43:2
- 2 2 Chronicles 13:12; Numbers 31:6; Numbers 10:8–9; 1 Samuel 14:18; Judges 20:27–28
- 3 Hebrews 13:6; Psalm 3:6; Revelation 2:10; Joshua 23:10; Psalm 27:1–3
- 4 Exodus 14:14; Deuteronomy 3:22; Deuteronomy 1:30; Joshua 23:10; Deuteronomy 11:25
- 5 Nehemiah 12:27; 1 Samuel 17:18; Deuteronomy 16:18; Numbers 31:48; Deuteronomy 1:15
- 6 Leviticus 19:23–25
- 7 Deuteronomy 24:5; Deuteronomy 28:30; 2 Timothy 2:4; Deuteronomy 22:23–25; Matthew 1:18
- 8 Judges 7:3; Revelation 21:8; Deuteronomy 1:28; Acts 15:37–38; Deuteronomy 23:9
- 10 Luke 10:5–6; 2 Corinthians 5:18–6:1; Ephesians 2:17; 2 Samuel 20:18–22; Zechariah 9:10
- 11 Joshua 11:19–20; Joshua 9:27; Joshua 9:22–23; Luke 19:14; Leviticus 25:42–46
- 13 Psalm 2:6–12; Luke 19:27; 1 Kings 11:15–16; Psalm 21:8–9; Numbers 31:17–18
- 14 Joshua 8:2; Joshua 22:8; Numbers 31:9; 2 Chronicles 20:25; Numbers 31:12
- 16 Joshua 11:14; Numbers 21:2–3; Deuteronomy 7:16; Deuteronomy 7:1–4; Joshua 6:17–21
- 17 Isaiah 34:5–6; Jeremiah 50:35–40; Deuteronomy 7:1–2; Ezekiel 38:21–23; Jeremiah 48:10
- 18 Deuteronomy 12:30–31; Exodus 23:33; Ephesians 5:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 6:17
- 19 Matthew 3:10; Matthew 21:19; Deuteronomy 26:6; John 15:2–8; Luke 13:7–9
- 20 Isaiah 37:33; Jeremiah 6:6; Jeremiah 33:4; Ezekiel 17:17; Deuteronomy 1:28
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