Deuteronomy · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Deuteronomy 12 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 These are the precepts and judgments, that you must do in the land, which the Lord the God of thy fathers will give thee, to possess it all the days that thou shalt walk upon the earth.
1 ESTOS son los estatutos y derechos que cuidaréis de poner por obra, en la tierra que Jehová el Dios de tus padres te ha dado para que la poseas, todos los días que vosotros viviereis sobre la tierra.
1 These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days that you live on the earth.
2 Destroy all the places in which the nations, that you shall possess, worshipped their gods upon high mountains, and hills, and under every shady tree:
2 Destruiréis enteramente todos los lugares donde las gentes que vosotros heredareis sirvieron á sus dioses, sobre los montes altos, y sobre los collados, y debajo de todo árbol espeso:
2 You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
3 Overthrow their altars, and break down their statues, burn their groves with fire, and break their idols in pieces: destroy their names out of those places.
3 Y derribaréis sus altares, y quebraréis sus imágenes, y sus bosques consumiréis con fuego: y destruiréis las esculturas de sus dioses, y extirparéis el nombre de ellas de aquel lugar.
3 You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place.
4 You shall not do so to the Lord your God:
4 No haréis así á Jehová vuestro Dios.
4 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.
5 But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it:
5 Mas el lugar que Jehová vuestro Dios escogiere de todas vuestras tribus, para poner allí su nombre para su habitación, ése buscaréis, y allá iréis:
5 But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there.
6 And you shall offer in that place your holocausts and victims, the tithes and firstfruits of your hands and your vows and gifts, the firstborn of your herds and your sheep.
6 Y allí llevaréis vuestros holocaustos, y vuestros sacrificios, y vuestros diezmos, y la ofrenda elevada de vuestras manos, y vuestros votos, y vuestras ofrendas voluntarias, y los primerizos de vuestras vacas y de vuestras ovejas:
6 You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock there.
7 And you shall eat there in the sight of the Lord your God: and you shall rejoice in all things, whereunto you shall put your hand, you and your houses wherein the Lord your God hath blessed you.
7 Y comeréis allí delante de Jehová vuestro Dios, y os alegraréis, vosotros y vuestras familias, en toda obra de vuestras manos en que Jehová tu Dios te hubiere bendecido.
7 There you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.
8 You shall not do there the things we do here this day, every man that which seemeth good to himself.
8 No haréis como todo lo que nosotros hacemos aquí ahora, cada uno lo que le parece,
8 You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
9 For until this present time you are not come to refit, and to the possession, which the Lord your God will give you.
9 Porque aun hasta ahora no habéis entrado al reposo y á la heredad que os da Jehová vuestro Dios.
9 for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Yahweh your God gives you.
10 You shall pass over the Jordan, and shall dwell in the land which the Lord your God will give you, that you may have rest from all enemies round about: and may dwell without any fear,
10 Mas pasaréis el Jordán, y habitaréis en la tierra que Jehová vuestro Dios os hace heredar, y él os dará reposo de todos vuestros enemigos alrededor, y habitaréis seguros.
10 But when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety,
11 In the place, which the Lord your God shall choose, that his name may be therein. Thither shall you bring all the things that I command you, holocausts, and victims, and tithes, and the firstfruits of your hands: and whatsoever is the choicest in the gifts which you shall vow to the Lord.
11 Y al lugar que Jehová vuestro Dios escogiere para hacer habitar en él su nombre, allí llevaréis todas las cosas que yo os mando: vuestros holocaustos, y vuestros sacrificios, vuestros diezmos, y las ofrendas elevadas de vuestras manos, y todo lo escogido de vuestros votos que hubiereis prometido á Jehová;
11 then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.
12 There shall you feast before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your menservants and maid-servants, and the Levite that dwelleth in your cities. For he hath no other part and possession among you.
12 Y os alegraréis delante de Jehová vuestro Dios, vosotros, y vuestros hijos, y vuestras hijas, y vuestros siervos, y vuestras siervas, y el Levita que estuviere en vuestras poblaciones: por cuanto no tiene parte ni heredad con vosotros.
12 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
13 Beware lest thou offer thy holocausts in every place that thou shalt see:
13 Guárdate, que no ofrezcas tus holocaustos en cualquier lugar que vieres;
13 Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
14 But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes shalt thou offer sacrifices. and shalt do all that I command thee.
14 Mas en el lugar que Jehová escogiere, en una de tus tribus, allí ofrecerás tus holocaustos, y allí harás todo lo que yo te mando.
14 but in the place which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.
15 But if thou desirest to eat, and the eating of flesh delight thee, kill, and eat according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he hath given thee, in thy cities: whether it be unclean, that is to say, having blemish or defect: or clean, that is to say, sound and without blemish, such as may be offered, as the roe, and the hart, shalt thou eat it:
15 Con todo, podrás matar y comer carne en todas tus poblaciones conforme al deseo de tu alma, según la bendición de Jehová tu Dios que él te habrá dado: el inmundo y el limpio la comerá, como [la] de corzo ó de ciervo:
15 Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.
16 Only the blood thou shalt not eat, but thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
16 Salvo que sangre no comeréis; sobre la tierra la derramaréis como agua.
16 Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
17 Thou mayst not eat in thy towns the tithes of thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil, the firstborn of thy herds and thy cattle, nor any thing that thou vowest, and that thou wilt offer voluntarily, and the firstfruits of thy hands:
17 Ni podrás comer en tus poblaciones el diezmo de tu grano, ó de tu vino, ó de tu aceite, ni los primerizos de tus vacas, ni de tus ovejas, ni tus votos que prometieres, ni tus ofrendas voluntarias, ni las elevadas ofrendas de tus manos:
17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your free will offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;
18 But thou shalt eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and maidservant, and the Levite that dwelleth in thy cities: and thou shalt rejoice and be refreshed before the Lord thy God in all things, whereunto thou shalt put thy hand.
18 Mas delante de Jehová tu Dios las comerás, en el lugar que Jehová tu Dios hubiere escogido, tú, y tu hijo, y tu hija, y tu siervo, y tu sierva, y el Levita que está en tus poblaciones: y alegrarte has delante de Jehová tu Dios en toda obra de tus manos.
18 but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.
19 Take heed thou forsake not the Levite all the time that thou livest in the land.
19 Ten cuidado de no desamparar al Levita en todos tus días sobre tu tierra.
19 Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
20 When the Lord thy God shall have enlarged thy borders, as he hath spoken to thee, and thou wilt eat the flesh that thy soul desireth:
20 Cuando Jehová tu Dios ensanchare tu término, como él te ha dicho, y tú dijeres, Comeré carne, porque deseó tu alma comerla, conforme á todo el deseo de tu alma comerás carne.
20 When Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.
21 And if the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name should be there, be far off, thou shalt kill of thy herds and of thy flocks, as I have commanded thee, and shalt eat in thy towns, as it pleaseth thee.
21 Cuando estuviere lejos de ti el lugar que Jehová tu Dios habrá escogido, para poner allí su nombre, matarás de tus vacas y de tus ovejas, que Jehová te hubiere dado, como te he mandado yo, y comerás en tus puertas según todo lo que deseare tu alma.
21 If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to put his name is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.
22 Even as the roe and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them: both the clean and unclean shall eat of them alike.
22 Lo mismo que se come el corzo y el ciervo, así las comerás: el inmundo y el limpio comerán también de ellas.
22 Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
23 Only beware of this, that thou eat not the blood, for the blood is for the soul: and therefore thou must not eat the soul with the flesh:
23 Solamente que te esfuerces á no comer sangre: porque la sangre es el alma; y no has de comer el alma juntamente con su carne.
23 Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.
24 But thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water,
24 No la comerás: en tierra la derramarás como agua.
24 You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
25 That it may be well with thee and thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is pleasing in the sight of the Lord.
25 No comerás de ella; para que te vaya bien á ti, y á tus hijos después de ti, cuando hicieres lo recto en ojos de Jehová.
25 You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do that which is right in Yahweh’s eyes.
26 But the things which thou hast sanctified and vowed to the Lord, thou shalt take, and shalt come to the place which the Lord shall choose:
26 Empero las cosas que tuvieres tú consagradas, y tus votos, las tomarás, y vendrás al lugar que Jehová hubiere escogido:
26 Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose.
27 And shalt offer thy oblations the flesh and the blood upon the altar of the Lord thy God: the blood of thy victims thou shalt pour on the altar: and the flesh thou thyself shalt eat.
27 Y ofrecerás tus holocaustos, la carne y la sangre, sobre el altar de Jehová tu Dios: y la sangre de tus sacrificios será derramada sobre el altar de Jehová tu Dios, y comerás la carne.
27 You shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on Yahweh your God’s altar. The blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on Yahweh your God’s altar, and you shall eat the meat.
28 Observe and hear all the things that I command thee, that it may be well with thee and thy children after thee for ever, when thou shalt do what is good and pleasing in the sight of the Lord thy God.
28 Guarda y escucha todas estas palabras que yo te mando, porque te vaya bien á ti y á tus hijos después de ti para siempre, cuando hicieres lo bueno y lo recto en los ojos de Jehová tu Dios.
28 Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in Yahweh your God’s eyes.
29 When the Lord thy God shall have destroyed before thy face the nations, which then shalt go in to possess, and when thou shalt possess them, and dwell in their land:
29 Cuando hubiere devastado delante de ti Jehová tu Dios las naciones á donde tú vas para poseerlas, y las heredares, y habitares en su tierra,
29 When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations from before you where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land,
30 Beware lest thou imitate them, after they are destroyed at thy coming in, and lest thou seek after their ceremonies, saying: As these nations have worshipped their gods, so will I also worship.
30 Guárdate que no tropieces en pos de ellas, después que fueren destruídas delante de ti: no preguntes acerca de sus dioses, diciendo: De la manera que servían aquellas gentes á sus dioses, así haré yo también.
30 be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them after they are destroyed from before you, and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
31 Thou shalt not do in like manner to the Lord thy God. For they have done to their gods all the abominations which the Lord abhorreth, offering their sons and daughters, and burning them with fire.
31 No harás así á Jehová tu Dios; porque todo lo que Jehová aborrece, hicieron ellos á sus dioses; pues aun á sus hijos é hijas quemaban en el fuego á sus dioses.
31 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God; for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, they have done to their gods; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
32 What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.
32 Cuidaréis de hacer todo lo que yo os mando: no añadirás á ello, ni quitarás de ello.
32 Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
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- 1 1 Kings 8:40; Job 7:1; Psalm 104:33; Deuteronomy 4:9–10; Deuteronomy 4:5
- 2 Deuteronomy 7:5; 2 Kings 16:4; Numbers 33:51–52; Exodus 34:12–17; 2 Kings 17:10–11
- 3 Judges 2:2; Numbers 33:52; Zechariah 13:2; Psalm 16:4; Exodus 23:13
- 4 Leviticus 20:23; Deuteronomy 20:18; Deuteronomy 12:30–31; Deuteronomy 16:21–22
- 5 Deuteronomy 12:11; 2 Chronicles 7:12; Deuteronomy 26:2; Deuteronomy 16:2; 1 Kings 8:29
- 6 Deuteronomy 15:19–20; Leviticus 17:3–9; Ezekiel 20:40; Luke 18:12; Numbers 18:15–17
- 7 Deuteronomy 12:18; Leviticus 23:40; Deuteronomy 14:26; Deuteronomy 12:12; Philippians 4:4
- 8 Judges 21:25; Judges 17:6; Proverbs 21:2; Acts 7:42; Numbers 15:39
- 9 1 Kings 8:56; Psalm 95:11; Deuteronomy 25:19; Hebrews 4:8–9; Micah 2:10
- 10 Ezekiel 34:28; Jeremiah 33:11; Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 4:22; Deuteronomy 11:31
- 11 Deuteronomy 15:20; Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 16:2–8; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 17:8
- 12 Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 26:12; Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 12:19
- 13 Leviticus 17:2–5; 2 Chronicles 15:17; 1 Kings 15:34; Deuteronomy 12:6; 1 Kings 12:28–32
- 14 Deuteronomy 12:5; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Deuteronomy 12:11; Psalm 5:7; Psalm 9:11
- 15 Deuteronomy 14:5; Deuteronomy 12:20–23; Deuteronomy 15:22–23; Deuteronomy 14:26; Leviticus 17:3–5
- 16 Genesis 9:4; Deuteronomy 15:23; Acts 15:29; Deuteronomy 12:23–24; 1 Timothy 4:4
- 17 Deuteronomy 26:14; Deuteronomy 14:22–29; Deuteronomy 12:6; Deuteronomy 12:11; Leviticus 27:30–32
- 18 Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 12:5; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Acts 2:46
- 19 2 Chronicles 31:4–21; Nehemiah 10:34–39; 2 Chronicles 11:13–14; 1 Corinthians 9:10–14; Deuteronomy 14:27–29
- 20 Deuteronomy 19:8; Deuteronomy 11:24; Exodus 34:24; Genesis 28:14; 1 Chronicles 4:10
- 21 Deuteronomy 12:5; Ezra 6:12; Deuteronomy 16:11; Exodus 20:24; Deuteronomy 26:2
- 22 Deuteronomy 12:15–16
- 23 Leviticus 17:11; Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:13–14; Leviticus 3:16–17; Deuteronomy 12:16
- 24 Deuteronomy 12:16; Deuteronomy 15:23
- 25 Isaiah 3:10; Exodus 15:26; 1 Kings 11:38; Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 13:18
- 26 Numbers 18:19; Numbers 5:9–10; Deuteronomy 12:17–18; Deuteronomy 12:11; Genesis 28:20
- 27 Leviticus 1:13; Leviticus 1:9; Leviticus 17:11; Leviticus 1:5; Leviticus 4:30
- 28 John 15:10; John 15:14; Deuteronomy 12:25; Deuteronomy 4:40; Nehemiah 1:5
- 29 Joshua 23:4; Deuteronomy 19:1; Deuteronomy 9:3; Psalm 78:55; Exodus 23:23
- 30 Ezekiel 20:32; Jeremiah 10:2; Deuteronomy 7:16; Psalm 106:34–38; Ezekiel 20:28
- 31 Jeremiah 32:35; Deuteronomy 18:9–10; 2 Kings 17:15–17; Jeremiah 7:31; 2 Kings 21:2
- 32 Deuteronomy 4:2; Revelation 22:18–19; Joshua 1:7; Proverbs 30:6; Deuteronomy 13:18
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