Slavery in the Bible Flashcards
Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT
Levítico 25:44-46
The following passage shows that slaves are clearly property to be bought and sold like livestock:
However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way.
El siguiente fragmento muestra que los esclavos claramente constituyen una propiedad y que se compra y se vende como ganado:
El esclavo o la esclava que puedas tener, deberán pertenecer a las naciones que están a vuestro alrededor; de esas naciones sí podréis comprar esclavos y esclavas. También podréis comprar como esclavos a los hijos y familiares de los extranjeros que han nacido en vuestra tierra y viven entre vosotros; estos sí podrán ser de vuestra propiedad. Además, los podréis dejar en herencia para vuestros hijos, como propiedad hereditaria, convirtiéndolos en esclavos vuestros a perpetuidad. Pero entre hermanos israelitas no os trataréis unos a otros con dureza.
Exodus 21:2-6 NLT
Éxodo 21:2-6
The following passage describes how the Hebrew slaves are to be treated. Notice how they can get a male Hebrew slave to become a permanent slave by keeping his wife and children hostage until he says he wants to become a permanent slave. What kind of family values are these?
If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for only six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom. If he was single when he became your slave and then married afterward, only he will go free in the seventh year. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife will be freed with him. If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave, and they had sons or daughters, then the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master. But the slave may plainly declare, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I would rather not go free.’ If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will belong to his master forever.
El siguiente fragmento describe cómo hay que tratar a los esclavos hebreos. Fíjate cómo pueden convertir a un esclavo varón en esclavo permanente al retener a su mujer e hijos rehenes hasta que diga que quiere ser un esclavo permanente. ¿Qué clase de valores de la familia son éstos?
Si compras un esclavo hebreo, trabajará para ti durante seis años, y al séptimo quedará en libertad, sin pagar nada. Si llegó solo, marchará solo; si llegó casado, su mujer marchará con él; si fue su amo quien le proporcionó esposa, de la que ha tenido hijos e hijas, la esposa y los hijos serán para el amo, y solo el esclavo quedará en libertad. Pero si el esclavo renuncia formalmente a quedar libre, porque ama a su mujer y a sus hijos y a su amo, el amo lo llevará ante los jueces y, acercándolo a la puerta o a la jamba, le perforará el lóbulo de la oreja con un punzón, con lo que se convertirá en su esclavo para siempre.
Exodus 21:7-11 NLT
Éxodo 21:7-11
The following passage describes the sickening practice of sex slavery. How can anyone think it is moral to sell your own daughter as a sex slave? These are the Bible family values! A man can buy as many sex slaves as he wants as long as he feeds them, clothes them, and has sex with them!
When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl’s owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment.
El siguiente fragmento describe la asquerosa práctica de la esclavitud sexual. ¿Cómo puede cualquiera pensar que es moralmente aceptable vender a tu propia hija como esclava sexual? ¡Éstos son los valores de familia de la Biblia! ¡Un hombre puede comprar cuántas esclavas sexuales como desee, siempre que les da de comer, les viste y practica sexo con ellas!
Si uno vende a su hija como esclava, esta no quedará en libertad como los esclavos varones. Si el amo, al que había sido destinada, decide no tomarla por esposa porque le desagrada la muchacha, permitirá que paguen su rescate; pero no podrá rechazarla vendiéndola a ningún extranjero. Si la destina para su hijo, tendrá que tratarla como a una hija. Quien toma otra esposa, no privará a la primera de comida, ropa y relaciones conyugales; y si no cumple con alguna de estas tres cosas, ella podrá marcharse sin tener que pagar su rescate.
Exodus 21:20-21 NAB
Éxodo 21:20-21
What does the Bible say about beating slaves? It says you can beat both male and female slaves with a rod so hard that as long as they don’t die right away you are cleared of any wrong doing:
When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property.
¿Qué dice la Biblia respecto a apalear esclavos? Afirma que puedes golpear con dureza tanto a esclavos masculinos como femeninos siempre que no mueran enseguida así eximiéndote de cualquier acusación de mala conducta:
Si alguien apalea a su esclavo o a su esclava y alguno de ellos muere en el acto, el muerto deberá ser vengado; pero si sobreviven un día o más, ya no serán vengados, porque eran propiedad del amo.
Ephesians 6:5 NLT
Efesios 6:5
You would think that Jesus and the New Testament would have a different view of slavery, but slavery is still approved of in the New Testament, as the following passages show:
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ.
Uno pensaría que Jesús y el Nuevo Testamento tendrían un punto de vista distinto sobre la esclavitud, pero la esclavitud todavía está permitida en el Nuevo Testamento, como demuestra el siguiente fragmento:
Los esclavos debéis acatar con profundo respeto y lealtad de corazón las órdenes de vuestros amos temporales, como si de Cristo se tratara.
1 Timothy 6:1-2 NLT
1 Timoteo 6:1-2
Christians who are slaves should give their masters full respect so that the name of God and his teaching will not be shamed. If your master is a Christian, that is no excuse for being disrespectful. You should work all the harder because you are helping another believer by your efforts. Teach these truths, Timothy, and encourage everyone to obey them.
Los que están bajo el yugo de la esclavitud deben considerar a sus amos como dignos del mayor respeto. Así, nadie podrá denigrar el nombre de Dios ni la enseñanza cristiana. Quienes tengan por amos a creyentes, no deben faltarles al respeto con la excusa de que son hermanos. Al contrario, deben servirlos con mayor esmero, pues los que se benefician de su servicio comparten con ellos una misma fe y un mismo amor.
Luke 12:47-48 NLT
Lucas 12:47-48
In the following parable, Jesus clearly approves of beating slaves even if they didn’t know they were doing anything wrong.
The servant will be severely punished, for though he knew his duty, he refused to do it. “But people who are not aware that they are doing wrong will be punished only lightly. Much is required from those to whom much is given, and much more is required from those to whom much more is given.”
En la siguiente parábola, Jesús claramente aprueba apalear a esclavos aún cuando no sabían que actuaban de forma equivocada.
El criado que sabe lo que su amo quiere, pero no se prepara para hacerlo, será castigado con severidad. En cambio, el criado que, ignorando lo que quiere su amo, hace algo merecedor de castigo, será castigado con menos severidad. Al que mucho se le ha dado, mucho le será exigido; al que mucho se le confía, mucho más se le pedirá.
