Deuteronomio 13

1 Si en medio de ti se levanta un profeta o un soñador, y te da una señal o un prodigio,

If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,

2 aunque se cumpla tal señal o prodigio que te anunció, y dice: Sigamos otros ʼelohim que no conociste, y sirvámosles,

And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them;

3 no escucharás las palabras de tal profeta o de tal soñador, porque Yavé tu ʼElohim te prueba para saber si amas a Yavé tu ʼElohim con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma.

You shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proves you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

4 Seguirás y temerás a Yavé tu ʼElohim. Guardarás sus Mandamientos y escucharás su voz. A Él servirás y te aferrarás.

You shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and join to him.

5 Pero tal profeta o soñador morirá, porque aconsejó rebelión contra Yavé tu ʼElohim, Quien te sacó de la tierra de Egipto y te rescató de casa de esclavitud, para extraviarte del camino en el cual Yavé tu ʼElohim te ordenó que andes. Así extirparás el mal de en medio de ti.

And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he has spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust you out of the way which the LORD your God commanded you to walk in. So shall you put the evil away from the middle of you.

6 Si tu hermano, el hijo de tu propia madre, o tu hijo o tu hija, o la esposa que amas, o tu amigo íntimo, te incita y dice en secreto: Vamos y sirvamos a otros ʼelohim, que ni tú ni tus antepasados conocieron,

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, which is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;

7 de los ʼelohim de los pueblos que te rodean, cerca o lejos de ti, desde un extremo de la tierra hasta el otro,

Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth;

8 no cederás ni lo escucharás. Tu ojo no tendrá compasión de él, ni lo perdonarás ni lo encubrirás,

You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:

9 sino lo matarás. Tu mano será la primera que caiga sobre él para que muera, y después la mano de todo el pueblo.

But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

10 Lo apedrearás hasta la muerte, porque procuró extraviarte de Yavé tu ʼElohim, Quien te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de esclavitud.

And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to thrust you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

11 Entonces todo Israel oirá y temerá, y nunca se repetirá semejante maldad en medio de ti.

And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

12 Si en alguna de las ciudades que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da para que vivas, oyes decir

If you shall hear say in one of your cities, which the LORD your God has given you to dwell there, saying,

13 que salieron de en medio de ti hombres perversos que instigaron a los habitantes de tu ciudad, y dicen: Vamos y sirvamos a otros ʼelohim que ustedes no conocieron,

Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known;

14 entonces tú investigarás, indagarás y preguntarás con diligencia. Si es verdad que tal repugnancia fue cometida en medio de ti,

Then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is worked among you;

15 de manera imperdonable matarás a los habitantes de esa ciudad a filo de espada. La destruirás con todo lo que esté en ella y matarás su ganado a filo de espada.

You shall surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

16 Luego juntarás todo su despojo en medio de su plaza y consumirás totalmente con fuego la ciudad con todo su despojo, todo ello como ofrenda quemada a Yavé tu ʼElohim. Será un montón de ruinas para siempre. Jamás será reconstruida.

And you shall gather all the spoil of it into the middle of the street thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD your God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

17 Nada de lo repugnante se pegará a tu mano, para que Yavé se vuelva del ardor de su ira, te conceda misericordia, tenga compasión de ti y te multiplique, como juró a tus antepasados,

And there shall stick nothing of the cursed thing to your hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers;

18 porque obedeciste a la voz de Yavé tu ʼElohim al guardar todos sus Mandamientos que yo te ordeno hoy, para que hagas lo recto delante de Yavé tu ʼElohim.

When you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.