Torati 13
1 Kama miongoni mwenu ainuka nabii au muota ndoto,
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,
2 na kama anawapa ishara au maajabu, na kama ishara au maajabu yanatokea, kama alivyozungumza kwenu na kusema, “Ebu tuifuate miungu mingine, ambayo hatuijui, na tuiabudu.
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 Usisikilize maneno ya nabii huyo, au kwa huyo muota ndoto, kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wako anakujaribu kujua kama unampenda Yahwe Mungu wako kwa moyo wako wote na roho yako yote.
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 Mtatembea baada ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, mheshimu, mzishike amri zake, na mtii sauti yake, na mtamwabudu na kushikamana naye.
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 Nabii huyo au muota ndoto atauwawa, kwa sababu amezungumza uasi dhidi ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, ambaye aliwaleta toka nchi ya Misri, na aliyewakomboa kutoka nyumba ya utumwa. Hivyo nabii anataka kuwaondoa katika njia ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu aliwaamuru kutembea. Kwa hiyo weka mbali maouvu kutoka kwenu.
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 Tuseme kwamba ndugu yako, mwana wa mama yako, au mwana wako, au binti yako, au mke wa karibu nawe, au rafiki yako ambaye ni kama roho yako, kukushawishi kwa siri na kusema, “Acha tuende na tukaabudu miungu mingine ambayo hatujazijua, wala wewe wala mababu zako-
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 Miungu yeyote ya watu ambayo imewazunguka, karibu nanyi au mbali kutoka, kutoka mwisho wa dunia kwenda mwisho mwingine wa dunia.
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 Usimkubali au kumsikiliza. Wala macho yako yasione huruma, wala hautamuacha akiba au kumficha.
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 Badala yake, utamuacha hakika; mkono wako utakuwa wa kwanza kumuua, na badae mkono wa watu wote.
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 Mtamponda mpaka kufa kwa mawe, kwa sababu amejaribu kuwaondoa kutoka kwa Yahwe Mungu wenu, ambaye aliwatoa kutoka nchi ya Misri, nje ya nyumba ya utumwa.
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 Israel yote itasikia na kuogopa, na haitaendelea kufanya aina ya uovu miongoni mwenu.
And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
12 Kama utasikia yeyote anasema kuhusu moja ya miji yenu, kwamba Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapa kuishi ndani yake.
If you shall hear say in one of your cities, which the LORD your God has given you to dwell there, saying,
13 Baadhi ya wenzuni waovu wamewaacha miongoni mwenu na kuacha kwa mbali wakazi wa miji yao na kusema, “Acha tuende na kuabudu miungu mingine ambayo hamjaijua.
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 Basi utaichunguza uthibitisho, kufanya utafiti na kuipeleleza kwa kina. Wakati unagundua kwamba ni kweli na hakuna shaka kwamba chukizo hilo lililofanyika miongoni mwenu, kisha utachukua hatua.
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 Utawashambulia hakika wenyeji wa mji huo kwa makali ya upanga. Utaangamiza kabisa na watu wote walio ndani yake, pamoja na mifugo yake, pamoja na makali ya upanga.
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 Utakusanya nyara zote kutoka katikati mwa mitaa yake na utuunguza mji, pamoja na nyara zake zote - kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wako. Mji utakuwa mchungu wa uharibifu milele; haupaswi kujengwa tena.
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 Hakuna hata kimoja kati ya vitu hivyo vimewekwa wakfu kwa ajili ya kuangamizwa vinapaswa kugadamana kwenye mkono wako. Hii inapaswa kuwa kesi, ili kwamba Yahwe atageuka kutoka kwenye ukali wa hasira yake, kumuonyesha rehema, kuwa na huruma kwako, na kukufanya wewe kuogezeka katika idadi, kama alivyoapa kwa baba zako.
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 Atafanya hivi kwa sababu unasikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako, kuzishika amri zake ambazo ninakuamuru leo, kufanya kile kilicho sahihi mbele ya macho ya Yahwe Mungu wako.
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.
