Deuteronomio 13

1 Cuando se levantare en medio de ti profeta o soñador de sueño, y te diere señal, o milagro,

“If there will have arisen in your midst a prophet, or someone who claims that he had seen a dream, and if he will have predicted sign and portent,

2 Y la señal, o milagro, que él te dijo, viniere, diciendo: Vamos en pos de dioses ajenos, que no conociste, y sirvámosles:

and if what he has spoken happens, and he says to you, ‘Let us go and follow strange gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’

3 No oirás las palabras del tal profeta, ni al tal soñador de sueño: porque Jehová vuestro Dios os tienta por saber si amáis a Jehová vuestro Dios con todo vuestro corazón, y con toda vuestra alma.

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the Lord your God is testing you, so that it may become clear whether or not you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.

4 En pos de Jehová vuestro Dios andaréis, y a él temeréis, y sus mandamientos guardaréis, y su voz oiréis, y a él serviréis, y a él os llegaréis.

Follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and listen to his voice. Him shall you serve, and to him shall you cling.

5 Y el tal profeta, o soñador de sueño, morirá porque habló rebelión contra Jehová vuestro Dios, que te sacó de tierra de Egipto, y te rescató de casa de siervos para echarte del camino, que Jehová tu Dios te mandó que anduvieses por él, y escombrarás el mal de en medio de ti.

But that prophet or forger of dreams shall be put to death. For he has spoken so as to turn you away from the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt and who redeemed you from the house of servitude, and so as to cause you to wander from the way that the Lord your God has entrusted to you. And so shall you remove the evil from your midst.

6 Cuando te incitare tu hermano, hijo de tu madre, o tu hijo, o tu hija, o la mujer de tu seno, o tu amigo que sea como tu alma, diciendo en secreto: Vamos, y sirvamos a dioses ajenos, que ni tú, ni tus padres conocistes,

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your own son or daughter, or your wife who is in your bosom, or your friend, whom you love like your own soul, were willing to persuade you secretly, saying: ‘Let us go, and serve foreign gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known,

7 De los dioses de los pueblos que están en vuestros al derredores, cercanos a ti, o lejos de ti desde el un cabo de la tierra hasta el otro cabo de ella,

gods from any of the surrounding nations, whether these are near or far away, from the beginning even to the end of the earth,

8 No consentirás con él, ni lo oirás, ni tu ojo le perdonará, ni habrás compasión, ni lo encubrirás.

you should neither agree with him, nor listen to him. And your eye should not spare him so that you take pity on him and conceal him.

9 Mas matando le matarás: tu mano será primero sobre él para matarle, y después la mano de todo el pueblo.

Instead, you shall put him to death promptly. Let your hand be upon him first, and after that, let the hands of all the people be sent forth.

10 Y apedrearle has con piedras, y morirá: por cuanto procuró echarte de Jehová tu Dios, que te sacó de tierra de Egipto, de casa de siervos;

He shall be killed by being overwhelmed with stones. For he was willing to draw you away from the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude.

11 Para que todo Israel oiga, y tema, y no tornen a hacer cosa semejante a esta mala cosa en medio de ti.

So may all of Israel, upon hearing this, be afraid, so that nothing like this will ever be done again.

12 Cuando oyeres de alguna de tus ciudades, que Jehová tu Dios te da para que mores en ellas, que se dice:

If, in one of your cities which the Lord your God will give to you as a habitation, you hear someone say:

13 Hombres, hijos de impiedad, han salido de en medio de ti, que impelieron a los moradores de su ciudad, diciendo: Vamos y sirvamos a dioses ajenos, que vosotros no conocisteis;

‘The sons of Belial have departed from your midst, and they have persuaded the inhabitants of their city, and they have said: “Let us go, and serve strange gods,”’ which you have not known:

14 Tú inquirirás y buscarás, y preguntarás con diligencia: y si pareciere verdad, cosa cierta, que tal abominación se hizo en medio de ti;

inquire carefully and diligently, seeking the truth of the matter. And if you find that what was said is certain, and that this abomination is a work which has been perpetrated,

15 Hiriendo herirás a filo de espada los moradores de aquella ciudad, destruyéndola a filo de espada con todo lo que en ella hubiere y sus bestias:

you shall promptly strike down the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword. And you shall destroy it, along with all the things that are in it, even the flocks.

16 Y todo el despojo de ella juntarás en medio de su plaza, y quemarás a fuego la ciudad y todo su despojo, todo ello, a Jehová tu Dios: y será montón perpetuo: nunca más se edificará.

Then all the household goods which are there, you shall gather together in the midst of its streets, and you shall set fire to these, along with the city itself, so that you may consume everything for the Lord your God, and so that it may be an everlasting tomb. It shall no longer be built up.

17 Y no se pegará algo a tu mano del anatema; porque Jehová se aparte de la ira de su furor, y te dé mercedes, y haya misericordia de ti, y te multiplique, como lo juró a tus padres,

And there shall remain nothing of that anathema in your hand, so that the Lord may turn from the wrath of his fury, and may take pity on you, and may multiply you, just as he swore to your fathers,

18 Cuando obedecieres a la voz de Jehová tu Dios guardando todos sus mandamientos que yo te mando hoy, para hacer lo que es recto en ojos de Jehová tu Dios.

when you will heed the voice of the Lord your God, keeping all his precepts, which I am entrusting to you this day, so that you may do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord your God.”