تَثنِيَة 13

١ 1 إِذَا ظَهَرَ بَيْنَكُمْ نَبِيٌّ أَوْ صَاحِبُ أَحْلامٍ، وَتَنَبَّأَ بِوُقُوعِ آيَةٍ أَوْ أُعْجُوبَةٍ.

If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives thee a sign or a wonder,

٢ 2 فَتَحَقَّقَتْ تِلْكَ الآيَةُ أَوِ الأُعْجُوبَةُ الَّتِي تَنَبَّأَ بِها، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَلُمَّ نَذْهَبُ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لَمْ تَعْرِفُوهَا وَنَعْبُدُهَا.

and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou have not known, and let us serve them,

٣ 3 فَلا تُصْغُوا إِلَى كَلامِ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيِّ أَوْ صَاحِبِ الأَحْلامِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ يُجَرِّبُكُمْ لِيَرَى إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَمِنْ كُلِّ أَنْفُسِكُمْ،

thou shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams, for Jehovah your God proves you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

٤ 4 فَاتْبَعُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَاتَّقُوهُ، وَأَطِيعُوا وَصَايَاهُ وَاسْمَعُوا صَوْتَهُ، وَاعْبُدُوهُ وَتَمَسَّكُوا بِهِ.

Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cling to him.

٥ 5 أَمَّا ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ أَوِ الْحَالِمُ فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ، لأَنَّهُ نَطَقَ بِالْبُهْتَانِ ضِدَّ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمُ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَفَدَاكُمْ مِنْ نِيرِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ، لِيُضِلَّكُمْ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ الَّتِي أَمَرَكُمْ بِسُلُوكِهَا، فَتَسْتَأْصِلُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ.

And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, to draw thee aside out of the way which Jehovah thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shall thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

٦ 6 وَإذَا أَضَلَّكَ سِرّاً أَخُوكَ ابْنُ أُمِّكَ، أَوِ ابْنُكَ أَوِ ابْنَتُكَ، أَوْ زَوْجَتُكَ الْمَحْبُوبَةُ، أَوْ صَدِيقُكَ الْحَمِيمُ قَائِلاً: لِنَذْهَبْ وَنَعْبُدْ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى غَرِيبَةً عَنْكَ وَعَنْ آبَائِكَ

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is as thine own soul, entices thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou have not known, thou, nor thy fathers,

٧ 7 مِنْ آلِهَةِ الشُّعُوبِ الأُخْرَى الْمُحِيطَةِ بِكَ أَوِ الْبَعِيدَةِ عَنْكَ مِنْ أَقْصَى الأَرْضِ إِلَى أَقْصَاهَا،

of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, near to thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth,

٨ 8 فَلا تَسْتَجِبْ لَهُ وَلا تُصْغِ إِلَيْهِ، وَلا يُشْفِقْ قَلْبُكَ عَلَيْهِ، وَلا تَتَرَّأفْ بِهِ، وَلا تَتَسَتَّرْ عَلَيْهِ.

thou shall not consent to him, nor hearken to him. Neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shall thou spare, neither shall thou conceal him,

٩ 9 بَلْ حَتْماً تَقْتُلُهُ. كُنْ أَنْتَ أَوَّلَ قَاتِلِيهِ، ثُمَّ يَعْقُبُكَ بَقِيَّةُ الشَّعْبِ.

but thou shall surely kill him. Thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

١٠ 10 ارْجُمْهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ، لأَنَّهُ سَعَى أَنْ يُضِلَّكَ عَنِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ مِنْ نِيرِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ،

And thou shall stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

١١ 11 فَيَشِيعَ الْخَبَرُ بَيْنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ جَمِيعِهِمْ وَيَخَافُونَ، وَلا يُعَاوِدُونَ ارْتِكَابَ مِثْلِ هَذَا الأَمْرِ الشَّنِيعِ بَيْنَكُمْ.

And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall no more do any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.

١٢ 12 إِنْ سَمِعْتُمْ عَنْ إِحْدَى مُدُنِكُمُ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لِتَسْكُنُوا فِيهَا،

If thou shall hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which Jehovah thy God gives thee to dwell there, saying,

١٣ 13 أَنَّ بَعْضَ الْفَاسِقِينَ قَدْ خَرَجُوا مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ وَضَلَّلُوا سُكَّانَ مَدِينَتِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: لِنَذْهَبْ وَنَعْبُدْ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى غَرِيبَةً عَنْكُمْ

Certain base fellows have gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known,

١٤ 14 فَافْحَصُوا الأَمْرَ أَوَّلاً وَتَحَقَّقُوا مِنْهُ بِدِقَّةٍ. فَإِنْ تَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ صِدْقُهُ، وَثَبَتَ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ الشَّنِيعَ قَدْ جَرَى فِعْلاً،

then thou shall inquire, and make search, and ask diligently. And, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee,

١٥ 15 فَاقْضُوا قَضَاءً عَلَى سُكَّانِ تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَعَلَى بَهَائِمِهِمْ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ.

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

١٦ 16 وَاجْمَعُوا كُلَّ أَمْتِعَتِهَا وَكَوِّمُوهَا فِي وَسْطِ سَاحَتِهَا وَأَحْرِقُوا الْمَدِينَةَ مَعَ كُلِّ أَمْتِعَتِهَا كَامِلَةً، انْتِقَاماً لِلرَّبِّ، فَتُصْبِحَ تَلاً خَرَاباً إِلَى الأَبَدِ لَا تُبْنَى بَعْدُ.

And thou shall gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street of it, and shall burn the city with fire, and all the spoil of it, every whit, to Jehovah thy God, and it shall be a heap forever. It shall not be built again.

١٧ 17 وَلا يَعْلَقُ شَيْءٌ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ مِمَّا هُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ مِنْهَا، لِيُخْمِدَ الرَّبُّ مِنِ احْتِدَامِ غَضَبِهِ وَيَمْنَحَكُمْ رَحْمَةً، فَيُبَارِكُكُمْ وَيُكَثِّرُكُمْ كَمَا أَقْسَمَ لِآبَائِكُمْ،

And nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to thy hand, that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he has sworn to thy fathers,

١٨ 18 إِنْ سَمِعْتُمْ لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ وَأَطَعْتُمْ وَصَايَاهُ الَّتِي أَنَا أُوصِيكُمُ الْيَوْمَ بِها لِتَعْمَلُوا الْحَقَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

when thou shall hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.