تَثنِيَة 13

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

If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and if he gives you 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 if the sign or the wonder comes about, of which he spoke to you and said, 'Let us go after other gods, that you have not known, and let us worship 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،

do not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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

You will walk after Yahweh your God, honor him, keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you will worship 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.

That prophet or that dreamer of dreams will be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and who redeemed you out of the house of bondage. That prophet wants to draw you out of the way in which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk. So put away the evil from among you.

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

Suppose that your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is to you like your own soul, secretly entices you and says, 'Let us go and worship other gods that you have not known, neither you nor your ancestors—

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

any of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth 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.

You must not give in to him or listen to him, and you must not permit your eye to pity him, and you must not spare him or conceal him.

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

Instead, you will surely kill him; your hand will be the first on 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،

You will stone him to death with stones, because he has tried to draw you away from Yahweh your God, who brought you 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.

All Israel will hear and fear, and will not continue to do this kind of wickedness among you.

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

If you hear anyone say about one of your cities, that Yahweh your God gives you to live in:

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

Some wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city and said, 'Let us go and worship other gods that you have not known.'

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

Then you will examine the evidence, make search, and investigate it thoroughly. When you discover that it is true and certain that such an abominable thing has been done among you, then you will take action.

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

You will surely attack the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, completely destroy it and all the people who are in it, along with its livestock, 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.

You will gather all the spoil from it into the middle of its street and will burn the city, as well as all its spoil—for Yahweh your God. The city will be a heap of ruins forever; it must never 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،

None of those things set apart for destruction must stick in your hand. This must be the case, so that Yahweh will turn from the fierceness of his anger, show you mercy, have compassion on you, and make you increase in numbers, as he has sworn to your fathers.

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

He will do this because you are listening to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all his commandments that I am commanding you today, to do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.