تَثنِيَة 13

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

If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you, and 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 the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, “Let’s go after other gods” (which you have not known) “and let’s 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،

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD 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 shall walk after the LORD your God, fear him, keep his commandments, and obey his voice. You 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.

That prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out of the way which the LORD your God commanded you to walk in. So you shall remove 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

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods”—which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;

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

of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near to you, or far off from you, 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.

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;

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

but you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands 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 shall stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from the LORD 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 shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more wickedness like this among you.

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

If you hear about one of your cities, which the LORD your God gives you to dwell there, that

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

certain wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods,” which 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 shall inquire, investigate, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination was done among you,

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

you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that is therein and 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 shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, with all of its plunder, to the LORD your God. 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،

Nothing of the devoted thing shall cling 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,

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

when you listen to the LORD your God’s voice, to keep all his commandments which I command you today, to do that which is right in the LORD your God’s eyes.