申命記 13

1 若你們中出現了一位先知或作夢的人，給你提供一種神蹟或奇事，

And if there arise within you a prophet, or one who dreams a dream, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

2 而他所說的神蹟和奇事實現了，以致向你說：「讓我們去隨從事奉其他的神罷! 」而那神是你素不相識的；

and the sign or the wonder come to pass which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you know not;

3 你不要聽從這先知或作夢者的話，因為上主你們的天主有意試探你們，願意知道你們是否全心全靈真愛上主你們的天主。

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or the dreamer of that dream, because the Lord your God tries you, to know whether you love your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

4 你們只應跟隨上主你們的天主，只應敬畏他，遵守他的誡命，聽從他的話，事奉他。依靠他。

You shall follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and you shall hear his voice, and attach yourselves to him.

5 至於這先知或作夢的人，應處死刑，因為他出言背叛了領你出埃及地，由奴隸之家贖出你來的上主你們的天主，要你離棄上主你的天主命你當行的道路：如此你由你中間剷除了邪惡。

And that prophet or that dreamer of a dream, shall die; for he has spoken to make you err from the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, who redeemed you from bondage, to thrust you out of the way which the Lord your God commanded you to walk in: so shall you abolish the evil from among you.

6 如果你的兄弟，你父親或母親的兒子，或你的兒女，或你的愛妻，或你視如性命的朋友，暗中引誘你說：「讓我們去事奉其他的神罷! 」而那神是你和你的祖先素不相識的，

And if your brother by your father or mother, or your son, or daughter, or your wife in your bosom, or friend who is equal to your own soul, entreat you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known,

7 是你四周，離你或近或遠，由地極這邊到地極那邊的各民族所敬拜的神；

of the gods of the nations that are round about you, who are near you or at a distance from you, from one end of the earth to the other;

8 你不可對他表示同意，不可聽從他，也不可憐視他，顧惜他，袒護他；

you shall not consent to him, neither shall you listen to him; and your eye shall not spare him, you shall feel no regret for him, neither shall you at all protect him:

9 務要將他殺死，並且你應先動手，然後全體人民動手打死他。

you shall surely report concerning him, and your hands shall be upon him among the first to kill him, and the hands of all the people at the last.

10 你應用石頭砸死他，因為他圖謀使你離棄領你出埃及地，出奴隸之家的上主你的天主。

And they shall stone him with stones, and he shall die, because he 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.

11 這樣全以色列人聽了必然害怕，在你中間不致做出這樣邪惡的事。

And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not again do according to this evil thing among you.

12 如果你聽說，在上主你的天主賜給你居住的一座城內，

And if in one of your cities which the Lord God gives you to dwell therein, you shall hear men saying,

13 由你中間出來了一些壞人，勾引本城的居民說：「讓我們去事奉其他的神罷! 」而那神是你們素不相識的；

Evil men have gone out from you, and have caused all the inhabitants of their land to fall away, saying, Let us go and worship other gods, whom you knew not,

14 你就該調查、探尋、仔細訪問；如果真有其事，在你中間真發生了這樣可惡的事，

then you shall enquire and ask, and search diligently, and behold, [if] the thing is clearly true, and this abomination has taken place among you,

15 你該用利劍殺盡這城的居民，完全破壞此城和城中所有的一切，連城中的牲畜也用劍殺盡，

you shall utterly destroy all the dwellers in that land with the edge of the sword; you shall solemnly curse it, and all things in it.

16 並把由城中掠奪的一切財物堆積在廣場上，將城和所掠奪的一切財物放火焚燒，全獻給上主你的天主，使那城永遠成為廢墟，再不得重建。

And all its spoils you shall gather into its public ways, and you shall burn the city with fire, and all its spoils publicly before the Lord your God; and it shall be uninhabited for ever, it shall not be built again.

17 凡應毀滅之物，一件也不可留在你手中，好使上主撤回他的盛怒，對你施恩，憐恤你，照他對你祖先所誓許的，使你繁昌，

And there shall nothing of the cursed thing cleave to your hand, that the Lord may turn from his fierce anger, and show you mercy, and pity you, and multiply you, as he sware to your fathers;

18 只要你聽從上主你的天主的話，遵守我今天所吩咐你的一切誡命，實行上主你的天主眼中視為正直的事。

if you will hear the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments, all that I charge you this day, to do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord your God.