Deuteronomy 13
1 If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he giveth thee a sign or a token,
Kama nabii, au yule anayetabiri kwa njia ya ndoto, akijitokeza miongoni mwenu na akawatangazia ishara ya miujiza na ajabu,
2 And the sign or the token come to pass, whereof he spoke unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou dost not know, and let us serve them:
ikiwa ishara au ajabu ya aliyozungumza ikatokea, naye akasema, “Na tufuate miungu mingine” (miungu ambayo hamjaifahamu) “na tuiabudu,”
3 Then shalt thou not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye indeed love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
kamwe msiyasikilize maneno ya nabii wala mwota ndoto huyo. Bwana Mungu wenu anawajaribu kuangalia kama mnampenda kwa moyo wenu wote na kwa roho yenu yote.
4 After the Lord your God shall ye walk, and him shall ye fear, and his commandments shall ye keep, and his voice shall ye obey, and him shall ye serve, and unto him shall ye cleave.
Ni Bwana Mungu wenu ambaye mnapaswa kumfuata tena ni yeye mnapaswa kumheshimu. Shikeni maagizo yake na kumtii, mtumikieni na kushikamana naye.
5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken revolt against the Lord your God, who hath brought you out of the land of Egypt, and who hath redeemed you out of the house of bond-men, to mislead thee front the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk therein; and thou shalt put the evil away from the midst of thee.
Huyo nabii au mwota ndoto lazima auawe, kwa sababu amehubiri uasi dhidi ya Bwana Mungu wenu, ambaye aliwatoa kutoka nchi ya Misri na kuwakomboa kutoka nchi ya utumwa; amejaribu kuwageuza kutoka njia ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu aliwaagiza mfuate. Ni lazima mwondoe uovu miongoni mwenu.
6 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 [dear to thee] as thy own soul, should entice thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou dost not know, either thou, or thy fathers;
Kama ndugu yako hasa, au mwanao au binti yako, au mke umpendaye, au rafiki yako wa karibu sana akikushawishi kwa siri, akisema, “Na twende tukaabudu miungu mingine” (miungu ambayo ninyi wala baba zenu hamkuifahamu,
7 Some of the gods of the nations which are round about you, that are nigh unto thee, or that are far off from thee, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth:
miungu ya watu wanaowazunguka, ikiwa karibu au mbali, kutoka mwisho mmoja wa nchi mpaka mwingine),
8 Then shalt thou not consent unto him, nor shalt thou hearken unto him; nor shall thy eye look with pity on him, nor shalt thou spare, nor shalt thou conceal it for him;
usikubali wala usimsikilize. Usimhurumie! Usimwache wala usimkinge.
9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be the first upon him to put him to death, and the hand of all the people afterward.
Hakika ni lazima auawe. Ni lazima mkono wako uwe wa kwanza katika kumuua kisha mikono ya watu wengine wote.
10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he sought to mislead thee from the Lord thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bond-men.
Mpigeni kwa mawe mpaka afe, kwa sababu alijaribu kuwageuza mtoke kwa Bwana Mungu wenu ambaye aliwatoa Misri, kutoka nchi ya utumwa.
11 And all Israel shall hear it, and they shall be afraid, and they shall not do any more such a wicked deed as this is in the midst of thee.
Kisha Israeli wote watasikia na kuogopa, wala hakuna mmoja miongoni mwenu atakayefanya uovu tena.
12 If thou shouldst hear concerning one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
Kama mkisikia ikisemwa kwamba moja ya miji ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa mkae ndani yake
13 There have gone forth men, children of worthlessness, from the midst of thee, and have misled the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known:
kuna wanaume waovu wameinuka miongoni mwenu na wamewapotosha watu wa mji, wakisema, “Twendeni tukaabudu miungu mingine” (miungu ambayo hamkuifahamu),
14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be true, the thing is certain, such abomination hath been wrought in the midst of thee:
ndipo itakubidi kuuliza, kupima na kuchunguza kwa makini. Kama ni kweli, tena ikihakikishwa kwamba jambo hili lichukizalo limefanyika miongoni mwenu,
15 Then shalt thou smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, to the edge of the sword.
kwa hakika ni lazima mwaue kwa upanga wale wote wanaoishi katika mji ule. Uharibuni kabisa, pamoja na watu wake na mifugo yake.
16 And all its spoil shalt thou gather into the midst of the market-place thereof, and thou shalt burn with fire the city, and all its spoil entirely, unto the Lord thy God; and it shall be a ruinous heap for ever: it shall not be built again.
Kusanyeni nyara zote za mji katika uwanja wa wazi na kuuchoma mji kabisa pamoja na nyara zake zote kama sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa Bwana Mungu wenu. Utabaki kuwa magofu milele na hautajengwa tena.
17 And there shall not cleave to thy hand aught of the devoted things; in order that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and grant thee mercy, and have mercy upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
Hakuna kimoja kati ya vitu vilivyolaaniwa kitakachokutwa mikononi mwenu, ili Bwana ageuze hasira yake kali. Atawahurumia na kuwa na rehema kwenu pia kuongeza idadi yenu, kama alivyowaahidi baba zenu,
18 When thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.
kwa sababu mnamtii Bwana Mungu wenu, mkizishika amri zake zote zile ninazowapa leo na kufanya lile lililo jema machoni pake.
