Deuteronomy 13
1 If there arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give you a sign or a wonder,
Uba kuvela phakathi kwakho umprofethi kumbe umphuphi wamaphupho, akunike isibonakaliso loba isimangaliso,
2 and the sign or the wonder come to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, "Let us go after other gods" (which you have not known) "and let us serve them";
lesibonakaliso loba isimangaliso akhulume ngaso kuwe senzakale, esithi: Asilandele abanye onkulunkulu ongabazanga, sibakhonze;
3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proves you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
ungalaleli amazwi alowomprofethi loba lowomphuphi wamaphupho; ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu iyalilinga ukuze yazi ukuthi liyayithanda yini iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu ngenhliziyo yenu yonke langomphefumulo wenu wonke.
4 You shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cling to him.
INkosi uNkulunkulu wenu lizayilandela, yona liyesabe, imithetho yayo liyigcine, ilizwi layo lililalele, yona liyikhonze, kuyo linamathele.
5 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 put away the evil from the midst of you.
Lalowomprofethi loba lowomphuphi wamaphupho kabulawe, ngoba ukhulume ukuhlamukela iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, eyalikhupha elizweni leGibhithe, yakuhlenga endlini yobugqili, ukukufuqa uphambuke endleleni iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho eyakulaya ukuhamba ngayo. Ngalokhu uzakhupha ububi phakathi kwakho.
6 If your brother, the son of your father, or the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your friend who is closest to you, entice you secretly, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
Uba umfowenu, indodana kanyoko, loba indodana yakho, loba indodakazi yakho, loba umfazi wesifuba sakho, kumbe umngane wakho onjengomphefumulo wakho, ekuyenga ensitha esithi: Asihambe, siyekhonza abanye onkulunkulu, ongabazanga, wena laboyihlo,
7 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;
babonkulunkulu babantu abalizingelezeleyo, abaseduze lawe loba abakhatshana lawe, kusukela komunye umkhawulo womhlaba kuze kufike komunye umkhawulo womhlaba,
8 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:
ungamvumeli, ungamlaleli, futhi ilihlo lakho lingamhawukeli, njalo ungamyekeli, ungamfihli,
9 but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
kodwa umbulale lokumbulala; isandla sakho sizakuba ngesokuqala phezu kwakhe ukumbulala, lemva kwalokho isandla sabantu bonke.
10 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.
Njalo mkhande ngamatshe aze afe, ngoba ubedinga ukukufuqa uphambuke eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, eyakukhupha elizweni leGibhithe, endlini yobugqili.
11 All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more such wickedness as this is in the midst of you.
LoIsrayeli wonke uzakuzwa, esabe, angabe esenza ububi obunjengalobo phakathi kwakho.
12 If you shall hear tell concerning one of your cities, which the LORD your God gives you to dwell there, saying,
Uba usizwa komunye wemizi yakho, iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika yona, ukuthi uhlale khona, kuthiwa:
13 Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of you, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known;
Kuphumile amadoda, abantwana bakaBheliyali, phakathi kwakho, afuqa aphambula abakhileyo bomuzi wawo esithi: Asihambe siyekhonza abanye onkulunkulu elingabazanga;
14 then you shall inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, look, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in the midst of you,
khona uzabuza, uhlolisise, udingisise; khangela, uba kuliqiniso, leyonto iqinisekile, lesisinengiso senziwe phakathi kwakho,
15 you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is in it and its livestock, with the edge of the sword.
uzatshaya lokubatshaya abakhileyo balowomuzi ngobukhali benkemba, uwutshabalalise, lakho konke okukuwo lezifuyo zawo, ngobukhali benkemba.
16 You shall gather all its plunder into the midst of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God: and it shall be a ruin forever; it shall not be built again.
Uzabuthela yonke impango yawo phakathi komdanga wawo, utshise ngomlilo umuzi lempango yawo yonke uphele du, eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho; njalo uzakuba yinqumbi phakade, awuyikwakhiwa futhi.
17 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;
Kunganamatheli lutho kwalokho okuqalekisiweyo esandleni sakho, ukuze iNkosi iphenduke ekuvutheni kwentukuthelo yayo, ikuphe umusa, ibe lobubele kuwe, ikwandise, njengalokhu yafunga kuboyihlo,
18 when you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
uba ulalela ilizwi leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ukugcina yonke imithetho yayo engikulaya yona lamuhla, ukwenza okulungileyo emehlweni eNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.
