Deuteronomy 13

1 When there shall arise in thy midst—a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, —and he shall give unto thee a sign or a wonder;

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，

2 and the sign or the wonder shall come in, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, —Let us go after other gods, which ye know not and let us serve them

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；

3 thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams, —for Yahweh your God, is putting you to the proof, to know whether ye do love Yahweh your God, with all your heart and with all your soul.

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。

4 After Yahweh your God, shall ye walk And him, shall ye revere, —And his commandments, shall ye observe. And unto his voice, shall ye hearken, And him, shall ye serve And unto him, shall ye cleave.

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。

5 And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death because he hath spoken revolt against Yahweh your God, —who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt and redeemed thee out of the house of servants, to seduce thee out of the way wherein Yahweh thy God hath commanded thee to walk, —so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.

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。

6 When thy brother—son of thine own mother or thine own son or thine own daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul, shall entice thee secretly, saying, —Let us go and serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

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，

7 of the gods of the peoples who are round about you, who are near unto thee, or who are far off from thee, —from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth,

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；

8 thou shalt not consent unto him, neither shalt thou hearken unto him, —neither shall thine eye look with pity upon him, neither shalt thou spare—neither shalt thou conceal him;

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；

9 but thou shalt slay, him, thine own hand, shall be on him first, to put him to death, —and the hand of all the people afterwards.

務要將他殺死，並且你應先動手，然後全體人民動手打死他。

10 And thou shalt stone him with stones that he die, —for he hath sought to seduce thee from Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants.

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。

11 And, all Israel, shall hear and fear, —and shall not again do according to this wickedness in thy midst.

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。

12 When thou shalt hear—in one of thy cities which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee to dwell there—saying:

如果你聽說，在上主你的天主賜給你居住的一座城內，

13 There have gone forth men sons of the Abandoned One, out of thy midst, and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying, —Let us go, and serve other gods which ye have not known;

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；

14 and thou shalt enquire, and search out, and ask diligently, —and lo! true—certain, is the thing, this abomination, hath been done, in thy midst,

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，

15 then shalt thou smite, the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it to destruction, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof: with the edge of the sword, —

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，

16 and all the spoil thereof, shalt thou gather together into the midst of the broadway thereof, and shalt consume with fire the city and all the spoil thereof, every whit, unto Yahweh thy God, —and it shall be a heap unto times age-abiding, it shall be built no more.

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。

17 So shall there not cleave to thy hand aught of the devoted thing, —that Yahweh may turn away, from the glow of his anger and grant thee compassion and have compassion upon thee and multiply thee, as he sware unto thy fathers;

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，

18 so long as thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to keep all his commandments, which I am commanding thee to-day, —to do what is right in the eyes of Yahweh thy God.

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。