Deuteronomy 13
1 “Possibly there will be people among you who [say that they] are prophets. They may say that they are able to interpret the meaning of dreams or perform various kinds of miracles [DOU].
Uba kuvela phakathi kwakho umprofethi kumbe umphuphi wamaphupho, akunike isibonakaliso loba isimangaliso,
2 They will say those things in order to induce/persuade you to worship gods that you have never known about before. But even if what they predict happens,
lesibonakaliso loba isimangaliso akhulume ngaso kuwe senzakale, esithi: Asilandele abanye onkulunkulu ongabazanga, sibakhonze;
3 do not pay attention to what they say. Yahweh our God will be testing you to find out if you love him with all your inner being.
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 must conduct your lives as Yahweh our God wants you to, and you must revere him, and do what he tells you to do [MTY], and worship only him, and (be faithful to/have a close relationship with) him.
INkosi uNkulunkulu wenu lizayilandela, yona liyesabe, imithetho yayo liyigcine, ilizwi layo lililalele, yona liyikhonze, kuyo linamathele.
5 “But you must execute anyone who [falsely says that he] is a prophet, or someone who [falsely] says that he can interpret dreams, or who tells you to rebel against Yahweh our God, who rescued your ancestors from being slaves in Egypt. People like that are only wanting to cause you to stop conducting your lives as Yahweh has commanded you to do. Execute them, to get rid of this evil among 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 It does not matter if even your brother or your daughter or your wife or some close/dear friend secretly urges you, saying ‘Let’s worship other gods. They are gods which you or your ancestors have never known about.
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 Some of them may encourage you to worship gods that people-groups that live near you worship, or gods that groups who live far away worship.
babonkulunkulu babantu abalizingelezeleyo, abaseduze lawe loba abakhatshana lawe, kusukela komunye umkhawulo womhlaba kuze kufike komunye umkhawulo womhlaba,
8 Do not [SYN] do what they suggest. Do not even listen to them. Do not even be merciful to them, and do not keep secret what they have done.
ungamvumeli, ungamlaleli, futhi ilihlo lakho lingamhawukeli, njalo ungamyekeli, ungamfihli,
9 Execute them! You [who are their relative] must be the first one to [throw stones at them to] kill them, and then let everyone else [MTY] throw stones at them, too.
kodwa umbulale lokumbulala; isandla sakho sizakuba ngesokuqala phezu kwakhe ukumbulala, lemva kwalokho isandla sabantu bonke.
10 Kill such people by throwing stones at them, because they are trying to cause you to stop worshiping Yahweh our God, who rescued your ancestors from being slaves in Egypt.
Njalo mkhande ngamatshe aze afe, ngoba ubedinga ukukufuqa uphambuke eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, eyakukhupha elizweni leGibhithe, endlini yobugqili.
11 When they are executed, all the Israeli people will hear [what happened], and they will become afraid, and none of them will do such an evil thing again.
LoIsrayeli wonke uzakuzwa, esabe, angabe esenza ububi obunjengalobo phakathi kwakho.
12 “When you are living in one of the towns in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, you may hear
Uba usizwa komunye wemizi yakho, iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika yona, ukuthi uhlale khona, kuthiwa:
13 that some worthless people there among you [IDM] are deceiving the people of their town, saying, ‘Let’s go and worship other gods,’ but they are gods that you have never heard about before.
Kuphumile amadoda, abantwana bakaBheliyali, phakathi kwakho, afuqa aphambula abakhileyo bomuzi wawo esithi: Asihambe siyekhonza abanye onkulunkulu elingabazanga;
14 Investigate it thoroughly/carefully. If [you find out that] it is true that such a disgraceful thing has happened,
khona uzabuza, uhlolisise, udingisise; khangela, uba kuliqiniso, leyonto iqinisekile, lesisinengiso senziwe phakathi kwakho,
15 kill all the people in that town. And kill all their livestock, too. Destroy the town completely.
uzatshaya lokubatshaya abakhileyo balowomuzi ngobukhali benkemba, uwutshabalalise, lakho konke okukuwo lezifuyo zawo, ngobukhali benkemba.
16 Gather all the possessions that belonged to the people who lived there and pile them up in the city plaza. Then burn the town and everything in it, as though it were an offering to Yahweh that would be completely burned [on the altar]. The ruins/ashes must stay there forever; the town must never be rebuilt.
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 None of you Israelis must take for yourselves [IDM] anything that Yahweh has said must be destroyed. But if you do what I say, Yahweh will stop being angry with you, and he will act mercifully toward you. And he will cause you to have many children/descendants, which is what he promised our ancestors that he would do.
Kunganamatheli lutho kwalokho okuqalekisiweyo esandleni sakho, ukuze iNkosi iphenduke ekuvutheni kwentukuthelo yayo, ikuphe umusa, ibe lobubele kuwe, ikwandise, njengalokhu yafunga kuboyihlo,
18 Yahweh our God will do all those things if you do what he is telling you to do, and if you obey all the commandments that I am giving to you today and do what Yahweh says is right [for you to do].”
uba ulalela ilizwi leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ukugcina yonke imithetho yayo engikulaya yona lamuhla, ukwenza okulungileyo emehlweni eNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.
