Deuteronomy 13
1 If there shall arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and give thee a sign or a wonder.
Kama miongoni mwenu ainuka nabii au muota ndoto,
2 And the sign or the wonder shall come to pass, of which he spoke to thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
na kama anawapa ishara au maajabu, na kama ishara au maajabu yanatokea, kama alivyozungumza kwenu na kusema, “Ebu tuifuate miungu mingine, ambayo hatuijui, na tuiabudu.
3 Thou shalt not hearken to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Usisikilize maneno ya nabii huyo, au kwa huyo muota ndoto, kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wako anakujaribu kujua kama unampenda Yahwe Mungu wako kwa moyo wako wote na roho yako yote.
4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave to him.
Mtatembea baada ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, mheshimu, mzishike amri zake, na mtii sauti yake, na mtamwabudu na kushikamana naye.
5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou remove the evil from the midst of thee.
Nabii huyo au muota ndoto atauwawa, kwa sababu amezungumza uasi dhidi ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, ambaye aliwaleta toka nchi ya Misri, na aliyewakomboa kutoka nyumba ya utumwa. Hivyo nabii anataka kuwaondoa katika njia ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu aliwaamuru kutembea. Kwa hiyo weka mbali maouvu kutoka kwenu.
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] as thy own soul, shall entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
Tuseme kwamba ndugu yako, mwana wa mama yako, au mwana wako, au binti yako, au mke wa karibu nawe, au rafiki yako ambaye ni kama roho yako, kukushawishi kwa siri na kusema, “Acha tuende na tukaabudu miungu mingine ambayo hatujazijua, wala wewe wala mababu zako-
7 [Namely], of the gods of the people who [are] around you, nigh to thee, or far off from thee, from [one] end of the earth even to the [other] end of the earth;
Miungu yeyote ya watu ambayo imewazunguka, karibu nanyi au mbali kutoka, kutoka mwisho wa dunia kwenda mwisho mwingine wa dunia.
8 Thou shalt not consent to him, nor hearken to him; neither shall thy eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
Usimkubali au kumsikiliza. Wala macho yako yasione huruma, wala hautamuacha akiba au kumficha.
9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Badala yake, utamuacha hakika; mkono wako utakuwa wa kwanza kumuua, na badae mkono wa watu wote.
10 And thou shalt stone him with stones that he shall die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage.
Mtamponda mpaka kufa kwa mawe, kwa sababu amejaribu kuwaondoa kutoka kwa Yahwe Mungu wenu, ambaye aliwatoa kutoka nchi ya Misri, nje ya nyumba ya utumwa.
11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is, among you.
Israel yote itasikia na kuogopa, na haitaendelea kufanya aina ya uovu miongoni mwenu.
12 If thou shalt hear, in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
Kama utasikia yeyote anasema kuhusu moja ya miji yenu, kwamba Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapa kuishi ndani yake.
13 [Certain] men, the children of Belial, have gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
Baadhi ya wenzuni waovu wamewaacha miongoni mwenu na kuacha kwa mbali wakazi wa miji yao na kusema, “Acha tuende na kuabudu miungu mingine ambayo hamjaijua.
14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and behold, [if it is] truth, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought among you;
Basi utaichunguza uthibitisho, kufanya utafiti na kuipeleleza kwa kina. Wakati unagundua kwamba ni kweli na hakuna shaka kwamba chukizo hilo lililofanyika miongoni mwenu, kisha utachukua hatua.
15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that [is] in it, and its cattle, with the edge of the sword.
Utawashambulia hakika wenyeji wa mji huo kwa makali ya upanga. Utaangamiza kabisa na watu wote walio ndani yake, pamoja na mifugo yake, pamoja na makali ya upanga.
16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of its street, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil of it every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shalt not be built again.
Utakusanya nyara zote kutoka katikati mwa mitaa yake na utuunguza mji, pamoja na nyara zake zote - kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wako. Mji utakuwa mchungu wa uharibifu milele; haupaswi kujengwa tena.
17 And there shall cleave naught of the cursed thing to thy hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn to thy fathers;
Hakuna hata kimoja kati ya vitu hivyo vimewekwa wakfu kwa ajili ya kuangamizwa vinapaswa kugadamana kwenye mkono wako. Hii inapaswa kuwa kesi, ili kwamba Yahwe atageuka kutoka kwenye ukali wa hasira yake, kumuonyesha rehema, kuwa na huruma kwako, na kukufanya wewe kuogezeka katika idadi, kama alivyoapa kwa baba zako.
18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do [that which is] right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
Atafanya hivi kwa sababu unasikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako, kuzishika amri zake ambazo ninakuamuru leo, kufanya kile kilicho sahihi mbele ya macho ya Yahwe Mungu wako.
