UDutheronomi 13

1 Uba kuvela phakathi kwakho umprofethi kumbe umphuphi wamaphupho, akunike isibonakaliso loba isimangaliso,

If there arise amog you a prophet or a dreamer of dreames, (and giue thee a signe or wonder,

2 lesibonakaliso loba isimangaliso akhulume ngaso kuwe senzakale, esithi: Asilandele abanye onkulunkulu ongabazanga, sibakhonze;

And the signe and the wonder, which hee hath tolde thee, come to passe) saying, Let vs go after other gods, which thou hast not knowen, and let vs serue them,

3 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.

Thou shalt not hearken vnto the wordes of the prophet, or vnto that dreamer of dreames: for the Lord your God prooueth you, to knowe whether ye loue the Lord your God with al your heart, and with all your soule.

4 INkosi uNkulunkulu wenu lizayilandela, yona liyesabe, imithetho yayo liyigcine, ilizwi layo lililalele, yona liyikhonze, kuyo linamathele.

Yee shall walke after the Lord your God and feare him, and shall keepe his commandements, and hearken vnto his voyce, and yee shall serue him, and cleaue vnto him.

5 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.

But that prophet, or that dreamer of dreames, he shall be slaine, because hee hath spoken to turne you away from the Lord your God (which brought you out of the lande of Egypt, and deliuered you out of the house of bodage) to thrust thee out of the way, wherein the Lord thy God commanded thee to walke: so shalt thou take the euill away foorth of the middes of thee.

6 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,

If thy brother, the sonne of thy mother, or thine owne sonne, or thy daughter, or the wife, that lyeth in thy bosome, or thy friend, which is as thine owne soule, intice thee secretly, saying, Let vs goe and serue other gods, (which thou hast not knowen, thou, I say, nor thy fathers)

7 babonkulunkulu babantu abalizingelezeleyo, abaseduze lawe loba abakhatshana lawe, kusukela komunye umkhawulo womhlaba kuze kufike komunye umkhawulo womhlaba,

Any of the gods of the people which are round about you, neere vnto thee or farre off from thee, from the one ende of the earth vnto ye other:

8 ungamvumeli, ungamlaleli, futhi ilihlo lakho lingamhawukeli, njalo ungamyekeli, ungamfihli,

Thou shalt not cosent vnto him, nor heare him, neither shall thine eye pitie him, nor shewe mercie, nor keepe him secret:

9 kodwa umbulale lokumbulala; isandla sakho sizakuba ngesokuqala phezu kwakhe ukumbulala, lemva kwalokho isandla sabantu bonke.

But thou shalt euen kill him: thine hand shall be first vpon him to put him to death, and then the handes of all the people.

10 Njalo mkhande ngamatshe aze afe, ngoba ubedinga ukukufuqa uphambuke eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, eyakukhupha elizweni leGibhithe, endlini yobugqili.

And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he dye (because he hath gone about to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of ye land of Egypt, from ye house of bondage)

11 LoIsrayeli wonke uzakuzwa, esabe, angabe esenza ububi obunjengalobo phakathi kwakho.

That all Israel may heare and feare, and doe no more any such wickednesse as this among you.

12 Uba usizwa komunye wemizi yakho, iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika yona, ukuthi uhlale khona, kuthiwa:

If thou shalt heare say (concerning any of thy cities which the Lord thy God hath giuen thee to dwell in)

13 Kuphumile amadoda, abantwana bakaBheliyali, phakathi kwakho, afuqa aphambula abakhileyo bomuzi wawo esithi: Asihambe siyekhonza abanye onkulunkulu elingabazanga;

Wicked men are gone out from among you, and haue drawen away the inhabitants of their citie, saying, Let vs go and serue other gods, which ye haue not knowen,

14 khona uzabuza, uhlolisise, udingisise; khangela, uba kuliqiniso, leyonto iqinisekile, lesisinengiso senziwe phakathi kwakho,

Then thou shalt seeke, and make searche and enquire diligently: and if it be true, and the thing certaine, that such abomination is wrought among you,

15 uzatshaya lokubatshaya abakhileyo balowomuzi ngobukhali benkemba, uwutshabalalise, lakho konke okukuwo lezifuyo zawo, ngobukhali benkemba.

Thou shalt euen slay the inhabitants of that citie with the edge of the sworde: destroy it vtterly, and all that is therein, and the cattel thereof with the edge of the sworde.

16 Uzabuthela yonke impango yawo phakathi komdanga wawo, utshise ngomlilo umuzi lempango yawo yonke uphele du, eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho; njalo uzakuba yinqumbi phakade, awuyikwakhiwa futhi.

And thou shalt gather all the spoyle of it into the middes of the streete thereof, and burne with fire the citie and all the spoyle thereof euery whit, vnto the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heape for euer: it shall not be built againe.

17 Kunganamatheli lutho kwalokho okuqalekisiweyo esandleni sakho, ukuze iNkosi iphenduke ekuvutheni kwentukuthelo yayo, ikuphe umusa, ibe lobubele kuwe, ikwandise, njengalokhu yafunga kuboyihlo,

And there shall cleaue nothing of ye damned thing to thine hand, that the Lord may turne from the fiercenes of his wrath, and shewe thee mercie, and haue compassion on thee and multiplie thee, as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers:

18 uba ulalela ilizwi leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ukugcina yonke imithetho yayo engikulaya yona lamuhla, ukwenza okulungileyo emehlweni eNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho.

When thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, and keepe all his commandements which I command thee this day, that thou do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.