Deuteronomio 13

1 Tal vez un profeta o alguien que tiene sueños sobre el futuro llega y te da una predicción sobre alguna señal o milagro,

If ever you have among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

2 y la señal o el milagro ocurre. Si después de eso te dicen: “Sigamos a otros dioses que no conoces, y adorémoslos”,

And the sign or the wonder takes place, and he says to you, Let us go after other gods, which are strange to you, and give them worship;

3 entonces no debes escuchar lo que ese profeta o soñador dice porque el Señor tu Dios está tratando de probar si realmente lo amas con toda tu mente y con todo tu ser.

Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

4 Debes seguir al Señor tu Dios y respetarlo. Guarda sus mandamientos y obedece su palabra. Adóralo y aférrate a él.

But keep on in the ways of the Lord your God, fearing him and keeping his orders and hearing his voice, worshipping him and being true to him.

5 Esta clase de profeta o soñador debe ser ejecutado, porque ha promovido la rebelión contra el Señor tu Dios, que te sacó de Egipto y te rescató de la prisión de la esclavitud. Hatratado de alejarte del camino que el Señor tu Dios te ha ordenado seguir. Debes eliminar el mal entre tu pueblo.

And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is to be put to death; for his words were said with the purpose of turning you away from the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; and of forcing you out of the way in which the Lord your God has given you orders to go. So you are to put away the evil from among you.

6 Aunque tu propio hermano, o tu hijo o hija, o la esposa que amas, o tu mejor amigo te animen en secreto, diciendo: “Vamos a adorar a otros dioses” desconocidos para ti y tus antepasados,

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

7 los dioses de tus vecinos de la nación pagana, ya sea que amen de cerca o de lejos en cualquier dirección,

Gods of the peoples round about you, near or far, from one end of the earth to the other;

8 no te rindas a ellos ni los escuches. No les muestres misericordia. No los perdones ni los protejas.

Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;

9 ¡Es absolutamente necesario matarlos! Empieza a matarlos y luego haz que todos los demás te ayuden.

But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

10 Apedrea a la persona hasta la muerte por tratar de alejarte del Señor tu Dios, que te sacó de Egipto, de la prisión de la esclavitud.

Let him be stoned with stones till he is dead; because it was his purpose to make you false to the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

11 Entonces todo israelita se enterará de ello y tendrá miedo, y no hará jamás algo tan malo entre ustedes.

And all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and no one will again do such evil as this among you.

12 Puede suceder que una vez que vivas en las ciudades que el Señor tu Dios te da oigas

And if word comes to you, in one of the towns which the Lord your God is giving you for your resting-place,

13 que gente malvada se ha apoderado de una de tus ciudades y ha desviado a la gente de allí, diciéndoles: “Vamos a adorar a otros dioses” que tú no conoces.

That good-for-nothing persons have gone out from among you, turning the people of their town from the right way and saying, Let us go and give worship to other gods, of whom you have no knowledge;

14 Si esto ocurre, hay que hacer una investigación completa, preguntar sobre los hechos e interrogar a los testigos. Si se demuestra, sin lugar a duda, que este terrible pecado se ha cometido realmente entre ustedes,

Then let a full search be made, and let questions be put with care; and if it is true and certain that such a disgusting thing has been done among you;

15 entonces tienen que matar con espada al pueblo que vive en esa ciudad. Sepáralos para la destrucción, tanto a la gente como a su ganado.

Then take up arms against the people of that town and give it up to the curse, with all its cattle and everything in it.

16 Deberás amontonar todas las posesiones del pueblo en medio de la plaza pública, y quemar completamente el pueblo y todo lo que hay en él como una completa ofrenda quemada al Señor tu Dios. La ciudad debe permanecer como un montón de ruinas para siempre. Nunca debe ser reconstruida.

And take all the goods into the middle of its open space, burning the town and all its property with fire as an offering to the Lord your God; it is to be a waste for ever; there is to be no more building there.

17 No tomen para ustedes nada de lo que ha sido apartado para la destrucción, para que el Señor no se enfade más. Él será misericordioso con ustedes, mostrándoles compasión y dándoles muchos descendientes como se lo prometió a sus antepasados,

Keep not a thing of what is cursed for yourselves: so the Lord may be turned away from the heat of his wrath, and have mercy on you, and give you increase as he said in his oath to your fathers:

18 porque obedecen al Señor su Dios, guardando todos sus mandamientos que yo les doy hoy y haciendo lo que es correcto ante los ojos del Señor su Dios.

So long as you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep all his orders which I give you today, and do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God.