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 there will have arisen in your midst a prophet, or someone who claims that he had seen a dream, and if he will have predicted sign and portent,
2 y la señal o el milagro ocurre. Si después de eso te dicen: “Sigamos a otros dioses que no conoces, y adorémoslos”,
and if what he has spoken happens, and he says to you, ‘Let us go and follow strange gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’
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.
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the Lord your God is testing you, so that it may become clear whether or not you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
4 Debes seguir al Señor tu Dios y respetarlo. Guarda sus mandamientos y obedece su palabra. Adóralo y aférrate a él.
Follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and listen to his voice. Him shall you serve, and to him shall you cling.
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.
But that prophet or forger of dreams shall be put to death. For he has spoken so as to turn you away from the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt and who redeemed you from the house of servitude, and so as to cause you to wander from the way that the Lord your God has entrusted to you. And so shall you remove the evil from your midst.
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 own son or daughter, or your wife who is in your bosom, or your friend, whom you love like your own soul, were willing to persuade you secretly, saying: ‘Let us go, and serve foreign gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known,
7 los dioses de tus vecinos de la nación pagana, ya sea que amen de cerca o de lejos en cualquier dirección,
gods from any of the surrounding nations, whether these are near or far away, from the beginning even to the end of the earth,
8 no te rindas a ellos ni los escuches. No les muestres misericordia. No los perdones ni los protejas.
you should neither agree with him, nor listen to him. And your eye should not spare him so that you take pity on him and conceal him.
9 ¡Es absolutamente necesario matarlos! Empieza a matarlos y luego haz que todos los demás te ayuden.
Instead, you shall put him to death promptly. Let your hand be upon him first, and after that, let the hands of all the people be sent forth.
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.
He shall be killed by being overwhelmed with stones. For he was willing to draw you away from the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude.
11 Entonces todo israelita se enterará de ello y tendrá miedo, y no hará jamás algo tan malo entre ustedes.
So may all of Israel, upon hearing this, be afraid, so that nothing like this will ever be done again.
12 Puede suceder que una vez que vivas en las ciudades que el Señor tu Dios te da oigas
If, in one of your cities which the Lord your God will give to you as a habitation, you hear someone say:
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.
‘The sons of Belial have departed from your midst, and they have persuaded the inhabitants of their city, and they have said: “Let us go, and serve strange gods,”’ which you have not known:
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,
inquire carefully and diligently, seeking the truth of the matter. And if you find that what was said is certain, and that this abomination is a work which has been perpetrated,
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.
you shall promptly strike down the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword. And you shall destroy it, along with all the things that are in it, even the flocks.
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.
Then all the household goods which are there, you shall gather together in the midst of its streets, and you shall set fire to these, along with the city itself, so that you may consume everything for the Lord your God, and so that it may be an everlasting tomb. It shall no longer be built up.
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,
And there shall remain nothing of that anathema in your hand, so that the Lord may turn from the wrath of his fury, and may take pity on you, and may multiply you, just as he swore 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.
when you will heed the voice of the Lord your God, keeping all his precepts, which I am entrusting to you this day, so that you may do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord your God.”
