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,
“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].
2 y la señal o el milagro ocurre. Si después de eso te dicen: “Sigamos a otros dioses que no conoces, y adorémoslos”,
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,
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.
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.
4 Debes seguir al Señor tu Dios y respetarlo. Guarda sus mandamientos y obedece su palabra. Adóralo y aférrate a él.
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.
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 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.
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,
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.
7 los dioses de tus vecinos de la nación pagana, ya sea que amen de cerca o de lejos en cualquier dirección,
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.
8 no te rindas a ellos ni los escuches. No les muestres misericordia. No los perdones ni los protejas.
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.
9 ¡Es absolutamente necesario matarlos! Empieza a matarlos y luego haz que todos los demás te ayuden.
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.
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.
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.
11 Entonces todo israelita se enterará de ello y tendrá miedo, y no hará jamás algo tan malo entre ustedes.
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.
12 Puede suceder que una vez que vivas en las ciudades que el Señor tu Dios te da oigas
“When you are living in one of the towns in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, you may hear
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 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.
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,
Investigate it thoroughly/carefully. If [you find out that] it is true that such a disgraceful thing has happened,
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.
kill all the people in that town. And kill all their livestock, too. Destroy the town completely.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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].”
