Deuteronomio 13

1 Si se levanta entre vosotros un profeta o un soñador de sueños, y os da una señal o un prodigio,

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

2 y se realiza la señal o el prodigio del que os ha hablado, diciendo: “Vayamos en pos de otros dioses” (que no habéis conocido) “y sirvámosles”,

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 no escucharéis las palabras de ese profeta, ni de ese soñador de sueños, porque Yahvé vuestro Dios os está probando, para saber si amáis a Yahvé vuestro Dios con todo vuestro corazón y con toda vuestra alma.

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 Caminarás en pos de Yahvé vuestro Dios, lo temerás, guardarás sus mandamientos y obedecerás su voz. Le servirás y te aferrarás 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 Ese profeta, o ese soñador de sueños, morirá, porque ha hablado con rebeldía contra el Señor, tu Dios, que te sacó de la tierra de Egipto y te rescató de la casa de servidumbre, para apartarte del camino que el Señor, tu Dios, te mandó seguir. Así, eliminarás el mal de entre vosotros.

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 Si tu hermano, el hijo de tu madre, o tu hijo, o tu hija, o la mujer de tu seno, o tu amigo que es como tu propia alma, te seduce en secreto, diciendo: “Vamos a servir a otros dioses” — que no has conocido, tú ni tus padres

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 de los dioses de los pueblos que están en vuestros alrededores, cerca o lejos de ti, desde un extremo de la tierra hasta el otro extremo de la tierra —

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

8 no lo consentirás ni lo escucharás; ni tu ojo se apiadará de él, ni lo perdonarás, ni lo ocultarás;

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

9 sino que lo matarás. Tu mano será la primera en ponerlo a morir, y después las manos de todo el pueblo.

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 Lo apedrearás hasta que muera, porque ha tratado de apartarte del Señor, tu Dios, que te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de servidumbre.

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 Todo Israel oirá y temerá, y no volverá a hacer una maldad como ésta entre vosotros.

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

12 Si oyes hablar de una de tus ciudades, que Yahvé vuestro Dios te da para habitar en ella, que

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

13 algunos malvados han salido de entre vosotros y han arrastrado a los habitantes de su ciudad, diciendo: “Vamos a servir a otros dioses”, que vosotros no has conocisteis,

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 entonces indagarás, investigarás y preguntarás con diligencia. He aquí, si es cierto, y la cosa es cierta, que tal abominación fue hecha entre vosotros,

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 ciertamente heriréis a los habitantes de esa ciudad a filo de espada, destruyéndola por completo, con todo lo que hay en ella y su ganado, a filo de espada.

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 Recogerás todo su botín en medio de su calle, y quemarás con fuego la ciudad, con todo su botín, a Yahvé vuestro Dios. Será un montón para siempre. No se volverá a construir.

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 Nada de lo consagrado se aferrará a tu mano, para que Yahvé se aparte del ardor de su cólera y se apiade de ti y te multiplique, como ha jurado a tus padres,

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 cuando escuches la voz de Yahvé vuestro Dios, para cumplir todos sus mandamientos que hoy te ordeno, para hacer lo que es justo a los ojos de Yahvé vuestro 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.