Deuteronomio 13
1 Si en medio de ti se levanta un profeta o un soñador, y te da una señal o un prodigio,
“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 aunque se cumpla tal señal o prodigio que te anunció, y dice: Sigamos otros ʼelohim que no conociste, y sirvámosles,
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 no escucharás las palabras de tal profeta o de tal soñador, porque Yavé tu ʼElohim te prueba para saber si amas a Yavé tu ʼElohim con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma.
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 Seguirás y temerás a Yavé tu ʼElohim. Guardarás sus Mandamientos y escucharás su voz. A Él servirás y te aferrarás.
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 Pero tal profeta o soñador morirá, porque aconsejó rebelión contra Yavé tu ʼElohim, Quien te sacó de la tierra de Egipto y te rescató de casa de esclavitud, para extraviarte del camino en el cual Yavé tu ʼElohim te ordenó que andes. Así extirparás el mal de en medio de ti.
“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 Si tu hermano, el hijo de tu propia madre, o tu hijo o tu hija, o la esposa que amas, o tu amigo íntimo, te incita y dice en secreto: Vamos y sirvamos a otros ʼelohim, que ni tú ni tus antepasados conocieron,
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 de los ʼelohim de los pueblos que te rodean, cerca o lejos de ti, desde un extremo de la tierra hasta el otro,
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 cederás ni lo escucharás. Tu ojo no tendrá compasión de él, ni lo perdonarás ni lo encubrirás,
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 sino lo matarás. Tu mano será la primera que caiga sobre él para que muera, y después la mano de todo el pueblo.
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 Lo apedrearás hasta la muerte, porque procuró extraviarte de Yavé tu ʼElohim, Quien te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de 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 Israel oirá y temerá, y nunca se repetirá semejante maldad en medio de ti.
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 Si en alguna de las ciudades que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da para que vivas, oyes decir
“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 salieron de en medio de ti hombres perversos que instigaron a los habitantes de tu ciudad, y dicen: Vamos y sirvamos a otros ʼelohim que ustedes no conocieron,
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 entonces tú investigarás, indagarás y preguntarás con diligencia. Si es verdad que tal repugnancia fue cometida en medio de ti,
Investigate it thoroughly/carefully. If [you find out that] it is true that such a disgraceful thing has happened,
15 de manera imperdonable matarás a los habitantes de esa ciudad a filo de espada. La destruirás con todo lo que esté en ella y matarás su ganado a filo de espada.
kill all the people in that town. And kill all their livestock, too. Destroy the town completely.
16 Luego juntarás todo su despojo en medio de su plaza y consumirás totalmente con fuego la ciudad con todo su despojo, todo ello como ofrenda quemada a Yavé tu ʼElohim. Será un montón de ruinas para siempre. Jamás será 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 Nada de lo repugnante se pegará a tu mano, para que Yavé se vuelva del ardor de su ira, te conceda misericordia, tenga compasión de ti y te multiplique, como juró a tus 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 obedeciste a la voz de Yavé tu ʼElohim al guardar todos sus Mandamientos que yo te ordeno hoy, para que hagas lo recto delante de Yavé tu ʼElohim.
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].”
