Deuteronomio 13
1 Si alguna vez tienes entre ustedes un profeta o un soñador de sueños y él te da una señal o una maravilla,
“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 la maravilla tiene lugar, y él les dice: Sigamos otros dioses que no conocen y adorémosles.
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 le presten atención a las palabras de ese profeta ni a ese soñador de sueños: porque el Señor, tu Dios, te está probando para ver si todo el amor de tu corazón y de tu alma está entregado a él.
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 Pero sigan los caminos del Señor tu Dios, a Él temerán y obedecerán sus órdenes y escuchando su voz; y servirán sigan unidos 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 Y ese profeta o ese soñador de sueños debe ser condenado a muerte; porque sus palabras fueron dichas con el propósito de apartarte del Señor tu Dios, que los sacó de la tierra de Egipto y te liberó de la casa de la esclavitud; y de forzarte a salir del camino en que el Señor tu Dios te ha dado órdenes de ir. Así que debes quitar el mal de en medio de entre ustedes.
“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 madre, o tu hijo o tu hija o tu esposa amada, o el amigo que te es tan querido como tu vida, trabajando en ti en secreto, te dice: Ve y adora a otros dioses, extraños para ustedes y para sus padres;
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 Dioses de los pueblos que te rodean, cerca o lejos, de un extremo a otro de la tierra;
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 guíes ni le prestes atención; no tengas piedad de él ni misericordia, y no lo encubras;
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 Más mátalo sin cuestionarlo; Deja que tu mano sea la primera que se extienda contra él para matarlo, y luego las manos 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 Sea apedreado hasta que muera; porque su propósito era desviarte del Señor tu Dios, que te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, donde eras esclavo.
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 Y todo Israel, al oírlo, se llenará de temor, y nadie volverá a hacer semejante maldad 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 Y si les llega el rumor, en uno de los pueblos que el Señor tu Dios te da para tu lugar de descanso,
“When you are living in one of the towns in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, you may hear
13 Hombres, hijos de Belial han salido de entre ustedes, descarriando a la gente de su pueblo de la manera correcta y diciendo: Vamos y adoremos a otros dioses, de los cuales no tienen conocimiento;
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 Tu consultarás buscarás y preguntarás con cuidado; y si es cierto que se ha hecho algo tan desagradable entre ustedes;
Investigate it thoroughly/carefully. If [you find out that] it is true that such a disgraceful thing has happened,
15 Luego matarás a filo de espada la gente de ese pueblo y entregarla a la maldición, con todo su ganado y todo lo que hay en ella.
kill all the people in that town. And kill all their livestock, too. Destroy the town completely.
16 Y toma todos los bienes en medio de la plaza, quemando la ciudad y todas sus propiedades con fuego como ofrenda al Señor tu Dios; esa ciudad será un desperdicio para siempre; No habrá más edificios allí.
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 guarden nada de lo que está destinado a la destrucción para ustedes mismos: para que el Señor nunca se enoje contigo y tenga misericordia de ti, y te hará que te multipliques como lo dijo en su juramento a tus padres:
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 Mientras escuches la voz del Señor tu Dios, mantén todas las órdenes que te doy hoy y haz lo correcto ante los ojos del Señor tu 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].”
