Torati 13

1 Kama nabii, au yule anayetabiri kwa njia ya ndoto, akijitokeza miongoni mwenu na akawatangazia ishara ya miujiza na ajabu,

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

2 ikiwa ishara au ajabu ya aliyozungumza ikatokea, naye akasema, “Na tufuate miungu mingine” (miungu ambayo hamjaifahamu) “na tuiabudu,”

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 kamwe msiyasikilize maneno ya nabii wala mwota ndoto huyo. Bwana Mungu wenu anawajaribu kuangalia kama mnampenda kwa moyo wenu wote na kwa roho yenu yote.

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 Ni Bwana Mungu wenu ambaye mnapaswa kumfuata tena ni yeye mnapaswa kumheshimu. Shikeni maagizo yake na kumtii, mtumikieni na kushikamana naye.

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 Huyo nabii au mwota ndoto lazima auawe, kwa sababu amehubiri uasi dhidi ya Bwana Mungu wenu, ambaye aliwatoa kutoka nchi ya Misri na kuwakomboa kutoka nchi ya utumwa; amejaribu kuwageuza kutoka njia ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu aliwaagiza mfuate. Ni lazima mwondoe uovu miongoni mwenu.

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 Kama ndugu yako hasa, au mwanao au binti yako, au mke umpendaye, au rafiki yako wa karibu sana akikushawishi kwa siri, akisema, “Na twende tukaabudu miungu mingine” (miungu ambayo ninyi wala baba zenu hamkuifahamu,

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 miungu ya watu wanaowazunguka, ikiwa karibu au mbali, kutoka mwisho mmoja wa nchi mpaka mwingine),

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

8 usikubali wala usimsikilize. Usimhurumie! Usimwache wala usimkinge.

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

9 Hakika ni lazima auawe. Ni lazima mkono wako uwe wa kwanza katika kumuua kisha mikono ya watu wengine wote.

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 Mpigeni kwa mawe mpaka afe, kwa sababu alijaribu kuwageuza mtoke kwa Bwana Mungu wenu ambaye aliwatoa Misri, kutoka nchi ya utumwa.

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 Kisha Israeli wote watasikia na kuogopa, wala hakuna mmoja miongoni mwenu atakayefanya uovu tena.

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

12 Kama mkisikia ikisemwa kwamba moja ya miji ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa mkae ndani yake

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

13 kuna wanaume waovu wameinuka miongoni mwenu na wamewapotosha watu wa mji, wakisema, “Twendeni tukaabudu miungu mingine” (miungu ambayo hamkuifahamu),

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 ndipo itakubidi kuuliza, kupima na kuchunguza kwa makini. Kama ni kweli, tena ikihakikishwa kwamba jambo hili lichukizalo limefanyika miongoni mwenu,

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 kwa hakika ni lazima mwaue kwa upanga wale wote wanaoishi katika mji ule. Uharibuni kabisa, pamoja na watu wake na mifugo yake.

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 Kusanyeni nyara zote za mji katika uwanja wa wazi na kuuchoma mji kabisa pamoja na nyara zake zote kama sadaka ya kuteketezwa kwa Bwana Mungu wenu. Utabaki kuwa magofu milele na hautajengwa tena.

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 Hakuna kimoja kati ya vitu vilivyolaaniwa kitakachokutwa mikononi mwenu, ili Bwana ageuze hasira yake kali. Atawahurumia na kuwa na rehema kwenu pia kuongeza idadi yenu, kama alivyowaahidi baba zenu,

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 kwa sababu mnamtii Bwana Mungu wenu, mkizishika amri zake zote zile ninazowapa leo na kufanya lile lililo jema machoni pake.

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.