Torati 13
1 Kama nabii, au yule anayetabiri kwa njia ya ndoto, akijitokeza miongoni mwenu na akawatangazia ishara ya miujiza na ajabu,
If there rise in the midst of thee a prophet or one that saith he hath dreamed a dream, and he foretell a sign and a wonder,
2 ikiwa ishara au ajabu ya aliyozungumza ikatokea, naye akasema, “Na tufuate miungu mingine” (miungu ambayo hamjaifahamu) “na tuiabudu,”
And that come to pass which he spoke, and he say to thee: Let us go and follow strange gods, which thou knowest not, and let us serve them:
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.
Thou shalt not hear the words of that prophet or dreamer: for the Lord your God trieth you, that it may appear whether you love him with all your heart, and with all your soul, or not.
4 Ni Bwana Mungu wenu ambaye mnapaswa kumfuata tena ni yeye mnapaswa kumheshimu. Shikeni maagizo yake na kumtii, mtumikieni na kushikamana naye.
Follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and hear his voice: him you shall serve, and to him you shall cleave.
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 forger of dreams shall be slain: because he spoke to draw you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of bondage: to make thee go out of the way, which the Lord thy God commanded thee: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee.
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 thy brother the son of thy mother, or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife that is in thy bosom, or thy friend, whom thou lovest as thy own soul, would persuade thee secretly, saying: Let us go, and serve strange gods, which thou knowest not, nor thy fathers,
7 miungu ya watu wanaowazunguka, ikiwa karibu au mbali, kutoka mwisho mmoja wa nchi mpaka mwingine),
Of all the nations round about, that are near or afar off, from one end of the earth to the other,
8 usikubali wala usimsikilize. Usimhurumie! Usimwache wala usimkinge.
Consent not to him, hear him not, neither let thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him,
9 Hakika ni lazima auawe. Ni lazima mkono wako uwe wa kwanza katika kumuua kisha mikono ya watu wengine wote.
But thou shalt presently put him to death. It Let thy hand be first upon him, and afterwards 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.
With stones shall he be stoned to death: because he would have withdrawn thee from the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage:
11 Kisha Israeli wote watasikia na kuogopa, wala hakuna mmoja miongoni mwenu atakayefanya uovu tena.
That all Israel hearing may fear, and may do no more any thing like this.
12 Kama mkisikia ikisemwa kwamba moja ya miji ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa mkae ndani yake
If in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to dwell in, thou hear some say:
13 kuna wanaume waovu wameinuka miongoni mwenu na wamewapotosha watu wa mji, wakisema, “Twendeni tukaabudu miungu mingine” (miungu ambayo hamkuifahamu),
Children of Belial are gone out of the midst of thee, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, and have said: Let us go, and serve strange gods which you know not:
14 ndipo itakubidi kuuliza, kupima na kuchunguza kwa makini. Kama ni kweli, tena ikihakikishwa kwamba jambo hili lichukizalo limefanyika miongoni mwenu,
Inquire carefully and diligently, the truth of the thing by looking well into it, and if thou find that which is said to be certain, and that this abomination hath been really committed,
15 kwa hakika ni lazima mwaue kwa upanga wale wote wanaoishi katika mji ule. Uharibuni kabisa, pamoja na watu wake na mifugo yake.
Thou shalt forthwith kill the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, and shalt destroy it and all things that are in it, even the cattle.
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 all the household goods that are there, thou shalt gather together in the midst of the streets thereof, and shalt burn them with the city itself, so as to consume all for the Lord thy God, and that it be a heap for ever: it shall be built no more.
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,
And there shall nothing of that anathema stick to thy hand: that the Lord may turn from the wrath of his fury, and may have mercy on thee, and multiply thee as he swore to thy fathers,
18 kwa sababu mnamtii Bwana Mungu wenu, mkizishika amri zake zote zile ninazowapa leo na kufanya lile lililo jema machoni pake.
When thou shalt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, keeping all his precepts, which I command thee this day, that thou mayst do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord thy God.
