Torati 13
1 Kama miongoni mwenu ainuka nabii au muota ndoto,
If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
2 na kama anawapa ishara au maajabu, na kama ishara au maajabu yanatokea, kama alivyozungumza kwenu na kusema, “Ebu tuifuate miungu mingine, ambayo hatuijui, na tuiabudu.
and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”
3 Usisikilize maneno ya nabii huyo, au kwa huyo muota ndoto, kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wako anakujaribu kujua kama unampenda Yahwe Mungu wako kwa moyo wako wote na roho yako yote.
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
4 Mtatembea baada ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, mheshimu, mzishike amri zake, na mtii sauti yake, na mtamwabudu na kushikamana naye.
You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
5 Nabii huyo au muota ndoto atauwawa, kwa sababu amezungumza uasi dhidi ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, ambaye aliwaleta toka nchi ya Misri, na aliyewakomboa kutoka nyumba ya utumwa. Hivyo nabii anataka kuwaondoa katika njia ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu aliwaamuru kutembea. Kwa hiyo weka mbali maouvu kutoka kwenu.
Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
6 Tuseme kwamba ndugu yako, mwana wa mama yako, au mwana wako, au binti yako, au mke wa karibu nawe, au rafiki yako ambaye ni kama roho yako, kukushawishi kwa siri na kusema, “Acha tuende na tukaabudu miungu mingine ambayo hatujazijua, wala wewe wala mababu zako-
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
7 Miungu yeyote ya watu ambayo imewazunguka, karibu nanyi au mbali kutoka, kutoka mwisho wa dunia kwenda mwisho mwingine wa dunia.
the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other),
8 Usimkubali au kumsikiliza. Wala macho yako yasione huruma, wala hautamuacha akiba au kumficha.
you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
9 Badala yake, utamuacha hakika; mkono wako utakuwa wa kwanza kumuua, na badae mkono wa watu wote.
Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
10 Mtamponda mpaka kufa kwa mawe, kwa sababu amejaribu kuwaondoa kutoka kwa Yahwe Mungu wenu, ambaye aliwatoa kutoka nchi ya Misri, nje ya nyumba ya utumwa.
Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
11 Israel yote itasikia na kuogopa, na haitaendelea kufanya aina ya uovu miongoni mwenu.
Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.
12 Kama utasikia yeyote anasema kuhusu moja ya miji yenu, kwamba Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapa kuishi ndani yake.
If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said
13 Baadhi ya wenzuni waovu wamewaacha miongoni mwenu na kuacha kwa mbali wakazi wa miji yao na kusema, “Acha tuende na kuabudu miungu mingine ambayo hamjaijua.
that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
14 Basi utaichunguza uthibitisho, kufanya utafiti na kuipeleleza kwa kina. Wakati unagundua kwamba ni kweli na hakuna shaka kwamba chukizo hilo lililofanyika miongoni mwenu, kisha utachukua hatua.
then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
15 Utawashambulia hakika wenyeji wa mji huo kwa makali ya upanga. Utaangamiza kabisa na watu wote walio ndani yake, pamoja na mifugo yake, pamoja na makali ya upanga.
you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
16 Utakusanya nyara zote kutoka katikati mwa mitaa yake na utuunguza mji, pamoja na nyara zake zote - kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wako. Mji utakuwa mchungu wa uharibifu milele; haupaswi kujengwa tena.
And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
17 Hakuna hata kimoja kati ya vitu hivyo vimewekwa wakfu kwa ajili ya kuangamizwa vinapaswa kugadamana kwenye mkono wako. Hii inapaswa kuwa kesi, ili kwamba Yahwe atageuka kutoka kwenye ukali wa hasira yake, kumuonyesha rehema, kuwa na huruma kwako, na kukufanya wewe kuogezeka katika idadi, kama alivyoapa kwa baba zako.
Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
18 Atafanya hivi kwa sababu unasikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako, kuzishika amri zake ambazo ninakuamuru leo, kufanya kile kilicho sahihi mbele ya macho ya Yahwe Mungu wako.
because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
