Torati 13
1 Kama miongoni mwenu ainuka nabii au muota ndoto,
'When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder,
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 the sign and the wonder hath come which he hath spoken of unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods (which thou hast not known), and serve 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.
thou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God 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.
after Jehovah your God ye walk, and Him ye fear, and His commands ye keep, and to His voice ye hearken, and Him ye serve, and to Him ye cleave.
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.
'And that prophet, or that dreamer of the dream, is put to death, for he hath spoken apostasy against Jehovah your God (who is bringing you out of the land of Egypt, and hath ransomed you out of a house of servants), to drive you out of the way in which Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to walk, and thou hast put away the evil thing from thy midst.
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-
'When thy brother — son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who [is] as thine own soul — doth move thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods — (which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers,
7 Miungu yeyote ya watu ambayo imewazunguka, karibu nanyi au mbali kutoka, kutoka mwisho wa dunia kwenda mwisho mwingine wa dunia.
of the gods of the peoples who [are] round about you, who are near unto thee, or who are far off from thee, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth) —
8 Usimkubali au kumsikiliza. Wala macho yako yasione huruma, wala hautamuacha akiba au kumficha.
thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over.
9 Badala yake, utamuacha hakika; mkono wako utakuwa wa kwanza kumuua, na badae mkono wa watu wote.
'But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;
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.
and thou hast stoned him with stones, and he hath died, for he hath sought to drive thee away from Jehovah thy God, who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;
11 Israel yote itasikia na kuogopa, na haitaendelea kufanya aina ya uovu miongoni mwenu.
and all Israel do hear and fear, and add not to do like this evil thing in thy midst.
12 Kama utasikia yeyote anasema kuhusu moja ya miji yenu, kwamba Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapa kuishi ndani yake.
'When thou hearest, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to dwell there, [one] saying,
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.
Men, sons of worthlessness, have gone out of thy midst, and they force away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye 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.
and thou hast enquired, and searched, and asked diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in thy midst:
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.
'Thou dost surely smite the inhabitants of that city by the mouth of the sword; devoting it, and all that [is] in it, even its cattle, by the mouth of the sword;
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 all its spoil thou dost gather unto the midst of its broad place, and hast burned with fire the city and all its spoil completely, before Jehovah thy God, and it hath been a heap age-during, it is not built any more;
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.
and there doth not cleave to thy hand any of the devoted thing, so that Jehovah doth turn back from the fierceness of His anger, and hath given to thee mercies, and loved thee, and multiplied thee, as He hath sworn to thy 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.
when thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commands which I am commanding thee to-day, to do that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.
