Deuteronomy 13

1 If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,

1 “如果你们中间出现了先知或解梦的人，要显神迹奇事给你们看，

2 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,”

2 劝你们随从、供奉不认识的其他神明，即使他们显的神迹奇事应验了，

3 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.

3 你们也不可听从他们。因为这是你们的上帝耶和华在试验你们，要看看你们是否全心全意地爱祂。

4 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.

4 你们要跟从你们的上帝耶和华，敬畏祂，遵守祂的诫命，听从祂的话，事奉祂，倚靠祂。

5 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.

5 必须处死那些先知或解梦的人，因为他们怂恿你们背叛你们的上帝耶和华、偏离祂吩咐你们当走的道路。你们的上帝耶和华曾带你们离开埃及，救赎你们脱离奴役。你们必须清除你们当中的邪恶。

6 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,

6 “如果你们的亲兄弟、儿女、爱妻或挚友暗中引诱你们去拜你们和你们祖先都不认识的其他神明，

7 the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other),

7 引诱你们去拜你们周围各族的神明，或在附近或远在天边，

8 you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.

8 你们不可迁就、听从他们，不可怜惜他们，不可放过或包庇他们。

9 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.

9 必须处死他们。你们要首先下手，然后众人一起打死他们。

10 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.

10 你们要用石头打死他们，因为他们企图使你们背弃你们的上帝耶和华，祂曾把你们从受奴役之地埃及领出来。

11 Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.

11 这样，所有以色列人听了就会害怕，必无人再敢在你们中间做这种恶事。

12 If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said

12–13 “在你们的上帝耶和华将要赐给你们居住的各城中，如果你们听说某城里有恶人引诱城中的居民偏离正路，唆使他们去供奉你们不认识的其他神明，

13 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 then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,

14 你们要认真查明真相。如果传闻属实，你们当中确有此恶行，

15 you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.

15 你们一定要用刀杀光那城中的居民和牲畜。

16 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.

16 你们要把城中的财物堆在广场中心，然后放火焚烧那城和城中的财物，作为燔祭献给你们的上帝耶和华。城要永远荒废，不可重建。

17 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,

17–18 你们不可保留任何应当被毁灭的东西，这样耶和华就不再向你们发怒，转而施恩怜悯你们。 “只要你们遵守我今天吩咐你们的一切诫命，做耶和华视为正的事，祂必按照祂对你们祖先所起的誓，怜悯你们，使你们人丁兴旺。

18 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.