Targum Onkelos Deuteronomy · chapter 13

Tap any Aramaic word to trace it to its Jastrow dictionary entry.

1. 1

   יָת כָּל פִּתְגָמָא דִי אֲנָא מְפַקֵד יָתְכוֹן יָתֵהּ תִּטְרוּן לְמֶעְבָּד לָא תוֹסְפוּן עֲלוֹהִי וְלָא תִמְנְעוּן מִנֵהּ

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

2. 2

   אֲרֵי יְקוּם בֵּינָךְ נְבִיָא אוֹ חָלֵם חֶלְמָא וְיִתֶּן לָךְ אָת אוֹ מוֹפְתָא

   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. 3

   וְיֵיתֵי אָתָא וּמוֹפְתָא דִי מַלִיל עִמָךְ לְמֵימָר נְהַךְ בָּתַר טַעֲוַת עַמְמַיָא דִי לָא יְדַעְתָּנוּן וְנִפְלְחִנוּן

   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. 4

   לָא תְקַבֵּל לְפִתְגָמֵי נְבִיָא הַהוּא אוֹ לְחָלֵם חֶלְמָא הַהוּא אֲרֵי מְנַסֵי יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן יָתְכוֹן לְמִדַע הַאִיתֵיכוֹן רָחֲמִין יָת יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן בְכָל לִבְּכוֹן וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁכוֹן

   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.

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   בָּתַר דַחַלְתָּא דַיְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן תְהָכוּן וְיָתֵהּ תִּדְחֲלוּן וְיָת פִּקוּדוֹהִי תִטְּרוּן וּלְמֵימְרֵהּ תְּקַבְּלוּן וְקָדָמוֹהִי תִפְלְחוּן וּבְדַחַלְתֵּהּ תִּתְקָרְבוּן

   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.

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   וּנְבִיָא הַהוּא אוֹ חָלֵם חֶלְמָא הַהוּא יִתְקְטֵּל אֲרֵי מַלִיל סַטְיָא עַל יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן דִי אַפֵּיק יָתְכוֹן מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם וּדְפָרְקָךְ מִבֵּית עַבְדוּתָא לְאַטְעֲיוּתָךְ מִן אָרְחָא דִי פַקְדָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לִמְהַךְ בַּהּ וּתְפַלֵי עָבֵד דְבִישׁ מִבֵּינָךְ

   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,

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   אֲרֵי יְמַלְכִנָךְ אֲחוּךְ בַּר אִמָךְ אוֹ בְרָךְ אוֹ בְרַתָּךְ אוֹ אִתַּת קְיָמָךְ אוֹ חַבְרָךְ דִי כְנַפְשָׁךְ בְּסִתְרָא לְמֵימַר נְהַךְ וְנִפְלַח לְטַעֲוַת עַמְמַיָא דִי לָא יְדַעְתְּ אַתְּ וַאֲבָהָתָךְ

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

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   מִטַעֲוַת עַמְמַיָא דִי בְסַחֲרָנֵיכוֹן דִקְרִיבִין לָךְ אוֹ דִרְחִיקִין מִנָךְ מִסְיָפֵי אַרְעָא וְעַד סְיָפֵי אַרְעָא

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

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   לָא תֵיבֵי לֵהּ וְלָא תְקַבֵּל מִנֵהּ וְלָא תְחוּס עֵינָךְ עֲלוֹהִי וְלָא תְרַחַם וְלָא תְכַסֵי עֲלוֹהִי

   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. 10

    אֲרֵי מִקְטַל תִּקְטְּלִנֵהּ יְדָךְ תְּהֵי בֵהּ בְּקַדְמֵיתָא לְמִקְטְלֵהּ וִידָא דְכָל עַמָא בְבַתְרֵיתָא

    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.

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    וְתִרְגְמִנֵהּ בְּאַבְנַיָא וִימוּת אֲרֵי בָעָא לְאַטְעֲיוּתָךְ מִדַחַלְתָּא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ דִי אַפְּקָךְ מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עַבְדוּתָא

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

12. 12

    וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁמְעוּן וְיִדְחֲלוּן וְלָא יוֹסְפוּן לְמֶעְבַּד כְּפִתְגָמָא בִישָׁא הָדֵין בֵּינָךְ

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

13. 13

    אֲרֵי תִשְׁמַע בְּחַד מִקִרְוָיךְ דִי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ לְמִתַּב תַּמָן לְמֵימָר

    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. 14

    נְפָקוּ גֻבְרִין בְּנֵי רִשְׁעָא מִבֵּינָךְ וְאַטְעָיוּ יָת יָתְבֵי קַרְתְּהוֹן לְמֵימָר נְהַךְ וְנִפְלַח לְטַעֲוַת עַמְמַיָא דִי לָא יְדַעְתּוּן

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

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    וְתִתְבַּע וְתִבְדוֹק וְתִשְׁאַל יָאוּת וְהָא קֻשְׁטָּא כֵּוַן פִּתְגָמָא אִתְעֲבִידָא תּוֹעֶבְתָּא הָדָא בֵּינָךְ

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

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    מִמְחָא תִמְחֵי יָת יָתְבֵי קַרְתָּא הַהִיא לְפִתְגַם דְחָרֶב גַמַר יָתַהּ וְיָת כָּל דִי בַהּ וְיָת בְּעִירַהּ לְפִתְגַם דְחָרֶב

    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.

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    וְיָת כָּל עֲדָאַהּ תִּכְנוֹשׁ לְגוֹ פְתָיַהּ וְתוֹקֵד בְּנוּרָא יָת קַרְתָּא וְיָת כָּל עֲדָאַהּ גְמִיר קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ וּתְהֵי תֵּל חָרִיב לְעָלָם לָא תִתְבְּנֵי עוֹד

    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,

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    וְלָא יִדְבַּק בִּידָךְ מִדַעַם מִן חֶרְמָא בְּדִיל דִיתוּב יְיָ מִתְּקוֹף רוּגְזֵהּ וִיהַב לָךְ רַחֲמִין וִירַחַם עֲלָךְ וְיַסְגִנָךְ כְּמָא דִי קַיִים לַאֲבָהָתָךְ

    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.

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    אֲרֵי תְקַבֵּל לְמֵימְרָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְמִטַר יָת כָּל פִּקוּדוֹהִי דִי אֲנָא מְפַקְדָךְ יוֹמָא דֵין לְמֶעְבַּד דְכָשָׁר קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ