20.「若有先知擅敢託我的名說我所未曾吩咐他說的話,或是奉別神的名說話,那先知就必治死。』
But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.」
21.你心裏若說:『耶和華所未曾吩咐的話,我們怎能知道呢?』
You may say to yourselves, 「How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?」
22.先知託耶和華的名說話,所說的若不成就,也無效驗,這就是耶和華所未曾吩咐的,是那先知擅自說的,你不要怕他。
If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.