تَثنِيَة 18

١ 1 لَا يَرِثُ الْكَهَنَةُ اللّاوِيُّونَ وَلا أَحَدٌ مِنْ سِبْطِ لاوِي مِلْكاً أَو نَصِيباً مَعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ مُحْرَقَاتِ الرَّبِّ وَنَصِيبِهِ.

The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

٢ 2 لَا يَرِثُونَ مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِمْ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ نَصِيبُهُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَهُمْ.

Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said to them.

٣ 3 وَهَذَا هُوَ حَقُّ الْكَهَنَةِ مِنَ الذَّبَائِحِ الَّتِي يُقَرِّبُهَا الشَّعْبُ بَقَراً كَانَتْ أَمْ غَنَماً: يُقَدِّمُ الشَّعْبُ لِلْكَاهِنِ السَّاعِدَ وَالْفَكَّيْنِ وَالْكِرْشَ،

And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep; and they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the stomach.

٤ 4 كَمَا تُعْطُونَهُ أَوَّلَ حَصَادِ قَمْحِكُمْ وَخَمْرِكُمْ وَزَيْتِكُمْ، وَأَوَّلَ جَزَازِ غَنَمِكُمْ،

The firstfruit also of thy grain, of thy wine, and of thy oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

٥ 5 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمُ اخْتَارَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ لِيَقُومَ بِالْخِدْمَةِ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ، هُوَ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ.

For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

٦ 6 وَإذَا أَقْبَلَ لاوِيٌّ مِنْ إِحْدَى مُدُنِكُمْ مِنْ أَيِّ مَكَانٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، حَيْثُ هُوَ مُتَغَرِّبٌ، لِيَمْكُثَ بِرَغْبَةٍ قَلْبِيَّةٍ صَادِقَةٍ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ،

And if a Levite shall come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD shall choose;

٧ 7 فَإِنَّ مِنْ حَقِّهِ أَنْ يَخْدُمَ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ كَبَقِيَّةِ إِخْوَتِهِ اللّاوِيِّينَ الْمَاثِلِينَ هُنَاكَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ.

Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD.

٨ 8 وَمِنْ حَقِّهِ أَيْضاً أَنْ يَنَالَ نَصِيباً مُتَسَاوِياً مِنَ التَّقْدِمَاتِ، عَلاوَةً عَلَى مَا يَكُونُ قَدْ حَصَلَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بَيْعِ مَا وَرِثَهُ عَنْ آبَائِهِ.

They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of their fathers’ estates.

٩ 9 وَمَتَى دَخَلْتُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يُوَرِّثُكُمْ إِيَّاهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، فَلا تَتَعَلَّمُوا مُمَارَسَةَ رَجَاسَاتِ تِلْكَ الأُمَمِ الْمُقِيمَةِ هُنَاكَ.

When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

١٠ 10 وَلا يَكُنْ بَيْنَكُمْ مَنْ يُجِيزُ ابْنَهُ أَو ابْنَتَهُ فِي النَّارِ، وَلا يَتَعَاطَى الْعِرَافَةَ وَلا الْعِيَافَةَ وَلا مُمَارَسَةَ الْفَأْلِ أَوِ السِّحْرِ،

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

١١ 11 وَلا مَنْ يَرْقِي رُقْيَةً أَوْ يُشَاوِرُ جَانّاً أَوْ وَسِيطاً، أَوْ يَسْتَحْضِرُ أَرْوَاحَ الْمَوْتَى لِيُسَائِلَهُمْ،

Or a charmer, or a consulter with mediums, or a wizard, or one who calls up the dead.

١٢ 12 لأَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَتَعَاطَى ذَلِكَ مَكْرُوهٌ لَدَى الرَّبِّ. فَبِسَبَبِ هَذِهِ الأَرْجَاسِ عَزَمَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ عَلَى طَرْدِ هَذِهِ الأُمَمِ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ،

For all that do these things are an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

١٣ 13 فَكُونُوا كَامِلِينَ لَدَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

١٤ 14 إِنَّ تِلْكَ الأُمَمَ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ تَسْتَأْصِلُونَهَا تُصَدِّقُ مُمَارَسَةَ الْمُشَعْوِذِينَ وَالْعَرَّافِينَ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ يَحْظُرُ عَلَيْكُمْ ذَلِكَ.

For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened to observers of times, and to diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not permitted thee so to do.

١٥ 15 سَيُقِيمُ الرَّبُّ فِيكُمْ نَبِيًّا مِثْلِي مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَهُ تَسْمَعُونَ،

The LORD thy God will raise up to thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like me; to him ye shall hearken;

١٦ 16 فَقَدِ اسْتَجَابَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ مَا طَلَبْتُمْ مِنْهُ فِي حُورِيبَ فِي يَوْمِ الاجْتِمَاعِ عِنْدَمَا قُلْتُمْ: لَا نَعُودُ نَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا، وَلا نَرَى النَّارَ الْعَظِيمَةَ أَيْضاً لِئَلّا نَمُوتَ

According to all that thou didst desire of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I may not die.

١٧ 17 فَقَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: لَقَدْ أَصَابُوا فِي مَا تَكَلَّمُوا.

And the LORD said to me, They have well spoken of that which they have spoken.

١٨ 18 لِهَذَا أُقِيمُ لَهُمْ نَبِيًّا مِنْ بَيْنِ إِخْوَتِهِمْ مِثْلَكَ، وَأَضَعُ كَلامِي فِي فَمِهِ، فَيُخَاطِبُهُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا آمُرُهُ بِهِ.

I will raise up to them a Prophet from among their brethren, like thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

١٩ 19 فَيَكُونُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَعْصَى كَلامِي الَّذِي يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ بِاسْمِي، فَأَنَا أُحَاسِبُهُ.

And it shall come to pass, that whoever will not hearken to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

٢٠ 20 وَأَمَّا النَّبِيُّ الَّذِي يَتَجَبَّرُ فَيَنْطِقُ بِاسْمِي بِمَا لَمْ آمُرْهُ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ، أَوْ يَتَنَبَّأُ بِاسمِ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَإِنَّهُ حَتْماً يَمُوتُ.

But the prophet, who shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

٢١ 21 وَإِنْ سَأَلْتُمْ فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ: كَيْفَ نُمَيِّزُ الْكَلامَ الَّذِي لَمْ يَصْدُرْ عَنِ الرَّبِّ؟

And if thou shalt say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

٢٢ 22 فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَا يَتَنَبَّأُ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ وَلا يَتَحَقَّقُ يَكُونُ ادِّعَاءً مِنْهُ لَمْ يَنْطِقْ بِهِ الرَّبُّ، بَلْ بِطُغْيَانٍ تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ فَلا تَخَفْ مِنْهُ.

When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing doth not follow, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.