Deuteronomo 18
1 Ansembe Achilevi amene ndi fuko lonse la Alevi, asapatsidwe malo kapena cholowa pakati pa Aisraeli. Iwowa azidzadya zoperekedwa kwa Yehova ngati nsembe, popeza zimenezo ndiye cholowa chawo.
The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of YHWH made by fire, and his inheritance.
2 Iwowa sadzakhala ndi cholowa pakati pa abale awo pakuti Yehova ndiye cholowa chawo monga anawalonjezera.
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: YHWH is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
3 Anthu amene abwera kudzapereka nsembe ya ngʼombe kapena nkhosa, azipereka kwa wansembe gawo lake motere: mwendo wakutsogolo, nyama yamʼmasaya ndi zamʼkati.
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
4 Muziwapatsa zamasika zoyamba za tirigu wanu, vinyo watsopano ndi mafuta, ndi ubweya woyamba pometa nkhosa zanu,
The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
5 pakuti Yehova Mulungu wanu wawasankha iwowa ndi ana awo pakati pa mafuko anu onse kuti aziyimirira ndi kutumikira mʼdzina la Yehova nthawi zonse.
For YHWH thy Elohim hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of YHWH, him and his sons for ever.
6 Ngati Mlevi asuntha achoka ku mzinda wake ndi kupita kumalo kwina kumene Yehova wasankha mu Israeli momwemo ndi mtima wake wonse,
And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which YHWH shall choose;
7 kumeneko akhoza kukatumikirako mʼdzina la Yehova Mulungu wake monga Alevi anzake onse amene akutumikira pamaso pa Yehova.
Then he shall minister in the name of YHWH his Elohim, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before YHWH.
8 Iye ayenera kulandira zogawana zawo mofanana ndi anzakewo ngakhale kuti iye anagulitsa kale cholowa cha pa banja pawo.
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
9 Mukafika mʼdziko limene Yehova Mulungu wanu akukupatsani, musakaphunzire makhalidwe onyansa a anthu a mʼdzikolo.
When thou art come into the land which YHWH thy Elohim giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
10 Pasapezeke pakati panu munthu wootcha pa moto mwana wake wamwamuna kapena wamkazi ngati nsembe. Asapezekenso pakati panu munthu wowombeza kapena wochita mawula, wolosera, wochita za ufiti,
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.
11 wolodza, kapena woyankhula ndi mizimu ya anthu akufa ndi kumafunsira nzeru kwa anthu akufawo.
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 Aliyense wochita zinthu zotere ndi wonyansa pamaso pa Yehova, ndipo chifukwa cha zonyansa zimenezi Yehova adzakupirikitsirani mitundu ya anthu imeneyi.
For all that do these things are an abomination unto YHWH: and because of these abominations YHWH thy Elohim doth drive them out from before thee.
13 Muzikhala angwiro pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wanu.
Thou shalt be perfect with YHWH thy Elohim.
14 Mitundu ya anthu imene mudzayipirikitseyo imamvera anyanga kapena owombeza mawula. Koma inu Yehova Mulungu wanu sanakuvomerezeni kutero.
For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, YHWH thy Elohim hath not suffered thee so to do.
15 Yehova Mulungu wanu adzawutsa pakati pa abale anu mneneri ngati ine. Muyenera kumumvera ameneyo.
YHWH thy Elohim will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
16 Pakuti izi ndi zimene munapempha kwa Yehova Mulungu wanu ku Horebu pa tsiku la msonkhano lija pamene munati, “Ife tisamvenso mawu a Yehova Mulungu wathu kapena kuona moto woopsawu, kuopa kuti tingafe.”
According to all that thou desiredst of YHWH thy Elohim in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of YHWH my Elohim, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
17 Yehova anati kwa ine, “Zimene akunenazi ndi zabwino.
And YHWH said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
18 Ndidzawawutsira mneneri ngati iwe pakati pa abale awo ndipo ndidzayika mawu anga mʼkamwa mwake ndipo adzawawuza chilichonse chimene ndidzamulamula.
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
19 Ine mwini ndidzaweruza aliyense amene sadzamvera mawu anga amene mneneriyo adzayankhula mʼdzina langa.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
20 Koma mneneri wonena zinthu mʼdzina langa ndisanamulamulire kutero, kapena mneneri wonenera mʼdzina la milungu ina, ayenera kuphedwa.”
But the prophet, which 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 elohim, even that prophet shall die.
21 Mwina mukhoza kumadzifunsa kuti, “Kodi tingadziwe bwanji kuti uthengawu sanayankhule ndi Yehova?”
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which YHWH hath not spoken?
22 Ngati zimene mneneriyo wanenera mʼdzina la Yehova sizinachitike kapena kukwaniritsidwa, ndiye kuti umenewo si uthenga umene Yehova wayankhula. Mneneri ameneyo amangoyankhula za mʼmutu mwake ndiye musadzidzimuke naye.
When a prophet speaketh in the name of YHWH, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which YHWH hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
