Olrhaepnah 18
1 Israel taengkah khoyo neh rho he Levi koca boeih lamkah Levi khosoih hama om oeh pawt dongah BOEIPA kah hmaihlutnahte amah rho la cauh van saeh.
“The priests, who are all from the tribe of Levi, will not receive any land in Israel. Instead, they will receive some of the food that other people offer to be burned [on the altar to be sacrificed] to Yahweh and some of the other sacrifices that will be offered to Yahweh.
2 Te dongah a manuca lakli ah pataeng anih ham rho om pawt vetih anih taengkaha thui pah vanbangla BOEIPA amahni anih kah rho la aka om coeng.
They will not be allotted any land like the other tribes will be. What they will receive is the work/privilege of being Yahweh’s [priests], which is what he said that they should have.
3 Pilnamloh hmueihlaa ngawn te khosoihrhoek kah hamsum la om vetih vaito khaw, tu khaw a laeng, a kam neha kotakte khosoih pae saeh.
“When the people bring an ox or a sheep to be sacrificed, they must give to the priests the shoulder, the cheeks/jaws, and the stomach of those animals.
4 Na cangpai vueilue, misur thai a huem, na situi, tu mul tanglue te khaw na paek ni.
You must also give to them the first part of the grain that you [harvest], and the first part of the wine [that you make], and the first part of the [olive] oil [that you make], and the first part of the wool that you shear from your sheep.
5 A hing tuekhui boeihah BOEIPA amah ming neh bibi laaka pai ham ni nang kocarhoek boeihkhui lamloh anih koca rhoek tah BOEIPA na Pathenloh amah hut laa coelh.
You must do this because Yahweh our God has chosen the tribe of Levi from all of your tribes, in order that men [from that tribe] would always be the priests who would serve him.
6 Levi pakhatloh na vongkakhui lamloh puenuh coeng. Tedae BOEIPA hmuen tuek te a hingluloh a hue tangkik vaengah a bakuep nah Israel kho khat khat la koep ha pawk atah,
“If any man from the tribe of Levi [who has been living] in one of the towns in Israel wants to come from there to the place of worship that Yahweh has chosen, [and start living there],
7 BOEIPA mikhmuh ahaka pai a manuca Levi rhoek vanbangla BOEIPA na Pathen ming neh bibi saeh.
he is permitted to serve Yahweh there as a priest, just like the other men from the tribe of Levi who have been serving there.
8 A napa taengkah hnoyoih om mai cakhaw khoyo tah khoyo bangla ca uh saeh.
He must be given the same amount of food [that the other priests receive]. He is permitted to keep the money [that his relatives give him] for selling some of their possessions.
9 BOEIPA na Pathenloh nang taengah m'paek khohmuen te na kun thil vaengah amih namtomrhoek kah tueilaehkoi te saii hamla cang boeh.
When you enter the land that Yahweh our God is giving you, you must not imitate the disgusting things that the people-groups who are there now do.
10 Hmai dongah a capa a canuaka thak, bihmaaka bi, kutyaek aka so, lung aka so, hlang aka bi,
You must not sacrifice any of your children by burning them [on your altars]. Do not practice (divination/using supernatural power to reveal [what will happen in] the future). Do not do/practice (soothsaying/magic to find out what will happen in the future). Do not (interpret omens/say that because of something that you have seen you know what will happen). Do not practice sorcery/witchcraft. Do not practice (putting spells on people/saying things to cause bad things to happen to others).
11 Hlang hloih neh aka yokuh khaw, rhaitonghmaaka dawt khaw, hnam neh hlang duekaka khue khaw na khuiah nuen boel saeh.
Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
12 Te bang aka saii boeihte BOEIPAkaha tueilaehkoi tih terhoek kah tueilaehkoi dong ahni amih khaw BOEIPA na Pathenloh na mikhmuh lamkaha haek.
Yahweh hates people who do any of those disgusting things. And as you advance through that land, he is going to expel the people-groups because they do/practice those disgusting things.
13 BOEIPA na Pathen taengaha cuemthuek la na om ni.
But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
14 Nang kah na huul namtom rhoekloh kutyaek aka so tihaka hma ol te hnatunuh cakhaw nang ham tah BOEIPA na Pathenloh a ngaih moenih.
The people-groups that you are about to expel [from the land that you will occupy] (consult/seek advice from) soothsayers and those who practice divination. But as for you, Yahweh our God does not allow you to do that.
15 BOEIPA na Pathenloh namah khui lamkah na manuca tonghma, kai bang he nangmih hama thoh bitni. Anih ol te hnatunuh.
[Some day] he will send from among you a prophet like me. [He is the one who will tell you what will happen in the future], and he is the one whom you must heed.
16 Horeb kah hlangping hnin vaengah BOEIPA na Pathen taengah boeihna dawt tih, “BOEIPA ka Pathen ol yaak hamla ng'khoep boel mai lamtah hmai puei he khaw m'hmuh sak voel boel mai. Te daengah ni ka duek pawt eh?,” na tinah vanbangla,
On the day that your ancestors were gathered at the bottom of Sinai Mountain, they pleaded with me saying, ‘We do not want Yahweh to speak [MTY] to us again, and we do not want to see this huge fire [that is burning on the mountain]!’ [Your ancestors said that because they were afraid] that they would die [if Yahweh spoke to them again].
17 BOEIPAloh kai taengah, “A thuiuh te thuem.
Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
18 Amih khuikah a manuca tonghma nang bang te ka thoh vetih a ka dongah ka ol ka khueh pah vaengah anih ka uen boeih te amih taengaha thui bitni.
So I will send from among them a prophet who will be like you. I will tell him what to say, and then he will tell people everything that I tell him to say.
19 Kai ming neha thui kai kah olka te hnatun mueh la aka om hlang te tah kamah loh ka cae bitni.
He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
20 Tedae lokhaktih thui ham koi te anih ka uen pawt mai ah ka ming neh olkaaka thui tonghma te khaw, a tloe pathen ming nehaka cal tonghma te duek saeh,” a ti.
But if any other [person says that he is a] prophet [and] dares to speak a message which he falsely says comes from me but which I did not tell him to speak, or if anyone who speaks a message that he says other gods [MTY] have revealed to him, he must be executed [for doing that].’
21 Tahaeah khaw na thin khuiah ngawn tah, “BOEIPAloh anih voek pawt koinih olka te metlamlae m'ming uh thai,” na ti mai ni.
But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
22 Tonghma pakhat long he BOEIPA ming neha thui dae hno pakhat khaw coeng sak pawt tiha olka tea thaihtak pawt atah BOEIPA kah a thui moenih. Althanah nehaka cal tonghma tah a taengah bakuep pah boeh.
[The answer is that] when someone speaks a message [about what will happen in the future], a message that he says was revealed by Yahweh, if what he says does not happen, [you will know that] the message did not come from Yahweh. That person has wrongly claimed that it was revealed to him by Yahweh. So you do not need to be afraid of [anything that] he [says].”
