5 Mosebog 18
1 Præsterne, Leviterne, hele Levi Stamme skal ikke have Del eller Arv med Israel; de skulle æde Herrens Ildofre og hans Arv.
“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 Og han skal ikke have Arv iblandt sine Brødre; Herren, han er hans Arv, ligesom han har talet til ham.
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 Men dette skal være Præsternes Rettighed af Folket, af dem, som ofre Ofret, enten Okse eller Lam, at man skal give Præsten Boven og Kæverne og Kallunet.
“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 Det første af dit Korn, din nye Vin og din Olie og den første Uld af dine Faar skal du give ham;
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 thi Herren din Gud har udvalgt ham af alle dine Stammer til at staa og tjene i Herrens Navn, ham og hans Sønner alle Dage.
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 Og naar en Levit kommer fra en af dine Porte i hele Israel, hvor han opholder sig, og han kommer efter sin Sjæls fulde Lyst til det Sted, hvilket Herren skal udvælge,
“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 og han tjener i Herren sin Guds Navn, ligesom alle hans Brødre, Leviterne, som staa der for Herrens Ansigt:
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 Da skulle de nyde lige Del, foruden hvad han ejer af solgt Gods fra Fædrene.
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 Naar du kommer til det Land, hvilket Herren din Gud giver dig, da skal du ikke lære at gøre efter disse Folks Vederstyggeligheder.
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 Der skal ikke findes hos dig nogen, som lader sin Søn eller sin Datter gaa igennem Ilden, nogen som omgaas med Spaadom eller er en Dagvælger, eller som agter paa Fugleskrig eller er en Troldkarl,
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 eller som omgaas med Manen, eller som adspørger en Spaamand eller er en Tegnsudlægger, eller som gør Spørgsmaal til de døde.
Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
12 Thi hver, som gør disse Ting, er en Vederstyggelighed for Herren, og for disse Vederstyggeligheders Skyld fordriver Herren din Gud dem fra sit Ansigt.
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 Du skal være fuldkommen for Herren din Gud.
But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
14 Thi disse Hedninger, som du skal fordrive, de have hørt efter Dagvælgere og Spaamænd; men sligt har Herren din Gud ikke tilstedet dig.
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 En Profet af din Midte, af dine Brødre, ligesom mig, skal Herren din Gud oprejse dig; ham skulle I høre;
[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 aldeles som du begærede af Herren din Gud ved Horeb paa Forsamlingens Dag og sagde: Jeg kan ikke blive ved at høre Herren min Guds Røst og ikke ydermere se denne store Ild, at jeg ikke skal dø.
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 Da sagde Herren til mig: De have talet vel i det, de have talet.
Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
18 Jeg vil oprejse dem en Profet midt ud af deres Brødre, ligesom du er; og jeg vil lægge mine Ord i hans Mund, og han skal tale til dem alt det, som jeg vil befale ham.
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 Og det skal ske, at den, som ikke vil høre paa mine Ord, som han skal tale i mit Navn, af ham skal jeg kræve det.
He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
20 Men den Profet, som formaster sig til at tale et Ord i mit Navn, som jeg ikke har befalet ham at tale, eller den, som taler i andre Guders Navn, den Profet skal dø.
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 Og om du siger i dit Hjerte, hvorledes kunne vi kende det Ord, som Herren ikke har talet:
But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
22 Naar Profeten taler i Herrens Navn, og det Ord sker ikke, og det kommer ikke: Da er det et Ord, som Herren ikke har talet; den Profet har talet det i Formastelse, du skal ikke grue for ham.
[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].”
