5 Mosebog 18

1 Levitpræsterne, hele Levis Stamme, skal ikke have arvelod og Del sammen med det øvrige Israel, men leve af HERRENS Ildofre og af det, der tilfalder ham.

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.

2 Han maa ikke eje nogen Arvelod blandt sine Brødre; HERREN er hans Arvelod, som han lovede ham.

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

3 Og dette skal være den Ret, Præsterne har Krav paa hos Folket, hos dem, der slagter Ofre, være sig Okser eller Smaakvæg: Han skal give Præsten Boven, Kæberne og Kallunet.

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 Det første af dit Korn, din Most og din Olie og den første Uld af dine Faar skal du give ham.

The first-fruit also of your corn, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.

5 Thi ham har HERREN din Gud udvalgt blandt alle dine Stammer, saa at han og hans Sønner altid skal gøre Præstetjeneste i HERRENS Navn.

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

6 Naar en Levit inden dine Porte et steds i Israel, hvor han har haft sit Ophold, kommer til det Sted, HERREN udvælger — det staar ham frit for at komme, hvis han vil —

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

7 maa han gøre Præstetjeneste i HERREN sin Guds Navn, lige saa vel som alle hans Brødre, de andre Leviter, der staar for HERRENS Aasyn der.

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

8 De skal nyde samme Ret, fraregnet hvad enhver er kommet til ved Salg af sin Fædrenearv.

They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.

9 Naar du kommer ind i det Land, HERREN din Gud vil give dig, maa du ikke lære at efterligne disse Folks Vederstyggeligheder.

When you are come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

10 Der maa ingen findes hos dig, som lader sin Søn eller Datter gaa igennem Ilden, ingen, som driver Spaadomskunst, tager Varsler, er Sandsiger eller øver Trolddom,

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

11 ingen, som foretager Besværgelse eller gør Spørgsmaal til Genfærd og Sandsigeraander og henvender sig til de døde;

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

12 thi enhver, der gør sligt, er HERREN vederstyggelig, og for disse Vederstyggeligheders Skyld er det, at HERREN din Gud driver dem bort foran dig.

For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you.

13 Ustraffelig skal du være for HERREN din Gud.

You shall be perfect with the LORD your God.

14 Thi disse Folk, som du skal drive bort, hører paa dem, der tager Varsler og driver Spaadomskunst; men sligt har HERREN din Gud ikke tilladt dig.

For these nations, which you shall possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for you, the LORD your God has not suffered you so to do.

15 HERREN din Gud vil lade en Profet som mig fremstaa af din Midte, af dine Brødre; ham skal I høre paa.

The LORD your God will raise up unto you a Prophet from the midst of you, of your brethren, like unto me; unto him all of you shall hearken;

16 Saaledes udbad du dig det jo af HERREN din Gud ved Horeb, den Dag I var forsamlede, da du sagde: »Lad mig ikke mere høre HERREN min Guds Røst og se denne vældige Ild, at jeg ikke skal dø!«

According to all that you desired of the LORD your 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 die not.

17 Da sagde HERREN til mig: »De har talt rettelig!

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

18 Jeg vil lade en Profet som dig fremstaa for dem af deres Brødre og lægge mine Ord i hans Mund, og han skal sige dem alt, hvad jeg byder ham!

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

19 Og enhver, der ikke vil høre mine Ord, som han taler i mit Navn, ham vil jeg kræve til Regnskab.

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 Men den Profet, der formaster sig til at tale noget i mit Navn, som jeg ikke har paalagt ham at tale, eller taler i en anden Guds Navn, den Profet skal dø!«

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 gods, even that prophet shall die.

21 Og hvis du tænker ved dig selv: »Hvorledes skal vi kende det Ord, HERREN ikke har talt?«

And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?

22 saa vid: Hvad en Profet taler i HERRENS Navn, uden at det sker og indtræffer, det er noget, HERREN ikke har talt. I Formastelighed har Profeten udtalt det, og du skal ikke være bange for ham!

When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken, but the prophet has spoken it presumptuously: you shall not be afraid of him.