Deuteronomy 18
1 The priests, the Levites, that is, all the tribe of Levi, will have no part or heritage with Israel: their food and their heritage will be the offerings of the Lord made by fire.
Los levitas sacerdotes, toda la tribu de Leví, no tendrán parte ni heredad con Israel. Se mantendrán de las ofrendas quemadas a Yavé y comerán de la heredad de Él.
2 And they will have no heritage among their countrymen: the Lord is their heritage, as he has said to them.
No tendrán herencia entre sus hermanos. Yavé es su herencia, como se lo prometió.
3 And this is to be the priests' right: those who make an offering of a sheep or an ox are to give to the priest the top part of the leg and the two sides of the head and the stomach.
Así que éste será el derecho de los sacerdotes de parte del pueblo, de parte de los que ofrecen como sacrificio becerro o cordero: Se dará al sacerdote la pierna derecha, las quijadas y el cuajar.
4 And in addition you are to give him the first of your grain and wine and oil, and the first wool cut from your sheep.
Les darás las primicias de tu grano, tu vino, tu aceite y del primer esquileo de tus ovejas.
5 For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.
Porque Yavé tu ʼElohim lo eligió a él y a sus hijos de entre todas tus tribus para que ministren en el Nombre de Yavé para siempre.
6 And if a Levite, moved by a strong desire, comes from any town in all Israel where he is living to the place marked out by the Lord;
Cuando un levita salga de alguna de tus ciudades, de cualquier parte en Israel donde resida, y llegue con todo el deseo de su alma al lugar que Yavé escoja,
7 Then he will do the work of a priest in the name of the Lord his God, with all his brothers the Levites who are there before the Lord.
él ministrará en el Nombre de Yavé su ʼElohim como todos sus hermanos levitas que están allí delante de Yavé.
8 His food will be the same as theirs, in addition to what has come to him as the price of his property.
Comerá porciones iguales, aparte de [lo que reciba por ]la venta de sus bienes patrimoniales.
9 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, do not take as your example the disgusting ways of those nations.
Cuando entres en la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da, no aprenderás a hacer las cosas repugnantes de aquellas naciones.
10 Let there not be seen among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or anyone using secret arts, or a maker of strange sounds, or a reader of signs, or any wonder-worker,
Nadie sea hallado en ti que haga pasar a su hijo o a su hija por el fuego, ni quien practique adivinación, brujería, sortílego, hechicero,
11 Or anyone using secret force on people, or putting questions to a spirit, or having secret knowledge, or going to the dead for directions.
encantador, médium ni quien evoque a los muertos.
12 For all who do such things are disgusting to the Lord; and because of these disgusting things the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
Porque cualquiera que hace estas cosas es repugnancia a Yavé, y por causa de esas repugnancias Yavé tu ʼElohim los echará de delante de ti.
13 You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.
Serás perfecto delante de Yavé tu ʼElohim.
14 For these nations, whose land you are taking, give attention to readers of signs and to those using secret arts: but the Lord your God will not let you do so.
Porque estas naciones que desposeerás escuchan a brujos y a adivinos, pero Yavé tu ʼElohim no te permite esto.
15 The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;
Yavé tu ʼElohim te levantará un profeta como yo de en medio de ti, de entre tus hermanos. A él escucharán,
16 In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me.
conforme a todo lo que pediste a Yavé tu ʼElohim en Horeb el día de la asamblea y dijiste: No vuelva yo a escuchar la voz de Yavé mi ʼElohim, ni vuelva a mirar este gran fuego para que no muera.
17 Then the Lord said to me, What they have said is well said.
Entonces Yavé me dijo: Está bien todo lo que dijeron.
18 I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say.
Profeta les levantaré de entre sus hermanos, como tú, y pondré mis Palabras en su boca, y él les hablará todo lo que Yo le ordene.
19 And whoever does not give ear to my words which he will say in my name, will be responsible to me.
Pero a cualquiera que no escuche mis Palabras que él hablará en mi Nombre, Yo mismo le pediré cuentas.
20 But the prophet who takes it on himself to say words in my name which I have not given him orders to say, or who says anything in the name of other gods, will come to his death.
Sin embargo, el profeta que tenga la presunción de hablar en mi Nombre palabra que Yo no le mandé hablar, o que hable en el nombre de otros ʼelohim, morirá.
21 And if you say in your hearts, How are we to be certain that the word does not come from the Lord?
Si preguntas en tu corazón: ¿Cómo conoceremos la palabra que Yavé no habló?
22 When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him.
Cuando el profeta hable en Nombre de Yavé, y lo que dijo no suceda ni se cumpla, es palabra que no habló Yavé. Con presunción la habló aquel profeta. No le temas.
