Deuteronomy 18

1 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.

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.

2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brothers: the LORD is their inheritance, as he has said to them.

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

3 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 to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

Og dette skal være den Ret, Præsterne har Krav på hos Folket, hos dem, der slagter Ofre, være sig Okser eller Småkvæg: Han skal give Præsten Boven, Kæberne og Kaljunet.

4 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.

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

5 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.

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

6 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 to the place which the LORD shall choose;

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

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

må han gøre Præstetjeneste i HERREN sin Guds Navn, lige så vel som alle hans Brødre, de andre Leviter, der står for HERRENs Åsyn der.

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

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

9 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.

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

10 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.

Der må ingen findes hos dig, som lader sin Søn eller datter gå igennem. Ilden, ingen, som driver Spådomskunst, tager Varsler, er Sandsiger eller øver Trolddom,

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

ingen, som foretager Besværgelse eller gør Spørgsmål til Genfærd og Sandsigerånder og henvender sig til de døde;

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

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

13 You shall be perfect with the LORD your God.

Ustraffelig skal du være for HERREN din Gud.

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

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

15 The LORD your God will raise up to you a Prophet from the middle of you, of your brothers, like to me; to him you shall listen;

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

16 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.

Således 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!"

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

Da sagde HERREN til mig: "De har talt rettelig!

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

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

19 And it shall come to pass, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

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

20 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.

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

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

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

22 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.

så 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!