Deuteronomy 18
1 The priests, the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: the fire-offerings of the Lord, and his inheritance shall they consume.
Makuhani, ambao ni Walawi, na makabila yote ya Lawi, hayatakuwa na mgao wala urithi pamoja na Israel; wanapaswa kula dhabihu ya Yahwe iliyotengenezwa kwa moto kama urithi wao.
2 But any inheritance shall he not have among his brethren: the Lord is his inheritance, as he hath spoken unto him.
Hawatakuwa na urithi miongoni mwa ndugu zao; Yahwe ni urithi wao, kama alivyosema nao.
3 And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that slay an animal, whether it be ox or lamb: then shall each one give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
Hii ni sababu ya makuhani kutoka kwa watu, kutoka kwa wale wanaotoa dhabihu, kama itakuwa ng'ombe au kondoo: wanapaswa kutoa kwa kuhani bega, mashavu mawili, na sehemu za ndani.
4 The first-fruit of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thy oil, and the first shearing of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
Mazao ya kwanza ya nafaka zako, mvinyo wako mpya, na mafuta yako, na manyoya ya kwanza ya kondoo zako, unapaswa umpe.
5 For him the Lord thy God hath chosen out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, he and his sons all the days.
Kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wako amemchagua kutoka kwenye makabila yote yako kusimama kutumika kwa jina la Yahwe, yeye na wana wake milele.
6 And if the Levite come from any one of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the longing of his soul unto the place which the Lord will choose:
Kama Mlawi anatoka kati ya miji yenu nje ya Israel yote kutoka ambapo anaishi, na utamani kwa moyo wake wote kuja katika eneo Yahwe atachagua,
7 Then can he minister in the name of the Lord his God, like all his brethren the Levites, who stand there before the Lord.
basi anapaswa kutumika kwa jina la Yahwe Mungu wake kama ndugu zake wote Walawi wanafanya, wanaosimama mbele ya Yahwe.
8 They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
Wanapaswa kuwa na mgao wa kufanana wa kula, badala ya kile kinachokuja kutokana na mauzo ya urithi wa familia yake.
9 When thou comest into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Wakati mmekuja katika nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapa, mnapaswa kujifunza kuangalia machukizo ya mataifa.
10 There shall not be found among thee any one who causeth his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who useth divination, one who is an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a conjurer.
Pasipatikana miongoni mwenu mmoja anayemweka kijana wake au binti yake kwenye moto, yeyote anatumia uganga, yeyote anatabiri, au mchawi, mchawi yeyote,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or who inquireth of the dead.
yeyote aongeae na wafu, au yeyote aongeae na roho.
12 For an abomination unto the Lord are all that do these things; and on account of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Kwa yeyote afanyae mambo haya ni chukizo kwa Yahwe; ni kwa sababu ya machukizo haya ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawaondosha mbele zenu.
13 Perfect shalt thou be with the Lord thy God.
Mnapaswa kuwa wakamilifu mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wenu.
14 For these nations, which thou art about to dispossess, hearken unto observers of times, and unto diviners; but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not assigned the like unto thee.
Kwa mataifa haya ambayo mtayafukuza kusikiliza wale wafanyao uchawi na uganga; lakini kwenu, Yahwe Mungu wenu amewakataza ninyi kufanya hivyo.
15 A prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, will the Lord thy God raise up unto thee; unto him shall ye hearken:
Yahwe Mungu wenu atainua kwa ajili yenu nabii kutoka miongoni mwenu, mmoja wa ndugu zenu, kama mimi. Mnapaswa kumsikiliza.
16 According to all that thou didst desire of the Lord thy God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, I wish no more to hear the voice of the Lord my God, and this great fire I wish not to see again, that I die not.
Hiki ndicho mlichouliza kutoka kwa Yahwe Mungu wenu huko Horebu katika siku ya kusanyiko, kusema, “Acha tusisikie tena sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wetu, wala kuona moto mkuu tena, wala tutakufa.”
17 And the Lord said unto me, They have done well in what they have spoken.
Yahwe alisema nami, “Kile walichosema ni kizuri.
18 A prophet will I raise up unto them from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I may command him.
Nitamwinua nabii kwa ajili yao kutoka miongoni mwa ndugu zao, kama wewe. Nitaweka maneno yangu katika kinywa chake, na ataongea nao yote niliyowakuamuru.
19 And it shall come to pass, that if there be a man who will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.
Itakuwa kama yeyote hatasikia maneno yangu ambayo anazungumza kwa jina langu, nitalitaka kwake.
20 But the prophet, who may presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who may speak in the name of other Gods even that prophet shall die.
Lakini nabii ambaye anazungumza neno kwa kiburi kwa jina langu, neno ambalo sijamuamuru kusema, au ambaye anayezungumza kwa jina la miungu mingine, huyo nabii atakufa.
21 And if thou shouldst say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?
Hivyo ndivyo unapaswa kusema katika mioyo yenu: “Tutagunduaje kuwa ujumbe ambao Yahwe hajazungumza?
22 That which the prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, and the thing do not happen and come not to pass— this is the word which the Lord hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Mtagundua ujumbe ambao Yahwe amezungumza pindi nabii azungumzapo kwa jina la Yahwe. Kama hiyo haitokei wala kufanyika, basi hicho ni kile ambacho Yahwe hajazungumza na nabii amezungumza kwa kiburi, na hampaswi kumuogopa.
