Deuteronomy 18
1 “There is not for the priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—a portion and inheritance with Israel; they eat fire-offerings of YHWH, even His inheritance,
Prèt yo, fanmi Levi yo, ki vle di tout gason ki nan branch fanmi Levi a, p'ap gen anyen ki rele yo pa yo nan byen eritaj moun pèp Izrayèl yo. Y'a viv ak manje pèp la va ofri bay Seyè a ak tou sa pèp la va mete apa pou Seyè a.
2 and he has no inheritance in the midst of his brothers; YHWH Himself [is] his inheritance, as He has spoken to him.
Moun fanmi Levi yo p'ap gen anyen nan byen ki pou tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo. Se Seyè a ki pòsyon pa yo jan li te di yo sa.
3 And this is the priest’s right from the people, from those sacrificing a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep, he has even given to the priest the leg, and the two cheeks, and the stomach;
Lè yon moun nan pèp la vin ofri yon bèf osinon yon kabrit, oswa yon mouton pou yo touye pou Seyè a, men pòsyon ki va rete pou prèt fanmi Levi a. Men pòsyon y'a ba li: jigo a, machwè yo ak gradoub la.
4 you give to him the first of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your flock;
N'a ba li tou premye grenn n'a rekòlte nan jaden ble nou yo, premye diven ak premye lwil n'a fè, ansanm ak premye lenn mouton n'a wete sou mouton nou yo.
5 for your God YHWH has fixed on him, out of all your tribes, to stand to serve in the Name of YHWH—him and his sons continually.
Paske se yo menm ak pitit gason yo Seyè a te chwazi nan mitan tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo pou sèvi l' prèt pou tout tan.
6 And when the Levite comes from one of your cities, out of all Israel where he has sojourned, and has come with all the desire of his soul to the place which YHWH chooses,
Lè yon moun fanmi Levi ki rete nan yonn nan lavil nou yo, nenpòt kote nan peyi Izrayèl la, santi li ta renmen ale kote Seyè a te chwazi pou yo fè sèvis pou li a,
7 then he has ministered in the Name of his God YHWH like all his brothers, the Levites, who are standing there before YHWH.
lè li rive, si li fè travay yon prèt nan non Seyè a, Bondye li a, tankou tout lòt frè moun fanmi Levi parèy li yo ki te toujou la ap sèvi devan Seyè a,
8 They eat portion like portion, apart from his sold things from the fathers.
l'a resevwa menm kantite manje ak lòt yo, san yo pa bezwen konsidere sa li resevwa deja nan byen papa l'.
9 When you are coming into the land which your God YHWH is giving to you, you do not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.
Lè n'a fin antre nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va ban nou an, pa lage kò nou nan fè menm vye bagay moun lòt nasyon yo ap fè.
10 There is not found in you one causing his son and his daughter to pass over into fire, a user of divinations, an observer of clouds, and an enchanter, and a sorcerer,
Piga pesonn nan nou pran pitit gason osinon pitit fi li pou li boule nan dife pou zidòl. Piga gen pesonn nan mitan nou k'ap fè divinò, k'ap etidye zetwal nan syèl la pou konnen sa ki gen pou rive, k'ap pran pwen, k'ap fè maji.
11 and a charmer, and one inquiring from a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking to the dead.
Piga gen nan mitan nou moun k'ap sèvi ak cham, moun ki pral nan tab tounant, k'ap vizite moun ki konn tire kat, ak moun k'ap rele mò pou pale ak yo.
12 For everyone doing these [is] an abomination [to] YHWH, and because of these abominations your God YHWH is dispossessing them from your presence.
Paske Seyè a pa vle wè moun k'ap fè bagay sa yo. Epitou, se paske moun lòt nasyon yo t'ap fè tout vye bagay sa yo kifè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te mete yo deyò pou nou ka pran plas yo.
13 You must be perfect with your God YHWH,
Piga nou janm fè sa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pa vle nou fè.
14 for these nations whom you are possessing listen to observers of clouds and to diviners; but you—your God YHWH has not permitted you so.
Bann nasyon nou pral mete deyò nan peyi a, se moun ki te renmen koute sa divinò ak moun k'ap etidye zetwal yo ap di yo. Men nou menm, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pa penmèt nou fè bagay konsa.
15 Your God YHWH raises up for you a Prophet like me out of your midst, out of your brothers—you must listen to Him,
Moyiz di pèp la konsa: -Seyè a, Bondye nou an, gen pou l' voye yon pwofèt ban nou tankou l' te voye m' lan. Se va yonn nan nou, yon moun pèp Izrayèl parèy nou. Se pou nou koute tou sa l'a di nou.
16 according to all that you asked from your God YHWH in Horeb, in the day of the assembly, saying, Do not let me add to hear the voice of my God YHWH, and do not let me see this great fire anymore, and I do not die;
Se sa menm nou te mande Seyè a, Bondye nou an, lè nou tout te reyini sou mòn Orèb la. Nou t'ap di nou pa vle tande vwa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ni nou pa ta renmen wè gwo flanm dife sa a ankò pou nou pa mouri.
17 and YHWH says to me, They have done well [in] what they have spoken;
Lè sa a, Seyè a di mwen konsa: Sa yo di a, se vre wi.
18 I raise up for them a Prophet like you out of the midst of their brothers, and I have given My words in His mouth, and He has spoken to them all that which I command Him;
M'a chwazi yonn nan yo pou pwofèt, m'a voye l' ba yo tankou mwen te voye ou la. M'a mete pawòl mwen nan bouch li. Epi l'a di pèp la tou sa m'a ba li lòd di yo.
19 and it has been [that] the man who does not listen to My words which He speaks in My Name, I require [it] of him.
Si yon moun pa koute sa pwofèt la ap di yo nan non mwen, se avè m' menm l'ap an afè. Se mwen menm menm la gen pou l' rann kont.
20 Only, the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My Name, which I have not commanded him to speak, and who speaks in the name of other gods, indeed, that prophet has died.
Konsa tou, si yon pwofèt ta penmèt li louvri bouch li pou l' pale nan non mwen pou l' di sa mwen pa di l' di, oswa pou l' ta pale nan non lòt bondye, se pou yo touye l' pou sa l' fè a.
21 And when you say in your heart, How do we know the word which YHWH has not spoken?
Koulye a nou dwe ap di nan kè nou: Ki jan pou nou fè konnen si sa pwofèt la ap di a se pa pawòl ki soti nan Bondye?
22 That which the prophet speaks in the Name of YHWH, and the thing is not, and does not come—it [is] the word which YHWH has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it in presumption; you are not afraid of him.”
Enben, si pwofèt la di l'ap pale nan non Seyè a, epi sa li di a pa rive vre, lè sa a, n'a konnen Seyè a pa t' janm di l' di pawòl konsa. Se lògèy ki te pouse pwofèt la di sa l' di a. Nou pa bezwen pè l'.
