< Deuteronomy 18 >

1 The cohanim the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
لَا يَرِثُ الْكَهَنَةُ اللّاوِيُّونَ وَلا أَحَدٌ مِنْ سِبْطِ لاوِي مِلْكاً أَو نَصِيباً مَعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ مُحْرَقَاتِ الرَّبِّ وَنَصِيبِهِ.١
2 They shall have no inheritance among their brothers: the LORD is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
لَا يَرِثُونَ مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِمْ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ نَصِيبُهُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَهُمْ.٢
3 This shall be the cohanim' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the cohen the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
وَهَذَا هُوَ حَقُّ الْكَهَنَةِ مِنَ الذَّبَائِحِ الَّتِي يُقَرِّبُهَا الشَّعْبُ بَقَراً كَانَتْ أَمْ غَنَماً: يُقَدِّمُ الشَّعْبُ لِلْكَاهِنِ السَّاعِدَ وَالْفَكَّيْنِ وَالْكِرْشَ،٣
4 The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.
كَمَا تُعْطُونَهُ أَوَّلَ حَصَادِ قَمْحِكُمْ وَخَمْرِكُمْ وَزَيْتِكُمْ، وَأَوَّلَ جَزَازِ غَنَمِكُمْ،٤
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.
لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمُ اخْتَارَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ لِيَقُومَ بِالْخِدْمَةِ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ، هُوَ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ.٥
6 If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he lives as a foreigner, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the LORD shall choose;
وَإذَا أَقْبَلَ لاوِيٌّ مِنْ إِحْدَى مُدُنِكُمْ مِنْ أَيِّ مَكَانٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، حَيْثُ هُوَ مُتَغَرِّبٌ، لِيَمْكُثَ بِرَغْبَةٍ قَلْبِيَّةٍ صَادِقَةٍ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ،٦
7 then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD.
فَإِنَّ مِنْ حَقِّهِ أَنْ يَخْدُمَ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ كَبَقِيَّةِ إِخْوَتِهِ اللّاوِيِّينَ الْمَاثِلِينَ هُنَاكَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ.٧
8 They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.
وَمِنْ حَقِّهِ أَيْضاً أَنْ يَنَالَ نَصِيباً مُتَسَاوِياً مِنَ التَّقْدِمَاتِ، عَلاوَةً عَلَى مَا يَكُونُ قَدْ حَصَلَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بَيْعِ مَا وَرِثَهُ عَنْ آبَائِهِ.٨
9 When you have come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
وَمَتَى دَخَلْتُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يُوَرِّثُكُمْ إِيَّاهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، فَلا تَتَعَلَّمُوا مُمَارَسَةَ رَجَاسَاتِ تِلْكَ الأُمَمِ الْمُقِيمَةِ هُنَاكَ.٩
10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who practices divination, or tells fortunes, or interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
وَلا يَكُنْ بَيْنَكُمْ مَنْ يُجِيزُ ابْنَهُ أَو ابْنَتَهُ فِي النَّارِ، وَلا يَتَعَاطَى الْعِرَافَةَ وَلا الْعِيَافَةَ وَلا مُمَارَسَةَ الْفَأْلِ أَوِ السِّحْرِ،١٠
11 or who casts spells, or consults a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquires of the dead.
وَلا مَنْ يَرْقِي رُقْيَةً أَوْ يُشَاوِرُ جَانّاً أَوْ وَسِيطاً، أَوْ يَسْتَحْضِرُ أَرْوَاحَ الْمَوْتَى لِيُسَائِلَهُمْ،١١
12 For whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD. And because of these abominations the LORD your God is driving them out from before you.
لأَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَتَعَاطَى ذَلِكَ مَكْرُوهٌ لَدَى الرَّبِّ. فَبِسَبَبِ هَذِهِ الأَرْجَاسِ عَزَمَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ عَلَى طَرْدِ هَذِهِ الأُمَمِ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ،١٢
13 You shall be blameless before the LORD your God.
فَكُونُوا كَامِلِينَ لَدَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.١٣
14 For these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you so to do.
إِنَّ تِلْكَ الأُمَمَ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ تَسْتَأْصِلُونَهَا تُصَدِّقُ مُمَارَسَةَ الْمُشَعْوِذِينَ وَالْعَرَّافِينَ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ يَحْظُرُ عَلَيْكُمْ ذَلِكَ.١٤
15 The LORD your God will raise up to you a prophet from the midst of you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
سَيُقِيمُ الرَّبُّ فِيكُمْ نَبِيًّا مِثْلِي مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَهُ تَسْمَعُونَ،١٥
16 This is 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 not die."
فَقَدِ اسْتَجَابَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ مَا طَلَبْتُمْ مِنْهُ فِي حُورِيبَ فِي يَوْمِ الاجْتِمَاعِ عِنْدَمَا قُلْتُمْ: لَا نَعُودُ نَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا، وَلا نَرَى النَّارَ الْعَظِيمَةَ أَيْضاً لِئَلّا نَمُوتَ١٦
17 The LORD said to me, "They have well said that which they have spoken.
فَقَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: لَقَدْ أَصَابُوا فِي مَا تَكَلَّمُوا.١٧
18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
لِهَذَا أُقِيمُ لَهُمْ نَبِيًّا مِنْ بَيْنِ إِخْوَتِهِمْ مِثْلَكَ، وَأَضَعُ كَلامِي فِي فَمِهِ، فَيُخَاطِبُهُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا آمُرُهُ بِهِ.١٨
19 It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will call him to account.
فَيَكُونُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَعْصَى كَلامِي الَّذِي يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ بِاسْمِي، فَأَنَا أُحَاسِبُهُ.١٩
20 But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die."
وَأَمَّا النَّبِيُّ الَّذِي يَتَجَبَّرُ فَيَنْطِقُ بِاسْمِي بِمَا لَمْ آمُرْهُ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ، أَوْ يَتَنَبَّأُ بِاسمِ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَإِنَّهُ حَتْماً يَمُوتُ.٢٠
21 If you say in your heart, "How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?"
وَإِنْ سَأَلْتُمْ فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ: كَيْفَ نُمَيِّزُ الْكَلامَ الَّذِي لَمْ يَصْدُرْ عَنِ الرَّبِّ؟٢١
22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing doesn't follow, nor happen, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.
فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَا يَتَنَبَّأُ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ وَلا يَتَحَقَّقُ يَكُونُ ادِّعَاءً مِنْهُ لَمْ يَنْطِقْ بِهِ الرَّبُّ، بَلْ بِطُغْيَانٍ تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ فَلا تَخَفْ مِنْهُ.٢٢

< Deuteronomy 18 >