Deuteronomy 18
1 “The priests, who are all from the tribe of Levi, will not receive any land in Israel. Instead, they will receive some of the food that other people offer to be burned [on the altar to be sacrificed] to Yahweh and some of the other sacrifices that will be offered to Yahweh.
На левитските свещеници, ни цялото Левиево племе да нямат дял или наследство с Израиля: нека се хранят с жертвите принасяни през огън на Господа и с Неговото наследство.
2 They will not be allotted any land like the other tribes will be. What they will receive is the work/privilege of being Yahweh’s [priests], which is what he said that they should have.
За това, да нямат наследство между братята си; тяхното наследство е Господ, както им е казал.
3 “When the people bring an ox or a sheep to be sacrificed, they must give to the priests the shoulder, the cheeks/jaws, and the stomach of those animals.
Ето какво ще бъде правото на свещениците от людете, от ония, които принасят в жертва говедо или овца: да дават на свещеника плешката, челюстите и търбуха.
4 You must also give to them the first part of the grain that you [harvest], and the first part of the wine [that you make], and the first part of the [olive] oil [that you make], and the first part of the wool that you shear from your sheep.
Нему да даваш и първите плодове от житото си, от виното си и от дървеното си масло, и първото руно от овците си.
5 You must do this because Yahweh our God has chosen the tribe of Levi from all of your tribes, in order that men [from that tribe] would always be the priests who would serve him.
Защото, измежду всичките ти племена, него избра Господ твоят Бог да стои до служи в Името на Господа, той и потомците му винаги.
6 “If any man from the tribe of Levi [who has been living] in one of the towns in Israel wants to come from there to the place of worship that Yahweh has chosen, [and start living there],
И ако дойде левитин из някои от градовете ти в целия Израил, гдето е бил пришелец, и дойде с всичкото желание на душата си на мястото, което избере Господ,
7 he is permitted to serve Yahweh there as a priest, just like the other men from the tribe of Levi who have been serving there.
тогава да служи в Името на Господа своя Бог, както всичките му братя левити, които служат там на Господа.
8 He must be given the same amount of food [that the other priests receive]. He is permitted to keep the money [that his relatives give him] for selling some of their possessions.
Нека имат равни дялове да ядат, в прибавка на полученото от продажбата на бащиния му имот.
9 When you enter the land that Yahweh our God is giving you, you must not imitate the disgusting things that the people-groups who are there now do.
Когато влезеш в земята, която Господ твоят Бог ти дава, недей се учи да правиш според мерзостите на тамошните народи.
10 You must not sacrifice any of your children by burning them [on your altars]. Do not practice (divination/using supernatural power to reveal [what will happen in] the future). Do not do/practice (soothsaying/magic to find out what will happen in the future). Do not (interpret omens/say that because of something that you have seen you know what will happen). Do not practice sorcery/witchcraft. Do not practice (putting spells on people/saying things to cause bad things to happen to others).
Да не се намери между тебе някой, който да прекара сина си или дъщеря си през огън, никой чародей, астролог, гадател, или омаятел,
11 Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
никой баяч, запитвач на зли духове, врач, или запитвач на мъртвите;
12 Yahweh hates people who do any of those disgusting things. And as you advance through that land, he is going to expel the people-groups because they do/practice those disgusting things.
защото всеки, който прави тия дела, и омразен на Господа, и поради тия мерзости Господ твоят Бог изгонва тия народи от пред тебе.
13 But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
Съвършен да бъдеш пред Господа твоя Бог.
14 The people-groups that you are about to expel [from the land that you will occupy] (consult/seek advice from) soothsayers and those who practice divination. But as for you, Yahweh our God does not allow you to do that.
Защото тия народи, които ще завладееш, слушат астролозите и чародеите; но на тебе Господ твоят Бог не е позволил това.
15 [Some day] he will send from among you a prophet like me. [He is the one who will tell you what will happen in the future], and he is the one whom you must heed.
Господ твоят Бог ще ти въздигне отсред тебе, от братята ти, порок както е въздигнал мене; него слушайте,
16 On the day that your ancestors were gathered at the bottom of Sinai Mountain, they pleaded with me saying, ‘We do not want Yahweh to speak [MTY] to us again, and we do not want to see this huge fire [that is burning on the mountain]!’ [Your ancestors said that because they were afraid] that they would die [if Yahweh spoke to them again].
според всичко, което ти просеше от Господа своя Бог при Хорив, в деня, когато се събрахте, като казваше ти: Да не чуя вече гласа на Господа моя Бог и да не видя вече твоя голям огън, за да не умра.
17 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
Тогава Господ ми каза: Добро е това, което рекоха.
18 So I will send from among them a prophet who will be like you. I will tell him what to say, and then he will tell people everything that I tell him to say.
Аз ще им въздигна отсред братята им пророк, както съм въздигнал тебе, и ще туря думите Си в устата му; и той ще им говори всичко, което Аз му заповядам.
19 He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
А който не послуша думите Ми, които той ще говори в Мое Име, Аз ще искам ответ от него.
20 But if any other [person says that he is a] prophet [and] dares to speak a message which he falsely says comes from me but which I did not tell him to speak, or if anyone who speaks a message that he says other gods [MTY] have revealed to him, he must be executed [for doing that].’
Но пророк, който дръзне да каже от Мое Име дума, който Аз не съм му заповядал да говори, или който говори от името на други богове, тоя пророк да умре.
21 But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
И ако речеш в сърцето си: Как ще познаем коя дума Господ не е казал?
22 [The answer is that] when someone speaks a message [about what will happen in the future], a message that he says was revealed by Yahweh, if what he says does not happen, [you will know that] the message did not come from Yahweh. That person has wrongly claimed that it was revealed to him by Yahweh. So you do not need to be afraid of [anything that] he [says].”
Когато някой пророк говори от Господното име, и думата му не се сбъдне нито се изпълни, тая дума Господ не е говорил; пророкът я е говорил надменно; да се не боиш от него.
