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.
Thempu hon hiche hi nageldoh jing diu ahi, ajeh chu Israel insung mijouse lah a Levi insung kailhah hi chenna ding gam chang lou ahiuve. Hijeh achu Thempua pang Levi mite hon Pakai, Pathen adia ki katdoh chengse hi chang diu ahi.
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.
Israel nam sunga kona gamtum neilou ahiuvin, Pakai hi amaho dinga agoulu penu ahitan, hichu aheng uva Pakai kitepna ahi.
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.
Hichengse hi mihon gancha dinga ahin choi lah a thempu ho chan ding chu ahi: bongchal ahin kelngoi hijongleh amahon adah akeng, agilpi chengse chu thempupa henga apeh lut diu ahi.
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.
Nanghon jong na lou sohgao lhung masaho, lengpitwi, chang, thaotwi chule nakelngoi mul kivou masapen chu neh diu ahi.
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.
Ajeh chu Pakai, Pathen in phung jouse lah a Levi insungmite hi imatih chana ama lhacha a pang dia alhen doh ahi.
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],
Chule Israel mite chenna khopi holah achu Levi miten adeisah laiyu Pathen houna muna ahin lhen doh diu ahi.
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.
Levi dangho banga kigela Pakai, Pathen min pana akin bola pang jeng thei diu, chuteng Pakai angsunga natong jing Levi mite banga akin bola pang diu ahi.
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.
Ama insungmite akon thilpeh ijat um jongleh, thil ki katdoh jouse aneh khopset aneh thei diu ahi.
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.
Nangho Pakai, Pathen in napehnau gamsung nahin jot tenguleh, chingtheiyun hiche gamsunga namtin vaipi chonna dan thet umtah tah hokhu najui louhel diu ahi.
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).
Nangho lah akona koiman achanu ham achapa ham khat chu meiya agoa kilhaina a aman chah thei louhel ding ahi. Doithu hihen, phunsanna hihen, ipidoi mangcha hijongleh,
11 Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
buma bolna hihen, thilha akona gaobol theina hihen, mitphel doithepna chule thilha akona gaothem kiti jong khat jeng cha nalah uva kona um thei lou ding ahi.
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.
Hitobanga chon mihem chu Pakaiya dinga thet umtah ahi. Hijeh achu Pakai, Pathen in nangho masanga hiche lai muna cheng ho jouse anadel mang ahi.
13 But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
Chule nangho Pakai, Pathen adia mi kitah nahi teidiu ahi.
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.
Ajeh chu hiche muna cheng mite hon doithem ho thusei angaiyun, amavang Pakai, Pathen in hitobang hoa na chon diu aphal pon ahi.
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.
Mose'n avelin aseikit in, Israelte lah akona Pakai, Pathen in kei bang banga thempu khat nahin tundoh peh diu ahi. Chuteng nang hon ama thu chu nangaiyuva nakhohsah cheh diu ahi.
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].
Nanghon Sinai molchunga mipiho kikhop nikhon Pakai, Pathen henga nadei, nangai chan hiti hin naseiyun ahi. Pakai, Pathen awgin leh ama akona meikong kilah chu neijah sah kit hih hel un, ajeh chu hitobang kajah uva kamu uva kona chu keiho ka thilo jeng theiyu ahi, natiuve.
17 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
Chuin Pakaiyin keima henga aseiyin, amahon asei chanu hi adih lheh jeng e, ati.
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.
Chule Pakaiyin aseiyin keiman nasopite lah akona hi nang tobang khat ka tundoh ding, hiche themgaopa kam sunga chu ijakai ka thumop soh kei ding, hichea kona chu keiman ama ka thumop bang banga aman jong mite jouse athupeh son ding ahi.
19 He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
Koi hijongleh hiche themgaopa thusei nah sah lou auma ahileh, amapa chunga chu lhen chilna lhung ding ahi.
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].’
Keima thupeh kal vala chon auma chule pathen limsem thu min pana thusei apang themgao khat tou aum ngei ngeiya ahileh, amapa chunga chu thina lhung teitei ding ahi, tin aseiye.
21 But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
Hichea chu nanghon Pakai thusei ahipoi, tia lungopkaina nalung thimsung uva nanei khah uva ahileh,
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].”
themgao khat in thu aseiya athu seidoh aguilhunva ahilouleh adihlou tengleh, hitobang chu Pathen akon mong ahipoi ti photchetna ahi. Themgaopa chun ama macham chama asei ahin, hitobang themgao chu gin jong nagin louhel diu ahi.
