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.
Les Sacrificateurs qui sont de la race de Lévi, même toute la Tribu de Lévi, n'auront point de part ni d'héritage avec le reste d'Israël, [mais] ils mangeront les sacrifices de l'Eternel faits par feu, et son héritage.
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.
Ils n'auront donc point d'héritage entre leurs frères. L'Eternel est leur héritage, comme il leur en a parlé.
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.
Or c'est ici le droit que les Sacrificateurs prendront du peuple, [c'est-à-dire] de ceux qui offriront quelque sacrifice, soit bœuf, ou brebis, ou chèvre, [c'est] qu'on donnera au Sacrificateur l'épaule, les mâchoires, et le ventre.
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.
Tu leur donneras les prémices de ton froment, de ton vin et de ton huile, et les prémices de la toison de tes brebis.
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.
Car l'Eternel ton Dieu l'a choisi d'entre toutes les Tribus, afin qu'il assiste pour faire le service au nom de l'Eternel, lui et ses fils, à toujours.
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],
Or quand le Lévite viendra de quelque lieu de ta demeure, de quelque endroit que ce soit d'Israël où il fasse son séjour, et qu'il viendra selon tout le désir de son âme, au lieu que l'Eternel aura choisi,
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.
Il fera le service au nom de l'Eternel son Dieu, comme tous ses frères Lévites, qui assistent en la présence de l'Eternel.
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.
Ils mangeront une égale portion avec les autres, outre ce que chacun pourra avoir de ce qu'il aura vendu aux familles de ses pères.
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.
Quand tu seras entré au pays que l'Eternel ton Dieu te donne, tu n'apprendras point à faire selon les abominations de ces nations-là.
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).
Il ne se trouvera personne au milieu de toi qui fasse passer par le feu son fils ou sa fille, ni de devin qui se mêle de deviner, ni de pronostiqueur de temps, ni aucun qui use d'augures, ni aucun sorcier;
11 Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
Ni d'enchanteur qui use d'enchantements, ni d'homme qui consulte l'esprit de python, ni de diseur de bonne aventure, ni aucun qui interroge les morts.
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.
Car quiconque fait ces choses est en abomination à l'Eternel; et à cause de ces abominations l'Eternel ton Dieu chasse ces nations-là de devant toi.
13 But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
Tu agiras en intégrité avec l'Eternel ton Dieu.
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.
Car ces nations-là dont tu vas posséder le pays, écoutent les pronostiqueurs, et les devins; mais quant à toi, l'Eternel ton Dieu ne t'a point permis d'agir de la sorte.
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.
L'Eternel ton Dieu te suscitera un Prophète comme moi d'entre tes frères; vous l'écouterez.
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].
Selon tout ce que tu as demandé à l'Eternel ton Dieu en Horeb, au jour de l'assemblée, en disant: Que je n'entende plus la voix de l'Eternel mon Dieu; et que je ne voie plus ce grand feu, de peur que je ne meure.
17 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
Alors l'Eternel me dit: Ils ont bien dit ce qu'ils ont dit.
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.
Je leur susciterai un Prophète comme toi d'entre leurs frères, et je mettrai mes paroles en sa bouche, et il leur dira tout ce que je lui aurai commandé.
19 He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
Et il arrivera que quiconque n'écoutera pas mes paroles, lesquelles il aura dites en mon Nom, je lui en demanderai compte.
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].’
Mais le Prophète qui aura agi si fièrement que de dire quelque chose en mon Nom, que je ne lui aurai point commandé de dire, ou qui aura parlé au nom des autres dieux, ce Prophète-là mourra.
21 But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
Que si tu dis en ton cœur: Comment connaîtrons-nous la parole que l'Eternel n'aura point dite?
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].”
Quand ce Prophète-là aura parlé au Nom de l'Eternel, et que la chose [qu'il aura prédite] ne sera point, ni n'arrivera point, cette parole sera celle que l'Eternel ne lui a point dite; [mais] le Prophète l'a dite par fierté; ainsi n'aie point peur de lui.
