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.
"Seluruh suku Lewi diberi tugas imam, karena itu tak boleh menerima bagian tanah di Israel. Mereka harus hidup dari persembahan-persembaha dan kurban-kurban lainnya yang diberikan TUHAN.
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.
Mereka tak boleh memiliki tanah seperti suku-suku lainnya, sebab Tuhanlah bagian warisan mereka, seperti yang dijanjikan TUHAN kepada mereka.
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.
Apabila seseorang mempersembahkan kurban sapi atau domba, maka paha depan, rahang dan perut ternak itu harus diserahkan kepada imam-imam untuk bagian mereka.
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.
Hasil pertama dari gandum, air anggur, minyak zaitun dan bulu domba, juga untuk bagian mereka.
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.
Dari semua suku Israel, TUHAN Allahmu telah memilih suku Lewi menjadi imam untuk selama-lamanya.
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],
Apabila seorang Lewi yang berasal dari kota mana pun di Israel datang ke tempat yang dipilih TUHAN dan mau tinggal di situ,
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.
ia boleh melayani TUHAN Allahnya sebagai imam seperti orang-orang Lewi lain yang bertugas di tempat itu.
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.
Ia harus menerima makanan yang sama banyaknya seperti imam-imam lain; apa yang diperolehnya dari keluarganya, juga untuk dia."
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.
"Apabila kamu sudah masuk ke negeri yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu, janganlah meniru kejahatan yang dilakukan bangsa-bangsa yang ada di situ.
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).
Di antara kamu janganlah ada yang mempersembahkan anak-anaknya sebagai kurban bakaran. Dan janganlah seorang pun menjadi tukang ramal, mencari pertanda-pertanda, memakai jampi-jampi atau
11 Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
ilmu sihir, atau mengadakan hubungan dengan roh-roh orang mati.
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.
Orang yang melakukan perbuatan-perbuatan jahat itu dibenci oleh TUHAN Allahmu, dan itulah sebabnya bangsa-bangsa itu disingkirkan-Nya dari hadapanmu.
13 But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
Jadi hendaklah kamu mengabdi kepada TUHAN Allahmu dengan sepenuh hatimu."
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.
Kemudian Musa berkata, "Bangsa-bangsa di negeri yang akan kamu diami itu mengikuti nasihat tukang-tukang ramal dan mencari pertanda-pertanda. Tetapi TUHAN Allahmu tidak mengizinkan kamu melakukan hal itu.
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.
Sebaliknya dari bangsa kita sendiri Ia akan mengutus kepadamu seorang nabi seperti saya ini, dan kamu harus taat kepadanya.
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].
Pada hari kamu berkumpul di Gunung Sinai, kamu mohon supaya kamu jangan lagi mendengar TUHAN Allahmu berbicara dan jangan lagi melihat kehadiran-Nya dalam api yang bernyala-nyala, sebab kamu takut mati.
17 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
Karena itu TUHAN berkata kepada saya, 'Permintaan mereka itu bijaksana.
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.
Dari bangsa mereka sendiri Aku akan mengutus kepada mereka seorang nabi seperti engkau. Aku akan mengatakan kepadanya apa yang harus dikatakannya, lalu ia akan menyampaikan kepada bangsa itu segala yang Kuperintahkan.
19 He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
Ia akan berbicara atas nama-Ku, dan Aku akan menghukum siapa saja yang tidak mau mendengarkan dia.
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].’
Tetapi kalau seorang nabi berani menyampaikan suatu pesan atas nama-Ku padahal Aku tidak menyuruh dia berbuat begitu, ia harus mati; begitu juga setiap nabi yang berbicara atas nama ilah-ilah lain harus mati.'
21 But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
Mungkin kamu bertanya dalam hati, 'Bagaimana kami tahu apakah pesan seorang nabi itu berasal dari TUHAN atau tidak?'
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].”
Kalau seorang nabi berbicara atas nama TUHAN, tetapi apa yang dikatakannya itu tidak terjadi, maka ramalan itu bukan dari TUHAN. Nabi itu berbicara atas namanya sendiri dan kamu tak usah takut kepadanya."
