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.
"Imam-imam orang Lewi, seluruh suku Lewi, janganlah mendapat bagian milik pusaka bersama-sama orang Israel; dari korban api-apian kepada TUHAN dan apa yang menjadi milik-Nya harus mereka mendapat rezeki.
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.
Janganlah ia mempunyai milik pusaka di tengah-tengah saudara-saudaranya; Tuhanlah milik pusakanya, seperti yang dijanjikan-Nya kepadanya.
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.
Inilah hak imam terhadap kaum awam, terhadap mereka yang mempersembahkan korban sembelihan, baik lembu maupun domba: kepada imam haruslah diberikan paha depan, kedua rahang dan perut besar.
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 gandummu, dari anggurmu dan minyakmu, dan bulu guntingan pertama dari dombamu haruslah kauberikan kepadanya.
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.
Sebab dialah yang dipilih oleh TUHAN, Allahmu, dari segala sukumu, supaya ia senantiasa melayani TUHAN dan menyelenggarakan kebaktian demi nama-Nya, ia dan anak-anaknya.
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 datang dari tempat manapun di Israel, di mana ia tinggal sebagai pendatang, dan dengan sepenuh hati masuk ke tempat yang akan dipilih TUHAN,
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.
dan menyelenggarakan kebaktian demi nama TUHAN, Allahnya, sama seperti semua saudaranya, orang-orang Lewi, yang melayani TUHAN di sana,
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.
maka haruslah mereka mendapat rezeki yang sama, dengan tidak terhitung apa yang ia peroleh dengan menjual harta nenek moyangnya."
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 engkau sudah masuk ke negeri yang diberikan kepadamu oleh TUHAN, Allahmu, maka janganlah engkau belajar berlaku sesuai dengan kekejian yang dilakukan bangsa-bangsa itu.
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 antaramu janganlah didapati seorangpun yang mempersembahkan anaknya laki-laki atau anaknya perempuan sebagai korban dalam api, ataupun seorang yang menjadi petenung, seorang peramal, seorang penelaah, seorang penyihir,
11 Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
seorang pemantera, ataupun seorang yang bertanya kepada arwah atau kepada roh peramal atau yang meminta petunjuk kepada orang-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.
Sebab setiap orang yang melakukan hal-hal ini adalah kekejian bagi TUHAN, dan oleh karena kekejian-kekejian inilah TUHAN, Allahmu, menghalau mereka dari hadapanmu.
13 But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
Haruslah engkau hidup dengan tidak bercela di hadapan TUHAN, Allahmu.
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.
Sebab bangsa-bangsa yang daerahnya akan kaududuki ini mendengarkan kepada peramal atau petenung, tetapi engkau ini tidak diizinkan TUHAN, Allahmu, melakukan yang demikian.
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.
Seorang nabi dari tengah-tengahmu, dari antara saudara-saudaramu, sama seperti aku, akan dibangkitkan bagimu oleh TUHAN, Allahmu; dialah yang harus kamu dengarkan.
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].
Tepat seperti yang kamu minta dahulu kepada TUHAN, Allahmu, di gunung Horeb, pada hari perkumpulan, dengan berkata: Tidak mau aku mendengar lagi suara TUHAN, Allahku, dan api yang besar ini tidak mau aku melihatnya lagi, supaya jangan aku mati.
17 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
Lalu berkatalah TUHAN kepadaku: Apa yang dikatakan mereka itu baik;
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.
seorang nabi akan Kubangkitkan bagi mereka dari antara saudara mereka, seperti engkau ini; Aku akan menaruh firman-Ku dalam mulutnya, dan ia akan mengatakan kepada mereka segala yang Kuperintahkan kepadanya.
19 He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
Orang yang tidak mendengarkan segala firman-Ku yang akan diucapkan nabi itu demi nama-Ku, dari padanya akan Kutuntut pertanggungjawaban.
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 seorang nabi, yang terlalu berani untuk mengucapkan demi nama-Ku perkataan yang tidak Kuperintahkan untuk dikatakan olehnya, atau yang berkata demi nama allah lain, nabi itu 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?’
Jika sekiranya kamu berkata dalam hatimu: Bagaimanakah kami mengetahui perkataan yang tidak difirmankan TUHAN? --
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].”
apabila seorang nabi berkata demi nama TUHAN dan perkataannya itu tidak terjadi dan tidak sampai, maka itulah perkataan yang tidak difirmankan TUHAN; dengan terlalu berani nabi itu telah mengatakannya, maka janganlah gentar kepadanya."
