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.
Selanjutnya Musa berkata kepada umat Israel, “Seluruh suku Lewi, termasuk para imam, tidak akan mendapat bagian tanah untuk diwariskan kepada keturunan mereka seperti suku-suku Israel lainnya, karena bagian mereka sudah diterima dari TUHAN sendiri. Mereka diberi hak istimewa sebagai pelayan TUHAN secara turun temurun, seperti yang sudah Dia janjikan kepada mereka. Jadi, orang Lewi akan mendapat sebagian daging dari berbagai hewan kurban yang dipersembahkan oleh suku Israel lainnya kepada TUHAN, dan itu akan dianggap warisan mereka.
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.
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.
“Ketika orang Israel mempersembahkan domba atau sapi mereka sebagai kurban, para imam berhak mendapatkan bagian bahu, rahang, dan perut kurban itu.
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.
Semua suku Israel yang lain wajib memberikan berbagai hasil pertama mereka kepada orang-orang suku Lewi, yaitu gandum dan jelai, perasan anggur, minyak zaitun, dan guntingan bulu domba.
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.
Lakukanlah semua ini sebab TUHAN Allah kita sudah menetapkan suku Lewi dari antara bangsa Israel untuk senantiasa melayani Dia.
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 atas keinginannya sendiri pindah dari salah satu kota di Israel ke lokasi di tempat penyembahan kepada TUHAN berada,
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.
maka dia boleh melayani di sana, seperti orang Lewi lainnya yang sudah melayani 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.
Dia akan menerima bagian makanan yang sama seperti yang diterima oleh orang Lewi lainnya, meskipun keluarganya mendukung dia dengan uang.”
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.
“Nanti, ketika kalian sudah masuk ke negeri pemberian TUHAN Allah kita, janganlah meniru berbagai perbuatan menjijikkan yang dilakukan oleh bangsa-bangsa yang lebih dahulu tinggal di sana.
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).
Jangan ada di antara kalian yang membakar anaknya sebagai kurban. Jangan ada yang memberi nasihat atau meramalkan masa depan berdasarkan petunjuk dari roh orang mati, atau dengan dirasuki roh jahat. Dan jangan ada yang menggunakan tipuan ilmu gaib untuk menguatkan ramalannya. Jangan ada di antara kalian tukang tenung yang mengutuk orang lain.
11 Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
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.
TUHAN membenci siapa saja yang melakukan perbuatan menjijikkan seperti itu. Justru TUHAN hendak mengusir bangsa-bangsa lain dari hadapan kalian karena mereka melakukan perbuatan-perbuatan itu.
13 But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
Tetapi kalian semua harus hidup tanpa cela di mata 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.
Bangsa-bangsa yang akan kalian usir mengikuti petunjuk para peramal dan orang yang melakukan tipuan ilmu gaib, tetapi TUHAN melarang kalian melakukan segala hal seperti 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.
“TUHAN Allah kita akan mengangkat seorang nabi lagi bagi kalian, yaitu seorang nabi seperti saya, yang berasal dari bangsa kita sendiri. Dengarkanlah dan taatilah nabi itu.
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].
TUHAN melakukannya untuk menjawab permohonan kalian ketika berkumpul di kaki gunung Sinai. Waktu itu kalian meminta kepada saya, ‘Kami mohon untuk tidak lagi mendengar suara TUHAN ataupun melihat api yang membara di atas gunung! Kami akan mati jika terus mendengar suara-Nya.’
17 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
“Lalu TUHAN berkata kepada saya, ‘Yang mereka katakan 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.
Jadi Aku akan mengangkat seorang nabi seperti engkau dari antara mereka. Aku akan memberitahukan kepadanya pesan yang harus dia katakan, dan dia akan menyampaikan kepada mereka semua yang Aku perintahkan.
19 He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
Siapa saja yang tidak mendengarkan pesan yang Aku sampaikan lewat nabi itu akan Aku hukum.
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].’
Sebaliknya, jika ada yang mengaku sebagai nabi dan berani berkata, “TUHAN menyuruh saya menyampaikan pesan ini,” padahal Aku tidak menyuruh dia mengatakannya, atau jika dia menyampaikan pesan atas nama dewa-dewa, maka orang itu harus dihukum mati.’”
21 But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
Lalu Musa berkata, “Mungkin kalian akan bertanya, ‘Bagaimana caranya mengetahui apakah pesan yang disampaikan kepada kami berasal dari TUHAN atau bukan?’
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].”
Caranya adalah, perhatikan apakah nubuatan nabi itu terjadi. Kalau tidak terjadi berarti pesan itu bukan dari TUHAN. Jadi, nabi itu bukan utusan TUHAN, dan kalian tidak perlu takut kepadanya.”
