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.
Священникам левитам, всему колену Левиину, не будет части и удела с Израилем: они должны питаться жертвами Господа и Его частью;
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.
удела же не будет ему между братьями его: Сам Господь удел его, как говорил Он ему.
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.
Вот что должно быть положено священникам от народа, от приносящих в жертву волов или овец: должно отдавать священнику плечо, челюсти и желудок;
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.
также начатки от хлеба твоего, вина твоего и елея твоего, и начатки от шерсти овец твоих отдавай ему,
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.
ибо его избрал Господь Бог твой из всех колен твоих, чтобы он предстоял пред Господом, Богом твоим, служил и благословлял во имя Господа, сам и сыны его во все дни.
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],
И если левит придет из одного из жилищ твоих, из всей земли сынов Израилевых, где он жил, и придет по желанию души своей на место, которое изберет Господь,
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.
и будет служить во имя Господа Бога своего, как и все братья его левиты, предстоящие там пред Господом,
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.
то пусть они пользуются одинаковою частью, сверх полученного от продажи отцовского имущества.
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.
Когда ты войдешь в землю, которую дает тебе Господь Бог твой, тогда не научись делать мерзости, какие делали народы сии:
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).
не должен находиться у тебя проводящий сына своего или дочь свою чрез огонь, прорицатель, гадатель, ворожея, чародей,
11 Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
обаятель, вызывающий духов, волшебник и вопрошающий мертвых;
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.
ибо мерзок пред Господом всякий, делающий это, и за сии-то мерзости Господь Бог твой изгоняет их от лица твоего;
13 But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
будь непорочен пред Господом Богом твоим;
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.
ибо народы сии, которых ты изгоняешь, слушают гадателей и прорицателей, а тебе не то дал Господь Бог твой.
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.
Пророка из среды тебя, из братьев твоих, как меня, воздвигнет тебе Господь Бог твой, Его слушайте, -
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].
так как ты просил у Господа Бога твоего при Хориве в день собрания, говоря: да не услышу впредь гласа Господа Бога моего и огня сего великого да не увижу более, дабы мне не умереть.
17 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
И сказал мне Господь: хорошо то, что они говорили тебе;
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.
Я воздвигну им Пророка из среды братьев их, такого, как ты, и вложу слова Мои в уста Его, и Он будет говорить им все, что Я повелю Ему;
19 He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
а кто не послушает слов Моих, которые Пророк тот будет говорить Моим именем, с того Я взыщу;
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].’
но пророка, который дерзнет говорить Моим именем то, чего Я не повелел ему говорить, и который будет говорить именем богов иных, такого пророка предайте смерти.
21 But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
И если скажешь в сердце твоем: “как мы узнаем слово, которое не Господь говорил?”
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].”
Если пророк скажет именем Господа, но слово то не сбудется и не исполнится, то не Господь говорил сие слово, но говорил сие пророк по дерзости своей, - не бойся его.
