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.
Presterna Leviterna, och hela Levi slägt, skola ingen lott eller arf hafva med Israel; Herrans offer och hans arfvedel skola de äta.
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.
Derföre skola de intet arf hafva ibland deras bröder; ty Herren är deras arf, såsom han dem sagt hafver.
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.
Och detta skall vara Presternas rättighet af folkena, och af dem som offra, ehvad det är fä eller får, att man skall gifva Prestenom bogen, och båda kindbenen, och våmbena;
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.
Och förstlingen af ditt korn, och dinom must, och dine oljo; och förstlingen af din fårs klippning.
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.
Förty Herren din Gud hafver utvalt honom utur alla dina slägter, att han stå skall i tjenstene i Herrans Namn, och hans söner evärdeliga.
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],
Om en Levit kommer utaf någon dina städer, eller eljest af hela Israel, der han en gäst är, och kommer af allo hans själs begärelse, till det rum som Herren utvalt hafver;
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.
Att han vill tjena i Herrans sins Guds Namn, såsom alle hans bröder Leviterna, som der stå för Herranom;
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.
De skola få lika del till att äta, förutan det han hafver af sina fäders sålda godse.
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.
När du kommer uti landet, som Herren din Gud dig gifvandes varder, så skall du icke lära göra dens folksens styggelse;
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).
Att ingen ibland dig varder funnen, som sin son eller dotter låter gå igenom eld, eller den som är en spåman, eller en dagväljare, eller den som på foglalåt aktar, eller trollkarl;
11 Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
Eller besvärjare, eller en svartkonstig, eller en tecknatydare, eller den der någon dödan frågar.
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.
Ty den som sådant gör, han är Herranom en styggelse; och för sådana styggelses skull fördrifver dem Herren din Gud för dig.
13 But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
Var utan vank inför Herranom dinom Gud.
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.
Ty detta folket, som du intaga skall, lyda de dagväljare och spåmän; men du skall icke så göra Herranom dinom Gud.
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.
En Prophet, såsom mig, skall Herren din Gud uppväcka dig, utaf dig, och utaf dina bröder; honom skolen I lyda.
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].
Såsom du beddes af Herranom dinom Gud i Horeb, på församlingenes dag, och sade: Jag vill icke mer höra Herrans mins Guds röst, och icke mer se den stora elden, att jag icke skall dö.
17 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
Och Herren sade till mig: De hafva väl sagt.
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.
Jag skall uppväcka dem en Prophet, såsom du äst, utaf deras bröder, och gifva min ord i hans mun; han skall tala till dem allt det jag honom bjuda vill.
19 He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
Och den som min ord icke hörer, som han i mitt Namn talandes varder, af honom vill jag utkräfva det.
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].’
Dock om någor Prophete djerfves tala i mitt Namn, det jag honom icke befallt hafver att tala, och den som talar i andra gudars namn, den Propheten skall dö.
21 But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
Om du nu säga ville i ditt hjerta: Huru kan jag märka, hvilket ord Herren icke talat hafver?
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].”
När den Propheten talar i Herrans Namn, och der varder intet af, och sker intet, så är det det ord, som Herren icke talat hafver. Den Propheten hafver det talat af öfverdådighet: derföre skall du icke frukta dig för honom.
