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.
Ang mga pari, na mga Levita, at ang lahat ng lipi ni Levi, ay walang bahagi ni pamana sa Israel; dapat nilang kainin ang mga handog kay Yahweh na gawa sa apoy bilang kanilang pamana.
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.
Dapat wala silang pamana kasama ng kanilang mga kapatid na lalaki; si Yahweh ang kanilang pamana, gaya ng sinabi niya sa kanila.
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.
Ito ang magiging bahagi ng mga nakatakdang pari mula sa mga tao, mula sa kanila na naghahandog ng isang alay, maging ito ay mga baka o tupa: dapat nilang ibigay sa pari ang balikat, ang dalawang pisngi, at ang mga lamanloob.
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.
Ang mga unang bunga ng inyong butil, ng inyong bagong alak, at ng inyong langis, at ang unang balahibo ng inyong tupa, dapat ninyong ibigay sa kaniya.
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.
Dahil pinili siya ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos mula sa lahat ng inyong lipi para tumayong maglingkod sa pangalan ni Yahweh, siya at ang kaniyang mga anak na lalaki magpakailanman.
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],
Kung may isang Levita na dumating mula sa alinman sa inyong mga bayan na mula sa buong Israel kung saan siya namumuhay, at nagnanais ng buong kaluluwa na siya'y pumunta sa lugar na pipiliin ni Yahweh,
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.
sa gayon dapat siyang maglingkod sa pangalan ni Yahweh na kaniyang Diyos gaya ng ginagawa ng lahat ng kaniyang kapatid na Levita, na siyang tumayo roon sa harapan ni Yahweh.
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.
Dapat silang magkaroon ng parehong bahagi para kainin, bukod sa kung ano ang dumating mula sa pinagbilhan ng pamana ng kaniyang pamilya.
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.
Kapag nakarating kayo sa lupaing ibibigay ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos sa inyo, hindi ninyo dapat matutunan ang mga kasuklam-suklam na bagay ng mga bansang iyon.
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).
Walang dapat na makitang isa sa inyo na ginagawang padaanin ang kaniyang anak na lalaki o kaniyang anak na babae sa apoy, sinumang gumagawa ng panghuhula, sinumang nagsasanay ng hula, o alinmang mang-aakit, o alinmang mangkukulam,
11 Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
alinmang manggagayuma, sinumang nakipag-usap sa patay, o sinumang nakikipag-usap sa mga espiritu.
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.
Dahil ang sinumang gumagawa ng mga bagay na ito ay kasuklam-suklam kay Yahweh; dahil sa mga kasuklam-suklam na bagay na ito palalayasin sila ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos mula sa inyong harapan.
13 But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
Wala dapat kayong bahid ng kasalanan sa harapan ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos.
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.
dahil ang mga bansang ito na inyong sasakupin ay nakikinig sa mga taong gumagawa ng pangkukulam at panghuhula; pero para sa inyo, hindi kayo pinayagan ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos na gawin iyon.
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.
Magtatatag si Yahweh na inyong Diyos ng isang propeta para sa inyo na mula sa inyo, isa sa inyong mga kapatid, katulad ko. Dapat kayong makinig sa kaniya.
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].
Ito ang inyong hiningi mula kay Yahweh na inyong Diyos sa Horeb ng araw ng pagpupulong, sa pagsasabing, 'Huwag nating hayaang marinig muli ang boses ni Yahweh na ating Diyos, ni makita pa man ang malaking apoy na ito, o tayo ay mamamatay.'
17 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
Sinabi ni Yahweh sa akin, 'Ang kanilang sinabi ay mabuti.
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.
Magtatatag ako ng isang propeta para sa kanila mula sa kanilang mga kapatid, na katulad mo. Ilalagay ko ang aking mga salita sa kaniyang bibig, at sasabihin niya sa kanila ang lahat ng iniutos ko sa kanila.
19 He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
Mangyayari ito kung mayroong hindi makikinig sa aking mga salita na sinasabi niya sa aking pangalan, hihingin ko ito sa kaniya.
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].’
Pero ang propetang magsasalita nang may kayabangan sa aking pangalan, isang salita na hindi ko iniutos sa kaniya na sabihin, o magsalita sa pangalan ng ibang mga diyus-diyosan, ang propetang iyan ay dapat na mamatay.'
21 But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
Kung sasabihin ninyo sa inyong puso, 'Paano natin makikilala ang isang mensahe na hindi sinabi ni Yahweh?'—
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].”
kapag magsasalita ang isang propeta sa pangalan ni Yahweh, kung ang bagay na iyon ay hindi maganap ni mangyari, kung gayon iyon ay isang bagay na hindi sinabi ni Yahweh; sinasabi ito ng propeta ng may kayabangan, at hindi kayo dapat matakot sa kaniya.
