5 Mose 18
1 Die Priester, die Leviten des ganzen Stamms Levi, sollen nicht Teil noch Erbe haben mit Israel. Die Opfer des HERRN und sein Erbteil sollen sie essen.
“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.
2 Darum sollen sie kein Erbe unter ihren Brüdern haben, daß der HERR ihr Erbe ist, wie er ihnen geredet hat.
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 Das soll aber das Recht der Priester sein an dem Volk und an denen, die da opfern, es sei Ochse oder Schaf, daß man dem Priester gebe den Arm und beide Backen und den Wanst
“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.
4 und das Erstling deines Korns, deines Mosts und deines Öls und das Erstling von der Schur deiner Schafe.
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.
5 Denn der HERR, dein Gott, hat ihn erwählet aus allen deinen Stämmen, daß er stehe am Dienst im Namen des HERRN, er und seine Söhne ewiglich.
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.
6 Wenn ein Levit kommt aus irgend einem deiner Tore oder sonst irgend aus ganz Israel, da er ein Gast ist, und kommt nach aller Lust seiner Seele an den Ort, den der HERR erwählet hat,
“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],
7 daß er diene im Namen des HERRN, seines Gottes, wie alle seine Brüder, die Leviten, die daselbst vor dem HERRN stehen,
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.
8 die sollen gleichen Teil zu essen haben, über das er hat von dem verkauften Gut seiner Väter.
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.
9 Wenn du in das Land kommst, das dir der HERR, dein Gott, geben wird, so sollst du nicht lernen tun die Greuel dieser Völker.
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.
10 Daß nicht unter dir funden werde, der seinen Sohn oder Tochter durchs Feuer gehen lasse, oder ein Weissager oder ein Tagewähler, oder der auf Vogelgeschrei achte, oder ein Zauberer,
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).
11 oder Beschwörer oder Wahrsager oder Zeichendeuter, oder der die Toten frage.
Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
12 Denn wer solches tut, der ist dem HERRN ein Greuel, und um solcher Greuel willen vertreibt sie der HERR, dein Gott, vor dir her.
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.
13 Du aber sollst ohne Wandel sein mit dem HERRN, deinem Gott.
But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
14 Denn diese Völker, die du einnehmen wirst, gehorchen den Tagewählern und Weissagern; aber du sollst dich nicht also halten gegen den HERRN, deinen Gott.
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.
15 Einen Propheten wie mich wird der HERR, dein Gott, dir erwecken aus dir und aus deinen Brüdern, dem sollt ihr gehorchen.
[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.
16 Wie du denn von dem HERRN, deinem Gott, gebeten hast zu Horeb am Tage der Versammlung und sprachest: Ich will fort nicht mehr hören die Stimme des HERRN, meines Gottes, und das große Feuer nicht mehr sehen, daß ich nicht sterbe.
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].
17 Und der HERR sprach zu mir: Sie haben wohl geredet.
Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
18 Ich will ihnen einen Propheten, wie du bist, erwecken aus ihren Brüdern und meine Worte in seinen Mund geben; der soll zu ihnen reden alles, was ich ihm gebieten werde.
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.
19 Und wer meine Worte nicht hören wird, die er in meinem Namen reden wird, von dem will ich's fordern.
He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
20 Doch wenn ein Prophet vermessen ist, zu reden in meinem Namen, das ich ihm nicht geboten habe zu reden, und welcher redet in dem Namen anderer Götter, derselbe Prophet soll sterben.
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].’
21 Ob du aber in deinem Herzen sagen würdest: Wie kann ich merken, welches Wort der HERR nicht geredet hat?
But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
22 Wenn der Prophet redet in dem Namen des HERRN, und wird nichts draus und kommt nicht, das ist das Wort, das der HERR nicht geredet hat: der Prophet hat es aus Vermessenheit geredet, darum scheue dich nicht vor ihm.
[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].”
