Δευτερονόμιον 18
1 Οι ιερείς οι Λευΐται, πάσα η φυλή του Λευΐ, δεν θέλουσιν έχει μερίδα ούτε κληρονομίαν μετά του Ισραήλ· τας διά πυρός γινομένας προσφοράς του Κυρίου και την κληρονομίαν αυτού θέλουσι τρώγει.
“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 Διά τούτο κληρονομίαν δεν θέλουσιν έχει μεταξύ των αδελφών αυτών· ο Κύριος είναι η κληρονομία αυτών, καθώς είπε προς αυτούς.
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 Και τούτο θέλει είσθαι το δικαίωμα των ιερέων παρά του λαού, παρά των θυσιαζόντων τας θυσίας, είτε βουν είτε πρόβατον· θέλουσι δίδει εις τον ιερέα τον ώμον και τας σιαγόνας και την κοιλίαν.
“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 Τας απαρχάς του σίτου σου, του οίνου σου και του ελαίου σου, και το πρώτον του μαλλίου των προβάτων σου, θέλεις δίδει εις αυτόν.
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 διότι αυτόν εξέλεξε Κύριος ο Θεός σου εκ πασών των φυλών σου, διά να παρίσταται να λειτουργή εις το όνομα του Κυρίου, αυτός και οι υιοί αυτού διαπαντός.
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 Και εάν έλθη Λευΐτης εκ τινός των πόλεών σου από παντός του Ισραήλ, όπου παροικεί, και έλθη μεθ' όλου του πόθου της ψυχής αυτού, εις τον τόπον όντινα εκλέξη ο Κύριος,
“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 τότε θέλει λειτουργεί εις το όνομα Κυρίου του Θεού αυτού, καθώς πάντες οι αδελφοί αυτού οι Λευΐται, οι παριστάμενοι εκεί ενώπιον του Κυρίου.
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 Ίσας μερίδας θέλουσι τρώγει εκτός του προερχομένου εκ της πωλήσεως της πατρικής αυτού περιουσίας.
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 Αφού εισέλθης εις την γην, την οποίαν Κύριος ο Θεός σου δίδει εις σε, δεν θέλεις μάθει να πράττης κατά τα βδελύγματα των εθνών εκείνων.
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 Δεν θέλει ευρεθή εις σε ουδείς διαπερνών τον υιόν αυτού ή την θυγατέρα αυτού διά του πυρός, ή μαντευόμενος μαντείαν ή προγνώστης των καιρών ή οιωνοσκόπος ή μάγος,
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 ή γόης ή ανταποκριτής δαιμονίων ή τερατοσκόπος ή νεκρόμαντις.
Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
12 Διότι πας ο πράττων ταύτα είναι βδέλυγμα εις τον Κύριον· και εξ αιτίας των βδελυγμάτων τούτων Κύριος ο Θεός σου εκδιώκει αυτούς απ' έμπροσθέν σου.
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 Τέλειος θέλεις είσθαι ενώπιον Κυρίου του Θεού σου.
But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
14 Διότι τα έθνη ταύτα, τα οποία θέλεις κατακληρονομήσει, έδωκαν ακρόασιν εις προγνώστας των καιρών και εις μάντεις· σε όμως Κύριος ο Θεός σου δεν αφήκε να πράττης ούτω.
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 Προφήτην εκ μέσου σου θέλει αναστήσει εις σε Κύριος ο Θεός σου εκ των αδελφών σου, ως εμέ· αυτού θέλετε ακούει·
[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 κατά πάντα όσα εζήτησας παρά Κυρίου του Θεού σου εν Χωρήβ εν τη ημέρα της συνάξεως, λέγων, Ας μη ακούσω πλέον την φωνήν Κυρίου του Θεού μου, μηδέ να ίδω πλέον το μέγα τούτο πυρ, διά να μη αποθάνω.
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 Και είπε Κύριος προς εμέ, Καλώς έχουσιν όσα ελάλησαν.
Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
18 Προφήτην εκ μέσου των αδελφών αυτών θέλω αναστήσει εις αυτούς, ως σε, και θέλω βάλει τους λόγους μου εις το στόμα αυτού, και θέλει λαλεί προς αυτούς πάντα όσα εγώ προστάζω εις αυτόν·
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 Και ο άνθρωπος όστις δεν υπακούση εις τους λόγους μου, τους οποίους αυτός θέλει λαλήσει εν τω ονόματί μου, εγώ θέλω εκζητήσει τούτο παρ' αυτού.
He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
20 Ο προφήτης όμως όστις ασεβήση και λαλήση εν τω ονόματί μου λόγον τον οποίον εγώ δεν προσέταξα εις αυτόν να λαλήση, ή όστις λαλήση εν τω ονόματι άλλων θεών, ο προφήτης εκείνος θέλει θανατωθή.
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 Και εάν είπης εν τη καρδία σου, Πως θέλομεν γνωρίσει τον λόγον, τον οποίον ο Κύριος δεν ελάλησεν;
But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
22 Όταν τις προφήτης λαλήση εν τω ονόματι του Κυρίου και ο λόγος δεν γείνη ουδέ συμβή, ούτος είναι ο λόγος τον οποίον ο Κύριος δεν ελάλησεν· ελάλησεν αυτόν ο προφήτης εν υπερηφανία· δεν θέλετε φοβηθή απ' αυτού.
[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].”
