< Deteronòm 18 >

1 Prèt yo, fanmi Levi yo, ki vle di tout gason ki nan branch fanmi Levi a, p'ap gen anyen ki rele yo pa yo nan byen eritaj moun pèp Izrayèl yo. Y'a viv ak manje pèp la va ofri bay Seyè a ak tou sa pèp la va mete apa pou Seyè a.
“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 Moun fanmi Levi yo p'ap gen anyen nan byen ki pou tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo. Se Seyè a ki pòsyon pa yo jan li te di yo sa.
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 Lè yon moun nan pèp la vin ofri yon bèf osinon yon kabrit, oswa yon mouton pou yo touye pou Seyè a, men pòsyon ki va rete pou prèt fanmi Levi a. Men pòsyon y'a ba li: jigo a, machwè yo ak gradoub la.
“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 N'a ba li tou premye grenn n'a rekòlte nan jaden ble nou yo, premye diven ak premye lwil n'a fè, ansanm ak premye lenn mouton n'a wete sou mouton nou yo.
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 Paske se yo menm ak pitit gason yo Seyè a te chwazi nan mitan tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo pou sèvi l' prèt pou tout tan.
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 Lè yon moun fanmi Levi ki rete nan yonn nan lavil nou yo, nenpòt kote nan peyi Izrayèl la, santi li ta renmen ale kote Seyè a te chwazi pou yo fè sèvis pou li a,
“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 lè li rive, si li fè travay yon prèt nan non Seyè a, Bondye li a, tankou tout lòt frè moun fanmi Levi parèy li yo ki te toujou la ap sèvi devan Seyè a,
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 l'a resevwa menm kantite manje ak lòt yo, san yo pa bezwen konsidere sa li resevwa deja nan byen papa l'.
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 Lè n'a fin antre nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va ban nou an, pa lage kò nou nan fè menm vye bagay moun lòt nasyon yo ap fè.
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 Piga pesonn nan nou pran pitit gason osinon pitit fi li pou li boule nan dife pou zidòl. Piga gen pesonn nan mitan nou k'ap fè divinò, k'ap etidye zetwal nan syèl la pou konnen sa ki gen pou rive, k'ap pran pwen, k'ap fè maji.
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 Piga gen nan mitan nou moun k'ap sèvi ak cham, moun ki pral nan tab tounant, k'ap vizite moun ki konn tire kat, ak moun k'ap rele mò pou pale ak yo.
Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
12 Paske Seyè a pa vle wè moun k'ap fè bagay sa yo. Epitou, se paske moun lòt nasyon yo t'ap fè tout vye bagay sa yo kifè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te mete yo deyò pou nou ka pran plas yo.
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 Piga nou janm fè sa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pa vle nou fè.
But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
14 Bann nasyon nou pral mete deyò nan peyi a, se moun ki te renmen koute sa divinò ak moun k'ap etidye zetwal yo ap di yo. Men nou menm, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pa penmèt nou fè bagay konsa.
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 Moyiz di pèp la konsa: -Seyè a, Bondye nou an, gen pou l' voye yon pwofèt ban nou tankou l' te voye m' lan. Se va yonn nan nou, yon moun pèp Izrayèl parèy nou. Se pou nou koute tou sa l'a di nou.
[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 Se sa menm nou te mande Seyè a, Bondye nou an, lè nou tout te reyini sou mòn Orèb la. Nou t'ap di nou pa vle tande vwa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ni nou pa ta renmen wè gwo flanm dife sa a ankò pou nou pa mouri.
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 Lè sa a, Seyè a di mwen konsa: Sa yo di a, se vre wi.
Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
18 M'a chwazi yonn nan yo pou pwofèt, m'a voye l' ba yo tankou mwen te voye ou la. M'a mete pawòl mwen nan bouch li. Epi l'a di pèp la tou sa m'a ba li lòd di yo.
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 Si yon moun pa koute sa pwofèt la ap di yo nan non mwen, se avè m' menm l'ap an afè. Se mwen menm menm la gen pou l' rann kont.
He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
20 Konsa tou, si yon pwofèt ta penmèt li louvri bouch li pou l' pale nan non mwen pou l' di sa mwen pa di l' di, oswa pou l' ta pale nan non lòt bondye, se pou yo touye l' pou sa l' fè a.
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 Koulye a nou dwe ap di nan kè nou: Ki jan pou nou fè konnen si sa pwofèt la ap di a se pa pawòl ki soti nan Bondye?
But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
22 Enben, si pwofèt la di l'ap pale nan non Seyè a, epi sa li di a pa rive vre, lè sa a, n'a konnen Seyè a pa t' janm di l' di pawòl konsa. Se lògèy ki te pouse pwofèt la di sa l' di a. Nou pa bezwen pè l'.
[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].”

< Deteronòm 18 >