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 and the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire and his portion.
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 shall have no inheritance amongst their brothers. The LORD is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
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.
This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest: the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the inner parts.
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 shall give him the first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of 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.
For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the LORD’s name, him and his sons forever.
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 a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel where he lives, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the LORD shall choose,
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,
then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD.
8 l'a resevwa menm kantite manje ak lòt yo, san yo pa bezwen konsidere sa li resevwa deja nan byen papa l'.
They shall have like portions to eat, in addition to that which comes from the sale of his family 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 have come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations.
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.
There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who tells fortunes, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
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.
or a charmer, or someone who consults with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
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.
For whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD. Because of these abominations, the LORD your God drives them out from before you.
13 Piga nou janm fè sa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pa vle nou fè.
You shall be blameless with the LORD your God.
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.
For these nations that you shall dispossess listen to those who practise sorcery and to diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you so to do.
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.
The LORD your God will raise up to you a prophet from amongst you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
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.
This is according to all that you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again the LORD my God’s voice, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die.”
17 Lè sa a, Seyè a di mwen konsa: Sa yo di a, se vre wi.
The LORD said to me, “They have well said that which they have spoken.
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.
I will raise them up a prophet from amongst their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
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.
It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
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 the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.”
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?
You may say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?”
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'.
When a prophet speaks in the LORD’s name, if the thing doesn’t follow, nor happen, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You shall not be afraid of him.
