Deteronòm 18
1 “Prèt Levit yo, tout tribi Lévi a, pa pou gen pati oswa eritaj avèk Israël. Yo va manje ofrann pa dife SENYÈ a ki se pati pa Li.
“There is not for the priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—a portion and inheritance with Israel; they eat fire-offerings of YHWH, even His inheritance,
2 Yo pa pou gen eritaj pami Izrayelit parèy yo. SENYÈ a se eritaj pa yo, jan Li te pwomèt yo a.
and he has no inheritance in the midst of his brothers; YHWH Himself [is] his inheritance, as He has spoken to him.
3 “Men sa va dwa prèt yo ke moun yo dwe fè, ki soti nan sila ki ofri an sakrifis yo, kit yon bèf, oswa yon mouton; ladann, yo va bay prèt la zepòl la avèk de machwè yo, ak tout vant lan.
And this is the priest’s right from the people, from those sacrificing a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep, he has even given to the priest the leg, and the two cheeks, and the stomach;
4 Nou va ba li premye fwi a sereyal yo, diven nèf nou, lwil nou, ak premye lenn mouton nou yo.
you give to him the first of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your flock;
5 Paske SENYÈ a te chwazi li ak fis li yo pami tout tribi nou yo pou kanpe e sèvi nan non SENYÈ a jis pou tout tan.
for your God YHWH has fixed on him, out of all your tribes, to stand to serve in the Name of YHWH—him and his sons continually.
6 “Alò, si yon Levit sòti nan youn nan vil nou yo atravè tout Israël kote li rete a, e li vini nenpòt lè li vle kote ke SENYÈ a chwazi a,
And when the Levite comes from one of your cities, out of all Israel where he has sojourned, and has come with all the desire of his soul to the place which YHWH chooses,
7 alò, li va sèvi nan non SENYÈ a, Bondye li a, tankou tout Levit parèy li yo ki kanpe la devan SENYÈ a.
then he has ministered in the Name of his God YHWH like all his brothers, the Levites, who are standing there before YHWH.
8 Li dwe gen pòsyon egal nan benefis pa yo a, menmlè li te resevwa nan kòb vant posesyon fanmi an.
They eat portion like portion, apart from his sold things from the fathers.
9 “Lè nou antre nan tè ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an bannou an, nou p ap aprann imite bagay abominab a nasyon sa yo.
When you are coming into the land which your God YHWH is giving to you, you do not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.
10 Pa kite yo jwenn okenn pami nou ki sakrifye fis yo oswa fi yo nan dife, youn pami nou ki pratike divinasyon ak maji, ki fè entèpretasyon sign, oswa youn pami nou ki fè wanga,
There is not found in you one causing his son and his daughter to pass over into fire, a user of divinations, an observer of clouds, and an enchanter, and a sorcerer,
11 ni youn pami nou ki fè cham, k ap prale nan tab tounant, moun k ap rele lespri yo vin parèt, ni youn pami nou ki rele mò yo monte.
and a charmer, and one inquiring from a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking to the dead.
12 Paske nenpòt moun ki fè bagay sa yo abominab a SENYÈ a. Akoz bagay abominab sa yo, SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, va chase yo sòti devan nou.
For everyone doing these [is] an abomination [to] YHWH, and because of these abominations your God YHWH is dispossessing them from your presence.
13 “Fòk nou san fot devan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.
You must be perfect with your God YHWH,
14 “Paske nasyon sa yo ke nou va deplase yo, koute konsèy a sila ki pratike maji ak sila ki fè divinasyon yo; men pou nou, SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pa t pèmèt ke nou fè sa.
for these nations whom you are possessing listen to observers of clouds and to diviners; but you—your God YHWH has not permitted you so.
15 SENYÈ Bondye nou an, va fè leve nan mitan nou yon pwofèt tankou mwen, pami Izrayelit parèy nou yo, nou va koute li.
Your God YHWH raises up for you a Prophet like me out of your midst, out of your brothers—you must listen to Him,
16 Paske se sa nou te mande SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, nan mòn Horeb nan jou asanble a, e nou te di: ‘Annou pa tande ankò vwa a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, annou pa wè gran dife sa a ankò, oswa nou va mouri.’
according to all that you asked from your God YHWH in Horeb, in the day of the assembly, saying, Do not let me add to hear the voice of my God YHWH, and do not let me see this great fire anymore, and I do not die;
17 “SENYÈ a te di mwen: ‘Yo te pale byen.
and YHWH says to me, They have done well [in] what they have spoken;
18 “‘Mwen va fè leve yon pwofèt soti nan mitan Izrayelit parèy yo tankou ou, Mwen va mete pawòl Mwen nan bouch li, e li va pale avèk yo tout sa ke Mwen kòmande li.
I raise up for them a Prophet like you out of the midst of their brothers, and I have given My words in His mouth, and He has spoken to them all that which I command Him;
19 Li va vin rive ke nenpòt moun ki pa koute pawòl Mwen yo ke li va pale nan non Mwen, Mwen Menm, Mwen va egzije sa de li menm.
and it has been [that] the man who does not listen to My words which He speaks in My Name, I require [it] of him.
20 Men pwofèt ki pale yon mo avèk awogans nan non Mwen, mo Mwen pa t kòmande li pale, oswa ke li pale nan non a lòt dye yo, pwofèt sila a va mouri.’
Only, the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My Name, which I have not commanded him to speak, and who speaks in the name of other gods, indeed, that prophet has died.
21 “Nou kapab di nan kè nou: ‘Kijan nou va konnen pawòl ke SENYÈ a pa t pale?’
And when you say in your heart, How do we know the word which YHWH has not spoken?
22 Lè yon pwofèt pale nan non SENYÈ a, si bagay la pa fèt, oswa pa rive vrè, se bagay sa ke SENYÈ a pa t pale a. Pwofèt la te pale li avèk awogans. Nou pa pou pè li.
That which the prophet speaks in the Name of YHWH, and the thing is not, and does not come—it [is] the word which YHWH has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it in presumption; you are not afraid of him.”
