Diuteronomi 18
1 Ndị nchụaja bụ ndị Livayị, na ndị ebo Livayị niile agaghị enwe oke maọbụ ihe nketa ọbụla dịka ebo ndị ọzọ nʼIzrel. Ihe onyinye ịchụ aja niile e wetara nʼihu Onyenwe anyị site nʼọkụ bụ ihe nketa ha.
“The priests and the Levites, and all who are from the same tribe, shall have no portion or inheritance with the rest of Israel. For they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord and his oblations.
2 Ha agaghị enwe ihe nketa ọbụla nʼetiti ụmụ Izrel ndị ọzọ, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị abụrụla ihe nketa nke ha dịka o kwere ha na nkwa.
And they shall receive nothing else from the possession of their brothers. For the Lord himself is their inheritance, just as he said to them.
3 Nke ga-abụ oke ruuru ndị nchụaja nʼebe ndị mmadụ nọ, nʼebe ndị na-achụ aja, site nʼanụ ehi maọbụ atụrụ: a ga-enye onye nchụaja ubu aka ya, agba ya abụọ na afọ ya.
This shall be the recompense for the priests from the people, and from those who offer victims, whether they will immolate an ox or a sheep. They shall give to the priest the shoulder and the breast,
4 Ha ga-enwetakwa mkpụrụ mbụ nke owuwe ihe ubi unu, ya bụ, ọka mbụ unu, mmanya vaịnị ọhụrụ unu, mmanụ oliv unu na ajị mbụ a kpụchapụtara site nʼahụ igwe atụrụ unu.
the first-fruits of grain, wine, and oil, and a portion of the wool from the shearing of the sheep.
5 Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu ahọpụtala ebo Livayị na ụmụ ụmụ ha site nʼebo niile nke Izrel ka ha bụrụ ndị ga-eguzo jee ozi nʼihu Onyenwe anyị oge niile.
For the Lord your God himself has chosen him out of all your tribes, so that he may stand and minister to the name of the Lord, him and his sons, forever.
6 Onye Livayị ọbụla si nʼebe o bi kwapụ gaa biri nʼobodo ọzọ nʼIzrel nwere ike ije nʼebe ịchụ aja Onyenwe anyị họpụtara,
If a Levite departs from one of the cities, throughout all of Israel, in which he lives, and if he wills and desires to go to the place which the Lord will choose,
7 ọ ga-eje ozi nʼaha Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke ya dịka ụmụnna ya ndị Livayị na-eje ozi nʼihu Onyenwe anyị.
he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as do all his brothers, the Levites, who will be standing at that time in the sight of the Lord.
8 Ọ ga-esokwa keta oke a na-ekenye ndị Livayị bi nʼobodo ahụ, nʼagbanyeghị na ọ na-enweta ego site nʼorire e rere ihe onwunwe ezinaụlọ ya.
He shall receive the same portion of food as the rest also receive, besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers.
9 Mgbe ị banyere nʼala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị, amụtakwala ime omume arụ dịka ndị mba bi nʼala ahụ.
When you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you, be careful that you are not willing to imitate the abominations of those nations.
10 Ka a hapụ ịchọta onye ọbụla nʼetiti gị nke na-ewere nwa ya nwoke maọbụ nwanyị nye ka a kpọọ ya ọkụ nʼihi ịchụrụ chi ndị mba ọzọ aja. Ka onye Izrel ọbụla ghara ịbụ onye na-ajụ mmụọ ase maọbụ onye mgbaasị maọbụ na-agba aja,
Do not let there be found among you one who would purify his son or daughter by leading them through fire, nor one who consults seers, nor one who observes dreams or omens. Do not let there be found among you one who practices the occult,
11 maọbụ onye na-akụ mmadụ ibe ya ọgwụ, maọbụ onye na-ajụ mmụọ ọjọọ ase, maọbụ dibịa afa maọbụ onye na-ajụ ase site nʼaka ndị nwụrụ anwụ.
nor one who uses spells, nor one who consults demonic spirits, nor a diviner, nor one who seeks the truth from the dead.
12 Onye ọbụla na-eme ihe ndị a bụ onye Onyenwe anyị kpọrọ asị. Ọ bụkwa nʼihi ihe arụ ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ji na-achụpụ ndị bi nʼala a.
For the Lord abominates all these things. And, because of these wicked ways, he will destroy them at your arrival.
13 Ị ghaghị ịbụ onye zuruoke nʼụzọ niile nʼihu Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị.
You shall be perfect and without blemish with the Lord your God.
14 Mba ndị ị na-aga inweta ala ha bụ ndị na-ajụ ase site nʼaka ndị mgbaasị na ndị na-agba aja, ma Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị anabataghị na ị ga-eme ihe dị otu ahụ.
These nations, whose land you shall possess, they listen to soothsayers and diviners. But you have been otherwise instructed by the Lord your God.
15 Kama Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ga-eme ka onye amụma nke dị ka m biliere unu site nʼetiti unu, site nʼetiti ndị unu bụ Izrel. Ọ bụ ya ka unu ga-aṅa ntị.
The Lord your God will raise up for you a PROPHET from your nation and from your brothers, similar to me. You shall listen to him,
16 Nʼihi na nke a bụ ihe gị onwe gị rịọrọ Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke gị nʼugwu Horeb, nʼụbọchị mkpokọta ahụ. I kwuru sị, “Anyị achọghị ịnụ olu Onyenwe anyị maọbụ hụ ọkụ ahụ dị egwu anya ọzọ, ka anyị ghara ịnwụ.”
just as you petitioned of the Lord your God at Horeb, when the assembly was gathered together, and you said: ‘Let me no longer hear the voice of the Lord my God, and let me no longer see this very great fire, lest I die.’
17 Nʼihi ya, Onyenwe anyị gwara m okwu sị m, “Ihe ha kwuru dị mma.
And the Lord said to me: ‘They have spoken all these things well.
18 Aga m eme ka onye amụma bilie nʼetiti ha, onye Izrel dịka gị. Aga m agwa ya ihe ọ ga-ekwu, okwu niile m tinyere nʼọnụ ya ka ọ ga-agwa ha.
I will raise up a prophet for them, from the midst of their brothers, similar to you. And I will place my words in his mouth, and he will speak to them all the things that I will instruct him.
19 Onye ọbụla jụrụ ige ntị nʼokwu m niile nke onye amụma ga-agwa ha nʼaha m ka mụ onwe m ga-emesi ike.
But against anyone who is not willing to listen to his words, which he will speak in my name, I will stand forth as the avenger.
20 Ma onye amụma ọbụla sitere na nganga obi ya kwuo okwu nʼaha m, bụ okwu nke m na-ezighị ya ka o kwuo, ga-anwụ, maọbụ onye amụma ọbụla nke kwuru okwu nʼaha chi ndị ọzọ, onye amụma ahụ ga-anwụkwa.”
But if a prophet, having been corrupted by arrogance, chooses to speak, in my name, things which I did not instruct him to say, or to speak in the name of foreign gods, he shall be put to death.
21 I nwere ike ikwu nʼobi gị sị, “Olee otu anyị ga-esi mata na okwu e kwuru si nʼaka Onyenwe anyị nʼezie?”
But if, in silent thought, you respond: “How will I be able to recognize a word which the Lord has not spoken?”
22 Otu a ka unu ga-esi mata, ọ bụrụ na ihe onye amụma buru nʼamụma nʼaha Onyenwe anyị emezughị, okwu ahụ esighị nʼebe Onyenwe anyị nọ bịa. Ọ bụ okwu onye amụma ahụ chepụtara kwuo nʼonwe ya. Unu atụla ya ụjọ.
you shall have this sign. If whatever that prophet predicts in the name of the Lord does not happen, then the Lord has not spoken it. Instead, the prophet has formed it through the swelling of his own mind. And for this reason, you shall not fear him.’”
