Deuteronomio 18
1 Dagiti papadi a Levita, ken amin a tribu ni Levi, awanto ti bingay wenno awanto ti tawidda iti Israel; masapul a kanendanto dagiti datdaton kenni Yahweh a naaramid iti apuy a kas isu ti tawidda.
“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 Masapul nga awan iti tawidda kadagiti kakabsatda; ni Yahweh ti tawidda a kas kinunana kadakuada.
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 Karbenganto daytoy dagiti papadi manipud kadagiti tattao, manipud kadagiti mangisagut iti daton, baka man daytoy wenno karnero; masapul nga itedda iti padi ti abaga, dagiti dua a pingping ken dagiti naguneg.
“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 Dagiti umuna a bunga dagiti bukelmo, ti baro nga arakmo, ken ti lanam, dagiti umuna a dutdot dagiti karnerom, masapul nga itedmo kenkuana.
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 Ta pinili isuna ni Yahweh a Diosmo kadagiti amin a tribuyo a tumakder nga agserbi iti nagan ni Yahweh, isuna ken dagiti annakna iti agnanayon.
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 No umay ti maysa a Levita manipud kadagiti aniaman kadagiti il-iliyo iti amin nga Israel manipud iti pagnanaedanna, ket tarigagayanna iti amin a kararuana nga umay iti disso a piliento ni Yahweh,
“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 ket masapul ngarud nga agserbi isuna iti nagan ni Yahweh a Diosna kas ar-aramiden dagiti kakabsatna a Levita, nga agtaktakder idiay iti sangoanan ni Yahweh.
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 Masapul nga agpada iti bingay a kanen, malaksid pay ti aggapu iti paglakoan a tawid ti pamiliana.
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 Inton makadanonkayo iti daga nga it-ited kadakayo ni Yahweh a Diosyo, masapul a saanyo a sursuroen nga aramiden dagiti makarimon a banbang dagitoy a nasion,
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 Masapul nga awan iti siasinoman a masarakan kadakayo a mangipalasat iti apuy ti anakna a lalaki wenno ti anakna a babai, siasinoman a mangus-usar iti panagpadles, siasinoman a mangar-aramid iti panagbuyon, wenno siasinoman a managsalamangka, wenno aniaman a managanito,
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 aniaman a manangilabeg, siasinoman a makisao iti natay, wenno siasinoman a makisao kadagiti espiritu.
Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
12 Ta siasinoman a mangaramid kadagitoy a banbanag ket makarimon kenni Yahweh; gapu kadagitoy a makarimon a banbanag ket pagtaltalawen ida ni Yahweh a Diosyo manipud iti sangoananyo.
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 Masapul koma nga awan iti pakapilawanyo iti sangoanan ni Yahweh a Diosyo.
But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
14 Ta dagitoyto a nasion a paksiatenyo ket dumdumgegda kadagiti managanito, ken kadagiti agpadpadles; ngem no maipapan kadakayo, saan nga impalubos ni Yahweh a Diosyo nga aramidenyo ti kasta.
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 Mangbangonto para kadakayo ni Yahweh a Diosyo iti maysa a propeta nga agtaud kadakayo, maysa kadagiti kakabsatyo, kas kaniak. Masapul a dumngegkayo kenkuana.
[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 Daytoy ti dinawatyo kenni Yahweh a Diosyo idiay Horeb iti aldaw ti panaggigimong, kinunayo, 'Saanmin koma a mangngeg manen ti timek ni Yahweh a Diosmi, wenno makita daytoy dakkel nga apuy ni kaanoman, wenno amangan a mataykaminto.'
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 Kinuna ni Yahweh kaniak, nasayaat ti imbagada.
Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
18 Mangisaadakto iti maysa a propeta a maipaay kadakuada nga agtaud kadagiti kakabsatda, kas met laeng kenka. Ikabilko dagiti sasaok iti ngiwatna, ket isaonanto kadakuada dagiti amin nga ibilinko kenkuana.
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 Mapasamakto a no adda ti siasinoman saan a dumngeg kadagiti sasaok nga isasaona iti naganko, birukekto daytoy kenkuana.
He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
20 Ngem ti propeta nga agsasao a sitatangsit iti naganko, ti sao a saanko nga imbilin kenkuana a saoenna, wenno agsao iti nagan dagiti sabali a dios, masapul a matay dayta a propeta.
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 No kunaenyo iti pusoyo, 'Kasano a mailasinmi ti mensahe a saan nga insao ni Yahweh?'—
But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
22 no agsasao ti propeta iti nagan ni Yahweh, no saan a rumsua wenno mapasamak dayta a banag, dayta ngarud ket banag a saan nga insao ni Yahweh; insao dayta ti propeta a sitatangsit, ket masapul a saankayo nga agbuteng kenkuana.
[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].”
