Deuteronomii 18
1 Non habebunt sacerdotes et Levitæ, et omnes qui de eadem tribu sunt, partem et hereditatem cum reliquo Israel, quia sacrificia Domini, et oblationes eius comedent,
The Levitical priests, in fact the whole tribe of Levi, will not have a share in the land allotment with the other Israelites. They are to eat from the food offerings presented to the Lord—that is what they are entitled to receive.
2 et nihil aliud accipient de possessione fratrum suorum: Dominus enim ipse est hereditas eorum, sicut locutus est illis.
While they don't own land among the other tribes, the Lord takes care of them, as he promised.
3 Hoc erit iudicium sacerdotum a populo, et ab his qui offerunt victimas: sive bovem, sive ovem immolaverint, dabunt sacerdoti armum ac ventriculum:
The priests' share of a sacrifice of a bull or a sheep that is brought by the people is as follows. The priests are to be given the shoulder, the jaw, and the insides.
4 primitias frumenti, vini, et olei, et lanarum partem ex ovium tonsione.
You are to provide them with the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the first wool sheared from your flock.
5 Ipsum enim elegit Dominus Deus tuus de cunctis tribubus tuis, ut stet, et ministret nomini Domini ipse, et filii eius in sempiternum.
For the Lord your God has chosen Levi and his descendants from all your tribes to stand before him and serve in his name forever.
6 Si exierit Levites ex una urbium tuarum ex omni Israel in qua habitat, et voluerit venire, desiderans locum quem elegerit Dominus,
If a Levite is convinced he should move from any Israelite town and goes to the place the Lord will choose,
7 ministrabit in nomine Domini Dei sui, sicut omnes fratres eius Levitæ, qui stabunt eo tempore coram Domino.
then he shall be allowed to serve in the name of the Lord his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there in service before the Lord.
8 Partem ciborum eamdem accipiet, quam et ceteri: excepto eo, quod in urbe sua ex paterna ei successione debetur.
They will all receive the same food allowances, despite him having received money from the sale of his father's property.
9 Quando ingressus fueris Terram, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi, cave ne imitari velis abominationes illarum gentium.
Once you enter the country the Lord your God is giving you, don't copy the offensive ways of the nations there.
10 nec inveniatur in te qui lustret filium suum, aut filiam, ducens per ignem: aut qui ariolos sciscitetur, et observet somnia atque auguria, nec sit maleficus,
There should be no one who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or fortune-telling, uses magic or sorcery,
11 nec incantantor, nec qui pythones consulat, nec divinos, aut quærat a mortuis veritatem.
practices witchcraft, visits a medium or spiritist, or communicates with the dead. Anyone does such things offends the Lord.
12 omnia enim hæc abominatur Dominus, et propter istiusmodi scelera delebit eos in introitu tuo.
It's because of these offensive things that the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you.
13 perfectus eris, et absque macula cum Domino Deo tuo.
You are to be innocent of such things in the presence of the Lord your God.
14 Gentes istæ, quarum possidebis terram, augures et divinos audiunt: tu autem a Domino Deo tuo aliter institutus es.
Even though these nations, whose land you will occupy, listen to magicians and fortune-tellers, the Lord your God forbids you to do so.
15 PROPHETAM de gente tua et de fratribus tuis sicut me, suscitabit tibi Dominus Deus tuus: ipsum audies,
The Lord your God will send you a prophet like me from your people. You must listen to him.
16 ut petisti a Domino Deo tuo in Horeb, quando concio congregata est, atque dixisti: Ultra non audiam vocem Domini Dei mei, et ignem hunc maximum amplius non videbo, ne moriar.
Remember what you told the Lord your God at Horeb when you were all assembled there. You said, “Please don't let us go on hearing the Lord our God speak to us, or see this terrifying fire anymore! Otherwise we're going to die!”
17 Et ait Dominus mihi: Bene omnia sunt locuti.
Then the Lord told me, “They are right in what they're saying.
18 Prophetam suscitabo eis de medio fratrum suorum similem tui: et ponam verba mea in ore eius, loqueturque ad eos omnia quæ præcepero illi.
I'm going to send them a prophet like you from their people. I will give him my messages, and he will tell them everything I order him to say.
19 qui autem verba eius, quæ loquetur in nomine meo, audire noluerit, ego ultor existam.
I will deal with anyone who does not listen to my message that the prophet speaks in my name.
20 Propheta autem qui arrogantia depravatus voluerit loqui in nomine meo, quæ ego non præcepi illi ut diceret, aut ex nomine alienorum deorum, interficietur.
However, if any prophet claims to be delivering a message in my name that I have not ordered him to give, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must be executed.”
21 Quod si tacita cogitatione responderis: Quo modo possum intelligere verbum, quod Dominus non est locutus?
You may be wondering, “How can we be sure that a message hasn't come from the Lord?”
22 hoc habebis signum: Quod in nomine Domini propheta ille prædixerit, et non evenerit: hoc Dominus non est locutus, sed per tumorem animi sui propheta confinxit: et idcirco non timebis eum.
When a prophet speaks in the Lord's name and what he says doesn't happen or come true, then that is a not a message from the Lord. The prophet has spoken with contempt for the Lord. Don't be intimidated by him.
