Deuteronomio 18
1 Los sacerdotes levitas, de hecho toda la tribu de Leví, no tendrán participación en la asignación de tierras con los otros israelitas. Deben comer de las ofrendas de comida presentadas al Señor, que es lo que tienen derecho a recibir.
“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 Aunque no son dueños de tierras entre las otras tribus, el Señor cuidará de ellos, como lo prometió.
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 La parte del sacrificio de un toro o una oveja que es traída por el pueblo para los sacerdotes es la siguiente: A los sacerdotes se les debe dar el hombro, la mandíbula y el interior.
“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 Darán las primicias de su grano, vino nuevo y aceite de oliva, así como la primera lana esquilada de su rebaño.
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 Porque el Señor su Dios ha elegido a Leví y a sus descendientes de todas tus tribus para que estén ante él y sirvan en su nombre para siempre.
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 Si un levita se convence de que debe mudarse de cualquier ciudad israelita y va al lugar que el Señor elija,
“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 entonces se le permitirá servir en el nombre del Señor su Dios como todos sus compañeros levitas que están allí en servicio ante el Señor.
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 Todos ellos recibirán las mismas asignaciones de comida, a pesar de que él haya recibido dinero de la venta de la propiedad de su padre.
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 Una vez que entres en el país que el Señor tu Dios te da, no imites las costumbres ofensivas de las naciones que están allí.
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 No debe haber nadie que sacrifique a su hijo o hija en el fuego, que practique adivinación o adivinación de la fortuna, que utilice magia o la hechicería,
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 que practique la brujería, que visite a un médium o espiritista, o que se comunique con los muertos. Cualquiera que haga tales cosas ofende al Señor.
Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
12 Es por estas cosas ofensivas que el Señor tu Dios está expulsando a las naciones antes que tú.
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 Debes ser inocente de tales cosas en la presencia del Señor tu Dios.
But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
14 Aunque estas naciones, cuya tierra ocuparán ustedes, escuchen a los magos y adivinos, el Señor su Dios les prohíbe a ustedes hacer lo mismo.
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 El Señor tu Dios les enviará un profeta como yo, y será de entre el mismo pueblo. Deben escucharlo.
[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 Recuerden lo que le dijeron al Señor su Dios en Horeb cuando estaban reunidos allí. Dijeron: “Por favor, no nos dejes seguir escuchando al Señor nuestro Dios ni ver este fuego aterrador nunca más. ¡De lo contrario moriremos!”
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 Entonces el Señor me dijo: “Tienen razón en lo que dicen.
Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
18 Voy a enviarles un profeta de su pueblo. Le daré mis mensajes y les dirá todo lo que le ordene.
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 Me haré cargo de todo aquel que no escuche mi mensaje que el profeta habla en mi nombre.
He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
20 Sin embargo, si algún profeta afirma estar entregando un mensaje en mi nombre que no le he ordenado dar, o habla en nombre de otros dioses, ese profeta debe ser ejecutado”.
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 Se preguntarán: “¿Cómo podemos estar seguros de que un mensaje no ha venido del Señor?”
But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message [that someone tells us] does not come from Yahweh?’
22 Cuando un profeta habla en el nombre del Señor y lo que dice no sucede o se hace realidad, entonces eso no es un mensaje del Señor. En ese caso el profeta ha hablado con desprecio hacia el Señor. No se dejen intimidar por él.
[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].”
