Deuteronomio 18
1 Los levitas sacerdotes, toda la tribu de Leví, no tendrán parte ni heredad con Israel. Se mantendrán de las ofrendas quemadas a Yavé y comerán de la heredad de Él.
“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 No tendrán herencia entre sus hermanos. Yavé es su herencia, como se lo prometió.
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 Así que éste será el derecho de los sacerdotes de parte del pueblo, de parte de los que ofrecen como sacrificio becerro o cordero: Se dará al sacerdote la pierna derecha, las quijadas y el cuajar.
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 Les darás las primicias de tu grano, tu vino, tu aceite y del primer esquileo de tus ovejas.
the first-fruits of grain, wine, and oil, and a portion of the wool from the shearing of the sheep.
5 Porque Yavé tu ʼElohim lo eligió a él y a sus hijos de entre todas tus tribus para que ministren en el Nombre de Yavé para siempre.
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 Cuando un levita salga de alguna de tus ciudades, de cualquier parte en Israel donde resida, y llegue con todo el deseo de su alma al lugar que Yavé escoja,
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 él ministrará en el Nombre de Yavé su ʼElohim como todos sus hermanos levitas que están allí delante de Yavé.
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 Comerá porciones iguales, aparte de [lo que reciba por ]la venta de sus bienes patrimoniales.
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 Cuando entres en la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da, no aprenderás a hacer las cosas repugnantes de aquellas naciones.
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 Nadie sea hallado en ti que haga pasar a su hijo o a su hija por el fuego, ni quien practique adivinación, brujería, sortílego, hechicero,
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 encantador, médium ni quien evoque a los muertos.
nor one who uses spells, nor one who consults demonic spirits, nor a diviner, nor one who seeks the truth from the dead.
12 Porque cualquiera que hace estas cosas es repugnancia a Yavé, y por causa de esas repugnancias Yavé tu ʼElohim los echará de delante de ti.
For the Lord abominates all these things. And, because of these wicked ways, he will destroy them at your arrival.
13 Serás perfecto delante de Yavé tu ʼElohim.
You shall be perfect and without blemish with the Lord your God.
14 Porque estas naciones que desposeerás escuchan a brujos y a adivinos, pero Yavé tu ʼElohim no te permite esto.
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 Yavé tu ʼElohim te levantará un profeta como yo de en medio de ti, de entre tus hermanos. A él escucharán,
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 conforme a todo lo que pediste a Yavé tu ʼElohim en Horeb el día de la asamblea y dijiste: No vuelva yo a escuchar la voz de Yavé mi ʼElohim, ni vuelva a mirar este gran fuego para que no muera.
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 Entonces Yavé me dijo: Está bien todo lo que dijeron.
And the Lord said to me: ‘They have spoken all these things well.
18 Profeta les levantaré de entre sus hermanos, como tú, y pondré mis Palabras en su boca, y él les hablará todo lo que Yo le ordene.
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 Pero a cualquiera que no escuche mis Palabras que él hablará en mi Nombre, Yo mismo le pediré cuentas.
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 Sin embargo, el profeta que tenga la presunción de hablar en mi Nombre palabra que Yo no le mandé hablar, o que hable en el nombre de otros ʼelohim, morirá.
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 Si preguntas en tu corazón: ¿Cómo conoceremos la palabra que Yavé no habló?
But if, in silent thought, you respond: “How will I be able to recognize a word which the Lord has not spoken?”
22 Cuando el profeta hable en Nombre de Yavé, y lo que dijo no suceda ni se cumpla, es palabra que no habló Yavé. Con presunción la habló aquel profeta. No le temas.
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.’”
