Deuteronomio 18
1 Los sacerdotes, los levitas, es decir, toda la tribu de Leví, no tendrán ninguna parte o herencia con Israel: su alimento y su herencia serán las ofrendas del Señor hechas por fuego.
“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 Y no tendrán herencia entre sus compatriotas: el Señor es su herencia, como él les ha dicho.
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 Y esto es un derecho de los sacerdotes: los que hacen una ofrenda de una oveja o un buey deben entregar al sacerdote la parte superior de la pierna y los dos lados de la cabeza y el estómago.
“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 Y además tienes que darle lo primero de tu grano y vino y aceite, y la primera lana cortada de tus ovejas.
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 él, y sus hijos después de él para siempre, han sido escogidos por el Señor tu Dios de todas tus tribus, para hacer el trabajo de los sacerdotes en el nombre del Señor.
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 Y si un levita, movido por un fuerte deseo, viene de cualquier ciudad en todo Israel donde vive al lugar señalado por el Señor;
“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 hará la obra de un sacerdote en el nombre del Señor su Dios, con todos sus hermanos los levitas que están allí delante del 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 Su comida será igual a la de ellos, además de lo que le ha llegado como el precio de su propiedad.
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 Cuando hayas venido a la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te está dando, no imiten los caminos repugnantes de esas naciones.
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 Que no se vea entre ustedes a nadie que haga que su hijo o su hija atraviesen el fuego, ni a nadie que practique la adivinación, ni pretenda predecir el futuro, ni a ningún hechicero.
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 O cualquier persona que practique encantamientos, o haga preguntas a un espíritu, adivinos, o vaya a los muertos para obtener instrucciones.
Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic.
12 Porque todos los que hacen tales cosas son repugnantes para el Señor; y debido a estas cosas repugnantes, el Señor tu Dios supremo los expulsará de delante de ti.
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 sincero de corazón ante el Señor tu Dios.
But you must always avoid doing any of those things.
14 Porque estas naciones, cuya tierra estás tomando, prestan atención a los lectores del futuro a aquellos que usan las artes mágicas; pero el Señor tu Dios supremo no les ha permitido hacerlo.
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 dará un profeta de entre tu pueblo, como yo; y le obedecerán;
[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 Respondiendo a la petición que hiciste al Señor tu Dios en Horeb el día de la gran reunión, cuando dijiste: No dejes que la voz del Señor mi Dios vuelva a mis oídos, y no me dejes ver este gran fuego nunca más, o la muerte me alcanzará.
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: Bien han hablado lo que han dicho.
Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise.
18 Les daré un profeta de entre ellos, como tú, y pondré mis palabras en su boca, y él les dirá lo que yo le ordene que diga.
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 Y el que no oiga mis palabras que dirá en mi nombre, será responsable ante mí.
He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says.
20 Pero el profeta que se encarga de decir palabras en mi nombre que no le he dado órdenes de decir, o que dice algo en nombre de otros dioses, llegará a su muerte.
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 Y si dicen en sus corazones, ¿Cómo podemos estar seguros de que la palabra no viene 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 hace una declaración en el nombre del Señor, si lo que dice no tiene lugar y sus palabras no se hacen realidad, entonces su palabra no es la palabra del Señor; las palabras del profeta fueron dichas en el orgullo de su corazón, y no deben temerle.
[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].”
