Torati 18
1 Makuhani, ambao ni Walawi, na makabila yote ya Lawi, hayatakuwa na mgao wala urithi pamoja na Israel; wanapaswa kula dhabihu ya Yahwe iliyotengenezwa kwa moto kama urithi wao.
The priests, who are Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, will have no portion nor inheritance with Israel; they must eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire as their inheritance.
2 Hawatakuwa na urithi miongoni mwa ndugu zao; Yahwe ni urithi wao, kama alivyosema nao.
They must have no inheritance among their brothers; Yahweh is their inheritance, as he said to them.
3 Hii ni sababu ya makuhani kutoka kwa watu, kutoka kwa wale wanaotoa dhabihu, kama itakuwa ng'ombe au kondoo: wanapaswa kutoa kwa kuhani bega, mashavu mawili, na sehemu za ndani.
This is the share given to the priests, given to them from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether it be an oxen or a sheep: the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the inner parts.
4 Mazao ya kwanza ya nafaka zako, mvinyo wako mpya, na mafuta yako, na manyoya ya kwanza ya kondoo zako, unapaswa umpe.
The firstfruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you must give him.
5 Kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wako amemchagua kutoka kwenye makabila yote yako kusimama kutumika kwa jina la Yahwe, yeye na wana wake milele.
For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to serve in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons forever.
6 Kama Mlawi anatoka kati ya miji yenu nje ya Israel yote kutoka ambapo anaishi, na utamani kwa moyo wake wote kuja katika eneo Yahwe atachagua,
If a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel from where he is living, and desires with all his soul to come to the place Yahweh will choose,
7 basi anapaswa kutumika kwa jina la Yahwe Mungu wake kama ndugu zake wote Walawi wanafanya, wanaosimama mbele ya Yahwe.
then he must serve in the name of Yahweh his God as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh.
8 Wanapaswa kuwa na mgao wa kufanana wa kula, badala ya kile kinachokuja kutokana na mauzo ya urithi wa familia yake.
They must have similar portions to eat, besides of what comes of the sale of his family's inheritance.
9 Wakati mmekuja katika nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapa, mnapaswa kujifunza kuangalia machukizo ya mataifa.
When you have come into the land that Yahweh your God is giving you, you must not learn to observe the abominations of those nations.
10 Pasipatikana miongoni mwenu mmoja anayemweka kijana wake au binti yake kwenye moto, yeyote anatumia uganga, yeyote anatabiri, au mchawi, mchawi yeyote,
There must not be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or his daughter in the fire, anyone who uses divination or tells fortunes, or reads signs found in a cup, or engages in witchcraft,
11 yeyote aongeae na wafu, au yeyote aongeae na roho.
any charmer, anyone who conjurs up spirits, or one who casts spells, or who talks with spirits of the dead.
12 Kwa yeyote afanyae mambo haya ni chukizo kwa Yahwe; ni kwa sababu ya machukizo haya ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawaondosha mbele zenu.
For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh; it is because of these abominations that Yahweh your God is driving them out from before you.
13 Mnapaswa kuwa wakamilifu mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wenu.
You must be blameless before Yahweh your God.
14 Kwa mataifa haya ambayo mtayafukuza kusikiliza wale wafanyao uchawi na uganga; lakini kwenu, Yahwe Mungu wenu amewakataza ninyi kufanya hivyo.
For these nations that you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and divination; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you to do so.
15 Yahwe Mungu wenu atainua kwa ajili yenu nabii kutoka miongoni mwenu, mmoja wa ndugu zenu, kama mimi. Mnapaswa kumsikiliza.
Yahweh your God will raise up for you a prophet from among you, one of your brothers, like me. You must listen to him.
16 Hiki ndicho mlichouliza kutoka kwa Yahwe Mungu wenu huko Horebu katika siku ya kusanyiko, kusema, “Acha tusisikie tena sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wetu, wala kuona moto mkuu tena, wala tutakufa.”
This is what you asked from Yahweh your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let us not hear again the voice of Yahweh our God, nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die.'
17 Yahwe alisema nami, “Kile walichosema ni kizuri.
Yahweh said to me, 'What they have said is good.
18 Nitamwinua nabii kwa ajili yao kutoka miongoni mwa ndugu zao, kama wewe. Nitaweka maneno yangu katika kinywa chake, na ataongea nao yote niliyowakuamuru.
I will raise up a prophet for them from among their brothers, just like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will speak to them all that I command him.
19 Itakuwa kama yeyote hatasikia maneno yangu ambayo anazungumza kwa jina langu, nitalitaka kwake.
It will happen that if anyone does not listen to the words of mine that he speaks in my name, I will require it of him.
20 Lakini nabii ambaye anazungumza neno kwa kiburi kwa jina langu, neno ambalo sijamuamuru kusema, au ambaye anayezungumza kwa jina la miungu mingine, huyo nabii atakufa.
But the prophet who speaks a word arrogantly in my name, a word that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that very prophet must die.'
21 Hivyo ndivyo unapaswa kusema katika mioyo yenu: “Tutagunduaje kuwa ujumbe ambao Yahwe hajazungumza?
This is what you must say in your heart: 'How will we recognize a message that Yahweh has not spoken?'
22 Mtagundua ujumbe ambao Yahwe amezungumza pindi nabii azungumzapo kwa jina la Yahwe. Kama hiyo haitokei wala kufanyika, basi hicho ni kile ambacho Yahwe hajazungumza na nabii amezungumza kwa kiburi, na hampaswi kumuogopa.
You will recognize a message that Yahweh has spoken when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh. If that thing does not occur nor happen, then that is something that Yahweh has not spoken and the prophet has spoken it arrogantly, and you must not be afraid of him.
