Rapar Mar Chik 18
1 Jodolo, magin jo-Lawi, adier oganda duto mawuok e dhood Lawi ok noyud pokgi kata girkeni gi jo-Israel. Gibiro dak kuom chiwo motimne Jehova Nyasaye gi mach, nimar mano e pokgi.
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 Ok ginibed gi pok e kind jowetegi, nimar Jehova Nyasaye e pok margi mana kaka nosesingorenegi.
While they don't own land among the other tribes, the Lord takes care of them, as he promised.
3 Pok mowinjore jodolo kaw kuom misango mar rwath kod rombo ma ji ochiwo gin lemo mar bat, ring lemb kod chino.
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 Onego umigi keyo mokwongo mag puotheu kaka cham, divai manyien, gi mo kod yie rombe mukwongo ngʼado,
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 nimar Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu oseyierogi kod nyikwagi kagiwuok e dhoutu duto mondo gichungʼ e nyim Jehova Nyasaye ka gitiyone kinde duto.
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 Ka ja-Lawi odhiyo e dalau moro amora e Israel modakie, kendo obiro gi dembruok kama Jehova Nyasaye biro yiero,
If a Levite is convinced he should move from any Israelite town and goes to the place the Lord will choose,
7 to onyalo timo tich dolo e nying Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasache mana kaka jo-Lawi mamoko matiyo kanyo e nyim Jehova Nyasaye.
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 Onego oyud pok maromre kodgi, kata obedo ni oseyudo pok makore koa e ndalo wuon-gi.
They will all receive the same food allowances, despite him having received money from the sale of his father's property.
9 Ka udonjo e piny ma Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu miyou, kik upuonjru timbe mamono mag ogendini man kuno.
Once you enter the country the Lord your God is giving you, don't copy the offensive ways of the nations there.
10 Kik yud ngʼato kuomu matimo misango gi wuode kata nyare e kendo, kata matimo timbe nyakalondo, kata jwok, kata loko dhoch kata ido,
There should be no one who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or fortune-telling, uses magic or sorcery,
11 kata jo-nyakalondo kata ajwoga kata ngʼat matiyo gi lang chunje maricho.
practices witchcraft, visits a medium or spiritist, or communicates with the dead. Anyone does such things offends the Lord.
12 Ngʼato angʼata matimo gik ma kamagi mono gi Jehova Nyasaye kendo nikech timbe mamonogi Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu biro riembo ogendini e nyimu.
It's because of these offensive things that the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you.
13 Nyaka ubed maonge ketho e nyim Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu.
You are to be innocent of such things in the presence of the Lord your God.
14 Pinje ma ubiro kawo winjo rieko mag ajuoke nyakalondo, to un Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu ok oyienu timo kamano.
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 Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu biro miyou janabi machal koda kowuok e dier oweteu, nyaka uwinje.
The Lord your God will send you a prophet like me from your people. You must listen to him.
16 Nikech ma e gima ne upenjo Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu e got Horeb e chiengʼ chokruok kane uwacho niya, “Kik wawinj dwond Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa kata neno mach makakni kama dipo ka watho.”
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 Jehova Nyasaye nowachona niya, “Gima giwachono nikare.”
Then the Lord told me, “They are right in what they're saying.
18 Abiro miyogi janabi machal kodi moa kuom owetegi, abiro keto wechena e dhoge kendo obiro nyisogi gik moko duto ma achikogi.
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 Ka ngʼato ok owinjo wechena ma janabino hulo e nyinga, to an awuon ema natere e bura.
I will deal with anyone who does not listen to my message that the prophet speaks in my name.
20 To janabi mahedhore wacho wach moro amora e nyinga ma ok anyise ni mondo owachi kata janabi ma wuoyo e nying nyiseche mamoko nyaka negi.
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 Unyalo wacho e kindu uwegi niya, “Ere kaka wanyalo ngʼeyo ni wach mowachno oa kuom Jehova Nyasaye?”
You may be wondering, “How can we be sure that a message hasn't come from the Lord?”
22 Ka gima janabi owachono ok otimore kata ochopo kare, to mano en wach ma Jehova Nyasaye ok owacho. Janabino rodho arodha wach, kik uluore.
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.
