Deuteronomy 18
1 The priests, the Levites, that is, all the tribe of Levi, will have no part or heritage with Israel: their food and their heritage will be the offerings of the Lord made by fire.
“祭司利未人和利未全支派必在以色列中无分无业；他们所吃用的就是献给耶和华的火祭和一切所捐的。
2 And they will have no heritage among their countrymen: the Lord is their heritage, as he has said to them.
他们在弟兄中必没有产业；耶和华是他们的产业，正如耶和华所应许他们的。
3 And this is to be the priests' right: those who make an offering of a sheep or an ox are to give to the priest the top part of the leg and the two sides of the head and the stomach.
祭司从百姓所当得的分乃是这样：凡献牛或羊为祭的，要把前腿和两腮并脾胃给祭司。
4 And in addition you are to give him the first of your grain and wine and oil, and the first wool cut from your sheep.
初收的五谷、新酒和油，并初剪的羊毛，也要给他；
5 For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.
因为耶和华—你的 神从你各支派中将他拣选出来，使他和他子孙永远奉耶和华的名侍立，事奉。
6 And if a Levite, moved by a strong desire, comes from any town in all Israel where he is living to the place marked out by the Lord;
“利未人无论寄居在以色列中的哪一座城，若从那里出来，一心愿意到耶和华所选择的地方，
7 Then he will do the work of a priest in the name of the Lord his God, with all his brothers the Levites who are there before the Lord.
就要奉耶和华—他 神的名事奉，像他众弟兄利未人侍立在耶和华面前事奉一样。
8 His food will be the same as theirs, in addition to what has come to him as the price of his property.
除了他卖祖父产业所得的以外，还要得一分祭物与他们同吃。”
9 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, do not take as your example the disgusting ways of those nations.
“你到了耶和华—你 神所赐之地，那些国民所行可憎恶的事，你不可学着行。
10 Let there not be seen among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or anyone using secret arts, or a maker of strange sounds, or a reader of signs, or any wonder-worker,
你们中间不可有人使儿女经火，也不可有占卜的、观兆的、用法术的、行邪术的、
11 Or anyone using secret force on people, or putting questions to a spirit, or having secret knowledge, or going to the dead for directions.
用迷术的、交鬼的、行巫术的、过阴的。
12 For all who do such things are disgusting to the Lord; and because of these disgusting things the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
凡行这些事的都为耶和华所憎恶；因那些国民行这可憎恶的事，所以耶和华—你的 神将他们从你面前赶出。
13 You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.
你要在耶和华—你的 神面前作完全人。”
14 For these nations, whose land you are taking, give attention to readers of signs and to those using secret arts: but the Lord your God will not let you do so.
“因你所要赶出的那些国民都听信观兆的和占卜的，至于你，耶和华—你的 神从来不许你这样行。
15 The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;
耶和华—你的 神要从你们弟兄中间给你兴起一位先知，像我，你们要听从他。
16 In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me.
正如你在何烈山大会的日子求耶和华—你 神一切的话，说：‘求你不再叫我听见耶和华—我 神的声音，也不再叫我看见这大火，免得我死亡。’
17 Then the Lord said to me, What they have said is well said.
耶和华就对我说：‘他们所说的是。
18 I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say.
我必在他们弟兄中间给他们兴起一位先知，像你。我要将当说的话传给他；他要将我一切所吩咐的都传给他们。
19 And whoever does not give ear to my words which he will say in my name, will be responsible to me.
谁不听他奉我名所说的话，我必讨谁的罪。
20 But the prophet who takes it on himself to say words in my name which I have not given him orders to say, or who says anything in the name of other gods, will come to his death.
若有先知擅敢托我的名说我所未曾吩咐他说的话，或是奉别神的名说话，那先知就必治死。’
21 And if you say in your hearts, How are we to be certain that the word does not come from the Lord?
你心里若说：‘耶和华所未曾吩咐的话，我们怎能知道呢？’
22 When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him.
先知托耶和华的名说话，所说的若不成就，也无效验，这就是耶和华所未曾吩咐的，是那先知擅自说的，你不要怕他。”
