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.
Levitpræsterne, hele Levis Stamme, skal ikke have arvelod og Del sammen med det øvrige Israel, men leve af HERRENs Ildofre og af det, der tilfalder ham.
2 And they will have no heritage among their countrymen: the Lord is their heritage, as he has said to them.
Han må ikke eje nogen Arvelod blandt sine Brødre; HERREN er hans Arvelod, som han lovede ham.
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.
Og dette skal være den Ret, Præsterne har Krav på hos Folket, hos dem, der slagter Ofre, være sig Okser eller Småkvæg: Han skal give Præsten Boven, Kæberne og Kaljunet.
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.
Det første af dit Korn, din Most og din Olie og den første Uld af dine Får skal du give ham.
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.
Thi ham har HERREN din Gud udvalgt blandt alle dine Stammer, så at han og hans Sønner altid skal gøre Præstetjeneste i HERRENs Navn.
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;
Når en Levit inden dine Porte et steds i Israel, hvor han har haft sit Ophold, kommer til det Sted, HERREN udvælger det står ham frit for at komme, hvis han vil
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.
må han gøre Præstetjeneste i HERREN sin Guds Navn, lige så vel som alle hans Brødre, de andre Leviter, der står for HERRENs Åsyn der.
8 His food will be the same as theirs, in addition to what has come to him as the price of his property.
De skal nyde samme Ret, fraregnet hvad enhver er kommet til ved Salg af sin Fædrenearv.
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.
Når du kommer ind i det Land, HERREN din Gud vil give dig, må du ikke lære at efterligne disse Folks Vederstyggeligheder.
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,
Der må ingen findes hos dig, som lader sin Søn eller datter gå igennem. Ilden, ingen, som driver Spådomskunst, tager Varsler, er Sandsiger eller øver Trolddom,
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.
ingen, som foretager Besværgelse eller gør Spørgsmål til Genfærd og Sandsigerånder og henvender sig til de døde;
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.
thi enhver, der gør sligt, er HERREN vederstyggelig, og for disse Vederstyggeligheders Skyld er det, at HERREN din Gud driver dem bort foran dig.
13 You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.
Ustraffelig skal du være for HERREN din Gud.
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.
Thi disse Folk, som du skal drive bort, hører på dem, der tager Varsler og driver Spådomskunst; men sligt har HERREN din Gud ikke tilladt dig.
15 The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;
HERREN din Gud vil lade en Profet som mig fremstå af din Midte, af dine Brødre; ham skal I høre på.
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.
Således udbad du dig det jo af HERREN din Gud ved Horeb, den Dag I var forsamlede, da du sagde: "Lad mig ikke mere høre HERREN min Guds Røst og se denne vældige Ild, at jeg ikke skal dø!"
17 Then the Lord said to me, What they have said is well said.
Da sagde HERREN til mig: "De har talt rettelig!
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.
Jeg vil lade en Profet som dig fremstå for dem af deres Brødre og lægge mine Ord i hans Mund, og han skal sige dem alt, hvad jeg byder ham!
19 And whoever does not give ear to my words which he will say in my name, will be responsible to me.
Og enhver, der ikke vil høre mine Ord, som han taler i mit Navn, ham vil jeg kræve til Regnskab.
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.
Men den Profet, der formaster sig til at tale noget i mit Navn, som jeg ikke har pålagt ham at tale, eller taler i en anden Guds Navn, den Profet skal dø!"
21 And if you say in your hearts, How are we to be certain that the word does not come from the Lord?
Og hvis du tænker ved dig selv: "Hvorledes skal vi kende det Ord, HERREN ikke har talt?"
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.
så vid: Hvad en Profet taler i HERRENs Navn, uden at det sker og indtræffer, det er noget, HERREN ikke har talt. I Formastelighed har Profeten udtalt det, og du skal ikke være bange for ham!
