Deuteronomy 18
1 “The priests and the Levites, and all who are from the same tribe, shall have no portion or inheritance with the rest of Israel. For they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord and his oblations.
Los sacerdotes Levitas, toda la tribu de Leví no tendrán parte ni heredad con Israel: de las ofrendas encendidas a Jehová, y de la heredad de él comerán.
2 And they shall receive nothing else from the possession of their brothers. For the Lord himself is their inheritance, just as he said to them.
Y no tendrá heredad entre sus hermanos: Jehová es su heredad, como él le ha dicho.
3 This shall be the recompense for the priests from the people, and from those who offer victims, whether they will immolate an ox or a sheep. They shall give to the priest the shoulder and the breast,
Y este será el derecho de los sacerdotes que recibirán del pueblo, de los que sacrificaren sacrificio, buey, o cordero; dará al sacerdote la espalda, y las quijadas, y el cuajar.
4 the first-fruits of grain, wine, and oil, and a portion of the wool from the shearing of the sheep.
Las primicias de tu grano, de tu vino, y de tu aceite, y las primicias de la lana de tus ovejas le darás.
5 For the Lord your God himself has chosen him out of all your tribes, so that he may stand and minister to the name of the Lord, him and his sons, forever.
Porque le ha escogido Jehová tu Dios de todas tus tribus, para que esté para ministrar al nombre de Jehová, él y sus hijos, todos los días.
6 If a Levite departs from one of the cities, throughout all of Israel, in which he lives, and if he wills and desires to go to the place which the Lord will choose,
Y cuando el Levita viniere de alguna de tus ciudades de todo Israel, donde el hubiere peregrinado, y viniere con todo deseo de su alma al lugar que Jehová escogiere,
7 he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as do all his brothers, the Levites, who will be standing at that time in the sight of the Lord.
Ministrará al nombre de Jehová su Dios, como todos sus hermanos los Levitas que estuvieren allí delante de Jehová.
8 He shall receive the same portion of food as the rest also receive, besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers.
Porción, como la porción de los otros comerán, allende de sus patrimonios.
9 When you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you, be careful that you are not willing to imitate the abominations of those nations.
Cuando hubieres entrado en la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da, no aprenderás a hacer según las abominaciones de aquellas gentes.
10 Do not let there be found among you one who would purify his son or daughter by leading them through fire, nor one who consults seers, nor one who observes dreams or omens. Do not let there be found among you one who practices the occult,
No sea hallado en ti quien haga pasar su hijo o su hija por el fuego, ni adivinador de adivinaciones; ni agorero, ni sortílego, ni hechicero,
11 nor one who uses spells, nor one who consults demonic spirits, nor a diviner, nor one who seeks the truth from the dead.
Ni encantador de encantamentos, ni quien pregunte a pitón, ni mágico, ni quien pregunte a los muertos:
12 For the Lord abominates all these things. And, because of these wicked ways, he will destroy them at your arrival.
Porque es abominación a Jehová cualquiera que hace estas cosas: y por estas abominaciones Jehová tu Dios las echó de delante de ti.
13 You shall be perfect and without blemish with the Lord your God.
Perfecto serás con Jehová tu Dios.
14 These nations, whose land you shall possess, they listen to soothsayers and diviners. But you have been otherwise instructed by the Lord your God.
Porque estas gentes que has de heredar, a agoreros y a hechiceros oían: mas tú, no así te ha dado Jehová tu Dios.
15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a PROPHET from your nation and from your brothers, similar to me. You shall listen to him,
Profeta de en medio de ti, de tus hermanos, como yo, te levantará Jehová tu Dios, a él oiréis;
16 just as you petitioned of the Lord your God at Horeb, when the assembly was gathered together, and you said: ‘Let me no longer hear the voice of the Lord my God, and let me no longer see this very great fire, lest I die.’
Según todas las cosas que pediste a Jehová tu Dios en Horeb, el día de la congregación, diciendo: No vuelva yo a oír la voz de Jehová mi Dios, ni vea yo más este gran fuego, porque no muera.
17 And the Lord said to me: ‘They have spoken all these things well.
Y Jehová me dijo: Bien han dicho.
18 I will raise up a prophet for them, from the midst of their brothers, similar to you. And I will place my words in his mouth, and he will speak to them all the things that I will instruct him.
Profeta les despertaré de en medio de sus hermanos, como tú: y yo pondré mis palabras en su boca, y él les hablará todo lo que yo le mandare.
19 But against anyone who is not willing to listen to his words, which he will speak in my name, I will stand forth as the avenger.
Mas será, que cualquiera que no oyere mis palabras, que él hablare en mi nombre, yo requeriré de él.
20 But if a prophet, having been corrupted by arrogance, chooses to speak, in my name, things which I did not instruct him to say, or to speak in the name of foreign gods, he shall be put to death.
Empero el profeta que presumiere de hablar palabra en mi nombre, que yo no le haya mandado hablar, o que hablare en nombre de dioses ajenos, el tal profeta morirá.
21 But if, in silent thought, you respond: “How will I be able to recognize a word which the Lord has not spoken?”
Y si dijeres en tu corazón: ¿Cómo conoceremos la palabra que Jehová no hubiere hablado?
22 you shall have this sign. If whatever that prophet predicts in the name of the Lord does not happen, then the Lord has not spoken it. Instead, the prophet has formed it through the swelling of his own mind. And for this reason, you shall not fear him.’”
Cuando el profeta hablare en nombre de Jehová, y no fuere la tal cosa, ni viniere, es palabra que Jehová no ha hablado: con soberbia la habló el tal profeta: no hayas temor de él.
