1 « لَنْ تَكُونَ لِلَكَهَنَةِ الَّلاوِيِّينَ وَكُلِّ قَبِيلَةِ لاوِي حِصَّةٌ مِنَ الأرْضِ مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. إنَّما سَيَأكُلُونَ مِنْ تَقدِماتِ اللهِ وَحِصَّتِهِ.

“The Levite religious leaders of the family group of Levi will have no share of the land given to Israel. They will live on the gifts given to the Lord by fire.

2 و َلَنْ يَرِثُوا فِي وَسَطِ إخْوَتِكُمْ، لِأنَّ اللهَ هُوَ نَفسَهُ سَيَكُونُ نَصِيبَهُمْ كَما وَعَدَهُمْ.

They will have no share of the land among their brothers. The Lord is their share, as He promised them.

3 « وَهَذا هُوَ ما يَحِقُّ لِلكَهَنَةِ مِنَ الذَّبائِحِ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُها الشَّعبُ، ثَوراً كانَتْ أمْ خَرُوفاً. اعْطُوا الكاهِنَ الكَتِفَ وَالفَكَّ وَالمَعِدَةَ.

“When the people bring their gifts, a bull or a sheep, the religious leader is to be given the shoulder, the parts of the face, and the stomach.

4 ك َما تُعطُونَهُ أوَّلَ قَمحِكُمْ وَنَبيذِكُمْ وَزَيتِكُمْ، وَأوَّلَ الصُّوفِ الَّذِي تَجُزُّونَهُ مِنْ غَنَمِكُمْ.

Give him the first of your grain, your wine, and your oil, and the first wool of your sheep.

5 ل ِأنَّ إلَهَكُمْ قَدِ اختارَ لاوِي وَنَسلَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ قَبائِلِكُمْ لِيَخدِمُوا اللهَ كَكَهَنَةٍ، مُعلِنِينَ البَرَكَةَ بِاسْمِهِ كُلَّ الوَقتِ.

For the Lord your God has chosen him and his sons from all your families, to stand and serve in the name of the Lord forever.

6 « وَإنْ تَرَكَ أحَدُ اللّاوِيِّينَ إحْدَى مُدُنِكُمْ فِي أيِّ مَكانٍ يَعِيشُ فِيهِ فِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَأتَى باخْتِيارِهِ إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي سَيَختارُهُ اللهُ ،

“If a Levite comes whenever he desires from any of the towns in Israel to the place the Lord chooses,

7 ف َإنَّهُ يُمكِنُهُ أنْ يَخدِمَ بِاسْمِ إلَهِهِ كَإخوَتِهِ الَّلاوِيِّينَ الآخَرِينَ الواقِفِينَ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

then he may work in the name of the Lord his God, like all his brother Levites who stand there before the Lord.

8 و َسَتَكُونُ لَهُمْ حِصَصٌ مُتَساوِيَةٌ مِنَ الطَّعامِ بِالإضافَةِ إلَى ما يَحْصُلٌونَ عَلَيهِ مِنْ مِيرَاثِ آبائِهِمْ. اختِلافُ إسْرائِيلَ عَنِ الأُمَمِ الأُخرَى

They will all eat the same share of food, except what they receive from what is sold of their fathers’ lands. Stay Away from What Is Sinful

9 « وَمَتَى أتَيتُمْ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي سَيُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ، لا تُقَلِّدُوا المُمارَساتِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ الَّتِي تُمارِسُها تِلكَ الأُمَمُ.

“When you go into the land the Lord your God gives you, do not learn to follow the hated and sinful ways of those nations.

10 ل ا تُقَدِّمُوا أبْناءَكُمْ وَبَناتِكُمْ فِي النّارِ عَلَى مَذابِحِكُمْ. وَلا تَسمَحُوا لِأحَدٍ بِمُمارَسَةِ العِرافَةِ أوِ الوَساطَةِ الرُّوحِيَّةِ، أوِ النَّظَرِ إلَى العَلاماتِ لِلإخبارِ بِالغَيبِ. لا تَسمَحُوا لِأحَدٍ باستَخدامِ السِّحرِ،

There must not be found among you anyone who makes his son or daughter pass through the fire, or uses secret ways, or does witchcraft, or tells the meaning of special things, or is a witch,

11 أ وْ بِالسَّيطَرَةِ عَلَى الآخَرِينَ باستِخدامِهِ. لا تَسمَحُوا لِأحَدٍ باستِشارَةِ الأشباحِ وَالأرواحِ، أوْ بِمُحاوَلَةِ الاتِّصالِ بِالمَوتَى.

or uses secret power on people, or helps people talk to spirits, or talks to spirits himself, or talks with the dead.

12 ل ِأنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَفعَلُ هَذا مَمْقُوتٌ عِندَ اللهِ. وَبِسَبَبِ هَذِهِ المُمارَساتِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَالكَرِيهَةِ، فَإنَّ إلَهَكُمْ سَيَطرُدُ تِلكَ الأُمَمَ مِنَ الأرْضِ.

For the Lord hates whoever does these things. And because of these hated things, the Lord your God will drive them out from in front of you.

13 ف َكُونُوا أُمَناءَ لإلَهِكُمْ بِالكامِلِ.

You must be without blame before the Lord your God.

14 ه َذِهِ الأُمَمُ الَّتِي سَتَطرُدُونَها تَستَمِعُ إلَى العَرّافِينَ وَالمُشَعْوِذِينَ، أمّا أنْتُمْ، فَلا يَسْمَحُ لَكُمْ إلَهَكُمْ بِذَلِكَ. نَبِيُّ اللهِ وَالأنبِياءُ الكَذَبَة

For these nations that you are about to take listen to those who do witchcraft and use secret ways. But the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so. A Man Who Speaks for God

15 « لَكِنْ سَيُقِيمُ لَكُمْ إلَهُكُمْ نَبِيُّاً مِثلِي مِنْ بَينِ شَعبِكُمْ، فَأصْغُوا إلَى ذَلِكَ النَبيِّ.

“The Lord your God will give you a man who speaks for God like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.

16 ف َهَذا ما طَلَبتُمُوهُ مِنْ إلَهِكُمْ فِي جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ، فِي اليَومِ الَّذِي اجتَمَعْتُمْ فِيهِ هُناكَ، إذْ قُلْتُمْ: ‹لا نُريدُ أنْ نَسمَعَ المَزيدَ مِنْ صَوتِ إلَهِنا ، أوْ نُواجِهَ المَزيدَ مِنْ هَذِهِ النّارِ، وَإلّا فَإنَّنا سَنَمُوتُ!›

This is what you asked of the Lord your God at Sinai on the day of the meeting, when you said, ‘Do not let me hear the voice of the Lord my God again. Do not let me see this fire any more, or I will die.’

17 ف َقالَ اللهُ لِي: ‹إنَّهُمْ مُحِقُّونَ فِي ما يَقُولُونَهُ.

And the Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well.

18 ل ِهَذا سَأُقِيمُ لَهُمْ نَبِيّاً مِثلَكَ مِنْ بَينِ شَعبِهِمْ. وَسَأُخبِرُهُ بِما يَقُولُهُ. وَهُوَ سَيُخبِرُهُمْ بِما أُوصِيهِ أنا بِهِ.

I will give them a man who speaks for God like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth. And he will make known to them all that I tell him.

19 ف َكُلُّ مّنْ لا يُصغِي إلَى الكَلامِ الَّذِي سَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ بِاسمِي، فَإنِّي أنا سَأُعاقِبُهُ.› كَشفُ النَّبي الكاذب

He will speak in My name. And I will punish whoever will not listen to him.

20 « وَأمّا النَّبِيُّ الَّذِي يَتَجَرَّأُ أنْ يَدَّعِي أنَّهُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِاسمِي وَلَمْ أُوصِهِ بِشَيءٍ، أوْ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِاسْمِ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَيَنبَغِي أنْ يَمُوتَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ.

But that man of God will die who is not careful and speaks in My name what I did not tell him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods.’

21 و َإنْ قُلْتُمْ: ‹كَيفَ سَنَعرِفُ الرِّسالَةَ الَّتِي لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ اللهُ بِها لِلنَّبِيِّ؟›

You may say to yourselves, ‘How can we know which words the Lord has not spoken?’

22 ف َإنَّهُ حِينَ يَدَّعِي نَبِيٌّ أنَّهُ يَتَكَلَّمُ مِنَ اللهِ ، وَلَكِنْ ما تَنَبَّأ بِهِ لَمْ يَحدُثْ وَلَمْ يَتَحَقَّقْ، فَإنَّ تِلكَ الرِّسالَةَ لَيسَتْ مِنَ اللهِ ، بَلْ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ مِنْ ذاتِهِ، فَلا تَخافُوا مِنْهُ.

When a man who speaks for God speaks in the name of the Lord, and what he says does not come true, that word is not from the Lord. The man has spoken on his own. Do not be afraid of him.