| 1 »Svećenici Levijevci – sve pleme Levijevo – neka nemaju udjela ni baštine s Izraelom; neka žive od žrtava paljenih Jahvi i od njegove baštine. | 1 "The whole priestly tribe of Levi shall have no share in the heritage with Israel; they shall live on the oblations of the LORD and the portions due to him. |
| 2 Neka, dakle, nemaju baštine među svojom braćom: Jahve je njihova baština, kako im je i rekao. | 2 Levi shall have no heritage among his brothers; the LORD himself is his heritage, as he has told him. |
| 3 Ovo neka bude svećenička pristojba od naroda – od onih koji žrtve prinose, bilo to goveče ili što od sitne stoke: svećeniku treba dati pleće, vilice i želudac. | 3 The priests shall have a right to the following things from the people: from those who are offering a sacrifice, whether the victim is from the herd or from the flock, the priest shall receive the shoulder, the jowls and the stomach. |
| 4 Daji mu i prvine od svoga žita, od svoga vina, od svoga ulja i prvine od vune svojih ovaca, | 4 You shall also give him the first fruits of your grain and wine and oil, as well as the first fruits of the shearing of your flock; |
| 5 jer je njega odabrao Jahve, Bog tvoj, od svih tvojih plemena; njega i njegove sinove, da zauvijek stoje pred Jahvom, Bogom tvojim, te da obavljaju službu i blagoslivljaju u ime Jahve. | 5 for the LORD, your God, has chosen him and his sons out of all your tribes to be always in attendance to minister in the name of the LORD. |
| 6 Ako bi koji levit što boravi u nekom tvome gradu, bilo gdje u Izraelu, svom dušom zaželio da dođe u mjesto što ga Jahve odabere, | 6 "When a Levite goes from one of your communities anywhere in Israel in which he ordinarily resides, to visit, as his heart may desire, the place which the LORD chooses, |
| 7 može tu službovati u ime Jahve, Boga svoga, kao i druga njegova braća Levijevci koji stoje ondje pred Jahvom. | 7 he may minister there in the name of the LORD, his God, like all his fellow Levites who are in attendance there before the LORD. |
| 8 Neka jede jednak dio kao i drugi, bez obzira na prodanu očevinu.« | 8 He shall then receive the same portions to eat as the rest, along with his monetary offerings and heirlooms. |
| 9 »Kad uđeš u zemlju koju ti daje Jahve, Bog tvoj, nemoj se priučavati na odvratne čine onih naroda. | 9 "When you come into the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of the peoples there. |
| 10 Neka se kod tebe ne nađe nitko tko bi kroz oganj gonio svoga sina ili svoju kćer; tko bi se bavio gatanjem, čaranjem, vračanjem i čarobnjaštvom; | 10 Let there not be found among you anyone who immolates his son or daughter in the fire, nor a fortune-teller, soothsayer, charmer, diviner, |
| 11 nitko tko bi bajao, zazivao duhove i duše predaka ili se obraćao na pokojnike. | 11 or caster of spells, nor one who consults ghosts and spirits or seeks oracles from the dead. |
| 12 Jer tko god takvo što čini gadi se Jahvi; zbog takvih odvratnosti njih i goni ispred tebe Jahve, Bog tvoj. | 12 Anyone who does such things is an abomination to the LORD, and because of such abominations the LORD, your God, is driving these nations out of your way. |
| 13 Budi posve vjeran Jahvi, Bogu svome. | 13 You, however, must be altogether sincere toward the LORD, your God. |
| 14 Narodi koje ćeš naskoro otjerati s posjeda slušaju vračare i gatare, ali tebi to Jahve, Bog tvoj, ne dopušta. | 14 Though these nations whom you are to dispossess listen to their soothsayers and fortune-tellers, the LORD, your God, will not permit you to do so. |
| 15 Proroka kao što sam ja, iz tvoje sredine, od tvoje braće, podignut će ti Jahve, Bog tvoj: njega slušajte! | 15 "A prophet like me will the LORD, your God, raise up for you from among your own kinsmen; to him you shall listen. |
| 16 Posve onako kako si i tražio od Jahve, Boga svoga, na Horebu, na dan zbora, kada si govorio: ‘Neću više da slušam glas Jahve, Boga svoga, niti želim više gledati taj silni oganj da ne poginem!’ | 16 This is exactly what you requested of the LORD, your God, at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let us not again hear the voice of the LORD, our God, nor see this great fire any more, lest we die.' |
| 17 Nato mi reče Jahve: ‘Pravo su rekli. | 17 And the LORD said to me, 'This was well said. |
| 18 Podignut ću im proroka između njihove braće, kao što si ti. Stavit ću svoje riječi u njegova usta da im kaže sve što mu zapovjedim. | 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their kinsmen, and will put my words into his mouth; he shall tell them all that I command him. |
| 19 A ne bude li tko poslušao mojih riječi što ih prorok bude govorio u moje ime, taj će odgovarati preda mnom. | 19 If any man will not listen to my words which he speaks in my name, I myself will make him answer for it. |
| 20 A prorok koji bi se usuđivao govoriti što u moje ime što ja ne budem zapovjedio da govori i koji bi govorio u ime drugih bogova, takav prorok neka se pogubi.’ | 20 But if a prophet presumes to speak in my name an oracle that I have not commanded him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, he shall die.' |
| 21 Možda ćeš reći u svome srcu: ‘Kako ćemo raspoznati riječ koju Jahve nije izrekao?’ | 21 "If you say to yourselves, 'How can we recognize an oracle which the LORD has spoken?', |
| 22 Kad prorok govori u ime Jahve pa to ne bude i riječ se ne ispuni, onda je to riječ koje Jahve nije kazao. U drskosti je taj prorok govorio. Nemoj od njega strahovati.« | 22 know that, even though a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if his oracle is not fulfilled or verified, it is an oracle which the LORD did not speak. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously, and you shall have no fear of him. |
