1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
Makuhani Walawi, kabila yote ya Lawi, wasiwe na fungu wala urithi pamoja na Israeli; watakula sadaka za Bwana zifanywazo kwa moto, na urithi wake.
2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
Wala wasiwe na urithi kati ya ndugu zao; Bwana ndiye urithi wao, kama alivyowaambia.
3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
Na hii itakuwa haki ya makuhani kwa watu hao wasongezao sadaka, ikiwa ni ng'ombe au kondoo wampe kuhani mkono, na mashavu mawili, na tumbo.
4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
Malimbuko ya nafaka zako, na divai yako, na mafuta yako, na manyoya ya kwanza ya kondoo zako, umpe.
5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
Kwani Bwana, Mungu wako, amemchagua katika kabila zako zote, asimame atumike kwa jina la Bwana, yeye na wanawe milele.
6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
Na akija Mlawi atokaye katika malango yako mojawapo, katika Israeli yote alipokuwa akikaa, akaja kwa mapenzi yote ya nafsi yake mahali atakapochagua Bwana;
7 then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do , which stand there before the LORD.
na atumike kwa jina la Bwana, Mungu wake, kama wafanyavyo ndugu zake wote, Walawi wasimamao huko mbele za Bwana.
8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
Wawe na fungu sawasawa la kula, pamoja na haya yaliyomfikilia kwa kuuzwa urithi wa baba zake.
9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Utakapokwisha kuingia katika nchi akupayo Bwana, Mungu wako usijifunze kutenda kwa mfano wa machukizo ya mataifa yale.
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Asionekane kwako mtu ampitishaye mwanawe au binti yake kati ya moto, wala asionekane mtu atazamaye bao, wala mtu atazamaye nyakati mbaya, wala mwenye kubashiri, wala msihiri,
11 or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
wala mtu alogaye kwa kupiga mafundo, wala mtu apandishaye pepo, wala mchawi, wala mtu awaombaye wafu.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Kwa maana mtu atendaye hayo ni chukizo kwa Bwana; kisha ni kwa sababu ya hayo Bwana, Mungu wako, anawafukuza mbele yako.
13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
Uwe mkamilifu kwa Bwana, Mungu wako.
14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do .
Maana mataifa haya utakaowamiliki huwasikiliza wanaoshika nyakati mbaya na kutazama bao; bali wewe, Bwana, Mungu wako, hakukupa ruhusa kutenda hayo.
15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
Bwana, Mungu wako, atakuondokeshea nabii miongoni mwa ndugu zako kama nilivyo mimi; msikilizeni yeye.
16 according to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
Kama vile ulivyotaka kwa Bwana, Mungu wako, huko Horebu, siku ya kusanyiko, ukisema, Nisisikie tena sauti ya Bwana, Mungu wangu, wala nisiuone tena moto huu mkubwa, nisije nikafa.
17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
Bwana akaniambia, Wametenda vema kusema walivyosema.
18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Mimi nitawaondokeshea nabii miongoni mwa ndugu zao mfano wako wewe, nami nitatia maneno yangu kinywani mwake, naye atawaambia yote nitakayomwamuru.
19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Hata itakuwa, mtu asiyesikiliza maneno yangu atakayosema yule kwa jina langu, nitalitaka kwake.
20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Lakini nabii atakayenena neno kwa kujikinai kwa jina langu, ambalo sikumwagiza kulinena, au atakayenena katika jina la miungu mingine, nabii yule atakufa.
21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
Nawe ukisema moyoni mwako, Tutajuaje neno asilolinena Bwana?
22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Atakaponena nabii kwa jina la Bwana, lisifuate jambo lile wala kutimia, hilo ndilo neno asilolinena Bwana; kwa kujikinai amelinena huyo nabii, usimwogope
