Liber Deuteronomii, 18

1. non habebunt sacerdotes et Levitæ et omnes qui de eadem tribu sunt partem et hereditatem cum reliquo Israël quia sacrificia Domini et oblationes ejus comedent

1. The priests and Levites, and all that are of the same tribe, shall have no part nor inheritance with the rest of Israel, because they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord, and his oblations,

2. et nihil aliud accipient de possessione fratrum suorum Dominus enim ipse est hereditas eorum sicut locutus est illis

2. And they shall receive nothing else. of the possession of their brethren: for the Lord himself is their inheritance, as he hath said to them.

3. hoc erit judicium sacerdotum a populo et ab his qui offerunt victimas sive bovem sive ovem immolaverint dabunt sacerdoti armum ac ventriculum

3. This shall be the priest's due from the people, and from them that offer victims: whether they sacrifice an ox, or a sheep, they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the breast:

4. primitias frumenti vini et olei et lanarum partem ex ovium tonsione

4. The firstfruits also of corn, of wine, and of oil, and a part of the wool from the shearing of their sheep.

5. ipsum enim elegit Dominus Deus tuus de cunctis tribubus tuis ut stet et ministret nomini Domini ipse et filii ejus in sempiternum

5. For the Lord thy God hath chosen him of all thy tribes, to stand and to minister to the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.

6. si exierit Levites de una urbium tuarum ex omni Israël in qua habitat et voluerit venire desiderans locum quem elegerit Dominus

6. If a Levite go out of any one of the cities throughout all Israel, in which he dwelleth, and have a longing mind to come to the place which the Lord shall choose,

7. ministrabit in nomine Dei sui sicut omnes fratres ejus Levitæ qui stabunt eo tempore coram Domino

7. He shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, that shall stand at that time before the Lord.

8. partem ciborum eandem accipiet quam et ceteri excepto eo quod in urbe sua ex paterna ei successione debetur

8. He shall receive the same portion of food that the rest do: besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers.

9. quando ingressus fueris terram quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi cave ne imitari velis abominationes illarum gentium

9. When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee, beware lest thou have a mind to imitate the abominations of those nations.

10. nec inveniatur in te qui lustret filium suum aut filiam ducens per ignem aut qui ariolos sciscitetur et observet somnia atque auguria ne sit maleficus

10. Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire: or that consulteth soothsayers, or observeth dreams and omens, neither let there be any wizard,

11. ne incantator ne pythones consulat ne divinos et quærat a mortuis veritatem

11. Nor charmer, nor any one that consulteth pythonic spirits, or fortune tellers, or that seeketh the truth from the dead.

12. omnia enim hæc abominatur Dominus et propter istiusmodi scelera delebit eos in introitu tuo

12. For the Lord abhorreth all these things, and for these abominations he will destroy them at thy coming.

13. perfectus eris et absque macula cum Domino Deo tuo

13. Thou shalt be perfect, and without spot before the Lord thy God.

14. gentes istæ quarum possidebis terram augures et divinos audiunt tu autem a Domino Deo tuo aliter institutus es

14. These nations, whose land thou shalt possess, hearken to soothsayers and diviners: but thou art otherwise instructed by the Lord thy God.

15. prophetam de gente tua et de fratribus tuis sicut me suscitabit tibi Dominus Deus tuus ipsum audies

15. The Lord thy God will raise up to thee a PROPHET of thy nation and of thy brethren like unto me: him thou shalt hear:

16. ut petisti a Domino Deo tuo in Horeb quando contio congregata est atque dixisti ultra non audiam vocem Domini Dei mei et ignem hunc maximum amplius non videbo ne moriar

16. As thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the assembly was gathered together, and saidst: Let me not hear any more the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see any more this exceeding great fire, lest I die.

17. et ait Dominus mihi bene omnia sunt locuti

17. And the Lord said to me: They have spoken all things well.

18. prophetam suscitabo eis de medio fratrum suorum similem tui et ponam verba mea in ore ejus loqueturque ad eos omnia quæ præcepero illi

18. m I will raise them up a prophet out of the midst of their brethren like to thee: and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

19. qui autem verba ejus quæ loquetur in nomine meo audire noluerit ego ultor existam

19. And he that will not hear his words, which he shall speak in my name, I will be the revenger.

20. propheta autem qui arrogantia depravatus voluerit loqui in nomine meo quæ ego non præcepi illi ut diceret aut ex nomine alienorum deorum interficietur

20. But the prophet, who being corrupted with pride, shall speak in my name things that I did not command him to say, or in the name of strange gods, shall be slain.

21. quod si tacita cogitatione responderis quomodo possum intellegere verbum quod non est locutus Dominus

21. And if in silent thought thou answer: How shall I know the word that the Lord hath not spoken?

22. hoc habebis signum quod in nomine Domini propheta ille prædixerit et non evenerit hoc Dominus non locutus est sed per tumorem animi sui propheta confinxit et idcirco non timebis eum

22. Thou shalt have this sign: Whatsoever that same prophet foretelleth in the name of the Lord, and it cometh not to pass: that thing the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath forged it by the pride of his mind: and therefore thou shalt not fear him.