Our Papa Dey Provide for Im Priests
The priests dey chop from the offerings because dem no get land. The nations fortune-telling, juju and asking the dead, all of dem dey forbidden finish. Instead, our Papa go raise one prophet like Moses from among their own brothers, and if wetin prophet talk come happen, na so dem go know if na true say dem send am.
18 1Di Levite priests—di whole tribe of Levi—no get any share or inheritance with Israel; dem dey chop di food offerings wey dem dey give our Papa—na im be im inheritance. 2Dem no go get inheritance among dem brothers; our Papa na dem inheritance, just as e promise dem. 3Na dis be di right wey di priests get from di people: anybody wey dey sacrifice cow or sheep must give di priest di shoulder, di two cheeks, and di belle. 4Give am di first of your grain, new wine, and oil, and di first wool wey you shear from your sheep. 5Because your Papa choose am from all your tribes make e stand and serve for di name of our Papa, im and im sons, forever.
6If a Levite comot from any of your towns for Israel wey e dey live, and e come—anytime wey e wan come—to di place wey our Papa go choose, 7den e fit serve for our Papa name, like all im fellow Levites wey dey stand dia before our Papa. 8E go chop equal share, apart from wetin e dey collect from di sale of im family property.
Di Papa No Gree Make Person Do Occult Things
9When you enter di land wey your Papa dey give you, no learn to copy di disgusting things wey dem nations dey do. 10Make nobody among you sacrifice im son or daughter for fire, or do divination, or tell fortune, or read omen, or do juju, 11person wey dey cast spell, person wey dey call spirit, spiritist, or person wey dey ask di dead people question. 12Because anybody wey dey do dis kind things na disgusting thing for our Papa; na because of dis disgusting things your Papa dey drive dem comot before you. 13You must dey without blame before your Papa. 14As for dis nations wey you go take dem land collect—dem dey listen to fortune-teller and diviner. But your Papa never allow you do dis kind thing.
Di Papa Go Send Prophet
15Your Papa go raise up prophet like me for you, from among you, from your brothers—make you listen to am. a a v15 Peter and Stephen call Jesus di Prophet wey our Papa promise say e go raise up—di one wey every Israelite suppose listen to (Acts 3:22-23; Acts 7:37). 16Na dis be wetin you ask your Papa for Horeb for di day wey una gather: “Make I no hear our Papa voice again, and make I no see dis big fire again, if not I go die.”
17And our Papa talk to me say, “Wetin dem talk correct. 18I go raise up prophet like you for dem, from among dem brothers. I go put my words for im mouth; e go tell dem everything wey I command am. 19Anybody wey no listen to my words wey e dey talk for my name—na me myself go make am answer for am. 20But di prophet wey dare talk word wey I no command for my name, or wey talk for di name of oda gods—dat prophet must die.”
21And if you talk for your heart say, “How we go take know di word wey our Papa no talk?” 22When prophet talk for our Papa name and di word no happen or no come true, our Papa no talk am—na for pride di prophet talk am. No fear am.
