5 Mosebog 7
1 Når HERREN din Gud fører dig ind i det Land, du skal ind og tage i Besiddelse, og driver store Folk bort foran dig, Hetiterne, Girgasjiterne, Amoriterne, Kana'anæerne, Periiterne, Hivviterne og Jebusiterne, syv Folk, der er større og mægtigere end du,
When the Lord your God takes you into the land where you are going, which is to be your heritage, and has sent out the nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you;
2 og når HERREN din Gud giver dem i din Magt, og du overvinder dem, så skal du lægge Band på dem. Du må ikke slutte Pagt med dem eller vise dem Skånsel.
And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them:
3 Du må ikke besvogre dig med dem, du må hverken give en af deres Sønner din datter eller tage en af deres Døtre til din Søn;
Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.
4 thi så vil de få din Søn til at falde fra HERREN, så han dyrker andre Guder, og HERRENs Vrede vil blusse op imod eder, og han vil udrydde dig i Hast.
For through them your sons will be turned from me to the worship of other gods: and the Lord will be moved to wrath against you and send destruction on you quickly.
5 Men således skal I gøre ved dem: Deres Altre skal I nedbryde, deres Stenstøtter skal I sønderslå, deres Asjerastøtter skal I omhugge, og deres Gudebilleder skal I opbrænde.
But this is what you are to do to them: their altars are to be pulled down and their pillars broken, and their holy trees cut down and their images burned with fire.
6 Thi du er et Folk, der er helliget HERREN din Gud; dig har HERREN din Gud udvalgt til sit Ejendomsfolk blandt alle Folk på Jorden.
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.
7 Det er ikke, fordi I er større end alle de andre Folk, at HERREN har fattet Velbehag til eder og udvalgt eder, thi I er det mindste af alle Folk;
The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:
8 men fordi HERREN elskede eder, og fordi han vilde holde den Ed, han tilsvor eders Fædre, derfor var det, at HERREN med stærk Hånd førte eder ud og udløste dig af Trællehuset, af Ægypterkongen Faraos Hånd;
But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
9 så skal du vide, at HERREN din Gud er den sande Gud, den trofaste Gud, der i tusinde Slægtled holder fast ved sin Pagt og sin Miskundhed mod dem, der elsker ham og holder hans Bud,
Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;
10 men bringer Gengældelse over den, der hader ham, så han udrydder ham, og ikke tøver over for den, der hader ham, men bringer Gengældelse over ham.
Rewarding his haters to their face with destruction; he will have no mercy on his hater, but will give him open punishment.
11 Derfor skal du omhyggeligt handle efter det Bud, de Anordninger og Lovbud, jeg i Dag giver dig!
So keep the orders and the laws and the decisions which I give you today and do them.
12 Når I nu hører disse Lovbud og holder dem og handler efter dem, så skal HERREN din Gud til Løn derfor holde fast ved den Pagt og den Miskundhed, han tilsvor dine Fædre.
And it will be, that if you give attention to these decisions and keep and do them, then the Lord will keep his agreement with you and his mercy, as he said in his oath to your fathers.
13 Han skal elske dig, velsigne dig og gøre dig mangfoldig, han skal velsigne Frugten af dit Moderliv og Frugten af din Jord, dit Korn, din Most og din Olie, Tillægget af dine Okser og dine Fårs Yngel i det Land, han tilsvor dine Fædre at ville give dig!
And he will give you his love, blessing you and increasing you: he will send his blessing on the offspring of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which by his oath to your fathers he undertook to give you.
14 Velsignet skal du være fremfor alle andre Folk; ingen Mand eller Kvinde hos dig skal være ufrugtbar, ej heller noget af dit Kvæg;
You will have greater blessings than any other people: no male or female among you or among your cattle will be without offspring.
15 og HERREN vil holde alle Sygdomme fra dig; ingen af Ægyptens onde Farsoter, som du jo kender, vil han påføre dig, men han vil lægge dem på alle dem, der hader dig.
And the Lord will take away from you all disease, and will not put on you any of the evil diseases of Egypt which you have seen, but will put them on your haters.
16 Og alle de Folk, som HERREN din Gud giver dig, skal du fortære uden Skånsel; du må ikke dyrke deres Guder, thi det vilde blive en Snare for dig.
And you are to send destruction on all the peoples which the Lord your God gives into your hands; have no pity on them, and do not give worship to their gods; for that will be a cause of sin to you.
17 Og skulde du sige ved dig selv: "Disse Folk er større end jeg, hvor kan jeg drive dem bort?"
If you say in your hearts, These nations are greater in number than we are: how are we to take their land from them?
18 så frygt ikke for dem, men kom i Hu, hvad HERREN din Gud gjorde ved Farao og hele Ægypten,
Have no fear of them, but keep well in mind what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt;
19 de store Prøvelser, du selv så, Tegnene og Underne, den stærke Hånd og den udstrakte Arm, hvormed HERREN din Gud førte dig ud; således vil HERREN din Gud gøre ved alle de Folkeslag, du frygter for.
The great punishments which your eyes saw, and the signs and the wonders and the strong hand and the stretched-out arm, by which the Lord your God took you out: so will the Lord your God do to all the peoples who are the cause of your fears.
20 Ja, også Gedehamse vil HERREN din Gud sende imod dem, indtil de, der er tilbage og holder sig skjult for dig, er udryddet.
And the Lord will send a hornet among them, till all the rest who have kept themselves safe from you in secret places have been cut off.
21 Vær ikke bange for dem, thi HERREN din Gud er i din Midte, en stor og frygtelig Gud.
Have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, a great God greatly to be feared.
22 HERREN din Gud skal lidt efter lidt drive disse Folkeslag bort foran dig. Det går ikke an, at du udrydder dem i Hast, thi så bliver Markens vilde Dyr dig for talrige.
The Lord your God will send out the nations before you little by little; they are not to be rooted out quickly, for fear that the beasts of the field may be increased overmuch against you.
23 Men HERREN din Gud skal give dem i din Magt, og han skal slå dem med stor Rædsel, indtil de er udryddet.
But the Lord your God will give them up into your hands, overpowering them till their destruction is complete.
24 Og han skal give deres Konger i din Hånd, og du skal udrydde deres Navn under Himmelen; ingen skal kunne holde Stand over for dig, til du har udryddet dem.
He will give their kings into your hands, and you will put their names out of existence under heaven; there is not one of them who will not give way before you, till their destruction is complete.
25 Deres Gudebilleder skal I opbrænde; du må ikke lade dig friste til at tage Sølvet eller Guldet på dem, for at du ikke skal lokkes i en Snare derved, thi det er HERREN din Gud en Vederstyggelighed,
The images of their gods are to be burned with fire: have no desire for the gold and silver on them, and do not take it for yourselves, for it will be a danger to you: it is a thing disgusting to the Lord your God:
26 og du må ikke føre nogen Vederstyggelighed ind i dit Hus, for at du ikke skal hjemfalde til Band ligesom den, nej, du skal nære Afsky og Gru for den, thi den er hjemfaldet til Band!
And you may not take a disgusting thing into your house, and so become cursed with its curse: but keep yourselves from it, turning from it with fear and hate, for it is a cursed thing.
