5 Mosebog 8

1 Alle de Bud, jeg i Dag pålægger dig, skal I omhyggeligt handle efter, for at I må blive i Live og blive mangfoldige og komme ind og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som HERREN tilsvor eders Fædre.

You must take care to follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and have many descendants, and go in and take over the country the Lord promised to give to your fore fathers.

2 Og du skal komme i Hu, hvorledes HERREN din Gud i disse fyrretyve År har ført dig i Ørkenen for at ydmyge dig og sætte dig på Prøve og for at se, hvad der boede i dit Hjerte, om du vilde holde hans Bud eller ej.

Remember how for these forty years the Lord your God has led you all the way through the desert, humbling you and testing you in order to find out what you were really thinking, and whether or not you would keep his commandments.

3 Han ydmygede dig og lod dig sulte og gav dig så Manna at spise, en Føde, som hverken du eller dine Fædre før kendte til, for at lade dig vide, at Mennesket ikke lever af Brød alene; men ved alt, hvad der udgår af HERRENs Mund, lever Mennesket.

He humbled you, and when you were hungry he gave you manna to eat, which nobody, including you and your forefathers, had ever had before This was in order to make it clear to you that human beings do not live by only eating bread, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

4 Dine klæder blev ikke slidt af Kroppen på dig, og dine Fødder hovnede ikke i disse fyrretyve År:

During these forty years your clothing didn't wear out and your feet didn't swell up.

5 Så vid da og tag dig til Hjerte, at HERREN optugter dig, som en Mand optugter sin Søn.

So you should realize that just as a parent disciplines their child, so the Lord your God disciplines you.

6 Og hold HERREN din Guds Bud, så du vandrer på hans Veje og frygter ham.

That's why you have to keep the commandments of the Lord your God, following his ways and respecting him.

7 Thi HERREN din Gud vil føre dig ind i et herligt Land, et Land med Vandbække, Kilder og Strømme, der vælder frem på Bjerg og Dal,

For the Lord your God is taking you to a good country. It's a land of streams and pools and springs that flow through the valleys and down the hills;

8 et Land med Hvede og Byg, med Vinstokke, Figentræer og Granatæbletræer, et Land med Oliventræer og Honning,

It's a land that produces wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey.

9 et Land, hvor du ikke skal tære Fattigmands Brød, hvor du intet skal mangle, et Land, hvis Sten giver Jern, og i hvis Bjerge du kan hugge Kobber.

It's a land where you won't run out of food, where you will have everything you need; a land whose rocks contain iron ore and whose hills can be mined for copper.

10 Men når du så spiser dig mæt, skal du love HERREN din Gud for det herlige Land, han gav dig.

When you eat and are full, make sure you thank the Lord your God for the good land that he's given you.

11 Vogt dig for at glemme HERREN din Gud, så du ikke holder hans Bud, Lovbud og Anordninger, som jeg i Dag pålægger dig.

Make sure you don't forget the Lord your God by disobeying his commandments and rules and regulations that I'm giving you today.

12 Når du da spiser dig mæt og bygger gode Huse og bor i dem,

For when you eat and are full, when you build beautiful houses to live in,

13 og dit Hornkvæg og Småkvæg øges, og dit Sølv og Guld øges, og alt, hvad du ejer, øges,

and when your herds and flocks grow larger, and your silver and gold accumulates, and all your possessions increase,

14 lad så ikke dit Hjerte blive hovmodigt, så du glemmer HERREN din Gud, som førte dig ud af Ægypten, af Trællehuset,

then you will become proud, and you will forget the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt, out of the prison-house of slavery.

15 ham, som ledte dig i den store, grufulde Ørken med dens Giftslanger og Skorpioner og vandløse Ødemarker, ham, som lod Vand vælde frem til dig af den flinthårde Klippe,

He guided you through the immense and terrifying desert with its poisonous snakes and scorpions—a dried up, waterless land. He brought water for you out of a flint rock.

16 ham, som i Ørkenen gav dig Manna at spise, som dine Fædre ikke kendte til, dig til Ydmygelse og Prøvelse, for i de kommende Dage at kunne gøre vel imod dig!

He fed you in the desert with manna that your forefathers had never known, humbling you and testing you, so that eventually you would do well in the future.

17 Og sig ikke ved dig selv: "Det er min egen Kraft og min egen Hånds Styrke, der har skaffet mig den Rigdom."

You might think to yourselves, “I became rich through all my hard work.”

18 Men kom HERREN din Gud i Hu; thi ham er det, der giver dig Kraft til at vinde dig Rigdom for at stadfæste den Pagt, han tilsvor dine Fædre, således som det nu er sket.

But remember it's the Lord your God who gives you the ability to become rich, in order to fulfill his agreement he promised to your forefathers that still exists today.

19 Men hvis du glemmer HERREN din Gud og holder dig til andre Guder og dyrker og tilbeder dem, så vidner jeg for eder i Dag, at I skal gå til Grunde.

If you ever forget the Lord your God, and run after other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, I assure you right now that you will definitely die!

20 Som de Folk, HERREN lader gå til Grunde for eder, skal I gå til Grunde, til Straf for at I ikke vilde adlyde HERREN eders Gud!

In the same way the Lord destroyed the nations as you advanced, you will also die if you don't obey the Lord your God.