5 Mosebog 1

1 Dette er de Ord, Moses talte til hele Israel hinsides Jordan i Ørkenen, i Arabalavningen, lige over for Suf, mellem Paran og Tofel, Laban, Hazerot og Di Zahab,

These [are] the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side Jordan in the desert towards the west near the Red Sea, between Pharan Tophol, and Lobon, and Aulon, and the gold works.

2 elleve Dagsrejser fra Horeb, regnede over Seirs Bjerge til Kadesj Barnea.

[It is] a journey of eleven days from Choreb to mount Seir as far as Cades Barne.

3 I det fyrretyvende År på den første Dag i den elevte Måned kundgjorde Moses Israelitterne alt, hvad HERREN havde pålagt ham angående dem,

And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, Moses spoke to all the children of Israel, according to all things which the Lord commanded him for them:

4 efter at han havde slået Amoriterkongen Sihon, der boede i Hesjbon, og Kong Og af Basan, der boede i Asjtarot og Edrei.

after he had smitten Seon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Esebon, and Og the king of Basan who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain;

5 Hinsides Jordan i Moabs Land tog Moses sig for at fremsætte følgende Lovudlægning:

beyond Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,

6 HERREN vor Gud talede til os ved Horeb og sagde: "I har nu længe nok opholdt eder ved Bjerget her;

The Lord your God spoke to us in Choreb, saying, Let it suffice you to have dwelt [so long] in this mountain.

7 bryd derfor op og drag til Amoriternes Bjerge og til alle deres Naboer i Arabalavningen, på Bjergene, i Lavlandet, i Sydlandet og ved Kysten, til Kana'anæernes Land og Libanon, lige til den store Flod, Eufratfloden.

Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and [go] to all that dwell near about Araba, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Chananites near the sea, and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

8 Se, jeg giver Landet i eders Magt; drag derind og tag det Land i Besiddelse, som jeg tilsvor eders Fædre, Abraham, Isak og Jakob, at ville give dem og deres Afkom efter dem."

Behold, [God] has delivered the land before you; go in and inherit the land, which I sware to your fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, to give it to them and to their seed after them.

9 Dengang talte jeg til eder og sagde: "Jeg kan ikke ene bære eder.

And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I shall not be able by myself to bear you.

10 HERREN eders Gud har gjort eder talrige, og se, I er nu så mange som Stjernerne på Himmelen;

The Lord your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are to-day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

11 måtte kun HERREN, eders Fædres Gud, gøre eder tusinde Gange så talrige endnu og velsigne eder, som han har forjættet eder;

The Lord God of your fathers add to you a thousand-fold more than you are, and bless you as he has spoken to you.

12 men hvorledes skal jeg ene kunne bære hele Besværet og Arbejdet med eder og eders Stridigheder?

How shall I alone be able to bear your labour, and your burden, and your gainsayings?

13 Sørg derfor for at finde nogle kloge, forstandige. og erfarne Mænd i hver Stamme, som jeg kan sætte i Spidsen for eder!"

Take to yourselves wise and understanding and prudent men for your tribes, and I will set your leaders over you.

14 Dertil svarede I og sagde: "Det Forslag, du har fremsat, er godt!"

And ye answered me and said, The thing which thou hast told us [is] good to do.

15 Derfor tog jeg Overhovederne for eders Stammer, kloge og erfarne Mænd, og satte dem i Spidsen for eder som Øverste over tusinde, hundrede, halvtredsindstyve eller ti og som Tilsynsmænd over eders Stammer.

So I took of you wise and understanding and prudent men, and I set them to rule over you as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and officers to your judges.

16 Dengang gav jeg så eders Dommere det Påbud: "Hold Forhør, når der er Stridigheder mellem eders Landsmænd, og døm retfærdigt, når en Mand har en Sag, enten det er med en Landsmand eller med en, der bor som fremmed hos ham;

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [causes] between your brethren, and judge rightly between a man and [his] brother, and the stranger that is with him.

17 vis ingen Personsanseelse for Retten; hør på den ringeste som på den største og frygt ikke for nogen; thi Dommen er Guds! Men Sager, som er eder for vanskelige, skal I forebringe mig, så skal jeg holde Forhør i dem!"

Thou shalt not have respect to persons in judgment, thou shalt judge small and great equally; thou shalt not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God's; and whatsoever matter shall be too hard for you, ye shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.

18 Og dengang gav jeg eder så Pålæg om alt, hvad I skulde gøre.

And I charged upon you at that time all the commands which ye shall perform.

19 Derpå brød vi op fra Horeb og drog gennem hele denne store, grufulde Ørken, som I selv har set, i Retning af Amoriternes Bjerge, således som HERREN vor Gud havde pålagt os. Og vi kom til Kadesj Barnea.

And we departed from Choreb, and went through all that great wilderness and terrible, which ye saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite, as the Lord our God charged us, and we came as far as Cades Barne.

20 Da sagde jeg til eder: "I er nu kommet til Amoriternes Bjerge, som HERREN vor Gud vil give os.

And I said to you, Ye have come as far as the mountain of the Amorite, which the Lord our God gives to you:

21 Se, HERREN din Gud har givet Landet i din Magt, drag derfor op og tag det i Besiddelse, således som HERREN, dine Fædres Gud, har sagt til dig. Frygt ikke, men vær uforsagt!"

behold, the Lord your God has delivered to us the land before you: go up and inherit it as the Lord God of your fathers said to you; fear not, neither be afraid.

22 Da kom I alle hen til mig og sagde: "Lad os sende nogle Mænd i forvejen til at udspejde Landet for os og bringe os Underretning om den Vej, vi skal drage op ad, og om de Byer, vi kommer til!"

And ye all came to me, and said, Let us send men before us, and let them go up to the land for us; and let them bring back to us a report of the way by which we shall go up, and of the cities into which we shall enter.

23 Jeg billigede det og udtog tolv Mænd iblandt eder, en af hver Stamme.

And the saying pleased me: and I took of you twelve men, one man of a tribe.

24 De begav sig på Vej og drog op i Bjergene og kom til Esjkoldalen og udspejdede den;

And they turned and went up to the mountain, and they came as far as the valley of the cluster, and surveyed it.

25 og de tog nogle af Landets Frugter med og bragte dem ned til os, og de meldte os tilbage: "Det er et herligt Land, HERREN vor Gud vil give os!"

And they took in their hands of the fruit of the land, and brought it to you, and said, The land is good which the Lord our God gives us.

26 Men I vilde ikke drage op, I var genstridige mod HERREN eders Guds Befaling.

Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the words of the Lord our God.

27 I knurrede i eders Telte og sagde: "Af Had til os førte HERREN os ud af Ægypten for at give os i Amoriternes Hånd og lade os gå til Grunde!

And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us.

28 Hvor er det dog, vi skal hen? Vore Brødre tog Modet fra os, da de sagde: Det er et Folk, der er større og højere end vi, og der er store Byer med himmelhøje Fæstningsværker, ja, vi så endog Efterkommere af Anakiterne der!"

Whither do we go up? and your brethren drew away your heart, saying, [It is a] great nation and populous, and mightier than we; and [there are] cities great and walled up to heaven: moreover we saw there the sons of the giants.

29 Men jeg sagde til eder: "Lad eder ikke skræmme og frygt ikke for dem!

And I said to you, Fear not, neither be ye afraid of them;

30 HERREN eders Gud, der vandrer foran eder, vil selv stride for eder, som I så, han gjorde det for eder i Ægypten

the Lord your God who goes before your face, he shall fight against them together with you effectually, according to all that he wrought for you in the land of Egypt;

31 og i Ørkenen, hvor du så, at HERREN din Gud bar dig, som en Mand bærer sin Søn, hele den Vej I har vandret, lige til I nåede hertil!"

and in this wilderness which ye saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite; how the Lord thy God will bear thee as a nursling, as if any man should nurse his child, through all the way which ye have gone until ye came to this place.

32 Men alligevel troede I ikke på HERREN eders Gud,

And in this matter ye believed not the Lord our God,

33 skønt han vandrede foran eder på Vejen for at udsøge Lejrpladser til eder, om Natten i Ilden, for at I kunde se, hvor I skulde gå, og om dagen i Skyen.

who goes before you in the way to choose you a place, guiding you in fire by night, shewing you the way by which ye go, and a cloud by day.

34 Men da HERREN hørte eders Ord, blev han vred og svor:

And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and being greatly provoked he sware, saying,

35 "Ikke en eneste af disse Mænd, af denne onde Slægt, skal få det herlige Land at se, som jeg svor at ville give eders Fædre,

Not one of these men shall see this good land, which I sware to their fathers,

36 undtagen Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn; han alene skal få det at se, og ham og hans Børn vil jeg give det Land, han har betrådt, fordi han har vist HERREN fuld Lydighed!"

except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, he shall see it; and to him I will give the land on which he went up, and to his sons, because he attended to the things of the Lord.

37 Også på mig blev HERREN vred for eders Skyld, og han sagde: "Heller ikke du skal komme derind!

And the Lord was angry with me for your sake, saying, Neither shalt thou by any means enter therein.

38 Josua, Nuns Søn, der står i din Tjeneste, han skal komme derind; sæt Mod i ham, thi han skal skaffe Israel det i Eje."

Joshua the son of Naue, who stands by thee, he shall enter in there; do thou strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

39 Og dets små Børn, som I sagde skulde blive til Bytte, eders Børn, som i Dag ikke kender Forskel på godt og ondt, de skal komme derind, dem vil jeg give det, og de skal tage det i Besiddelse.

And every young child who this day knows not good or evil, —they shall enter therein, and to them I will give it, and they shall inherit it.

40 I selv derimod skal vende om og begive eder på Vej til Ørkenen i Retning af det røde Hav!"

And ye turned and marched into the wilderness, in the way by the Red Sea.

41 Da svarede I og sagde til mig: "Vi har syndet imod HERREN! Vi vil drage op og kæmpe, som HERREN vor Gud har befalet os!" Og alle iførte I eder eders Våben og vilde i Letsindighed drage op i Bjergene.

And ye answered and said, We have sinned before the Lord our God; we will go up and fight according to all that the Lord our God has commanded us: and having taken every one his weapons of war, and being gathered together, ye went up to the mountain.

42 Men HERREN sagde til mig: Sig til dem: Drag ikke op og indlad eder ikke i Kamp, thi jeg er ikke iblandt eder; gør I det, bliver I slået af eders Fjender!"

And the Lord said to me, Tell them, Ye shall not go up, neither shall ye fight, for I am not with you; thus shall ye not be destroyed before your enemies.

43 Men da jeg sagde det til eder, adlød I ikke, men var genstridige mod HERRENs Bud og formastede eder til at drage op i Bjergene.

And I spoke to you, and ye did not hearken to me; and ye transgressed the commandment of the Lord; and ye forced your way and went up into the mountain.

44 Da drog Amoriterne, der bor i Bjergene der, ud imod eder, og de forfulgte eder som Bier og slog eder fra Seir til Horma.

And the Amorite who dwelt in that mountain came out to meet you, and pursued you as bees do, and wounded you from Seir to Herma.

45 Da I så kom tilbage, græd I for HERRENs Åsyn; men HERREN vilde ikke høre eder og låne eder Øre.

And ye sat down and wept before the Lord our God, and the Lord hearkened not to your voice, neither did he take heed to you.

46 Så blev I hele den lange Tid i Kadesj.

And ye dwelt in Cades many days, as many days as ye dwelt [there].