Deuteronomy 4
1 Now therefore listen, O Israel, to the statutes and to the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers gives you.
Og nu, Israel! Hør de Anordninger og Lovbud, som jeg vil lære eder at holde, for at I kan blive i Live og komme ind og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som HERREN, eders Fædres Gud, vil give eder.
2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish anything from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
I maa hverken lægge noget til eller trække noget fra, hvad jeg byder eder, men I skal holde HERREN eders Guds Bud, som jeg paalægger eder.
3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you.
I har med egne Øjne set, hvad HERREN gjorde i Anledning af Ba'al-Peor: Hver eneste Mand, som fulgte Ba'al-Peor, udryddede HERREN din Gud af din Midte.
4 But you that did join to the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
Men I, som holdt fast ved HERREN eders Gud, er alle i Live den Dag i Dag.
5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land where you go to possess it.
Se, jeg har lært eder Anordninger og Lovbud, saaledes som HERREN min Gud har paalagt mig, for at I skal handle derefter i det Land, I skal ind og tage i Besiddelse;
6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
hold dem og følg dem! Thi det skal være eders Visdom og eders Kløgt i de andre Folks Øjne. Naar de hører om alle disse Anordninger, skal de sige: »Sandelig, det er et vist og klogt Folk, dette store Folk!«
7 For what nation is there so great, who has God so near to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call on him for?
Thi hvor er der vel et stort Folk, som har Guder, der kommer til det, saaledes som HERREN vor Gud gør det, naar vi kalder paa ham;
8 And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
og hvor er der vel et stort Folk, der har saa retfærdige Anordninger og Lovbud som hele denne Lov, jeg forelægger eder i Dag?
9 Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life: but teach them your sons, and your sons’ sons;
Kun skal du vogte dig og omhyggeligt tage Vare paa dig selv, at du ikke glemmer, hvad du med egne Øjne har set, og at det ikke viger fra dit Hjerte, saa længe du lever; og du skal fortælle dine Sønner og dine Sønners Sønner derom.
10 Specially the day that you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.
Glem ikke den Dag, du stod for HERREN din Guds Aasyn ved Horeb, da HERREN sagde til mig: »Kald mig Folket sammen, for at jeg kan kundgøre dem mine Ord, saa de kan lære at frygte mig, saa længe de lever paa Jorden, og lære deres Sønner det samme!«
11 And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the middle of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Da traadte I frem og stod ved Bjergets Fod, medens Bjerget brændte i lys Lue helt ind i Himmelen, hyllet i Mørke, Skyer og Mulm;
12 And the LORD spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only you heard a voice.
og da HERREN talede til eder ud fra Ilden, hørte I kun Ordene, men nogen Skikkelse saa I ikke, kun en Røst fornam I.
13 And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.
Da kundgjorde han eder sin Pagt, som han bød eder at holde, de ti Ord, og han skrev dem paa to Stentavler.
14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it.
Og mig bød HERREN dengang at lære eder Anordninger og Lovbud, som I skulde overholde idet Land, I nu skal over og tage i Besiddelse.
15 Take you therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire:
Eftersom I ikke saa nogen Skikkelse, dengang HERREN talede til eder paa Horeb ud fra Ilden, saa vogt eder nu omhyggeligt for
16 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
at handle saa ryggesløst, at I laver eder et Gudebillede, en Stenstøtte i en eller anden Skikkelse, enten det nu er et Afbillede af en Mand eller en Kvinde
17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flies in the air,
eller et Afbillede af et eller andet Dyr, der lever paa Jorden, eller et Afbillede af en eller anden vinget Fugl, der flyver under Himmelen,
18 The likeness of any thing that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
eller et Afbillede af et eller andet Kryb, der kryber paa Jorden, eller et Afbillede af en eller anden Fisk i Vandet under Jorden;
19 And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven.
og naar du løfter dit Blik til Himmelen og ser Solen og Maanen og Stjernerne, hele Himmelens Hær, saa vogt dig for at lade dig forføre til at tilbede og dyrke dem. Thi HERREN din Gud har tildelt alle de andre Folk under hele Himmelen dem;
20 But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as you are this day.
men eder tog HERREN og førte ud af Smelteovnen, af Ægypten, for at I skulde være hans Ejendomsfolk, som I nu er.
21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance:
Men HERREN blev vred paa mig for eders Skyld og svor, at jeg ikke skulde komme over Jordan ind i det herlige Land, som HERREN din Gud vil give dig i Eje,
22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but you shall go over, and possess that good land.
thi jeg skal dø i Landet her; jeg skal ikke komme over Jordan, men I skal komme over og tage dette herlige Land i Besiddelse.
23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD your God has forbidden you.
Saa vogt eder for at glemme HERREN eders Guds Pagt, som han sluttede med eder, og for at lave eder noget Gudebillede i Skikkelse af noget som helst, HERREN din Gud har forbudt dig.
24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Thi HERREN din Gud er en fortærende Ild, en nidkær Gud!
25 When you shall beget children, and children’s children, and you shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD your God, to provoke him to anger:
Naar du faar Børn og Børnebørn, og I bliver gamle i Landet, og I da handler saa ryggesløst, at I laver eder Gudebilleder i en eller anden Skikkelse og gør, hvad der er ondt i HERREN din Guds Øjne, saa at I fortørner ham,
26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land where you go over Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong your days on it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
saa kalder jeg i Dag Himmelen og Jorden til Vidne imod eder paa, at I hastigt skal blive udryddet af det Land, I skal over Jordan og tage i Besiddelse; I skal ikke faa noget langt Liv der, men visselig gaa til Grunde;
27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and you shall be left few in number among the heathen, where the LORD shall lead you.
og HERREN vil splitte eder mellem Folkene, og kun nogle faa af eder skal blive tilbage blandt de Folkeslag, HERREN driver eder hen iblandt.
28 And there you shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Der skal I komme til at dyrke Guder, der er Menneskehænders Værk, Træ og Sten, som hverken kan se eller høre, spise eller lugte!
29 But if from there you shall seek the LORD your God, you shall find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Der skal I saa søge HERREN din Gud, og du skal finde ham, naar du søger ham af hele dit Hjerte og hele din Sjæl.
30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come on you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the LORD your God, and shall be obedient to his voice;
I de kommende Dage, naar du er i Nød, og alle disse Ting kommer over dig, skal du vende om til HERREN din Gud og adlyde hans Røst.
31 (For the LORD your God is a merciful God; ) he will not forsake you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.
Thi en barmhjertig Gud er HERREN din Gud; han slipper dig ikke og lader dig ikke gaa til Grunde og glemmer ikke Pagten med dine Fædre, som han tilsvor dem.
32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven to the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?
Thi gransk dog i de henfarne Tider, der gik forud for dig, lige fra den Tid af da Gud skabte Menneskene paa Jorden, og fra den ene Ende af Himmelen til den anden, om der er sket noget saa stort som dette, eller om dets Lige er hørt.
33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
Har noget Folk hørt Guds Røst ud fra Ilden, saaledes som du hørte det, og levet?
34 Or has God assayed to go and take him a nation from the middle of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Eller har nogen Gud søgt at komme og hente sig et Folk midt ud af et andet Folk ved Prøvelser, Tegn og Undere, ved Krig, med stærk Haand og udstrakt Arm og store Rædsler, saaledes som du med egne Øjne saa HERREN eders Gud gøre med eder i Ægypten?
35 To you it was showed, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
Du fik det at se, for at du skulde vide, at HERREN og ingen anden er Gud.
36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and on earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the middle of the fire.
Fra Himmelen lod han dig høre sin Røst for at undervise dig, og paa Jorden lod han dig se sin store Ild, og hans Ord hørte du ud fra Ilden.
37 And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
Og fordi han elskede dine Fædre og udvalgte deres Afkom efter dem og selv førte dig ud af Ægypten ved sin store Vælde
38 To drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you are, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
for at drive Folk bort foran dig, der er større og mægtigere end du selv, og lade dig komme ind i deres Land og give dig det i Eje, som det nu er sket,
39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in your heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath: there is none else.
derfor skal du i Dag vide og lægge dig paa Sinde, at HERREN og ingen anden er Gud oppe i Himmelen og nede paa Jorden.
40 You shall keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days on the earth, which the LORD your God gives you, for ever.
Og du skal holde hans Anordninger og Bud, som jeg paalægger dig i Dag, for at det kan gaa dig og dine Børn efter dig vel, og for at du alle Dage kan leve længe i det Land, HERREN din Gud giver dig!
41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sun rise;
Paa den Tid udskilte Moses tre Byer hinsides Jordan, paa den østre Side,
42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
som Tilflugtssteder for Manddrabere, der uforsætligt slaar et andet Menneske ihjel uden i Forvejen at have baaret Nag til ham, for at de kan redde Livet ved at ty til en af disse Byer,
43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
nemlig Bezer i Ørkenen paa Højsletten for Rubeniterne, Ramot i Gilead for Gaditerne og Golan i Basan for Manassiterne.
44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
Dette er den Lov, Moses forelagde Israeliterne.
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt.
Dette er de Vidnesbyrd, Anordninger og Lovbud, Moses kundgjorde Israeliterne, da de drog bort fra Ægypten,
46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelled at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
hinsides Jordan i Dalen lige for Bet-Peor i det Land, der havde tilhørt Amoriterkongen Sihon, som boede i Hesjbon, og som Moses og Israeliterne havde slaaet, da de drog bort fra Ægypten.
47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sun rise;
De havde erobret hans og Kong Og af Basans Land, de to Amoriterkonger hinsides Jordan, paa den østre Side,
48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even to mount Sion, which is Hermon,
fra Aroer ved Arnonflodens Bred til Sirjons Bjerg, det er Hermon,
49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
tillige med hele Arabalavningen hinsides Jordan, paa den østre Side, lige til Arabahavet neden for Pisgas Skrænter.
