Deuteronomy 17
1 No ox or sheep which has a mark on it or is damaged in any way may be offered to the Lord your God: for that is disgusting to the Lord your God.
Du maa ikke ofre HERREN din Gud en Okse eller et Stykke Smaakvæg, som har nogen Lyde, nogen som helst Fejl; thi det er HERREN din Gud en Vederstyggelighed.
2 If there is any man or woman among you, in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you, who does evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, sinning against his agreement,
Naar der et steds i din Midte inden dine Porte, som HERREN din Gud vil give dig, findes nogen, Mand eller Kvinde, der gør, hvad der er ondt i HERREN din Guds Øjne, og overtræder hans Pagt,
3 By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders;
idet han gaar hen og dyrker andre Guder og tilbeder dem, Solen, Maanen eller Himmelens hele Hær, hvad jeg ikke har paalagt eder,
4 If word of this comes to your ears, then let this thing be looked into with care, and if there is no doubt that it is true, and such evil has been done in Israel;
og det bliver dig meldt, saa du faar det at høre, da skal du omhyggeligt undersøge Sagen, og hvis det viser sig, at det virkelig forholder sig saaledes, at der er øvet en saadan Vederstyggelighed i Israel,
5 Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.
da skal du føre Manden eller Kvinden, som har øvet denne Udaad, ud til Byporten, hvad enten det nu er en Mand eller en Kvinde, og stene dem til Døde.
6 On the word of two or three witnesses, a man may be given the punishment of death; but he is not to be put to death on the word of one witness.
Paa to eller tre Vidners Udsagn skal Dødsdommen udføres; den maa ikke udføres paa et enkelt Vidnes Udsagn.
7 The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all the people. So you are to put away the evil from among you.
Vidnernes Haand skal først løfte sig imod ham for at slaa ham ihjel, siden alle de andres Haand. Saaledes skal du udrydde det onde af din Midte.
8 If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;
Naar en Retssag angaaende Blodsudgydelse eller et Ejendomsspørgsmaal eller Legemsskade, naar i det hele en eller anden Retstrætte inden dine Porte er dig for vanskelig, skal du staa op og drage til det Sted, HERREN din Gud udvælger,
9 And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:
og henvende dig til Levitpræsterne og den Dommer, som er der til den Tid, og spørge dem til Raads, saa skal de give dig til Kende, hvorledes der skal dømmes i Sagen.
10 And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:
Og du skal rette dig efter den Afgørelse, de giver dig til Kende fra det Sted, HERREN udvælger, og omhyggeligt handle efter alt det, som de lærer dig.
11 Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.
Efter den Vejledning, de giver dig, og efter den Kendelse, de kundgør dig, skal du handle uden at vige til højre eller venstre fra, hvad de giver dig til Kende.
12 And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel.
Og den Mand, der formaster sig til ikke at lyde Præsten, som gør Tjeneste der for HERREN din Gud, eller Dommeren, den Mand skal dø, og du skal udrydde det onde af Israel.
13 And all the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear and put away their pride.
Og det skal høres i hele Folket, saa de gribes af Frygt og ikke mere handler formasteligt.
14 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it for a heritage and are living in it, if it is your desire to have a king over you, like the other nations round about you;
Naar du kommer ind i det Land, HERREN din Gud vil give dig, og faar taget det i Besiddelse og fæstet Bo der, og du saa faar den Tanke, at du vil have en Konge over dig ligesom alle de andre Folk rundt om dig,
15 Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God: let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.
saa maa du kun sætte den Mand til Konge over dig, som HERREN din Gud udvælger. Af dine Brødres Midte skal du tage dig en Konge. En fremmed, der ikke hører til dine Brødre, maa du ikke tage til Konge over dig.
16 And he is not to get together a great army of horses for himself, or make the people go back to Egypt to get horses for him: because the Lord has said, You will never again go back that way.
Kun maa han ikke holde mange Heste og sende Folket tilbage til Ægypten for at skaffe sig mange Heste; thi HERREN har jo sagt til eder: »I maa ikke mere vende tilbage ad den Vej!«
17 And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.
Heller ikke maa han have mange Hustruer, for at hans Hjerte ikke skal forledes til Frafald, og han maa ikke samle sig Sølv og Guld i Overflod.
18 And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care:
Naar han saa har sat sig paa Tronen, skal han skaffe sig en Afskrift af denne Lov hos Levitpræsterne;
19 And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:
og han skal have den hos sig og læse i den alle sine Levedage, at han kan lære at frygte HERREN sin Gud, saa han tager Vare paa alle denne Lovs Ord og paa disse Anordninger og holder dem,
20 So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.
for at hans Hjerte ikke skal hovmode sig over hans Brødre eller vige til højre eller venstre fra Budet, at han og hans Sønner i lange Tider maa have Kongemagten i Israel.
