Deuteronomy 9
1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,
Hør, Israel! Du drager nu over Jordan for at komme og gøre dig til Herre over Folk, der er større og mægtigere end du selv, over store Byer med himmelhøje Fæstningsværker;
2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard it said, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
over et stort Folk, høje som Kæmper, Anakiternes Efterkommere, som du selv kender, og om hvem du selv har hørt sige: »Hvem kan holde Stand mod Anakiterne!«
3 Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he who goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said to thee.
Saa skal du nu vide, at det er HERREN din Gud, der gaar foran dig som en fortærende Ild; han vil ødelægge dem, og han vil underkue dem for dig, saa du kan drive dem bort og ødelægge dem i Hast, saaledes som HERREN har sagt dig.
4 Speak not thou in thy heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Naar HERREN din Gud jager dem bort foran dig, tænk saa ikke: »For min Retfærdigheds Skyld lod HERREN mig komme ind og tage dette Land i Besiddelse!« Thi det er for disse Folks Ugudeligheds Skyld, at HERREN driver dem bort foran dig!
5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore to thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Det er ikke for din Retfærdigheds eller dit ædle Hjertes Skyld, du kommer ind og tager deres Land i Besiddelse, nej, det er paa Grund af disse Folks Ondskab, at HERREN driver dem bort foran dig, og fordi han vil opfylde det Ord, han tilsvor dine Fædre, Abraham, Isak og Jakob.
6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Saa vid da, at det ikke er for din Retfærdigheds Skyld, at HERREN din Gud giver dig dette herlige Land i Eje; thi du er et Folk med haarde Halse!
7 Remember, and forget not, how thou didst provoke the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart from the land of Egypt, until ye came to this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
Kom i Hu, glem ikke, hvorledes du fortørnede HERREN din Gud i Ørkenen! Lige fra den Dag I drog ud af Ægypten, og til I kom til Stedet her, har I været genstridige mod HERREN.
8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
Ved Horeb fortørnede I HERREN, og HERREN blev vred paa eder, saa han vilde ødelægge eder.
9 When I went up to the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither ate bread nor drank water:
Da jeg var steget op paa Bjerget for at modtage Stentavlerne, den Pagts Tavler, som HERREN havde sluttet med eder, opholdt jeg mig paa Bjerget fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter uden at spise eller drikke,
10 And the LORD delivered to me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spoke with you in the mount from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
og HERREN gav mig de to Stentavler, beskrevne med Guds Finger; og paa dem stod alle de Ord, HERREN havde talt til eder paa Bjerget ud fra Ilden, den Dag I var forsamlet.
11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Da de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter var omme, gav HERREN mig de to Stentavler, Pagtens Tavler.
12 And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from here; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
Og HERREN sagde til mig: »Staa op og skynd dig ned herfra, thi det Folk, du førte ud af Ægypten, har handlet ilde; hastigt er de veget fra den Vej, jeg foreskrev dem: de har lavet sig et støbt Billede!«
13 Furthermore the LORD spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Og HERREN sagde til mig: »Jeg har set dette Folk, og se, det er et Folk med haarde Halse;
14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
lad mig i Fred, saa jeg kan ødelægge dem og udslette deres Navn under Himmelen; saa vil jeg gøre dig til et Folk, mægtigere og større end det!«
15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Da vendte jeg mig bort og steg ned fra Bjerget med Pagtens to Tavler i mine Hænder, medens Bjerget brændte i lys Lue;
16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you.
og jeg saa, og se, I havde syndet mod HERREN eders Gud, I havde lavet eder en støbt Tyrekalv; hastigt var I veget fra den Vej, HERREN havde foreskrevet eder.
17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.
Da greb jeg de to Tavler og kastede dem ud af mine Hænder og knuste dem for eders Øjne.
18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I neither ate bread, nor drank water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Og derpaa faldt jeg ned for HERRENS Aasyn fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter ligesom forrige Gang, uden at spise eller drikke, for alle eders Synders Skyld, som I havde begaaet, idet I gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, saa I fortørnede ham.
19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which the LORD was angry with you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened to me at that time also.
Thi jeg frygtede for, at HERREN skulde tilintetgøre eder i den Vrede og Harme, som opfyldte ham imod eder. Og HERREN bønhørte mig ogsaa den Gang!
20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
Ogsaa paa Aron blev HERREN vred, saa han vilde tilintetgøre ham; men den Gang gik jeg ogsaa i Forbøn for Aron.
21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust of it into the brook that descended from the mount.
Men eders syndige Værk, Kalven, tog jeg og brændte; og jeg knuste og malede den til fint Støv, og Støvet kastede jeg i Bækken, som løber ned ad Bjerget.
22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
Ogsaa i Tab'era, Massa og Kibrot-Hatta'ava fortørnede I HERREN.
23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
Og da HERREN lod eder rejse fra Kadesj-Barnea og bød eder drage op og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som han vilde give eder, trodsede I HERREN eders Guds Befaling, og I troede ikke paa ham og adlød ham ikke.
24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
I har været genstridige mod HERREN, saa længe jeg har kendt eder.
25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
Saa faldt jeg ned for HERRENS Aasyn i de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter, fordi HERREN havde sagt, at han vilde tilintetgøre eder,
26 I prayed therefore to the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
og jeg bad til HERREN og sagde: »Herre, HERRE, ødelæg ikke dit Folk og din Ejendom, som du udløste ved din store Magt og førte ud af Ægypten med stærk Haand!
27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
Kom dine Tjenere i Hu, Abraham, Isak og Jakob; giv ikke Agt paa dette Folks Halsstarrighed, paa dets Ugudelighed og paa dets Synd,
28 Lest the land from which thou hast brought us should say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
for at man ikke skal sige i det Land, du førte os ud fra: Fordi HERREN ikke evnede at føre dem til det Land, han havde lovet dem, og fordi han hadede dem, derfor førte han dem ud for at lade dem omkomme i Ørkenen!
29 Yet they are thy people and thy inheritance, which thou hast brought out by thy mighty power and by thy outstretched arm.
De er jo dit Folk og din Ejendom, som du førte ud ved din store Kraft og din udstrakte Arm!«
