5 Mosebog 1

1 Disse ere de Ord, som Mose har talet til al Israel paa hin Side Jordanen, i Ørken paa den slette Mark, over for Suf, imellem Paran og imellem Tofel og Laban og Hazeroth og Di-Sahab,

These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain of the Jordan River valley over against Suph, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2 elleve Dages Rejse fra Horeb til Seirs Bjerge, indtil Kades-Barnea.

It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.

3 Og det skete i det fyrretyvende Aar, i den ellevte Maaned, paa den første Dag i Maaneden, da talede Mose til Israels Børn, efter alt det som Herren havde budet ham til dem,

It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the people of Israel, telling them all that Yahweh commanded him concerning them.

4 efter at han havde slaaet Sihon, Amoriternes Konge, som boede i Hesbon, og Og, Kongen af Basan, som boede i Astharoth ved Edrei.

This was after Yahweh had attacked Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth at Edrei.

5 Paa hin Side Jordanen i Moabiternes Land begyndte Mose at udlægge denne Lov og sagde:

Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to announce these instructions, saying,

6 Herren vor Gud talede til os ved Horeb og sagde: I have længe nok været ved dette Bjerg.

“Yahweh our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have lived long enough in this hill country.

7 Vender om og rejser, og drager til Amoriternes Bjerg, og til alle deres Naboer paa den slette Mark, paa Bjergene og i Lavlandet, og i Sønden og ved Havets Strand; til Kananiternes Land og til Libanon, indtil den store Flod, den Flod Frat.

Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the places near there in the plain of the Jordan River valley, in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Negev, and by the seashore—the land of the Canaanites, and in Lebanon as far as the great river, the Euphrates.

8 Se, jeg har givet det Land for eders Ansigt; kommer og indtager det Land, som Herren har tilsvoret eders Fædre, Abraham, Isak og Jakob at give dem og deres Sæd efter dem.

Look, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land that Yahweh swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob—to give to them and to their descendants after them.'

9 Da talede jeg til eder paa den samme Tid og sagde: Jeg kan ikke ene bære eder.

I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to carry you myself alone.

10 Herren eders Gud har gjort eder mangfoldige, og se, I ere i Dag som Stjernerne paa Himmelen i Mangfoldighed.

Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and, look, you are today as the multitude of the stars of heaven.

11 Herren eders Fædres Gud lægge tusinde Gange flere til eder, end I ere, og han velsigne eder, som han har sagt eder!

May Yahweh, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!

12 Hvorledes kan jeg ene bære eders Besvær og eders Byrde og eders Trætte?

But how can I myself alone carry your loads, your burdens, and your disputes?

13 Forskaffer mig vise og forstandige og forsøgte Mænd af eders Stammer, og jeg vil sætte dem til Høvedsmænd over eder.

Take wise men, understanding men, and men of good repute from each tribe, and I will make them heads over you.'

14 Da svarede I mig og sagde: Det er en god Ting, som du siger, at du vil gøre.

You answered me and said, 'The thing that you have spoken is good for us to do.'

15 Saa tog jeg eders Stammers Høvedsmænd, vise og forsøgte Mænd, og satte dem til Høvedsmænd over eder: Til Øverster over Tusinder og Øverster over Hundreder og Øverster over halvtredssindstyve og Øverster over ti og til Fogeder for eders Stammer.

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and men of good repute, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, captains of tens, and officers, tribe by tribe.

16 Og jeg bød eders Dommere paa samme Tid og sagde: Hører Sagerne imellem eders Brødre og dømmer med Retfærdighed imellem en Mand og hans Broder og imellem den fremmede hos ham.

I commanded your judges at that time, saying, 'Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is with him.

17 I skulle i Dommen ikke anse Personen, I skulle høre den mindste med den største, I skulle ikke frygte for nogen, thi Dommen hører Gud til; men den Sag, som bliver eder for svar, lader den komme frem til mig, saa vil jeg høre den.

You will not show partiality to anyone in a dispute; you will hear the small and the great alike. You will not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. The dispute that is too hard for you, you will bring to me, and I will hear it.'

18 Da bød jeg eder paa samme Tid alt, hvad I skulle gøre.

I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.

19 Saa rejste vi fra Horeb og gik igennem hele den store og forfærdelige Ørk, hvilken I saa, ad Vejen til Amoritens Bjerg, som Herren vor Gud befalede os; og vi kom til Kades-Barnea.

We journeyed away from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness that you saw, on our way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God had commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.

20 Da sagde jeg til eder: I ere komne til Amoritens Bjerg, hvilket Herren vor Gud vil give os.

I said to you, 'You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which Yahweh our God is giving to us.

21 Se, Herren din Gud har givet det Land for dit Ansigt; drag op, indtag det, som Herren dine Fædres Gud har sagt dig, frygt ikke og ræddes ikke.

Look, Yahweh your God has set the land before you; go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; do not be afraid, neither be discouraged.'

22 Da kom I alle frem til mig og sagde: Lader os sende Mænd for vort Ansigt, som kunne udforske os Landet, og de skulle bringe os Svar om, ad hvilken Vej vi skulle drage op, og om de Stæder, som vi skulle komme til.

Every one of you came to me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may search out the land for us, and bring us word about the way by which we should attack, and about the cities to which we will come.'

23 Og de Ord behagede mig, saa jeg tog tolv Mænd af eder, een Mand for hver Stamme.

The advice pleased me well; I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe.

24 Og de vendte sig og droge op paa Bjerget og kom til Eskols Bæk, og de bespejdede det.

They turned and went up into the hill country, came to the Valley of Eshkol, and scouted it.

25 Og de toge i deres Haand af Landets Frugt og førte ned til os, og de bragte os Svar og sagde: Det er et godt Land, som Herren vor Gud har givet os.

They took some of the produce of the land in their hands and brought it down to us. They also brought us word and said, 'It is a good land that Yahweh our God is giving to us.'

26 Men I vilde ikke drage op, og I vare genstridige mod Herren eders Guds Mund.

Yet you refused to attack, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God.

27 Og I knurrede i eders Telte og sagde: Fordi Herren hader os, har han udført os af Ægyptens Land, for at give os i Amoriternes Haand til at ødelægge os.

You complained in your tents and said, “It is because Yahweh hated us that he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.

28 Hvorhen skulle vi drage op? Vore Brødre have mistrøstet vort Hjerte og sagt: Det Folk er større og højere end vi, Stæderne ere store og befæstede op imod Himmelen, dertil med have vi ogsaa set Anakiternes Børn der.

Where can we go now? Our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, 'Those people are bigger and taller than we are; their cities are large and are fortified up to the heavens; moreover, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'”

29 Da sagde jeg til eder: Lader eder ikke forfærde og frygter ej for dem!

Then I said to you, 'Do not be terrified, neither be afraid of them.

30 Herren eders Gud, som gaar foran eders Ansigt, han skal stride for eder, ganske som han gjorde med eder i Ægypten for eders Øjne,

Yahweh your God, who goes before you, he will fight for you, like everything that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

31 og i Ørken, som du har set, hvor Herren din Gud har baaret dig, ligesom en Mand bærer sin Søn; paa hele den Vej, som I have vandret, indtil I ere komne til dette Sted.

and also in the wilderness, where you have seen how Yahweh your God carried you, as a man carries his son, everywhere you went until you came to this place.'

32 Men uagtet dette Ord troede I ikke paa Herren eders Gud,

Yet in spite of this word you did not believe Yahweh your God,

33 han, som gik for eders Ansigt paa Vejen at opsøge for eder Stedet, hvor I skulde lejre eder, i en Ild om Natten, for at vise eder Vejen, som I skulde gaa paa, og i en Sky om Dagen.

who went before you on the way to find a place for you to make camp, in fire by night and in a cloud by day.

34 Der Herren hørte eders Ords Røst, da blev han vred og svor og sagde:

Yahweh heard the sound of your words and was angry; he swore and said,

35 Der skal ingen af disse Mænd, af denne onde Slægt, se det gode Land, som jeg svor at ville give eders Fædre,

'Surely not one of these men of this evil generation will see the good land that I swore to give to your ancestors,

36 uden Kaleb, Jefunne Søn; han skal se det, og ham og hans Børn vil jeg give det Land, som han har traadt paa, fordi han har fuldkommeligen efterfulgt Herren.

save Caleb son of Jephunneh; he will see it. To him I will give the land that he has stepped on, and to his children, because he has wholly followed Yahweh.'

37 Herren blev endog vred paa mig for eders Skyld, og sagde: Du skal ikke heller komme derind.

Also Yahweh was angry with me because of you, saying, 'You also will not go in there;

38 Josva, Nuns Søn, som staar for dit Ansigt, han skal komme derhen; styrk ham, thi han skal dele det til Arv iblandt Israel.

Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, he will go in there; encourage him, for he will lead Israel to inherit it.

39 Og eders smaa Børn, om hvilke I sagde: De skulle blive til Rov, og eders Sønner, som ikke paa denne Dag forstaa godt eller ondt, de skulle komme derind, og jeg vil give dem det, og de skulle arve det.

Moreover, your little children, the ones you said would be victims, who today have no knowledge of good or evil—they will go in there. To them I will give it, and they will possess it.

40 Men I, vender eder og rejser til Ørken ad Vejen til det røde Hav.

But as for you, turn and take your journey into the wilderness along the way to the Sea of Reeds.'

41 Da svarede I og sagde til mig: Vi have syndet imod Herren, vi ville drage op og stride, ganske som Herren vor Gud befalede os; og I bandt om eder, hver sine Krigsvaaben, og vare letsindige til at drage op paa Bjerget.

Then you answered and said to me, 'We have sinned against Yahweh; we will go up and fight, and we will follow all that Yahweh our God has commanded us to do.' Every man among you put on his weapons of war, and you were ready to attack the hill country.

42 Da sagde Herren til mig: Sig dem, I skulle ikke drage op, og I skulle ikke stride, thi jeg er ikke midt iblandt eder; at I ikke skulle blive slagne for eders Fjenders Ansigt.

Yahweh said to me, 'Say to them, “Do not attack and do not fight, for I will not be with you, and you will be defeated by your enemies.'

43 Der jeg sagde eder det, da vilde I ikke høre mig; og I vare genstridige imod Herrens Mund, og formastede eder hovmodeligen og droge op paa Bjerget.

I spoke to you in this way, but you did not listen. You rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh; you were arrogant and attacked the hill country.

44 Da droge Amoriterne, som boede paa det samme Bjerg, ud imod eder, og de forfulgte eder, saaledes som Bier gøre, og de knusede eder i Seir, lige til Horma.

But the Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against you and chased you like bees, and struck you down in Seir, as far as Hormah.

45 Der I kom tilbage og græd for Herrens Ansigt, da hørte Herren ikke paa eders Røst og bøjede ikke Øret til eder.

You returned and wept before Yahweh; but Yahweh did not listen to your voice, nor did he pay attention to you.

46 Saa bleve I i Kades mange Dage, al den Tid, I bleve der.

So you stayed in Kadesh many days, all the days that you stayed there.