5 Mosebog 17
1 Du skal ikke ofre Herren din Gud Okse eller Lam, som har en Lyde, eller nogen slem Ting; thi det er Herren din Gud en Vederstyggelighed.
You must not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox or a sheep in which is any blemish or anything bad, for that would be an abomination to Yahweh your God.
2 Naar der findes midt iblandt dig, i en af dine Byer, som Herren din Gud giver dig, Mand eller Kvinde, som gør det, som er ondt for Herren din Guds Øjne, ved at overtræde hans Pagt,
If there is found among you, within any of your city gates that Yahweh your God is giving you, any man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God and transgresses his covenant,
3 og denne gaar hen og tjener andre Guder og tilbeder dem, enten Sol eller Maane eller noget af hele Himmelens Hær, som jeg ikke har budet,
anyone who has gone and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, either the sun, the moon, or any of the host of heaven—nothing that I have commanded—
4 og det bliver givet dig til Kende, og du hører det: Da skal du ransage det vel; og se, er det Sandhed, er det Ord vist, er denne Vederstyggelighed sket i Israel:
and if you are told about this, or if you have heard of it, then you must make a careful investigation. If it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel, this is what you should do.
5 Da skal du føre den Mand eller den Kvinde, som gjorde denne onde Handel, ud til dine Porte, Manden eller Kvinden, og du skal stene dem med Sten, og de skulle dø.
You must bring that man or woman, who has done this evil thing, to your city gates, that very man or woman, and you must stone that person to death.
6 Efter to Vidners eller tre Vidners Mund skal den lide Døden, som er skyldig at dø; han skal ikke lide Døden efter eet Vidnes Mund.
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, will he who must die be put to death; but at the mouth of only one witness he must not be put to death.
7 Vidnernes Haand skal først være paa ham til at slaa ham ihjel og til sidst alt Folkets Haand; saa skal du borttage den onde af din Midte.
The hand of the witnesses must be the first to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people; and you will remove the evil from among you.
8 Naar en Sag for Retten er for vanskelig for dig, imellem Blod og Blod, imellem Sag og Sag og imellem Slag og Slag, i hvad Retstrætte der kan være inden dine Porte: Da skal du gøre dig rede og gaa op til det Sted, som Herren din Gud skal udvælge.
If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge—perhaps a question of murder or accidental death, of one person's right and another person's right, or a question of one kind of harm done, or another kind of matter, matters of controversy within your city gates—then you must go up to the place that Yahweh your God will choose as his sanctuary.
9 Og du skal komme til Præsterne, Leviterne og til den Dommer, som mon være i de samme Dage; og du skal forespørge dig, saa skulle de give dig Rettens Ord til Kende.
You must go to the priests, the descendants of Levi, and to the judge who will be serving at that time; you will seek their advice, and they will give you the verdict.
10 Og du skal gøre efter det Ords Lydelse, som de give dig til Kende fra det Sted, som Herren skal udvælge, og du skal tage Vare paa, at du gør efter alt det, som de lære dig.
You must follow the law given to you at the place Yahweh will choose as his sanctuary. You will be careful to do everything that they direct you to do.
11 Efter den Lovs Lydelse, som de lære dig, og efter den Ret, som de sige dig, skal du gøre; du skal ikke vige fra det Ord, som de tilkendegive dig, hverken til højre eller til venstre Side.
Follow the law they teach you, and do according to the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right hand or to the left.
12 Men den Mand, som gør noget i Hovmodighed, at han ikke vil høre Præsten, som staar til at tjene der for Herren din Gud, eller Dommeren, den Mand skal dø, og du skal borttage den onde af Israel,
Anyone who acts arrogantly, in not listening to the priest who is standing to serve before Yahweh your God, or in not listening to the judge—that man will die; you will put away the evil from Israel.
13 for at alt Folket maa høre det og frygte og ikke mere handle hovmodigen.
All the people must hear and fear, and act arrogantly no more.
14 Naar du kommer i det Land, som Herren din Gud giver dig, og ejer det og bor deri, og du siger: Jeg vil sætte en Konge over mig ligesom alle Folkene, som ere trindt omkring mig,
When you have come to the land that Yahweh your God gives you, and when you take possession of it and begin to live in it, and then you say, 'I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are round about me,'
15 da skal du sætte den til Konge over dig, som Herren din Gud skal udvælge; du skal sætte en af dine Brødres Midte til Konge over dig, du maa ikke sætte over dig en fremmed Mand, som ikke er din Broder.
then you must surely set as king over yourself someone whom Yahweh your God will choose. You must set as king over yourself someone from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner, who is not your brother, over yourself.
16 Kun skal han ikke holde mange Heste og ikke komme Folket til at drage tilbage til Ægypten for at hente mange Heste; thi Herren har sagt eder: I skulle ikke herefter ydermere drage tilbage ad denne Vej.
But he must not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt so that he may multiply horses, for Yahweh had said to you, 'You will never return that way again.'
17 Han skal ikke heller tage sig mange Hustruer, at hans Hjerte ikke skal afvige; han skal ikke heller samle sig saare meget Sølv og Guld.
He must not take many wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn away. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
18 Og det skal ske, naar han sidder paa sit Riges Trone, da skal han lade sig skrive en Afskrift af denne Lov i en Bog efter den, som er hos Præsterne, Leviterne.
When he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he must write for himself in a scroll a copy of this law, from the law that is before the priests, who are Levites.
19 Og den skal være hos ham, og han skal læse i den alle sit Livs Dage, paa det han kan lære at frygte Herren sin Gud, at holde alle denne Lovs Ord og disse Skikke og gøre efter dem,
The scroll must be with him, and he must read in it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to honor Yahweh his God, so as to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to observe them.
20 for at hans Hjerte ikke skal ophøje sig over hans Brødre, ej heller vige fra Budet til højre eller venstre Side, for at han maa forlænge sine Dage i sit Kongerige, han og hans Børn i Israel.
He must do this so that his heart is not lifted up above his brothers, and so that he does not turn away from the commandments, to the right hand or to the left; for the purpose that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, among Israel.
