5 Mosebog 21
1 Naar der bliver funden en ihjelslagen i Landet, hvilket Herren din Gud giver dig at eje, liggende paa Marken, og det ikke er vitterligt, hvo der har slaaet ham ihjel:
“Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person.
2 Da skulle dine Ældste og dine Dommere gaa ud, og de skulle maale til de Stæder, som ere rundt omkring den ihjelslagne.
[If that happens], your elders and judges must go out to where that person’s corpse was found and measure the distance from there to each of the nearby towns.
3 Og den Stad, som er næst ved den ihjelslagne, den Stads Ældste skulle tage en Kvie af Kvæget, som man ikke har arbejdet med, og som ikke har draget i Aag;
Then the elders in the town that is closest to where the corpse was found must select a young cow that has never been used for doing work.
4 og de Ældste af samme Stad skulle føre Kvien ned til en Dal med stedse rindende Vand, i hvilken der ikke arbejdes eller saas; og der i Dalen skulle de bryde Nakken paa Kvien.
They must take it to a place near a stream where the ground has never been plowed or planted. They must break its neck there in that valley.
5 Saa skulle Præsterne, Levi Sønner, gaa frem; thi Herren din Gud har udvalgt dem til at tjene sig og til at velsigne i Herrens Navn; og al Trætte og al Plage skal afgøres efter deres Ord.
The priests must go there also, because Yahweh our God has chosen them from the tribe of Levi to serve him and to be his representatives [MTY] when they bless people. And he has also chosen them to settle disputes in which someone has been injured.
6 Og alle de Ældste af den samme Stad, de som ere næst ved den ihjelslagne, skulle to deres Hænder over Kvien, som Nakken er brudt paa i Dalen.
The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
7 Og de skulle vidne og sige: Vore Hænder have ikke udøst dette Blod, og vore Øjne have ikke set det.
and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
8 Son dit Folk Israel, som du, Herre! har forløst, og læg ikke uskyldigt Blod paa dit Folk Israel; saa bliver Blodet sonet for dem.
Yahweh, forgive us, your Israeli people whom you rescued [from Egypt]. Do not consider (us to be guilty/that we should be punished because) of murdering someone who (is innocent/had not done something that is wrong). Instead, forgive us.’
9 Og du skal borttage det uskyldige Blod af din Midte; thi du skal gøre det, som er ret for Herrens Øjne.
By doing that, you will be doing what Yahweh considers to be right, and you will not be considered to be guilty for murdering that person.”
10 Naar du uddrager i Krigen imod dine Fjender, og Herren din Gud giver dem i din Haand, saa at du fører dem i Fangenskab,
“When you [soldiers] go to fight against your enemies, and Yahweh our God enables you to defeat them [IDM], and (they become your prisoners/you capture them),
11 og du ser iblandt Fangerne en Kvinde, som er dejlig af Skikkelse, og du faar Lyst til hende, og du tager dig hende til Hustru:
one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
12 Da skal du føre hende midt ind i dit Hus, og hun skal lade sit Hoved rage og skære sine Negle,
He should take her to his home, and there she must shave [all the hair off] her head and cut her fingernails [to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli].
13 og hun skal bortlægge sit Fangenskabs Klæder fra sig, og hun skal blive i dit Hus og begræde sin Fader og sin Moder en Maanedstid; og derefter maa du gaa til hende og ægte hende, og hun skal blive dig til Hustru.
She must take off the clothes that she was wearing when she was captured, [and put on Israeli clothes]. She must stay in that man’s house and mourn for a month because of [leaving] her parents. After that, he will be allowed to marry her.
14 Men det skal ske, om du ikke har Behagelighed til hende, da skal du lade hende fare efter hendes Sjæls Begæring og ikke sælge hende for Penge; du skal ikke behandle hende som Trælkvinde, fordi du har krænket hende.
Later, if he no longer is pleased with her, he will be permitted to allow her to leave him. But because she was forced to have sex with him, he will not be allowed to treat her like a slave [and sell her to someone else].”
15 Om en Mand har to Hustruer, een, som han elsker, og een, som han hader, og de have født ham Børn, baade den, han elsker, og den, han hader, og den førstefødte Søn er den forhadtes:
“Suppose that a man has two wives, but he likes one of them and dislikes the other one. And suppose that they both give birth to sons, and the oldest son is the child of the woman that he does not like.
16 Da skal det ske paa den Dag, han lader sine Børn arve det, han har, at han ikke skal have Magt til at gøre Sønnen af hende, som han elsker, til den førstefødte, i Stedet for den førstefødte Søn af hende, som han hader;
On the day when that man decides how he will divide his possessions for his sons to possess [after he dies], he must not favor the son of the wife that he loves by giving him [a bigger share, ] the share that the older son should receive.
17 men han skal kendes ved den førstefødte Søn af hende, som han hader, og give ham dobbelt Lod af alt det, der findes hos ham; thi han er hans første Kraft, ham hører Førstefødsels Ret til.
He must give to the older son, the son of the wife whom he does not like, twice as much of his possessions. That son is his firstborn son, and he must be given the share that he should receive because of his being that man’s firstborn son.”
18 Om en Mand har en modvillig og genstridig Søn, som ikke lyder sin Faders Røst og sin Moders Røst, og de tugte ham, og han vil ikke lyde dem,
“Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always (rebelling against/disobeying) [his parents], and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him [MTY].
19 da skulle hans Fader og hans Moder tage fat paa ham og føre ham frem til de Ældste i hans Stad og til hans Steds Port,
If that happens, his parents must take him to the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city where he lives and have him stand in front of the elders of the city.
20 og de skulle sige til de Ældste i hans Stad: Denne vor Søn er modvillig og genstridig, han vil ikke lyde vor Røst, en Fraadser og Dranker;
Then the parents must say to the elders of that city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and always rebelling against us. He will not pay attention to what we tell him [MTY]. He wastes a lot of money (OR, eats too much food) and gets drunk.’
21 saa skulle alle Mændene i hans Stad stene ham med Stene, og han skal dø; og du skal borttage den onde af din Midte, at al Israel maa høre det og frygte.
Then all the elders of that city must execute him by throwing stones at him. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. And everyone in Israel will hear [about what happened] and they will be afraid [to do what he did].”
22 Og naar en Mand har gjort en Synd, som har fortjent Dødsdom, og han dødes, og du hænger ham paa et Træ,
“If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
23 da skal hans Krop ikke blive Natten over paa Træet, men du skal begrave ham paa den samme Dag; thi den, som bliver hængt, er en Guds Forbandelse; og du skal ikke gøre dit Land urent, som Herren din Gud giver dig til Arv.
you must not allow his corpse to remain there all night. You must bury it on the day that he died, because [God] has cursed anyone whose corpse is allowed to remain on a post. [You must bury the corpse that day], in order that you do not defile the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
