5 Mosebog 4

1 Og nu, Israel! hør paa de Skikke og de Bud, som jeg lærer eder at holde, paa det I maa leve og komme ind og eje Landet, som Herren eders Fædres Gud vil give eder.

And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

2 I skulle intet lægge til det Ord, som jeg byder eder, og intet tage derfra, at I maa bevare Herren eders Guds Bud, som jeg har budet eder.

Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.

3 Eders Øjne have set, hvad Herren har gjort for Baal-Peors Skyld; thi hver Mand, som gik efter Baal-Peor, ham har Herren din Gud udslettet af din Midte.

Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for destruction came from the Lord on all those among you who went after Baal-peor.

4 Men I, som hængte hardt ved Herren eders Gud, I leve alle paa denne Dag.

But you who kept faith with the Lord are living, every one of you, today.

5 Se, jeg har lært eder Skikke og Bud, eftersom Herren min Gud befalede mig, at I skulle gøre saaledes midt i Landet, hvorhen I skulle komme for at eje det.

I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.

6 Saa holder dem og gører efter dem; thi det skal være eders Visdom og eders Forstand for Folkenes Øjne, som skulle høre om alle disse Skikke, og de skulle sige: Alene dette store Folk er et viist og forstandigt Folk.

So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.

7 Thi hvor er saa stort et Folk, til hvilket Guder holde sig nær, saaledes som Herren vor Gud til os, saa tidt vi kalde paa ham?

For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?

8 Og hvor er saa stort et Folk, som har saa retfærdige Skikke og Bud, som hele denne Lov er, hvilken jeg i Dag lægger for eders Ansigt?

And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?

9 Ikkun tag dig i Vare og bevar din Sjæl vel, at du ikke forglemmer de Ting, som dine Øjne have set, og at de ikke vige fra dit Hjerte alle dine Livsdage; men du skal kundgøre dem for dine Børn og for dine Børnebørn:

Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;

10 Den Dag, da du stod for Herren din Guds Ansigt ved Horeb, der Herren sagde til mig: Saml til mig Folket, saa vil jeg lade dem høre mine Ord, som de skulle lære, for at frygte mig alle de Dage, som de leve paa Jorden, og de skulle lære deres Børn dem.

That day when you were waiting before the Lord your God in Horeb, and the Lord said to me, Make all the people come together, so that hearing my words they may go in fear of me all the days of their life on earth and give this teaching to their children.

11 Og I kom nær til og stode neden for Bjerget, og Bjerget brændte med Ild indtil midt op i Himmelen, der var Mørke, Sky, ja forfærdeligt Mørke.

And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.

12 Og Herren talede til eder midt ud af Ilden; I hørte Ordets Røst, men I saa ingen Skikkelse foruden Røsten.

And the voice of the Lord came to you out of the fire: the sound of his words came to your ears but you saw no form; there was nothing but a voice.

13 Og han forkyndte eder sin Pagt, hvilken han bød eder at holde, de ti Ord; og han skrev dem paa to Stentavler.

And he gave you his agreement with you, the ten rules which you were to keep, which he put in writing on the two stones of the law.

14 Og Herren bød mig paa den samme Tid at lære eder Skikke og Bud, at I skulle gøre derefter i det Land, som I drage over til for at eje det.

And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.

15 Saa bevarer eders Sjæle vel, fordi I saa slet ingen Skikkelse paa den Dag, der Herren talede til eder paa Horeb midt ud af Ilden,

So keep watch on yourselves with care; for you saw no form of any sort on the day when the voice of the Lord came to you in Horeb out of the heart of the fire:

16 at I ikke skulle handle fordærveligt og gøre eder et udskaaret Billede, en Skikkelse af noget Billede, en Lignelse af Mand eller Kvinde,

So that you may not be turned to evil ways and make for yourselves an image in the form of any living thing, male or female,

17 en Lignelse af noget Dyr, som er paa Jorden, en Lignelse af nogen vinget Fugl, som flyver under Himmelen,

Or any beast of the earth, or winged bird of the air,

18 en Lignelse af noget krybende Dyr paa Jorden, en Lignelse af nogen Fisk, som er i Vandet under Jorden;

Or of anything which goes flat on the earth, or any fish in the water under the earth.

19 og at du ikke skal opløfte dine Øjne til Himmelen og se Solen og Maanen og Stjernerne, den ganske Himmelens Hær, og tilskyndes til at tilbede dem og tjene dem, hvilke Herren din Gud har uddelt til alle Folkene under den ganske Himmel.

And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven.

20 Men eder tog Herren og udførte eder af Jernovnen, af Ægypten, for at være hans Arvs Folk, som man ser paa denne Dag.

But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.

21 Og Herren blev vred paa mig for eders Handelers Skyld og svor, at jeg ikke skulde gaa over Jordanen, ej heller komme ind i det gode Land, som Herren din Gud giver dig til Arv.

And the Lord was angry with me because of you, and made an oath that I was not to go over Jordan into the good land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage:

22 Thi jeg dør i dette Land, jeg gaar ikke over Jordanen; men I skulle gaa over den og eje dette gode Land.

But death is to come to me in this land, I may not go over Jordan: but you will go over and take that good land for your heritage.

23 Tager eder i Vare, at I ikke forglemme Herren eders Guds Pagt, som han har gjort med eder, saa at I gøre eder et udskaaret Billede, en Skikkelse af nogen som helst Ting, hvad Herren din Gud har forbudet dig.

Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.

24 Thi Herren din Gud, han er en fortærende Ild, en nidkær Gud.

For the Lord your God is an all-burning fire, and he will not let the honour which is his be given to any other.

25 Naar du avler Børn og Børnebørn, og I blive gamle i Landet, og I handle fordærveligt og gøre et udskaaret Billede, en Skikkelse af nogen som helst Ting, og I gøre det onde for Herren eders Guds Øjne til at opirre ham:

If, when you have had children and children's children, and have been living a long time in the land, you are turned to evil ways, and make an image of any sort, and do evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, moving him to wrath:

26 Da tager jeg i Dag Himmelen og Jorden til Vidne imod eder, at I snart skulle udryddes af det Land, til hvilket I nu drage hen over Jordanen for at eje det; I skulle ikke forlænge eders Dage i det, thi I skulle blive aldeles ødelagte.

May heaven and earth be my witnesses against you today, that destruction will quickly overtake you, cutting you off from that land which you are going over Jordan to take; your days will not be long in that land, but you will come to a complete end.

27 Og Herren skal adsprede eder iblandt Folkene, saa at I skulle blive som en liden Hob tilovers iblandt Hedningerne, hvor Herren skal føre eder hen.

And the Lord will send you wandering among the peoples; only a small band of you will be kept from death among the nations where the Lord will send you.

28 Og der skulle I tjene Guder, et Menneskes Hænders Gerning, Træ og Sten, som hverken kunne se eller høre eller æde eller lugte.

There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.

29 Og I skulle derfra søge Herren din Gud, og du skal finde ham, naar du leder efter ham af dit ganske Hjerte og af din ganske Sjæl.

But if in those lands you are turned again to the Lord your God, searching for him with all your heart and soul, he will not keep himself from you.

30 Naar du faar Angst, og alle disse Ting ramme dig i de sidste Dage, da skal du omvende dig til Herren din Gud og høre paa hans Røst.

When you are in trouble and all these things have come on you, if, in the future, you are turned again to the Lord your God, and give ear to his voice:

31 Thi Herren din Gud er en barmhjertig Gud, han skal ikke opgive dig eller ødelægge dig; han skal ikke heller glemme den Pagt med dine Fædre, som han svor dem.

Because the Lord your God is a God of mercy, he will not take away his help from you or let destruction overtake you, or be false to the agreement which he made by an oath with your fathers.

32 Thi spørg, kære, om de forrige Dage, som have været før dig, fra den Dag Gud skabte Menneskene paa Jorden, og fra Himmelens ene Ende og indtil Himmelens anden Ende, om der er sket noget som denne store Ting, eller om der er hørt noget som dette?

Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.

33 Om et Folk har hørt Guds Røst talende midt ud af Ilden, saaledes som du har hørt, og er blevet ved Live?

Has any people ever gone on living after hearing the voice of God out of the heart of the fire as you did?

34 Eller om Gud har forsøgt at komme for at tage sig et Folk midt ud af Folket, ved Forsøgelser, ved Tegn og ved underlige Gerninger og ved Krig og ved en stærk Haand og ved en udrakt Arm og ved store forfærdelige Gerninger, efter alt det som Herren eders Gud har gjort ved eder i Ægypten for dine Øjne?

Has God ever before taken a nation for himself from out of another nation, by punishments and signs and wonders, by war and by a strong hand and a stretched-out arm and great acts of wonder and fear, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes?

35 Dig er det blevet vist, for at du skal vide, at Herren han er Gud, ingen uden han alene.

All this he let you see, so that you might be certain that the Lord is God and there is no other.

36 Af Himmelen har han ladet dig høre sin Røst for at undervise dig, og paa Jorden har han ladet dig se sin store Ild, og du har hørt hans Ord midt ud af Ilden.

Out of heaven itself his voice came to you, teaching you; and on earth he let you see his great fire; and his words came to your ears out of the heart of the fire.

37 Og fordi han elskede dine Fædre, da udvalgte han deres Sæd efter dem, og han udførte dig af Ægypten ved sit Ansigt, ved sin store Kraft,

And because of his love for your fathers, he took their seed and made it his, and he himself, present among you, took you out of Egypt by his great power;

38 for at uddrive for dit Ansigt større og stærkere Folk, end du er, for at føre dig ind og give dig deres Land til Arv, som det ses paa denne Dag.

Driving out before you nations greater and stronger than you, to take you into their land and give it to you for your heritage, as at this day.

39 Saa skal du vide i Dag og tage dig det til Hjerte, at Herren er Gud i Himmelen oventil og paa Jorden nedentil, der er ingen ydermere.

So today be certain, and keep the knowledge deep in your hearts, that the Lord is God, in heaven on high and here on earth; there is no other God.

40 Og du skal holde hans Skikke og hans Bud, som jeg byder dig i Dag, at det skal gaa dig vel og dine Børn efter dig, og at du maa forlænge Dagene i det Land, som Herren din Gud giver dig alle Dage.

Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.

41 Da fraskilte Mose tre Stæder paa denne Side Jordanen, imod Solens Opgang,

Then Moses had three towns marked out on the far side of Jordan looking to the east;

42 for at en Manddraber, som slaar sin Næste ihjel af Vanvare og uden at han hadede ham tilforn, kunde fly derhen; og at han kunde fly til en af disse Stæder og blive ved Live:

To which anyone causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate, might go in flight; so that in one of these towns he might be kept from death:

43 Nemlig Bezer i Ørken, paa det jævne Land, hos Rubeniterne og Ramoth i Gilead hos Gaditerne og Golan i Basan hos Manassiterne.

The names of the towns were Bezer in the waste land, in the table-land, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for Manasseh.

44 Og dette er Loven, som Mose satte for Israels Børns Ansigt,

This is the law which Moses put before the children of Israel:

45 disse ere Vidnesbyrdene og Skikkene og Budene, som Mose forkyndte Israels Børn, der de vare udgangne af Ægypten,

These are the rules and the laws and the decisions which Moses gave to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt;

46 paa denne Side Jordanen, i Dalen over for Beth-Peor, i den amoritiske Konge Sihons Land, han, som boede i Hesbon, hvem Mose og Israels Børn sloge, der de vare udgangne af Ægypten.

On the far side of Jordan, in the valley facing Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel overcame after they had come out of Egypt:

47 Og de toge hans Land og Ogs, Kongen af Basans, Land til Eje, de to amoritiske Kongers, som vare paa denne Side Jordanen, mod Solens Opgang,

And they took his land for a heritage, and the land of Og, king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, whose lands were on the other side of Jordan to the east;

48 fra Arder, som ligger ved Bækken Arnons Bred, og indtil Sions Bjerg, det er Hermon,

From Aroer on the edge of the valley of the Arnon as far as Mount Sion, which is Hermon,

49 og hele den slette Mark paa denne Side Jordanen mod Østen, og indtil Havet ved den slette Mark neden for Foden af Pisga.

And all the Arabah on the far side of Jordan to the east, as far as the sea of the Arabah under the slopes of Pisgah.