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, O Israel, listen to the statutes and to the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that you live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which YHWH God of your fathers is giving to 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.

You do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of your God YHWH which I am commanding 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 are seeing that which YHWH has done in Ba‘al-Peor, for every man who has gone after Ba‘al-Peor, your God YHWH has destroyed him from your midst;

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

and you who are cleaving to your God YHWH [are] alive today—all of you.

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.

See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as my God YHWH has commanded me, to do so in the midst of the land to where you are going in to possess it;

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.

and you have kept and done [them] (for it [is] your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Surely a people wise and understanding [is] this great nation.

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 which [is] the great nation that has God [so] near to it, as our God YHWH, in all we have called to Him?

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 which [is] the great nation which has righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting 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 heed to yourself, and watch your soul exceedingly, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from your heart all [the] days of your life; and you have made them known to your sons and to your sons’ sons.

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.

[Never forget] the day when you have stood before your God YHWH in Horeb, in YHWH’s saying to me, Assemble the people to Me, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and they teach their sons;

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 draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire to the heart of the heavens, [with] darkness, cloud, and thick darkness,

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

and YHWH speaks to you out of the midst of the fire; you are hearing a voice of words, but you are seeing no likeness, only 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 declares His covenant to you, which He has commanded you to do, the Ten Commandments, and He writes them on two tablets of stone.

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 YHWH has commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, for your doing them in the land to where you are passing over to possess it.

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,

And you have been very watchful of your souls, for you have not seen any likeness in the day of YHWH’s speaking to you in Horeb out of the midst 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,

lest you do corruptly, and have made for yourselves a carved image, a likeness of any figure: a form of male or female,

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

a form of any beast which [is] in the earth, a form of any winged bird which flies in the heavens,

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

a form of any creeping thing on the ground, a form of any fish which [is] in the waters below 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 lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and have seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and have been drawn away, and have bowed yourself to them and served them, which your God YHWH has apportioned to all the peoples under all the heavens.

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

And YHWH has taken you, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people, an inheritance, as [at] this day.

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 YHWH has showed Himself angry with me because of your words, and swears to my not passing over the Jordan, and to my not going into the good land which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance;

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

for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, but you are passing over and have possessed this good land.

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 heed to yourselves lest you forget the covenant of your God YHWH which He has made with you, and have made a carved image for yourselves, a likeness of anything [concerning] which your God YHWH has charged you;

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

for your God YHWH is a consuming fire—a zealous God.

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:

When you beget sons and sons’ sons, and you have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a carved image, a likeness of anything, and have done evil in the eyes of YHWH to provoke Him to anger,

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.

I have caused the heavens and the earth to testify against you this day, that you perish utterly quickly from off the land to where you are passing over the Jordan to possess it; you do not prolong days on it, but are utterly destroyed;

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 YHWH has scattered you among the peoples, and you have been left few in number among the nations to where YHWH leads 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.

and you have served gods there, work of man’s hands, wood and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

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.

And you have sought your God YHWH from there, and have found [Him] when you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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.

In the distress of yours, when all these things have found you in the latter end of the days, and you have turned back to your God YHWH and have listened 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.

for your God YHWH [is] a merciful God—He does not fail you, nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He has sworn to them.

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?

For ask now of the former days which have been before you, from the day that God created man on the earth, and from the [one] end of the heavens even to the [other] end of the heavens, whether there has been as this great thing, or [if anything] has been heard like it.

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

Has a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, you—and live?

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?

Or has God tried to go in to take a nation for Himself from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that your God YHWH has done to you in Egypt before your eyes?

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

You—you have been shown [it], to know that He, YHWH, [is] God; there is none else besides Him.

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.

He has caused you to hear His voice from the heavens, to instruct you; and on earth He has showed you His great fire, and you have heard His words out of the midst 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 that He has loved your fathers, He also fixes on their seed after them, and brings you out in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt,

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.

to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you from your presence, to bring you in to give their land to you [for] an inheritance, 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.

And you have known today, and have turned [it] back to your heart, that He, YHWH, [is] God in the heavens above and on the earth below—there is none else;

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.

and you have kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding you today, so that it is well for you, and for your sons after you, and so that you prolong days on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you—all the days.”

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

Then Moses separates three cities beyond the Jordan, toward the sun-rising,

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:

for the fleeing there of the manslayer who slays his neighbor unknowingly, and he is not hating him before, and he has fled to one of these cities and he has lived:

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

Bezer in the wilderness, in the land of the plain, for the Reubenite; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadite; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassite.

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

And this [is] the law which Moses has set before the sons of Israel;

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

these [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses has spoken to the sons of Israel in their coming 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.

beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have struck in their coming 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 possess his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan, [toward] the sun-rising,

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

from Aroer, which [is] by the edge of the Brook of Arnon, even to Mount Zion, 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 plain beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the Sea of the Plain, below the Springs of Pisgah.