5 Mosebog 8
1 Iskulle holde alle de Bud, som jeg byder dig i Dag, saa at I gøre derefter, at I maa leve og formeres og komme ind og eje det Land, som Herren har tilsvoret eders Fædre.
“You must faithfully obey all the commandments that I am giving you today. If you do that, you will live [a long time], you will become very numerous, and you will occupy the land that Yahweh solemnly promised your ancestors that he would give [to you].
2 Og du skal ihukomme al den Vej, som Herren din Gud har ladet dig gaa disse fyrretyve Aar i Ørken for at ydmyge dig, for at forsøge dig, for at fornemme, hvad der var i dit Hjerte, om du vilde holde hans Bud eller ej.
And do not forget how Yahweh our God led us as we traveled through the desert during these past 40 years. He [caused you to have many problems/difficulties], because he wanted to cause you to realize that you needed to trust him and not yourselves. And he wanted to test you, to find out what you intended to do [IDM], whether you would obey his commandments or not.
3 Og han ydmygede dig og lod dig hungre og gav dig Man at æde, hvilket du ikke kendte, og dine Fædre ej kendte, for at lade dig vide, at Mennesket lever ikke ved Brødet alene, men Mennesket lever ved alt det, som udgaar af Herrens Mund.
So he caused you to have/experience difficulties. He allowed you to become hungry. Then he gave you manna [food from heaven], food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did that to teach you that people need food [for their bodies]; but [they also need food for their spirits, which comes from paying attention to] everything that Yahweh says [MTY].
4 Dit Klædebon blev ikke gammelt paa dig, og din Fod blev ikke hoven disse fyrretyve Aar.
During those 40 years [of walking through the desert], our clothes did not wear out and our feet did not swell [from walking a very long way through the desert].
5 Saa kan du kende i dit Hjerte, at ligesom en Mand tugter sin Søn, har Herren din Gud tugtet dig.
Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children.
6 Saa hold Herren din Guds Bud, at du vandrer i hans Veje og frygter ham.
“Do obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and revere him.
7 Thi Herren din Gud fører dig ind i et godt Land, et Land med Vandbække, Kilder og dybe Brønde, som udvælde i Dalene og paa Bjergene;
He is about to bring you into a good/fertile land, which has streams which flow down from the hills and pour/flow out of springs in the valleys.
8 et Land med Hvede og Byg og Vintræer og Figentræer og Granatæbletræer, et Land med Olietræer og Honning,
It is a land on which wheat and barley grow, a land where there are fig trees and pomegranates, and a land where there are olive trees and honey.
9 et Land, hvor du ikke skal æde Brød i Armod, hvor du ikke skal fattes noget; et Land, hvis Stene ere Jern, og af hvis Bjerge du kan udhugge Kobber.
It is a land where there will be plenty of food for you, where you will (not lack anything/have everything that you need) [LIT], a land which has iron [ore] in its rocks and from which you can dig copper [ore] from its hills.
10 Og du skal æde og blive mæt og love Herren din Gud for det gode Land, som han har givet dig.
[Every day] you will eat until your stomachs are full, and you will thank Yahweh our God for the fertile/good land that he has given you.
11 Vogt dig, at du ikke forglemmer Herren din Gud, saa at du ikke holder hans Bud og hans Befalinger og hans Skikke, som jeg byder dig i Dag;
But, [when that happens], be sure not to forget Yahweh our God by disobeying his commandments and rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.
12 at du ikke skal æde og blive mæt og bygge gode Huse og bo deri,
When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
13 og dit store Kvæg og dit smaa Kvæg skal formeres, og Sølv og Guld skal formeres for dig, og alt det, som du har, formeres,
and when the number of your cattle and sheep has greatly increased, and when you have accumulated a large amount of silver and gold, and the amount of all your other possessions has greatly increased,
14 og dit Hjerte skulde ophøje sig, og du skulde glemme Herren din Gud, som udførte dig af Ægyptens Land, af Trælles Hus;
be sure that you do not become proud [IDM] and forget Yahweh our God, who rescued your ancestors from being slaves in Egypt and brought them out from there.
15 ham, som ledte dig igennem den store og forfærdelige Ørk, hvor der var giftige Slanger og Skorpioner og Tørhed, hvor der ikke var Vand; ham, som lod Vand udflyde til dig af en haard Stenklippe;
Do not forget that he led them [while they traveled] through that huge and terrible desert, where there were poisonous snakes and scorpions. And do not forget that where the ground was very dry and there was no water, he caused water to flow for them out of (solid/very hard) rock.
16 ham, som gav dig Man at æde i Ørken, hvilket dine Fædre ikke kendte, for at ydmyge dig og for at forsøge dig og at gøre vel imod dig i den sidste Tid;
Do not forget that in that desert he gave your ancestors manna to eat, food that they had never eaten before. He [caused them to have/experience many problems/difficulties], because he wanted them to realize that they needed to trust him and not themselves. And he wanted to test them, to find out whether they intended to obey him, in order that when [those difficulties] ended, he would do many good things for them.
17 og du skulde sige i dit Hjerte: Min Kraft og min Haands Styrke har skaffet mig denne Vælde.
Be sure that you do not think to yourselves, ‘I have acquired all these things by my own power [MTY] and ability.’
18 Men du skal komme Herren din Gud i Hu, thi han er den, som giver dig Kraft til at skaffe dig Vælde, for at stadfæste sin Pagt, som han svor dine Fædre, som det ses paa denne Dag.
Do not forget that it is Yahweh our God who has enabled you to become rich. He does this because he faithfully does what he solemnly promised our ancestors that he would do.
19 Og det skal ske, om du glemmer Herren din Gud og vandrer efter andre Guder og tjener og tilbeder dem, da vidner jeg over eder i Dag, at I skulle omkomme.
“solemnly warn you that if you forget Yahweh our God and turn to other gods and start to serve them and worship them, you will certainly be destroyed.
20 Ligesom Hedningerne, hvilke Herren lader omkomme for eders Ansigt, saaledes skulle I omkomme, fordi I ikke vilde høre Herren eders Guds Røst.
If you do not obey Yahweh our God, he will certainly destroy you just like he will destroy the people-groups that you will fight against.”
