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 keep all the commands that I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that Yahweh swore to your fathers.
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.
You will call to mind all the ways that Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order that he might humble you, that he might test you to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep 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.
He humbled you, and made you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you had not known and which your fathers had not known. He did that to make you know that it is not by bread alone that people live; rather, it is by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh that people live.
4 Dit Klædebon blev ikke gammelt paa dig, og din Fod blev ikke hoven disse fyrretyve Aar.
Your clothing did not wear out and fall off you, and your feet did not swell up during those forty years.
5 Saa kan du kende i dit Hjerte, at ligesom en Mand tugter sin Søn, har Herren din Gud tugtet dig.
You will think about in your heart, how, as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.
6 Saa hold Herren din Guds Bud, at du vandrer i hans Veje og frygter ham.
You will keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, so that you might walk in his ways and honor 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;
For Yahweh your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out into valleys and among hills;
8 et Land med Hvede og Byg og Vintræer og Figentræer og Granatæbletræer, et Land med Olietræer og Honning,
a land of wheat and barley, of vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of 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 in which you will eat bread without lack, and where you will not go without anything; a land whose stones are made of iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
10 Og du skal æde og blive mæt og love Herren din Gud for det gode Land, som han har givet dig.
You will eat and be full, and you will bless Yahweh your God for the 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;
Be careful that you do not forget Yahweh your God, and that you do not neglect his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes that I am commanding you today,
12 at du ikke skal æde og blive mæt og bygge gode Huse og bo deri,
otherwise, when you eat and are full, and when you build good houses and live in them, your heart will be lifted up.
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,
Be careful when your herds and flocks multiply and when your silver and gold increase, and all that you have is multiplied,
14 og dit Hjerte skulde ophøje sig, og du skulde glemme Herren din Gud, som udførte dig af Ægyptens Land, af Trælles Hus;
then your heart becomes lifted up and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
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 him who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the rock of flint.
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;
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors had never known, so that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end,
17 og du skulde sige i dit Hjerte: Min Kraft og min Haands Styrke har skaffet mig denne Vælde.
but you may say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand acquired all this wealth.'
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.
But you will call to mind Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is today.
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.
It will happen that, if you will forget Yahweh your God and walk after other gods, worship them, and reverence them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
20 Ligesom Hedningerne, hvilke Herren lader omkomme for eders Ansigt, saaledes skulle I omkomme, fordi I ikke vilde høre Herren eders Guds Røst.
Like the nations that Yahweh is making to perish before you, so will you perish, because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
