5 Mosebog 9

1 Hør, Israel! du gaar i Dag over Jordanen for at gaa ind og tage til Eje Folk, som ere større og stærkere end du, Stæder, som ere store og faste indtil Himmelen,

Hear, O Israel: Thou are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

2 et stort Folk og højt af Vækst, Anakiternes Børn, som du kender, og som du har hørt sige om: Hvo kan staa for Anaks Børns Ansigt?

a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou know, and of whom thou have heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?

3 Saa skal du vide i Dag, at Herren din Gud, han gaar frem for dit Ansigt, en fortærende Ild, han skal udslette dem, og han skal ydmyge dem for dit Ansigt; og du skal fordrive dem og ødelægge dem snarlig, saaledes som Herren har talet til dig.

Know therefore this day, that Jehovah thy God is he who goes over before thee as a devouring fire. He will destroy them, and he will bring them down before thee. So thou shall drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Jehovah has spoken to thee.

4 Naar Herren din Gud har udstødt dem fra dit Ansigt, da skal du ikke sige i dit Hjerte: For min Retfærdigheds Skyld har Herren ført mig ind at eje dette Land; thi for disse Hedningers Ugudeligheds Skyld fordriver Herren dem for dit Ansigt.

Do not speak thou in thy heart, after Jehovah thy God has thrust them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah has brought me in to possess this land. Whereas for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah drives them out from before thee.

5 Ikke for din Retfærdighed eller for dit Hjertes Oprigtighed kommer du ind for at eje deres Land, men for disse Hedningers Ugudeligheds Skyld fordriver Herren din Gud dem for dit Ansigt og for at stadfæste det Ord, som Herren svor dine Fædre, Abraham, Isak og Jakob.

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, do thou go in to possess their land, but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah thy God drives them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Jehovah swore to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

6 Saa skal du vide, at Herren din Gud ikke for din Retfærdigheds Skyld giver dig dette gode Land til Eje; thi du er et haardnakket Folk.

Know therefore, that Jehovah thy God does not give thee this good land to possess it for thy righteousness, for thou are a stiff-necked people.

7 Kom i Hu, glem ikke, at du fortørnede Herren din Gud i Ørken; fra; den Dag, du udgik af Ægyptens Land, indtil I ere komne til dette Sted, have I været genstridige imod Herren.

Remember, do not thou forget how thou provoked Jehovah thy God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that thou went forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came to this place, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah.

8 Og I fortørnede Herren ved Horeb, og Herren blev vred paa eder, saa at han vilde have ødelagt eder.

Also in Horeb ye provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you.

9 Da jeg var opgangen paa Bjerget at modtage Stentavlerne, den Pagts Tavler, hvilken Herren havde sluttet med eder, da blev jeg paa Bjerget fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter, jeg aad ikke Brød og drak ikke Vand;

When I was gone up onto the mount to receive the tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, then I abode on the mount forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.

10 og Herren gav mig de to Stentavler, skrevne med Guds Finger, og paa dem alle de Ord, som Herren talede med eder paa Bjerget midt ud af Ilden paa Forsamlingens Dag.

And Jehovah delivered to me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God. And on them was according to all the words, which Jehovah spoke with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

11 Og det skete, der de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter havde Ende, da gav Herren mig to Stentavler, Pagtens Tavler.

And it came to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tablets of stone, even the tablets of the covenant.

12 Og Herren sagde til mig: Gør dig rede, gak hastigen ned herfra; thi dit Folk, som du udførte af Ægypten, har handlet fordærveligt; de ere hastigen afvegne fra den Vej, som jeg bød dem, de have gjort sig et støbt Billede.

And Jehovah said to me, Arise, get thee down quickly from here, for thy people that thou have brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them. They have made them a molten image.

13 Og Herren sagde til mig: Jeg har set dette Folk, og se, det er et haardnakket Folk.

Furthermore Jehovah spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

14 Lad af fra mig, og jeg vil ødelægge dem og udslette deres Navn fra at være under Himmelen; og jeg vil gøre dig til et stærkere og større Folk end dette.

Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven, and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

15 Og jeg vendte mig og gik ned ad Bjerget, og Bjerget brændte med Ild, og jeg havde de to Pagtens Tavler i begge mine Hænder.

So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

16 Og jeg saa, og se, I havde syndet imod Herren eders Gud, I havde gjort eder en støbt Kalv, I vare hastigen afvegne fra den Vej, som Herren havde budet eder.

And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah your God. Ye had made you a molten calf. Ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you.

17 Da tog jeg fat paa begge Tavlerne og kastede dem ud af begge mine Hænder, og jeg sønderbrød dem for eders Øjne.

And I took hold of the two tablets, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

18 Og jeg faldt ned for Herrens Ansigt som første Gang, fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter, jeg aad ikke Brød og drak ikke Vand, for alle eders Synders Skyld, som I syndede med, da I gjorde det onde for Herrens Øjne til at opirre ham.

And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

19 Thi jeg gruede for den brændende Vrede, med hvilken Herren var vred paa eder til at ødelægge eder; men Herren hørte mig ogsaa den Gang.

For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which Jehovah was angry against you to destroy you. But Jehovah hearkened to me that time also.

20 Men Herren blev ogsaa saare vred paa Aron, saa at han vilde ødelægge ham; men jeg bad og for Aron paa den samme Tid.

And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

21 Men eders Synd, den Kalv, som I havde gjort, tog jeg og opbrændte den med Ild og stødte den og malede den godt, indtil den blev til fint Støv, og jeg kastede dens Støv i Bækken, som flyder ned ad Bjerget.

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. And I cast the dust of it into the brook that descended out of the mount.

22 Desligeste gjorde I Herren vred i Tabeera og i Massa og i Kibroth-Hattaava.

And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked Jehovah to wrath.

23 Og da Herren sendte eder fra Kades-Barnea og sagde: Gaar op og indtager Landet, som jeg har givet eder, da vare I genstridige mod Herren eders Guds Mund og troede ikke paa ham og hørte ikke paa hans Røst.

And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you, then ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and ye did not believe him, nor hearken to his voice.

24 I have været genstridige mod Herren, saa længe som jeg har kendt eder.

Ye have been rebellious against Jehovah from the day that I knew you.

25 Da faldt jeg ned for Herrens Ansigt de fyrretyve Dage og de fyrretyve Nætter, i hvilke jeg faldt ned; thi Herren havde sagt, at han vilde ødelægge eder.

So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.

26 Og jeg bad til Herren og sagde: Herre, Herre! ødelæg ikke dit Folk og din Arv, som du genløste med din store Kraft, og som du udførte af Ægypten med en stærk Haand.

And I prayed to Jehovah, and said, O lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, that thou have redeemed through thy greatness, that thou have brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

27 Kom dine Tjenere, Abraham, Isak og Jakob i Hu, vend ikke dit Ansigt til dette Folks Haardhed og til dets Ugudelighed og til dets Synd,

Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their profaneness, nor to their sin,

28 at Indbyggerne i det Land, af hvilket du udførte os, ikke skulle sige: Fordi Herren ikke kunde føre dem ind i det Land, som han havde tilsagt dem, og fordi han hadede dem, førte han dem ud at slaa dem ihjel i Ørken.

lest the land from where thou brought us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.

29 Thi de ere dit Folk og din Arv, og du udførte dem med din store Kraft og med din udrakte Arm.

Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou brought out by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm.