2 Mosebog 23
1 Du skal ikke antage falsk Rygte; du skal ikke række den ugudelige Haanden til at være et uretfærdigt Vidne.
“Do not tell to others (false rumors/untrue reports) about other people. Do not help someone who is guilty by (testifying falsely/lying) [about what happened].
2 Du skal ikke følge Mængden til det onde, og du skal ikke svare i en Trætte, saa at du bøjer Retten efter Mængden.
Do not join a group of people who are planning to do something evil. Do not testify the way the [crowd wants you to], if that will prevent [the judge from deciding the case] justly/fairly.
3 Og du skal ikke besmykke den ringe i hans Trætte.
When a poor person is on trial, do not [testify in] his favor [just] because he is poor [and you feel sorry for him].
4 Naar du møder din Fjendes Okse eller hans Asen, som farer vild, da skal du føre dem til ham igen.
If you see someone’s bull or donkey when it is wandering away [loose], take it back to [its owner, even if the owner] is your enemy.
5 Naar du ser din Uvens Asen ligge under sin Byrde, da vogt dig, at du ikke overlader det til ham; du skal løse Byrden af tillige med ham.
If you see someone’s donkey that has fallen down [because of its heavy load], help the owner to get the donkey up again, [even if] he is someone who hates you. Do not just walk away [without helping him].
6 Du skal ikke bøje Retten for den fattige hos dig i hans Trætte.
Decide the cases of poor people who are on trial [as] fairly [as you decide the cases of other people].
7 Du skal holde dig langt fra falsk Sag, og du skal ikke ihjelslaa den uskyldige og retfærdige; thi jeg lader ikke den skyldige have Ret.
Do not accuse people falsely. Do not decide that innocent and righteous [DOU] people should be executed, because I will (punish/not forgive) people who do such an evil thing.
8 Og du skal ikke tage Gave; thi Gaven kan forblinde de seende og forvende de retfærdiges Sager.
Do not accept money that is a bribe, because officials who accept bribes are not able to [MTY] decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly.
9 Og du skal ikke fortrykke den fremmede; thi I vide selv, hvorledes den fremmede er til Mode, thi I vare selv fremmede i Ægyptens Land.
Do not mistreat foreigners [who live among you]. You know [how people often treat] foreigners, because the Egyptians [did not treat you well when] you were foreigners there.
10 Og seks Aar skal du besaa dit Land og sanke dets Grøde;
Plant [seeds] in your ground and gather the harvest for six years.
11 men i det syvende skal du lade det ligge og hvile, at de fattige iblandt dit Folk maa æde deraf, og hvad deraf bliver tilovers, maa vilde Dyr paa Marken æde; saa skal du gøre med din Vingaard og med din Oliegaard.
But during the seventh year you must not plant anything. [If things grow without your planting seeds], allow poor people [to harvest and] eat the crops. If there are still crops (left over/that they do not harvest), allow wild animals to eat them. Do the same thing with your grapevines/vineyards and your olive trees.
12 Seks Dage skal du gøre din Gerning, men paa den syvende Dag skal du hvile, paa det at din Okse og dit Asen maa hvile, og din Tjenestekvindes Søn og den fremmede maa vederkvæges.
[You may] work for six days [each week], but on the seventh day you must rest [and not work]. And on the seventh day you must allow your work animals and your slaves and the foreigners [who live among you] also [to rest and] be refreshed.
13 Og alt det, som jeg har sagt til eder, skulle I holde; og I skulle ikke ihukomme andre Guders Navn, det skal ikke høres af din Mund.
Make certain that you obey everything that I have commanded [you to do]. Do not pray to [MTY] other gods. Do not even mention their names.”
14 Du skal holde mig tre Gange Højtid om Aaret.
“Every year you must celebrate three festivals to [honor] me.
15 Du skal holde de usyrede Brøds Højtid; du skal æde usyrede Brød syv Dage, saasom jeg befalede dig, til den bestemte Tid i Abib Maaned, thi i den drog du ud af Ægypten; og for mit Ansigt skal ingen lade sig se tomhændet;
[The first one] is the Festival of Bread That Has No Yeast. Celebrate it in the month [that is named] Abib. That is the month in which you left Egypt. Celebrate it in the way that I commanded you. And always bring [LIT] an offering when you come to worship me.
16 og den Højtid naar du høster dit Arbejdes Førstegrøde af det, som du har saaet paa Marken; og Indsamlingens Højtid naar Aaret gaar ud, naar du har samlet dit Arbejdes Frugt af Marken.
The second one is the Festival of Harvesting. During that festival you must offer to me the first parts/harvest of your crops that grow from the seeds that you planted. The third one is the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. That will be after you finish harvesting your grain and grapes and fruit.
17 Tre Gange om Aaret skal alt dit Mandkøn ses for den Herres, Herres Ansigt.
Every year, at each of these times, all the men must gather together to worship me, Yahweh God.
18 Du skal ikke ofre mit Slagtoffers Blod, hvor der er syret Brød, og det fede fra min Højtid skal ikke blive liggende Natten over til om Morgenen.
When you sacrifice an animal [and offer it] to me, you must not offer bread that has been baked with yeast. [When you] offer sacrifices, [burn] the fat [from the animals on that same day]. Do not allow any fat to remain until the next morning.
19 Det første, din Jords Førstegrøde, skal du føre til Herren din Guds Hus; du skal ikke koge et Kid i dets Moders Mælk.
Each year, when you harvest your crops, bring to the place where you worship me, Yahweh God, the first part of what you harvest. When you kill a (young animal/kid [or lamb or calf)], do not [prepare to eat it by] boiling it in its mother’s milk.”
20 Se, jeg sender en Engel for dit Ansigt at bevare dig paa Vejen og føre dig til det Sted, som jeg har beredt.
“Note this: I am going to send an angel ahead of you, to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared [for you]. Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him, because he will have my authority [MTY] and he will (punish/not forgive) [LIT] you if you rebel against him.
21 Forvar dig for hans Ansigt og lyd hans Røst, fortørn ham ikke; thi han skal ikke forlade eder eders Overtrædelser, thi mit Navn er i ham.
22 Thi dersom du hører hans Røst og gør alt det, som jeg vil sige, da vil jeg og være dine Fjenders Fjende, og jeg vil trænge dem, som trænge dig.
But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you [to do], I will fight strongly [DOU] against all of your enemies.
23 Thi min Engel skal gaa for dit Ansigt, og føre dig til de Amoriter og Hethiter og Feresiter og Kananiter og Heviter og Jebusiter; og jeg vil udslette dem.
My angel will go ahead of you, and will take you to where the Amor and Heth and Periz and Canaan and Hiv and Jebus people-groups live, and I will completely get rid of them.
24 Du skal ikke tilbede deres Guder og ej tjene dem og ikke gøre, som de gøre; men du skal nedbryde dem og sønderslaa deres Billeder.
Do not bow down before their gods/idols or worship them. And do not do the things [that they think that their gods want] them to do. Completely destroy their gods/idols, and smash to pieces their sacred stones.
25 Men I skulle tjene Herren, eders Gud, og han skal velsigne Brødet og Vandet for dig; og jeg vil borttage Sygdom fra dig.
You must worship me, Yahweh God. [If you do that], I will bless your (OR, bless [you by giving you]) food and water, and I will protect you from becoming sick.
26 Der skal ingen være, som føder i Utide eller er ufrugtbar i dit Land; jeg vil lade dig fylde dine Dages Tal.
No women in your land will have (miscarriages/babies that will die after being born prematurely), and no women will be unable to become pregnant. And I will enable you to live a long time.
27 Jeg vil sende Forfærdelse for mig for dit Ansigt og forvirre hvert Folk, som du kommer til; og jeg vil lade alle dine Fjender fly for dig.
I will cause the people who oppose you to become very afraid of me. I will cause the people whom you fight against to become very confused. And then I will cause them to turn around and run away from you.
28 Og jeg vil sende Gedehamse for dit Ansigt, som skulle udjage Heviterne, Kananiterne og Hethiterne for dig.
I will cause your enemies to become terrified. And I will expel the Hiv, Canaan, and Heth people-groups from your land.
29 Jeg vil ikke udjage dem fra dit Ansigt paa eet Aar, at Landet ikke skal blive øde, og vilde Dyr paa Marken ikke skulle formeres mod dig.
I will not expel [all of] them in less than one year. If I did that, your land would become deserted, and there would be very many wild animals ([that would attack you/you would not be able to control]).
30 Jeg vil uddrive dem for dit Ansigt lidt efter lidt, indtil at du bliver mangfoldig og besidder Landet.
I will expel those people-groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in the land.
31 Og jeg vil sætte dit Landemærke fra det røde Hav indtil Filistrenes Hav og fra Ørken indtil Floden; thi jeg vil give Landets Indbyggere i eders Haand, og du skal uddrive dem fra dit Ansigt.
I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba) [in the southeast] to the Mediterranean Sea [in the northwest], and from the [Sinai] Desert [in the southwest] to the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast of the country]. I will enable you [MTY] to expel the people who live there, so that you will expel them as you occupy more of the country.
32 Du skal ikke gøre Pagt med dem eller med deres Guder.
You must not make any agreement/treaty with those people or with their gods.
33 Lad dem ikke bo i dit Land, at de ikke skulle komme dig til at synde imod mig; thi du kunde tjene deres Guder, og det vilde blive dig til en Snare.
Do not allow [those people] to live in your land, in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, [you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me, just like someone caught] in a trap [is unable to escape] [MET].”
