2 Mosebog 23
1 Du skal ikke antage falsk Rygte; du skal ikke række den ugudelige Haanden til at være et uretfærdigt Vidne.
You must not give a false report about anyone. Do not join with a wicked man to be a dishonest witness.
2 Du skal ikke følge Mængden til det onde, og du skal ikke svare i en Trætte, saa at du bøjer Retten efter Mængden.
You must not follow a crowd to do evil, nor may you bear witness while siding with the crowd in order to pervert justice.
3 Og du skal ikke besmykke den ringe i hans Trætte.
You must not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
4 Naar du møder din Fjendes Okse eller hans Asen, som farer vild, da skal du føre dem til ham igen.
If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you must bring it back to him.
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 the donkey of someone who hates you fallen to the ground under its load, you must not leave that person. You must surely help him with his donkey.
6 Du skal ikke bøje Retten for den fattige hos dig i hans Trætte.
Do not thrust aside justice for your poor in his lawsuit.
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 join others in making false accusations, and do not kill the innocent or righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
8 Og du skal ikke tage Gave; thi Gaven kan forblinde de seende og forvende de retfærdiges Sager.
Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see, and perverts honest people's words.
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.
You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
10 Og seks Aar skal du besaa dit Land og sanke dets Grøde;
For six years you will sow seed on your land and gather in its produce.
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 in the seventh year you will leave it unplowed and fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat. What they leave, the wild animals will eat. You will do the same with your vineyards and olive orchards.
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.
During six days you will do your work, but on the seventh day you must rest. Do this so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and so that your female slave's son and any foreigner may 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.
Pay attention to everything that I have said to you. Do not mention the names of other gods, nor let their names be heard from your mouth.
14 Du skal holde mig tre Gange Højtid om Aaret.
You must travel to hold a festival for me three times every year.
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;
You are to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you will eat unleavened bread for seven days. At that time, you will appear before me in the month of Aviv, which is fixed for this purpose. It was in this month that you came out from Egypt. But you must not appear before me empty-handed.
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.
You must observe the Festival of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors when you sowed seed in the fields. Also you must observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your produce from the fields.
17 Tre Gange om Aaret skal alt dit Mandkøn ses for den Herres, Herres Ansigt.
All your males must appear before the Lord Yahweh three times every year.
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.
You must not offer the blood from sacrifices made to me with bread containing yeast. The fat from the sacrifices at my festivals must not remain all night until the 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.
You must bring the choicest firstfruits from your land into my house, the house of Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat 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.
I am going to send an angel before you to guard you on the way, and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
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.
Be attentive to him and obey him. Do not provoke him, for he will not pardon your transgressions. My name is on him.
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.
If you indeed obey his voice and do everything that I tell you, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
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 before you and bring you to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and the Jebusites. I will destroy 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.
You must not bow down to their gods, worship them, or do as they do. Instead, you must completely overthrow them and smash their stone pillars in pieces.
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 Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and water. I will remove sickness from among you.
26 Der skal ingen være, som føder i Utide eller er ufrugtbar i dit Land; jeg vil lade dig fylde dine Dages Tal.
No woman will be barren or will miscarry her young in your land. I will give you long lives.
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 send fear of myself on those into whose land you advance. I will kill all the people whom you meet. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in fright.
28 Og jeg vil sende Gedehamse for dit Ansigt, som skulle udjage Heviterne, Kananiterne og Hethiterne for dig.
I will send hornets before you that will drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you.
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 drive them out from before you in one year, or the land would become abandoned, and the wild animals would become too many for you.
30 Jeg vil uddrive dem for dit Ansigt lidt efter lidt, indtil at du bliver mangfoldig og besidder Landet.
Instead, I will drive them out little by little from before you until you become fruitful and inherit 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 fix your borders from the Sea of Reeds to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give you victory over the land's inhabitants. You will drive them out before yourselves.
32 Du skal ikke gøre Pagt med dem eller med deres Guder.
You must not make a covenant with them 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.
They must not live in your land, or they would make you sin against me. If you worship their gods, this will surely become a trap for you.'”
