1 Mosebog 22
1 Og det skete derefter, at Gud fristede Abraham og sagde til ham: Abraham! og han sagde: se, her er jeg.
Several years later, God tested Abraham [to find out] whether Abraham [really trusted in him and would obey him]. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, “I’m here.”
2 Og han sagde: Tag nu din Søn, din eneste, som du har kær, Isak, og gak du til Moria Land og offer ham der til et Brændoffer paa et af Bjergene, som jeg vil sige dig.
God said, “Your son, Isaac, whom you love very much, is the only son [who is still here with you]. But take him and go together to the Moriah region. Offer him as a sacrifice like a burnt offering, on a hill that I will show you.”
3 Saa stod Abraham aarle op om Morgenen og sadlede sit Asen og tog to af sine Drenge med sig og Isak sin Søn; og han kløvede Veddet til Brændofferet og gjorde sig rede og gik til Stedet, som Gud havde sagt ham.
So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about.
4 Paa den tredje Dag, da opløftede Abraham sine Øjne og saa Stedet langt borte.
On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go.
5 Da sagde Abraham til sine Drenge: Bliver I her med Asenet, og jeg og Drengen vi ville gaa derhen, og vi ville tilbede og komme til eder igen.
Abraham said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We will worship God there, and then we will come back to you.”
6 Og Abraham tog Veddet til Brændofferet og lagde paa Isak, sin Søn, men han tog Ilden og Kniven i sin Haand, og de gik begge tilsammen.
Then Abraham took the wood to kindle a fire for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, for him to carry. Abraham carried in his hand a [pan containing burning coals to start a] fire, and a knife, and the two of them walked along together.
7 Da talede Isak til Abraham, sin Fader, og sagde: Min Fader! og denne sagde: Se, her er jeg, min Søn; og han sagde: Se, Ilden og Veddet! men hvor er Lammet til Brændofferet?
Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, saying, “My father!” Abraham replied, “Yes, my son, I’m here!” Isaac said, “Look, we have wood and [coals to light] a fire, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 Og Abraham sagde: Gud skal selv udse sig Lammet til Brændofferet, min Søn; saa gik de begge tilsammen.
Abraham replied, “My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two of them continued walking along together.
9 Og der de kom til det Sted, som Gud havde sagt ham, da byggede Abraham der et Alter og lagde Veddet til Rette, og han bandt Isak, sin Søn, og lagde ham paa Alteret oven paa Veddet.
They arrived at the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood on top of it. Then he tied his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
10 Og Abraham rakte sin Haand ud og greb Kniven for at slagte sin Søn.
Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son.
11 Da raabte Herrens Engel af Himmelen til ham og sagde: Abraham, Abraham! og han sagde: Se, her er jeg.
But an angel [who was really Yahweh] called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!”
12 Og han sagde: Læg ikke din Haand paa Drengen og gør ham intet; thi nu kender jeg, at du frygter Gud og har ikke sparet din Søn, din eneste, for mig.
The angel said, “Do not harm the boy or do anything to injure him, because now I know that you respect and obey God. I know that because you have not refused to sacrifice your son, the only son [who is still with you].”
13 Da opløftede Abraham sine Øjne og saa, og se, en Vædder bag ham var indviklet i Busken ved sine Horn; og Abraham gik og tog Vædderen og ofrede den til Brændoffer i sin Søns Sted.
Then Abraham looked up and saw that a ram was nearby, whose horns had been caught in a (thicket/clump of bushes). So Abraham went over and grabbed the ram [and killed it], and sacrificed it on the altar as a burnt offering, instead of his son.
14 Saa kaldte Abraham det samme Steds Navn: Herren skal se; hvilket siges paa denne Dag: Paa Herrens Bjerg skal ses.
Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.”
15 Og Herrens Engel raabte til Abraham anden Gang af Himmelen.
The angel [who was really Yahweh] called out to Abraham from heaven a second time.
16 Og han sagde: Jeg har svoret ved mig, siger Herren, at fordi du gjorde dette og ikke sparede din Søn, den eneste:
He said, “I, Yahweh your Lord, am telling you that you did what I told you, and you have not refused to sacrifice your only son [that is with you]. So I say, ‘I solemnly swear, with myself as my witness,
17 derfor vil jeg storligen velsigne dig og meget mangfoldiggøre din Sæd som Stjernerne paa Himmelen og som Sand, der er ved Havets Bred, og din Sæd skal eje sine Fjenders Port;
that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’
18 og udi din Sæd skulle alle Folk paa Jorden velsignes, fordi du lød min Røst.
You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.”
19 Saa gik Abraham tilbage til sine Drenge, og de gjorde sig rede og fore tilsammen til Beersaba; thi Abraham boede i Beersaba.
Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
20 Og det skete efter disse Handeler, at det blev Abraham forkyndt, idet man sagde: Se, Milka, hun har ogsaa født din Broder Nakor Sønner,
After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.”
21 nemlig Uz, hans førstefødte, og Bus, hans Broder, og Kemuel, Arams Fader,
The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram.
22 og Kesed og Kaso og Pildask og Jidlaf og Bethuel;
After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,
23 men Bethuel avlede Rebekka; disse otte fødte Milka Nakor, Abrahams Broder.
who was the father of Rebekah, [who later became Isaac’s wife]. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.
24 Og han havde en Medhustru, og hendes Navn var Reuma, og hun fødte ogsaa Tebak og Gakam og Takask og Maaka.
Nahor also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife), whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
