Josua 22
1 Da kaldte Josva ad Rubeniterne og ad Gaditerne og ad den halve Manasse Stamme,
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
2 og han sagde til dem: I have holdt alt det, som Mose, Herrens Tjener, bød eder, og I have hørt min Røst i alt det, som jeg har budet eder.
And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
3 I have ikke forladt eders Brødre i disse mange Aar indtil denne Dag; men I have taget Vare paa, hvad I skulle varetage, Herrens, eders Guds, Bud.
Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
4 Og nu har Herren eders Gud skaffet eders Brødre Rolighed, som han havde tilsagt dem; saa vender eder nu og drager til eders Telte til eders Ejendoms Land, som Mose, Herrens Tjener, gav eder paa hin Side Jordanen.
And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, [and] unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.
5 Alene tager Vare paa at gøre det Bud og den Lov, som Mose, Herrens Tjener, bød eder, at elske Herren eders Gud og at vandre i alle hans Veje og at holde hans Bud og at hænge ved ham og at tjene ham af eders ganske Hjerte og af eders ganske Sjæl.
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
6 Saa velsignede Josva dem og lod dem fare, og de gik til deres Telte.
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
7 Og Mose havde givet den halve Manasse Stamme Arv i Basan, og Halvdelen deraf gav Josva Arv med deres Brødre paa denne Side Jordanen mod Vesten. Og tilmed der Josva lod dem fare til deres Telte og havde velsignet dem,
Now to the [one] half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [possession] in Bashan: but unto the [other] half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
8 da sagde han til dem saalunde: Drager tilbage til eders Telte med meget Gods og med saare meget Kvæg, med Sølv og med Guld og med Kobber og med Jern og med saare mange Klæder, deler Byttet fra eders Fjender med eders Brødre!
And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
9 Saa vendte Rubens Børn og Gads Børn og den halve Manasse Stamme tilbage og gik fra Israels Børn fra Silo, som er i Kanaans Land, for at gaa til Gileads Land, til deres Ejendoms Land, i hvilket de havde taget Arv efter Herrens Befaling ved Mose.
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
10 Og der de kom til Geliloth, som ligger i Kanaans Land, ved Jordanen, da byggede Rubens Børn og Gads Børn og den halve Manasse Stamme der et Alter ved Jordanen, et Alter stort af Anseelse.
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that [are] in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
11 Og Israels Børn hørte sige: Se, Rubens Børn og Gads Børn og den halve Manasse Stamme have bygget et Alter foran i Kanaans Land, i Geliloth ved Jordan, over for Israels Børn.
And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
12 Der Israels Børn hørte det, da forsamlede sig al Israels Børns Menighed i Silo, til at drage op imod dem til Strid.
And when the children of Israel heard [of it], the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
13 Saa sendte Israels Børn til Rubens Børn og til Gads Børn og til den halve Manasse Stamme, til Gileads Land, Pinehas, Præsten Eleasars Søn,
And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
14 og ti Fyrster med ham, een Fyrste, hver for et Fædrenehus, af hver af Israels Stammer; og hver af dem var Øverste for deres Fædres Hus, for Israels Tusinder.
And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one [was] an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
15 Og der de kom til Rubens Børn og til Gads Børn og til den halve Manasse Stamme, til Gileads Land, da talede de med dem og sagde:
And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
16 Saa siger al Herrens Menighed: Hvad er denne for en Troløshed, som I have vist mod Israels Gud, i Dag at vende eder bort fra Herren, idet I bygge eder et Alter, saa at I ville i Dag være genstridige mod Herren?
Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass [is] this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
17 Er Misgerningen ved Peor os for liden, fra hvilken vi ikke have renset os indtil denne Dag, og Plagen kom dog over Herrens Menighed?
[Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
18 Og I vende eder i Dag bort fra Herren! og det sker, om I i Dag ere genstridige imod Herren, at han herefter bliver vred paa al Israels Menighed.
But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, [seeing] ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
19 Men dersom eders Ejendoms Land er urent, da kommer over til Herrens Ejendoms Land, hvor Herrens Tabernakel boer, og tager Arv midt iblandt os; og værer ikke genstridige imod Herren, og værer ikke genstridige imod os, saa at I bygge eder et Alter foruden Herrens, vor Guds, Alter.
Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession [be] unclean, [then] pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.
20 Mon ikke Akan, Seras Søn, forgreb sig saare paa det bandlyste? og der kom en Vrede over al Israels Menighed, og denne ene Mand, han var ikke den eneste, som omkom for sin Misgerning.
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
21 Da svarede Rubens Børn og Gads Børn og den halve Manasse Stamme, og de sagde til de Øverste for Israels Tusinder:
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
22 Den stærke, Gud, Herren, den stærke, Gud, Herren, han ved det, og Israel skal vide det: Ej er det Genstridighed, og ej er det Overtrædelse imod Herren — saa frelse du os ikke paa denne Dag! —
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if [it be] in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day, )
23 at vi vilde bygge os et Alter, for at vende os bort fra Herren; og ej er det for at ofre Brændoffer derpaa eller Madoffer, og ej er det for at gøre Takoffer derpaa — saa hjemsøge Herren det selv! —
That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require [it; ]
24 men vi gjorde det af Omhyggelighed, for den Sags Skyld, at vi sagde: Eders Børn maatte ellers herefter sige til vore Børn: Hvad have I at gøre med Herren, Israels Gud?
And if we have not [rather] done it for fear of [this] thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
25 Herren har jo sat Jordanen til Landemærke imellem os og imellem eder, I Rubens Børn og Gads Børn, I have ingen Del i Herren: Saa maatte eders Børn bringe vore Børn til at høre op med at frygte Herren.
For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
26 Derfor sagde vi: Lader os dog gøre dette, at bygge et Alter, ikke til Brændoffer og ej til Slagtoffer;
Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
27 men det skal være et Vidne imellem os og imellem eder og imellem vore Efterkommere efter os, at vi betjene Herrens Tjeneste for hans Ansigt med vore Brændofre og med vore Slagtofre og med vore Takofre, og at eders Børn ikke herefter skulle sige til vore Børn: I have ingen Del i Herren.
But [that] it [may be] a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
28 Derfor sagde vi: Naar det sker, at de sige sligt til os eller til vore Efterkommere herefter, da ville vi sige: Ser den Lignelse af Herrens Alter, som vore Fædre gjorde ikke til Brændoffer og ikke til Slagtoffer, men til et Vidne imellem os og imellem Eder.
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should [so] say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say [again], Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it [is] a witness between us and you.
29 Dette skal være langt fra os at være genstridige mod Herren og at vende os i Dag bort fra Herren, til at bygge et Alter til Brændoffer, til Madoffer og til Slagtoffer, foruden Herren vor Guds Alter, som er foran hans Tabernakel.
God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that [is] before his tabernacle.
30 Der Pinehas, Præsten, og Menighedens Fyrster og Øversterne over Israels Tusinder, som vare med ham, hørte de Ord, som Rubens Børn og Gads Børn og Manasse Børn sagde, da var det godt for deres Øjne.
And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which [were] with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
31 Og Pinehas, Præsten Eleasars Søn, sagde til Rubens Børn og til Gads Børn og til Manasse Børn: I Dag kende vi, at Herren er midt iblandt os, idet I ikke have vist en saadan Troløshed imod Herren, da I have reddet Israels Børn af Herrens Haand.
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD [is] among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
32 Da drog Pinehas, Præsten Eleasars Søn, og Fyrsterne fra Rubens Børn og fra Gads Børn fra Gileads Land til Kanaans Land igen, til Israels Børn; og de bragte dem Svar igen.
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
33 Og det Ord var godt for Israels Børns Øjne, og Israels Børn lovede Gud, og de sagde ikke, at de vilde drage op imod dem til Strid for at ødelægge det Land, som Rubens Børn og Gads Børn boede udi.
And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
34 Og Rubens Børn og Gads Børn gave Alteret det Navn: „det er Vidne imellem os, at Herren er Gud‟.
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar [Ed: ] for it [shall be] a witness between us that the LORD [is] God.
