Josua 22
1 Da kaldte Josva ad Rubeniterne og ad Gaditerne og ad den halve Manasse Stamme,
Joshua then summoned the leaders of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the 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.
He said to them, “You have done everything that Moses, who served Yahweh [well], told you to do. You have also done what I told you to do.
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.
For a long time you have helped the other tribes [to defeat their enemies]. You have obeyed everything that Yahweh your God commanded you to do.
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.
He promised to give peace to us Israelis, and he has done what he promised. So now you may go back to your homes, to the land that Moses gave to you, on the east side of the Jordan [River].
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.
Moses also commanded you to love Yahweh your God and to obey his commands, and to continue to worship him and serve him by everything that you think and everything that you do.”
6 Saa velsignede Josva dem og lod dem fare, og de gik til deres Telte.
Then Joshua blessed them and said goodbye to them, and they [prepared to] leave and return to their homes [on the east side of the Jordan River].
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,
Moses had given the Bashan region to half the tribe of Manasseh, and land on the west side of the Jordan [River] to the other half of the tribe. Before they left, he [asked God to] bless 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!
He said, “Go back to your homes and to all the things that you have taken from your enemies—the many animals and silver and gold and [things made of] bronze and iron, and many beautiful clothes. But you should share some of those things with other people of your tribe.”
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.
So the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh left the other Israelis at Shiloh in Canaan land, to return to their homes in the Gilead region. That was the area that belonged to them. It had been allotted to them by Moses as Yahweh had commanded.
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.
The people from those three tribes arrived near the western side of the Jordan River, at a town called Geliloth. There they built a large altar. [Then they crossed the Jordan River to the Gilead region].
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.
But the other Israelis who were still at Shiloh heard about the altar that those men had built.
12 Der Israels Børn hørte det, da forsamlede sig al Israels Børns Menighed i Silo, til at drage op imod dem til Strid.
They became very angry with the men of those tribes, so they decided to fight 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,
The Israelis sent Phinehas, who was the son of Eleazar the Supreme Priest, to [talk with] the people of those three tribes.
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.
They also sent one leader from each of the ten tribes that were still at Shiloh. Each of them was a leader of his clan.
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:
Those leaders went to the Gilead region to talk to the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh. They said,
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?
“All the other Israelis are asking, ‘Why have you rebelled against the God whom we Israelis [worship] by building an altar for yourselves?
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?
Have you forgotten what happened at Peor, [when some Israelis sinned by worshiping the god that the Moab people-group worship]? Many Israelis became very sick and died because of that sin, and we are still suffering because of their sin.
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.
Are you now turning away from obeying Yahweh and refusing to do what he wants? If you do not stop rebelling against Yahweh today, he will be angry with all of us Israelis tomorrow.’
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.
“If [you think that Yahweh considers] that your land here is not suitable for worshiping him, come back to our land where Yahweh’s Sacred Tent is. We can share our land with you. But do not rebel against Yahweh and against us by building another altar for Yahweh 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.
Do you remember what happened when Zerah’s son Achan refused to obey [Yahweh’s command to destroy everything in Jericho]? That one man disobeyed God’s command, but many [HYP] other Israelis were punished. Achan died because of his sin, but other Israelis also died.”
21 Da svarede Rubens Børn og Gads Børn og den halve Manasse Stamme, og de sagde til de Øverste for Israels Tusinder:
The [leaders of the] tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh replied,
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! —
“Yahweh, the Almighty God, knows [why we did that], and we want you to know, too. If we have done something wrong [against Yahweh], you may kill us.
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! —
If we have disobeyed one of Yahweh’s laws, we request that he should punish us. We did not build that new altar to completely burn animals as sacrifices to Yahweh, or to offer on it sacrifices of grain or sacrifices to maintain fellowship with God.
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?
“This is the reason that we built that altar: We were afraid/worried that some day your descendants would say that our descendants are not true Israelis. We were afraid that then they would say, ‘You are not allowed to worship Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship].
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.
Yahweh caused the Jordan River to be a boundary between us and you people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad. So you are not allowed to worship Yahweh.’ We were worried that your descendants would force our descendants to stop worshiping Yahweh.
26 Derfor sagde vi: Lader os dog gøre dette, at bygge et Alter, ikke til Brændoffer og ej til Slagtoffer;
“That is the reason that we decided to build that [new] altar. But it is not an altar for completely burning sacrifices of animals and [burning other] sacrifices.
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.
We built that new altar to prove/show to you and to us and to all of our descendants that we worship Yahweh by completely burning animal sacrifices and offerings of grain and offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh [only at the place Yahweh chooses]. We do not want your descendants to say to our descendants, ‘You do not belong to Yahweh.’
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.
“In the future, if your descendants say that, our descendants can say, ‘Look at the altar that our ancestors made! It is exactly like Yahweh’s altar [that our ancestors built], but we do not burn sacrifices on it. It only shows that we are Israelis!’
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.
We certainly do not want to rebel against Yahweh or stop doing what he desires, by building an altar for completely burning some sacrifices and burning grain offerings and making [other] sacrifices. [We know that] there is only one true altar for Yahweh our God, and it is in front of the Sacred Tent [at Shiloh].”
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.
When Phinehas the priest and the other [ten] leaders heard what they said, they were pleased.
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.
So Phinehas said to them, “Now we know that Yahweh is with all of us Israelis, and that you were not rebelling against him [when you built that altar]. And we know that Yahweh will not punish us Israelis [because of your having done that].”
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.
Then Phinehas and the Israeli leaders left the people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad in the Gilead region, and returned to Canaan. There they told the other Israelis what had happened.
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.
They were pleased, and they thanked God. And they did not talk any more about fighting against the people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and destroying everything in their land.
34 Og Rubens Børn og Gads Børn gave Alteret det Navn: „det er Vidne imellem os, at Herren er Gud‟.
The people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad named their new altar ‘A reminder to us all that Yahweh is God’.
