4 Mosebog 19

1 Og Herren talede til Mose og til Aron og sagde:

Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,

2 Dette skal være Lovens Skik, som Herren har budet og sagt: Sig til Israels Børn, at de skulle tage til dig en rød Kvie, uden Lyde, paa hvilken ingen Men er, og paa hvilken der ikke er kommet Aag.

“I am now giving to you another regulation. Tell the Israeli people to bring to you one reddish-brown cow that has no defects. It must be an animal that (has never been/no one has ever) used for plowing ground.

3 Og I skulle give den til Eleasar, Præsten, og han skal føre den hen uden for Lejren, og man skal slagte den for hans Ansigt.

Give it to Eleazar, the priest. He must take it outside the camp and slaughter it [and drain the blood in a basin].

4 Og Eleasar, Præsten, skal tage af dens Blod paa sin Finger, og han skal stænke af dens Blod hen imod Forsiden af Forsamlingens Paulun syv Gange.

He must dip one of his fingers in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times [on the ground] near the Sacred Tent.

5 Og man skal opbrænde Kvien for hans Øjne, dens Hud og dens Kød og dens Blod skal man opbrænde tillige med dens Møg.

Then, while Eleazar watches, the cow must be burned completely—its hide, its meat, [the rest of] its blood, and even its dung.

6 Og Præsten skal tage Cedertræ og Isop og Skarlagen, og han skal kaste det midt paa Kviens Baal.

Eliezer then must take a stick of cedar wood, a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop, and some scarlet/red yarn, and throw them into the fire where the cow is burning.

7 Og Præsten skal to sine Klæder og bade sit Legeme i Vand, og derefter skal han komme i Lejren; og Præsten skal være uren indtil Aftenen.

“Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe. After doing that, he may return to the camp. But he will be unfit for doing any sacred work until that evening.

8 Og den, som opbrændte den, skal to sine Klæder i Vand og bade sit Legeme i Vand og være uren indtil Aftenen.

The man who burns the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe, and he will also be unacceptable to me until that evening.

9 Og en Mand, som er ren, skal sanke Asken af Kvien og lægge den uden for Lejren paa et rent Sted, og den skal være i Forvaring til Israels Børns Menighed, til Renselsesvand, det er Syndoffer.

“Then someone who has not become unacceptable to me must gather up the ashes of the cow and put them in a (sacred place/place that is acceptable to me) outside the camp. The ashes must be kept there for the people of Israel to [use when they] mix it with water for the ritual to remove the guilt of sin.

10 Og den, som har sanket Asken af Kvien, skal to sine Klæder og være uren indtil Aftenen, Og dette skal være for Israels Børn og for den fremmede, som opholder sig midt iblandt eder, til en evig Skik.

The man who gathers up the ashes of the cow must [also] wash his clothes, and he [also] will be unfit to do any more sacred work until that evening. That is a regulation that will never be changed. It must be obeyed by you Israeli people and by any foreigners who live among you.

11 Hvo som rører ved en død, ved noget Menneskes Lig, han skal være uren i syv Dage.

“All those who touch a corpse will be unacceptable to me for seven days.

12 Han skal dermed rense sig fra Synden paa den tredje Dag og paa den syvende Dag, saa bliver han ren; og renser han sig ikke fra Synden paa den tredje Dag og paa den syvende Dag, saa bliver han ikke ren.

On the third day and on the seventh day [after touching a corpse], in order to become acceptable to me again, [they must have sprinkled on them] some of that water for removing the guilt of their sin. If they do not do that on both of those days, they will continue to be unacceptable to me.

13 Enhver som rører ved en død, ved et dødt Menneskes Lig, og ikke vil rense sig fra Synden, han gør Herrens Tabernakel urent, og den Sjæl skal udryddes af Israel, fordi Renselsesvand ikke blev stænket paa ham; han skal være uren, hans Urenhed er fremdeles paa ham.

All those who touch a corpse, and do not perform in the correct way the ritual to become acceptable to me again, defile Yahweh’s Sacred Tent. They will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people. The water to remove the guilt of sin was not sprinkled on them, so they continue to be unacceptable to me.

14 Dette er Loven, naar et Menneske dør i Teltet, hver den, som kommer ind i Teltet, og alt det, som er i Teltet, skal være urent i syv Dage;

“There is another ritual that must be performed when someone dies inside a tent. All those who were inside that tent when that person died or who enter that tent will be unacceptable to me for seven days.

15 og hvert aabent Kar, som der ikke er bundet et Stykke Klæde over, det er urent.

Any jars that are inside that tent that are not covered are not permitted to be used.

16 Og hver som rører ved nogen paa Marken, der er ihjelslaget med Sværd, eller ved en død eller ved et Menneskes Ben eller ved en Grav, den skal være uren i syv Dage.

If someone who is out in a field touches the corpse of someone who was murdered, or who died from natural causes, or if someone touches a bone from some human or touches a grave, that person will be unacceptable to me for seven days.

17 Saa skulle de tage for den urene af det brændte Syndoffers Aske, og man skal komme rindende Vand derpaa i et Kar.

“For someone like that to become acceptable to me again, some of the ashes from [the cow] that was burned must be taken and put in a jar. Then some fresh water must be poured over the ashes.

18 Og en Mand, som er ren, skal tage Isop og dyppe i Vandet, og stænke over Teltet og over alle Karrene og over Personerne, som have været der, og over den, som har rørt ved et Ben eller ved en ihjelslagen eller ved en død eller ved en Grav.

Then someone who is still acceptable to me must take a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop and dip it into the water. Then that person must sprinkle some of the water on the tent where that person died, on the things that are in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent. He must also sprinkle some of that water on any person who touched a human bone or who touched a person who died, or who touched a grave.

19 Og den rene skal stænke paa den urene paa den tredje Dag og paa den syvende Dag og rense ham fra Synden paa den syvende Dag, og han skal to sine Klæder og bade sig i Vand, saa bliver han ren om Aftenen.

On the third day and on the seventh day after that, the person who is acceptable to me must sprinkle some of that water on those who have become unacceptable to me. On the seventh day, the people who are performing that ritual to become acceptable to me again must wash their clothes and bathe. If they do that, on that evening they will become acceptable to me again.

20 Og den som bliver uren og ikke vil rense sig fra Synden, den Sjæl skal udryddes af Forsamlingen; thi han har gjort Herrens Helligdom uren, Renselsens Vand blev ikke stænket paa ham, han er uren.

“If those who have become unacceptable to me do not become acceptable to me again by doing this, they will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people, because they have defiled my Sacred Tent. They did not sprinkle on themselves the water that removes the guilt of their sins, so they remain unacceptable to me.

21 Og det skal være dem til en evig Skik; og den, som stænker Renselsesvandet, skal to sine Klæder, og den, som rører ved Rense! ses vandet, skal være uren indtil Aftenen.

That is a law for the Israeli people that will never be changed. Those who sprinkle that water on themselves must then wash their clothes. And anyone who touches that water which removes guilt for sins will remain unacceptable to God until that evening.

22 Og alt det, den urene rører ved, skal være urent, og den Person, som rører ved ham, skal være uren indtil Aftenen.

“If someone touches a thing or a person that has become unacceptable to me, that person will remain unacceptable to me until that evening.”