4 Mosebog 20

1 Og Israels Børn, den ganske Menighed, kom i den Ørk Zin, i den første Maaned, og Folket blev i Kades; og Maria døde der og blev begraven der.

In the first month all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Zin, and put up their tents in Kadesh; there death came to Miriam, and they put her body to rest in the earth.

2 Og Menigheden havde intet Vand; da forsamledes de mod Mose og mod Aron.

And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.

3 Og Folket kivedes med Mose, og de sagde: Gid vi dog havde opgivet Aanden, dengang vore Brødre opgave Aanden for Herrens Ansigt.

And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!

4 Og hvorfor førte I Herrens Menighed ind i denne Ørk, at vi skulle dø der, vi og vore Dyr?

Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?

5 Og hvorfor førte I os op af Ægypten for at bringe os til dette slemme Sted, som ikke er et Sted til Sæd og Figen og Vin og Granatæble, og hvor der ikke er Vand at drikke?

Why have you made us come out of Egypt into this evil place? This is no place of seed or figs or vines or other fruits, and there is no water for drinking.

6 Og Mose og Aron kom fra Menighedens Ansigt til Forsamlingens Pauluns Dør og faldt ned paa deres Ansigter; og Herrens Herlighed viste sig for dem.

Then Moses and Aaron went away from the people to the door of the Tent of meeting; and, falling on their faces there, they saw the glory of the Lord.

7 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:

And the Lord said to Moses,

8 Tag Staven, og saml Menigheden, du og Aron, din Broder, og I skulle tale til Klippen for deres Øjne, saa skal den give Vand af sig; og du skal lade Vand af Klippen komme ud til dem og give Menigheden og deres Dyr at drikke.

Take the rod, you and Aaron, your brother, and make all the people come together, and before their eyes give orders to the rock to give out its water; and so make water come out of the rock for them, and give the people and their cattle drink.

9 Da tog Mose Staven bort fra Herrens Ansigt, som han havde befalet ham.

And Moses took the rod from before the Lord as he gave him orders.

10 Og Mose og Aron samlede Menigheden lige for Klippen; og han sagde til dem: Hører dog, I genstridige! monne vi kunne lade Vand komme ud til eder af denne Klippe?

Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?

11 Og Mose opløftede sin Haand og slog Klippen med sin Stav to Gange; da udgik meget Vand, saa at Menigheden drak og deres Dyr.

And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.

12 Og Herren sagde til Mose og til Aron: Fordi I ikke troede paa mig, til at helliggøre mig for Israels Børns Øjne, derfor skulle I ikke føre denne Menighed ind i det Land, som jeg har givet dem.

Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you had not enough faith in me to keep my name holy before the children of Israel, you will not take this people into the land which I have given them.

13 Dette er Kivevandet, hvor Israels Børn kivedes med Herren; og han helliggjorde sig paa dem.

These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw that he was holy among them.

14 Og Mose sendte Bud fra Kades til Edoms Konge, saalunde: Saa siger din Broder Israel: Du ved al den Møje, som os er vederfaren,

Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You have knowledge of all the things we have been through;

15 at vore Fædre droge ned til Ægypten, og vi boede lang Tid i Ægypten, og Ægypterne handlede ilde med os og med vore Fædre.

How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:

16 Og vi raabte til Herren, og han hørte vor Røst og sendte en Engel og udførte os af Ægypten, og se, vi ere i Kades, Staden ved det yderste af dit Landemærke.

And the Lord gave ear to the voice of our cry, and sent an angel and took us out of Egypt: and now we are in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your land;

17 Kære, lad os gaa igennem dit Land, vi ville hverken gaa igennem Ager eller Vingaard og ej drikke Vand af nogen Brønd, vi ville gaa ad Kongevejen, vi ville hverken bøje til den højre eller til den venstre Side, indtil vi ere komne igennem dit Landemærke.

Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, till we have gone past the limits of your land.

18 Og Edom sagde til ham: Du maa ikke gaa igennem mit Land, at jeg ikke skal drage ud mod dig med Sværd.

And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.

19 Og Israels Børn sagde til ham: Vi ville gaa op ad den alfare Vej, og dersom vi drikke af Vandet hos dig, jeg og mit Kvæg, da vil jeg give Betaling derfor; jeg vil slet intet gøre uden at gaa igennem til Fods.

And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more.

20 Men han sagde: Du maa ikke gaa igennem; og Edom drog ud imod ham med et svart Folk og en stærk Haand.

But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.

21 Saa vægrede Edom sig ved at tillade Israel at gaa igennem sit Landemærke; og Israel bøjede af Vejen for ham.

So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.

22 Og de rejste fra Kades; og Israels Børn, al Menigheden kom til det Bjerg Hor.

And they went on from Kadesh, and came, with all their people, to Mount Hor.

23 Og Herren talede til Mose og til Aron ved det Bjerg Hor, ved Edoms Landemærke, og sagde:

And at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom, the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

24 Aron skal samles til sit Folk, thi han skal ikke komme ind i det Land, som jeg har givet Israels Børn, fordi I vare genstridige mod min Mund ved Meribas Vand.

Aaron will be put to rest with his people; he will not go into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you went against my word at the waters of Meribah.

25 Tag Aron og Eleasar, hans Søn, Og før dem op paa det Bjerg Hor.

So take Aaron and Eleazar, his son, up into Mount Hor;

26 Og før Aron af sine Klæder, og før Eleasar, hans Søn, i dem; og Aron skal samles til sit Folk og dø der.

And take Aaron's robes off him and put them on Eleazar, his son: and death will come to Aaron there, and he will be put to rest with his people.

27 Da gjorde Mose, som Herren havde befalet; og de gik op paa det Bjerg Hor for den ganske Menigheds Øjne.

So Moses did as the Lord had said, and before the eyes of all the people they went up Mount Hor.

28 Og Mose førte Aron af sine Klæder og førte Eleasar, hans Søn, i dem; saa døde Aron der oven paa Bjerget; men Mose og Eleasar gik ned ad Bjerget.

And Moses took off Aaron's robes, and put them on Eleazar, his son; and there on the top of the mountain death came to Aaron: then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

29 Og der al Menigheden saa, at Aron havde opgivet Aanden, da begræd de Aron i tredive Dage, hele Israels Hus.

And when the people saw that Aaron was dead, all the children of Israel gave themselves up to weeping for him for thirty days.