4 Mosebog 5

1 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:

Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,

2 Befal Israels Børn, at de skulle skikke ud af Lejren alle spedalske og alle, som have Flod, og alle dem, som ere urene ved Lig.

“Command the people of Israel to send away from the camp everyone with an infectious skin disease, and everyone who has an oozing sore, and whoever is unclean through touching a dead body.

3 Baade Mand og Kvinde skulle I udskikke, hen uden for Lejren skulle I skikke dem ud, at de ikke skulle gøre deres Lejre, hvor jeg bor midt iblandt dem, urene.

Whether male or female, you must send them out of the camp. They must not defile the camp, because I live in it.”

4 Og Israels Børn gjorde saaledes og skikkede dem ud, hen uden for Lejren; som Herren havde sagt til Mose, saa gjorde Israels Børn.

The people of Israel did so. They sent them out of the camp, as Yahweh commanded Moses. The people of Israel obeyed Yahweh.

5 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:

Again Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,

6 Tal til Israels Børn: Naar Mand eller Kvinde gør nogen af alle de Synder, som et Menneske kan begaa ved at forgribe sig mod Herren, da er den Sjæl bleven skyldig.

“Speak to the people of Israel. When a man or woman commits any sin such as people do to one another, and is unfaithful to me, that person is guilty.

7 Og de skulle bekende deres Synd, som de have gjort, og hver skal tilbagegive, hvad han er skyldig, med det fulde Beløb, og den femte Del deraf skal han desuden lægge til; og han skal give det til den, hvem han er bleven skyldig.

Then he must confess the sin that he has done. He must completely pay back the price of his guilt and add to the price one-fifth more. He must give this to the one he has wronged.

8 Men dersom Manden ikke har nogen Løser, saa at han kan tilbagegive denne det skyldige, da skal den Skyld, som tilbagegives Herren, høre Præsten til, undtagen Forligelsens Væder, med hvilken han gør Forligelse for ham.

But if the wronged person has no close relative to receive the payment, he must pay the price for his guilt to me through a priest, along with a ram to atone for himself.

9 Og al Offergave af alt det, som Israels Børn hellige, som de skulle bringe Præsten, skal høre ham til.

Every offering of the people of Israel, the things that are set aside and brought to the priest by the people of Israel, will belong to him.

10 Og de Ting, enhver helliger, skulle høre ham til, hvad nogen giver Præsten, det skal høre ham til.

The offerings of every person will be for the priest; if anyone gives anything to the priest, it will belong to him.”

11 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:

Again, Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,

12 Tal til Israels Børn og sig til dem: Om nogen Mands Hustru gaar bort fra ham og er troløs imod ham,

“Speak to the people of Israel. Say to them, 'Suppose that a man's wife turns away and sins against her husband.

13 og en Mand har Samleje med hende, og det bliver skjult for hendes Mands Øjne og bliver dulgt, at hun er bleven uren, og der er intet Vidne mod hende, og hun ikke er greben i Horeri;

Then suppose that another man sleeps with her. In that case, she is defiled. Even if her husband does not see it or know about it, and even if no one catches her in the act and there is no one to testify against her,

14 og der kommer en Nidkærheds Aand over ham, at han er nidkær mod sin Hustru, og hun er bleven uren, eller der kommer en Nidkærheds Aand over ham, og han er nidkær mod sin Hustru, enddog hun ikke er bleven uren:

nevertheless, a spirit of jealousy might still inform the husband that his wife is defiled. However, a spirit of jealousy might falsely come on a man when his wife is not defiled.

15 Da skal Manden føre sin Hustru til Præsten og fremføre som hendes Offer for hende en Tiendepart af en Efa Bygmel; han skal ikke øse Olie derpaa, ej heller lægge Virak dertil, thi det er et Nidkærheds Madoffer, et Ihukommelses Madoffer, som gør, at Misgerning ihukommes.

In such cases, the man must bring his wife to the priest. The husband must take an offering required on her behalf, a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He must pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering for remembering, as a reminder of the iniquity.

16 Og Præsten skal føre hende nær til og stille hende for Herrens Ansigt.

The priest must bring her near and place her before Yahweh.

17 Og Præsten skal tage helligt Vand i et Lerkar, og af Støvet, som er paa Tabernaklets Gulv, skal Præsten tage og kaste i Vandet.

The priest must take a jar of holy water and take dust from the floor of the tabernacle. He must put the dust into the water.

18 Og Præsten skal stille Kvinden for Herrens Ansigt og blotte Kvindens Hoved og lægge Ihukommelses Madofret paa hendes Hænder, det er et Nidkærheds Madoffer; og Præsten skal have det beske Vand, som gør Forbandelse, i sin Haand.

The priest will set the woman before Yahweh and he will untie the hair on the woman's head. He will put into her hands the grain offering of remembrance, which is the grain offering of suspicion. The priest will hold in his hand the bitter water that can bring a curse.

19 Og Præsten skal besværge hende og sige til Kvinden: Dersom ingen Mand har ligget hos dig, og dersom du ikke har unddraget dig fra at være under din Mand, saa du er bleven uren, da vær uskadt af dette beske Vand, som gør Forbandelse.

The priest will put the woman under an oath and say to her, 'If no other man had sexual relations with you, and if you have not gone astray and committed impurity, then you will be free from this bitter water that can bring a curse.

20 Men du, om du har unddraget dig fra at være under din Mand, og om du er bleven uren, og nogen Mand har ligget hos dig foruden din Mand, —

But if you, a woman under her husband, have gone astray, if you are defiled, and if some other man has slept with you,

21 saaledes skal Præsten besværge Kvinden ved Forbandelsens Ed, og Præsten skal sige til Kvinden —: Saa sætte Herren dig til en Forbandelse og til en Ed midt iblandt dit Folk, idet Herren lader dine Lænder svinde og din Bug svulme op!

then, (the priest must cause the woman to swear an oath that can bring down a curse on her, and then he must continue speaking to the woman) 'Yahweh will make you into a curse that will be shown to your people to be such. This will happen if Yahweh causes your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell.

22 Saa komme nu dette Vand, som gør Forbandelse, i dine Indvolde, at gøre, at din Bug svulmer op og dine Lænder svinde; og Kvinden skal sige: Amen! Amen!

This water that brings the curse will go into your stomach and make your abdomen swell and your thighs waste away.' The woman is to reply, 'Yes, let that happen if I am guilty.'

23 og Præsten skal skrive disse Forbandelser i en Bog og vaske dem ud i det beske Vand.

The priest must write these curses on a scroll, and then he must wash away the written curses into the bitter water.

24 Og han skal give Kvinden at drikke af det beske Vand, som gør Forbandelse; og det Vand, som gør Forbandelse, skal komme i hende til Beskhed.

The priest must make the woman drink the bitter water that brings the curse. The water that brings the curse will enter her and become bitter.

25 Og Præsten skal tage Nidkærhedens Madoffer af Kvindens Haand, og han skal røre Madofret for Herrens Ansigt og føre det frem til Alteret.

The priest must take the grain offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand. He must hold up the grain offering before Yahweh and bring it to the altar.

26 Og Præsten skal tage en Haand fuld af Madofret, hendes Ihukommelses Offer, og gøre et Røgoffer paa Alteret, og derefter skal han give Kvinden Vandet at drikke.

The priest must take a handful of the grain offering as a representative offering, and burn it on the altar. Then he must give the woman the bitter water to drink.

27 Naar han har givet hende Vandet at drikke, da skal det ske, om hun er bleven uren og har været troløs imod sin Mand, at det Vand, som gør Forbandelse, kommer i hende til Beskhed, saa at hendes Bug skal svulme op og hendes Lænder svinde; og den Kvinde skal være til en Forbandelse midt iblandt sit Folk.

When he gives her the water to drink, if she is defiled because she has committed a sin against her husband, then the water that brings the curse will enter her and become bitter. Her abdomen will swell and her thigh will waste away. The woman will be cursed among her people.

28 Og dersom den Kvinde ikke er bleven uren, men hun er ren, da skal hun være fri og faa Afkom.

But if the woman is not defiled and if she is clean, then she must be free. She will be able to conceive children.

29 Dette er Nidkærheds Loven, naar en Kvinde unddrager sig fra at være under sin Mand, og hun bliver uren,

This is the law of jealousy. It is the law for a woman who strays away from her husband and is defiled.

30 eller om en Nidkærheds Aand kommer over en Mand, og han er nidkær mod sin Hustru og stiller Kvinden for Herrens Ansigt, og Præsten gør ved hende efter hele denne Lov.

It is the law for a man with a spirit of jealousy when he is jealous of his wife. He must bring the woman before Yahweh, and the priest must do to her everything that this law of jealousy describes.

31 Saa skal Manden være fri fra Misgerning; men samme Kvinde, hun skal bære sin Misgerning.

The man will be free from guilt for bringing his wife to the priest. The woman must bear any guilt she might have.”