5 Mosebog 1

1 Dette er de Ord, Moses talte til hele Israel hinsides Jordan i Ørkenen, i Arabalavningen, lige over for Suf, mellem Paran og Tofel, Laban, Hazerot og Di-Zahab,

THESE ARE the words which Moses spoke unto all Israel beyond the Jordan; in the wilderness, in the Arabah, over against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

2 elleve Dagsrejser fra Horeb, regnet over Se'irs Bjerge til Kadesj-Barnea.

It is eleven days journey from Horeb unto Kadesh-barnea by the way of mount Seir.

3 I det fyrretyvende Aar paa den første Dag i den ellevte Maaned kundgjorde Moses Israeliterne alt, hvad HERREN havde paalagt ham angaaende dem,

And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;

4 efter at han havde slaaet Amoriterkongen Sihon, der boede i Hesjbon, og Kong Og af Basan, der boede i Asjtarot og Edre'i.

after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei;

5 Hinsides Jordan i Moabs Land tog Moses sig for at fremsætte følgende Lovudlægning:

beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, took Moses upon him to expound this law, saying:

6 HERREN vor Gud talede til os ved Horeb og sagde: »I har nu længe nok opholdt eder ved Bjerget her;

The LORD our God spoke unto us in Horeb, saying: 'Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain;

7 bryd derfor op og drag til Amoriternes Bjerge og til alle deres Naboer i Arabalavningen, paa Bjergene, i Lavlandet, i Sydlandet og ved Kysten, til Kana'anæernes Land og Libanon, lige til den store Flod, Eufratfloden.

turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore; the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

8 Se, jeg giver Landet i eders Magt; drag derind og tag det Land i Besiddelse, som jeg tilsvor eders Fædre, Abraham, Isak og Jakob, at ville give dem og deres Afkom efter dem.«

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.'

9 Dengang talte jeg til eder og sagde: »Jeg kan ikke ene bære eder.

And I spoke unto you at that time, saying: 'I am not able to bear you myself alone;

10 HERREN eders Gud har gjort eder talrige, og se, I er nu saa mange som Stjernerne paa Himmelen —

the LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. —

11 maatte kun HERREN, eders Fædres Gud, gøre eder tusinde Gange saa talrige endnu og velsigne eder, som han har forjættet eder —

The LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as He hath promised you! —

12 men hvorledes skal jeg ene kunne bære hele Besværet og Arbejdet med eder og eders Stridigheder?

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

13 Sørg derfor for at finde nogle kloge, forstandige og erfarne Mænd i hver Stamme, som jeg kan sætte i Spidsen for eder!«

Get you, from each one of your tribes, wise men, and understanding, and full of knowledge, and I will make them heads over you.'

14 Dertil svarede I og sagde: »Det Forslag, du har fremsat, er godt!«

And ye answered me, and said: 'The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.'

15 Derfor tog jeg Overhovederne for eders Stammer, kloge og erfarne Mænd, og satte dem i Spidsen for eder som Øverste over tusinde, hundrede, halvtredsindstyve eller ti og som Tilsynsmænd over eders Stammer.

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and full of knowledge, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, tribe by tribe.

16 Dengang gav jeg saa eders Dommere det Paabud: »Hold Forhør, naar der er Stridigheder mellem eders Landsmænd, og døm retfærdigt, naar en Mand har en Sag, enten det er med en Landsmand eller med en, der bor som fremmed hos ham;

And I charged your judges at that time, saying: 'Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

17 vis ingen Personsanseelse for Retten; hør paa den ringeste som paa den største og frygt ikke for nogen; thi Dommen er Guds! Men Sager, som er eder for vanskelige, skal I forebringe mig, saa skal jeg holde Forhør i dem!«

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of any man; for the judgment is God's; and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.'

18 Og dengang gav jeg eder saa Paalæg om alt, hvad I skulde gøre.

And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

19 Derpaa brød vi op fra Horeb og drog gennem hele denne store, grufulde Ørken, som I selv har set, i Retning af Amoriternes Bjerge, saaledes som HERREN vor Gud havde paalagt os. Og vi kom til Kadesj-Barnea.

And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and dreadful wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

20 Da sagde jeg til eder: »I er nu kommet til Amoriternes Bjerge, som HERREN vor Gud vil give os.

And I said unto you: 'Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God giveth unto us.

21 Se, HERREN din Gud har givet Landet i din Magt, drag derfor op og tag det i Besiddelse, saaledes som HERREN, dine Fædres Gud, har sagt til dig. Frygt ikke, men vær uforsagt!«

Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee; go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.'

22 Da kom I alle hen til mig og sagde: »Lad os sende nogle Mænd i forvejen til at udspejde Landet for os og bringe os Underretning om den Vej, vi skal drage op ad, og om de Byer, vi kommer til!«

And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said: 'Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us back word of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.'

23 Jeg billigede det og udtog tolv Mænd iblandt eder, en af hver Stamme.

And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe;

24 De begav sig paa Vej og drog op i Bjergene og kom til Esjkoldalen og udspejdede den;

and they turned and went up into the mountains, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.

25 og de tog nogle af Landets Frugter med og bragte dem ned til os, og de meldte os tilbage: »Det er et herligt Land, HERREN vor Gud vil give os!«

And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us back word, and said: 'Good is the land which the LORD our God giveth unto us.'

26 Men I vilde ikke drage op, I var genstridige mod HERREN eders Guds Befaling.

Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God;

27 I knurrede i eders Telte og sagde: »Af Had til os førte HERREN os ud af Ægypten for at give os i Amoriternes Haand og lade os gaa til Grunde!

and ye murmured in your tents, and said: 'Because the LORD hated us, He hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

28 Hvor er det dog, vi skal hen? Vore Brødre tog Modet fra os, da de sagde: Det er et Folk, der er større og højere end vi, og der er store Byer med himmelhøje Fæstningsværker, ja, vi saa endog Efterkommere af Anakiterne der!«

Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying: The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'

29 Men jeg sagde til eder: »Lad eder ikke skræmme og frygt ikke for dem!

Then I said unto you: 'Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

30 HERREN eders Gud, der vandrer foran eder, vil selv stride for eder, som I saa, han gjorde det for eder i Ægypten

The LORD your God who goeth before you, He shall fight for you, according to all that He did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

31 og i Ørkenen, hvor du saa, at HERREN din Gud bar dig, som en Mand bærer sin Søn, hele den Vej I har vandret, lige til I naaede hertil!«

and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.

32 Men alligevel troede I ikke paa HERREN eders Gud,

Yet in this thing ye do not believe the LORD your God,

33 skønt han vandrede foran eder paa Vejen for at udsøge Lejrpladser til eder, om Natten i Ilden, for at I kunde se, hvor I skulde gaa, og om Dagen i Skyen.

Who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in: in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.'

34 Men da HERREN hørte eders Ord, blev han vred og svor:

And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying:

35 »Ikke en eneste af disse Mænd, af denne onde Slægt, skal faa det herlige Land at se, som jeg svor at ville give eders Fædre,

'Surely there shall not one of these men, even this evil generation, see the good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers,

36 undtagen Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn; han alene skal faa det at se, og ham og hans Børn vil jeg give det Land, han har betraadt, fordi han har vist HERREN fuld Lydighed!«

save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children; because he hath wholly followed the LORD.'

37 Ogsaa paa mig blev HERREN vred for eders Skyld, og han sagde: »Heller ikke du skal komme derind!

Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying: Thou also shalt not go in thither;

38 Josua, Nuns Søn, der staar i din Tjeneste, han skal komme derind; sæt Mod i ham, thi han skal skaffe Israel det i Eje.«

Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither; encourage thou him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

39 Og dets smaa Børn, som I sagde skulde blive til Bytte, eders Børn, som i Dag ikke kender Forskel paa godt og ondt, de skal komme derind, dem vil jeg give det, og de skal tage det i Besiddelse.

Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

40 I selv derimod skal vende om og begive eder paa Vej til Ørkenen i Retning af det røde Hav!«

But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'

41 Da svarede I og sagde til mig: »Vi har syndet imod HERREN! Vi vil drage op og kæmpe, som HERREN vor Gud har befalet os!« Og alle iførte I eder eders Vaaben og vilde i Letsindighed drage op i Bjergene.

Then ye answered and said unto me: 'We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us.' And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and deemed it a light thing to go up into the hill-country.

42 Men HERREN sagde til mig: »Sig til dem: Drag ikke op og indlad eder ikke i Kamp, thi jeg er ikke iblandt eder; gør I det, bliver I slaaet af eders Fjender!«

And the LORD said unto me: 'Say unto them: Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.'

43 Men da jeg sagde det til eder, adlød I ikke, men var genstridige mod HERRENS Bud og formastede eder til at drage op i Bjergene.

So I spoke unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.

44 Da drog Amoriterne, der bor i Bjergene der, ud imod eder, og de forfulgte eder som Bier og slog eder fra Se'ir til Horma.

And the Amorites, that dwell in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.

45 Da I saa kom tilbage, græd I for HERRENS Aasyn; men HERREN vilde ikke høre eder og laane eder Øre.

And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.

46 Saa blev I hele den lange Tid i Kadesj.

So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.