5 Mosebog 17
1 Du maa ikke ofre HERREN din Gud en Okse eller et Stykke Smaakvæg, som har nogen Lyde, nogen som helst Fejl; thi det er HERREN din Gud en Vederstyggelighed.
Thou shalt not sacrifice to the Lord thy God a calf or a sheep, in which there is a blemish, [or] any evil thing; for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
2 Naar der et steds i din Midte inden dine Porte, som HERREN din Gud vil give dig, findes nogen, Mand eller Kvinde, der gør, hvad der er ondt i HERREN din Guds Øjne, og overtræder hans Pagt,
And if there should be found in any one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God gives thee, a man or a woman who shall do that which is evil before the Lord thy God, so as to transgress his covenant,
3 idet han gaar hen og dyrker andre Guder og tilbeder dem, Solen, Maanen eller Himmelens hele Hær, hvad jeg ikke har paalagt eder,
and they should go and serve other gods, and worship them, the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which he commanded thee not to do,
4 og det bliver dig meldt, saa du faar det at høre, da skal du omhyggeligt undersøge Sagen, og hvis det viser sig, at det virkelig forholder sig saaledes, at der er øvet en saadan Vederstyggelighed i Israel,
and it be told thee, and thou shalt have enquired diligently, and, behold, the thing really took place, this abomination has been done in Israel;
5 da skal du føre Manden eller Kvinden, som har øvet denne Udaad, ud til Byporten, hvad enten det nu er en Mand eller en Kvinde, og stene dem til Døde.
then shalt thou bring out that man, or that woman, and ye shall stone them with stones, and they shall die.
6 Paa to eller tre Vidners Udsagn skal Dødsdommen udføres; den maa ikke udføres paa et enkelt Vidnes Udsagn.
He shall die on the testimony of two or three witnesses; a man who is put to death shall not be put to death for one witness.
7 Vidnernes Haand skal først løfte sig imod ham for at slaa ham ihjel, siden alle de andres Haand. Saaledes skal du udrydde det onde af din Midte.
And the hand of the witnesses shall be upon him among the first to put him to death, and the hand of the people at the last; so shalt thou remove the evil one from among yourselves.
8 Naar en Retssag angaaende Blodsudgydelse eller et Ejendomsspørgsmaal eller Legemsskade, naar i det hele en eller anden Retstrætte inden dine Porte er dig for vanskelig, skal du staa op og drage til det Sted, HERREN din Gud udvælger,
And if a matter shall be too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, and between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, and between contradiction and contradiction, matters of judgment in your cities;
9 og henvende dig til Levitpræsterne og den Dommer, som er der til den Tid, og spørge dem til Raads, saa skal de give dig til Kende, hvorledes der skal dømmes i Sagen.
then thou shalt arise and go up to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, and thou shalt come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days, and they shall search out [the matter] and report the judgment to thee.
10 Og du skal rette dig efter den Afgørelse, de giver dig til Kende fra det Sted, HERREN udvælger, og omhyggeligt handle efter alt det, som de lærer dig.
And thou shalt act according to the thing which they shall report to thee out of the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, and thou shalt observe to do all whatsoever shall have been by law appointed to thee.
11 Efter den Vejledning, de giver dig, og efter den Kendelse, de kundgør dig, skal du handle uden at vige til højre eller venstre fra, hvad de giver dig til Kende.
Thou shalt do according to the law and to the judgment which they shall declare to thee: thou shalt not swerve to the right hand or to the left from any sentence which they shall report to thee.
12 Og den Mand, der formaster sig til ikke at lyde Præsten, som gør Tjeneste der for HERREN din Gud, eller Dommeren, den Mand skal dø, og du skal udrydde det onde af Israel.
And the man whosoever shall act in haughtiness, so as not to hearken to the priest who stands to minister in the name of the Lord thy God, or the judge who shall preside in those days, that man shall die, and thou shalt remove the evil one out of Israel.
13 Og det skal høres i hele Folket, saa de gribes af Frygt og ikke mere handler formasteligt.
And all the people shall hear and fear, and shall no more commit impiety.
14 Naar du kommer ind i det Land, HERREN din Gud vil give dig, og faar taget det i Besiddelse og fæstet Bo der, og du saa faar den Tanke, at du vil have en Konge over dig ligesom alle de andre Folk rundt om dig,
And when thou shalt enter into the land which the Lord thy God gives thee, and shalt inherit it and dwell in it, and shalt say, I will set a ruler over me, as also the other nations round about me;
15 saa maa du kun sætte den Mand til Konge over dig, som HERREN din Gud udvælger. Af dine Brødres Midte skal du tage dig en Konge. En fremmed, der ikke hører til dine Brødre, maa du ikke tage til Konge over dig.
thou shalt surely set over thee the ruler whom the Lord God shall choose: of thy brethren thou shalt set over thee a ruler; thou shalt not have power to set over thee a stranger, because he is not thy brother.
16 Kun maa han ikke holde mange Heste og sende Folket tilbage til Ægypten for at skaffe sig mange Heste; thi HERREN har jo sagt til eder: »I maa ikke mere vende tilbage ad den Vej!«
For he shall not multiply to himself horses, and he shall by no means turn the people back to Egypt, lest he should multiply to himself horses; for the Lord said, Ye shall not any more turn back by that way.
17 Heller ikke maa han have mange Hustruer, for at hans Hjerte ikke skal forledes til Frafald, og han maa ikke samle sig Sølv og Guld i Overflod.
And he shall not multiply to himself wives, lest his heart turn away; and he shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
18 Naar han saa har sat sig paa Tronen, skal han skaffe sig en Afskrift af denne Lov hos Levitpræsterne;
And when he shall be established in his government, then shall he write for himself this repetition of the law into a book by the hands of the priests the Levites;
19 og han skal have den hos sig og læse i den alle sine Levedage, at han kan lære at frygte HERREN sin Gud, saa han tager Vare paa alle denne Lovs Ord og paa disse Anordninger og holder dem,
and it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord thy God, and to keep all these commandments, and to observe these ordinances:
20 for at hans Hjerte ikke skal hovmode sig over hans Brødre eller vige til højre eller venstre fra Budet, at han og hans Sønner i lange Tider maa have Kongemagten i Israel.
that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, that he depart not from the commandments on the right hand or on the left; that he and his sons may reign long in his dominion among the children of Israel.
