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.
“You do not sacrifice to your God YHWH ox or sheep in which there is a blemish—any bad thing; for it [is] an abomination [to] your God YHWH.
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,
When there is found in your midst, in one of your cities which your God YHWH is giving to you, a man or a woman who does evil in the eyes of your God YHWH by transgressing 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 he goes and serves other gods, and bows himself to them, and to the sun, or to the moon, or to any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded,
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 has been declared to you, and you have heard, and have searched diligently, and behold, [if] truth, the thing is established; 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 you have brought out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing, to your gates—the man or the woman—and you have stoned them with stones, and they have died.
6 Paa to eller tre Vidners Udsagn skal Dødsdommen udføres; den maa ikke udføres paa et enkelt Vidnes Udsagn.
By the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses is he who is being put to death put to death; he is not put to death by the mouth of 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.
the hand of the witnesses is on him in the first place to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; and you have put away evil out of your midst.
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,
When anything is too hard for you for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke—matters of strife within your gates—then you have risen and gone up to the place on which your God YHWH fixes,
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.
and have come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in those days, and have inquired, and they have declared the word of judgment to you,
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 you have done according to the tenor of the word which they declare to you ([they] of that place which YHWH chooses); and you have observed to do according to all that they direct you.
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.
According to the tenor of the law which they direct you, and according to the judgment which they say to you, you do; you do not turn aside from the word which they declare to you [to] the right or left.
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 who acts with presumption, so as not to listen to the priest (who is standing to serve your God YHWH there), or to the judge, even that man has died, and you have put away evil from Israel,
13 Og det skal høres i hele Folket, saa de gribes af Frygt og ikke mere handler formasteligt.
and all the people hear and fear, and do not presume anymore.
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,
When you come into the land which your God YHWH is giving to you, and have possessed it, and dwelt in it, and you have said, Let me set a king over me like all the nations which [are] around 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.
you certainly set a king over you on whom YHWH fixes; you set a king over you from the midst of your brothers; you are not able to set a stranger over you, who is not your 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!«
Only, he does not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, so as to multiply horses, seeing YHWH has said to you, You do not add to return in this way anymore.
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 does not multiply wives for himself, and his heart does not turn aside, and he does not exceedingly multiply silver and gold for himself.
18 Naar han saa har sat sig paa Tronen, skal han skaffe sig en Afskrift af denne Lov hos Levitpræsterne;
And it has been, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he has written a copy of this law for himself, on a scroll, from [that] before 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 has been with him, and he has read in it all [the] days of his life, so that he learns to fear his God YHWH, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes—to do them,
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.
so that his heart is not high above his brothers, and so as not to turn aside from the command [to] the right or left, so that he prolongs days over his kingdom, he and his sons in the midst of Israel.”
