5 Mosebog 21
1 Naar man i det Land, HERREN din Gud vil give dig i Eje, finder en liggende dræbt paa Marken, uden at det vides, hvem der har slaaet ham ihjel,
“When there will have been found in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you, the corpse of a man who has been killed, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,
2 da skal dine Ældste og Dommere gaa ud og maale Afstanden til de Byer, som ligger rundt om den dræbte.
your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure, from the place of the corpse, the distance to each of the surrounding cities.
3 Derpaa skal de Ældste i den By, der ligger nærmest ved den dræbte, tage en Kvie, som ikke har været brugt til Arbejde eller baaret Aag,
And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others, the elders shall take a calf from the herd, one which has not pulled with a yoke, nor tilled with a plow.
4 og Byens Ældste skal trække Kvien ned i en Dal med stedserindende Vand, som ikke dyrkes og besaaes, og der i Dalen skal de sønderbryde Nakken paa Kvien.
And they shall lead it into a rough and stony valley, one which has never been tilled or sown. And in that place, they shall cut the neck of the calf.
5 Saa skal Præsterne, Levis Sønner, træde til — thi dem har HERREN din Gud udvalgt til sin Tjeneste og til at velsigne i HERRENS Navn, og efter deres Ord skal al Trætte og enhver Sag, der vedrører Legemsskade, afgøres —
And the priests the sons of Levi shall approach, those whom the Lord your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in his name, and to decide every controversy by their word, and to judge which things are clean and which are unclean.
6 og alle de Ældste i den By, der ligger nærmest ved den dræbte, skal tvætte deres hænder over Kvien, hvis Nakke blev sønderbrudt i Dalen,
And those greater by birth of that city, nearest to the one who was slain, shall go and shall wash their hands over the calf that was killed in the valley.
7 og bekende: »Vore Hænder har ikke udgydt dette Blod, og vore Øjne har ikke set det!
And they shall say: ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
8 Tilgiv, HERRE, dit Folk Israel, som du udløste, og lad ikke dit Folk Israel undgælde for det uskyldige Blod!« Saa skal der skaffes dem Soning for Blodskylden.
Be merciful to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, and do not charge them with innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.’ And so the guilt of the blood will be taken away from them.
9 Du skal skaffe det uskyldige Blod bort fra dig. Det skal gaa dig vel, naar du gør, hvad der er ret i HERRENS Øjne.
Then you will be free from the blood that was shed against the innocent, when you will have done as the Lord has instructed you.
10 Naar du drager i Krig mod dine Fjender, og HERREN din Gud giver dem i din Haand, og du tager Fanger iblandt dem
If you have gone out to fight against your enemies, and the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand, and if, as you are leading away the captives,
11 og blandt Fangerne faar Øje paa en Kvinde, som ser godt ud, og faar Kærlighed til hende og ønsker at tage hende til Ægte,
you see among the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and you love her, and you are willing to have her as a wife:
12 da skal du føre hende ind i dit Hus, og hun skal klippe sit Haar af, skære sine Negle,
then you shall lead her into your house. And she shall shave off her hair, and cut her nails short,
13 aflægge sin Fangedragt og opholde sig en Maanedstid i dit Hus og græde over sin Fader og Moder. Saa kan du gaa ind til hende og ægte hende, saa hun bliver din Hustru.
and remove the garment in which she was captured. And she shall sit in your house and weep for her father and mother, for one month. And after that, you shall enter to her and sleep with her, and she shall be your wife.
14 Men hvis du ikke mere synes om hende, skal du give hende fri, du maa ikke sælge hende for Penge; du maa ikke være hensynsløs imod hende, eftersom du har krænket hende.
But if afterwards she does not sit well in your mind, you shall set her free. You cannot sell her for money, nor can you oppress her by force. For you have humiliated her.
15 Naar en Mand har to Hustruer, en han elsker, og en han tilsidesætter, og de føder ham Sønner, baade Yndlingshustruen og den tilsidesatte, og den førstefødte er den tilsidesattes Søn,
If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,
16 saa maa Manden, naar han skifter sin Ejendom mellem Sønnerne, ikke give Yndlingshustruens Søn Førstefødselsretten til Skade for den førstefødte, den tilsidesattes Søn.
and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons: he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn, and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife.
17 Men han skal anerkende den førstefødte, den tilsidesattes Søn, som førstefødt, og give ham dobbelt Del af alt, hvad han ejer; thi han er Førstegrøden af hans Manddomskraft, og hans er Førstefødselsretten.
Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn, and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has. For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.
18 Naar nogen har en vanartet og genstridig Søn, der ikke vil adlyde sine Forældres Røst og, selv naar de trygler ham, ikke adlyder dem,
If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience:
19 saa skal hans Forældre tage ham med Magt og føre ham ud til de Ældste i hans By og til Porten der
they shall take him and lead him to the elders of the city and to the gate of judgment.
20 og sige til Byens Ældste: »Vor Søn her er vanartet og genstridig; han vil ikke adlyde os, men er en Ødeland og Drukkenbolt.«
And they shall say to them: ‘This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions. He occupies himself with carousing, and self-indulgence, and feasting.’
21 Derpaa skal alle Mændene i hans By stene ham til Døde. Saaledes skal du udrydde det onde af din Midte, og hele Israel skal høre det og gribes af Frygt.
Then the people of the city shall stone him to death. And he shall die, so that you may take away the evil from your midst. And so may all of Israel, upon hearing it, be very afraid.
22 Naar en Mand har gjort sig skyldig i en Synd, der straffes med Døden, og aflives, og du hænger ham op i et Træ,
When a man will have sinned in a matter which is punished by death, and, having been judged unto death, he has been hanged on a gallows:
23 saa maa hans Lig ikke blive hængende Natten over i Træet; men du skal begrave ham samme Dag; thi en hængt er en Guds Forbandelse, og du maa ikke gøre dit Land urent, som HERREN din Gud vil give dig i Eje.
his corpse shall not remain on the tree. Instead, he shall be buried on the same day. For he who hangs from a tree has been cursed by God, and you shall not defile your land, which the Lord your God will give to you as a possession.”
