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,
“Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person.
2 da skal dine Ældste og Dommere gaa ud og maale Afstanden til de Byer, som ligger rundt om den dræbte.
[If that happens], your elders and judges must go out to where that person’s corpse was found and measure the distance from there to each of the nearby towns.
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,
Then the elders in the town that is closest to where the corpse was found must select a young cow that has never been used for doing work.
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.
They must take it to a place near a stream where the ground has never been plowed or planted. They must break its neck there in that valley.
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 —
The priests must go there also, because Yahweh our God has chosen them from the tribe of Levi to serve him and to be his representatives [MTY] when they bless people. And he has also chosen them to settle disputes in which someone has been injured.
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,
The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
7 og bekende: »Vore Hænder har ikke udgydt dette Blod, og vore Øjne har ikke set det!
and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did 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.
Yahweh, forgive us, your Israeli people whom you rescued [from Egypt]. Do not consider (us to be guilty/that we should be punished because) of murdering someone who (is innocent/had not done something that is wrong). Instead, forgive us.’
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.
By doing that, you will be doing what Yahweh considers to be right, and you will not be considered to be guilty for murdering that person.”
10 Naar du drager i Krig mod dine Fjender, og HERREN din Gud giver dem i din Haand, og du tager Fanger iblandt dem
“When you [soldiers] go to fight against your enemies, and Yahweh our God enables you to defeat them [IDM], and (they become your prisoners/you capture them),
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,
one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
12 da skal du føre hende ind i dit Hus, og hun skal klippe sit Haar af, skære sine Negle,
He should take her to his home, and there she must shave [all the hair off] her head and cut her fingernails [to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli].
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.
She must take off the clothes that she was wearing when she was captured, [and put on Israeli clothes]. She must stay in that man’s house and mourn for a month because of [leaving] her parents. After that, he will be allowed to marry her.
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.
Later, if he no longer is pleased with her, he will be permitted to allow her to leave him. But because she was forced to have sex with him, he will not be allowed to treat her like a slave [and sell her to someone else].”
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,
“Suppose that a man has two wives, but he likes one of them and dislikes the other one. And suppose that they both give birth to sons, and the oldest son is the child of the woman that he does not like.
16 saa maa Manden, naar han skifter sin Ejendom mellem Sønnerne, ikke give Yndlingshustruens Søn Førstefødselsretten til Skade for den førstefødte, den tilsidesattes Søn.
On the day when that man decides how he will divide his possessions for his sons to possess [after he dies], he must not favor the son of the wife that he loves by giving him [a bigger share, ] the share that the older son should receive.
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.
He must give to the older son, the son of the wife whom he does not like, twice as much of his possessions. That son is his firstborn son, and he must be given the share that he should receive because of his being that man’s firstborn son.”
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,
“Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always (rebelling against/disobeying) [his parents], and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him [MTY].
19 saa skal hans Forældre tage ham med Magt og føre ham ud til de Ældste i hans By og til Porten der
If that happens, his parents must take him to the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city where he lives and have him stand in front of the elders of the city.
20 og sige til Byens Ældste: »Vor Søn her er vanartet og genstridig; han vil ikke adlyde os, men er en Ødeland og Drukkenbolt.«
Then the parents must say to the elders of that city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and always rebelling against us. He will not pay attention to what we tell him [MTY]. He wastes a lot of money (OR, eats too much food) and gets drunk.’
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 all the elders of that city must execute him by throwing stones at him. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. And everyone in Israel will hear [about what happened] and they will be afraid [to do what he did].”
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,
“If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
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.
you must not allow his corpse to remain there all night. You must bury it on the day that he died, because [God] has cursed anyone whose corpse is allowed to remain on a post. [You must bury the corpse that day], in order that you do not defile the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
