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,
If someone is found killed in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has attacked him;
2 da skal dine Ældste og Dommere gaa ud og maale Afstanden til de Byer, som ligger rundt om den dræbte.
then your elders and your judges must go out, and they must measure to the cities that are around him who has been killed.
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 of the town nearest to the dead man's body must take a heifer from the herd, one that has never been put to work, and that has not borne the yoke.
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.
Then they must lead the heifer down to a valley with running water, a valley that has been neither plowed nor sown, and there in the valley they must break the heifer's neck.
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, descendants of Levi, must come forward, for Yahweh your God has chosen them to serve him and give blessing in the name of Yahweh and to decide every case of dispute and assault by their word.
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,
All the elders of the city that is the nearest to the killed man must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;
7 og bekende: »Vore Hænder har ikke udgydt dette Blod, og vore Øjne har ikke set det!
and they must answer to the case and say, 'Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen 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.
Forgive, Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not put guilt for innocent bloodshed in the midst of your people Israel.' Then the bloodshed will be forgiven 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.
In this way you will put away the innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of Yahweh.
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 go out to do battle against your enemies and Yahweh your God gives you victory and puts them under your control, and you take them away as 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,
if you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire for her and wish to take her for yourself 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 will bring her home to your house; she will shave her head and cut her nails.
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.
Then she will take off the clothes she was wearing when she was taken captive and she will remain in your house and mourn for her father and her mother a full month. After that you may sleep with her and be her husband, and she will 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 you take no delight in her, then you may let her go where she wishes. But you must not sell her at all for money, and you must not treat her like a slave, because 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 and one is loved and the other is hated, and they have both borne him children—both the beloved wife and the hated wife—if the firstborn son is of her that is hated,
16 saa maa Manden, naar han skifter sin Ejendom mellem Sønnerne, ikke give Yndlingshustruens Søn Førstefødselsretten til Skade for den førstefødte, den tilsidesattes Søn.
then on the day that the man causes his sons to inherit what he possesses, he may not make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn before the son of the hated wife, the son who is actually the firstborn.
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 must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he possesses; for that son is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn belongs 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 has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, even though they correct him, will not listen to them;
19 saa skal hans Forældre tage ham med Magt og føre ham ud til de Ældste i hans By og til Porten der
then his father and his mother must lay hold on him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his 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.«
They must say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.'
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 men of his city must stone him to death with stones; and you will remove the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and fear.
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 a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
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.
then his body must not remain all night on the tree. Instead, you must surely bury him the same day; for whoever is hanged is cursed by God. Obey this commandment so that you do not defile the land that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance.
