5 Mosebog 25
1 Naar der opstaar Strid mellem Mænd, og de møder for Retten, skal man dømme dem imellem; den, der har Ret, skal frikendes, den skyldige dømmes.
If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
2 Og dersom den skyldige idømmes Prygl, skal Dommeren lade ham lægge sig paa Jorden og i sit Paasyn lade ham faa det Antal Slag, der svarer til hans Forseelse.
And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.
3 Fyrretyve Slag maa han lade ham faa, men heller ikke flere, for at din Broder ikke skal vanæres for dine Øjne, naar han faar endnu flere Slag.
He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you.
4 Du maa ikke binde Munden til paa en Okse, naar den tærsker.
Do not keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it.
5 Naar flere Brødre bor sammen, og en af dem dør uden at efterlade sig nogen Søn, maa hans Enke ikke gifte sig med en fremmed Mand uden for Slægten; men hendes Svoger skal gaa til hende og tage hende til Ægte, idet han indgaar Svogerægteskab med hende.
If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.
6 Og den første Søn, hun føder, skal bære den afdøde Broders Navn, for at hans Navn ikke skal udslettes af Israel.
Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.
7 Men hvis Manden er uvillig til at ægte sin Svigerinde, skal hun gaa hen til de Ældste i Byporten og sige: »Min Svoger vægrer sig ved at opretholde sin Broders Navn i Israel og vil ikke indgaa Svogerægteskab med mig!«
But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.
8 Derpaa skal de Ældste i Byen stævne ham for sig og tale ham til, og hvis han da fastholder sin Beslutning og erklærer sig uvillig til at ægte hende,
Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;
9 skal hans Svigerinde i de Ældstes Paasyn gaa hen til ham, drage hans Sko af hans Fod og spytte ham i Ansigtet og tage til Orde og sige: »Saaledes gør man ved den Mand, som ikke vil opbygge sin Broders Slægt!«
Then his brother's wife is to come to him, before the responsible men of the town, and take his shoe off his foot, and put shame on him, and say, So let it be done to the man who will not take care of his brother's name.
10 Og hans Navn i Israel skal være: den barfodedes Hus.
And his family will be named in Israel, The house of him whose shoe has been taken off.
11 Naar der opstaar Trætte mellem to Mænd, og den enes Hustru kommer til for at fri sin Mand fra den andens Slag, og hun rækker sin Haand ud og tager fat i den andens Blusel,
If two men are fighting, and the wife of one of them, coming to the help of her husband, takes the other by the private parts;
12 da skal du hugge hendes Haand af; du maa ikke vise Skaansel.
Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her.
13 Du maa ikke have to Slags Vægtlodder i din Pung, større og mindre.
Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;
14 Du maa ikke have to Slags Efaer i dit Hus, en større og en mindre.
Or in your house different measures, a great and a small.
15 Fuldvægtige Lodder og Efaer, der holder Maal, skal du have, for at du kan faa et langt Liv i det Land, HERREN din Gud vil give dig.
But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
16 Thi en Vederstyggelighed for HERREN din Gud er enhver, der øver sligt, enhver, der begaar Svig.
For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.
17 Kom i Hu, hvad Amalekiterne gjorde imod dig undervejs, da I drog bort fra Ægypten,
Keep in mind what Amalek did to you on your way from Egypt;
18 hvorledes de kom imod dig undervejs og uden at frygte Gud huggede alle dine udmattede Efternølere ned, da du var træt og mødig.
How, meeting you on the way, he made an attack on you when you were tired and without strength, cutting off all the feeble ones at the end of your line; and the fear of God was not in him.
19 Naar derfor HERREN din Gud giver dig Ro for alle dine Fjender rundt om i det Land, HERREN din Gud vil give dig i Arv og Eje, da skal du udrydde ethvert Minde om Amalek. Glem det ikke!
So when the Lord your God has given you rest from all who are against you on every side, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, see to it that the memory of Amalek is cut off from the earth; keep this in mind.
