5 Mosebog 6

1 Dette er Budet, Anordningerne og Lovbudene, som HERREN eders Gud har paabudt at lære eder at handle efter i det Land, I skal over og tage i Besiddelse,

Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

2 for at du alle dine Levedage maa frygte HERREN din Gud og holde alle hans Anordninger og Bud, som jeg giver dig, du selv, din Søn og din Sønnesøn, og faa et langt Liv.

So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.

3 Hør derfor, Israel, og gør omhyggeligt efter dem, for at det kan gaa dig vel, og for at I maa blive overvættes talrige, saaledes som HERREN, dine Fædres Gud, har forjættet dig, i et Land, der flyder med Mælk og Honning.

So give ear, O Israel, and take care to do this; so that it may be well for you, and you may be greatly increased, as the Lord the God of your fathers has given you his word, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

4 Hør, Israel! HERREN vor Gud, HERREN er een.

Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:

5 Og du skal elske HERREN din Gud af hele dit Hjerte, af hele din Sjæl og af hele din Styrke.

And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

6 Disse Bud, som jeg paalægger dig i Dag, skal du tage dig til Hjerte;

Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;

7 og du skal indprente dine Børn dem og tale om dem, baade naar du sidder i dit Hus, og naar du vandrer paa Vejen, baade naar du lægger dig, og naar du staar op;

Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

8 du skal binde dem som et Tegn om din Haand, de skal være som et Erindringsmærke paa din Pande,

Let them be fixed as a sign on your hand, and marked on your brow;

9 og du skal skrive dem paa Dørstolperne af dit Hus og paa dine Porte.

Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.

10 Og naar HERREN din Gud fører dig ind i det Land, han tilsvor dine Fædre Abraham, Isak og Jakob at ville give dig, store og smukke Byer, som du ikke har bygget,

And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;

11 Huse, der er fulde af alt godt, som du ikke har samlet, udhuggede Cisterner, som du ikke har udhugget, Vingaarde og Olivenhaver, som du ikke har plantet, og du spiser dig mæt,

And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full;

12 vogt dig da for at glemme HERREN, som førte dig ud af Ægypten, af Trællehuset;

Then take care that you keep your hearts true to the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

13 HERREN din Gud skal du frygte, ham skal du dyrke, og ved hans Navn skal du sværge!

Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.

14 I maa ikke holde eder til andre Guder, til nogen af de omboende Folks Guder,

Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;

15 thi HERREN din Gud er en nidkær Gud i din Midte; ellers vil HERREN din Guds Vrede blusse op imod dig, saa han udrydder dig af Jorden.

For the Lord your God who is with you is a God who will not let his honour be given to another; or the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, causing your destruction from the face of the earth.

16 I maa ikke friste HERREN eders Gud, som I gjorde ved Massa.

Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.

17 I skal omhyggeligt holde HERREN eders Guds Bud, Vidnesbyrd og Anordninger, som han har paalagt dig;

Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

18 og du skal gøre, hvad der er ret og godt i HERRENS Øjne, for at det maa gaa dig vel, og du maa komme ind og faa det herlige Land i Eje, som HERREN tilsvor dine Fædre,

And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

19 idet han jager alle dine Fjender bort foran dig, som HERREN har sagt!

To send out from before you all those who are against you.

20 Naar din Søn i Fremtiden spørger dig: »Hvorledes har det sig med de Vidnesbyrd, Anordninger og Lovbud, som HERREN vor Gud gav eder?«

And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

21 saa skal du svare din Søn saaledes: »Vi var engang Faraos Trælle i Ægypten; men HERREN førte os ud af Ægypten med stærk Haand.

Then you will say to your son, We were servants under Pharaoh's yoke in Egypt; and the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand:

22 Og HERREN udførte Tegn og store, ødelæggende Undere paa Ægypten, paa Farao og hele hans Hus, lige for vore Øjne;

And the Lord did great signs and wonders against Egypt, and against Pharaoh and all his house, before our eyes:

23 men os førte han ud derfra for at føre os ind og give os det Land, han havde tilsvoret vore Fædre.

And he took us out from that place, guiding us here to give us this land, as he said in his oath to our fathers.

24 Dengang paalagde HERREN os at handle efter alle disse Anordninger, idet vi frygter HERREN vor Gud, for at det altid maa gaa os vel, for at han kan lade os blive i Live, som det hidtil er sket.

And the Lord gave us orders to keep all these laws, in the fear of the Lord our God, so that it might be well for us for ever, and that he might keep us from death, as he has done to this day.

25 Og vi skal staa som retfærdige for HERREN vor Guds Ansigt, naar vi handler efter alle disse Anordninger, saaledes som han har paalagt os!«

And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.