5 Mosebog 7
1 Naar HERREN din Gud fører dig ind i det Land, du skal ind og tage i Besiddelse, og driver store Folk bort foran dig, Hetiterne, Girgasjiterne, Amoriterne, Kana'anæerne, Perizziterne, Hivviterne og Jebusiterne, syv Folk, der er større og mægtigere end du,
When the LORD your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you—the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—seven nations greater and mightier than you;
2 og naar HERREN din Gud giver dem i din Magt, og du overvinder dem, saa skal du lægge Band paa dem. Du maa ikke slutte Pagt med dem eller vise dem Skaansel.
and when the LORD your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them.
3 Du maa ikke besvogre dig med dem, du maa hverken give en af deres Sønner din Datter eller tage en af deres Døtre til din Søn;
You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.
4 thi saa vil de faa din Søn til at falde fra HERREN, saa han dyrker andre Guder, og HERRENS Vrede vil blusse op imod eder, og han vil udrydde dig i Hast.
For that would turn away your sons from following me, that they may serve other gods. So the LORD’s anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.
5 Men saaledes skal I gøre ved dem: Deres Altre skal I nedbryde, deres Stenstøtter skal I sønderslaa, deres Asjerastøtter skal I omhugge, og deres Gudebilleder skal I opbrænde.
But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved images with fire.
6 Thi du er et Folk, der er helliget HERREN din Gud; dig har HERREN din Gud udvalgt til sit Ejendomsfolk blandt alle Folk paa Jorden.
For you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
7 Det er ikke, fordi I er større end alle de andre Folk, at HERREN har fattet Velbehag til eder og udvalgt eder, thi I er det mindste af alle Folk;
The LORD didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;
8 men fordi HERREN elskede eder, og fordi han vilde holde den Ed, han tilsvor eders Fædre, derfor var det, at HERREN med stærk Haand førte eder ud og udløste dig af Trællehuset, af Ægypterkongen Faraos Haand;
but because the LORD loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9 saa skal du vide, at HERREN din Gud er den sande Gud, den trofaste Gud, der i tusinde Slægtled holder fast ved sin Pagt og sin Miskundhed mod dem, der elsker ham og holder hans Bud,
Know therefore that the LORD your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments,
10 men bringer Gengældelse over den, der hader ham, saa han udrydder ham, og ikke tøver over for den, der hader ham, men bringer Gengældelse over ham.
and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.
11 Derfor skal du omhyggeligt handle efter det Bud, de Anordninger og Lovbud, jeg i Dag giver dig!
You shall therefore keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which I command you today, to do them.
12 Naar I nu hører disse Lovbud og holder dem og handler efter dem, saa skal HERREN din Gud til Løn derfor holde fast ved den Pagt og den Miskundhed, han tilsvor dine Fædre.
It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers.
13 Han skal elske dig, velsigne dig og gøre dig mangfoldig, han skal velsigne Frugten af dit Moderliv og Frugten af din Jord, dit Korn, din Most og din Olie, Tillægget af dine Okser og dine Faars Yngel i det Land, han tilsvor dine Fædre at ville give dig!
He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.
14 Velsignet skal du være fremfor alle andre Folk; ingen Mand eller Kvinde hos dig skal være ufrugtbar, ej heller noget af dit Kvæg;
You will be blessed above all peoples. There won’t be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.
15 og HERREN vil holde alle Sygdomme fra dig; ingen af Ægyptens onde Farsoter, som du jo kender, vil han paaføre dig, men han vil lægge dem paa alle dem, der hader dig.
The LORD will take away from you all sickness; and he will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you.
16 Og alle de Folk, som HERREN din Gud giver dig, skal du fortære uden Skaansel; du maa ikke dyrke deres Guder, thi det vilde blive en Snare for dig.
You shall consume all the peoples whom the LORD your God shall deliver to you. Your eye shall not pity them. You shall not serve their gods; for that would be a snare to you.
17 Og skulde du sige ved dig selv: »Disse Folk er større end jeg, hvor kan jeg drive dem bort?«
If you shall say in your heart, “These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?”
18 saa frygt ikke for dem, men kom i Hu, hvad HERREN din Gud gjorde ved Farao og hele Ægypten,
you shall not be afraid of them. You shall remember well what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt:
19 de store Prøvelser, du selv saa, Tegnene og Underne, den stærke Haand og den udstrakte Arm, hvormed HERREN din Gud førte dig ud; saaledes vil HERREN din Gud gøre ved alle de Folkeslag, du frygter for.
the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which the LORD your God brought you out. So shall the LORD your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
20 Ja, ogsaa Gedehamse vil HERREN din Gud sende imod dem, indtil de, der er tilbage og holder sig skjult for dig, er udryddet.
Moreover the LORD your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you.
21 Vær ikke bange for dem, thi HERREN din Gud er i din Midte, en stor og frygtelig Gud.
You shall not be scared of them; for the LORD your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
22 HERREN din Gud skal lidt efter lidt drive disse Folkeslag bort foran dig. Det gaar ikke an, at du udrydder dem i Hast, thi saa bliver Markens vilde Dyr dig for talrige.
The LORD your God will cast out those nations before you little by little. You may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.
23 Men HERREN din Gud skal give dem i din Magt, og han skal slaa dem med stor Rædsel, indtil de er udryddet.
But the LORD your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they are destroyed.
24 Og han skal give deres Konger i din Haand, og du skal udrydde deres Navn under Himmelen; ingen skal kunne holde Stand over for dig, til du har udryddet dem.
He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under the sky. No one will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.
25 Deres Gudebilleder skal I opbrænde; du maa ikke lade dig friste til at tage Sølvet eller Guldet paa dem, for at du ikke skal lokkes i en Snare derved, thi det er HERREN din Gud en Vederstyggelighed,
You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.
26 og du maa ikke føre nogen Vederstyggelighed ind i dit Hus, for at du ikke skal hjemfalde til Band ligesom den, nej, du skal nære Afsky og Gru for den, thi den er hjemfaldet til Band!
You shall not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it. You shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
