5 Mosebog 8
1 Alle de Bud, jeg i Dag paalægger dig, skal I omhyggeligt handle efter, for at I maa blive i Live og blive mangfoldige og komme ind og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som HERREN tilsvor eders Fædre.
Take care to keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may have life and be increased and go in and take as a heritage the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, undertook to give you.
2 Og du skal komme i Hu, hvorledes HERREN din Gud i disse fyrretyve Aar har ført dig i Ørkenen for at ydmyge dig og sætte dig paa Prøve og for at se, hvad der boede i dit Hjerte, om du vilde holde hans Bud eller ej.
And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
3 Han ydmygede dig og lod dig sulte og gav dig saa Manna at spise, en Føde, som hverken du eller dine Fædre før kendte til, for at lade dig vide, at Mennesket ikke lever af Brød alene; men ved alt, hvad der udgaar af HERRENS Mund, lever Mennesket.
And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
4 Dine klæder blev ikke slidt af Kroppen paa dig, og dine Fødder hovnede ikke i disse fyrretyve Aar:
Through all these forty years your clothing did not get old or your feet become tired.
5 Saa vid da og tag dig til Hjerte, at HERREN optugter dig, som en Mand optugter sin Søn.
Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.
6 Og hold HERREN din Guds Bud, saa du vandrer paa hans Veje og frygter ham.
Then keep the orders of the Lord your God, fearing him and walking in his ways.
7 Thi HERREN din Gud vil føre dig ind i et herligt Land, et Land med Vandbække, Kilder og Strømme, der vælder frem paa Bjerg og Dal,
For the Lord your God is guiding you into a good land, a land of water-springs, of fountains, and deep streams flowing out from the valleys and the hills;
8 et Land med Hvede og Byg, med Vinstokke, Figentræer og Granatæbletræer, et Land med Oliventræer og Honning,
A land of grain and vines and fig-trees and fair fruits; a land of oil-giving olive-trees and honey;
9 et Land, hvor du ikke skal tære Fattigmands Brød, hvor du intet skal mangle, et Land, hvis Sten giver Jern, og i hvis Bjerge du kan hugge Kobber.
Where there will be bread for you in full measure and you will be in need of nothing; a land where the very stones are iron and from whose hills you may get copper.
10 Men naar du saa spiser dig mæt, skal du love HERREN din Gud for det herlige Land, han gav dig.
And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.
11 Vogt dig for at glemme HERREN din Gud, saa du ikke holder hans Bud, Lovbud og Anordninger, som jeg i Dag paalægger dig.
Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:
12 Naar du da spiser dig mæt og bygger gode Huse og bor i dem,
And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;
13 og dit Hornkvæg og Smaakvæg øges, og dit Sølv og Guld øges, og alt, hvad du ejer, øges,
And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort;
14 lad saa ikke dit Hjerte blive hovmodigt, saa du glemmer HERREN din Gud, som førte dig ud af Ægypten, af Trællehuset,
Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;
15 ham, som ledte dig i den store, grufulde Ørken med dens Giftslanger og Skorpioner og vandløse Ødemarker, ham, som lod Vand vælde frem til dig af den flinthaarde Klippe,
Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you;
16 ham, som i Ørkenen gav dig Manna at spise, som dine Fædre ikke kendte til, dig til Ydmygelse og Prøvelse, for i de kommende Dage at kunne gøre vel imod dig!
Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
17 Og sig ikke ved dig selv: »Det er min egen Kraft og min egen Haands Styrke, der har skaffet mig den Rigdom.«
Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.
18 Men kom HERREN din Gud i Hu; thi ham er det, der giver dig Kraft til at vinde dig Rigdom for at stadfæste den Pagt, han tilsvor dine Fædre, saaledes som det nu er sket.
But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.
19 Men hvis du glemmer HERREN din Gud og holder dig til andre Guder og dyrker og tilbeder dem, saa vidner jeg for eder i Dag, at I skal gaa til Grunde.
And it is certain that if at any time you are turned away from the Lord your God, and go after other gods, to be their servants and to give them worship, destruction will overtake you.
20 Som de Folk, HERREN lader gaa til Grunde for eder, skal I gaa til Grunde, til Straf for at I ikke vilde adlyde HERREN eders Gud!
Like the nations which the Lord is cutting off before you, so you will be cut off; because you would not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.
