5 Mosebog 9
1 Hør, Israel! Du drager nu over Jordan for at komme og gøre dig til Herre over Folk, der er større og mægtigere end du selv, over store Byer med himmelhøje Fæstningsværker;
Hear, O Israel: Thou shalt go over the Jordan this day; to possess nations very great, and stronger than thyself, cities great, and walled up to the sky,
2 over et stort Folk, høje som Kæmper, Anakiternes Efterkommere, som du selv kender, og om hvem du selv har hørt sige: »Hvem kan holde Stand mod Anakiterne!«
A People great and tall, the sons of the Enacims, whom thou hast seen, and heard of, against whom no man is able to stand.
3 Saa skal du nu vide, at det er HERREN din Gud, der gaar foran dig som en fortærende Ild; han vil ødelægge dem, og han vil underkue dem for dig, saa du kan drive dem bort og ødelægge dem i Hast, saaledes som HERREN har sagt dig.
Thou shalt know therefore this day that the Lord thy God himself will pass over before thee, a devouring and consuming fire, to destroy and extirpate and bring them to nothing before thy face quickly, as he hath spoken to thee.
4 Naar HERREN din Gud jager dem bort foran dig, tænk saa ikke: »For min Retfærdigheds Skyld lod HERREN mig komme ind og tage dette Land i Besiddelse!« Thi det er for disse Folks Ugudeligheds Skyld, at HERREN driver dem bort foran dig!
Say not in thy heart, when the Lord thy God shall have destroyed them in thy sight: For my justice hath the Lord brought me in to possess this land, whereas these nations are destroyed for their wickedness.
5 Det er ikke for din Retfærdigheds eller dit ædle Hjertes Skyld, du kommer ind og tager deres Land i Besiddelse, nej, det er paa Grund af disse Folks Ondskab, at HERREN driver dem bort foran dig, og fordi han vil opfylde det Ord, han tilsvor dine Fædre, Abraham, Isak og Jakob.
For it is not for thy justices, and the uprightness of thy heart that thou shalt go in to possess their lands: but because they have done wickedly, they are destroyed at thy coming in: and that the Lord might accomplish his word, which he promised by oath to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6 Saa vid da, at det ikke er for din Retfærdigheds Skyld, at HERREN din Gud giver dig dette herlige Land i Eje; thi du er et Folk med haarde Halse!
Know therefore that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this excellent land in possession for thy justices, for thou art a very stiffnecked people.
7 Kom i Hu, glem ikke, hvorledes du fortørnede HERREN din Gud i Ørkenen! Lige fra den Dag I drog ud af Ægypten, og til I kom til Stedet her, har I været genstridige mod HERREN.
Remember, and forget not how then provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that thou camest out of Egypt unto this place, thou hast always strove against the Lord.
8 Ved Horeb fortørnede I HERREN, og HERREN blev vred paa eder, saa han vilde ødelægge eder.
For in Horeb also thou didst provoke him, and he was angry, and would have destroyed thee,
9 Da jeg var steget op paa Bjerget for at modtage Stentavlerne, den Pagts Tavler, som HERREN havde sluttet med eder, opholdt jeg mig paa Bjerget fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter uden at spise eller drikke,
When I went up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you: and I continued in the mount forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water.
10 og HERREN gav mig de to Stentavler, beskrevne med Guds Finger; og paa dem stod alle de Ord, HERREN havde talt til eder paa Bjerget ud fra Ilden, den Dag I var forsamlet.
And the Lord gave me two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and containing all the words that he spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the Are, when the people were assembled together.
11 Da de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter var omme, gav HERREN mig de to Stentavler, Pagtens Tavler.
And when forty days were passed, and as many nights, the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant,
12 Og HERREN sagde til mig: »Staa op og skynd dig ned herfra, thi det Folk, du førte ud af Ægypten, har handlet ilde; hastigt er de veget fra den Vej, jeg foreskrev dem: de har lavet sig et støbt Billede!«
And said to me: Arise, and go down from hence quickly: for thy people, which thou hast brought out of Egypt, have quickly forsaken the way that thou hast shewn them, and have made to themselves a molten idol.
13 Og HERREN sagde til mig: »Jeg har set dette Folk, og se, det er et Folk med haarde Halse;
And again the Lord said to me: I see that this people is stiffnecked:
14 lad mig i Fred, saa jeg kan ødelægge dem og udslette deres Navn under Himmelen; saa vil jeg gøre dig til et Folk, mægtigere og større end det!«
Let me alone that I may destroy them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and set thee over a nation, that is greater and stronger than this.
15 Da vendte jeg mig bort og steg ned fra Bjerget med Pagtens to Tavler i mine Hænder, medens Bjerget brændte i lys Lue;
And when I came down from the burning mount, and held the two tables of the covenant with both hands,
16 og jeg saa, og se, I havde syndet mod HERREN eders Gud, I havde lavet eder en støbt Tyrekalv; hastigt var I veget fra den Vej, HERREN havde foreskrevet eder.
And saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made to yourselves a molten calf, and had quickly forsaken his way, which he had shewn you:
17 Da greb jeg de to Tavler og kastede dem ud af mine Hænder og knuste dem for eders Øjne.
I cast the tables out of my hands, and broke them in your sight.
18 Og derpaa faldt jeg ned for HERRENS Aasyn fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter ligesom forrige Gang, uden at spise eller drikke, for alle eders Synders Skyld, som I havde begaaet, idet I gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, saa I fortørnede ham.
And I fell down before the Lord as before, forty days and nights neither eating bread, nor drinking water, for all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and had provoked him to wrath:
19 Thi jeg frygtede for, at HERREN skulde tilintetgøre eder i den Vrede og Harme, som opfyldte ham imod eder. Og HERREN bønhørte mig ogsaa den Gang!
For I feared his indignation and anger, wherewith being moved against you, he would have destroyed you. And the Lord heard me this time also.
20 Ogsaa paa Aron blev HERREN vred, saa han vilde tilintetgøre ham; men den Gang gik jeg ogsaa i Forbøn for Aron.
And he was exceeding angry against Aaron also, and would have destroyed him, and I prayed in like manner for him.
21 Men eders syndige Værk, Kalven, tog jeg og brændte; og jeg knuste og malede den til fint Støv, og Støvet kastede jeg i Bækken, som løber ned ad Bjerget.
And your sin that you had committed, that is, the calf, I took, and burned it with fire, and breaking it into pieces, until it was as small as dust, I threw it into the torrent, which cometh down from the mountain.
22 Ogsaa i Tab'era, Massa og Kibrot-Hatta'ava fortørnede I HERREN.
At the burning also, and at the place of temptation, and at the graves of lust you provoked the Lord:
23 Og da HERREN lod eder rejse fra Kadesj-Barnea og bød eder drage op og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som han vilde give eder, trodsede I HERREN eders Guds Befaling, og I troede ikke paa ham og adlød ham ikke.
And when he sent you from Cadesbarne, saying: Go up, and possess the land that I have given you, and you slighted the commandment of the Lord your God, and did not believe him, neither would you hearken to his voice:
24 I har været genstridige mod HERREN, saa længe jeg har kendt eder.
But were always rebellious from the day that I began to know you.
25 Saa faldt jeg ned for HERRENS Aasyn i de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter, fordi HERREN havde sagt, at han vilde tilintetgøre eder,
And I lay prostrate before the Lord forty days and nights, in which I humbly besought him, that he would not destroy you as he had threatened:
26 og jeg bad til HERREN og sagde: »Herre, HERRE, ødelæg ikke dit Folk og din Ejendom, som du udløste ved din store Magt og førte ud af Ægypten med stærk Haand!
And praying, I said: O Lord God, destroy not thy people, and thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed in thy greatness, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.
27 Kom dine Tjenere i Hu, Abraham, Isak og Jakob; giv ikke Agt paa dette Folks Halsstarrighed, paa dets Ugudelighed og paa dets Synd,
Remember thy servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: look not on the stubbornness of this people, nor on their wickedness and sin:
28 for at man ikke skal sige i det Land, du førte os ud fra: Fordi HERREN ikke evnede at føre dem til det Land, han havde lovet dem, og fordi han hadede dem, derfor førte han dem ud for at lade dem omkomme i Ørkenen!
Lest perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out of which thou hast brought us, say: The Lord could not bring them into the land that he promised them, and he hated them: therefore he brought them out, that he might kill them in the wilderness,
29 De er jo dit Folk og din Ejendom, som du førte ud ved din store Kraft og din udstrakte Arm!«
Who are thy people and thy inheritance, whom thou hast brought out by thy great strength, and in thy stretched out arm.
