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;

Listen, people of Israel! Shortly you're going to cross the Jordan to enter and take over the country from nations that are larger and stronger than you, that have large towns with walls that reach up into 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!«

The people are strong and tall; they are the descendants of the Anakim. You all know about them and you have heard the saying, “Who could ever defeat the sons of Anak?”

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.

But you should realize that today the Lord your God is going across ahead of you. He is like a consuming fire; he will destroy them and defeat them ahead of you. You will drive them out and quickly wipe them out, just as the Lord promised you.

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!

When the Lord your God has driven them out ahead of you, don't think to yourselves, “It's because I'm such a good person that the Lord has brought me here to take over this land.” No, the Lord is driving out these nations ahead of you because of they're so wicked.

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.

It's not because you're so good or moral that you are going to take over their land. No, it's because of their wickedness that the Lord your God is driving out these nations ahead of you, to keep the promise he made to your fathers—m to 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!

You'd better believe that it's not because you're such good people that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to own, because you are stubborn, hard-hearted 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 how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert! Don't ever forget it! From the time you left the land of Egypt until you arrived here, you've been constantly rebelling against the Lord.

8 Ved Horeb fortørnede I HERREN, og HERREN blev vred paa eder, saa han vilde ødelægge eder.

At Horeb you provoked the Lord, making him so angry he was about to destroy you.

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,

This was when I climbed up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets that recorded agreement the Lord made with you. I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, and I didn't eat or drink anything.

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.

The Lord gave me the two stone tablets on which he'd written with his finger everything he'd told you when he spoke from the fire on the mountain when we were all assembled there.

11 Da de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter var omme, gav HERREN mig de to Stentavler, Pagtens Tavler.

After forty days and forty nights, the Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the agreement.

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!«

The Lord told me, “Hurry! Go down immediately, because your people that you led out of Egypt, are committing a terrible sin. They have disobeyed what I told them so quickly! They have made themselves an idol using molten metal.”

13 Og HERREN sagde til mig: »Jeg har set dette Folk, og se, det er et Folk med haarde Halse;

The Lord also told me, “I have been watching these people, and they really are a stubborn and hard-hearted.

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!«

Leave me, so that I can destroy them and wipe out their name completely. Then I will turn you into a nation even more powerful and more important than them.”

15 Da vendte jeg mig bort og steg ned fra Bjerget med Pagtens to Tavler i mine Hænder, medens Bjerget brændte i lys Lue;

I went back down the mountain while it was still on fire, carrying the two tablets of the agreement.

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.

Then I saw how much you had sinned against the Lord your God by making for yourselves a molten calf. You had disobeyed what the Lord had told you so quickly.

17 Da greb jeg de to Tavler og kastede dem ud af mine Hænder og knuste dem for eders Øjne.

I threw the two tablets down, smashing them to pieces as you watched.

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.

Then I lay down on the ground before the Lord for forty days and forty nights, just as I had before. I didn't eat or drink anything because of all the sins you had committed by doing what was evil in the Lord's sight, making him angry.

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!

I was terrified at how angry and furious the Lord was with you. He was ready to destroy you. But once again the Lord listened to me.

20 Ogsaa paa Aron blev HERREN vred, saa han vilde tilintetgøre ham; men den Gang gik jeg ogsaa i Forbøn for Aron.

The Lord was so angry with Aaron he was ready to destroy him, but right then I prayed for Aaron too.

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.

I took that abominable thing, the calf you'd made, and burned it. Then I crushed it up and ground it into dust, and I threw it into the stream that descended from the mountain.

22 Ogsaa i Tab'era, Massa og Kibrot-Hatta'ava fortørnede I HERREN.

But you went on provoking the Lord at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.

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.

When the Lord had you leave Kadesh-barnea, he told you, “Go and take over the country that I've given you.” But you defied the command of the Lord your God. You didn't believe him and you didn't obey him.

24 I har været genstridige mod HERREN, saa længe jeg har kendt eder.

You have been rebelling against the Lord from the day I first knew 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,

So I lay down on the ground before the Lord for forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.

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!

I prayed to the Lord, saying, “Please Lord, God, don't destroy your people that belong to you, the ones whom you rescued by your great ability and led out of Egypt by your power.

27 Kom dine Tjenere i Hu, Abraham, Isak og Jakob; giv ikke Agt paa dette Folks Halsstarrighed, paa dets Ugudelighed og paa dets Synd,

Please remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Please disregard the stubbornness of this people and their wicked 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!

If you don't, those people back in Egypt will say, ‘The Lord brought them out to kill them in the desert because he couldn't take them to the land he'd promised them, and because he hated them.’

29 De er jo dit Folk og din Ejendom, som du førte ud ved din store Kraft og din udstrakte Arm!«

But they are your people, Lord! They belong to you! You led them out of Egypt by your amazing power and might!”