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;

Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, Israel [God prevails]! You are to pass over the Jordan [Descender] today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified 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 Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have sh'ma ·heard obeyed· it said, “Who can stand before 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.

Know therefore today, that Adonai your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire. He will destroy them, and he will bring them down before you. So you shall drive them out, and make them perish quickly, as Adonai has spoken to 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!

Don’t say in your heart, after Adonai your God has thrust them out from before you, saying, “For my righteousness Adonai has brought me in to possess this land;” because Adonai drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations.

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.

Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Adonai your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Adonai swore to your fathers, to Abraham [Father of a multitude], to Isaac [Laughter], and to Jacob [Supplanter].

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 Adonai your God does not give you this good land to possess for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked 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 don’t forget, how you provoked Adonai your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you left the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Adonai.

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

Also in Horeb [Desert] you provoked Adonai to wrath, and Adonai was angry with you 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,

When I had gone up onto the mountain to receive the stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant which Adonai made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank 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.

Adonai delivered to me the two stone tablets written with God’s finger. On them were all the words which Adonai spoke with you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly.

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

It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Adonai gave me the two stone tablets, even the tablets 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!«

Adonai said to me, “Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt [Abode of slavery] have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside out of the way which I enjoined them. They have made a molten image for themselves!”

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

Furthermore Adonai spoke to me, saying, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

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 alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.”

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

So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. The two tablets of the covenant were in my two 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.

I looked, and behold, you had sinned ·deviated (from the standard goal)· against Adonai your God. You had made yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly out of the way which Adonai had enjoined you.

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

I took hold of the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

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.

I fell down before Adonai, as at the first, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your habitual sins ·missing the marks· which you sinned ·deviated (from the standard goal)·, in doing that which was evil in Adonai’s sight, to provoke him to anger.

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 that because of how angry Adonai was at you, of how heatedly displeased he was, that he would destroy you. But Adonai sh'ma ·heard obeyed· me that time too.

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

Adonai was angry enough with Aaron [Light-bringer] to destroy him. I prayed for Aaron [Light-bringer] also at the same time.

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 your habitual sin ·missing the mark·, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.

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

At Taberah, and at Massah [Testing], and at Kibroth Hattaavah, you provoked Adonai to wrath.

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 Adonai sent you from Kadesh Barnea [Consecrated Son-inconstant], saying, “Go up and possess the land which I have given you,” you rebelled against the order of Adonai your God, and you didn’t trust him, nor sh'ma ·hear obey· his voice.

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

You have been rebellious against Adonai from the day that I 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 fell down before Adonai the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Adonai had said he would 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 Adonai, and said, “'Adonay Adonai [Lord Yahweh], don’t destroy your people and your inheritance, that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt [Abode of slavery] with a mighty 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 your servants, Abraham [Father of a multitude], Isaac [Laughter], and Jacob [Supplanter]. Don’t look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their ethical wickedness, nor at their habitual sin ·missing the mark·,

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 the land you brought us out from say, ‘Because Adonai was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to 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!«

Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.”