2 Mosebog 10
1 Derpaa sagde HERREN til Moses: »Gaa til Farao! Thi jeg har forhærdet hans og hans Tjeneres Hjerte, at jeg kan komme til at gøre disse mine Tegn iblandt dem,
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go to the king [again]. I have made him and his officials stubborn [IDM]. I have done that in order that I would [have a good reason to] perform all these plagues among them,
2 for at du maa kunne fortælle din Søn og din Sønnesøn, hvorledes jeg handlede med Ægypterne, og om de Tegn, jeg gjorde iblandt dem; saa skal I kende, at jeg er HERREN.«
and also in order that you would [be able to] tell your children and your grandchildren how I caused the Egyptians to act very foolishly [when] I performed all these miracles. Then all of you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
3 Da gik Moses og Aron til Farao og sagde til ham: »Saa siger HERREN, Hebræernes Gud: Hvor længe vil du vægre dig ved at ydmyge dig for mig? Lad mit Folk rejse, at de kan dyrke mig!
So Aaron and Moses/I went into the king’s [palace] and said to him, “Yahweh God, whom we Hebrews [worship], says this: ‘How long will you stubbornly refuse to do what I tell you [MTY]? Let my people go, in order that they may worship me [in the desert]
4 Men hvis du vægrer dig ved at lade mit Folk rejse, se, da vil jeg i Morgen sende Græshopper over dine Landemærker,
If you [keep] refusing to let them go, I warn you that tomorrow I will bring (locusts/[large flying insects called] locusts) into your country.
5 og de skal skjule Landets Overflade, saa man ikke kan se Jorden, og opæde Resten af det, som er blevet tilovers for eder efter Haglen, og opæde alle eders Træer, som gror paa Marken;
[They will completely cover the ground so that] you will not even be able to see the ground. They will eat everything that the hail did not [destroy]. They will eat [everything that is left on] the trees.
6 og de skal fylde dine Huse og alle dine Tjeneres og alle Ægypternes Huse saaledes, at hverken dine Fædre eller dine Fædres Fædre nogen Sinde har oplevet Mage dertil, fra den Dag de kom til Verden og indtil denne Dag!« Dermed vendte han sig bort og forlod Farao.
They will fill your houses, and the houses of all your officials, and the houses of all [the rest of] the Egyptians. [There will be more locusts] than you or your parents or your grandparents have ever seen, from the time your ancestors first came to [this] land until the present time!’” Then he/I turned and [Aaron and] I left the king.
7 Men Faraos Tjenere sagde til ham: »Hvor længe skal denne Mand styrte os i Ulykke? Lad dog disse Mennesker rejse og lad dem dyrke HERREN deres Gud! Har du endnu ikke indset, at Ægypten gaar til Grunde?«
The king’s officials said to him, “(How long is this man going to continue to bring disasters on us?/We must not let this man continue to cause trouble for us!) [RHQ] Let the [Israeli] men leave, in order that they may worship Yahweh, their god. (Do you not yet understand that [this man] has ruined Egypt?/You ought to realize by now that [this man] has ruined Egypt!)” [RHQ]
8 Moses og Aron blev nu hentet tilbage til Farao, og han sagde til dem: »Drag af Sted og dyrk HERREN eders Gud! Men hvem er det nu, der vil af Sted?«
So they brought Aaron and Moses/me back to the king. He said to them/us, “[All right], you can go and worship Yahweh your god. But who are the ones who will go?”
9 Moses svarede: »Med vore Børn og vore gamle vil vi drage af Sted, med vore Sønner og vore Døtre, vort Smaakvæg og vort Hornkvæg vil vi drage af Sted, thi vi skal fejre HERRENS Højtid.«
Moses/I replied, “We [all] need to go, everyone, including those who are young and those who are old. We need to take our sons and our daughters and our flocks [of sheep and goats] and herds [of livestock], because we must have a festival to [honor] Yahweh.”
10 Da sagde han til dem: »HERREN være med eder, om jeg lader eder rejse sammen med eders Kvinder og Børn! Der ser man, at I har ondt i Sinde!
[Moses/I really did not intend that the Israelis would ever return to Egypt, and the king knew that also. So] the king replied [sarcastically], “[If you all leave], [it will be clear that] Yahweh has helped you, but I myself will never let you [take] your children [and your wives] when you go! It is clear that you are wickedly planning [not to return].
11 Nej — men I Mænd kan drage bort og dyrke HERREN; det var jo det, I ønskede!« Derpaa jog man dem bort fra Farao.
So no, [I will not let you all go]. [The Israeli] men may go [and worship Yahweh], if that is what you want.” Then the king expelled them/us from [his palace].
12 Da sagde HERREN til Moses: »Ræk din Haand ud over Ægypten og faa Græshopperne til at komme; de skal komme over Ægypten og opæde alt, hvad der vokser i Landet, alt, hvad Haglen har levnet!«
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach out your hand as [though you were stretching it] over the land to welcome the locusts. They will come to the country of Egypt and eat every plant that is [left] in the land, every plant that the hail has not destroyed.”
13 Moses rakte da sin Stav ud over Ægypten, og HERREN lod en Østenstorm blæse over Landet hele den Dag og den paafølgende Nat; og da det blev Morgen, førte Østenstormen Græshopperne med sig.
So Moses/I held out his/my stick [as though he/I was stretching it] over the whole land of Egypt. Then Yahweh caused a [strong] wind to blow from the east, and it blew over the land all that day and all that night. By the [next] morning, it had brought the locusts.
14 Da kom Græshopperne over hele Ægypten, og de slog sig ned i hele Ægyptens Omraade i uhyre Mængder; aldrig før havde der været saa mange Græshopper, og ingen Sinde mere skal der komme saa mange.
The locusts swarmed all over Egypt. It was larger than any swarm of locusts that had ever [been seen], and there will never be [a swarm of locusts like that] again.
15 Og de skjulte hele Jordens Overflade, saa Jorden blev sort af dem, og de opaad alt, hvad der voksede i Landet, og alle Træfrugter, alt, hvad Haglen havde levnet, og der blev intet grønt tilbage paa Træerne eller paa Markens Urter i hele Ægypten.
They covered the surface of the ground and made it [appear] black. They ate all the plants in the land and everything on the trees that had not been destroyed by the hail. Nothing that was green was left on any plant or on any tree, anywhere in Egypt.
16 Da lod Farao skyndsomt Moses og Aron kalde til sig og sagde: »Jeg har syndet mod HERREN eders Gud og mod eder!
The king quickly summoned Aaron and Moses/me and said, “I have sinned against Yahweh, your god, and against you [two].
17 Men tilgiv mig nu min Synd denne ene Gang og gaa i Forbøn hos eders Gud, at han dog blot vil tage denne dødbringende Plage fra mig!«
So now I ask you to forgive me this one time [for having] sinned, and pray to Yahweh your god to stop [these locusts] [MTY] [from causing everything] to die.”
18 Da gik Moses bort fra Farao og bad til HERREN.
They/We left the king, and Moses/I prayed to Yahweh.
19 Og HERREN lod Vinden slaa om til en voldsom Vestenvind, som tog Græshopperne og drev dem ud i det røde Hav, saa der ikke blev en eneste Græshoppe tilbage i hele Ægyptens Omraade.
Then Yahweh changed the wind so that it blew [strongly] from the west, and it blew all the locusts into the Red Sea (OR, the Gulf of Suez). There was not one locust left anywhere in the country of Egypt.
20 Men HERREN forhærdede Faraos Hjerte, saa han ikke lod Israeliterne rejse.
But Yahweh made the king stubborn [IDM] [again], and he did not let the Israeli people go.
21 Derpaa sagde HERREN til Moses: »Ræk din Haand op mod Himmelen, saa skal der komme et Mørke over Ægypten, som man kan tage og føle paa!«
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach your hand up toward the sky, in order that there will be darkness over all the land of Egypt, a darkness [so complete] that people will have to grope around [to know where to walk].”
22 Da rakte Moses sin Haand op mod Himmelen, og der kom et tykt Mørke i hele Ægypten i tre Dage;
So Moses/I reached his/my hand toward the sky, and it became totally dark all over Egypt for three days [and nights].
23 den ene kunde ikke se den anden, og ingen flyttede sig af Stedet i tre Dage; men overalt, hvor Israeliterne boede, var det lyst.
People could not see each other. No one left his house during that whole time. But there was light in the area where the Israeli people were living.
24 Da lod Farao Moses kalde og sagde: »Drag hen og dyrk HERREN. Dog skal eders Smaakvæg og Hornkvæg blive tilbage, men eders Kvinder og Børn maa I tage med.«
The king summoned Moses/me and said, “All right, you may go and worship Yahweh. [Your wives and] your children may go with you. But your flocks of sheep and goats and your herds of cattle must remain here.”
25 Men Moses sagde: »Du maa ogsaa overlade os Slagtofre og Brændofre, som vi kan bringe HERREN vor Gud;
But Moses/I replied, “[No], you must let us [take along the sheep and goats, in order] that we may have [some of them] to sacrifice and give as burned offerings to Yahweh, our God.
26 ogsaa vore Hjorde maa vi have med, ikke en Klov maa blive tilbage, thi dem har vi Brug for, naar vi skal dyrke HERREN vor Gud, og vi ved jo ikke, hvor meget vi behøver dertil, før vi kommer til Stedet.«
Our livestock must also go with us; we are not going to leave one of them [SYN] behind. We must take them to worship Yahweh. We will not know [which animals to sacrifice] until we get to where we are going.”
27 Da forhærdede HERREN Faraos Hjerte, saa han nægtede at lade dem rejse.
But Yahweh made the king [continue to be] stubborn [IDM], and he would not let [the Israeli] people go.
28 Og Farao sagde til ham: »Gaa bort fra mig og vogt dig for at komme mig for Øje mere; thi den Dag du kommer mig for Øje, er du dødsens!«
The king said to me, “Get out of here! Make sure that you never come to see me [SYN] again! The day you see me again, [I will have] you executed!”
29 Da sagde Moses: »Du har sagt det, jeg skal ikke mere komme dig for Øje!«
Moses/I replied, “You are correct! You will never see me [SYN] again!”
