2 Mosebog 23
1 Du maa ikke udsprede falske Rygter. Gør ikke fælles Sag med den, der har Uret, ved at optræde som uretfærdigt Vidne.
You do not lift up a vain report; you do not put your hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
2 Du maa ikke følge Mængden i, hvad der er ondt, eller i dit Vidnesbyrd for Retten tage Hensyn til Mængden, saa du bøjer Retten.
You are not after many to [do] evil, nor do you testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause [others] to turn aside;
3 Du maa ikke tage Parti for den ringe i hans Retssag.
and you do not honor a poor man in his strife.
4 Naar du træffer din Fjendes Okse eller Æsel løbende løse, skal du bringe dem tilbage til ham.
When you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you certainly turn it back to him;
5 Naar du ser din Uvens Æsel segne under sin Byrde, maa du ikke lade ham i Stikken, men du skal hjælpe ham med at læsse Byrden af.
when you see the donkey of him who is hating you crouching under its burden, then you have ceased from leaving [it] to it—you certainly leave [it] with him.
6 Du maa ikke bøje din fattige Landsmands Ret i hans Retssag.
You do not turn aside the judgment of your poor in his strife;
7 Hold dig fra en uretfærdig Sag; og den, som er uskyldig og har Ret, maa du ikke berøve Livet; nej, du maa ikke skaffe den Ret, som har Uret.
you keep far off from a false matter, and you do not slay an innocent and righteous man; for I do not justify a wicked man.
8 Tag ikke mod Bestikkelse, thi Bestikkelse gør den seende blind og fordrejer Sagen for dem, der har Ret.
And you do not take a bribe, for the bribe binds the open-[eyed] and perverts the words of the righteous.
9 Undertryk ikke den fremmede; I ved jo, hvorledes den fremmede er til Mode, thi I var selv fremmede i Ægypten.
And you do not oppress a sojourner, since you have known the soul of the sojourner, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt.
10 Seks Aar igennem skal du tilsaa dit Land og indsamle dets Afgrøde;
And [for] six years you sow your land and have gathered its increase;
11 men i det syvende skal du lade det hvile og ligge urørt, saa at de fattige i dit Folk kan gøre sig til gode dermed, og Markens vilde Dyr kan æde, hvad de levner; ligesaa skal du gøre med din Vingaard og dine Oliventræer.
and [in] the seventh you release it, and have left it, and the needy of your people have eaten, and the beast of the field eats their remainder; so you do to your vineyard [and] to your olive-yard.
12 I seks Dage skal du gøre dit Arbejde, men paa den syvende skal du hvile, for at dine Okser og Æsler kan faa Hvile og din Trælkvindes Søn og den fremmede hvile ud.
Six days you do your work, and on the seventh day you rest, so that your ox and your donkey rest, and the son of your handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;
13 Hold eder alt, hvad jeg siger eder, efterrettelig; du maa ikke nævne andre Guders Navn, det maa ikke høres i din Mund.
and in all that which I have said to you—take heed; and you do not mention the name of other gods; it is not heard on your mouth.
14 Tre Gange om Aaret skal du holde Højtid for mig.
You keep a celebration to Me three times in a year:
15 Du skal fejre de usyrede Brøds Højtid; i syv Dage skal du spise usyret Brød, som jeg har paalagt dig, paa den fastsatte Tid i Abib Maaned, thi i den Maaned vandrede du ud af Ægypten, Man maa ikke stedes for mit Aasyn med tomme Hænder.
you keep the Celebration of Unleavened Things (you eat unleavened things [for] seven days as I have commanded you, at the time appointed [in] the month of Abib; for in it you have come forth out of Egypt, and you do not appear [in] My presence empty);
16 Fremdeles skal du fejre Højtiden for Høsten, Førstegrøden af dit Arbejde, af hvad du saar i din Mark, og Højtiden for Frugthøsten ved Aarets Udgang, naar du har bjærget Udbyttet af dit Arbejde hjem fra Marken.
and the Celebration of Harvest, the first-fruits of your works which you sow in the field; and the Celebration of the Ingathering in the outgoing of the year, in your gathering your works out of the field.
17 Tre Gange om Aaret skal alle dine Mænd stedes for den Herre HERRENS Aasyn.
Three times in a year all your males appear before [the] face of the Lord YHWH.
18 Du maa ikke ofre Blodet af mit Slagtoffer sammen med syret Brød. Fedtet fra min Højtid maa ikke gemmes til næste Morgen.
You do not sacrifice the blood of My sacrifice on a fermented thing, and the fat of My festival does not remain until morning;
19 Du skal bringe det første, Førstegrøden af din Jord, til HERREN din Guds Hus. Du maa ikke koge et Kid i dets Moders Mælk.
the beginning of the first-fruits of your ground you bring into the house of your God YHWH; you do not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
20 Se, jeg sender en Engel foran dig for at vogte dig undervejs og føre dig til det Sted, jeg har beredt.
Behold, I am sending a Messenger before you to keep you in the way, and to bring you to the place which I have prepared;
21 Tag dig vel i Vare for ham og adlyd ham; vær ikke genstridig imod ham, thi han skal ikke tilgive eders Overtrædelser, efterdi mit Navn er i ham.
be watchful because of His presence, and listen to His voice, do not rebel against Him, for He does not bear with your transgression, for My Name [is] in His heart;
22 Naar du adlyder ham og gør alt, hvad jeg siger, vil jeg være dine Fjenders Fjende og dine Modstanderes Modstander,
for if you listen diligently to His voice, and have done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with your enemies, and have distressed those distressing you.
23 Ja, min Engel skal drage foran dig og føre dig til Amoriterne, Hetiterne, Perizziterne, Kana'anæerne, Hivviterne og Jebusiterne, og jeg vil udrydde dem.
For My Messenger goes before you, and has brought you to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I have cut them off.
24 Du maa ikke tilbede eller dyrke deres Guder eller følge deres Skikke; men du skal nedbryde dem og sønderslaa deres Stenstøtter.
You do not bow yourself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but utterly devote them, and thoroughly break their standing pillars.
25 I skal dyrke HERREN eders Gud, saa vil jeg velsigne dit Brød og dit Vand og holde Sygdomme borte fra dig.
And you have served your God YHWH, and He has blessed your bread and your water, and I have turned aside sickness from your heart;
26 Utidige Fødsler eller Ufrugtbarhed skal ikke forekomme i dit Land, og dine Dages Maal vil jeg gøre fuldt.
there is not a miscarrying and barren one in your land; I fulfill the number of your days.
27 Jeg vil sende min Rædsel foran dig og bringe Bestyrtelse over alle de Folk, du kommer til, og jeg vil drive alle dine Fjender paa Flugt for dig.
I send My terror before you, and I have put to death all the people among whom you come, and I have given the neck of all your enemies to you.
28 Jeg vil sende Gedehamse foran dig, og de skal drive Hivviterne, Kana'anæerne og Hetiterne bort foran dig.
And I have sent the hornet before you, and it has cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you;
29 Men jeg vil ikke drive dem bort foran dig i et og samme Aar, for at Landet ikke skal lægges øde, og for at Markens vilde Dyr ikke skal tage Overhaand for dig;
I do not cast them out from before you in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field has multiplied against you;
30 lidt efter lidt vil jeg drive dem bort foran dig, indtil du bliver saa talrig, at du kan tage Landet i Besiddelse.
I cast them out little [by] little from before you, until you are fruitful, and have inherited the land.
31 Jeg vil lade dine Landemærker naa fra det røde Hav til Filisternes Hav, fra Ørkenen til Floden, thi jeg giver Landets Indbyggere i eders Haand, saa du kan drive dem bort foran dig.
And I have set your border from the Red Sea, even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you have cast them out from before you.
32 Du maa ikke slutte Pagt med dem eller deres Guder.
You do not make a covenant with them and with their gods;
33 De maa ikke blive boende i dit Land, for at de ikke skal forlede dig til Synd imod mig, til at dyrke deres Guder, saa det bliver dig til en Snare!
they do not dwell in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me when you serve their gods, when it becomes a snare to you.”
