4 Mosebog 13
1 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
2 »Send nogle Mænd af Sted for at undersøge Kana'ans Land, som jeg vil give Israeliterne; een Mand af hver Fædrenestamme skal I sende, og kun Mænd, der er Øverster iblandt dem!«
Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the sons of Israel. From every tribe of their fathers ye shall send a man, each one a ruler among them.
3 Da udsendte Moses dem fra Parans Ørken paa HERRENS Bud, Mænd, der alle var Overhoveder for Israeliterne.
And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah. All of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel.
4 Deres Navne var følgende: Af Rubens Stamme Sjammua, Zakkurs Søn,
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
5 af Simeons Stamme Sjafat, Horis Søn,
of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
6 af Judas Stamme Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn,
of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
7 af Issakars Stamme Jig'al, Josefs Søn,
of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
8 af Efraims Stamme Hosea, Nuns Søn,
of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
9 af Benjamins Stamme Palti, Rafus Søn,
of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
10 af Zebulons Stamme Gaddiel, Sodis Søn,
of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
11 af Josefs Stamme, det er Manasses Stamme, Gaddi, Susis Søn,
of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
12 af Dans Stamme Ammiel, Gemallis Søn,
of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
13 af Asers Stamme Setur, Mikaels Søn,
of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
14 af Naftalis Stamme Nabi, Vofsis Søn,
of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
15 af Gads Stamme Ge'uel, Makis Søn.
of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 Det var Navnene paa de Mænd, Moses udsendte for at undersøge Landet. Men Moses gav Hosea, Nuns Søn, Navnet Josua.
These are the names of the men that Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
17 Og Moses sendte dem af Sted for at undersøge Kana'ans Land. Og han sagde til dem: »Drag herfra op i Sydlandet og drag op i Bjergene
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country.
18 og se, hvordan Landet er, og om Folket, som bor der, er stærkt eller svagt, faatalligt eller talrigt,
And see the land, what it is, and the people who dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,
19 om Landet, de bor i, er godt eller daarligt, og om Byerne, de bor i, er Teltlejre eller Fæstninger,
and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad, and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds,
20 og om Landet er fedt eller magert, om der findes Træer deri eller ej. Vær ved godt Mod og tag noget af Landets Frugt med tilbage!« Det var netop ved den Tid, de første Druer var modne.
and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood in it, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.
21 Saa drog de af Sted og undersøgte Landet lige fra Zins Ørken til Rehob, Egnen hen imod Hamat.
So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
22 Saa begav de sig op i Sydlandet og kom til Hebron; der boede Ahiman, Sjesjaj og Talmaj, Anaks Efterkommere. Men Hebron var grundlagt syv Aar før Zoan i Ægypten.
And they went up by the South, and came to Hebron. And Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23 Da de naaede Esjkoldalen, afskar de en Ranke med en Drueklase, som der maatte to Mand til at bære paa en Bærestang, og plukkede nogle Granatæbler og Figener.
And they came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it upon a staff between two, also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24 Man kaldte dette Sted Esjkoldalen med Hentydning til den Drueklase, Israeliterne der skar af.
That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down from there.
25 Efter fyrretyve Dages Forløb vendte de tilbage efter at have undersøgt Landet;
And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
26 og de kom til Moses og Aron og hele Israeliternes Menighed i Parans Ørken i Kadesj og aflagde Beretning for dem og hele Menigheden og viste dem Landets Frugt.
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh, and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
27 De fortalte ham: »Vi kom til Landet, du sendte os til; det er virkelig et Land, der flyder med Mælk og Honning, og her er Flugt derfra;
And they told him, and said, We came to the land where thou sent us. And surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is the fruit of it.
28 men stærkt er Folket, som bor i Landet, og Byerne er befæstede og meget store; ja, vi saa ogsaa Efterkommere af Anak der.
However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, very great, and moreover we saw the sons of Anak there.
29 Amalek bor i Sydlandet, Hetiterne, Jebusiterne og Amoriterne i Bjerglandet og Kana'anæerne ved Havet og langs Jordan.«
Amalek dwells in the land of the South. And the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country. And the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.
30 Da søgte Kaleb at bringe Folket til Tavshed over for Moses og sagde: »Lad os kun drage op og underlægge os det, thi vi kan sikkert tage det!«
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it, for we are well able to overcome it.
31 Men de Mænd, der havde været med ham deroppe, sagde: »Vi kan ikke drage op imod dette Folk, thi det er stærkere end vi!«
But the men who went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
32 Og de talte nedsættende til Israeliterne om Landet, som de havde undersøgt, og sagde: »Landet, som vi har rejst igennem og undersøgt, er et Land, der fortærer sine Indbyggere, og alle de Folk, vi saa der, var kæmpestore.
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up the inhabitants of it. And all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.
33 Vi saa der Kæmperne — Anaks Sønner, der er af Kæmpeslægten — og vi forekom baade os selv og dem som Græshopper!«
And we saw there the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants. And we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
