4 Mosebog 13
1 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:
And the Lord spoke unto 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 out some men that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: one man each of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send, every one who is a prince among them.
3 Da udsendte Moses dem fra Parans Ørken paa HERRENS Bud, Mænd, der alle var Overhoveder for Israeliterne.
And Moses sent them out from the wilderness of Paran by the order of the Lord: they all were men, [who] were heads of the children of Israel.
4 Deres Navne var følgende: Af Rubens Stamme Sjammua, Zakkurs Søn,
And these are 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 Chori.
6 af Judas Stamme Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn,
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Yephunneh.
7 af Issakars Stamme Jig'al, Josefs Søn,
Of the tribe of Issachar, Yigal 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, of the tribe of Menasseh, Gaddi the son of Sussi.
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, Nachbi 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 whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua [[Yehoshua']].
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 he said unto them, Go you up this way at the south side, and go up into the mountain;
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 that dwell therein, whether they be strong or weak, whether they be 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 on which they dwell, whether it be good or bad; and what the cities are in which they dwell, whether in open places, 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 be fat or lean, whether there be trees therein, or not; and take ye courage, and take away some of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the season of the first ripening of grapes.
21 Saa drog de af Sted og undersøgte Landet lige fra Zins Ørken til Rehob, Egnen hen imod Hamat.
And they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rechob, on the road to Chamath.
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 ascended on the south side, and came unto Hebron; and there were Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of 'Anak; [now Hebron had been 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 unto the valley of Eshcol, and they cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it upon a barrow between two; and [they took some] 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, on account of the cluster which the children 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 children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they brought back word unto them, and unto 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 unto the land whither thou didst send us, and truly doth it flow with milk and honey; and this is its fruit.
28 men stærkt er Folket, som bor i Landet, og Byerne er befæstede og meget store; ja, vi saa ogsaa Efterkommere af Anak der.
Nevertheless the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are very strongly walled, and great; and the children of 'Anak also have we seen there.
29 Amalek bor i Sydlandet, Hetiterne, Jebusiterne og Amoriterne i Bjerglandet og Kana'anæerne ved Havet og langs Jordan.«
The Amalekites dwell in the southern country; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Emorites, dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the margin 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 toward Moses, and he said, We can easily go up, and take possession of 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 had gone 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 unto the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have passed to spy it out, is a land that consumeth its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
33 Vi saa der Kæmperne — Anaks Sønner, der er af Kæmpeslægten — og vi forekom baade os selv og dem som Græshopper!«
And there we saw the giants, the sons of 'Anak, of the giants' [family]: and we were in our own eyes as grasshoppers, and so were we in their eyes.
