4 Mosebog 13
1 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
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 some men to examine the land of Canaan, which I have given to the people of Israel. Send a man from every tribe of their ancestors. Each man must be a leader among them.”
3 Da udsendte Moses dem fra Parans Ørken paa HERRENS Bud, Mænd, der alle var Overhoveder for Israeliterne.
Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, so that they might obey Yahweh's command. All of them were leaders among the people of Israel.
4 Deres Navne var følgende: Af Rubens Stamme Sjammua, Zakkurs Søn,
These were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
5 af Simeons Stamme Sjafat, Horis Søn,
from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
6 af Judas Stamme Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn,
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
7 af Issakars Stamme Jig'al, Josefs Søn,
from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;
8 af Efraims Stamme Hosea, Nuns Søn,
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
9 af Benjamins Stamme Palti, Rafus Søn,
from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;
10 af Zebulons Stamme Gaddiel, Sodis Søn,
from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;
11 af Josefs Stamme, det er Manasses Stamme, Gaddi, Susis Søn,
from the tribe of Joseph (that is to say, from the tribe Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
12 af Dans Stamme Ammiel, Gemallis Søn,
from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;
13 af Asers Stamme Setur, Mikaels Søn,
from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;
14 af Naftalis Stamme Nabi, Vofsis Søn,
from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi;
15 af Gads Stamme Ge'uel, Makis Søn.
from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.
16 Det var Navnene paa de Mænd, Moses udsendte for at undersøge Landet. Men Moses gav Hosea, Nuns Søn, Navnet Josua.
These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land. Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name of 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
Moses sent them to examine the land of Canaan. He said to them, “Approach from the Negev 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,
Examine the land to see what it is like. Observe the people who live there, whether they are strong or weak, and 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,
See what the land is like where they live. Is it good or bad? What cities are there? Are they like camps, or are they fortified cities?
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.
See what the land is like, whether it is good for growing crops or not, and whether there are trees there or not. Be brave and bring back samples of the land's produce.” Now the time was the season for the first ripe grapes.
21 Saa drog de af Sted og undersøgte Landet lige fra Zins Ørken til Rehob, Egnen hen imod Hamat.
So the men went up and examined the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo 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.
They went up from the Negev and arrived at Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, clans descended from Anak, were there. 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.
When they reached the Valley of Eshkol, they cut down a branch with a cluster of grapes. They carried it on a staff between two of their group. They also brought pomegranates and figs.
24 Man kaldte dette Sted Esjkoldalen med Hentydning til den Drueklase, Israeliterne der skar af.
That place was named the Valley of Eshkol, because of the grape cluster that the people of Israel cut down there.
25 Efter fyrretyve Dages Forløb vendte de tilbage efter at have undersøgt Landet;
After forty days, they returned from examining the land.
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.
They came back to Moses, Aaron, and all the community of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the community, and showed them the produce from 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;
They told Moses, “We reached the land to which you sent us. It certainly flows with milk and honey. Here is some produce from 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 make their homes there are strong. The cities are fortified and very large. We also saw descendants of Anak there.
29 Amalek bor i Sydlandet, Hetiterne, Jebusiterne og Amoriterne i Bjerglandet og Kana'anæerne ved Havet og langs Jordan.«
The Amalekites live in the Negev. The Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites have their homes in the hill country. The Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan River.”
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!«
Then Caleb silenced the people who were before Moses and said, “Let us go up and take possession of the land, for we are certainly able to conquer 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 other men who had gone with him said, “We are not able to attack the people because they are stronger than we are.”
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.
So they spread around a discouraging report to the people of Israel about the land that they had examined. They said, “The land that we looked at is a land that eats up its inhabitants. All the people whom we saw there are people of great height.
33 Vi saa der Kæmperne — Anaks Sønner, der er af Kæmpeslægten — og vi forekom baade os selv og dem som Græshopper!«
There we saw giants, descendants of Anak, people who came from giants. In our own sight we were like grasshoppers in comparison with them, and this is what we were in their sight, too.”
