4 Mosebog 14

1 Da opløftede hele Menigheden sin Røst og brød ud i Klageraab, og Folket græd Natten igennem.

And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

2 Og alle Israeliterne knurrede imod Moses og Aron, og hele Menigheden sagde til dem: »Gid vi var døde i Ægypten eller her i Ørkenen!

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole congregation said unto them: 'Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would we had died in this wilderness!

3 Hvorfor fører HERREN os til dette Land, naar vi skal falde for Sværdet og vore Kvinder og Børn blive til Bytte? Var det dog ikke bedre for os at vende tilbage til Ægypten?«

And wherefore doth the LORD bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey; were it not better for us to return into Egypt?'

4 Og de sagde til hverandre: »Lad os vælge os en Fører og vende tilbage til Ægypten!«

And they said one to another: 'Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.'

5 Da faldt Moses og Aron paa deres Ansigt foran hele den israelitiske Menigheds Forsamling.

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

6 Men Josua, Nuns Søn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, der havde været med til at undersøge Landet, sønderrev deres Klæder

And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes.

7 og sagde til hele Israeliternes Menighed: »Landet, vi har rejst igennem og undersøgt, er et saare, saare godt Land.

And they spoke unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: 'The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

8 Hvis HERREN har Behag i os, vil han føre os til det Land og give os det, et Land, der flyder med Mælk og Honning.

If the LORD delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it unto us — a land which floweth with milk and honey.

9 Gør kun ikke Oprør imod HERREN og frygt ikke for Landets Befolkning, thi dem tager vi som en Bid Brød; deres Skygge er veget fra dem, men med os er HERREN; frygt ikke for dem!«

Only rebel not against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us; their defence is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us; fear them not.'

10 Hele Menigheden tænkte allerede paa at stene dem; men da kom HERRENS Herlighed til Syne for alle Israeliterne ved Aabenbaringsteltet.

But all the congregation bade stone them with stones, when the glory of the LORD appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel.

11 Og HERREN sagde til Moses: »Hvor længe skal dette Folk haane mig, og hvor længe vil det vægre sig ved at tro paa mig, til Trods for alle de Tegn jeg har gjort i det?

And the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long will this people despise Me? and how long will they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?

12 Jeg vil slaa det med Pest og udrydde det, men dig vil jeg gøre til et Folk, større og stærkere end det!«

I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.'

13 Men Moses sagde til HERREN: »Ægypterne har hørt, at du i din Vælde har ført dette Folk bort fra dem;

And Moses said unto the LORD: 'When the Egyptians shall hear — for Thou broughtest up this people in Thy might from among them —

14 og ligeledes har alle dette Lands Indbyggere hørt, at du, HERRE, er midt iblandt dette Folk, thi du, HERRE, aabenbarer dig synligt, idet din Sky staar over dem, og du vandrer foran dem om Dagen i en Skystøtte og om Natten i en Ildstøtte.

they will say to the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that Thou LORD art in the midst of this people; inasmuch as Thou LORD art seen face to face, and Thy cloud standeth over them, and Thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night;

15 Hvis du nu dræber dette Folk alle som een, vil de Folk, der har hørt dit Ry, sige:

now if Thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of Thee will speak, saying:

16 Fordi HERREN ikke evnede at føre dette Folk til det Land, han havde tilsvoret dem, lod han dem omkomme i Ørkenen.

Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore unto them, therefore He hath slain them in the wilderness.

17 Derfor, HERRE, lad din Vælde nu vise sig i sin Storhed, saaledes som du forjættede, da du sagde:

And now, I pray Thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as Thou hast spoken, saying:

18 HERREN er langmodig og rig paa Miskundhed, han forlader Misgerning og Overtrædelse, men han lader ingen ustraffet, og han hjemsøger Fædrenes Brøde paa Børnene i tredje og fjerde Led.

The LORD is slow to anger, and plenteous in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

19 Saa tilgiv nu dette Folk dets Misgerning efter din store Miskundhed, saaledes som du har tilgivet dette Folk hele Vejen fra Ægypten og hertil!«

Pardon, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, and according as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.'

20 Da sagde HERREN: »Jeg tilgiver dem paa din Bøn.

And the LORD said: 'I have pardoned according to thy word.

21 Men saa sandt jeg lever saa sandt hele Jorden skal opfyldes af HERRENS Herlighed:

But in very deed, as I live — and all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD —

22 Ingen af de Mænd, der har set min Herlighed og de Tegn, jeg har gjort i Ægypten og i Ørkenen, og dog nu for tiende Gang har fristet mig og ikke villet lyde min Røst,

surely all those men that have seen My glory, and My signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to proof these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice;

23 ingen af dem skal se det Land, jeg tilsvor deres Fædre! Ingen af dem, der har haanet mig, skal faa det at se;

surely they shall not see the land which I swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised Me see it.

24 kun min Tjener Kaleb lader jeg komme til det Land, han har været i, og hans Efterkommere skal faa det i Eje, fordi han havde en anden Aand og viste mig fuld Lydighed.

But My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

25 Men Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne bor i Lavlandet. Vend derfor om i Morgen, bryd op og drag ud i Ørkenen ad det røde Hav til!«

Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the Vale; tomorrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'

26 Fremdeles talede HERREN til Moses og Aron og sagde:

And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

27 »Hvor længe skal jeg taale denne onde Menighed, dem, som bestandig knurrer imod mig? Jeg har hørt Israeliternes Knurren, hørt, hvorledes de knurrer imod mig.

'How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that keep murmuring against Me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they keep murmuring against Me.

28 Sig til dem: Saa sandt jeg lever — lyder det fra HERREN — som I har raabt mig i Øret, saaledes vil jeg handle med eder!

Say unto them: As I live, saith the LORD, surely as ye have spoken in Mine ears, so will I do to you:

29 I Ørkenen her skal eders Kroppe falde, alle I, der blev mønstret, saa mange I er fra Tyveaarsalderen og opefter, I, som har knurret imod mig.

your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, ye that have murmured against Me;

30 Sandelig, ingen af eder skal komme til det Land, jeg med løftet Haand svor at ville giver eder at bo i, med Undtagelse af Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, og Josua, Nuns Søn.

surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I lifted up My hand that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

31 Eders smaa Børn, som I sagde vilde blive til Bytte, dem vil jeg lade komme derhen, og de skal tage det Land i Besiddelse, som I har vraget,

But your little ones, that ye said would be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.

32 men eders egne Kroppe skal falde i Ørkenen her,

But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.

33 og eders Sønner skal flakke om i Ørkenen i fyrretyve Aar og undgælde for eders Bolen, indtil eders Kroppe er gaaet til Grunde i Ørkenen.

And your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your strayings, until your carcasses be consumed in the wilderness.

34 Som I brugte fyrretyve Dage til at undersøge Landet, saaledes skal I undgælde for eders Misgerninger i fyrretyve Aar, eet Aar for hver Dag, og saaledes faa mit Mishag at føle.

After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know My displeasure.

35 Jeg HERREN har sagt det: Sandelig, saaledes vil jeg handle med hele denne onde Menighed, der har rottet sig sammen imod mig; i Ørkenen her skal de gaa til Grunde, i den skal de dø!«

I the LORD have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against Me; in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.'

36 Og de Mænd, Moses havde udsendt for at undersøge Landet, og som efter deres Tilbagekomst havde faaet hele Menigheden til at knurre imod ham ved at tale nedsættende om Landet,

And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who, when they returned, made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,

37 de Mænd, der havde talt nedsættende om Landet, fik en brat Død for HERRENS Aasyn:

even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

38 kun Josua, Nuns Søn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, blev i Live af de Mænd, der var draget hen for at undersøge Landet.

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.

39 Men da Moses forebragte alle Israeliterne disse Ord, grebes Folket af stor Sorg;

And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel; and the people mourned greatly.

40 og tidligt næste Morgen drog de op mod det øverste af Bjerglandet og sagde: »Se, vi er rede til at drage op til det Sted, HERREN har talet om, thi vi, har syndet.«

And they rose up early in the morning, and got them up to the top of the mountain, saying: 'Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised; for we have sinned.'

41 Da sagde Moses: »Hvorfor vil I overtræde HERRENS Bud? Det vil ikke gaa godt!

And Moses said: 'Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper?

42 Drag ikke derop, thi HERREN er ikke iblandt eder; gør I det, bliver I slaaet af eders Fjender!

Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.

43 Thi Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne vil møde eder der, og I skal falde for Sværdet; I har jo vendt eder fra HERREN, og HERREN er ikke med eder!«

For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; forasmuch as ye are turned back from following the LORD, and the LORD will not be with you.'

44 Alligevel formastede de sig til at drage op mod det øverste af Bjerglandet; men HERRENS Pagts Ark og Moses forlod ikke Lejren.

But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain; nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

45 Da steg Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne, der boede der i Bjerglandet, ned og slog dem og adsplittede dem lige til Horma.

Then the Amalekite and the Canaanite, who dwelt in that hill-country, came down, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.