4 Mosebog 25
1 Israeliterne slog sig derpaa ned i Sjittim. Men Folket begyndte at bedrive Hor med de moabitiske Kvinder;
Now Israel, at that time, dwelt in Shittim, and the people were fornicating with the daughters of Moab,
2 og da de indbød Folket til deres Guders Slagtofre, spiste Folket deraf og tilbad deres Guder.
who called them to their sacrifices. And they ate, and they adored their gods.
3 Og Israel holdt til med Ba'al-Peor; derover blussede HERRENS Vrede op mod Israel,
And Israel was initiated into Baal of Peor. And so the Lord, being angry,
4 og HERREN sagde til Moses: »Kald alle Folkets Overhoveder sammen og hæng dem op for HERREN under aaben Himmel, for at HERRENS Vrede maa vige fra Israel!«
said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people, and hang them on gallows against the sun, so that my fury may be averted from Israel.”
5 Og Moses sagde til Israeliternes Dommere: »Enhver af eder skal slaa dem af sine Mænd ihjel, der har holdt til med Ba'al-Peor!«
And Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Let each one kill his neighbors, who have been initiated into Baal of Peor.”
6 Og se, en af Israeliterne kom og førte en midjanitisk Kvinde hen til sine Landsmænd lige for Øjnene af Moses og hele Israeliternes Menighed, medens de stod og græd ved Indgangen til Aabenbaringsteltet.
And behold, one of the sons of Israel entered, in the sight of his brothers, to a prostitute of Midian, within view of Moses and of all the crowd of the sons of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle.
7 Da nu Pinehas, Præsten Arons Søn Eleazars Søn, saa det, traadte han frem af Menighedens Midte, greb et Spyd,
And when Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, had seen it, he rose up from the midst of the multitude, and, seizing a dagger,
8 fulgte den israelitiske Mand ind i Sengekammeret og gennemborede dem begge, baade den israelitiske Mand og Kvinden, hende gennem Underlivet. Da standsede Plagen blandt Israeliterne.
he entered after the Israelite man, into the brothel, and he pierced both of them at the same time, specifically, the man and the woman at the location of their genitals. And the scourge ceased from among the sons of Israel.
9 Men Tallet paa dem, Plagen havde kostet Livet, løb op til 24 000.
And there were slain twenty-four thousand men.
10 Da talede HERREN saaledes til Moses:
And the Lord said to Moses:
11 »Pinehas, Præsten Arons Søn Eleazars Søn, har vendt min Vrede fra Israeliterne, idet han var nidkær iblandt dem med min Nidkærhed, saa at jeg ikke tilintetgjorde Israeliterne i min Nidkærhed.
“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has averted my wrath from the sons of Israel. For he was moved against them by my zeal, so that I myself, in my zeal, might not wipe away the sons of Israel.
12 Derfor skal du sige: Se, jeg giver ham min Fredspagt!
Because of this, say to him: Behold, I give to him the peace of my covenant.
13 Et evigt Præstedømmes Pagt skal blive hans og efter ham hans Efterkommeres Lod, til Løn for at han var nidkær for sin Gud og skaffede Israeliterne Soning.«
And the covenant of the everlasting priesthood shall be as much for him as for his offspring. For he was zealous on behalf of his God, and he has made expiation for the wickedness of the sons of Israel.”
14 Den dræbte Israelit, han, der dræbtes sammen med den midjanitiske Kvinde, hed Zimri, Salus Søn, og var Øverste for et Fædrenehus blandt Simeoniterne;
Now the name of the Israelite man, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader from the kinship and tribe of Simeon.
15 og den dræbte midjanitiske Kvinde hed Kozbi og var en Datter af Zur, der var Stammehøvding for et Fædrenehus blandt Midjaniterne,
Moreover, the Midianite woman, who was put to death together with him, was called Cozbi the daughter of Zur, a most noble leader among the Midianites.
16 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
17 »Fald over Midjaniterne og slaa dem;
“Let the Midianites perceive you as enemies, and strike them down,
18 thi de faldt over eder med de Rænker, de spandt imod eder i den Sag med Peor og med Kozbi, den midjanitiske Høvdings Datter, deres Landsmandinde, der dræbtes, den Dag Plagen brød løs for Peors Skyld.«
for they, too, have behaved with hostility against you, and they have deceived you insidiously by means of the idol Peor, and by Cozbi, the daughter of a commander of Midian, their sister, who was struck down in the day of the scourge because of the sacrilege of Peor.”
