4 Mosebog 25

1 Israeliterne slog sig derpaa ned i Sjittim. Men Folket begyndte at bedrive Hor med de moabitiske Kvinder;

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.

2 og da de indbød Folket til deres Guders Slagtofre, spiste Folket deraf og tilbad deres Guder.

And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

3 Og Israel holdt til med Ba'al-Peor; derover blussede HERRENS Vrede op mod Israel,

And Israel joined himself unto the Baal of Peor; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

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!«

And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto the LORD in face of the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away 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 unto the judges of Israel: 'Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto the 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 children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.

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, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.

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.

And he went after the man of Israel into the chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

9 Men Tallet paa dem, Plagen havde kostet Livet, løb op til 24 000.

And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand.

10 Da talede HERREN saaledes til Moses:

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

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, hath turned My wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was very jealous for My sake among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in My jealousy.

12 Derfor skal du sige: Se, jeg giver ham min Fredspagt!

Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My covenant of peace;

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 it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children 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 man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites.

15 og den dræbte midjanitiske Kvinde hed Kozbi og var en Datter af Zur, der var Stammehøvding for et Fædrenehus blandt Midjaniterne,

And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian.

16 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

17 »Fald over Midjaniterne og slaa dem;

'Harass the Midianites, and smite them;

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 harass you, by their wiles wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.'