5 Mosebog 2
1 Så vendte vi om og brød op til Ørkenen i Retning af det røde Hav, således som HERREN havde pålagt mig, og i lang Tid vandrede vi rundt om Seirs Bjerge.
Then we went back, journeying into the waste land by the way to the Red Sea, as the Lord had said to me: and we were a long time going round Mount Seir.
2 Da sagde HERREN til mig:
And the Lord said to me,
3 "Nu har I længe nok vandret rundt om Bjergene her; vend eder nu mod Nord!
You have been journeying round this mountain long enough: now go to the north;
4 Men byd Folket og sig: Når I nu drager igennem eders Brødres, Esaus Sønners, Landemærker, de, som bor i Seir, og de bliver bange for eder, så skal I tage eder vel i Vare
And give the people orders, saying, You are about to go through the land of your brothers, the children of Esau, who are living in Seir; and they will have fear of you; so take care what you do:
5 for at indlade eder i Krig med dem; thi jeg vil ikke give eder så meget som en Fodsbred af deres Land; thi Esau har jeg givet Seirs Bjerge i Arv og Eje.
Make no attack on them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even space enough for a man's foot: because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for his heritage.
6 Fødevarer at spise skal I købe af dem for Penge, også Vand at drikke skal I købe af dem for Penge;
You may get food for your needs from them for a price, and water for drinking.
7 thi HERREN din Gud har velsignet dig i alt, hvad du har taget dig for, han har sørget for dig på din Vandring gennem denne store Ørken; i fyrretyve År har, HERREN din Gud nu været med dig, du har ikke manglet noget."
For the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing.
8 Derpå drog vi fra Elat og Ezjongeber ad Arabavejen gennem vore Brødres, Esaus Sønners Land, de, som bor i Se'ir; så drejede vi af og drog videre ad Vejen til Moabs Ørken.
So we went on past our brothers, the children of Esau, living in Seir, by the road through the Arabah, from Elath and Ezion-geber. And turning, we went by the road through the waste land of Moab.
9 Og HERREN sagde til mig: "Du må ikke angribe Moab eller indlade dig i Krig med dem, thi jeg vil ikke give dig noget af deres Land i Eje; thi Lots Sønner har jeg givet Ar i Eje.
And the Lord said to me, Make no attack on Moab and do not go to war with them, for I will not give you any of his land: because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for their heritage.
10 Fordum beboedes det af Emiterne, et stort og talrigt Folk, kæmpestore som Anakiterne;
(In the past the Emim were living there; a great people, equal in numbers to the Anakim and as tall;
11 også de henregnes ligesom Anakiterne til Refaiterne, men Moabiterne kalder dem Emiter.
They are numbered among the Rephaim, like the Anakim; but are named Emim by the Moabites.
12 I Se'ir boede derimod fordum Horiterne, som Esaus Sønner drev bort og udryddede foran sig, hvorefter de bosatte sig der i deres Sted, ligesom Israel gjorde ved sit Ejendomsland, som HERREN gav dem.
And the Horites in earlier times were living in Seir, but the children of Esau took their place; they sent destruction on them and took their land for themselves, as Israel did to the land of his heritage which the Lord gave them.)
13 Bryd nu op og gå over Zeredbækken! Så gik vi over Zeredbækken.
Get up now, and go over the stream Zered. So we went over the stream Zered.
14 Der var gået otte og tredive År fra vort Opbrud fra Kadesj Barnea, til vi gik over Zeredbækken, til hele din Slægt af våbenføre Mænd var uddød af Lejren, således som HERREN havde svoret dem;
Thirty-eight years had gone by from the time when we came away from Kadesh-barnea till we went over the stream Zered; by that time all the generation of the men of war among us were dead, as the Lord had said.
15 også HERRENs Hånd havde været imod dem, så de blev udryddet af Lejren til sidste Mand.
For the hand of the Lord was against them, working their destruction, till all were dead.
16 Men da alle våbenføre Mænd var uddøde af Folket,
So when death had overtaken all the men of war among the people,
17 talede HERREN til mig og sagde:
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
18 Når du nu drager gennem Moabs Landemærker, gennem Ar,
You are about to go by Ar, the limit of the country of Moab;
19 og således når hen til Ammoniterne, så må du ikke angribe dem eller indlade dig i Krig med dem, thi jeg vil ikke give dig noget af Ammoniternes Land i Eje; thi det har jeg givet Lots Børn i Eje.
And when you come near the land of the children of Ammon, give them no cause of trouble and do not make war on them, for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for your heritage: because I have given it to the children of Lot.
20 Også det henregnes til Refaiternes Land; det beboedes fordum af Refaiter, men Ammoniterne kalder dem Zamzummiter.
(That land is said to have been a land of the Rephaim, for Rephaim had been living there in earlier times, but they were named Zamzummim by the Ammonites;
21 Det var et stort og talrigt Folk, kæmpestore som Anakiterne. Men HERREN udryddede dem foran dem, så de drev dem bort og bosatte sig der i deres Sted,
They were a great people, tall as the Anakim, and equal to them in number; but the Lord sent destruction on them and the children of Ammon took their place, living in their land;
22 ligesom han gjorde for Esaus Sønner, der bor i Se'ir, for hvem han udryddede Horiterne, så de drev dem bort og bosatte sig der i deres Sted, og de bor der den Dag i dag.
As he did for the children of Esau living in Seir, when he sent destruction on the Horites before them, and they took their land where they are living to this day:
23 Men Avvijiterne, der boede i Landsbyer i Egnene henimod Gaza, dem drev Kaftorerne, der var udvandret fra Kaftor, bort og bosatte sig der i deres Sted.
And the Avvim, living in the small towns as far as Gaza, came to destruction by the hands of the Caphtorim who came out from Caphtor and took their land.)
24 Bryd nu op og gå over Arnonfloden! Se, jeg har givet Hesjbons Konge, Amoriten Sihon, og hans Land i din Hånd; giv dig kun til at drive ham bort og føre Krig med ham!
Get up now, and go on your journey, crossing over the valley of the Arnon: see, I have given into your hands Sihon, the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and all his land: go forward to make it yours, and make war on him,
25 Fra i Dag af begynder jeg at vække Frygt og Rædsel for dig hos alle Folkeslag under Himmelen; blot de hører om dig, skal de ryste og bæve for dig!
From now on I will put the fear of you in all peoples under heaven, who, hearing of you, will be shaking with fear and grief of heart because of you.
26 Da udsendte jeg Sendebud fra Kedemots Ørken til Kong Sihon af Hesjbon med følgende fredelige Tilbud:
Then from the waste land of Kedemoth I sent representatives to Sihon, king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,
27 "Lad mig drage gennem dit Land; jeg skal holde mig til Vejen uden at bøje af til højre eller venstre.
Let me go through your land: I will keep to the highway, not turning to the right or to the left;
28 Fødevarer at spise skal du sælge mig for Penge, og Vand at drikke skal du give mig for Penge, jeg beder kun om at måtte drage igennem til Fods,
Let me have food, at a price, for my needs, and water for drinking: only let me go through on foot;
29 således som Esaus Sønner, der bor i Se'ir, og Moabiterne, der bor i Ar, tillod mig, indtil jeg kommer over Jordan ind i det Land, HERREN vor Gud vil give os!"
As the children of Esau did for me in Seir and the Moabites in Ar; till I have gone over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God is giving us.
30 Men Kong Sihon i Hesjbon vilde ikke tillade os at drage igennem; thi HERREN din Gud forhærdede hans Ånd og gjorde hans Hjerte hårdt for at give ham i din Hånd, som det nu er sket.
But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us go through; for the Lord your God made his spirit hard and his heart strong, so that he might give him up into your hands as at this day.
31 Derpå sagde HERREN til mig: "Se, jeg har allerede begyndt at give Sihon og hans Land i din Magt; giv dig kun til at drive ham bort for at tage hans Land i Besiddelse!"
And the Lord said to me, See, from now on I have given Sihon and his land into your hands: go forward now to take his land and make it yours.
32 Så rykkede Sihon med alle sine Krigere ud imod os til Kamp ved Jaza;
Then Sihon came out against us with all his people, to make an attack on us at Jahaz.
33 og HERREN vor Gud gav ham i vor Magt, og vi slog ham og hans Sønner og alle hans Krigere.
And the Lord our God gave him into our hands; and we overcame him and his sons and all his people.
34 Og vi indtog dengang alle hans Byer og lagde i enhver By Band på Mænd, Kvinder og Børn uden at lade en eneste undslippe;
At that time we took all his towns, and gave them over to complete destruction, together with men, women, and children; we had no mercy on any:
35 kun Kvæget tog vi selv som Bytte, tillige med hvad vi røvede i de erobrede Byer.
Only the cattle we took for ourselves, with the goods from the towns we had taken.
36 Fra Aroer ved Arnonflodens Bred og Byen, der ligger i Dalen, og til Gilead var der ikke en By, som var os uindtagelig; HERREN vor Gud gav dem alle i vor Magt.
From Aroer on the edge of the valley of the Arnon and from the town in the valley as far as Gilead, no town was strong enough to keep us out; the Lord our God gave them all into our hands:
37 Men på Ammoniternes Land forgreb du dig ikke, hverken det, der ligger langs Jabbokfloden, eller Byerne i Bjergene, således som HERREN vor Gud havde påbudt.
But you did not go near the land of the children of Ammon, that is, all the side of the river Jabbok or the towns of the hill-country, wherever the Lord our God had said we were not to go.
