5 Mosebog 4

1 Og nu, Israel! Hør de Anordninger og Lovbud, som jeg vil lære eder at holde, for at I kan blive i Live og komme ind og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som HERREN, eders Fædres Gud, vil give eder.

Now, Israel [God prevails], sh'ma ·hear obey· the statutes and to the judgments, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Adonai, the God of your fathers, gives you.

2 I må hverken lægge noget til eller trække noget fra, hvad jeg byder eder, men I skal holde HERREN eders Guds Bud, som jeg pålægger eder.

You shall not add to the word which I enjoin you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the mitzvot ·instructions· of Adonai your God which I enjoin you.

3 I har med egne Øjne set, hvad HERREN gjorde i Anledning af Ba'al Peor: Hver eneste Mand, som fulgte Ba'al Peor, udryddede HERREN din Gud af din Midte.

Your eyes have seen what Adonai did because of Baal Peor; for all the men who followed Baal Peor, Adonai your God has destroyed them from among you.

4 Men I, som holdt fast ved HERREN eders Gud, er alle i Live den Dag i Dag.

But you who were faithful to Adonai your God are all alive today.

5 Se, jeg har lært eder Anordninger og Lovbud, således som HERREN min Gud har pålagt mig, for at I skal handle derefter i det Land, I skal ind og tage i Besiddelse;

Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as Adonai my God enjoined me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it.

6 hold dem og følg dem! Thi det skal være eders Visdom og eders Kløgt i de andre Folks Øjne. Når de hører om alle disse Anordninger, skal de sige: "Sandelig, det er et vist og klogt Folk, dette store Folk!"

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall sh'ma ·hear obey· all these statutes, and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

7 Thi hvor er der vel et stort Folk, som har Guder, der kommer til det, således som HERREN vor Gud gør det, når vi kalder på ham;

For what great nation is there, that has a deity so near to them, as Yahweh Eloheikhem [Yahweh our God] is whenever we call on him?

8 og hvor er der vel et stort Folk, der har så retfærdige Anordninger og Lovbud som hele denne Lov, jeg forelægger eder i Dag?

What great nation is there, that has statutes and judgement so upright as all this Torah ·Teaching·, which I set before you today?

9 Kun skal du vogte dig og omhyggeligt tage Vare på dig selv, at du ikke glemmer, hvad du med egne Øjne har set, og at det ikke viger fra dit Hjerte, så længe du lever; og du skal fortælle dine Sønner og dine Sønners Sønner derom.

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;

10 Glem ikke den Dag, du stod for HERREN din Guds Åsyn ved Horeb, da HERREN sagde til mig: "Kald mig Folket sammen, for at jeg kan kundgøre dem mine Ord, så de kan lære at frygte mig, så længe de lever på Jorden, og lære deres Sønner det samme!"

the day that you stood before Adonai your God in Horeb [Desert], when Adonai said to me, “Assemble the people to me, and I will make them sh'ma ·hear obey· my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.”

11 Da trådte I frem og stod ved Bjergets Fod, medens Bjerget brændte i lys Lue helt ind i Himmelen, hylet i Mørke, Skyer og Mulm;

You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

12 og da HERREN talede til eder ud fra Ilden, hørte I kun Ordene, men nogen Skikkelse så I ikke, kun en Røst fornam I.

Adonai spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of words, but you saw no form; you only heard a voice.

13 Da kundgjorde han eder sin Pagt, som han bød eder at holde, de ti Ord, og han skrev dem på to Stentavler.

He declared to you his covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·, which he enjoined you to perform, even the Ten Words. He wrote them on two stone tablets.

14 Og mig bød HERREN dengang at lære eder Anordninger og Lovbud, som I skulde overholde idet Land, I nu skal over og tage i Besiddelse.

Adonai enjoined me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it.

15 Eftersom I ikke så nogen Skikkelse, dengang HERREN talede til eder på Horeb ud fra Ilden, så vogt eder nu omhyggeligt for

Be very careful, for you saw no kind of form on the day that Adonai spoke to you in Horeb [Desert] out of the middle of the fire,

16 at handle så ryggesløst, at I laver eder et Gudebillede, en Stenstøtte i en eller anden Skikkelse, enten det nu er et Afbillede af en Mand eller en Kvinde

lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself an engraved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

17 eller et Afbillede af et eller andet Dyr, der lever på Jorden, eller et Afbillede af en eller anden vinget Fugl, der flyver under Himmelen,

the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,

18 eller et Afbillede af et eller andet Kryb, der kryber på Jorden, eller et Afbillede af en eller anden Fisk i Vandet under Jorden;

the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

19 og når du løfter dit Blik til Himmelen og ser Solen og Månen og Stjernerne, hele Himmelens Hær, så vogt dig for at lade dig forføre til at tilbede og dyrke dem. Thi HERREN din Gud har tildelt alle de andre Folk under hele Himmelen dem;

and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and abad ·serve· them, which Adonai your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

20 men eder tog HERREN og førte ud af Smelteovnen, af Ægypten, for at I skulde være hans Ejendomsfolk, som I nu er.

But Adonai has taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt [Abode of slavery], to be to him a people of inheritance, as it is today.

21 Men HERREN blev vred på mig for eders Skyld og svor, at jeg ikke skulde komme over Jordan ind i det herlige Land, som HERREN din Gud vil give dig i Eje,

Furthermore Adonai was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan [Descender], and that I should not go in to that good land, which Adonai your God gives you for an inheritance;

22 thi jeg skal dø i Landet her; jeg skal ikke komme over Jordan, men I skal komme over og tage dette herlige Land i Besiddelse.

but I must die in this land. I must not go over the Jordan [Descender]; but you shall go over, and possess that good land.

23 Så vogt eder for at glemme HERREN eders Guds Pagt, som han sluttede med eder, og for at lave eder noget Gudebillede i Skikkelse af noget som helst, HERREN din Gud har forbudt dig

Be careful, lest you forget the covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· of Adonai your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves an engraved image in the form of anything which Adonai your God has enjoined forbidden for you.

24 Thi HERREN din Gud er en fortærende Ild, en nidkær Gud!

For Yahweh [He sustains breathing] your God is 'Akal 'Esh [Consuming Fire], El Kana' [Jealous God].

25 Når du får Børn og Børnebørn, og I bliver gamle i Landet, og I da handler så ryggesløst, at I laver eder Gudebilleder i en eller anden Skikkelse og gør, hvad der er ondt i HERREN din Guds Øjne, så at I fortørner ham,

When you shall father children, and children’s children, and you shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make an engraved image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in Adonai your God’s sight, to provoke him to anger;

26 så kalder jeg i Dag Himmelen og Jorden til Vidne imod eder på, at I hastigt skal blive udryddet af det Land, I skal over Jordan og tage i Besiddelse; I skal ikke få noget langt Liv der, men visselig gå til Grunde;

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over the Jordan [Descender] to possess it. You will not prolong your days on it, but will utterly be destroyed.

27 og HERREN vil splitte eder mellem Folkene, og kun nogle få af eder skal blive tilbage blandt de Folkeslag, HERREN driver eder hen iblandt.

Adonai will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations, where Adonai will lead you away.

28 Der skal I komme til at dyrke Guder, der er Menneskehænders Værk, Træ og Sten, som hverken kan se eller høre, spise eller lugte!

There you shall abad ·serve· deities, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor sh'ma ·hear obey·, nor eat, nor smell.

29 Der skal I så søge HERREN din Gud, og du skal finde ham, når du søger ham af hele dit Hjerte og hele din Sjæl.

But from there you shall seek Adonai your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

30 I de kommende Dage, når du er i Nød, og alle disse Ting kommer over dig, skal du vende om til HERREN din Gud og adlyde hans Røst.

When you are in oppression, and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you shall teshuvah ·completely return· to Adonai your God, and sh'ma ·hear obey· to his voice.

31 Thi en barmhjertig Gud er HERREN din Gud; han slipper dig ikke og lader dig ikke gå til Grunde og glemmer ikke Pagten med dine Fædre, som han tilsvor dem.

For Adonai your God is a merciful God. He will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· of your fathers which he swore to them.

32 Thi gransk dog i de henfarne Tider, der gik forud for dig, lige fra den Tid af da Gud skabte Menneskene på Jorden, og fra den ene Ende af Himmelen til den anden, om der er sket noget så stort som dette, eller om dets Lige er hørt.

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as this great thing is, or has been sh'ma ·heard obeyed· like it?

33 Har noget Folk hørt Guds Røst ud fra Ilden, således som du hørte det, og levet?

Did a people ever sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have sh'ma ·heard obeyed·, and live?

34 Eller har nogen Gud søgt at komme og hente sig et Folk midt ud af et andet Folk ved Prøvelser, Tegn og Undere, ved Krig, med stærk Hånd og udstrakt Arm og store Rædsler, således som du med egne Øjne så HERREN eders Gud gøre med eder i Ægypten?

Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Adonai your God did for you in Egypt [Abode of slavery] before your eyes?

35 Du fik det at se, for at du skulde vide, af HERREN og ingen anden er Gud.

It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh [He sustains breathing] is God. There is no one else besides him,

36 Fra Himmelen lod han dig høre sin Røst for at undervise dig, og på Jorden lod han dig se sin store Ild, og hans Ord hørte du ud fra Ilden.

Out of heaven he made you to sh'ma ·hear obey· his voice, that he might instruct you. On earth he made you to see his great fire; and you sh'ma ·heard obeyed· his words out of the middle of the fire.

37 Og fordi han elskede dine Fædre og udvalgte deres Afkom efter dem og selv førte dig ud af Ægypten ved sin store Vælde

Because he 'ahav ·affectionately loved· your fathers, therefore he chose their offspring after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt [Abode of slavery];

38 for at drive Folk bort foran dig, der er større og mægtigere end du selv, og lade dig komme ind i deres Land og give dig det i Eje, som det nu er sket,

to drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today.

39 derfor skal du i Dag vide og lægge dig på Sinde, at HERREN og ingen anden er Gud oppe i Himmelen og nede på Jorden.

Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh [He sustains breathing] himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else.

40 Og du skal holde hans Anordninger og Bud, som jeg pålægger dig i Dag, for at det kan gå dig og dine Børn efter dig vel, og for at du alle Dage kan leve længe i det Land, HERREN din Gud giver dig!

You shall keep his statutes, and his mitzvot ·instructions·, which I enjoin you today, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Adonai your God gives you, forever.

41 På den Tid udskilte Moses tre Byer hinsides Jordan, på den østre Side,

Then Moses [Drawn out] set apart three cities beyond the Jordan [Descender] toward the sunrise;

42 som Tilflugtsteder for Manddrabere, der uforsætligt slår et andet Menneske ihjel uden i Forvejen at have båret Nag til ham, for at de kan redde Livet ved at ty til en af disse Byer,

that the man slayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn’t hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

43 nemlig Bezer i Ørkenen på Højsletten for Rubeniterne, Ramot i Gilead for Gaditerne og Golan i Basan for Manassiterne.

Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

44 Dette er den Lov, Moses forelagde Israelitterne.

This is the Torah ·Teaching· which Moses [Drawn out] set before the children of Israel [God prevails].

45 Dette er de Vidnesbyrd, Anordninger og Lovbud, Moses kundgjorde Israelitterne, da de drog bort fra Ægypten,

These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses [Drawn out] spoke to the children of Israel [God prevails], when they came out of Egypt [Abode of slavery],

46 hinsides Jordan i Dalen lige for Bet Peor i det Land, der havde tilhørt Amoriterkongen Sihon, som boede i Hesjbon, og som Moses og Israelitterne havde slået, da de drog bort fra Ægypten.

beyond the Jordan [Descender], in the valley over against Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites [Descendants of Talkers], who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses [Drawn out] and the children of Israel [God prevails] struck, when they came out of Egypt [Abode of slavery].

47 De havde erobret hans og Kong Og af Basans Land, de to Amoriterkonger hinsides Jordan, på den østre Side,

They took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites [Descendants of Talkers], who were beyond the Jordan [Descender] toward the sunrise;

48 fra Aroer ved Arnonflodens Bred til Sirjons Bjerg, det er Hermon,

from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Sion (also called Hermon [Devoted to destruction]),

49 tillige med hele Arabalavningen hinsides Jordan, på den østre Side, lige til Arabahavet neden for Pisgas Skrænter.

and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan [Descender] eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.