5 Mosebog 9

1 Hør, Israel! Du drager nu over Jordan for at komme og gøre dig til Herre over Folk, der er større og mægtigere end du selv, over store Byer med himmelhøje Fæstningsværker;

Give ear, O Israel: today you are to go over Jordan, to take the heritage of nations greater and stronger than yourselves, and towns of great size with walls as high as heaven;

2 over et stort Folk, høje som Kæmper, Anakiternes Efterkommere, som du selv kender, og om hvem du selv har hørt sige: Hvem kan holde Stand mod Anakiterne!"

A people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, of whom you have knowledge and of whom it has been said, All are forced to give way before the sons of Anak.

3 Så skal du nu vide, at det er HERREN din Gud, der går foran dig som en fortærende Ild; han vil ødelægge dem, og han vil underku dem for dig, så du kan drive dem bort og ødelægge dem i Hast, således som HERREN har sagt dig.

Be certain then today that it is the Lord your God who goes over before you like an all-burning fire; he will send destruction on them, crushing them before you; and you will send them in flight, putting an end to them quickly, as the Lord has said.

4 Når HERREN din Gud jager dem bort foran dig, tænk så ikke: "For min Retfærdigheds Skyld lod HERREN mig komme ind og tage dette Land i Besiddelse!" Thi det er for disse Folks Ugudeligheds Skyld, at HERREN driver dem bort foran dig!

And after the Lord has sent them in flight from before you, say not in your heart, Because of my righteousness the Lord has given me this land; when it is because of their evil-doing that the Lord is driving these nations out before you.

5 Det er ikke for din Retfærdigheds eller dit ædle Hjertes Skyld, du kommer ind og tager deres Land i Besiddelse, nej, det er på Grund af disse Folks Ondskab, at HERREN driver dem bort foran dig, og fordi han vil opfylde det Ord, han tilsvor dine Fædre, Abraham, Isak og Jakob.

Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

6 Så vid da, at det ikke er for din Retfærdigheds Skyld, at HERREN din Gud giver dig dette herlige Land i Eje; thi du er et Folk med hårde Halse!

Be certain then that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land as a reward for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.

7 Kom i Hu, glem ikke, hvorledes du fortørnede HERREN din Gud i Ørkenen! Lige fra den Dag I drog ud af Ægypten, og til I kom til Stedet her, har I været genstridige mod HERREN.

Keep well in mind how you made the Lord your God angry in the waste land; from the day when you went out of Egypt till you came to this place, you have gone against the orders of the Lord.

8 Ved Horeb fortørnede I HERREN, og HERREN blev vred på eder, så han vilde ødelægge eder.

Again in Horeb you made the Lord angry, and in his wrath he would have put an end to you.

9 Da jeg var steget op på Bjerget for at modtage Stentavlerne, den Pagts Tavler, som HERREN havde sluttet med eder, opholdt jeg mig på Bjerget fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter uden at spise eller drikke,

When I had gone up into the mountain to be given the stones on which was recorded the agreement which the Lord made with you, I was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights without taking food or drinking water.

10 og HERREN gav mig de to Stentavler, beskrevne med Guds Finger; og på dem stod alle de Ord, HERREN havde talt til eder på Bjerget ud fra Ilden, den Dag I var forsamlet.

And the Lord gave me the two stones with writing on them done by the finger of God: on them were recorded all the words which the Lord said to you on the mountain out of the heart of the fire, on the day of the great meeting.

11 Da de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter var omme, gav HERREN mig de to Stentavler, Pagtens Tavler.

Then at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me those stones, the stones of the agreement.

12 Og HERREN sagde til mig: "Stå op og skynd dig ned herfra, thi det Folk, du førte ud af Ægypten, har handlet ilde; hastigt er de veget fra den Vej, jeg foreskrev dem: de har lavet sig et støbt Billede!"

And the Lord said to me, Get up now, and go down quickly from this place; for the people you have taken out of Egypt have given themselves over to evil; they have quickly been turned from the way in which I gave them orders to go; they have made themselves a metal image.

13 Og HERREN sagde til mig: "Jeg har set dette Folk, og se, det er et Folk med hårde Halse;

And then the Lord said to me, I have seen that this people is stiff-necked:

14 lad mig i Fred, så jeg kan ødelægge dem og udslette deres Navn under Himmelen; så vil jeg gøre dig til et Folk, mægtigere og større end det!"

Let me send destruction on them till their very name is cut off; and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.

15 Da vendte jeg mig bort og steg ned fra Bjerget med Pagtens to Tavler i mine Hænder, medens Bjerget brændte i lys Lue;

So turning round I came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two stones of the agreement were in my hands.

16 og jeg så, og se, I havde syndet mod HERREN eders Gud, I havde lavet eder en støbt Tyrekalv; hastigt var I veget fra den Vej, HERREN havde foreskrevet eder.

And I saw that you had done evil against the Lord, and had made for yourselves a metal image of a young ox: you had quickly been turned from the way in which the Lord had given you orders to go.

17 Da greb jeg de to Tavler og kastede dem ud af mine Hænder og knuste dem for eders Øjne.

And I let the stones go from my hands, and they were broken before your eyes.

18 Og derpå faldt jeg ned for HERRENs Åsyn fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter ligesom forrige Gang, uden at spise eller drikke, for alle eders Synders Skyld, som I havde begået, idet I gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENs Øjne, så I fortørnede ham.

And I went down on my face before the Lord, as at the first, for forty days and forty nights, without taking food or drinking water, because of all your sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and moving him to wrath.

19 Thi jeg frygtede for, at HERREN skulde tilintetgøre eder i den Vrede og Harme, som opfyldte ham imod eder. Og HERREN bønhørte mig også den Gang!

For I was full of fear because of the wrath of the Lord which was burning against you, with your destruction in view. But again the Lord's ear was open to my prayer.

20 Også på Aron blev HERREN vred, så han vilde tilintetgøre ham; men den Gang gik jeg også i Forbøn for Aron.

And the Lord, in his wrath, would have put Aaron to death: and I made prayer for Aaron at the same time.

21 Men eders syndige Værk, Kalven, tog jeg og brændte; og jeg knuste og malede den til fint Støv, og Støvet kastede jeg i Bækken, som løber ned ad Bjerget.

And I took your sin, the image which you had made, and put it in the fire and had it hammered and crushed very small till it was only dust: and the dust I put in the stream flowing down from the mountain.

22 Også i Tabera, Massa og Hibrot Hatta'va fortørnede I HERREN.

Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you made the Lord angry.

23 Og da HERREN lod eder rejse fra Kadesj Barnea og bød eder drage op og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som han vilde give eder, trodsede I HERREN eders Guds Befaling, og I troede ikke på ham og adlød ham ikke.

And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and take the land which I have given you; you went against the orders of the Lord your God, and had no faith in him, and would not give ear to his voice.

24 I har været genstridige mod HERREN, så længe jeg har kendt eder.

From the day when I first had knowledge of you, you have gone against the word of the Lord.

25 Så faldt jeg ned for HERRENs Åsyn i de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter, fordi HERREN havde sagt, at han vilde tilintetgøre eder,

So I went down on my face in prayer before the Lord for forty days and forty nights as I did at first; because the Lord had said that he would put an end to you.

26 og jeg bad til HERREN og sagde: "Herre, HERRE, ødelæg ikke dit Folk og din Ejendom, som du udløste ved din store Magt og førte ud af Ægypten med stærk Hånd!

And I made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord God, do not send destruction on your people and your heritage, to whom, by your great power, you have given salvation, whom you have taken out of Egypt by the strength of your hand.

27 Kom dine Tjenere i Hu, Abraham, Isak og Jakob; giv ikke Agt på dette Folks Halsstarrighed, på dets Ugudelighed og på dets Synd,

Keep in mind your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, not looking at the hard heart of this people, or their evil-doing and their sin:

28 for at man ikke skal sige i det Land, du førte os ud fra: Fordi HERREN ikke evnede at føre dem til det Land, han havde lovet dem, og fordi han hadede dem, derfor førte han dem ud for at lade dem omkomme i Ørkenen!

Or it may be said in the land from which you have taken them, Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land which he said he would give them, and because of his hate for them, he has taken them out to put them to death in the waste land.

29 De er jo dit Folk og din Ejendom, som du førte ud ved din store Kraft og din udstrakte Arm!"

But still they are your people and your heritage, whom you took out by your great power and by your stretched-out arm.