4 Mosebog 14

1 Da opløftede hele Menigheden sin Røst og brød ud i Klageråb, og Folket græd Natten igennem.

That night all the community wept loudly.

2 Og alle Israelitterne knurrede imod Moses og Aron, og hele Menigheden sagde til dem: "Gid vi var døde i Ægypten eller her i Ørkenen!

All the people of Israel criticized Moses and Aaron. The whole community said to them, “We wish we had died in the land of Egypt, or here in this wilderness!

3 Hvorfor fører HERREN os til dette Land, når vi skal falde for Sværdet og vore Kvinder og Børn blive til Bytte? Var det dog ikke bedre for os at vende tilbage til Ægypten?"

Why did Yahweh bring us to this land to die by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become victims. Is it not better for us to return to Egypt?”

4 Og de sagde til hverandre: "Lad os vælge os en Fører og vende tilbage til Ægypten!"

They said to each another, “Let us choose another leader, and let us return to Egypt.”

5 Da faldt Moses og Aron på deres Ansigt foran hele den israelitiske Menigheds Forsamling.

Then Moses and Aaron lay facedown before all the assembly of the community of the people of Israel.

6 Men Josua, Nuns Søn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, der havde været med til at undersøge Landet, sønderrev deres Klæder

Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were some of those sent to examine the land, tore their clothes.

7 og sagde til hele Israelitternes Menighed: "Landet, vi har rejst igennem og undersøgt, er et såre, såre godt Land.

They spoke to all the community of the people of Israel. They said, “The land that we passed through and examined is a very good land.

8 Hvis HERREN har Behag i os, vil han føre os til det Land og give os det, et Land, der flyder med Mælk og Honning.

If Yahweh is pleased with us, then he will take us into this land and give it to us. The land flows with milk and honey.

9 Gør kun ikke Oprør imod HERREN og frygt ikke for Landets Befolkning, thi dem tager vi som en Bid Brød; deres Skygge er veget fra dem, men med os er HERREN; frygt ikke for dem!"

But do not rebel against Yahweh, and do not fear the people in the land, for they are bread to us. Their protection will be removed from them, because Yahweh is with us. Do not fear them.”

10 Hele Menigheden tænkte allerede på at stene dem; men da kom HERRENs Herlighed til Syne for alle Israelitterne ved Åbenbaringsteltet.

Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones. But the glory of Yahweh appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.

11 Og HERREN sagde til Moses: "Hvor længe skal dette Folk håne mig, og hvor længe vil det vægre sig ved at tro på mig, til Trods for alle de Tegn jeg har gjort i det?

Yahweh said to Moses, “How long must this people despise me? How long must they fail to trust me, despite all the signs of my power that I have done among them?

12 Jeg vil slå det med Pest og udrydde det, men dig vil jeg gøre til et Folk, større og stærkere end det!"

I will attack them with plague, disinherit them, and make from your own clan a nation that will be greater and mightier than they are.”

13 Men Moses sagde til HERREN: "Ægypterne har hørt, at du i din Vælde har ført dette Folk bort fra dem;

Moses said to Yahweh, “If you do this, then the Egyptians will hear about it, because you rescued this people from them by your power.

14 og ligeledes har alle dette Lands Indbyggere hørt, at du, HERRE, er midt iblandt dette Folk, thi du, HERRE, åbenbarer dig synligt, idet din Sky står over dem, og du vandrer foran dem om Dagen i en Skystøtte og om Natten i en Ildstøtte.

They will tell it to this land's inhabitants. They have heard that you, Yahweh, are present with this people, because you are seen face to face. Your cloud stands over our people. You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

15 Hvis du nu dræber dette Folk alle som een, vil de Folk, der har hørt dit Ry, sige:

Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations that have heard of your fame will speak and say,

16 Fordi HERREN ikke evnede at føre dette Folk til det Land, han havde tilsvoret dem, lod han dem omkomme i Ørkenen.

'Because Yahweh could not take this people into the land that he swore to give them, he has killed them in the wilderness.'

17 Derfor, HERRE, lad din Vælde nu vise sig i sin Storhed, således som du forjættede, da du sagde:

Now, I beg you, use your great power. For you have said,

18 HERREN er langmodig og rig på Miskundhed, han forlader Misgerning og Overtrædelse, men han lader ingen ustraffet, og han hjemsøger Fædrenes Brøde på Børnene i tredje og fjerde Led.

'Yahweh is slow to anger and abundant in covenant faithfulness. He forgives iniquity and transgression. He will by no means clear the guilty when he brings the punishment of the ancestors' sin on their descendants, to the third and fourth generation.'

19 Så tilgiv nu dette Folk dets Misgerning efter din store Miskundhed, således som du har tilgivet dette Folk hele Vejen fra Ægypten og hertil!"

Pardon, I plead with you, this people's sin because of the greatness of your covenant faithfulness, just as you have always forgiven this people from the time they were in Egypt until now.”

20 Da sagde HERREN: "Jeg tilgiver dem på din Bøn.

Yahweh said, “I have pardoned them in keeping with your request,

21 Men så sandt jeg lever så sandt hele Jorden skal opfyldes af HERRENs Herlighed:

but truly, as I live, and as all the earth will be filled with my glory,

22 Ingen af de Mænd, der har set min Herlighed og de Tegn, jeg har gjort i Ægypten og i Ørkenen, og dog nu for tiende Gang har fristet mig og ikke villet lyde min Røst,

all those people who saw my glory and the signs of power that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness—they have still tempted me these ten times and have not listened to my voice.

23 ingen af dem skal se det Land, jeg tilsvor deres Fædre! Ingen af dem, der har hånet mig, skal få det at se;

So I say that they will certainly not see the land about which I made an oath to their ancestors. Not one of them who despised me will see it,

24 kun min Tjener Kaleb lader jeg komme til det Land, han har været i, og hans Efterkommere skal få det i Eje, fordi han havde en anden Ånd og viste mig fuld Lydighed.

except for my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit. He has followed me fully; I will bring him into the land which he went to examine. His descendants will possess it.

25 Men Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne bor i Lavlandet. Vend derfor om i Morgen, bryd op og drag ud i Ørkenen ad det røde Hav til!"

(Now the Amalekites and Canaanites lived in the valley.) Tomorrow turn and go to the wilderness by the way of the Sea of Reeds.”

26 Fremdeles talede HERREN til Moses og Aron og sagde:

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron. He said,

27 "Hvor længe skal jeg tåle denne onde Menighed, dem, som bestandig knurrer imod mig? Jeg har hørt Israelitternes Knurren, hørt, hvorledes de knurrer imod mig.

“How long must I tolerate this evil community that criticizes me? I have heard the complaining of the people of Israel against me.

28 Sig til dem: Så sandt jeg lever lyder det fra HERREN, som I har råbt mig i Øret, således vil jeg handle med eder!

Say to them, 'As I live,' says Yahweh, 'as you have spoken in my hearing, I will do this to you:

29 I Ørkenen her skal eders Kroppe falde, alle I, der blev mønstret, så mange I er fra Tyveårsalderen og opefter, I, som har knurret imod mig.

Your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness, all you who complained against me, you who were counted in the census, the whole number of the people from twenty years old and upward.

30 Sandelig, ingen af eder skal komme til det Land, jeg med løftet Hånd svor at ville giver eder at bo i, med Undtagelse af Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, og Josua, Nuns Søn.

You will certainly not go into the land that I promised to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

31 Eders små Børn, som I sagde vilde blive til Bytte, dem vil jeg lade komme derhen, og de skal tage det Land i Besiddelse, som I har vraget,

But your little ones who you said would be victims, I will take them into the land. They will experience the land that you have rejected!

32 men eders egne Kroppe skal falde i Ørkenen her,

As for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness.

33 og eders Sønner skal flakke om i Ørkenen i fyrretyve År og undgælde for eders Bolen, indtil eders Kroppe er gået til Grunde i Ørkenen.

Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years. They must bear the consequences of your acts of rebellion until the end of your corpses in the wilderness.

34 Som I brugte fyrretyve Dage til at undersøge Landet, således skal I undgælde for eders Misgerninger i fyrretyve År, eet År for hver Dag, og således få mit Mishag at føle.

Just as the number of the days during which you examined the land—forty days, you must likewise bear the consequences of your sins for forty years—one year for every day, and you must know what it is like for me to oppose you.

35 Jeg HERREN har sagt det: Sandelig, således vil jeg handle med hele denne onde Menighed, der har rottet sig sammen imod mig; i Ørkenen her skal de gå til Grunde, i den skal de dø!"

I, Yahweh, have spoken. I will certainly do this to all this evil community that is gathered together against me. They will be completely cut off, and here they will die.'”

36 Og de Mænd, Moses havde udsendt for at undersøge Landet, og som efter deres Tilbagekomst havde fået hele Menigheden til at knurre imod ham ved at tale nedsættende om Landet,

So the men Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made the entire community grumble against Moses by spreading a bad report about the land—

37 de Mænd, der havde talt nedsættende om Landet, fik en brat Død for HERRENs Åsyn:

these men who had brought out a bad report about the land were struck down, and they died of a plague before Yahweh.

38 kun Josua, Nuns Søn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, blev i Live af de Mænd, der var draget hen for at undersøge Landet.

Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.

39 Men da Moses forebragte alle Israelitterne disse Ord, grebes Folket af stor Sorg;

When Moses reported these words to all the people of Israel, they mourned very deeply.

40 og tidligt næste Morgen drog de op mod det øverste af Bjerglandet og sagde: "Se, vi er rede til at drage op til det Sted, HERREN har talet om, thi vi, har syndet."

They rose up early in the morning and went to the top of the mountain and said, “Look, we are here, and we will go to the place that Yahweh has promised, for we have sinned.”

41 Da sagde Moses: "Hvorfor vil I overtræde HERRENs Bud? Det vil ikke gå godt!

But Moses said, “Why are you now violating Yahweh's command? You will not succeed.

42 Drag ikke derop, thi HERREN er ikke iblandt eder; gør I det, bliver I slået af eders Fjender!

Do not go, because Yahweh is not with you to prevent you from being defeated by your enemies.

43 Thi Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne vil møde eder der, og I skal falde for Sværdet; I har jo vendt eder fra HERREN, og HERREN er ikke med eder!"

The Amalekites and Canaanites are there, and you will die by the sword because you turned back from following Yahweh. So he will not be with you.”

44 Alligevel formastede de sig til at drage op mod det øverste af Bjerglandet; men HERRENs Pagts Ark og Moses forlod ikke Lejren.

But they presumed to go up into the hill country; however, neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of Yahweh left the camp.

45 Da steg Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne, der boede der i Bjerglandet, ned og slog dem og adsplittede dem lige til Horma.

Then the Amalekites came down, and also the Canaanites who lived on those hills. They attacked the Israelites and defeated them all the way to Hormah.