Deuteronomy 7
1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
Naar HERREN din Gud fører dig ind i det Land, du skal ind og tage i Besiddelse, og driver store Folk bort foran dig, Hetiterne, Girgasjiterne, Amoriterne, Kana'anæerne, Perizziterne, Hivviterne og Jebusiterne, syv Folk, der er større og mægtigere end du,
2 and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
og naar HERREN din Gud giver dem i din Magt, og du overvinder dem, saa skal du lægge Band paa dem. Du maa ikke slutte Pagt med dem eller vise dem Skaansel.
3 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
Du maa ikke besvogre dig med dem, du maa hverken give en af deres Sønner din Datter eller tage en af deres Døtre til din Søn;
4 because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
thi saa vil de faa din Søn til at falde fra HERREN, saa han dyrker andre Guder, og HERRENS Vrede vil blusse op imod eder, og han vil udrydde dig i Hast.
5 Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
Men saaledes skal I gøre ved dem: Deres Altre skal I nedbryde, deres Stenstøtter skal I sønderslaa, deres Asjerastøtter skal I omhugge, og deres Gudebilleder skal I opbrænde.
6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
Thi du er et Folk, der er helliget HERREN din Gud; dig har HERREN din Gud udvalgt til sit Ejendomsfolk blandt alle Folk paa Jorden.
7 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
Det er ikke, fordi I er større end alle de andre Folk, at HERREN har fattet Velbehag til eder og udvalgt eder, thi I er det mindste af alle Folk;
8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
men fordi HERREN elskede eder, og fordi han vilde holde den Ed, han tilsvor eders Fædre, derfor var det, at HERREN med stærk Haand førte eder ud og udløste dig af Trællehuset, af Ægypterkongen Faraos Haand;
9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
saa skal du vide, at HERREN din Gud er den sande Gud, den trofaste Gud, der i tusinde Slægtled holder fast ved sin Pagt og sin Miskundhed mod dem, der elsker ham og holder hans Bud,
10 But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
men bringer Gengældelse over den, der hader ham, saa han udrydder ham, og ikke tøver over for den, der hader ham, men bringer Gengældelse over ham.
11 So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.
Derfor skal du omhyggeligt handle efter det Bud, de Anordninger og Lovbud, jeg i Dag giver dig!
12 If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
Naar I nu hører disse Lovbud og holder dem og handler efter dem, saa skal HERREN din Gud til Løn derfor holde fast ved den Pagt og den Miskundhed, han tilsvor dine Fædre.
13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
Han skal elske dig, velsigne dig og gøre dig mangfoldig, han skal velsigne Frugten af dit Moderliv og Frugten af din Jord, dit Korn, din Most og din Olie, Tillægget af dine Okser og dine Faars Yngel i det Land, han tilsvor dine Fædre at ville give dig!
14 You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.
Velsignet skal du være fremfor alle andre Folk; ingen Mand eller Kvinde hos dig skal være ufrugtbar, ej heller noget af dit Kvæg;
15 And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
og HERREN vil holde alle Sygdomme fra dig; ingen af Ægyptens onde Farsoter, som du jo kender, vil han paaføre dig, men han vil lægge dem paa alle dem, der hader dig.
16 You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
Og alle de Folk, som HERREN din Gud giver dig, skal du fortære uden Skaansel; du maa ikke dyrke deres Guder, thi det vilde blive en Snare for dig.
17 You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”
Og skulde du sige ved dig selv: »Disse Folk er større end jeg, hvor kan jeg drive dem bort?«
18 But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:
saa frygt ikke for dem, men kom i Hu, hvad HERREN din Gud gjorde ved Farao og hele Ægypten,
19 the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
de store Prøvelser, du selv saa, Tegnene og Underne, den stærke Haand og den udstrakte Arm, hvormed HERREN din Gud førte dig ud; saaledes vil HERREN din Gud gøre ved alle de Folkeslag, du frygter for.
20 Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.
Ja, ogsaa Gedehamse vil HERREN din Gud sende imod dem, indtil de, der er tilbage og holder sig skjult for dig, er udryddet.
21 Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
Vær ikke bange for dem, thi HERREN din Gud er i din Midte, en stor og frygtelig Gud.
22 The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
HERREN din Gud skal lidt efter lidt drive disse Folkeslag bort foran dig. Det gaar ikke an, at du udrydder dem i Hast, thi saa bliver Markens vilde Dyr dig for talrige.
23 But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
Men HERREN din Gud skal give dem i din Magt, og han skal slaa dem med stor Rædsel, indtil de er udryddet.
24 He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.
Og han skal give deres Konger i din Haand, og du skal udrydde deres Navn under Himmelen; ingen skal kunne holde Stand over for dig, til du har udryddet dem.
25 You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
Deres Gudebilleder skal I opbrænde; du maa ikke lade dig friste til at tage Sølvet eller Guldet paa dem, for at du ikke skal lokkes i en Snare derved, thi det er HERREN din Gud en Vederstyggelighed,
26 And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
og du maa ikke føre nogen Vederstyggelighed ind i dit Hus, for at du ikke skal hjemfalde til Band ligesom den, nej, du skal nære Afsky og Gru for den, thi den er hjemfaldet til Band!
