Deuteronomy 9
1 Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
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;
2 The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
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!«
3 But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.
Saa skal du nu vide, at det er HERREN din Gud, der gaar foran dig som en fortærende Ild; han vil ødelægge dem, og han vil underkue dem for dig, saa du kan drive dem bort og ødelægge dem i Hast, saaledes som HERREN har sagt dig.
4 When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.
Naar HERREN din Gud jager dem bort foran dig, tænk saa 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!
5 It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Det er ikke for din Retfærdigheds eller dit ædle Hjertes Skyld, du kommer ind og tager deres Land i Besiddelse, nej, det er paa 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.
6 Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
Saa 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 haarde Halse!
7 Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.
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.
8 At Horeb you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you.
Ved Horeb fortørnede I HERREN, og HERREN blev vred paa eder, saa han vilde ødelægge eder.
9 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.
Da jeg var steget op paa Bjerget for at modtage Stentavlerne, den Pagts Tavler, som HERREN havde sluttet med eder, opholdt jeg mig paa Bjerget fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter uden at spise eller drikke,
10 Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.
og HERREN gav mig de to Stentavler, beskrevne med Guds Finger; og paa dem stod alle de Ord, HERREN havde talt til eder paa Bjerget ud fra Ilden, den Dag I var forsamlet.
11 And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
Da de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter var omme, gav HERREN mig de to Stentavler, Pagtens Tavler.
12 And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”
Og HERREN sagde til mig: »Staa 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!«
13 The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
Og HERREN sagde til mig: »Jeg har set dette Folk, og se, det er et Folk med haarde Halse;
14 Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
lad mig i Fred, saa jeg kan ødelægge dem og udslette deres Navn under Himmelen; saa vil jeg gøre dig til et Folk, mægtigere og større end det!«
15 So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.
Da vendte jeg mig bort og steg ned fra Bjerget med Pagtens to Tavler i mine Hænder, medens Bjerget brændte i lys Lue;
16 And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.
og jeg saa, 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.
17 So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.
Da greb jeg de to Tavler og kastede dem ud af mine Hænder og knuste dem for eders Øjne.
18 Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
Og derpaa faldt jeg ned for HERRENS Aasyn fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter ligesom forrige Gang, uden at spise eller drikke, for alle eders Synders Skyld, som I havde begaaet, idet I gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENS Øjne, saa I fortørnede ham.
19 For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.
Thi jeg frygtede for, at HERREN skulde tilintetgøre eder i den Vrede og Harme, som opfyldte ham imod eder. Og HERREN bønhørte mig ogsaa den Gang!
20 The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.
Ogsaa paa Aron blev HERREN vred, saa han vilde tilintetgøre ham; men den Gang gik jeg ogsaa i Forbøn for Aron.
21 And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
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.
22 You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Ogsaa i Tab'era, Massa og Kibrot-Hatta'ava fortørnede I HERREN.
23 And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
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 paa ham og adlød ham ikke.
24 You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.
I har været genstridige mod HERREN, saa længe jeg har kendt eder.
25 So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
Saa faldt jeg ned for HERRENS Aasyn i de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter, fordi HERREN havde sagt, at han vilde tilintetgøre eder,
26 And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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 Haand!
27 Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.
Kom dine Tjenere i Hu, Abraham, Isak og Jakob; giv ikke Agt paa dette Folks Halsstarrighed, paa dets Ugudelighed og paa dets Synd,
28 Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
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!
29 But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”
De er jo dit Folk og din Ejendom, som du førte ud ved din store Kraft og din udstrakte Arm!«
