Numbers 14

1 Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping.

Da opløftede og hævede al Menigheden sin Røst, og Folket græd den samme Nat.

2 And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!

Og alle Israels Børn knurrede imod Mose og imod Aron, og al Menigheden sagde til dem: Gid vi vare døde i Ægyptens Land, eller gid vi vare døde i denne Ørk!

3 Why is the Lord taking us into this land to come to our death by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will get into strange hands: would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?

Og hvorfor fører Herren os til dette Land til at falde ved Sværdet? vore Hustruer og vore smaa Børn maa blive til Rov; er det os ikke bedst at vende tilbage til Ægypten?

4 And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back to Egypt.

Og den ene sagde til den anden: Lader os indsætte en Høvedsmand og vende tilbage til Ægypten.

5 Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.

Men Mose og Aron faldt ned paa deres Ansigter, for Israels Børns hele Menigheds Forsamling.

6 And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, two of those who had been to see the land, giving signs of grief,

Og Josva, Nuns Søn, og Kaleb, Jefunne Søn, der vare blandt dem, der havde bespejdet Landet, de sønderreve deres Klæder.

7 Said to all the children of Israel, This land which we went through to see is a very good land.

Og de sagde til al Israels Børns Menighed, sigende: Det Land, som vi vandrede igennem til at bespejde det, er et saare, ja saare godt Land.

8 And if the Lord has delight in us, he will take us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Dersom Herren har Behagelighed til os, da fører han os ind i dette Land og giver os det, et Land, som flyder med Mælk og Honning.

9 Only, do not go against the Lord or go in fear of the people of the land, for they will be our food; their strength has been taken from them and the Lord is with us: have no fear of them.

Men værer kun ikke genstridige imod Herren, og I, frygter ikke Folket i det Land, thi dem tage vi som en Bid Brød; deres Værn er veget fra dem; men med os er Herren, frygter ikke for dem.

10 But all the people said they were to be stoned. Then the glory of the Lord was seen in the Tent of meeting, before the eyes of all the children of Israel.

Da sagde den ganske Menighed, at man skulde stene dem med Stene, og Herrens Herlighed blev set i Forsamlingens Paulun for alle Israels Børn.

11 And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

Og Herren sagde til Mose: Hvor længe skal dette Folk opirre mig? og hvor længe ville de ikke tro paa mig, uagtet alle de Tegn, som jeg har gjort midt iblandt dem?

12 I will send disease on them for their destruction, and take away their heritage, and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.

Jeg vil slaa dem med Pest og udrydde dem; og jeg vil gøre dig til et større og stærkere Folk, end dette er.

13 And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

Da sagde Mose til Herren: Ægypterne have hørt, at du har ført dette Folk med din Kraft ud af deres Midte.

14 And they will give the news to the people of this land: they have had word that you, Lord, are present with this people, letting yourself be seen face to face, and that your cloud is resting over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

Og de have sagt det til dette Lands Indbyggere; de have hørt, at du, Herre! er midt iblandt dette Folk, for hvilket du, Herre! ses øjensynlig, og at din Sky staar over dem, og at du gaar for deres Ansigt i en Skystøtte om Dagen og i en Ildstøtte om Natten.

15 Now if you put to death all this people as one man, then the nations who have had word of your glory will say,

Men slog du dette Folk ihjel som een Mand, da skulle Hedningerne, naar de høre det Rygte om dig, sige saaledes:

16 Because the Lord was not able to take this people into the land which he made an oath to give them, he sent destruction on them in the waste land.

Fordi Herren ikke formaaede at føre dette Folk ind i det Land, som han havde tilsvoret dem, derfor har han slaaet dem ned i Ørken.

17 So now, may my prayer come before you, and let the power of the Lord be great, as you said:

Og nu, lad dog Herrens Kraft vise sig stor, som du har talet og sagt:

18 The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.

Herren er langmodig og af megen Miskundhed, som forlader Misgerning og Overtrædelse, og som aldeles ikke skal holde den skyldige for uskyldig, som hjemsøger Fædrenes Misgerning paa Børnene, paa dem i tredje og paa dem i fjerde Led.

19 May the sin of this people have forgiveness, in the measure of your great mercy, as you have had mercy on them from Egypt up till now.

Kære, forlad dette Folk dets Misgerning efter din store Miskundhed, og ligesom du har tilgivet dette Folk, fra Ægypten af og hidindtil

20 And the Lord said, I have had mercy, as you say:

Og Herren sagde: Jeg har forladt det efter dit Ord.

21 But truly, as I am living, and as all the earth will be full of the glory of the Lord;

Men sandelig, saa vist som jeg lever, da skal alt Landet opfyldes med Herrens Herlighed;

22 Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;

thi alle de Mænd, som have set min Herlighed og mine Tegn, som jeg gjorde i Ægypten og i Ørken, og nu have fristet mig ti Gange og ikke hørt paa min Røst,

23 They will not see the land about which I made an oath to their fathers; not one of these by whom I have not been honoured will see it.

de skulle ikke se det Land, som jeg har tilsvoret deres Fædre, ja ingen af dem, som have opirret mig, skal se det.

24 But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit in him, and has been true to me with all his heart, him I will take into that land into which he went, and his seed will have it for their heritage.

Men min Tjener Kaleb, fordi der er en anden Aand med ham, og han har fuldkommelig efterfulgt mig, ham vil jeg føre til det Land, hvor han var kommen hen, og hans Sæd skal eje det.

25 Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites are in the valley; tomorrow, turning round, go into the waste land by the way to the Red Sea.

Men Amalekiten og Kananiten bor i Dalen; vender eder i Morgen og rejser i Ørken ad Vejen til det røde Hav.

26 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

Og Herren talede til Mose og Aron og sagde:

27 How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears.

Hvor længe skal jeg se til denne onde Menighed, dem, som knurre imod mig? jeg har hørt Israels Børns megen Knur, hvormed de knurre imod mig.

28 Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, as certainly as your words have come to my ears, so certainly will I do this to you:

Sig til dem: Saa sandt som jeg lever, siger Herren, ligesom I have talet for mine Øren, saaledes vil jeg gøre ved eder.

29 Your dead bodies will be stretched out in this waste land; and of all your number, all those of twenty years old and over who have been crying out against me,

Eders døde Kroppe skulle falde i denne Ørk, og alle eders talte efter alt eders Tal, fra tyve Aar gamle og derover, I som have knurret imod mig.

30 Not one will come into the land which I gave my word you would have for your resting-place, but only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun.

I skulle ikke komme ind i det Land, om hvilket jeg har opløftet min Haand og svoret at ville lade eder bo deri, uden Kaleb, Jefunne Søn, og Josva, Nuns Søn.

31 And your little ones, whom you said would come into strange hands, I will take in, and they will see the land which you would not have.

Og eders smaa Børn, om hvilke I sagde, de skulle blive til Rov, ja dem vil jeg føre derind, at de skulle kende det Land, som I have foragtet.

32 But as for you, your dead bodies will be stretched in this waste land.

Men eders døde Kroppe, de skulle falde i denne Ørk.

33 And your children will be wanderers in the waste land for forty years, undergoing punishment for your false ways, till your bodies become dust in the waste land.

Og eders Børn skulle være Hyrder i Ørken fyrretyve Aar og bøde for eders Bolen, indtil I alle ere blevne til døde Kroppe i denne Ørk.

34 And as you went through the land viewing it for forty days, so for forty years, a year for every day, you will undergo punishment for your wrongdoing, and you will see that I am against you.

Efter de Dages Tal, i hvilke I have bespejdet Landet, fyrretyve Dage, et Aar for hver Dag, skulle I bære eders Misgerninger fyrretyve Aar, og I skulle fornemme, at jeg har vendt mig bort.

35 I the Lord have said it, and this I will certainly do to all this evil people who have come together against me: in this waste land destruction will come on them, and death will be their fate.

Jeg Herren har sagt: Jeg vil visselig gøre dette ved hele denne onde Menighed, som har forsamlet sig imod mig; de skulle faa Ende i denne Ørk og dø der.

36 And the men whom Moses sent to see the land, and who, by the bad account they gave of the land, were the cause of the outcry the people made against Moses,

Og de Mænd, som Mose havde sendt til at bespejde Landet, og som vare komne igen og havde bragt al Menigheden til at knurre imod ham, idet de førte ondt Rygte ud om Landet,

37 Those same men who said evil of the land, came to their death by disease before the Lord.

ja de Mænd døde, som havde ført ondt Rygte ud om Landet, ved Plagen for Herrens Ansigt.

38 But Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, of those who went to see the land, were not touched by disease.

Men Josva, Nuns Søn, og Kaleb, Jefunne Søn, de bleve i Live af de Mænd, som vare gangne til at bespejde Landet.

39 And when Moses put these words before the children of Israel, the people were full of grief.

Og Mose talede disse Ord til alle Israels Børn; da sørgede Folket saare.

40 And early in the morning they got up and went to the top of the mountain, saying, We are here and we will go up to the place which the Lord said he would give us: for we have done wrong.

Og om Morgenen stode de tidlig op og gik oven paa Bjerget og sagde: Se, her ere vi, og vi ville drage op til det Sted, som Herren har talet om; thi vi have syndet.

41 And Moses said, Why are you now acting against the Lord's order, seeing that no good will come of it?

Men Mose sagde: Hvorfor overtræde I Herrens Befaling? det skal ikke lykkes.

42 Go not up, for the Lord is not with you, and you will be overcome by those who are fighting against you.

Drager ikke op, thi Herren er ikke midt iblandt eder, at I ikke skulle blive slagne for eders Fjenders Ansigt.

43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will be put to death by their swords: because you have gone back from the way of the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.

Thi Amalekiterne og Kananiterne ere der for eders Ansigt, og I skulle falde ved Sværdet; thi fordi I have vendt eder bort fra Herren, skal Herren ikke være med eder.

44 But they gave no attention to his words and went to the top of the mountain, though Moses and the ark of the Lord's agreement did not go out of the tent-circle.

Men de formastede sig hovmodelig til at drage op oven paa Bjerget; men Herrens Pagtes Ark og Mose, de vege ikke ud af Lejren.

45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who were living in the hill-country, and overcame them completely, driving them back as far as Hormah.

Da kom Amalekiten og Kananiten ned, som boede paa det samme Bjerg, og de sloge dem og sønderknusede dem indtil Horma.