Numbers 14
1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried; and the people wept all that night.
Da opløftede hele Menigheden sin Røst og brød ud i Klageraab, og Folket græd Natten igennem.
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; and all the congregation said to them,
Og alle Israeliterne knurrede imod Moses og Aron, og hele Menigheden sagde til dem: »Gid vi var døde i Ægypten eller her i Ørkenen!
3 Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.
Hvorfor fører HERREN os til dette Land, naar 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?«
4 And they said one to another, Let us make a ruler, and return into Egypt.
Og de sagde til hverandre: »Lad os vælge os en Fører og vende tilbage til Ægypten!«
5 And Moses and Aaron fell upon their face before all the congregation of the children of Israel.
Da faldt Moses og Aron paa deres Ansigt foran hele den israelitiske Menigheds Forsamling.
6 But Joshua the [son] of Naue, and Chaleb the [son] of Jephonne, of [the number of] them that spied out the land, rent their garments,
Men Josua, Nuns Søn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, der havde været med til at undersøge Landet, sønderrev deres Klæder
7 and spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we surveyed is indeed extremely good.
og sagde til hele Israeliternes Menighed: »Landet, vi har rejst igennem og undersøgt, er et saare, saare godt Land.
8 If the Lord choose us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey.
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.
9 Only depart not from the Lord; and fear ye not the people of the land, for they are meat for us; for the season [of prosperity] is departed from them, but the Lord [is] among us: fear them not.
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!«
10 And all the congregation bade stone them with stones; and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud on the tabernacle of witness to all the children of Israel.
Hele Menigheden tænkte allerede paa at stene dem; men da kom HERRENS Herlighed til Syne for alle Israeliterne ved Aabenbaringsteltet.
11 And the Lord said to Moses, How long does this people provoke me? and how long do they refuse to believe me for all the signs which I have wrought among them?
Og HERREN sagde til Moses: »Hvor længe skal dette Folk haane mig, og hvor længe vil det vægre sig ved at tro paa mig, til Trods for alle de Tegn jeg har gjort i det?
12 I will smite them with death, and destroy them; and I will make of thee and of thy father's house a great nation, and much greater than this.
Jeg vil slaa det med Pest og udrydde det, men dig vil jeg gøre til et Folk, større og stærkere end det!«
13 And Moses said to the Lord, So Egypt shall hear, for thou hast brought up this people from them by thy might.
Men Moses sagde til HERREN: »Ægypterne har hørt, at du i din Vælde har ført dette Folk bort fra dem;
14 Moreover all the dwellers upon this land have heard that thou art Lord in the midst of this people, who, O Lord, art seen [by them] face to face, and thy cloud rests upon them, and thou goest before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire.
og ligeledes har alle dette Lands Indbyggere hørt, at du, HERRE, er midt iblandt dette Folk, thi du, HERRE, aabenbarer dig synligt, idet din Sky staar over dem, og du vandrer foran dem om Dagen i en Skystøtte og om Natten i en Ildstøtte.
15 And [if] thou shalt destroy this nation as one man; then all the nations that have heard thy name shall speak, saying,
Hvis du nu dræber dette Folk alle som een, vil de Folk, der har hørt dit Ry, sige:
16 Because the Lord could not bring this people into the land which he sware to them, he has overthrown them in the wilderness.
Fordi HERREN ikke evnede at føre dette Folk til det Land, han havde tilsvoret dem, lod han dem omkomme i Ørkenen.
17 And now, O Lord, let thy strength be exalted, as thou spakest, saying,
Derfor, HERRE, lad din Vælde nu vise sig i sin Storhed, saaledes som du forjættede, da du sagde:
18 The Lord [is] long-suffering and merciful, and true, removing transgressions and iniquities and sins, and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.
HERREN er langmodig og rig paa Miskundhed, han forlader Misgerning og Overtrædelse, men han lader ingen ustraffet, og han hjemsøger Fædrenes Brøde paa Børnene i tredje og fjerde Led.
19 Forgive this people their sin according to thy great mercy, as thou wast favourable to them from Egypt until now.
Saa tilgiv nu dette Folk dets Misgerning efter din store Miskundhed, saaledes som du har tilgivet dette Folk hele Vejen fra Ægypten og hertil!«
20 And the Lord said to Moses, I am gracious to them according to thy word.
Da sagde HERREN: »Jeg tilgiver dem paa din Bøn.
21 But [as] I live and my name is living, so the glory of the Lord shall fill all the earth.
Men saa sandt jeg lever saa sandt hele Jorden skal opfyldes af HERRENS Herlighed:
22 For all the men who see my glory, and the signs which I wrought in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me this tenth time, and have not hearkened to my voice,
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,
23 surely they shall not see the land, which I sware to their fathers; but their children which are with me here, as many as know not good or evil, every inexperienced youth, to them will I give the land; but none who have provoked me shall see it.
ingen af dem skal se det Land, jeg tilsvor deres Fædre! Ingen af dem, der har haanet mig, skal faa det at se;
24 But my servant Chaleb, because there was another spirit in him, and he followed me, I will bring him into the land into which he entered, and his seed shall inherit it.
kun min Tjener Kaleb lader jeg komme til det Land, han har været i, og hans Efterkommere skal faa det i Eje, fordi han havde en anden Aand og viste mig fuld Lydighed.
25 But Amalec and the Chananite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn and depart for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.
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!«
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
Fremdeles talede HERREN til Moses og Aron og sagde:
27 How long [shall I endure] this wicked congregation? I have heard their murmurings against me, [even] the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they have murmured concerning you.
»Hvor længe skal jeg taale denne onde Menighed, dem, som bestandig knurrer imod mig? Jeg har hørt Israeliternes Knurren, hørt, hvorledes de knurrer imod mig.
28 Say to them, [As] I live, saith the Lord: surely as ye spoke into my ears, so will I do to you.
Sig til dem: Saa sandt jeg lever — lyder det fra HERREN — som I har raabt mig i Øret, saaledes vil jeg handle med eder!
29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all those of you that were reviewed, and those of you that were numbered from twenty years old and upward, all that murmured against me,
I Ørkenen her skal eders Kroppe falde, alle I, der blev mønstret, saa mange I er fra Tyveaarsalderen og opefter, I, som har knurret imod mig.
30 ye shall not enter into the land for which I stretched out my hand to establish you upon it; except only Chaleb the son of Jephonne, and Joshua the [son] of Naue.
Sandelig, ingen af eder skal komme til det Land, jeg med løftet Haand svor at ville giver eder at bo i, med Undtagelse af Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, og Josua, Nuns Søn.
31 And your little ones, who ye said should be a prey, them will I bring into the land; and they shall inherit the land, which ye rejected.
Eders smaa 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,
32 And your carcases shall fall in this wilderness.
men eders egne Kroppe skal falde i Ørkenen her,
33 And your sons shall be fed in the wilderness forty years, and they shall bear your fornication, until your carcases be consumed in the wilderness.
og eders Sønner skal flakke om i Ørkenen i fyrretyve Aar og undgælde for eders Bolen, indtil eders Kroppe er gaaet til Grunde i Ørkenen.
34 According to the number of the days during which ye spied the land, forty days, a day for a year, ye shall bear your sins forty years, and ye shall know my fierce anger.
Som I brugte fyrretyve Dage til at undersøge Landet, saaledes skal I undgælde for eders Misgerninger i fyrretyve Aar, eet Aar for hver Dag, og saaledes faa mit Mishag at føle.
35 I the Lord have spoken, Surely will I do thus to this evil congregation that has risen up together against me: in this wilderness they shall be utterly consumed, and there they shall die.
Jeg HERREN har sagt det: Sandelig, saaledes vil jeg handle med hele denne onde Menighed, der har rottet sig sammen imod mig; i Ørkenen her skal de gaa til Grunde, i den skal de dø!«
36 And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who came and murmured against it to the assembly so as to bring out evil words concerning the land, —
Og de Mænd, Moses havde udsendt for at undersøge Landet, og som efter deres Tilbagekomst havde faaet hele Menigheden til at knurre imod ham ved at tale nedsættende om Landet,
37 the men that spoke evil reports against the land, even died of the plague before the Lord.
de Mænd, der havde talt nedsættende om Landet, fik en brat Død for HERRENS Aasyn:
38 And Joshua the son of Naue and Chaleb the son of Jephonne [still] lived of those men that went to spy out the land.
kun Josua, Nuns Søn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, blev i Live af de Mænd, der var draget hen for at undersøge Landet.
39 And Moses spoke these words to all the children of Israel; and the people mourned exceedingly.
Men da Moses forebragte alle Israeliterne disse Ord, grebes Folket af stor Sorg;
40 And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we that are here will go up to the place of which the Lord has spoken, because we have sinned.
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.«
41 And Moses said, Why do ye transgress the word of the Lord? ye shall not prosper.
Da sagde Moses: »Hvorfor vil I overtræde HERRENS Bud? Det vil ikke gaa godt!
42 Go not up, for the Lord is not with you; so shall ye fall before the face of your enemies.
Drag ikke derop, thi HERREN er ikke iblandt eder; gør I det, bliver I slaaet af eders Fjender!
43 For Amalec and the Chananite [are] there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; because ye have disobeyed the Lord and turned aside, and the Lord will not be among you.
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!«
44 And having forced their passage, they went up to the top of the mountain; but the ark of the covenant of the Lord and Moses stirred not out of the camp.
Alligevel formastede de sig til at drage op mod det øverste af Bjerglandet; men HERRENS Pagts Ark og Moses forlod ikke Lejren.
45 And Amalec and the Chananite that dwelt in that mountain came down, and routed them, and destroyed them unto Herman; and they returned to the camp.
Da steg Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne, der boede der i Bjerglandet, ned og slog dem og adsplittede dem lige til Horma.
