Deuteronomy 1

1 These [are] the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side Jordan in the desert towards the west near the Red Sea, between Pharan Tophol, and Lobon, and Aulon, and the gold works.

Dette er de Ord, Moses talte til hele Israel hinsides Jordan i Ørkenen, i Arabalavningen, lige over for Suf, mellem Paran og Tofel, Laban, Hazerot og Di-Zahab,

2 [It is] a journey of eleven days from Choreb to mount Seir as far as Cades Barne.

elleve Dagsrejser fra Horeb, regnet over Se'irs Bjerge til Kadesj-Barnea.

3 And it came to pass in the forties year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, Moses spoke to all the children of Israel, according to all things which the Lord commanded him for them:

I det fyrretyvende Aar paa den første Dag i den ellevte Maaned kundgjorde Moses Israeliterne alt, hvad HERREN havde paalagt ham angaaende dem,

4 after he had struck Seon king of the Amorites who lived in Esebon, and Og the king of Basan who lived in Astaroth and in Edrain;

efter at han havde slaaet Amoriterkongen Sihon, der boede i Hesjbon, og Kong Og af Basan, der boede i Asjtarot og Edre'i.

5 beyond Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,

Hinsides Jordan i Moabs Land tog Moses sig for at fremsætte følgende Lovudlægning:

6 The Lord your God spoke to us in Choreb, saying, Let it suffice you to have lived [so long] in this mountain.

HERREN vor Gud talede til os ved Horeb og sagde: »I har nu længe nok opholdt eder ved Bjerget her;

7 Turn you and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and [go] to all that dwell near about Araba, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Chananites near the sea, and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

bryd derfor op og drag til Amoriternes Bjerge og til alle deres Naboer i Arabalavningen, paa Bjergene, i Lavlandet, i Sydlandet og ved Kysten, til Kana'anæernes Land og Libanon, lige til den store Flod, Eufratfloden.

8 Behold, [God] has delivered the land before you; go in and inherit the land, which I sware to your fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, to give it to them and to their seed after them.

Se, jeg giver Landet i eders Magt; drag derind og tag det Land i Besiddelse, som jeg tilsvor eders Fædre, Abraham, Isak og Jakob, at ville give dem og deres Afkom efter dem.«

9 And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I shall not be able by myself to bear you.

Dengang talte jeg til eder og sagde: »Jeg kan ikke ene bære eder.

10 The Lord your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are today as the stars of heaven for multitude.

HERREN eders Gud har gjort eder talrige, og se, I er nu saa mange som Stjernerne paa Himmelen —

11 The Lord God of your fathers add to you a thousand-fold more than you are, and bless you as he has spoken to you.

maatte kun HERREN, eders Fædres Gud, gøre eder tusinde Gange saa talrige endnu og velsigne eder, som han har forjættet eder —

12 How shall I alone be able to bear your labour, and your burden, and your gainsayings?

men hvorledes skal jeg ene kunne bære hele Besværet og Arbejdet med eder og eders Stridigheder?

13 Take to yourselves wise and understanding and prudent men for your tribes, and I will set your leaders over you.

Sørg derfor for at finde nogle kloge, forstandige og erfarne Mænd i hver Stamme, som jeg kan sætte i Spidsen for eder!«

14 And you answered me and said, The thing which you have told us [is] good to do.

Dertil svarede I og sagde: »Det Forslag, du har fremsat, er godt!«

15 So I took of you wise and understanding and prudent men, and I set them to rule over you as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and officers to your judges.

Derfor tog jeg Overhovederne for eders Stammer, kloge og erfarne Mænd, og satte dem i Spidsen for eder som Øverste over tusinde, hundrede, halvtredsindstyve eller ti og som Tilsynsmænd over eders Stammer.

16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [causes] between your brethren, and judge rightly between a man and [his] brother, and the stranger that is with him.

Dengang gav jeg saa eders Dommere det Paabud: »Hold Forhør, naar der er Stridigheder mellem eders Landsmænd, og døm retfærdigt, naar en Mand har en Sag, enten det er med en Landsmand eller med en, der bor som fremmed hos ham;

17 You shall not have respect to persons in judgement, you shall judge small and great equally; you shall not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgement is God's; and whatever matter shall be too hard for you, you shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.

vis ingen Personsanseelse for Retten; hør paa den ringeste som paa den største og frygt ikke for nogen; thi Dommen er Guds! Men Sager, som er eder for vanskelige, skal I forebringe mig, saa skal jeg holde Forhør i dem!«

18 And I charged upon you at that time all the commands which you shall perform.

Og dengang gav jeg eder saa Paalæg om alt, hvad I skulde gøre.

19 And we departed from Choreb, and went through all that great wilderness and terrible, which you saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite, as the Lord our God charged us, and we came as far as Cades Barne.

Derpaa brød vi op fra Horeb og drog gennem hele denne store, grufulde Ørken, som I selv har set, i Retning af Amoriternes Bjerge, saaledes som HERREN vor Gud havde paalagt os. Og vi kom til Kadesj-Barnea.

20 And I said to you, You have come as far as the mountain of the Amorite, which the Lord our God gives to you:

Da sagde jeg til eder: »I er nu kommet til Amoriternes Bjerge, som HERREN vor Gud vil give os.

21 behold, the Lord your God has delivered to us the land before you: go up and inherit it as the Lord God of your fathers said to you; fear not, neither be afraid.

Se, HERREN din Gud har givet Landet i din Magt, drag derfor op og tag det i Besiddelse, saaledes som HERREN, dine Fædres Gud, har sagt til dig. Frygt ikke, men vær uforsagt!«

22 And you all came to me, and said, Let us send men before us, and let them go up to the land for us; and let them bring back to us a report of the way by which we shall go up, and of the cities into which we shall enter.

Da kom I alle hen til mig og sagde: »Lad os sende nogle Mænd i forvejen til at udspejde Landet for os og bringe os Underretning om den Vej, vi skal drage op ad, og om de Byer, vi kommer til!«

23 And the saying pleased me: and I took of you twelve men, one man of a tribe.

Jeg billigede det og udtog tolv Mænd iblandt eder, en af hver Stamme.

24 And they turned and went up to the mountain, and they came as far as the valley of the cluster, and surveyed it.

De begav sig paa Vej og drog op i Bjergene og kom til Esjkoldalen og udspejdede den;

25 And they took in their hands of the fruit of the land, and brought it to you, and said, The land is good which the Lord our God gives us.

og de tog nogle af Landets Frugter med og bragte dem ned til os, og de meldte os tilbage: »Det er et herligt Land, HERREN vor Gud vil give os!«

26 Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the words of the Lord our God.

Men I vilde ikke drage op, I var genstridige mod HERREN eders Guds Befaling.

27 And you murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us.

I knurrede i eders Telte og sagde: »Af Had til os førte HERREN os ud af Ægypten for at give os i Amoriternes Haand og lade os gaa til Grunde!

28 Whither do we go up? and your brethren drew away your heart, saying, [It is a] great nation and populous, and mightier than we; and [there are] cities great and walled up to heaven: moreover we saw there the sons of the giants.

Hvor er det dog, vi skal hen? Vore Brødre tog Modet fra os, da de sagde: Det er et Folk, der er større og højere end vi, og der er store Byer med himmelhøje Fæstningsværker, ja, vi saa endog Efterkommere af Anakiterne der!«

29 And I said to you, Fear not, neither be you afraid of them;

Men jeg sagde til eder: »Lad eder ikke skræmme og frygt ikke for dem!

30 the Lord your God who goes before your face, he shall fight against them together with you effectually, according to all that he wrought for you in the land of Egypt;

HERREN eders Gud, der vandrer foran eder, vil selv stride for eder, som I saa, han gjorde det for eder i Ægypten

31 and in this wilderness which you saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite; how the Lord your God will bear you as a nursling, as if any man should nurse his child, through all the way which you have gone until you came to this place.

og i Ørkenen, hvor du saa, at HERREN din Gud bar dig, som en Mand bærer sin Søn, hele den Vej I har vandret, lige til I naaede hertil!«

32 And in this matter you believed not the Lord our God,

Men alligevel troede I ikke paa HERREN eders Gud,

33 who goes before you in the way to choose you a place, guiding you in fire by night, showing you the way by which you go, and a cloud by day.

skønt han vandrede foran eder paa Vejen for at udsøge Lejrpladser til eder, om Natten i Ilden, for at I kunde se, hvor I skulde gaa, og om Dagen i Skyen.

34 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and being greatly provoked he sware, saying,

Men da HERREN hørte eders Ord, blev han vred og svor:

35 Not one of these men shall see this good land, which I sware to their fathers,

»Ikke en eneste af disse Mænd, af denne onde Slægt, skal faa det herlige Land at se, som jeg svor at ville give eders Fædre,

36 except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, he shall see it; and to him I will give the land on which he went up, and to his sons, because he attended to the things of the Lord.

undtagen Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn; han alene skal faa det at se, og ham og hans Børn vil jeg give det Land, han har betraadt, fordi han har vist HERREN fuld Lydighed!«

37 And the Lord was angry with me for your sake, saying, Neither shall you by any means enter therein.

Ogsaa paa mig blev HERREN vred for eders Skyld, og han sagde: »Heller ikke du skal komme derind!

38 Joshua the son of Naue, who stands by you, he shall enter in there; do you strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

Josua, Nuns Søn, der staar i din Tjeneste, han skal komme derind; sæt Mod i ham, thi han skal skaffe Israel det i Eje.«

39 And every young child who this day knows not good or evil, —they shall enter therein, and to them I will give it, and they shall inherit it.

Og dets smaa Børn, som I sagde skulde blive til Bytte, eders Børn, som i Dag ikke kender Forskel paa godt og ondt, de skal komme derind, dem vil jeg give det, og de skal tage det i Besiddelse.

40 And you turned and marched into the wilderness, in the way by the Red Sea.

I selv derimod skal vende om og begive eder paa Vej til Ørkenen i Retning af det røde Hav!«

41 And you answered and said, We have sinned before the Lord our God; we will go up and fight according to all that the Lord our God has commanded us: and having taken every one his weapons of war, and being gathered together, you went up to the mountain.

Da svarede I og sagde til mig: »Vi har syndet imod HERREN! Vi vil drage op og kæmpe, som HERREN vor Gud har befalet os!« Og alle iførte I eder eders Vaaben og vilde i Letsindighed drage op i Bjergene.

42 And the Lord said to me, Tell them, You shall not go up, neither shall you fight, for I am not with you; thus shall you not be destroyed before your enemies.

Men HERREN sagde til mig: »Sig til dem: Drag ikke op og indlad eder ikke i Kamp, thi jeg er ikke iblandt eder; gør I det, bliver I slaaet af eders Fjender!«

43 And I spoke to you, and you did not listen to me; and you transgressed the commandment of the Lord; and you forced your way and went up into the mountain.

Men da jeg sagde det til eder, adlød I ikke, men var genstridige mod HERRENS Bud og formastede eder til at drage op i Bjergene.

44 And the Amorite who lived in that mountain came out to meet you, and pursued you as bees do, and wounded you from Seir to Herma.

Da drog Amoriterne, der bor i Bjergene der, ud imod eder, og de forfulgte eder som Bier og slog eder fra Se'ir til Horma.

45 And you sat down and wept before the Lord our God, and the Lord listened not to your voice, neither did he take heed to you.

Da I saa kom tilbage, græd I for HERRENS Aasyn; men HERREN vilde ikke høre eder og laane eder Øre.

46 And you lived in Cades many days, as many days as you lived [there].

Saa blev I hele den lange Tid i Kadesj.