Deuteronomy 7
1 When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations from before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou,
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 Jehovah thy God shall give them up before thee and thou shalt smite them, then shalt thou utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them.
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 And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son;
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 for he will turn away thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods, and the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.
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 But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs, and burn their graven images with 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 a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon 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 Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the 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 Jehovah loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a powerful hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, 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 And thou shalt know that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy to a thousand generations with them that 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 and repayeth them that hate him [each] to his face, to cause them to perish: he delayeth not with him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
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 And thou shalt keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them.
Derfor skal du omhyggeligt handle efter det Bud, de Anordninger og Lovbud, jeg i Dag giver dig!
12 And it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which he swore unto thy 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 and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee, and will bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn and thy new wine, and thine oil, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep, in the land which he swore unto thy fathers to give thee.
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 Thou shalt be blessed above all the peoples; there shall not be male or female barren with thee, or with thy cattle;
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 Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness, and none of the evil infirmities of Egypt, which thou knowest, will he put upon thee; but he will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
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 And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God will give up unto thee; thine eye shall not spare them, and thou shalt not serve their gods; for that would be a snare unto thee.
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 If thou shouldest say in thy heart, These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?
Og skulde du sige ved dig selv: »Disse Folk er større end jeg, hvor kan jeg drive dem bort?«
18 fear them not; remember well what Jehovah thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all the Egyptians;
saa frygt ikke for dem, men kom i Hu, hvad HERREN din Gud gjorde ved Farao og hele Ægypten,
19 the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the powerful hand, and the stretched-out arm, whereby Jehovah thy God brought thee out: so will Jehovah thy God do unto all the peoples whom thou fearest.
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, Jehovah thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and they that hide themselves from thee, are destroyed.
Ja, ogsaa Gedehamse vil HERREN din Gud sende imod dem, indtil de, der er tilbage og holder sig skjult for dig, er udryddet.
21 Thou shalt not be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a God great and terrible.
Vær ikke bange for dem, thi HERREN din Gud er i din Midte, en stor og frygtelig Gud.
22 And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations from before thee by little and little; thou shalt not be able to make an end of them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
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 Jehovah thy God will give them up before thee, and will confound them with great consternation, 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 And he will give their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt put out their name from under the heavens; no man shall stand before thee, until thou hast destroyed 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 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver and gold [that is] on them and take it unto thee, lest thou be ensnared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy 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 thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
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!
