Deuteronomy 7
1 The Lord your God is going to lead you into the land that you are taking over in order to own it, and will drive out ahead of you many other nations: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations that are larger and stronger than you.
Naar Herren din Gud faar indført dig i Landet, som du skal komme hen til, at eje det, og faar udkastet mange Folk for dig, Hethiter og Girgasiter og Amoriter og Kananiter og Feresiter og Heviter og Jebusiter, syv Folk, som ere mangfoldigere og vældigere end du,
2 When the Lord your God has handed them over to you to defeat them, then you must set them apart for destruction. Don't make any peace treaty with them and don't show them any mercy.
og Herren din Gud har givet dem hen for dit Ansigt, og du har slaget dem: Da skal du bandlyse dem; du skal ikke gøre Pagt med dem og ej bevise dem Naade.
3 Don't intermarry with them. Don't let your daughters marry their sons or have their daughters marry your sons,
Og du skal ikke gøre Svogerskab med dem; du skal ikke give hans Søn din Datter, og hans Datter skal du ikke tage til din Søn.
4 because they will lead your children away from following me to worship other gods. Then the Lord will be angry with you, and he will quickly come and kill you.
Thi han skal bringe din Søn til at vige fra mig, og de skulle tjene andre Guder; og saa optændes Herrens Vrede imod eder, og han skal snart ødelægge eder.
5 On the contrary, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, knock down their idolatrous pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn down their idols.
Men saaledes skulle I gøre ved dem: I skulle nedbryde deres Altere og sønderslaa deres Støtter og omhugge deres Astartebilleder og opbrænde deres udskaarne Billeder med Ild.
6 For you are the Lord your God's holy people. The Lord your God has chosen you to be his own special people, valued above all other peoples on the earth.
Thi du er et helligt Folk for Herren din Gud; Herren din Gud har udvalgt dig, at være ham til et Ejendoms Folk, fremfor alle Folk, som ere paa Jordens Kreds.
7 It wasn't because there were so many of you that the Lord loved you more than any other nation, in fact he chose you though there were so few of you.
Herren har ikke haft Lyst til eder og udvalgt eder, fordi I vare mangfoldigere end alle Folk; thi I ere det mindste iblandt alle Folk.
8 However, because the Lord loved you and kept the promise he gave to your forefathers, He led you out by his power and rescued you from the prison-house of slavery, from the rule of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
Men fordi Herren har elsket eder, og fordi han vilde holde den Ed, som han svor eders Fædre, har Herren udført eder med en stærk Haand, og han har frelst dig af Trælles Hus, af Faraos, Kongen af Ægyptens, Haand.
9 That's why you can be sure that the Lord your God is the true God, the faithful God who keeps his agreement based on trustworthy love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
Saa skal du vide, at Herren din Gud, han er Gud, den trofaste Gud, som holder Pagten og Miskundheden mod dem, som elske ham, og mod dem, som holde hans Bud, til tusinde Led.
10 But he doesn't hesitate to pay back those who hate him by destroying them.
Og han betaler dem, som ham hade, øjensynligen, ved at lade dem omkomme; han skal ikke tøve med den, som hader ham, han skal betale ham øjensynligen.
11 So keep the commandments and rules and regulations that I'm giving you to follow today.
Saa hold det Bud og de Skikke og de Befalinger, som jeg byder dig i Dag, at du gør efter dem.
12 If you listen to these regulations and are careful to observe them, then the Lord your God will keep his agreement and the trustworthy love that he promised to your forefathers.
Og det skal ske, fordi I høre disse Befalinger og holde dem og gøre dem, da skal og Herren din Gud holde dig den Pagt og den Miskundhed, som han har tilsvoret dine Fædre.
13 He will love you and bless you and give you many descendants. He will bless your children and the crops your land produces—your grain, new wine, and olive oil, the calves of your cattle herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that he promised your forefathers to give you.
Og han skal elske dig og velsigne dig og mangfoldiggøre dig, og han skal velsigne dit Livs Frugt og dit Lands Frugt, dit Korn og din nye Vin og din Olie, dine Øksnes Affødning og dit Smaakvægs megen Yngel i det Land, som han har tilsvoret dine Fædre at ville give dig.
14 You will be blessed more than any other nation; none of you will be childless, and none of your livestock will fail to have young.
Du skal være velsignet fremfor alle Folk; der skal ingen ufrugtbar Han eller Hun være iblandt dig eller iblandt dit Kvæg.
15 The Lord will keep you from having any kind of sickness. He will not let you have any of the terrible diseases you saw in Egypt, but he will let all who hate you suffer from them.
Og Herren skal lade al Sygdom vige fra dig; og alle de ægyptiske slemme Sygdomme, som du kender, dem skal han ikke lægge paa dig, men lægge dem paa alle dem, som hade dig.
16 You are to destroy all the nations the Lord your God hands over to you. Don't look on them with sympathy. Don't worship their gods, for that will end up being a trap to you.
Og du skal tilintetgøre alle de Folk, som Herren din Gud giver i din Vold, dit Øje skal ikke spare dem; og du skal ikke tjene deres Guder, thi det skal blive dig til en Snare.
17 You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than us. How on earth can we drive them out?”
Naar du siger i dit Hjerte: Disse Folk ere mangfoldigere end jeg, hvorledes formaar jeg at fordrive dem?
18 But don't be afraid of them. Make sure you remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and the whole of Egypt:
da skal du ikke frygte for dem; du skal komme i Hu, hvad Herren din Gud gjorde ved Farao og ved alle Ægypterne,
19 the amazing tests you witnessed, the signs and miracles, the great power and incredible strength the Lord your God used to lead you out. The Lord your God is going to deal with all the nations you're currently afraid of in the same way.
de store Forsøgelser, som dine Øjne saa, og de Tegn og de underlige Ting og den stærke Haand og den udrakte Arm, ved hvilken Herren din Gud udførte dig; saaledes skal Herren din Gud gøre imod alle de Folk, for hvis Ansigt du frygter.
20 On top of this, the Lord your God will send the hornet against them until anyone who has survived and anyone hiding from you have been killed.
Og Herren din Gud skal endog sende Gedehamser paa dem, indtil de omkomme, som ere blevne tilovers, og som have skjult sig for dit Ansigt.
21 Don't be frightened of these nations, for the Lord your God, who is with you, is a powerful and awesome God.
Du skal ikke forfærdes for deres Ansigt; thi Herren din Gud er midt iblandt dig, en stor og forfærdelig Gud.
22 The Lord your God will drive out these nations ahead of you in stages. You won't be able to get rid of them all at the same time, or you'd be overwhelmed by wild animals.
Og Herren din Gud skal efterhaanden uddrive disse Folk for dit Ansigt; du kan ikke saa snart gøre Ende paa dem, for at de vilde Dyr paa Marken ikke skulle blive mange imod dig.
23 But the Lord your God will hand them over to you and throw them into a terrible panic, until they are wiped out.
Og Herren din Gud skal give dem hen for dit Ansigt og forstyrre dem med en stor Forstyrrelse, indtil de ødelægges.
24 He will give their defeated kings to you to be killed, and even their names will be forgotten. No one will be able to withstand you; you will completely destroy them.
Og han skal give deres Konger i din Haand, og du skal udslette deres Navn fra at være under Himmelen; der skal ingen kunne staa imod dit Ansigt, indtil du har ødelagt dem.
25 You must burn the idols of their god. Don't desire the silver and gold that covers them. Don't take it or otherwise it will be a trap for you because the Lord your God detests anything to do with idols.
I skulle opbrænde deres Guders udskaarne Billeder med Ild; du skal ikke begære Sølvet eller Guldet, som er paa dem, eller tage det til dig, at du ikke besnæres dermed; thi det er Herren din Gud en Vederstyggelighed.
26 Don't bring any detestable idol into your house, otherwise you will treated just like it—by being set apart for destruction. You are to treat idols as totally despicable, and stay far away from them, because they are set apart for destruction.
Og du skal ikke lade Vederstyggelighed komme i dit Hus, at du ikke skal blive en forbandet Ting, ligesom dette er; du skal helt væmmes med Væmmelse derfor og have stor Vederstyggelighed for det, thi det er en forbandet Ting.
