Deuteronomy 9
1 Listen, people of Israel! Shortly you're going to cross the Jordan to enter and take over the country from nations that are larger and stronger than you, that have large towns with walls that reach up into the sky.
Hør, Israel! du gaar i Dag over Jordanen for at gaa ind og tage til Eje Folk, som ere større og stærkere end du, Stæder, som ere store og faste indtil Himmelen,
2 The people are strong and tall; they are the descendants of the Anakim. You all know about them and you have heard the saying, “Who could ever defeat the sons of Anak?”
et stort Folk og højt af Vækst, Anakiternes Børn, som du kender, og som du har hørt sige om: Hvo kan staa for Anaks Børns Ansigt?
3 But you should realize that today the Lord your God is going across ahead of you. He is like a consuming fire; he will destroy them and defeat them ahead of you. You will drive them out and quickly wipe them out, just as the Lord promised you.
Saa skal du vide i Dag, at Herren din Gud, han gaar frem for dit Ansigt, en fortærende Ild, han skal udslette dem, og han skal ydmyge dem for dit Ansigt; og du skal fordrive dem og ødelægge dem snarlig, saaledes som Herren har talet til dig.
4 When the Lord your God has driven them out ahead of you, don't think to yourselves, “It's because I'm such a good person that the Lord has brought me here to take over this land.” No, the Lord is driving out these nations ahead of you because of they're so wicked.
Naar Herren din Gud har udstødt dem fra dit Ansigt, da skal du ikke sige i dit Hjerte: For min Retfærdigheds Skyld har Herren ført mig ind at eje dette Land; thi for disse Hedningers Ugudeligheds Skyld fordriver Herren dem for dit Ansigt.
5 It's not because you're so good or moral that you are going to take over their land. No, it's because of their wickedness that the Lord your God is driving out these nations ahead of you, to keep the promise he made to your fathers—m to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Ikke for din Retfærdighed eller for dit Hjertes Oprigtighed kommer du ind for at eje deres Land, men for disse Hedningers Ugudeligheds Skyld fordriver Herren din Gud dem for dit Ansigt og for at stadfæste det Ord, som Herren svor dine Fædre, Abraham, Isak og Jakob.
6 You'd better believe that it's not because you're such good people that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to own, because you are stubborn, hard-hearted people.
Saa skal du vide, at Herren din Gud ikke for din Retfærdigheds Skyld giver dig dette gode Land til Eje; thi du er et haardnakket Folk.
7 Remember how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert! Don't ever forget it! From the time you left the land of Egypt until you arrived here, you've been constantly rebelling against the Lord.
Kom i Hu, glem ikke, at du fortørnede Herren din Gud i Ørken; fra; den Dag, du udgik af Ægyptens Land, indtil I ere komne til dette Sted, have I været genstridige imod Herren.
8 At Horeb you provoked the Lord, making him so angry he was about to destroy you.
Og I fortørnede Herren ved Horeb, og Herren blev vred paa eder, saa at han vilde have ødelagt eder.
9 This was when I climbed up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets that recorded agreement the Lord made with you. I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, and I didn't eat or drink anything.
Da jeg var opgangen paa Bjerget at modtage Stentavlerne, den Pagts Tavler, hvilken Herren havde sluttet med eder, da blev jeg paa Bjerget fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter, jeg aad ikke Brød og drak ikke Vand;
10 The Lord gave me the two stone tablets on which he'd written with his finger everything he'd told you when he spoke from the fire on the mountain when we were all assembled there.
og Herren gav mig de to Stentavler, skrevne med Guds Finger, og paa dem alle de Ord, som Herren talede med eder paa Bjerget midt ud af Ilden paa Forsamlingens Dag.
11 After forty days and forty nights, the Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the agreement.
Og det skete, der de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter havde Ende, da gav Herren mig to Stentavler, Pagtens Tavler.
12 The Lord told me, “Hurry! Go down immediately, because your people that you led out of Egypt, are committing a terrible sin. They have disobeyed what I told them so quickly! They have made themselves an idol using molten metal.”
Og Herren sagde til mig: Gør dig rede, gak hastigen ned herfra; thi dit Folk, som du udførte af Ægypten, har handlet fordærveligt; de ere hastigen afvegne fra den Vej, som jeg bød dem, de have gjort sig et støbt Billede.
13 The Lord also told me, “I have been watching these people, and they really are a stubborn and hard-hearted.
Og Herren sagde til mig: Jeg har set dette Folk, og se, det er et haardnakket Folk.
14 Leave me, so that I can destroy them and wipe out their name completely. Then I will turn you into a nation even more powerful and more important than them.”
Lad af fra mig, og jeg vil ødelægge dem og udslette deres Navn fra at være under Himmelen; og jeg vil gøre dig til et stærkere og større Folk end dette.
15 I went back down the mountain while it was still on fire, carrying the two tablets of the agreement.
Og jeg vendte mig og gik ned ad Bjerget, og Bjerget brændte med Ild, og jeg havde de to Pagtens Tavler i begge mine Hænder.
16 Then I saw how much you had sinned against the Lord your God by making for yourselves a molten calf. You had disobeyed what the Lord had told you so quickly.
Og jeg saa, og se, I havde syndet imod Herren eders Gud, I havde gjort eder en støbt Kalv, I vare hastigen afvegne fra den Vej, som Herren havde budet eder.
17 I threw the two tablets down, smashing them to pieces as you watched.
Da tog jeg fat paa begge Tavlerne og kastede dem ud af begge mine Hænder, og jeg sønderbrød dem for eders Øjne.
18 Then I lay down on the ground before the Lord for forty days and forty nights, just as I had before. I didn't eat or drink anything because of all the sins you had committed by doing what was evil in the Lord's sight, making him angry.
Og jeg faldt ned for Herrens Ansigt som første Gang, fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter, jeg aad ikke Brød og drak ikke Vand, for alle eders Synders Skyld, som I syndede med, da I gjorde det onde for Herrens Øjne til at opirre ham.
19 I was terrified at how angry and furious the Lord was with you. He was ready to destroy you. But once again the Lord listened to me.
Thi jeg gruede for den brændende Vrede, med hvilken Herren var vred paa eder til at ødelægge eder; men Herren hørte mig ogsaa den Gang.
20 The Lord was so angry with Aaron he was ready to destroy him, but right then I prayed for Aaron too.
Men Herren blev ogsaa saare vred paa Aron, saa at han vilde ødelægge ham; men jeg bad og for Aron paa den samme Tid.
21 I took that abominable thing, the calf you'd made, and burned it. Then I crushed it up and ground it into dust, and I threw it into the stream that descended from the mountain.
Men eders Synd, den Kalv, som I havde gjort, tog jeg og opbrændte den med Ild og stødte den og malede den godt, indtil den blev til fint Støv, og jeg kastede dens Støv i Bækken, som flyder ned ad Bjerget.
22 But you went on provoking the Lord at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Desligeste gjorde I Herren vred i Tabeera og i Massa og i Kibroth-Hattaava.
23 When the Lord had you leave Kadesh-barnea, he told you, “Go and take over the country that I've given you.” But you defied the command of the Lord your God. You didn't believe him and you didn't obey him.
Og da Herren sendte eder fra Kades-Barnea og sagde: Gaar op og indtager Landet, som jeg har givet eder, da vare I genstridige mod Herren eders Guds Mund og troede ikke paa ham og hørte ikke paa hans Røst.
24 You have been rebelling against the Lord from the day I first knew you.
I have været genstridige mod Herren, saa længe som jeg har kendt eder.
25 So I lay down on the ground before the Lord for forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.
Da faldt jeg ned for Herrens Ansigt de fyrretyve Dage og de fyrretyve Nætter, i hvilke jeg faldt ned; thi Herren havde sagt, at han vilde ødelægge eder.
26 I prayed to the Lord, saying, “Please Lord, God, don't destroy your people that belong to you, the ones whom you rescued by your great ability and led out of Egypt by your power.
Og jeg bad til Herren og sagde: Herre, Herre! ødelæg ikke dit Folk og din Arv, som du genløste med din store Kraft, og som du udførte af Ægypten med en stærk Haand.
27 Please remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Please disregard the stubbornness of this people and their wicked sin.
Kom dine Tjenere, Abraham, Isak og Jakob i Hu, vend ikke dit Ansigt til dette Folks Haardhed og til dets Ugudelighed og til dets Synd,
28 If you don't, those people back in Egypt will say, ‘The Lord brought them out to kill them in the desert because he couldn't take them to the land he'd promised them, and because he hated them.’
at Indbyggerne i det Land, af hvilket du udførte os, ikke skulle sige: Fordi Herren ikke kunde føre dem ind i det Land, som han havde tilsagt dem, og fordi han hadede dem, førte han dem ud at slaa dem ihjel i Ørken.
29 But they are your people, Lord! They belong to you! You led them out of Egypt by your amazing power and might!”
Thi de ere dit Folk og din Arv, og du udførte dem med din store Kraft og med din udrakte Arm.
