Numbers 25
1 When the Israelites were staying at Shittim the men started to have sex with Moabite women
Israeliterne slog sig derpaa ned i Sjittim. Men Folket begyndte at bedrive Hor med de moabitiske Kvinder;
2 who invited them to the sacrifices made to their gods. The Israelites ate the pagan meals and bowed down before these gods.
og da de indbød Folket til deres Guders Slagtofre, spiste Folket deraf og tilbad deres Guder.
3 In this way the Israelites devoted themselves in worship to Baal of Peor, and the Lord was angry with them.
Og Israel holdt til med Ba'al-Peor; derover blussede HERRENS Vrede op mod Israel,
4 The Lord told Moses, “Arrest all the Israelite leaders and kill them before the Lord where everyone can see in order to turn the Lord's furious anger away from the people.”
og HERREN sagde til Moses: »Kald alle Folkets Overhoveder sammen og hæng dem op for HERREN under aaben Himmel, for at HERRENS Vrede maa vige fra Israel!«
5 So Moses instructed Israel's judges, “Each of you has to kill all of your men who have devoted themselves to worshiping Baal of Peor.”
Og Moses sagde til Israeliternes Dommere: »Enhver af eder skal slaa dem af sine Mænd ihjel, der har holdt til med Ba'al-Peor!«
6 Right then an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman to his family tent in full view of Moses and all the Israelites as they were crying at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Og se, en af Israeliterne kom og førte en midjanitisk Kvinde hen til sine Landsmænd lige for Øjnene af Moses og hele Israeliternes Menighed, medens de stod og græd ved Indgangen til Aabenbaringsteltet.
7 When he saw this, Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, left the assembly, grabbed a spear
Da nu Pinehas, Præsten Arons Søn Eleazars Søn, saa det, traadte han frem af Menighedens Midte, greb et Spyd,
8 and followed the man into his tent. There Phinehas drove the spear through both of them, through the Israelite and on into the woman's stomach. This action stopped the plague that had started to kill the Israelites,
fulgte den israelitiske Mand ind i Sengekammeret og gennemborede dem begge, baade den israelitiske Mand og Kvinden, hende gennem Underlivet. Da standsede Plagen blandt Israeliterne.
9 but 24,000 had already died.
Men Tallet paa dem, Plagen havde kostet Livet, løb op til 24 000.
10 The Lord told Moses,
Da talede HERREN saaledes til Moses:
11 “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, because out of all of them he was passionately dedicated to me, so I did not destroy the Israelites in my passionate anger.
»Pinehas, Præsten Arons Søn Eleazars Søn, har vendt min Vrede fra Israeliterne, idet han var nidkær iblandt dem med min Nidkærhed, saa at jeg ikke tilintetgjorde Israeliterne i min Nidkærhed.
12 So make an announcement that I am granting him my peace agreement.
Derfor skal du sige: Se, jeg giver ham min Fredspagt!
13 It will be an agreement that ensures a permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was passionately dedicated to his God and set the Israelites right.”
Et evigt Præstedømmes Pagt skal blive hans og efter ham hans Efterkommeres Lod, til Løn for at han var nidkær for sin Gud og skaffede Israeliterne Soning.«
14 The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri, son of Salu, a family leader of the tribe of Simeon.
Den dræbte Israelit, han, der dræbtes sammen med den midjanitiske Kvinde, hed Zimri, Salus Søn, og var Øverste for et Fædrenehus blandt Simeoniterne;
15 The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi, daughter of Zur, a family leader of a Midianite tribe.
og den dræbte midjanitiske Kvinde hed Kozbi og var en Datter af Zur, der var Stammehøvding for et Fædrenehus blandt Midjaniterne,
16 The Lord told Moses,
HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:
17 “Attack the Midianites and kill them,
»Fald over Midjaniterne og slaa dem;
18 because they attacked you deceptively, leading you astray by using Peor and their woman Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader—the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of their devotion to Peor.”
thi de faldt over eder med de Rænker, de spandt imod eder i den Sag med Peor og med Kozbi, den midjanitiske Høvdings Datter, deres Landsmandinde, der dræbtes, den Dag Plagen brød løs for Peors Skyld.«
