Deuteronomy 14

1 Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

HERREN eders Guds Børn er I, derfor maa I ikke indridse Mærker paa eder eller afrage Haaret over Panden for de dødes Skyld.

2 For a holy people art thou unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath made choice of thee to be unto himself a peculiar nation above all the nations that are upon the face of the earth.

Thi du er et Folk, der er helliget HERREN din Gud, og dig har HERREN udvalgt til at være hans Ejendomsfolk blandt alle Folk paa Jorden.

3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

Du maa ikke spise noget, som er en Vederstyggelighed.

4 These are the beasts which ye may eat: The ox, the sheep, and the goat,

De Dyr, I maa spise, er følgende: Okser, Faar og Geder,

5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow-deer, and the chamois, and the gazelle, and the wild ox, and the antelope.

Hjorte, Gazeller, Antiloper, Stenbukke, Disjonantiloper, Oryksantiloper og Vildgeder.

6 And every beast that hath parted hoofs, and whose feet are cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts—that alone may ye eat.

Og alt det Kvæg, som har spaltede Klove, begge Klove helt spaltede, og tygger Drøv, det Kvæg maa I spise.

7 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, and of those that possess the divided cloven hoof: The camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; unclean are they unto you;

Men følgende maa I ikke spise af dem, der tygger Drøv, og af dem, der har Klovene helt spaltede: Kamelen, Haren og Klippegrævlingen, thi de tygger vel Drøv, men har ikke Klove; de skal være eder urene;

8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you; of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their dead carcass shall ye not touch.

ej heller Svinet, thi det har vel Klove, men tygger ikke Drøv; det skal være eder urent. Deres Kød maa I ikke spise, og ved deres Aadsler maa I ikke røre.

9 This may ye eat of all that is in the waters: all that hath fins and scales may ye eat;

Af alt, hvad der lever i Vandet, maa I spise følgende: Alt, hvad der har Finner og Skæl, maa I spise.

10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales shall ye not eat; it is unclean unto you.

Men intet, der ikke har Finner og Skæl, maa I spise; det skal være eder urent.

11 Every clean bird may ye eat.

Alle rene Fugle maa I spise.

12 But these are they which ye shall not eat of them: The eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey,

Men følgende Fugle maa I ikke spise: Ørnen, Lammegribben, Havørnen,

13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

Glenten, de forskellige Arter af Falke,

14 And every raven after his kind,

alle de forskellige Arter af Ravne,

15 And the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind,

Strudsen, Takmasfuglen, Maagen, de forskellige Arter af Høge,

16 The little owl, and the great owl and the swan,

Uglen, Hornuglen, Tinsjemetfuglen,

17 And the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant,

Pelikanen, Aadselgribben, Fiskepelikanen,

18 And the stork, and the heron after his kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

Storken, de forskellige Arter af Hejrer, Hærfuglen og Flagermusen.

19 And every winged insect is unclean unto you: it shall not be eaten.

Alt vinget Kryb skal være eder urent og maa ikke spises.

20 All clean fowls may ye eat.

Men alle rene Fugle maa I spise.

21 Ye shall not eat any thing that dieth of itself: unto the stranger that is in thy gates canst thou give it, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien; for thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God; thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.

I maa ikke spise noget selvdødt Dyr. Du kan give det til den fremmede inden dine Porte, at han kan spise det, eller du kan sælge det til en Udlænding. Thi du er et Folk, der er helliget HERREN din Gud. Du maa ikke koge et Kid i dets Moders Mælk.

22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the produce of thy seed, which the field bringeth forth year by year.

Du skal give Tiende af al din Afgrøde, der vokser paa Marken, Aar for Aar;

23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he will choose to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thy oil, and the first-born of thy herds and of thy flocks; in order that thou may learn to fear the Lord thy God all the days.

og for HERREN din Guds Aasyn, paa det Sted, han udvælger til Bolig for sit Navn, skal du nyde Tienden af dit Korn, din Most og din Olie og de førstefødte af dit Hornkvæg og Smaakvæg, for at du kan lære at frygte HERREN din Gud alle Dage.

24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; because the place is too far from thee, which the Lord thy God will choose to set his name there, because the Lord thy God will bless thee:

Men naar Vejen er dig for lang, saa du ikke kan bringe det derhen, eftersom det Sted, HERREN din Gud udvælger for der at stedfæste sit Navn, ligger for langt borte fra dig, fordi HERREN din Gud velsigner dig,

25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and thou shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God will choose;

saa skal du gøre det i Penge og pakke Pengene ind og tage dem med og drage til det Sted, HERREN din Gud udvælger,

26 And thou shalt lay out that money for whatsoever thy soul longeth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat it there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy household.

og du skal for Pengene købe alt, hvad dit Hjerte begærer, Hornkvæg og Smaakvæg, Vin og stærk Drik og alt, hvad du har Lyst til, og nyde det der for HERREN din Guds Aasyn og være glad sammen med din Husstand.

27 And the Levite, who is within thy gates, him shalt thou not forsake; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

Og Leviten inden dine Porte maa du ikke glemme; thi han har ikke Arvelod og Del som du.

28 At the end of three years shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thy produce in the same year, and thou shalt lay it down within thy gates:

Men hver Gang der er gaaet tre Aar, skal du tage al Tienden af din Afgrøde i det Aar og samle den inden dine Porte,

29 And then shall come the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, with the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied; in order that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

saa at Leviten, der jo ikke har Arvelod og Del som du, og den fremmede, den faderløse og Enken inden dine Porte kan komme og spise sig mæt deraf; det skal du gøre, for at HERREN din Gud maa velsigne dig i al den Gerning, du tager dig for.