Deuteronomy 1
1 These [are] the words which Moses has spoken to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain opposite Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-Zahab.
Dette er de Ord, Moses talte til hele Israel hinsides Jordan i Ørkenen, i Arabalavningen, lige over for Suf, mellem Paran og Tofel, Laban, Hazerot og Di-Zahab,
2 [It takes] eleven days [to go] from Horeb, the way of Mount Seir, to Kadesh-Barnea.
elleve Dagsrejser fra Horeb, regnet over Se'irs Bjerge til Kadesj-Barnea.
3 And it comes to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, Moses has spoken to the sons of Israel according to all that YHWH has commanded him concerning them,
I det fyrretyvende Aar paa den første Dag i den ellevte Maaned kundgjorde Moses Israeliterne alt, hvad HERREN havde paalagt ham angaaende dem,
4 after his striking Sihon king of the Amorite who is dwelling in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan who is dwelling in Ashtaroth in Edrei.
efter at han havde slaaet Amoriterkongen Sihon, der boede i Hesjbon, og Kong Og af Basan, der boede i Asjtarot og Edre'i.
5 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses has begun to explain this law, saying,
Hinsides Jordan i Moabs Land tog Moses sig for at fremsætte følgende Lovudlægning:
6 “Our God YHWH has spoken to us in Horeb, saying, For you dwell at this mountain long enough;
HERREN vor Gud talede til os ved Horeb og sagde: »I har nu længe nok opholdt eder ved Bjerget her;
7 turn and journey for yourselves, and go to the mountain of the Amorite, and to all its neighboring places in the plain, in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the south, and in the haven of the sea, the land of the Canaanite, and of Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates River;
bryd derfor op og drag til Amoriternes Bjerge og til alle deres Naboer i Arabalavningen, paa Bjergene, i Lavlandet, i Sydlandet og ved Kysten, til Kana'anæernes Land og Libanon, lige til den store Flod, Eufratfloden.
8 see, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which YHWH has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.
Se, jeg giver Landet i eders Magt; drag derind og tag det Land i Besiddelse, som jeg tilsvor eders Fædre, Abraham, Isak og Jakob, at ville give dem og deres Afkom efter dem.«
9 And I speak to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you by myself;
Dengang talte jeg til eder og sagde: »Jeg kan ikke ene bære eder.
10 your God YHWH has multiplied you, and behold, today you [are] as the stars of the heavens for multitude;
HERREN eders Gud har gjort eder talrige, og se, I er nu saa mange som Stjernerne paa Himmelen —
11 YHWH, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as you [are], one thousand times, and blesses you as He has spoken to you.
maatte kun HERREN, eders Fædres Gud, gøre eder tusinde Gange saa talrige endnu og velsigne eder, som han har forjættet eder —
12 How do I bear your pressure, and your burden, and your strife by myself?
men hvorledes skal jeg ene kunne bære hele Besværet og Arbejdet med eder og eders Stridigheder?
13 Provide wise and understanding men for yourselves that are known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;
Sørg derfor for at finde nogle kloge, forstandige og erfarne Mænd i hver Stamme, som jeg kan sætte i Spidsen for eder!«
14 and you answer me and say, The thing which you have spoken [is] good to do.
Dertil svarede I og sagde: »Det Forslag, du har fremsat, er godt!«
15 And I take the heads of your tribes, wise men that are known, and I appoint them [as] heads over you, princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds, and princes of fifties, and princes of tens, and authorities for your tribes.
Derfor tog jeg Overhovederne for eders Stammer, kloge og erfarne Mænd, og satte dem i Spidsen for eder som Øverste over tusinde, hundrede, halvtredsindstyve eller ti og som Tilsynsmænd over eders Stammer.
16 And I command your judges at that time, saying, Listen between your brothers—then you have judged [in] righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner;
Dengang gav jeg saa eders Dommere det Paabud: »Hold Forhør, naar der er Stridigheder mellem eders Landsmænd, og døm retfærdigt, naar en Mand har en Sag, enten det er med en Landsmand eller med en, der bor som fremmed hos ham;
17 you do not discern faces in judgment; you hear the little as well as the great; you are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God’s, and the thing which is too hard for you, you bring near to me, and I have heard it.
vis ingen Personsanseelse for Retten; hør paa den ringeste som paa den største og frygt ikke for nogen; thi Dommen er Guds! Men Sager, som er eder for vanskelige, skal I forebringe mig, saa skal jeg holde Forhør i dem!«
18 And I command you at that time all the things which you do.
Og dengang gav jeg eder saa Paalæg om alt, hvad I skulde gøre.
19 And we journey from Horeb, and go [through] all that great and fearful wilderness which you have seen, the way of the hill-country of the Amorite, as our God YHWH has commanded us, and we come to Kadesh-Barnea.
Derpaa brød vi op fra Horeb og drog gennem hele denne store, grufulde Ørken, som I selv har set, i Retning af Amoriternes Bjerge, saaledes som HERREN vor Gud havde paalagt os. Og vi kom til Kadesj-Barnea.
20 And I say to you, You have come to the hill-country of the Amorite, which our God YHWH is giving to us;
Da sagde jeg til eder: »I er nu kommet til Amoriternes Bjerge, som HERREN vor Gud vil give os.
21 see, your God YHWH has set the land before you; go up, possess, as YHWH, God of your fathers, has spoken to you; do not fear, nor be frightened.
Se, HERREN din Gud har givet Landet i din Magt, drag derfor op og tag det i Besiddelse, saaledes som HERREN, dine Fædres Gud, har sagt til dig. Frygt ikke, men vær uforsagt!«
22 And you come near to me, all of you, and say, Let us send men before us, and they search the land for us, and they bring us back word [concerning] the way in which we go up into it, and the cities to which we come in;
Da kom I alle hen til mig og sagde: »Lad os sende nogle Mænd i forvejen til at udspejde Landet for os og bringe os Underretning om den Vej, vi skal drage op ad, og om de Byer, vi kommer til!«
23 and the thing is good in my eyes, and I take twelve men from you, one man for the tribe.
Jeg billigede det og udtog tolv Mænd iblandt eder, en af hver Stamme.
24 And they turn and go up to the hill-country, and come to the Valley of Eshcol, and spy it out,
De begav sig paa Vej og drog op i Bjergene og kom til Esjkoldalen og udspejdede den;
25 and they take in their hand from the fruit of the land, and bring [it] down to us, and bring us back word, and say, The land is good which our God YHWH is giving to us.
og de tog nogle af Landets Frugter med og bragte dem ned til os, og de meldte os tilbage: »Det er et herligt Land, HERREN vor Gud vil give os!«
26 And you have not been willing to go up, and you provoke the mouth of your God YHWH,
Men I vilde ikke drage op, I var genstridige mod HERREN eders Guds Befaling.
27 and murmur in your tents, and say, In YHWH’s hating us He has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorite—to destroy us;
I knurrede i eders Telte og sagde: »Af Had til os førte HERREN os ud af Ægypten for at give os i Amoriternes Haand og lade os gaa til Grunde!
28 to where are we going up? Our brothers have melted our heart, saying, [The] people [are] greater and taller than we; [the] cities [are] great and fortified up to the heavens, and we have also seen sons of Anakim there.
Hvor er det dog, vi skal hen? Vore Brødre tog Modet fra os, da de sagde: Det er et Folk, der er større og højere end vi, og der er store Byer med himmelhøje Fæstningsværker, ja, vi saa endog Efterkommere af Anakiterne der!«
29 And I say to you, Do not be terrified, nor be afraid of them;
Men jeg sagde til eder: »Lad eder ikke skræmme og frygt ikke for dem!
30 your God YHWH, who is going before you—He fights for you, according to all that He has done with you in Egypt before your eyes,
HERREN eders Gud, der vandrer foran eder, vil selv stride for eder, som I saa, han gjorde det for eder i Ægypten
31 and in the wilderness where you have seen that your God YHWH has carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way which you have gone until your coming to this place.
og i Ørkenen, hvor du saa, at HERREN din Gud bar dig, som en Mand bærer sin Søn, hele den Vej I har vandret, lige til I naaede hertil!«
32 And in this thing you are not steadfast in your God YHWH,
Men alligevel troede I ikke paa HERREN eders Gud,
33 who is going before you in the way to search out for you a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to show you in the way in which you go, and in a cloud by day.
skønt han vandrede foran eder paa Vejen for at udsøge Lejrpladser til eder, om Natten i Ilden, for at I kunde se, hvor I skulde gaa, og om Dagen i Skyen.
34 And YHWH hears the voice of your words, and is angry, and swears, saying,
Men da HERREN hørte eders Ord, blev han vred og svor:
35 Not one of these men of this evil generation sees the good land which I have sworn to give to your fathers,
»Ikke en eneste af disse Mænd, af denne onde Slægt, skal faa det herlige Land at se, som jeg svor at ville give eders Fædre,
36 except Caleb son of Jephunneh—he sees it, and to him I give the land on which he has trodden, and to his sons, because that he has been fully after YHWH.
undtagen Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn; han alene skal faa det at se, og ham og hans Børn vil jeg give det Land, han har betraadt, fordi han har vist HERREN fuld Lydighed!«
37 Moreover, YHWH has been angry with me for your sake, saying, Indeed, you do not go in there;
Ogsaa paa mig blev HERREN vred for eders Skyld, og han sagde: »Heller ikke du skal komme derind!
38 Joshua son of Nun, who is standing before you, he goes in there; strengthen him, for he causes Israel to inherit [it].
Josua, Nuns Søn, der staar i din Tjeneste, han skal komme derind; sæt Mod i ham, thi han skal skaffe Israel det i Eje.«
39 And your infants, of whom you have said, They are for a prey, and your sons who today have not known good and evil, they go in there, and I give it to them, and they possess it;
Og dets smaa Børn, som I sagde skulde blive til Bytte, eders Børn, som i Dag ikke kender Forskel paa godt og ondt, de skal komme derind, dem vil jeg give det, og de skal tage det i Besiddelse.
40 but you, turn and journey for yourselves toward the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea.
I selv derimod skal vende om og begive eder paa Vej til Ørkenen i Retning af det røde Hav!«
41 And you answer and say to me, We have sinned against YHWH; we go up and we have fought, according to all that which our God YHWH has commanded us; and you each gird on his weapons of war, and you are ready to go up into the hill-country;
Da svarede I og sagde til mig: »Vi har syndet imod HERREN! Vi vil drage op og kæmpe, som HERREN vor Gud har befalet os!« Og alle iførte I eder eders Vaaben og vilde i Letsindighed drage op i Bjergene.
42 and YHWH says to me, Say to them, You do not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst, and you are not struck before your enemies.
Men HERREN sagde til mig: »Sig til dem: Drag ikke op og indlad eder ikke i Kamp, thi jeg er ikke iblandt eder; gør I det, bliver I slaaet af eders Fjender!«
43 And I speak to you, and you have not listened, and provoke the mouth of YHWH, and act proudly, and go up into the hill-country;
Men da jeg sagde det til eder, adlød I ikke, men var genstridige mod HERRENS Bud og formastede eder til at drage op i Bjergene.
44 and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country comes out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and strike you in Seir, even to Hormah.
Da drog Amoriterne, der bor i Bjergene der, ud imod eder, og de forfulgte eder som Bier og slog eder fra Se'ir til Horma.
45 And you return and weep before YHWH, and YHWH has not listened to your voice, nor has He given ear to you;
Da I saa kom tilbage, græd I for HERRENS Aasyn; men HERREN vilde ikke høre eder og laane eder Øre.
46 and you dwell in Kadesh [for] many days, according to the days which you had dwelt.”
Saa blev I hele den lange Tid i Kadesj.
