Deuteronomy 8
1 “All the command which I am commanding you today you observe to do, so that you live, and have multiplied, and gone in, and possessed the land which YHWH has sworn to your fathers;
Alle de Bud, jeg i Dag pålægger dig, skal I omhyggeligt handle efter, for at I må blive i Live og blive mangfoldige og komme ind og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som HERREN tilsvor eders Fædre.
2 and you have remembered all the way which your God YHWH has caused you to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you to try you, to know that which [is] in your heart, whether you keep His commands or not.
Og du skal komme i Hu, hvorledes HERREN din Gud i disse fyrretyve År har ført dig i Ørkenen for at ydmyge dig og sætte dig på Prøve og for at se, hvad der boede i dit Hjerte, om du vilde holde hans Bud eller ej.
3 And He humbles you, and causes you to hunger, and causes you to eat the manna (which you have not known, even your fathers have not known), in order to cause you to know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything proceeding [from] the mouth of YHWH.
Han ydmygede dig og lod dig sulte og gav dig så Manna at spise, en Føde, som hverken du eller dine Fædre før kendte til, for at lade dig vide, at Mennesket ikke lever af Brød alene; men ved alt, hvad der udgår af HERRENs Mund, lever Mennesket.
4 Your raiment has not worn out from off you, and your foot has not swelled these forty years,
Dine klæder blev ikke slidt af Kroppen på dig, og dine Fødder hovnede ikke i disse fyrretyve År:
5 and you have known with your heart that as a man disciplines his son, your God YHWH is disciplining you,
Så vid da og tag dig til Hjerte, at HERREN optugter dig, som en Mand optugter sin Søn.
6 and you have kept the commands of your God YHWH, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.
Og hold HERREN din Guds Bud, så du vandrer på hans Veje og frygter ham.
7 For your God YHWH is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of waters, of fountains, and of depths coming out in valley and in mountain;
Thi HERREN din Gud vil føre dig ind i et herligt Land, et Land med Vandbække, Kilder og Strømme, der vælder frem på Bjerg og Dal,
8 a land of wheat, and barley, and vine, and fig, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and honey;
et Land med Hvede og Byg, med Vinstokke, Figentræer og Granatæbletræer, et Land med Oliventræer og Honning,
9 a land in which you eat bread without scarcity—you do not lack anything in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and you dig bronze out of its mountains.
et Land, hvor du ikke skal tære Fattigmands Brød, hvor du intet skal mangle, et Land, hvis Sten giver Jern, og i hvis Bjerge du kan hugge Kobber.
10 And you have eaten and been satisfied, and have blessed your God YHWH on the good land which he has given to you.
Men når du så spiser dig mæt, skal du love HERREN din Gud for det herlige Land, han gav dig.
11 Take heed to yourself lest you forget your God YHWH so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding you today;
Vogt dig for at glemme HERREN din Gud, så du ikke holder hans Bud, Lovbud og Anordninger, som jeg i Dag pålægger dig.
12 lest you eat and have been satisfied, and build good houses and have inhabited [them],
Når du da spiser dig mæt og bygger gode Huse og bor i dem,
13 and your herd and your flock are multiplied, and silver and gold are multiplied to you, and all that is yours is multiplied,
og dit Hornkvæg og Småkvæg øges, og dit Sølv og Guld øges, og alt, hvad du ejer, øges,
14 and your heart has been high, and you have forgotten your God YHWH who is bringing you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;
lad så ikke dit Hjerte blive hovmodigt, så du glemmer HERREN din Gud, som førte dig ud af Ægypten, af Trællehuset,
15 who is causing you to go in the great and the terrible wilderness [with] burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst—where there is no water; who is bringing out waters to you from the flinty rock;
ham, som ledte dig i den store, grufulde Ørken med dens Giftslanger og Skorpioner og vandløse Ødemarker, ham, som lod Vand vælde frem til dig af den flinthårde Klippe,
16 who is causing you to eat manna in the wilderness, which your fathers have not known, in order to humble you, and in order to try you, to do you good in your latter end;
ham, som i Ørkenen gav dig Manna at spise, som dine Fædre ikke kendte til, dig til Ydmygelse og Prøvelse, for i de kommende Dage at kunne gøre vel imod dig!
17 and you have said in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have made this wealth for me.
Og sig ikke ved dig selv: "Det er min egen Kraft og min egen Hånds Styrke, der har skaffet mig den Rigdom."
18 And you have remembered your God YHWH, for it [is] He who is giving power to you to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He has sworn to your fathers, as [at] this day.
Men kom HERREN din Gud i Hu; thi ham er det, der giver dig Kraft til at vinde dig Rigdom for at stadfæste den Pagt, han tilsvor dine Fædre, således som det nu er sket.
19 And it has been, if you really forget your God YHWH, and have gone after other gods, and served them, and bowed yourself to them, I have testified against you today that you utterly perish.
Men hvis du glemmer HERREN din Gud og holder dig til andre Guder og dyrker og tilbeder dem, så vidner jeg for eder i Dag, at I skal gå til Grunde.
20 As the nations whom YHWH is destroying from your presence, so you perish, because you do not listen to the voice of your God YHWH.”
Som de Folk, HERREN lader gå til Grunde for eder, skal I gå til Grunde, til Straf for at I ikke vilde adlyde HERREN eders Gud!
