Numbers 14

1 And all the congregation lifts up, and they give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night;

Da opløftede hele Menigheden sin Røst og brød ud i Klageraab, og Folket græd Natten igennem.

2 and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron, and all the congregation says to them, “O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died!

Og alle Israeliterne knurrede imod Moses og Aron, og hele Menigheden sagde til dem: »Gid vi var døde i Ægypten eller her i Ørkenen!

3 And why is YHWH bringing us to this land to fall by the sword, [that] our wives and our infants become a prey? Is it not good for us to return to Egypt?”

Hvorfor fører HERREN os til dette Land, naar vi skal falde for Sværdet og vore Kvinder og Børn blive til Bytte? Var det dog ikke bedre for os at vende tilbage til Ægypten?«

4 And they say to one another, “Let us appoint a head and return to Egypt.”

Og de sagde til hverandre: »Lad os vælge os en Fører og vende tilbage til Ægypten!«

5 And Moses falls—Aaron also—on their faces, before all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel.

Da faldt Moses og Aron paa deres Ansigt foran hele den israelitiske Menigheds Forsamling.

6 And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of those spying out the land, have torn their garments,

Men Josua, Nuns Søn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, der havde været med til at undersøge Landet, sønderrev deres Klæder

7 and they speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land into which we have passed over to spy it out [is] a very, very good land;

og sagde til hele Israeliternes Menighed: »Landet, vi har rejst igennem og undersøgt, er et saare, saare godt Land.

8 if YHWH has delighted in us, then He has brought us into this land, and has given it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey;

Hvis HERREN har Behag i os, vil han føre os til det Land og give os det, et Land, der flyder med Mælk og Honning.

9 only, do not rebel against YHWH: and you, do not fear the people of the land, for they [are] our bread; their defense has turned aside from off them, and YHWH [is] with us; do not fear them.”

Gør kun ikke Oprør imod HERREN og frygt ikke for Landets Befolkning, thi dem tager vi som en Bid Brød; deres Skygge er veget fra dem, men med os er HERREN; frygt ikke for dem!«

10 And all the congregation says to stone them with stones, and the glory of YHWH has appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the sons of Israel.

Hele Menigheden tænkte allerede paa at stene dem; men da kom HERRENS Herlighed til Syne for alle Israeliterne ved Aabenbaringsteltet.

11 And YHWH says to Moses, “Until when does this people despise Me? And until when do they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have done in its midst?

Og HERREN sagde til Moses: »Hvor længe skal dette Folk haane mig, og hvor længe vil det vægre sig ved at tro paa mig, til Trods for alle de Tegn jeg har gjort i det?

12 I strike it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make you become a nation greater and mightier than it.”

Jeg vil slaa det med Pest og udrydde det, men dig vil jeg gøre til et Folk, større og stærkere end det!«

13 And Moses says to YHWH, “Then the Egyptians have heard! For with Your power You have brought up this people out of their midst,

Men Moses sagde til HERREN: »Ægypterne har hørt, at du i din Vælde har ført dette Folk bort fra dem;

14 and they have said [it] to the inhabitant of this land, they have heard that You, YHWH, [are] in the midst of this people, that You are seen eye to eye—O YHWH, and Your cloud is standing over them—and in a pillar of cloud You are going before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

og ligeledes har alle dette Lands Indbyggere hørt, at du, HERRE, er midt iblandt dette Folk, thi du, HERRE, aabenbarer dig synligt, idet din Sky staar over dem, og du vandrer foran dem om Dagen i en Skystøtte og om Natten i en Ildstøtte.

15 And You have put to death this people as one man, and the nations who have heard Your fame have spoken, saying,

Hvis du nu dræber dette Folk alle som een, vil de Folk, der har hørt dit Ry, sige:

16 From YHWH’s want of ability to bring in this people to the land which He has sworn to them, He slaughters them in the wilderness.

Fordi HERREN ikke evnede at føre dette Folk til det Land, han havde tilsvoret dem, lod han dem omkomme i Ørkenen.

17 And now, please let the power of my Lord be great, as You have spoken, saying,

Derfor, HERRE, lad din Vælde nu vise sig i sin Storhed, saaledes som du forjættede, da du sagde:

18 YHWH [is] slow to anger and of great kindness, bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third and on a fourth [generation]—

HERREN er langmodig og rig paa Miskundhed, han forlader Misgerning og Overtrædelse, men han lader ingen ustraffet, og han hjemsøger Fædrenes Brøde paa Børnene i tredje og fjerde Led.

19 please forgive the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Your kindness, and as You have borne with this people from Egypt, even until now.”

Saa tilgiv nu dette Folk dets Misgerning efter din store Miskundhed, saaledes som du har tilgivet dette Folk hele Vejen fra Ægypten og hertil!«

20 And YHWH says, “I have forgiven according to your word,

Da sagde HERREN: »Jeg tilgiver dem paa din Bøn.

21 but nevertheless, as I live, indeed, the whole earth is filled [with] the glory of YHWH,

Men saa sandt jeg lever saa sandt hele Jorden skal opfyldes af HERRENS Herlighed:

22 for all the men who are seeing My glory and My signs which I have done in Egypt and in the wilderness, and try Me these ten times, and have not listened to My voice—

Ingen af de Mænd, der har set min Herlighed og de Tegn, jeg har gjort i Ægypten og i Ørkenen, og dog nu for tiende Gang har fristet mig og ikke villet lyde min Røst,

23 they do not see the land which I have sworn to their fathers, indeed, none of those despising Me see it;

ingen af dem skal se det Land, jeg tilsvor deres Fædre! Ingen af dem, der har haanet mig, skal faa det at se;

24 but My servant Caleb, because there has been another spirit with him, and he is fully after Me—I have brought him into the land to where he has entered, and his seed possesses it.

kun min Tjener Kaleb lader jeg komme til det Land, han har været i, og hans Efterkommere skal faa det i Eje, fordi han havde en anden Aand og viste mig fuld Lydighed.

25 And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; tomorrow turn and journey for yourselves into the wilderness—the way of the Red Sea.”

Men Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne bor i Lavlandet. Vend derfor om i Morgen, bryd op og drag ud i Ørkenen ad det røde Hav til!«

26 And YHWH speaks to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Fremdeles talede HERREN til Moses og Aron og sagde:

27 “Until when [do I bear] with this evil congregation—they who are murmuring against Me? The murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against Me, I have heard;

»Hvor længe skal jeg taale denne onde Menighed, dem, som bestandig knurrer imod mig? Jeg har hørt Israeliternes Knurren, hørt, hvorledes de knurrer imod mig.

28 say to them: As I live—a declaration of YHWH—if, as you have spoken in My ears, do I not do so to you?

Sig til dem: Saa sandt jeg lever — lyder det fra HERREN — som I har raabt mig i Øret, saaledes vil jeg handle med eder!

29 Your carcasses fall in this wilderness, even all your numbered ones, to all your number, from a son of twenty years and upward, who have murmured against Me;

I Ørkenen her skal eders Kroppe falde, alle I, der blev mønstret, saa mange I er fra Tyveaarsalderen og opefter, I, som har knurret imod mig.

30 you do not come into the land [for] which I have lifted up My hand to cause you to dwell in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

Sandelig, ingen af eder skal komme til det Land, jeg med løftet Haand svor at ville giver eder at bo i, med Undtagelse af Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, og Josua, Nuns Søn.

31 As for your infants—of whom you have said, They become a spoil—I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which you have kicked against;

Eders smaa Børn, som I sagde vilde blive til Bytte, dem vil jeg lade komme derhen, og de skal tage det Land i Besiddelse, som I har vraget,

32 as for you—your carcasses fall in this wilderness,

men eders egne Kroppe skal falde i Ørkenen her,

33 and your sons are shepherding in the wilderness [for] forty years, and have borne your whoredoms until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness;

og eders Sønner skal flakke om i Ørkenen i fyrretyve Aar og undgælde for eders Bolen, indtil eders Kroppe er gaaet til Grunde i Ørkenen.

34 by the number of the days [in] which you spied out the land, forty days—a day for a year, a day for a year—you bear your iniquities [for] forty years, and you have known My opposition;

Som I brugte fyrretyve Dage til at undersøge Landet, saaledes skal I undgælde for eders Misgerninger i fyrretyve Aar, eet Aar for hver Dag, og saaledes faa mit Mishag at føle.

35 I, YHWH, have spoken; if, nonetheless, I do this to all this evil congregation who are meeting against Me—they are consumed in this wilderness, and there they die.”

Jeg HERREN har sagt det: Sandelig, saaledes vil jeg handle med hele denne onde Menighed, der har rottet sig sammen imod mig; i Ørkenen her skal de gaa til Grunde, i den skal de dø!«

36 Then the men whom Moses has sent to spy out the land, [who] then return and cause all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing out an evil account concerning the land,

Og de Mænd, Moses havde udsendt for at undersøge Landet, og som efter deres Tilbagekomst havde faaet hele Menigheden til at knurre imod ham ved at tale nedsættende om Landet,

37 even the men bringing out an evil account of the land, they die by the plague before YHWH;

de Mænd, der havde talt nedsættende om Landet, fik en brat Død for HERRENS Aasyn:

38 and Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh have lived, of those men who go to spy out the land.

kun Josua, Nuns Søn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, blev i Live af de Mænd, der var draget hen for at undersøge Landet.

39 And Moses speaks these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourn exceedingly,

Men da Moses forebragte alle Israeliterne disse Ord, grebes Folket af stor Sorg;

40 and they rise early in the morning, and go up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Here we [are], and we have come up to the place which YHWH has spoken of, for we have sinned.”

og tidligt næste Morgen drog de op mod det øverste af Bjerglandet og sagde: »Se, vi er rede til at drage op til det Sted, HERREN har talet om, thi vi, har syndet.«

41 And Moses says, “Why [is] this [that] you are transgressing the command of YHWH? For it does not prosper;

Da sagde Moses: »Hvorfor vil I overtræde HERRENS Bud? Det vil ikke gaa godt!

42 do not go up, for YHWH is not in your midst, and you are not struck before your enemies;

Drag ikke derop, thi HERREN er ikke iblandt eder; gør I det, bliver I slaaet af eders Fjender!

43 for the Amalekite and the Canaanite [are] there before you, and you have fallen by the sword, because that you have turned back from after YHWH, and YHWH is not with you.”

Thi Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne vil møde eder der, og I skal falde for Sværdet; I har jo vendt eder fra HERREN, og HERREN er ikke med eder!«

44 And they presume to go up to the top of the mountain, but the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, and Moses, have not departed out of the midst of the camp.

Alligevel formastede de sig til at drage op mod det øverste af Bjerglandet; men HERRENS Pagts Ark og Moses forlod ikke Lejren.

45 And the Amalekite and the Canaanite who are dwelling in that mountain come down and strike them, and beat them down to Hormah.

Da steg Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne, der boede der i Bjerglandet, ned og slog dem og adsplittede dem lige til Horma.