Numbers 25
1 Now Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people defiled themselves by having sexual relations with the women of Moab,
Med Israels-folket heldt til i Sittim, tok folket til å fljuga etter kvinnorne i Moab.
2 and they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.
Og Moabs-kvinnorne bad deim til blotveitslorne åt guden sin; so åt dei med deim og bøygde kne for guden deira;
3 Israel joined himself to Baal Peor: and the anger of YHWH was kindled against Israel.
Israel tydde seg til Ba’al-Peor. Då vart Herren brennande harm på Israel,
4 YHWH said to Moses, "Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to YHWH before the sun, that the fierce anger of YHWH may turn away from Israel."
og Herren sagde til Moses: «Tak med deg alle Israels hovdingar, og legg desse mennerne på stegl for Guds og alle manns augo, so Herrens brennande vreide kann vendast burt frå Israel!»
5 Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Everyone kill his men who have joined themselves to Baal Peor."
Og Moses sagde til styresmennerne i Israel: «Kvar av dykk skal slå i hel deim av folki sine som hev halde seg til Ba’al-Peor!»
6 Look, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
Best det var, kom ein av Israels-sønerne med ei kvinna frå Midjan, og leidde henne heim til sitt eige folk midt for augo på Moses og heile Israels-lyden, med dei sat og syrgde i møtetjelddøri.
7 When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand;
Då Pinehas, son åt Eleazar og soneson åt Aron, øvstepresten, såg det, steig han fram or lyden, og treiv eit spjot
8 and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
og gjekk etter mannen inn i koven, og rende spjotet gjenom deim båe, mannen og kvinna, so det gjekk inn i livet hennar. Då stanna sotti som herja Israels-folket.
9 Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
Men talet på deim som døydde i sotti, var fire og tjuge tusund.
10 YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
Og Herren tala til Moses, og sagde:
11 "Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
«Pinehas, son åt Eleazar og soneson åt Aron, øvstepresten, hev vendt vreiden min burt frå Israels-folket; etter di han stod so strengt på min rett, vilde ikkje eg vera so streng at eg gjorde ende på Israels-borni.
12 Therefore say, 'Look, I give to him my covenant of peace:
Difor skal du segja honom at eg vil gjera samband med honom, so det skal ganga honom vel;
13 and it shall be to him, and to his descendants after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.'"
ævelegt prestedøme lovar eg honom og ætti hans etter honom, for di han var so vyrk for æra åt sin Gud og gjorde soning for Israels-folket.»
14 Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites.
Den drepne israeliten, han som vart drepen i hop med den midjanitiske kvinna, heitte Zimri Saluson; han var formann for ei grein av Simeons-ætti.
15 The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian.
Og midjanitkvinna som vart drepi, heitte Kozbi; ho var dotter åt Sur, som var hovding yver ei ættgrein av midjanitarne.
16 And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel, saying,
Og Herren tala til Moses, og sagde:
17 'Harass the Midianites, and strike them;
«De skal søkja åt midjanitarne og slå deim ned;
18 for they harassed you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.'"
for dei sat um dykk og lagde svikråder mot dykk då det hende, dette med Peor og Kozbi, frenka deira, hovdingdotteri frå Midjan, som vart drepi den gongen sotti kom yver dykk for Peors skuld.»
