Deuteronomy 12
1 “(I will now tell you again/These, [again], are) the rules and regulations that you must faithfully obey in the land that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to you to occupy. You must obey these laws all the time that you are alive.
Disse ere de Skikke og de Bud, som I skulle tage Vare paa at gøre efter i det Land, som Herren dine Fædres Gud har givet dig til Eje, alle de Dage, som I leve paa Jorden.
2 You must destroy all the places where the people-groups that you will expel worship their gods, on the tops of mountains and hills and under big green trees.
I skulle ødelægge alle de Steder, hvor Hedningerne, hvilke I skulle eje, have tjent deres Guder, paa de høje Bjerge og paa Højene og under alle grønne Træer,
3 You must tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Completely burn the statues of their goddess Asherah in fires, and chop down their wooden idols, in order that no one will ever worship them [MTY] in those places again.
og I skulle nedbryde deres Altere og sønderslaa deres Støtter og opbrænde deres Astartebilleder med Ild og omhugge deres Guders udskaarne Billeder og udslette deres Navn fra dette Sted.
4 “Do not worship Yahweh like [the people in Canaan worship their gods].
I skulle ikke gøre saaledes mod Herren eders Gud;
5 Instead, you must go to the place that Yahweh will choose. It will be in the area where one of your tribes will live. That is where you must go to worship Yahweh.
men paa det Sted, som Herren eders Gud udvælger af alle eders Stammer til der at sætte sit Navn, der hvor han vil bo, skulle I søge ham, og derhen skal du komme.
6 That is the place where you must bring your sacrifices that will be completely burned on the altar, and your other sacrifices, (your tithes/ten percent of all of your crops), other offerings that you decide to give, and the firstborn animals from your cattle and sheep.
Og derhen skulle I føre eders Brændofre, og eders Slagtofre og eders Tiender og eders Hænders Offergaver og eders Løfter og eders frivillige Ofre og de førstefødte af eders store Kvæg og af eders smaa Kvæg;
7 There, in the presence of Yahweh our God, who has [greatly] blessed you, you and your families will eat the good things that you have worked to produce, and you will be happy.
og der skulle I æde for Herren eders Guds Ansigt, og I skulle være glade i alt det, som I udrække eders Hænder til, I og eders Huse, ved hvad Herren din Gud har velsignet dig med.
8 “[When you are in that land], you must not do some of the things that we have been doing. Until now, you have all been worshiping [Yahweh] the way you wanted to,
I skulle ikke i alt gøre efter det, som vi gøre her i Dag, saa at hver gør, hvad som helst er ret for hans Øjne.
9 because you have not yet arrived in the land which Yahweh is giving to you, where you will be able to live peacefully.
Thi I ere ikke endnu komne til Rolighed og til den Arv, som Herren din Gud giver dig.
10 But when you cross the Jordan [River], you will start to live in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. He will protect you from all your enemies that will surround you, and you will live peacefully/safely.
Naar I ere gangne over Jordanen og bo i Landet, som Herren eders Gud giver eder til Arv, og han giver eder Rolighed for alle eders Fjender trindt omkring, og I bo tryggeligen,
11 “Yahweh will choose one place where he wants you to worship him. That is the place to which you must bring all the offerings that I command you to bring: The sacrifices that must be completely burned [on the altar], your other sacrifices, other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, (your tithes/ten percent of all your crops), and all the special offerings that you will solemnly promise to give to Yahweh.
da skal der være et Sted, som Herren eders Gud skal udvælge til at lade sit Navn bo der; derhen skulle I føre alt det, som jeg byder eder, eders Brændofre og eders Slagtofre, eders Tiende og eders Hænders Offergaver og alle eders udvalgte Løfter, hvilke I love Herren;
12 Rejoice there in the presence of Yahweh, along with your children, your male and female servants, and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns. Do not forget that the descendants of Levi will not have their own land, like you will have.
og I skulle være glade for Herren eders Guds Ansigt, I og eders Sønner og eders Døtre og eders Tjenere og eders Tjenestepiger og Leviten, som er i eders Porte; thi han har ingen Del eller Arv med eder.
13 Be sure that you do not offer sacrifices anywhere you want to.
Tag dig i Vare, at du ikke ofrer dine Brændofre paa hvert det Sted, som du udser:
14 You must offer them only in the place that Yahweh will choose for you, in an area that belongs to one of your tribes. That is the only place where he wants you to offer sacrifices that will be completely burned [on the altar], and to do the other things that I am commanding you to do [when you worship him].
Men paa det Sted, som Herren udvælger, i en af dine Stammer, der skal du ofre dine Brændofre, og der skal du gøre alt det, som jeg byder dig.
15 “However, you will be permitted to kill and eat the meat of your animals in the places where you live. As often as you want to, you may eat the meat of the animals that Yahweh our God will bless you by giving them to you. Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God and those who have not done things like that may all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
Dog maa du slagte og æde Kød efter al din Sjæls Lyst, efter Herren din Gudsvelsignelse, som han har givet dig, i alle dine Porte; den urene og den rene maa æde det, som var det en Raa eller en Hjort.
16 But you must not eat the blood [of any animals]; you must let the blood drain onto the ground [before you cook the meat].
Dog skulle I ikke æde Blodet; paa Jorden skal du udøse det som Vand.
17 In the places where you live, you must not eat the things that you are offering [to Yahweh]: You must not eat the (tithes/ten percent) of your grain or of your wine, or of your [olive] oil, or the firstborn of your cattle and sheep, or the offerings that you yourselves decide to give to Yahweh, or any other offerings.
Du maa ikke æde inden dine Porte Tiende af dit Korn og din nye Vin og din Olie, ej heller det førstefødte af dit store Kvæg eller dit smaa Kvæg, ej heller af noget af dine Løfter, som du har lovet, eller af dine frivillige Ofre eller af din Haands Gaver.
18 Instead, you and your children and your male and female servants and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns must go to the place that he has chosen and eat those things there in the presence of Yahweh. And you should rejoice in the presence of Yahweh about everything that you do.
Men du skal æde det for Herren din Guds Ansigt paa det Sted, som Herren din Gud udvælger, du og din Søn og din Datter og din Tjener og din Tjenestepige og Leviten, som er i dine Porte; og du skal være glad for Herren din Guds Ansigt i alt det, som du udrækker dine Hænder til.
19 Be sure that you take care of the descendants of Levi all during the time that you live in your land.
Tag dig i Vare, at du ikke forlader Leviten, alle dine Dage i dit Land.
20 “When Yahweh our God gives you much more land [than you will have when you first occupy it], which is what he has promised to do, and you say ‘I would like some meat to eat’ because you are craving/wanting some meat, you will be permitted to eat meat whenever you want to.
Naar Herren din Gud udvider dine Landemærker, som han har tilsagt dig, og du siger: Jeg vil æde Kød; thi din Sjæl har Lyst til at æde Kød: Saa maa du æde Kød efter al din Sjæls Lyst.
21 If the place that Yahweh our God chooses to be the place for you to worship him is far [from where you live], you are permitted to kill some of your cattle or sheep that Yahweh has given to you, and you may eat that meat at the places where you live, just like I have told you to do.
Men er det Sted langt fra dig, hvilket Herren din Gud har udvalgt til der at sætte sit Navn, da maa du slagte af dit store Kvæg og af dit smaa Kvæg, som Herren har givet dig, ligesom jeg har budet dig, og du maa æde det inden dine Porte efter al din Sjæls Lyst.
22 Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God, and those who have not done things like that, are all permitted to all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
Dog kun, som var det en Raa eller en Hjort man æder, saaledes maa du æde det; den urene saavel som den rene maa æde det.
23 But be sure that you do not eat the blood [of any animal], because it is the blood that sustains life in living beings, and so you must not eat the life along with the meat.
Dog hold fast ved, at du ikke æder Blodet, thi Blodet er Sjælen; og du maa ikke æde Sjælen med Kødet.
24 Do not eat the blood; instead, let it drain onto the ground.
Du skal ikke æde det, du skal udøse det paa Jorden som Vand.
25 If you obey this command and do what Yahweh says is right [for you to do], things will go well for you and for your descendants.
Du skal ikke æde det, at det maa gaa dig vel og dine Børn efter dig, naar du har gjort det, som ret er for Herrens Øjne.
26 “But the sacred offerings that Yahweh has told you to give and the other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, you must take to the place that Yahweh will choose.
Dog de Ting, som du helliger, som hørmer dig til, og dine Løfter, dem skal du tage og komme med til det Sted, som Herren skal udvælge.
27 You must offer there the sacrifices that will be completely burned [on Yahweh’s altar]. You must also offer there the sacrifices from which you may eat some of meat after you [kill the animals and] drain out the blood and some of it is thrown on the [sides of the] altar.
Og du skal bringe dine Brændofre, Kødet og Blodet, paa Herren din Guds Alter, og Blodet af dine Ofre skal udøses paa Herren din Guds Alter, og Kødet maa du æde.
28 Faithfully obey all these things that I have commanded you. If you do that, things will go well forever for you and your descendants, because you will be doing what Yahweh our God says is right [for you to do] and what pleases him.
Tag Vare paa og hør alle disse Ord, som jeg byder dig, at det maa gaa dig vel og dine Børn efter dig evindeligen, naar du har gjort det, som godt og ret er for Herren din Guds Øjne.
29 “When you enter the land that you will occupy, as you advance, Yahweh our God will get rid of the people-groups that live there.
Naar Herren din Gud faar udryddet Hedningerne for dit Ansigt, der hvor du drager hen at eje dem, og du ejer dem og bor i deres Land:
30 After he does that, be sure that you do not [worship the gods] that they have been worshiping, because if you do that, you will be caught in the same trap [that they were caught in] [MET]. Do not ask anyone about those gods, saying, ‘Tell me how they worshiped their gods, in order that I can [worship them] also.’
Saa forvar dig, at du ikke falder i Snaren efter dem, efter at de ere ødelagte for dit Ansigt, og at du ikke søger deres Guder og siger: Ligesom disse Folk tjente deres Guder, saa vil jeg ogsaa gøre.
31 Do not try to worship Yahweh our God like they have worshiped their gods, because when they worship them, they do disgusting things, things that Yahweh hates. [The worst thing that they do is] that they sacrifice their own children and burn them [on their altars].
Du skal ikke gøre saaledes for Herren din Gud; thi de gjorde for deres Guder alt det, som er vederstyggeligt for Herren, det som han hader; thi de have endog brændt deres Sønner og deres Døtre i Ilden for deres Guder.
32 “Be sure to do everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not add anything to these commands, and do not take anything away from them.”
I skulle holde hvert Ord, som jeg byder eder, at gøre derefter; du skal ikke lægge dertil og ej tage derfra.
