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.
Dette er de Anordninger og Lovbud, I omhyggeligt skal handle efter i det Land, HERREN, dine Fædres Gud, giver dig i Eje, så længe I lever på 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 skal i Bund og Grund ødelægge alle de Steder, hvor de Folk, I driver bort, dyrker deres Guder, på de høje Bjerge, på 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.
I skal nedbryde deres Altre og sønderslå deres Stenstøtter, I skal opbrænde deres Asjerastøtter og omhugge deres Gudebilleder og udrydde deres Navn fra hvert sådant Sted.
4 “Do not worship Yahweh like [the people in Canaan worship their gods].
I må ikke bære eder således ad over for 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 til det Sted, HERREN eders Gud udvælger blandt alle eders Stammer for at stedfæste sit Navn og lade det bo der, skal I søge, og der skal du gå hen;
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.
derhen skal I bringe eders Brændofre og Slagtofre, eders Tiender og Offerydelser, eders Løfteofre og Frivilligofre og de førstefødte af eders Hornkvæg og Småkvæg;
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.
der skal I holde Måltid for HERREN eders Guds Åsyn og sammen med eders Husstand være glade over alt, hvad I erhverver, hvad HERREN din Gud velsigner 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 må ikke bære eder ad, som vi nu for Tiden gør her, hvor enhver gør, hvad han finder for godt;
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 endnu er I jo ikke kommet til det Hvilested og den Arvelod, HERREN din Gud vil give 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.
Men når I er gået over Jordan og har fæstet Bo i det Land, HERREN eders Gud vil give eder til Arv, og han får skaffet eder Ro for alle eders Fjender trindt omkring, så I kan bo trygt,
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 det Sted, HERREN eders Gud udvælger til Bolig for sit Navn, være det, hvorhen I skal bringe alt, hvad jeg pålægger eder, eders Brændofre og Slagtofre, eders Tiender og Offerydelser og alle eders udvalgte Løftofre, som I lover 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 der skal I være glade for HERREN eders Guds Åsyn sammen med eders Sønner og Døtre, eders Trælle og Trælkvinder og Leviten inden eders Porte; thi han har jo ingen Arvelod og Del som I andre.
13 Be sure that you do not offer sacrifices anywhere you want to.
Vogt dig for at ofre dine Brændofre på et hvilket som helst Sted, dit Øje falder på.
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 på det Sted HERREN udvælger i en af dine Stammer, der skal du ofre dine Brændofre, og der skal du gøre alt, hvad jeg pålægger 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.
Derimod må du, så meget du lyster, slagte Kvæg og nyde Kød rundt om i dine Byer, alt som HERREN din Gud velsigner dig; urene og rene må spise det, som var det Gazeller eller Hjorte.
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].
Kun Blodet må ikke nyde; det skal du lade løbe ud på Jorden 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.
Men inden dine Porte må du ikke nyde Tienden af dit Korn, din Most og din Olie eller de førstefødte af dit Hornkvæg og Småkvæg eller noget af dine Løfteofre og Frivilligofre eller nogen af dine Offerydelser;
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 for HERREN din Guds Åsyn, på det Sted, HERREN din Gud udvælger, skal du nyde alt dette sammen med din Søn og Datter, din Træl og Trælkvinde og Leviten inden dine Porte, og du skal være glad for HERREN din Guds Åsyn over alt, hvad du erhverver dig.
19 Be sure that you take care of the descendants of Levi all during the time that you live in your land.
Vogt dig vel for at glemme Leviten, så længe du lever 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.
Når HERREN din Gud udvider dine Landemærker, som han har lovet dig, og du da får Lyst til Kød og siger: "Jeg vil have Kød at spise", så spis kun Kød, så meget du lyster.
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.
Hvis det Sted, HERREN din Gud udvælger for der at stedfæste sit Navn, ligger langt fra dig, så må du slagte af dit Hornkvæg og Småkvæg, som HERREN giver dig, således som jeg har pålagt dig, og spise det inden dine Porte, så meget du lyster.
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.
Men du skal spise det, som man spiser Gazeller og Hjorte; både urene og rene må spise 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.
Kun må du ufravigeligt afholde dig fra at nyde Blodet; thi Blodet er Sjælen, og du må ikke nyde Sjælen tillige med Kødet.
24 Do not eat the blood; instead, let it drain onto the ground.
Du må ikke nyde det, men du skal lade det løbe ud på 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.
Afhold dig fra at nyde det, for at det kan gå dig og dine Børn efter dig vel, idet du gør, had der er ret i 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.
Men dine hellige Gaver og Løfteofre skal du komme med til det Sted, HERREN udvælger;
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, både Kødet og Blodet, på HERREN din Guds Alter; og Blodet af dine Slagtofre skal udøses på HERREN din Guds Alter, men Kødet må du spise.
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.
Adlyd omhyggeligt alle disse Bud, som jeg i Dag pålægger dig, for at det kan gå dig og dine Børn efter dig vel til evig Tid, idet du gør, hvad der er godt og ret i 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.
Når HERREN din Gud udrydder de Folk, du drager hen at drive bort, og du har drevet dem bort og bosat dig 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.’
så vogt dig for at lade dig lokke til at gå i deres Fodspor, efter at de er udryddet foran dig, og for at spørge dig for angående deres Guder, idet du siger: "Hvorledes plejede disse Folkeslag at dyrke deres Guder? Således vil også jeg bære mig ad."
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].
Således må du ikke bære dig ad over for HERREN din Gud; thi alt, hvad der er HERREN en Vederstyggelighed, alt, hvad han hader, har de gjort over for deres Guder; ja, de brændte endog deres Sønner og Døtre til Ære 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.”
Alt, hvad jeg pålægger eder, skal I omhyggeligt udføre. Du må hverken lægge noget til eller trække noget fra.
