Deuteronomy 7
1 “Yahweh our God will bring you to the land that you will soon enter and occupy. As you advance, he will expel from that land seven people-groups that are more powerful and more numerous than you are. He will expel the Heth people-group, the Girgash people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group.
Sjå no fører Herren deg inn i det landet du etlar deg til, og vil for di skuld driva ut store folkeslag: hetitarne og girgasitarne og amoritarne og kananitarne og perizitarne og hevitarne og jebusitarne, sju folk som er større og sterkare enn du;
2 When Yahweh our God enables you to defeat [DOU] them, you must kill all of them. You must not make (an alliance/a peace treaty) with any of them. You must not act mercifully toward them.
men når han hev gjeve deim i di magt, og du hev vunne yver deim, då skal du bannstøyta deim; du må ikkje gjera nokor semja med deim, og ikkje gjeva deim grid;
3 You must not marry any of them. You must not allow your daughters to marry any of their sons or allow your sons to marry any of their daughters.
du må ikkje hava nokor hopegifting med deim; ikkje må du gjeva døtterne dine til sønerne deira, og ikkje taka døtterne deira til konor åt sønerne dine;
4 Because, if you did that, those people would cause your children to stop worshiping Yahweh and to worship other gods. If that happens, Yahweh will be very angry with you and he will get rid of you immediately.
for dei kunde få sønerne dine til å falla frå Herren og tena andre gudar, og då kom Herren til å harmast på dykk, og rydja dykk ut, og det fort.
5 This is what you must do to those people: Tear down their (altars/places for sacrificing animals), break apart the stone pillars [that are dedicated to their male god Baal], cut down the [poles that they use when they worship the goddess] Asherah, and burn their [wooden] idols.
Høyr no korleis de skal fara med desse folki: Altari deira skal de riva ned, og minnesteinarne skal de slå sund; dei heilage trei deira skal de fella, og avgudsbilæti skal de brenna upp.
6 You must do that because you are a group of people who belong to Yahweh our God. He has chosen you from among all the people-groups in the world to be his own special people.
For du er eit heilagt folk, vigt åt Herren, din Gud; deg valde han ut millom alle folkeslag på jordi, og vilde du skulde vera hans eige folk.
7 “It was not because you were more numerous than any other people-group that Yahweh preferred you; you are one of the smallest people-groups on the earth.
Ikkje av di du var større enn alle dei andre folki, tok Herren deg åt seg og kåra deg ut; for du er det minste av alle folk.
8 Instead, it is because Yahweh loved you and because he wanted to do what he vowed to your ancestors. That is the reason that he rescued you by his great power [MTY], and freed you from being slaves [MTY] of the king of Egypt.
Men han elska deg, og vilde halda det han hadde lova federne dine; difor førde han deg burt med fast hand og fria deg ut or slavehuset, or henderne på Farao, egyptarkongen.
9 So do not forget that Yahweh our God is the only/true God. He will do what he agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love (for 1,000 generations/forever) all those who love him and who obey his commandments.
So må du då vita at Herren, din Gud, han er den rette Gud, den trufaste Gud, som held det han lovar. Mot deim som elskar honom og held bodi hans, gjer han vel i tusunde leden,
10 But for those who hate him, he will (pay them back/do to them what they deserve); he will punish them and quickly get rid of them.
og deim som hatar honom, gjev han løni på loven, og let deim ganga til grunnar; han held ikkje att løni for deim, men greider henne midt upp i handi deira.
11 “So you must be sure to obey all the commandments and rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.
So kom då i hug dei bodi og fyresegnerne og loverne som eg ber fram for deg i dag, og liv etter deim!
12 If you heed these commands and obey them faithfully, Yahweh our God will do what he has agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love you, which is what he vowed to your ancestors that he would do.
Lyder du no etter desse bodi, og kjem deim i hug, og held deim, so skal Herren, din Gud, koma i hug den truskap og nåde han lova federne dine;
13 He will love you and bless you. He will enable you to have many children [DOU]. He will bless your fields, with the result that you will have plenty of grain and [grapes to make] wine and plenty of [olive] oil. You will have many cattle and sheep. He will do all these things for you in the land that he promised to your ancestors that he would give to you.
han skal elska deg, og velsigna deg, og auka ætti di; han skal velsigna både det du avlar og det du el: kornet og druvesafti og oljen, det som fell undan storfeet og det som kjem til i småfenadflokken, på den jordi han lova federne dine å gjeva deg.
14 He will bless you more than he will bless any other people-group. All of you will be able to have/produce children [LIT]. All of your livestock will be able to produce offspring.
Velsigna skal du vera framum alle folkeslag. Hjå deg skal det aldri finnast eit liv, korkje av folk eller fe, som vantar avkjøme.
15 And Yahweh will protect you from all illnesses. You will not be afflicted with any of the dreadful diseases that [our ancestors knew about] in Egypt, but all your enemies will be inflicted with those diseases.
All sjukdom skal Herren halda burte frå deg, og alle dei vonde sotterne du kjenner frå Egyptarland, deim skal han ikkje leggja på deg, men på dine fiendar skal han leggja deim.
16 You must get rid of all the people-groups that Yahweh our God will enable you to conquer. Do not [SYN] act mercifully toward any of them. And do not worship their gods, because if you do that, it would be like falling into a trap [from which you will never be able to escape].
Alle dei folki Herren, din Gud, gjev deg magt yver, skal du tyna, og ikkje kvida deg for å drepa deim. Og aldri må du tena gudarne deira; for det vert ulukka di.
17 “Do not think to yourselves, ‘These people-groups are more numerous/powerful than we are, so we certainly cannot [RHQ] expel them.’
Men um du tenkjer som so: «Desse folki er sterkare enn eg! korleis kann eg driva deim ut?»
18 Do not be afraid of them. Instead, think about what Yahweh our God did to the king of Egypt and to all the people whom he [ruled].
so ver ikkje rædd deim for det! Kom i hug kva Herren, din Gud, gjorde med Farao og alle egyptarane,
19 Do not forget the terrible plagues that your ancestors saw [Yahweh inflict on the people of Egypt], and the many [DOU] miracles [that he performed], and the very powerful [DOU, MTY] way by which he brought your ancestors out [of Egypt]. Yahweh our God will do the same kind of things to the people-groups that you are afraid of now.
dei store plågorne du såg for augo dine, og teikni og underi som hende då Herren med fast hand og strak arm henta deg ut or Egyptarlandet; det same skal Herren, din Gud, gjera med alle dei folki du ræddast for.
20 Furthermore, he will cause them to become terrified, and he will destroy those who remain alive and run away to hide from you.
Endå kvefsen skal han senda imot dei, til alle dei er burte som var att og hadde løynt seg for deg.
21 Do not be afraid of those people, because Yahweh our God will be with/among you. He is a great God; he is the one you should be afraid of.
Du skal ikkje fæla deg for deim; for Herren, din Gud, er med deg, ein stor og ageleg Gud.
22 He will expel those people-groups gradually. You should not [try to] expel all of them at one time, because if you did that, the number of wild animals would quickly increase, [and you would not be able to get rid of them].
Smått um senn skal Herren driva desse folki ut for deg; du skal ikkje få øyda deim ut med ein gong; for då kom villdyri til å auka for mykje.
23 Instead, Yahweh will enable you to defeat your enemies [one people-group at a time]. He will cause them to panic until they are destroyed.
Herren, din Gud, skal gjeva deg magt yver deim; han skal fjetra deim, so dei ikkje veit anten att eller fram, og vert nedhogne.
24 He will enable you to defeat [IDM] their kings. After you kill them, their names will be forgotten {people will forget about them}. No people-group will be able to stop you; you will destroy all of them.
Kongarne deira og skal han gjeva i ditt vald, og du skal rydja ut namni deira or verdi. Ingen skal kunna standa seg mot deg; du skal øyda deim ut for ende.
25 You must burn the wooden idols [that represent] their gods. Do not desire to take the silver or gold [decorations] that are on those idols, because if you take them for yourselves, they will be like a trap [to cause you to want to worship those idols]. Yahweh hates [the worship of those idols].
Gudebilæti deira skal du kasta på elden, og ikkje bry deg um sylvet og gullet på deim, eller eigna det til deg; det vilde føra deg i ulukka; for det er ein styggedom for Herren, din Gud,
26 You must not bring any of those disgusting idols into your houses, because if you do that, God will curse you like he curses them. You must hate and despise [DOU] those idols, because they are things that [Yahweh] has cursed.”
og slik styggedom skal du ikkje hava inn i huset ditt, so du vert forbanna liksom det; du skal styggjast ved det og sky det; for det er bannstøytt.
