Deuteronomy 9
1 “You people of Israel, listen to me! You will soon [HYP] cross the Jordan [River]. In the land that you will enter, there are large cities that have very high walls [around them] that [seem to] [HYP] extend up to the sky. There are people-groups in that land that are more numerous and more powerful than you are.
Høyr, Israel! No gjeng du yver Jordan, og skal leggja under deg folkeslag som er større og sterkare enn du, svære byar med murar som når radt til himmels,
2 Those people are very tall and strong. [Some of them] are giants who are descendants of Anak. You know about them, and you have heard people say that no one [RHQ] can defeat the descendants of Anak.
eit stort kjempefolk, Anaks-sønerne, som du kjenner, og som du hev høyrt det ordet um: «Kven kann standa seg mot Anaks-sønerne?»
3 But I want you to know that Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will be like a raging/roaring fire. While you advance, he will defeat and destroy them. As a result, you will quickly be able to expel some of them and kill the others, which is what Yahweh promised that you would do.
So kom då i hug at Herren, din Gud, gjeng fyre deg som ein øydande eld; han skal tyna deim, og han skal slå deim ned for deg, so du snart fær drive deim burt og rudt deim ut, soleis som Herren hev sagt deg.
4 “After Yahweh our God has expelled them for you, do not say to yourselves, ‘It is because we are righteous that Yahweh has enabled us to capture this land.’ The truth is that it is because the people in that land are wicked that Yahweh will expel them as you advance.
Men når han støyter deim ned framfyre deg, må du ikkje tenkja som so: «For di eg er god og rettvis, hev Herren ført meg hit og gjeve meg dette landet.» Nei, Herren driv desse folki ut for di dei er gudlause.
5 [I say again that] it is not because you are righteous or because you do things that are righteous that you will enter and capture that land. It is because those people-groups are very wicked that Yahweh our God will expel them as you advance, and because he intends to do what he vowed to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would do.
Det er ikkje for di du er god og rettvis, eller for di du er truverdug og ærleg, at du skal koma dit og få landet deira, men for di dei er gudlause, driv Herren deim ut, og av di han vil halda det ordet han gav federne dine, Abraham og Isak og Jakob.
6 I want you to know that it is not because you are righteous that Yahweh our God is giving you this good/fertile land. I say that because [you are not righteous]; you are a very stubborn [IDM] people.”
So skal du då vita at det ikkje er for di rettferd skuld Herren, din Gud, gjev deg dette gilde landet til eiga; for du er eit hardkyndt folk.
7 “Never forget what your ancestors did in the desert that caused Yahweh our God to become angry. From the day that we left Egypt until the day that we arrived here, you and your ancestors have continually rebelled against him.
Kom i hug og gløym ikkje korleis du arga upp Herren, din Gud, i øydemarki! Alt ifrå den dagen de for frå Egyptarlandet og til de kom hit, hev de sett dykk upp imot Herren.
8 Even at Sinai [Mountain] your ancestors caused Yahweh to become angry. Because he was very angry, he was ready to get rid of [all of] them.
Attmed Horeb arga de og Herren, so han vart harm på dykk og vilde rydja dykk ut.
9 When I climbed the mountain to receive from him the stone tablets on which he had written the Ten Commandments that he was giving to them, I stayed there 40 days and nights, and [during that time] I did not eat or drink anything.
Det var den gongen eg gjekk upp på fjellet og skulde taka imot steintavlorne, deim som Herrens pakt med dykk var skrivi på; då var eg på fjellet i fyrti jamdøgar, og gjorde korkje åt eller drakk.
10 Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets on which he had written [the commandments] with his own fingers. They were the words/commandments that he had spoken to your ancestors from the fire on that mountain, when they were gathered together [at the bottom of the mountain].
Og Herren gav meg dei tvo steintavlorne; dei hadde han sjølv skrive på med fingeren sin, og der stod alle dei ordi som han tala til dykk på fjellet, midt utor elden, samkomedagen.
11 “At the end of those 40 days and nights, Yahweh gave me those two stone tablets on which he had written those commandments.
Då dei fyrti jamdøgri var lidne, gav Herren meg dei tvo steintavlorne, sambandstavlorne,
12 But then he said to me, ‘Go down the mountain immediately, because [the people whom you are leading], the people whom you led out of Egypt, have committed a terrible sin! They have very quickly done what I commanded them not to do. They have made for themselves a metal statue [of a calf to worship].’
og sagde til meg: «Skunda deg ned att; for folket ditt, som du fylgde ut or Egyptarland, hev bore seg stygt åt; det var’kje lenge fyrr dei tok utav den leidi eg synte deim; dei hev støypt seg eit gudebilæte!
13 Then Yahweh said to me, ‘I have been watching these people, and I see that they are very stubborn.
Eg hev halde auga med dette folket, » sagde Herren, «og set at det er eit hardkyndt folk.
14 So do not try to stop me. I am going to destroy all of them, with the result that no one anywhere will remember (their names [MTY]/that they ever existed). Then I will enable you to become [the ancestor of] a nation that will be more numerous and more powerful than they are.’
Lat no meg råda, so vil eg gjera ende på deim, og rydja namnet deira ut or verdi, og so vil eg gjera deg til eit folk som er større og sterkare enn dei.»
15 So I turned and went down the mountain, carrying in my hands the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were [written]. Fire was burning all over the mountain.
So snudde eg meg, og gjekk ned av fjellet, og fjellet stod i ljos loge; og dei tvo sambandstavlorne bar eg i henderne.
16 I looked, and I was shocked to see that your ancestors had committed a [great] sin against Yahweh. They very quickly had begun to do what Yahweh our God had commanded them not to do. They had [requested Aaron to] make for them [a metal image of] a calf [to worship].
Då fekk eg sjå at de hadde synda mot Herren, dykkar Gud, og støypt dykk ein gullkalv; de hadde alt teke utav den leidi Herren synte dykk.
17 So while they were watching, I lifted up those two stone tablets and threw them [on the ground], and they broke into pieces.
So tok eg og kasta båe tavlorne or henderne, og slo deim sund for augo dykkar.
18 Then I (prostrated myself/lay) on the ground in Yahweh’s presence as I had done before, and I did not eat or drink anything for 40 days and nights. I did that because your ancestors had sinned against Yahweh and caused him to become very angry.
Og sidan låg eg på kne for Herren, liksom fyrre gongen, i fyrti dagar og fyrti næter, og smaka korkje mat eller drikka, for di de hadde ført so stor ei synd yver dykk, og gjort det som Herren mislika, so han vart harm;
19 I was afraid/worried that because Yahweh was very angry with them, he would get rid of all of them. [But again I prayed that he would not do that], and again he listened to me [and answered my prayer].
for eg ottast Herren var vorten so vill og vond på dykk at han vilde rydja dykk ut. Og Herren høyrde bøni mi den gongen og.
20 Yahweh was also very angry with Aaron [for making that golden calf] and was ready to kill Aaron. But at the same time I prayed for Aaron also, [and Yahweh answered my prayer].
Aron og var Herren fælande harm på, og vilde tyna honom; og eg laut beda for Aron og den gongen.
21 Your ancestors had sinned by [requesting Aaron to] make [a metal statue of] a calf. So I took that statue and [I melted it] in a fire and crushed it and ground it into very tiny pieces [HYP]. Then I threw those tiny pieces into the stream that flowed down the mountain.
Men syndeverket dykkar, kalven, tok eg og kasta på elden, og kruste honom, og mulde honom sund, so han vart til dust, og dusti kasta eg i bekken som renn ned frå fjellet.
22 Your ancestors also caused Yahweh to become very angry [by what they did] at [places which they named] Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.
I Tabera og Massa og Kibrot-Hatta’ava harma de og Herren.
23 And when we were at Kadesh-Barnea, Yahweh said to your ancestors, ‘Go up and capture the land that I am about to give to you!’ But they rebelled against him. They did not trust him, and they did not obey what he told [MTY] them to do.
Og då han vilde de skulde taka ut frå Kades-Barnea, og sagde: «Far upp og tak det landet som eg hev gjeve dykk!» då var de ulyduge mot Herren, dykkar Gud, og leit ikkje på honom, og høyrde ikkje på det han sagde;
24 Your ancestors rebelled against Yahweh from the first day that I knew them, [in Egypt].
ulyduge mot Herren hev de vore so lenge eg hev kjent dykk.
25 So, [as I said], I lay on the ground in Yahweh’s presence for 40 days and nights, because Yahweh had said that he would get rid of your ancestors.
So låg eg då på kne for Herren alle dei fyrti dagarne og næterne som de veit; for Herren hadde sagt at han vilde tyna dykk.
26 And I prayed to Yahweh, saying, ‘Lord God, these people belong to you; do not destroy them. They are people whom you rescued and brought out of Egypt by your very great power. [DOU, MTY]
Og eg bad til Herren og sagde: «Herre, min Gud, gjer ikkje ende på ditt eige folk, som du hev fria ut med di allmagt, og leidt ut or Egyptarland med di sterke hand!
27 Do not forget [what you promised to] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Please ignore these stubborn and wicked people and the sin that they have committed.
Kom i hug tenarane dine, Abraham og Isak og Jakob, og tenk ikkje på kor hardt og gudlaust og syndugt det er, dette folket!
28 If you do not do that, [and if you get rid of them], the people of Egypt will [hear about it and] say that you were not able to bring them into the land that you promised to give to them. They will say that you took them into the desert only to kill them there because you hated them.
Elles kunne dei segja so som i det landet du hev ført oss utor: «Herren var ikkje god til å fylgja deim fram til det landet han hadde lova deim, og han hata deim og; difor førde han deim ut i øydemarki, og let deim døy der.»
29 [Do not forget that] they are your people. [You chose them to] belong to you. You brought them out [from Egypt] by your very great power [DOU, MTY].’”
Dei er då din eigen lyd, som du hev leidt ut med di store magt og din sterke arm.»
