Exodus 13
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:
2 “Set apart all the firstborn males in order that they may belong to me. The firstborn males of the Israeli people and of their animals will be mine.”
Du skal hellige mig alle førstefødte; det som aabner hver Moders Liv iblandt Israels Børn, iblandt Folk og iblandt Kvæg, det hører mig til.
3 Moses/I said to the people, “Do not forget this day! This is the day that you are leaving Egypt. This is the day you [are freed from] being their slaves. Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt by his great power [MTY]. Do not eat any bread that has yeast in it [whenever you celebrate] this day.
Og Mose sagde til Folket: Kom denne Dag ihu, paa hvilken I ere udgangne af Ægypten, af Trælles Hus; thi med en vældig Haand udførte Herren eder herfra. Og syret Brød skal ikke ædes.
4 You are leaving Egypt on this day, which is the first day of the month that is [named] Abib.
Paa denne Dag udgaa I, i Abid Maaned.
5 Later, when Yahweh brings you into the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Hiv, and Jebus [now live], the land that he solemnly promised to give to you, a land that will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops [MTY], you must celebrate this festival during this month [every year].
Og det skal ske, naar Herren har indført dig i Kananitens og Hethitens og Amoritens og Hevitens og Jebusitens Land, hvilket han svor dine Fædre at ville give dig, et Land som flyder med Mælk og Honning, da skal du varetage denne Tjeneste i denne Maaned:
6 For seven days the bread that you eat must not have any yeast in it. On the seventh day there must be a festival to [honor] Yahweh.
Syv Dage skal du æde usyrede Brød, og paa den syvende Dag er Højtid for Herren.
7 For seven days do not eat bread that has yeast in it. You should not have any yeast or bread made with yeast anywhere in your land.
Usyrede Brød skulle ædes syv Dage, og der skal ikke ses syret Brød hos dig, og ikke ses Surdejg hos dig i hele dit Landemærke.
8 On the day [the festival starts], you must tell your children, ‘[We are doing this to remember] what Yahweh did for our ancestors when they left Egypt.
Og du skal forkynde for din Søn paa den samme Dag og sige: Dette sker for det, som Herren gjorde mig, der jeg drog ud af Ægypten.
9 This ritual will remind you how Yahweh brought your ancestors out of Egypt with his great power [MTY]. [The ritual will be like something] you tie on your forehead or on your wrist. It will remind you to recite to others what Yahweh has instructed you.
Og det skal være dig til et Tegn paa din Haand og til en Ihukommelse imellem dine Øjne, for at Herrens Lov skal være i din Mund; thi Herren udførte dig af Ægypten med en stærk Haand.
10 So you must celebrate this festival every year at the time [Yahweh] has appointed.’
Og du skal tage Vare paa denne Skik til dens bestemte Tid, hvert Aar.
11 Yahweh will bring you into the land where the descendants of Canaan live, just as he promised you and your ancestors that he would do. When he gives that land to you,
Og det skal ske, naar Herren har indført dig i Kananitens Land, som han svor dig og dine Fædre, og har givet dig det,
12 you must dedicate to Yahweh the firstborn males of all your animals. These all will belong to Yahweh.
da skal du overgive til Herren alt det, som aabner Moders Liv; og alt det førstefødte, der falder af Kvæg, som hører dig til, hvad som er en Han, hører Herren til.
13 You may keep the firstborn male donkeys, but you must buy them back by sacrificing a lamb as a substitute for the donkey. If you do not want to buy back the donkey, you must [kill it by] breaking its neck. You must also buy back every one of your own firstborn sons.
Og alt førstefødt af Asener skal du løse med et Lam, men dersom du ikke løser det, da skal du bryde Halsen paa det; men alle førstefødte af Mennesker iblandt dine Sønner skal du løse.
14 In the future, when one of your children asks, ‘What does this mean?’, you must say to him, ‘Yahweh brought our ancestors out of Egypt with his great power [MTY], and freed us from being slaves there.
Og det skal ske, naar din Søn spørger dig ad herefter, sigende: Hvad er det? da skal du sige til ham: Herren udførte os af Ægypten, af Trælles Hus, med en vældig Haand.
15 The king of Egypt stubbornly refused to let them leave his country, so Yahweh killed all the firstborn males in Egypt, both the boys and the firstborn of their livestock. That is why we now sacrifice to Yahweh all the firstborn of our livestock, but we buy back our own firstborn sons.’
Thi det skete, fordi Farao havde forhærdet sig, saa han ikke lod os fare, at Herren ihjelslog alle førstefødte i Ægyptens Land, fra Menneskets førstefødte indtil Kvægets førstefødte; derfor ofrer jeg Herren alt det, som aabner Moders Liv, og som er Han, og jeg skal løse hver førstefødt blandt mine Sønner.
16 I repeat that this ritual will remind you about how Yahweh brought our [ancestors] out of Egypt by his great power [MTY]; it will be like something you tie on your wrist or on your forehead [to remind you of that].”
Og det skal være til et Tegn paa din Haand og til Span imellem dine Øjne, at Herren udførte os af Ægypten med en vældig Haand.
17 When the king [of Egypt] let the [Israeli] people go, God did not lead them to go through the land of the Philistines. That was a shorter way, but God said, “It would be bad if my people change their minds when they realize that they will have to fight [the Philistines to take their land], and then [decide to] return to Egypt.”
Og det skete, der Farao lod Folket fare, da førte Gud dem ikke ad Vejen til Filistrene, skønt den var nærmest; thi Gud sagde: Maaske det kunde fortryde Folket, naar de se Striden, og de kunde vende tilbage til Ægypten.
18 Instead, God led them to go around through the desert toward the Red Sea (OR, the Gulf of Suez). When the Israeli people left Egypt, they were carrying weapons to fight [their enemies].
Og Gud førte Folket omkring ad Vejen igennem Ørkenen mod det røde Hav; og Israels Børn droge bevæbnede af Ægyptens Land.
19 Moses/I [had them] take along the bones of Joseph with them/us, because Joseph long ago had made the Israeli people promise solemnly that they would do that. He had said to them, “God will enable your descendants to leave Egypt. When that happens, you must carry my bones with you.”
Og Mose tog Josefs Ben med sig; thi denne havde taget en stærk Ed af Israels Børn og sagt: Gud skal visselig besøge eder, og I skulle føre mine Ben op herfra med eder.
20 The Israeli people left Succoth and traveled to Etham, at the edge of the desert, and they set up their tents there.
Saa rejste de fra Sukot, og de lejrede sig i Etham paa Grænsen af Ørken.
21 [When they traveled] during the daytime, Yahweh went in front of them in a tall [white] cloud to show them the way. During the night, he went in front of them in a tall cloud that looked like a fire. By doing that, he enabled them to travel in the daytime and also at nighttime.
Og Herren gik foran dem om Dagen i en Skystøtte for at lede dem paa Vejen, om Natten i en Ildstøtte for at lyse for dem, at de kunde vandre Dag og Nat.
22 The tall cloud did not leave them. It was always in front of them, as a bright white cloud in the daytime and like a fire at night.
Han lod ikke Skystøtten vige om Dagen eller Ildstøtten om Natten, den blev for Folkets Aasyn.
