Numbers 13
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:
2 “Send some men to Canaan [land] to explore it. That is the land that I will give to you Israelis. Send men who are leaders in their tribes.”
»Send nogle Mænd af Sted for at undersøge Kana'ans Land, som jeg vil give Israeliterne; een Mand af hver Fædrenestamme skal I sende, og kun Mænd, der er Øverster iblandt dem!«
3 So Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded him/me. He/I sent out twelve Israeli men who were all leaders of their tribes. He/I sent them from their/our camp at Paran in the desert.
Da udsendte Moses dem fra Parans Ørken paa HERRENS Bud, Mænd, der alle var Overhoveder for Israeliterne.
4 These are the names of the men [and the tribes they belonged to: ] Shammua, the son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben;
Deres Navne var følgende: Af Rubens Stamme Sjammua, Zakkurs Søn,
5 Shaphat, the son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon;
af Simeons Stamme Sjafat, Horis Søn,
6 Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;
af Judas Stamme Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn,
7 Igal, the son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar;
af Issakars Stamme Jig'al, Josefs Søn,
8 Hoshea, the son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim;
af Efraims Stamme Hosea, Nuns Søn,
9 Palti, the son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin;
af Benjamins Stamme Palti, Rafus Søn,
10 Gaddiel, the son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun;
af Zebulons Stamme Gaddiel, Sodis Søn,
11 Gaddi, the son of Susi, from the tribe of Manasseh;
af Josefs Stamme, det er Manasses Stamme, Gaddi, Susis Søn,
12 Ammiel, the son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan;
af Dans Stamme Ammiel, Gemallis Søn,
13 Sethur, the son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher;
af Asers Stamme Setur, Mikaels Søn,
14 Nahbi, the son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali;
af Naftalis Stamme Nabi, Vofsis Søn,
15 and Geuel, the son of Maki, from the tribe of Gad.
af Gads Stamme Ge'uel, Makis Søn.
16 Those are the names of the men whom Moses/I sent out to explore Canaan. [Before they left], Moses/I gave Hoshea a new name, Joshua, [which means ‘Yahweh is the one who saves].’
Det var Navnene paa de Mænd, Moses udsendte for at undersøge Landet. Men Moses gav Hosea, Nuns Søn, Navnet Josua.
17 Before Moses/I sent them to explore Canaan, he/I said to them, “Go through the southern part of Canaan, and then go [north] into the hilly area.
Og Moses sendte dem af Sted for at undersøge Kana'ans Land. Og han sagde til dem: »Drag herfra op i Sydlandet og drag op i Bjergene
18 See what the land is like. See if the people who live there are strong or weak. See if there are many people or only a few people.
og se, hvordan Landet er, og om Folket, som bor der, er stærkt eller svagt, faatalligt eller talrigt,
19 Find out what kind of land they live in [RHQ]. Is it good or bad? Find out about the towns in which they live [RHQ]. Do they have walls around them or not?
om Landet, de bor i, er godt eller daarligt, og om Byerne, de bor i, er Teltlejre eller Fæstninger,
20 Find out about the soil [RHQ]. Is it (fertile/good for growing crops) or not? Find out if there are trees there [RHQ]. Try to bring back some of the fruit that grows in that land.” [He/I said that because] it was the beginning of the time to harvest grapes.
og om Landet er fedt eller magert, om der findes Træer deri eller ej. Vær ved godt Mod og tag noget af Landets Frugt med tilbage!« Det var netop ved den Tid, de første Druer var modne.
21 So those men went to Canaan. They went [through the entire land], from the Zin desert [in the south] all the way to Rehob [town] near Lebo-Hamath [in the north].
Saa drog de af Sted og undersøgte Landet lige fra Zins Ørken til Rehob, Egnen hen imod Hamat.
22 In the south, they went to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, [huge men] descended from Anak, lived. Hebron was a city that was built seven years before Zoan [city] was built in Egypt.
Saa begav de sig op i Sydlandet og kom til Hebron; der boede Ahiman, Sjesjaj og Talmaj, Anaks Efterkommere. Men Hebron var grundlagt syv Aar før Zoan i Ægypten.
23 In one valley, they cut from a grapevine one cluster of grapes. [Because it was very large, they needed] two men to carry it on a pole. They also picked some pomegranates and some figs [to carry back to their camp].
Da de naaede Esjkoldalen, afskar de en Ranke med en Drueklase, som der maatte to Mand til at bære paa en Bærestang, og plukkede nogle Granatæbler og Figener.
24 They called that place Eshcol [which means ‘cluster’] because they had cut that [huge] cluster of grapes there.
Man kaldte dette Sted Esjkoldalen med Hentydning til den Drueklase, Israeliterne der skar af.
25 After they explored the land for 40 days, they returned to their camp.
Efter fyrretyve Dages Forløb vendte de tilbage efter at have undersøgt Landet;
26 They came to Aaron and Moses/me and the rest of the Israeli people in the desert at Paran. They reported to everyone what they had seen. They also showed them the fruit that they had brought back.
og de kom til Moses og Aron og hele Israeliternes Menighed i Parans Ørken i Kadesj og aflagde Beretning for dem og hele Menigheden og viste dem Landets Frugt.
27 But this is what they reported to Moses/me: “We arrived in the land that you sent us to explore. It is truly a beautiful land, and it is very fertile [IDM]. Here is some of the fruit.
De fortalte ham: »Vi kom til Landet, du sendte os til; det er virkelig et Land, der flyder med Mælk og Honning, og her er Flugt derfra;
28 But the people who live there are very strong. Their cities are large and are surrounded by walls. We even saw some of the [huge] descendants of Anak there.
men stærkt er Folket, som bor i Landet, og Byerne er befæstede og meget store; ja, vi saa ogsaa Efterkommere af Anak der.
29 The descendants of Amalek live in the southern part [of the land], and the descendants of Heth, Jebus, and Amor live in the hilly area [to the north]. The descendants of Canaan live along the coast of the [Mediterranean] sea and along the Jordan [River].”
Amalek bor i Sydlandet, Hetiterne, Jebusiterne og Amoriterne i Bjerglandet og Kana'anæerne ved Havet og langs Jordan.«
30 [When they said that, the people were afraid and started to cry out very loudly]. But Caleb told the people who were standing near Moses/me to be quiet. Then he said, “We should go there and take the land, because we are certainly able to conquer it!”
Da søgte Kaleb at bringe Folket til Tavshed over for Moses og sagde: »Lad os kun drage op og underlægge os det, thi vi kan sikkert tage det!«
31 But the men who had gone with him said, “No, we cannot attack [and defeat] those people! They are much stronger than we are!”
Men de Mænd, der havde været med ham deroppe, sagde: »Vi kan ikke drage op imod dette Folk, thi det er stærkere end vi!«
32 So those men gave to the Israeli people a bad report about the land that they had explored. They said, “The land that we explored is very large; we cannot conquer it. And all the people whom we saw are very tall.
Og de talte nedsættende til Israeliterne om Landet, som de havde undersøgt, og sagde: »Landet, som vi har rejst igennem og undersøgt, er et Land, der fortærer sine Indbyggere, og alle de Folk, vi saa der, var kæmpestore.
33 We even saw the descendants of Nephili there. The descendants of Anak [whom we saw there] are descended from the giant Nephili people. When we saw them, we felt [as small] as grasshoppers [SIM], and they thought that we looked like grasshoppers too!”
Vi saa der Kæmperne — Anaks Sønner, der er af Kæmpeslægten — og vi forekom baade os selv og dem som Græshopper!«
