Numbers 21
1 The king of Arad [city] lived in the area where the Canaan people-group lived, in the desert in the southern part of the land. He heard a report that the Israelis were approaching on the road to Atharim [village]. So his army attacked the Israelis and captured some of them.
Men da Kana'anæeren, Kongen af Arad, der boede i Sydlandet, hørte, at Israel rykkede frem ad Atarimvejen, angreb han Israel og tog nogle af dem til Fange.
2 Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
Da aflagde Israel et Løfte til HERREN og sagde: »Hvis du giver dette Folk i min Haand, vil jeg lægge Band paa deres Byer!«
3 Yahweh heard what they requested, and he enabled them to defeat the army of the Canaan people-group. The Israeli soldiers killed all the people and destroyed their towns. [Ever since that time], that place has been called Hormah [which means ‘destruction’].
Og HERREN hørte Israels Røst og gav Kana'anæerne i deres Haand, hvorefter de lagde Band paa dem og deres Byer. Derfor gav man Stedet Navnet Horma.
4 Then the Israelis left Hor Mountain and traveled on the road towards the Red Sea, in order to go around [the land of] Edom. But the people became impatient along the way,
Saa brød de op fra Bjerget Hor i Retning af det røde Hav for at komme uden om Edoms Land. Undervejs blev Folket utaalmodigt
5 and they began to grumble/complain against God and against Moses/me. They said, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in this desert [RHQ]? There is nothing to eat here, and nothing to drink. And we detest this lousy [manna] food!”
og talte mod Gud og Moses og sagde: »Hvorfor førte I os ud af Ægypten, naar vi skal dø i Ørkenen? Her er jo hverken Brød eller Vand, og vi er lede ved denne usle Føde.«
6 So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
Da sendte HERREN Giftslanger blandt Folket, og de bed Folket saa en Mængde af Israel døde.
7 Then the people came to Moses/me and cried out, saying, “We [now know that we] have sinned against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, asking that he will take away the snakes!” So Moses/I prayed for the people.
Saa kom Folket til Moses og sagde: »Vi har syndet ved at tale imod HERREN og dig; gaa i Forbøn hos HERREN, at han tager Slangerne fra os!« Og Moses gik i Forbøn for Folket.
8 Then Yahweh told him/me, “Make a model/image of a poisonous snake, and attach it to the top of a pole. If those who are bitten by the snakes look at that model, they will (recover/get well).”
Da sagde HERREN til Moses: »Lav dig en Slange og sæt den paa en Stang, saa skal enhver slangebidt, der ser hen paa den, leve!«
9 So Moses/I made a snake from bronze and attached it to the top of a pole. Then, when those who had been bitten by a snake looked at the bronze snake, they recovered!
Da lavede Moses en Kobberslange og satte den paa en Stang; og enhver, der saa hen paa Kobberslangen, naar en Slange havde bidt ham, beholdt Livet.
10 Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
Saa brød Israeliterne op og slog Lejr i Obot;
11 Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
og de brød op fra Obot og slog Lejr i Ijje-Ha'abarim i Ørkenen østen for Moab.
12 From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
Derfra brød de op og slog Lejr i Zereddalen.
13 Then they traveled to the north side of the Arnon [River]. That area is in the desert next to the land where the Amor people-group lived. The Arnon [River] is the boundary between Moab and where the Amor people-group lived.
Derfra brød de op og slog Lejr i Ørkenen hinsides Arnon, som udspringer paa Amoriternes Omraade, thi Arnon var Moabs Grænse mod Amoriterne.
14 That is why in the book called ‘The Book of the Wars of Yahweh’ it tells about “Waheb [town] in the Suphah area, and the ravines there; and the Arnon [River]
Derfor hedder det i Bogen om HERRENS Krige: .... Vaheb i Sufa og Dalene, Arnon og Dalenes Skrænt,
15 and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
som strækker sig til Ars Sæde og læner sig til Moabs Grænse.
16 From there, the Israelis traveled to Beer. There was a well there, where Yahweh previously had said to Moses/me, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
Derfra brød de op til Be'er; det er det Be'er, HERREN havde for Øje, da han sagde til Moses: »Kald Folket sammen, saa vil jeg give dem Vand!«
17 There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
Da sang Israeliterne denne Sang: Brønd, væld frem! Syng til dens Pris!
18 Sing about this well which our leaders dug; they dug out [the dirt] with their royal scepters and their walking sticks.” Then the Israelis left that desert and went through Mattanah,
Brønd, som Høvdinger grov, som Folkets ædle bored med Herskerspir og Stave! Fra Ørkenen brød de op til Mattana;
19 Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
fra Mattana til Nahaliel; fra Nahaliel til Bamot;
20 Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
fra Bamot til Dalen paa Moabs Højslette, til Pisgas Top, som rager op over Ørkenen.
21 Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message [that they/we gave him]:
Israel sendte nu Sendebud til Amoriterkongen Sihon og lod sige:
22 “Allow us to travel through your country. We will stay on the king’s highway, [the main road that goes from the south to the north], until we have finished traveling through your land. We will not walk through any field or vineyard, or drink water from your wells.”
»Lad mig faa Lov at drage igennem dit Land! Vi vil ikke dreje ind paa Marker eller i Vinhaver, vi vil ikke drikke Vand af Brøndene, vi vil følge Kongevejen, indtil vi er naaet igennem dit Land!«
23 But King Sihon refused. He would not allow them to walk through his land. Instead, he sent his whole army to attack the Israelis in the desert. They attacked the Israelis at Jahaz [village].
Men Sihon tillod ikke Israel at drage igennem sit Land; derimod samlede han alt sit Krigsfolk og rykkede ud i Ørkenen imod Israel, og da han naaede Jaza, angreb han Israel.
24 But the Israelis completely defeated them and occupied their land, from the Arnon [River in the south] to the Jabbok [River in the north]. They stopped at the border of the land where the Ammon people-group lived, because [the Ammon army was defending] the border strongly.
Men Israel slog ham med Sværdet og underlagde sig hans Land fra Arnon til Jabbok, til Ammoniternes Land; thi Ja'zer ligger ved Ammoniternes Grænse;
25 So the Israelis occupied all the cities and towns where the Amor people-group lived, and some of the Israelis began to live in them. They occupied Heshbon [city] and the nearby villages.
og Israel indtog alle disse Byer, og Israel bosatte sig i alle Amoriternes Byer, i Hesjbon og alle tilhørende Smaabyer.
26 Heshbon was the capital of the country. It was the city where King Sihon ruled. His army had previously defeated the army of the king of Moab, and then his people had begun to live in all of the land of Moab as far as the Arnon [River in the south].
Thi Hesjbon var Amoriterkongen Sihons By; han havde angrebet Moabs forrige Konge og frataget ham hele hans Land indtil Arnon.
27 For that reason, one of the poets wrote long ago, “Come to Heshbon, the city where King Sihon [ruled]. We want the city to be restored/rebuilt.
Derfor synger Skjaldene: Kom hid til Hesjbon, lad den blive bygget og grundfæstet, Sihons By!
28 A fire blazed from Heshbon; it burned down Ar [city] in Moab, it destroyed [everything on] the hills along the Arnon [River].
Thi Ild for ud fra Hesjbon, Ildslue fra Sihons Stad, den fortærede Moabs Byer, opaad Arnons Højder.
29 You people of Moab, terrible things have happened to you! You people who [worship your god] Chemosh have been (annihilated/wiped out)! The men who [worshiped] [MET] Chemosh have run away and are now refugees, and the women [who worshiped him] have been captured by [the army of] Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group.
Ve dig, Moab! Det er ude med dig, Kemosj's Folk! Han gjorde sine Sønner til Flygtninge og sine Døtre til Krigsfanger for Sihon, Amoriternes Konge.
30 But we have defeated [Sihon and] those descendants of Amor, all the way from Heshbon [in the north] to Dibon [city in the south]. We have completely obliterated/destroyed them as far as Nophah and Medeba [towns].”
Og vi skød dem ned, Hesjbon er tabt indtil Dibon; vi lagde dem øde til Nofa, som ligger ved Medeba.
31 So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
Saa bosatte Israel sig i Amoriternes Land.
32 After Moses/I sent some men to explore the area near Jazer [city], Israeli people began to live in all the towns in that region and expelled the Amor people-group who lived there.
Derpaa sendte Moses Spejdere til Ja'zer; og de erobrede det tillige med tilhørende Smaabyer, og han drev de der boende Amoriter bort.
33 Then they turned [north] toward the Bashan region, but King Og of Bashan and all his army attacked them at Edrei [town].
Derpaa vendte de om og drog ad Basan til. Da rykkede Og, Kongen af Basan, ud imod dem med alle sine Krigere og angreb dem ved Edre'i.
34 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do not be afraid of Og, because I am going to enable your men to defeat him and his army, and to take possession of all his land. You will do to him what you did to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who ruled in Heshbon.”
Men HERREN sagde til Moses: »Frygt ikke for ham! Thi jeg giver ham og alle hans Krigere og hans Land i din Haand, saa at du kan handle med ham, som du handlede med Amoriterkongen Sihon, der boede i Hesjbon.«
35 And that is what happened. We Israelis defeated Og’s army, and killed King Og and his sons and all his people. Not a person survived! And then we Israelis began to live in their land.
Da slog de ham og hans Sønner og alle hans Krigere, saa at ikke en eneste af dem undslap, og derpaa underlagde de sig hans Land.
