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.
Da den kana'anittiske konge i Arad, som bodde i sydlandet, hørte at Israel drog frem på veien til Atarim, gav han sig i strid med Israel og førte nogen av dem bort som fanger.
2 Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
Da gjorde Israel et løfte til Herren og sa: Gir du dette folk i min hånd, så vil jeg slå deres byer med bann.
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 bønn og overgav kana'anittene til dem, og de slo dem og deres byer med bann; og de kalte stedet 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,
Så brøt de op fra fjellet Hor og tok veien til det Røde Hav for å dra omkring Edoms land; men på veien blev folket utålmodig,
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 de talte mot Gud og mot Moses og sa: Hvorfor har I ført oss op fra Egypten, så vi må dø her i ørkenen? For her er hverken brød eller vann, og vi er inderlig leie av denne usle mat.
6 So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
Da sendte Herren seraf-slanger inn iblandt folket, og de bet folket; og der døde meget folk av Israel.
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.
Så kom folket til Moses og sa: Vi har syndet, fordi vi har talt mot Herren og mot dig; bed til Herren at han vil ta slangene fra oss! Og Moses bad 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 sa Herren til Moses: Gjør dig en seraf-slange og sett den på en stang, så skal hver den som er bitt og ser på den, få 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!
Så gjorde Moses en kobberslange og satte den på en stang; og når en slange hadde bitt nogen, og han så på kobberslangen, blev han i live.
10 Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
Siden brøt Israels barn op og leiret sig i Obot.
11 Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
Så brøt de op fra Obot og leiret sig ved Ije-Ha'abarim i ørkenen rett i øst for Moab.
12 From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
Derfra brøt de op og leiret sig i Sered-dalen.
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 brøt de op og leiret sig på hin side Arnon, som går gjennem ørkenen og kommer fra amorittenes land; for Arnon er grensen mellem Moab og amorittene.
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 sies det i boken om Herrens kriger: Vaheb tok de med storm og bekkene, Arnons bekker,
15 and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
og bekkelien som strekker sig bort til Ar-bygden og støter til Moabs grense.
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 brøt de op til Be'er; det er den brønn som Herren talte om da han sa til Moses: Kall folket sammen, så vil jeg gi dem vann.
17 There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
Da sang Israel denne sang: Vell op, du brønn! Hils den med sang!
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,
Du brønn som høvdinger har gravd, som folkets ypperste har boret med herskerstav, med sine kongespir! Fra ørkenen brøt de op til Matana
19 Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
og fra Matana til Nahaliel og fra Nahaliel til Bamot
20 Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
og fra Bamot til den dal som ligger i Moab-marken, tett ved toppen av Pisga, og hvor en skuer ut 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]:
Så sendte Israel bud til Sihon, amorittenes konge, og lot si:
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.”
La mig få dra gjennem ditt land! Vi skal ikke komme inn på akrene eller i vingårdene, heller ikke drikke vann av nogen brønn; efter kongeveien vil vi dra, til vi er kommet gjennem ditt 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 gav ikke Israel lov til å dra gjennem sitt land. Han samlet alt sitt folk og drog ut i ørkenen mot Israel, og han kom til Jahas og stred mot 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 slo ham med sverdets egg og tok hans land fra Arnon til Jabbok, til Ammons barns land; for Ammons barns grense var befestet.
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 tok alle disse byer; og Israel bosatte sig i alle amorittenes byer, i Hesbon og alle byer som hørte under det.
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].
For Hesbon var Sihons, amoritter-kongens, stad; han hadde ført krig mot Moabs forrige konge og tatt alt hans land fra ham like til 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 sier skalden: Kom til Hesbon! Bygges og grunnfestes skal Sihons stad;
28 A fire blazed from Heshbon; it burned down Ar [city] in Moab, it destroyed [everything on] the hills along the Arnon [River].
for ild fór ut fra Hesbon, en lue fra Sihons stad; den fortærte Ar i Moab, dem som bodde på høidene ved Arnon.
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! Fortapt er du, Kamos' folk! Han har sendt sine sønner som flyktninger og sine døtre som fanger til amorittenes konge Sihon.
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 skjøt dem ned; ødelagt er Hesbon, like til Dibon! vi herjet til Nofah, med ild helt til Medba.
31 So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
Så blev Israel boende i amorittenes 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.
Og Moses sendte folk for å utspeide Jaser, og de tok de byer som hørte under det; og han drev ut amorittene som bodde der.
33 Then they turned [north] toward the Bashan region, but King Og of Bashan and all his army attacked them at Edrei [town].
Så vendte de sig til en annen kant og drog opover til Basan; men Og, kongen i Basan, drog ut mot dem til Edre'i med alt sitt folk for å stride mot dem.
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.”
Da sa Herren til Moses: Frykt ikke for ham! For jeg har gitt ham og alt hans folk og hans land i din hånd, og du skal gjøre med ham som du gjorde med Sihon, amorittenes konge, som bodde i Hesbon.
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.
Så slo de ham og hans sønner og alt hans folk, så ingen blev tilbake eller slapp unda; og de tok hans land i eie.
