Numbers 25
1 While the Israelis were camped at a place called Acacia [Grove], some of the men caused themselves to become unacceptable to God by having sex with some of the women of the Moab [people-group who lived in that area].
Mens Israel opholdt sig i Sittim, begynte folket å drive utukt med Moabs døtre.
2 Then those women invited the men to come when the sacrifices were being offered to their gods. The Israeli men [accepted]. They went to the feasts with the women and worshiped the gods of the Moab people-group.
De innbød folket til offermåltidene for sine guder, og folket åt og tilbad deres guder;
3 By doing that, those Israeli people joined the women in worshiping the god Baal [add] the Moab people-group thought lived on Peor Mountain. That caused Yahweh to become very angry with his people.
og Israel holdt sig til Ba'al-Peor. Da optendtes Herrens vrede mot Israel,
4 Yahweh said this to Moses/me: “Seize all the leaders of those men who are doing this and execute them while I am watching. Do that in the daytime. After you do that, I will no longer be angry with the Israeli people.”
og Herren sa til Moses: Hent alle folkets høvdinger og la hine menn nagles til pelen under åpen himmel for Herren! Så skal Herrens brennende vrede avvendes fra Israel.
5 So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
Og Moses sa til Israels dommere: Hver av eder skal slå ihjel dem av sine folk som har holdt sig til Ba'al-Peor!
6 [But later], while Moses/I and many [HYP] other people were crying at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, while they/we were watching, one of the Israeli men brought a woman from the Midian people-group into his tent [and started to have sex with her].
Da kom en mann av Israels barn og førte en midianittisk kvinne inn blandt sine brødre for Moses' og hele Israels menighets øine mens de satt og gråt ved inngangen til sammenkomstens telt.
7 When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
Da Pinehas, sønn av Eleasar og sønnesønn av Aron, presten, så det, trådte han frem av menigheten og tok et spyd i sin hånd
8 and rushed into the man’s tent. He thrust the spear completely through the man’s body and into the woman’s belly [and killed both of them]. When he did that, the (plague/serious illness) [that had started to strike the Israelis] stopped.
og gikk efter den israelittiske mann inn i koven og stakk spydet gjennem dem begge, både den israelittiske mann og kvinnen, så det gikk inn i hennes liv; da stanset sotten og vek fra Israels barn.
9 But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
Og de som døde i sotten, var fire og tyve tusen.
10 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:
11 “Phinehas has caused me to stop being angry with the Israeli people, by being as eager as I am [to stop this sinful behavior]. I was ready to get rid of all the Israeli people because I was extremely angry, but Phinehas has prevented me from doing that.
Pinehas, sønn av Eleasar og sønnesønn av Aron, presten, har avvendt min vrede fra Israels barn, fordi han brente av min nidkjærhet iblandt dem, så jeg ikke gjorde ende på Israels barn i min nidkjærhet.
12 Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
Derfor skal du si: Se, jeg gjør min pakt med ham at det skal gå ham vel;
13 In this agreement, I am promising to give to him and to his descendants the right/authority to be priests. I am doing this because [he showed that] he was very eager to honor me, his God, by stopping this sinful behavior. He has caused the Israeli people to become acceptable to me again by causing them to be forgiven for their sin.”
med ham og hans efterkommere gjør jeg en pakt at de skal ha et evig prestedømme, fordi han var nidkjær for sin Gud og gjorde soning for Israels barn.
14 The Israeli man who was killed with the woman of the Moab people-group was named Zimri. He was the son of Salu, who was the leader of a family from the tribe of Simeon.
Men navnet på den drepte israelittiske mann, han som blev drept sammen med den midianittiske kvinne, var Simri, sønn av Salu, høvding for en familie blandt simeonittene;
15 The woman’s name was Cozbi. She was the daughter of Zur, who was the leader of one of the clans of the Midian people-group.
og den drepte midianittiske kvinnes navn var Kosbi, datter av Sur; han var høvding for en stammefamilie blandt midianittene.
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:
17 “[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
Angrip midianittene og slå dem!
18 They have become your enemies, because they tricked you Israeli people and induced/persuaded many of you to worship Baal, and because [one of your men had sex with] Cozbi, who was the daughter of a leader of the Midian people-group. She was killed at the time the plague [started because the people sinned] at Peor [Mountain].”
For de angrep eder med de svikefulle råd som de brukte mot eder, da det hendte dette med Peor og med Kosbi, deres søster, den midianittiske fyrstes datter, hun som blev drept dengang sotten kom over eder for Peors skyld.
