Deuteronomy 8
1 You must keep all the commands that I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that Yahweh swore to your fathers.
Alle de Bud, jeg i Dag pålægger dig, skal I omhyggeligt handle efter, for at I må blive i Live og blive mangfoldige og komme ind og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som HERREN tilsvor eders Fædre.
2 You will call to mind all the ways that Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order that he might humble you, that he might test you to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep his commandments or not.
Og du skal komme i Hu, hvorledes HERREN din Gud i disse fyrretyve År har ført dig i Ørkenen for at ydmyge dig og sætte dig på Prøve og for at se, hvad der boede i dit Hjerte, om du vilde holde hans Bud eller ej.
3 He humbled you, and made you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you had not known and which your fathers had not known. He did that to make you know that it is not by bread alone that people live; rather, it is by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh that people live.
Han ydmygede dig og lod dig sulte og gav dig så Manna at spise, en Føde, som hverken du eller dine Fædre før kendte til, for at lade dig vide, at Mennesket ikke lever af Brød alene; men ved alt, hvad der udgår af HERRENs Mund, lever Mennesket.
4 Your clothing did not wear out and fall off you, and your feet did not swell up during those forty years.
Dine klæder blev ikke slidt af Kroppen på dig, og dine Fødder hovnede ikke i disse fyrretyve År:
5 You will think about in your heart, how, as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.
Så vid da og tag dig til Hjerte, at HERREN optugter dig, som en Mand optugter sin Søn.
6 You will keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, so that you might walk in his ways and honor him.
Og hold HERREN din Guds Bud, så du vandrer på hans Veje og frygter ham.
7 For Yahweh your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out into valleys and among hills;
Thi HERREN din Gud vil føre dig ind i et herligt Land, et Land med Vandbække, Kilder og Strømme, der vælder frem på Bjerg og Dal,
8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey.
et Land med Hvede og Byg, med Vinstokke, Figentræer og Granatæbletræer, et Land med Oliventræer og Honning,
9 It is a land in which you will eat bread without lack, and where you will not go without anything; a land whose stones are made of iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
et Land, hvor du ikke skal tære Fattigmands Brød, hvor du intet skal mangle, et Land, hvis Sten giver Jern, og i hvis Bjerge du kan hugge Kobber.
10 You will eat and be full, and you will bless Yahweh your God for the good land that he has given you.
Men når du så spiser dig mæt, skal du love HERREN din Gud for det herlige Land, han gav dig.
11 Be careful that you do not forget Yahweh your God, and that you do not neglect his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes that I am commanding you today,
Vogt dig for at glemme HERREN din Gud, så du ikke holder hans Bud, Lovbud og Anordninger, som jeg i Dag pålægger dig.
12 otherwise, when you eat and are full, and when you build good houses and live in them, your heart will be lifted up.
Når du da spiser dig mæt og bygger gode Huse og bor i dem,
13 Be careful when your herds and flocks multiply and when your silver and gold increase, and all that you have is multiplied,
og dit Hornkvæg og Småkvæg øges, og dit Sølv og Guld øges, og alt, hvad du ejer, øges,
14 then your heart becomes lifted up and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
lad så ikke dit Hjerte blive hovmodigt, så du glemmer HERREN din Gud, som førte dig ud af Ægypten, af Trællehuset,
15 Do not forget him who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the rock of flint.
ham, som ledte dig i den store, grufulde Ørken med dens Giftslanger og Skorpioner og vandløse Ødemarker, ham, som lod Vand vælde frem til dig af den flinthårde Klippe,
16 He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors had never known, so that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end,
ham, som i Ørkenen gav dig Manna at spise, som dine Fædre ikke kendte til, dig til Ydmygelse og Prøvelse, for i de kommende Dage at kunne gøre vel imod dig!
17 but you may say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand acquired all this wealth.'
Og sig ikke ved dig selv: "Det er min egen Kraft og min egen Hånds Styrke, der har skaffet mig den Rigdom."
18 But you will call to mind Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is today.
Men kom HERREN din Gud i Hu; thi ham er det, der giver dig Kraft til at vinde dig Rigdom for at stadfæste den Pagt, han tilsvor dine Fædre, således som det nu er sket.
19 It will happen that, if you will forget Yahweh your God and walk after other gods, worship them, and reverence them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
Men hvis du glemmer HERREN din Gud og holder dig til andre Guder og dyrker og tilbeder dem, så vidner jeg for eder i Dag, at I skal gå til Grunde.
20 Like the nations that Yahweh is making to perish before you, so will you perish, because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
Som de Folk, HERREN lader gå til Grunde for eder, skal I gå til Grunde, til Straf for at I ikke vilde adlyde HERREN eders Gud!
