5 Mosebok 4
1 «So høyr no, Israel, dei loverne og bodi eg lærer dykk, og haldt dykk etter deim, so de kann få liva og koma til å eiga det landet som Herren, fedreguden dykkar, vil gjeva dykk.
“Now, you Israeli people, obey all the rules and regulations [DOU] that I will teach you. If you do that, you will remain alive and you will enter and occupy/capture the land that Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [worshiped], is giving to you.
2 De skal ingen ting leggja attåt det som eg segjer dykk fyre, og ingen ting taka ifrå, men lyda Herrens bod, som eg no ber fram for dykk.
Do not add anything to what I command you, and do not take anything away from what I tell you. Obey all the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you.
3 De såg sjølve kva Herren gjorde då det hende dette med Ba’al-Peor; alle deim som fylgde Ba’al-Peor, rudde Herren ut or lyden;
“You have seen what Yahweh did at Baal-Peor [Mountain]. He got rid of all the people who worshiped [the god] Baal there,
4 men de som heldt fast ved Herren, dykkar Gud, de hev alle fenge liva til denne dag.
but you who faithfully [continued to worship] Yahweh our God are still alive today.
5 Sjå, no lærar eg dykk lover og bod, soleis som Herren, min Gud, hev sagt til meg, so de skal liva etter deim i det landet de kjem til og fær i eige.
“Note that I have taught you all the rules and regulations, just like Yahweh our God told me to do. He wants you to obey them [when you are living] in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.
6 So ber deim i hugen, og liv etter deim! Då fær de ord for visdom og klokskap hjå alle folkeslag; når dei høyrer um alle desse bodi, kjem dei til å segja: «For eit vist og vitugt folk det må vera, dette store folket!»
Obey them faithfully because, [if you do that], you will show the people of other nations that you are very wise. When they hear about all these laws, they will say, ‘The people of this great nation [of Israel] are certainly very wise [DOU]!’
7 For kvar finst det eit folk, um det er aldri so stort, som hev ein gud so nær seg som Herren, vår Gud, er oss, kvar gong me kallar på honom?
Even if other nations are great, there is none [RHQ] of them that has a god who is as near to them as Yahweh our God is to us! Whenever we call out to him [to help us, he answers/helps us]
8 Og kvar finst det eit folk, um det er aldri so stort, som hev so rettvise lover og bod som heile denne lovi eg legg fram for dykk i dag?
And there is no [RHQ] other nation, even if it is a great nation, that has laws that are as just/fair as the laws that I am telling to you today.
9 Men agta deg, so sant du hev livet ditt kjært, at du ikkje gløymer det du såg for augo dine! Lat det aldri ganga deg ut or hugen so lenge du liver, og gjer det kunnigt for borni og barneborni dine!
“But be very careful! [DOU, IDM] Do not forget what you [SYN] have seen [God do]. Remember those things as long as you are alive. Tell them to your children and your grandchildren.
10 Kom i hug den dagen då du stod framfor Herren, din Gud, innmed Horeb, og Herren sagde til meg: «Kalla folket i hop! Eg vil lata deim høyra bodi mine, so dei kann læra å ottast meg all den tid dei liver på jordi, og læra borni sine det same.»
Tell them about the day that your ancestors stood in the presence of Yahweh our God at Sinai [Mountain], when he said to me, ‘Gather the people together, in order that they can hear what I say. I want them to learn to have an awesome respect for me as long as they are alive, and I want them to teach their children to do that also.’
11 Då kom dei innåt, og stod nedunder fjellet, og fjellet stod i ljos loge til langt upp i himmelen, men rundt ikring var myrker og sky og skodd.
[Tell them that] your ancestors came near the bottom of the mountain, while the mountain burned with a fire that went up to the sky, and the mountain was covered with dark clouds and black [smoke].
12 Og Herren tala til dykk midt utor elden; de høyrde ljoden av ordi, men nokon skapnad såg de ikkje; de høyrde berre ljoden.
Then Yahweh spoke to your ancestors out of the middle of the fire. Your ancestors heard him speak, but they did not see him. They only heard his voice.
13 Då lyste han lovi si for dykk, og sagde de skulde halda henne, dei ti bodordi, og skreiv deim på tvo steintavlor.
And he declared to them his agreement. That agreement contained the Ten Commandments that he wants you to obey. He wrote those on two stone tablets.
14 Og meg bad Herren same gongen å læra dykk lover og bod som de skal liva etter i det landet de er på vegen til og skal leggja under dykk.
Yahweh commanded me to teach all the rules and regulations to you, in order that you would obey them in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.”
15 Tak dykk då vel i vare, so sant de hev livet kjært! for de såg ikkje nokon skapnad då Herren tala til dykk på Horeb midt utor elden.
“On the day that Yahweh spoke to your ancestors at Sinai [Mountain], he was invisible. So, be careful
16 Gjer ikkje so stor ei synd at de lagar dykk noko gudebilæte, noko kunstverk som likjest mann eller kvende
that you do not sin by making for yourselves any idol [of something that can be seen!] not make an idol that resembles any person, either a man or a woman,
17 eller noko av dyri som leikar på jordi eller nokon av fuglarne som flyg uppi lufti,
or that resembles any animal or any bird
18 eller noko av kreket som krabbar på marki eller nokon av fiskarne som sym i vatnet utfyre landjordi.
or any (reptile/creature that scurries across the ground) or any fish in the deep ocean.
19 Og når du lyfter augo dine upp imot himmelen, og skodar soli og månen og stjernorne, heile himmelheren, tak deg då i vare at du ikkje let deg dåra, so du bed til deim og dyrkar deim, deim som Herren, din Gud, hev gjeve åt alle folk under heile himmelen!
And be careful to not look up toward the sky and be tempted to worship anything that you see there—the sun or the moon or the stars. Yahweh our God has given those to [be a blessing to] all people everywhere, [but you must not worship them].
20 Men dykk tok Herren og førde ut or jarnomnen, or Egyptarland, so de skulde vera hans eige folk, soleis som de no er.
Yahweh has brought your ancestors out of Egypt, where [they were suffering as though] they were in a blazing furnace, in order that they would be people who belong to him, which is what you are today.
21 Og Herren vart harm på meg for dykkar skuld, og svor at eg skulde ikkje sleppa yver Jordan, og ikkje koma inn i det gilde landet som han gjev deg til odel og eiga.
“But Yahweh was angry with me because of [what] your ancestors [made me do]. He vowed that I would not cross the Jordan [River] to enter the good/fertile land that he is giving to you.
22 Eg lyt døy i dette landet, eg slepp ikkje yver Jordan; men de skal koma yver, og få det gilde landet til eigedom.
He said that I must die here in this land and never cross the Jordan [River]. But you will go across it, and you will occupy that land.
23 Agta dykk då at de ikkje gløymer pakti Herren hev gjort med dykk, og lagar dykk noko gudebilæte som likjest nokon ting i verdi! for det hev Herren, din Gud, forbode deg.
Be sure that you do not forget the agreement that Yahweh our God made with you. He commanded you to not make any kind of idol, because he has forbidden that.
24 Herren, din Gud, er ein øydande eld, ein streng Gud.
[You must not do that] because Yahweh your God will destroy [anyone who worships idols, ] like [MET] a fire completely destroys things. He [wants people to worship only him, he] (cannot accept/will punish) people who worship anyone or anything else.
25 Når du fær born og barneborn, og vert gamle i landet, og de då er so gudlause at de lagar dykk likjende av eitt eller anna og hev til gudebilæte, og soleis gjer det som Herren mislikar, og argar honom upp,
“When you have been in the land [of Canaan] for a long time and you have children and grandchildren, do not sin by making an idol that represents anything at all, because Yahweh says that is evil, and if you do that, you will cause him to become angry with you [and punish you].
26 so tek eg i dag himmel og jord til vitne på at de snart skal verta utrudde or det landet de fær i eige når de kjem yver Jordan; de skal ikkje få liva der lenge, men verta heiltupp utøydde.
Today I am requesting everyone who is in heaven and everyone who is on the earth [MTY] to watch what you are doing. [If you disobey what I am telling you], you will soon all die in the land that you will be crossing the Jordan [River] to occupy. You will not live very long there; Yahweh will completely get rid of many [HYP] of you.
27 Herren skal spreida dykk millom folki; berre nokre få av dykk skal vera att i dei heidningriki han fører dykk til;
And [the rest of you], Yahweh will force you to go and live among the people of many other nations. Only a few of you will (survive/remain alive) there.
28 og der lyt de tena gudar som mannehender hev laga, stokk og stein, som korkje kann sjå eller høyra eller eta eller lukta.
When you are in those nations, you will worship gods that are made of wood and stone, gods made by humans, gods that cannot see anything or hear anything or eat anything or smell anything.
29 Då skal du søkja Herren, din Gud, og du skal finna honom, so sant du søkjer honom av heile ditt hjarta og heile din hug.
But while you are there, if you will try to know Yahweh your God, and if you try with your entire inner being to know him, he will (answer/reveal himself to) you.
30 Når du er i vande, og alt dette kjem yver deg, langt fram i tidi, då skal du venda deg til Herren att, og lyda etter ordi hans.
In the future, after you have been mistreated there and all those bad things happen to you, you will again worship only Yahweh and obey him.
31 For Herren, din Gud, er ein mild Gud; han slepper deg ikkje, og let deg ikkje ganga til grunnar; han gløymer ikkje den pakti han gjorde med federne dine, og det han då lova.
Yahweh is a God who acts mercifully. [If you continue to obey him], he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the agreement that he solemnly made with your ancestors.”
32 For spør deg berre fyre um dei framfarne dagar, som var fyre di tid, alt ifrå den dagen då Gud skapte menneskja på jordi, spør frå den eine enden av verdi til hin, um det hev hendt eller vore spurt noko so stort som dette,
“Now think about the past, about the time before you were born, about all the time since God first created people here on the earth. You could search everywhere, in heaven and on the earth. (Has anything like this ever happened that is as great as [what Yahweh did for the Israeli people]?/Certainly nothing has ever happened that is as great [as what Yahweh did for the Israeli people].) [RHQ] (Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?/Certainly no one has ever heard of anything like this.) [RHQ]
33 um noko folk hev høyrt Guds røyst midt utor elden, soleis som du hev gjort, og endå fenge liva,
(Has any group ever remained alive after they heard a god speak to them from the middle of a fire, like we did?/Certainly no group has ever remained alive after they heard a god speak to them from the middle of a fire, like we did.) [RHQ]
34 eller um nokon gud hev bode til å vilja henta seg eit folk midt ut or eit anna folk, med plågor og teikn og under og ufred, og med fast hand og strak arm og store rædslor, soleis som du såg Herren, din Gud, gjorde med dykk i Egyptarland.
Certainly no other god has ever tried to take a [huge] group of people from one nation [to another location], like he did for us when he brought us out of Egypt. We saw Yahweh our God use great power [MTY, DOU] when he performed many kinds of [DOU] miracles, and sent plagues, and did many other very terrifying things in Egypt for us, [and rescued us when the army of Egypt tried to fight against us].
35 Men alt dette fekk du sjå, so du skulde vita at Herren er Gud, han og ingen annan.
“Yahweh showed all these things to you, in order that you would know that only he is truly God, and that there is no other God.
36 Frå himmelen let han deg høyra røysti si, av di han vilde rettleida deg, og på jordi synte han deg den store elden sin, og midt utor elden høyrde du ordi hans.
He allowed your ancestors to hear him speak from heaven in order that he could discipline them. Here on the earth he allowed them to see his great fire [on Sinai Mountain], and he spoke to them from the middle of the fire.
37 Han hadde lagt hug til federne dine, og kåra ut ætti deira; difor henta han deg sjølv ut or Egyptarland med si store magt
Because he loved our ancestors, he chose you Israelis who are their descendants, and by his great power he brought your ancestors out of Egypt.
38 og vil for di skuld driva ut folk som er større og sterkare enn du, so han kann føra deg inn i landet deira, og lata deg få det til odel og eige, soleis som du no ser.
[As they advanced], he expelled the people of nations that were greater and more powerful than they were, in order that he could allow them to capture their land and cause it to become yours, which is [what is happening] now.
39 So legg deg då i dag på hjarta og minne at Herren er Gud både uppi himmelen og nedpå jordi; det finst ingen annan Gud;
“So today you should (meditate on/think about) the fact that Yahweh is God, that he is/rules in heaven and also on the earth, and that there is no other god.
40 og haldt loverne og bodi hans, som eg lærer deg no; då skal det ganga deg vel, og borni dine og, og du skal få liva lenge i det landet som Herren, din Gud, gjev deg til æveleg eiga.»
Obey all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today, in order that things will go well for you and for your descendants, and that you will live a long time in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, [to belong to you] forever.”
41 Den gongen skilde Moses ut tri byar austanfor Jordan,
Then Moses/I set apart three cities that are on the east side of the Jordan [River].
42 so ein fredlaus kunde røma dit, når han uviljande hadde drepe nokon, og ikkje bar hat til honom frå fyrr; rømde han til ein av desse byarne, skulde han vera trygg for livet sitt.
If someone accidentally killed another person, a person who had not been his enemy previously, he could escape to one of those cities. He would be safe/protected in one of those cities [because the people there would protect him].
43 Det var Beser i øydemarki, på høgsletta, for rubenitarne, og Ramot i Gilead for gaditarne, og Golan i Basan for manassitarne.
For the tribe of Reuben, Moses/I set apart Bezer [city] in the (plateau/high level) area. For the tribe of Gad, Moses/I set apart Ramoth [city] in the Gilead [area]. For the tribe of Manasseh, Moses/I set apart Golan [city] in the Bashan [region].
44 Her er då den lovi som Moses lagde fram for Israels-sønerne;
Moses/I gave [God’s] laws to the Israeli people.
45 dette er dei bodi og fyresegnerne og rettarne han lyste for deim på ferdi frå Egyptarland,
They included all the rules and instructions and commands that Moses/I gave to them, after they/we had come out of Egypt,
46 austanfor Jordan, i dalen midt for Bet-Peor, i det landet som Sihon, amoritarkongen, hadde ått, han som budde i Hesbon, og som Moses og Israels-sønerne vann yver då dei kom frå Egyptarland;
when they/we were in the valley east of the Jordan [River]. They/We were across from Beth-Peor [town], in the land that [previously] was ruled by Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city]. Moses/I and the other Israelis had defeated his [army] when they/we came out of Egypt.
47 då tok dei både hans land og landet åt Og, kongen i Basan, landet åt båe amoritarkongarne som budde austanfor Jordan,
They/We captured Sihon’s land and the land that Og, the king of the Bashan [region], ruled. They were the two kings who ruled the Amor people-group [in the area] east of the Jordan [River].
48 frå Aroer, som ligg innmed Arnonåi, til Sionsfjellet, det som dei kallar Hermon,
Their land extended from Aroer [town in the south] along the Arnon [River], as far [north] as Sirion Mountain, which [most people] call Hermon Mountain.
49 og heile Moalandet austanfor Jordan alt til Moavatnet, nedunder Pisgaliderne.
It also included all the area east of the Jordan [River] Valley, all the way south to the Dead Sea and east to the slopes of Pisgah [Mountain].
