2 Mosebok 23
1 Far ikkje med ljugardrøs! Slå ikkje lag med den som hev ei rang sak, so du vitnar med honom og hjelper uretten.
“Do not tell to others (false rumors/untrue reports) about other people. Do not help someone who is guilty by (testifying falsely/lying) [about what happened].
2 Fylg ikkje flokken i det som vondt er! Tala ikkje soleis på tinget at du hallar etter hopen og rengjer retten!
Do not join a group of people who are planning to do something evil. Do not testify the way the [crowd wants you to], if that will prevent [the judge from deciding the case] justly/fairly.
3 Um det so er ein arming, so skal du’kje snilda på saki hans.
When a poor person is on trial, do not [testify in] his favor [just] because he is poor [and you feel sorry for him].
4 Når du finn ein ukse eller eit asen som hev vildra seg burt, og som uvenen din eig, so skal du hava deim attende til honom!
If you see someone’s bull or donkey when it is wandering away [loose], take it back to [its owner, even if the owner] is your enemy.
5 Når du ser at asnet åt uvenen din hev sige under kløvi, so må du’kje tenkja på å ganga ifrå honom; du lyt hjelpa honom å løysa kløvi!
If you see someone’s donkey that has fallen down [because of its heavy load], help the owner to get the donkey up again, [even if] he is someone who hates you. Do not just walk away [without helping him].
6 Reng ikkje retten for fatigfolk på tinget!
Decide the cases of poor people who are on trial [as] fairly [as you decide the cases of other people].
7 Haldt deg burte frå alle lygnarsaker, so du ikkje vert skuld i at ein saklaus og rettferdig mann let livet! For den som er skuldig, dømer ikkje eg fri.
Do not accuse people falsely. Do not decide that innocent and righteous [DOU] people should be executed, because I will (punish/not forgive) people who do such an evil thing.
8 Tak ikkje mutor! For mutorne synskverver deim som ser klårt, og rengjer saki for dei som hev rett.
Do not accept money that is a bribe, because officials who accept bribes are not able to [MTY] decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly.
9 Far ikkje hardt med dei framande! For de veit korleis det er å kjenna seg framand; de var sjølve framande i Egyptarlandet.
Do not mistreat foreigners [who live among you]. You know [how people often treat] foreigners, because the Egyptians [did not treat you well when] you were foreigners there.
10 Seks år skal du så til jordi di, og hausta det ho ber;
Plant [seeds] in your ground and gather the harvest for six years.
11 men det sjuande skal du lata henne liggja og kvila, so dei fatige i landet kann finna noko å liva av, og det som dei leiver, må villdyri eta; sameleis skal du gjera med vingarden din og oljetrei.
But during the seventh year you must not plant anything. [If things grow without your planting seeds], allow poor people [to harvest and] eat the crops. If there are still crops (left over/that they do not harvest), allow wild animals to eat them. Do the same thing with your grapevines/vineyards and your olive trees.
12 Seks dagar lyt du gjera arbeidet ditt; men den sjuande dagen skal du halda heilag, so uksen din og asnet ditt kann hava ro, og tenaren din og den framande mannen fær kvila seg.
[You may] work for six days [each week], but on the seventh day you must rest [and not work]. And on the seventh day you must allow your work animals and your slaves and the foreigners [who live among you] also [to rest and] be refreshed.
13 Alt det eg hev sagt ifrå um, lyt de vara dykk for! Nokon annan gud må de ikkje nemna! Slikt må du aldri taka på tunga!
Make certain that you obey everything that I have commanded [you to do]. Do not pray to [MTY] other gods. Do not even mention their names.”
14 Tri gonger um året skal du halda høgtid for meg.
“Every year you must celebrate three festivals to [honor] me.
15 Fyrst er det søtebrødhelgi; då skal du i sju dagar eta søtt brød, soleis som eg hev sagt deg, på den tid eg hev sett, i aksmånaden; for då tok du ut frå Egyptarland. Og ingen må visa seg tomhendt for augo mine.
[The first one] is the Festival of Bread That Has No Yeast. Celebrate it in the month [that is named] Abib. That is the month in which you left Egypt. Celebrate it in the way that I commanded you. And always bring [LIT] an offering when you come to worship me.
16 So er det skurdhelgi, når du skjer fyrstegrøda av det du sådde på åkeren, og so hausthelgi, når året er ute, og du samlar i hus det du hev avla på marki.
The second one is the Festival of Harvesting. During that festival you must offer to me the first parts/harvest of your crops that grow from the seeds that you planted. The third one is the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. That will be after you finish harvesting your grain and grapes and fruit.
17 Tri vendor um året skal alle karmennerne dykkar møta for Drotten, for Herren.
Every year, at each of these times, all the men must gather together to worship me, Yahweh God.
18 Du skal ikkje bera fram blodet av offerdyri mine i hop med brød som er syrt, og feittet av høgtidsofferet mitt må ikkje verta liggjande natti yver, til morgons.
When you sacrifice an animal [and offer it] to me, you must not offer bread that has been baked with yeast. [When you] offer sacrifices, [burn] the fat [from the animals on that same day]. Do not allow any fat to remain until the next morning.
19 Det aller fyrste av grøda på marki di skal du bera til huset åt Herren, din Gud. Du skal ikkje sjoda kidet i mjølka åt mor si.
Each year, when you harvest your crops, bring to the place where you worship me, Yahweh God, the first part of what you harvest. When you kill a (young animal/kid [or lamb or calf)], do not [prepare to eat it by] boiling it in its mother’s milk.”
20 Sjå no sender eg ein engel framfyre deg; han skal vara deg på vegen, og fylgja deg fram til den staden som eg hev etla deg.
“Note this: I am going to send an angel ahead of you, to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared [for you]. Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him, because he will have my authority [MTY] and he will (punish/not forgive) [LIT] you if you rebel against him.
21 Tak deg i vare for honom, og lyd etter ordi hans! Set dykk ikkje upp imot honom! For han vil ikkje tola broti dykkar; i honom er eg sjølv.
22 Men lyder du so sant etter ordi hans og gjer alt det eg segjer, so skal eg hata deim som hatar deg, og trengja deim som trengjer deg.
But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you [to do], I will fight strongly [DOU] against all of your enemies.
23 For min engel min skal ganga fyre deg, og fylgja deg fram til amoritarne og hetitarne og perizitarne og kananitarne og hevitarne og jebusitarne, og eg vil øyda deim ut.
My angel will go ahead of you, and will take you to where the Amor and Heth and Periz and Canaan and Hiv and Jebus people-groups live, and I will completely get rid of them.
24 Du skal ikkje tena og ikkje tilbeda gudarne deira! Du skal ikkje gjera som dei gjer, men du skal riva ned avgudarne og slå sund minnesteinarne deira.
Do not bow down before their gods/idols or worship them. And do not do the things [that they think that their gods want] them to do. Completely destroy their gods/idols, and smash to pieces their sacred stones.
25 De skal tena Herren, dykkar Gud! Då skal han signa både brødet og vatnet for deg, og sott og sykja skal eg venda frå deg.
You must worship me, Yahweh God. [If you do that], I will bless your (OR, bless [you by giving you]) food and water, and I will protect you from becoming sick.
26 Det skal ikkje finnast kvende i landet ditt som fer ille eller ikkje er barnkjømd. Du skal få liva alderen ut.
No women in your land will have (miscarriages/babies that will die after being born prematurely), and no women will be unable to become pregnant. And I will enable you to live a long time.
27 Fælska for meg skal eg senda fyre deg; alle dei folki du kjem til, skal eg forvilla; eg skal laga det so at alle fiendarne dine syner deg ryggen.
I will cause the people who oppose you to become very afraid of me. I will cause the people whom you fight against to become very confused. And then I will cause them to turn around and run away from you.
28 Ein kvefsesvarm vil eg senda fyre deg; den skal støkkja burt både hevitar og kananitar og hetitar.
I will cause your enemies to become terrified. And I will expel the Hiv, Canaan, and Heth people-groups from your land.
29 Eg vil ikkje driva deim ut på eitt år; for då kunde landet øydast, og villdyri verta for mange for deg.
I will not expel [all of] them in less than one year. If I did that, your land would become deserted, and there would be very many wild animals ([that would attack you/you would not be able to control]).
30 Smått um senn vil eg jaga deim ut for deg, til dess du veks til, og tek landet i eige.
I will expel those people-groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in the land.
31 Og riket ditt det skal rekka frå Sevsjøen til Filistarhavet, og frå Øydemarki til Storelvi. So gjev eg no i henderne dykkar deim som bur og byggjer i landet, og du skal driva dei ut.
I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba) [in the southeast] to the Mediterranean Sea [in the northwest], and from the [Sinai] Desert [in the southwest] to the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast of the country]. I will enable you [MTY] to expel the people who live there, so that you will expel them as you occupy more of the country.
32 Aldri må du gjera noko samband med deim eller gudarne deira.
You must not make any agreement/treaty with those people or with their gods.
33 Dei må ikkje bu i landet ditt; for då kunde dei lokka deg til å synda mot meg, og tenar du gudarne deira, so vert det deg til ei snara.»»
Do not allow [those people] to live in your land, in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, [you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me, just like someone caught] in a trap [is unable to escape] [MET].”
