4 Mosebok 21
1 Då den kananitiske kongen som budde i Arad i Sudlandet, høyrde at Israel kom farande etter ålmannvegen, tok han på deim, og fanga nokre av deim.
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.
2 Då gjorde Israel ein lovnad til Herren, og sagde: «Gjev du dette folket i våre hender, so skal me bannstøyta byarne deira.»
Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
3 Og Herren høyrde bøni, og gav kananitarne i Israels hender, og Israel bannstøytte deim og byarne deira; sidan kalla dei den staden Horma.
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’].
4 Frå Horfjellet tok dei leidi burt imot Raudehavet, og vilde fara ikring Edomlandet. Men på vegen vart folket utoluge;
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,
5 dei lasta Gud og Moses, og sagde: «Kvi hadde de oss burt frå Egyptarland? No lyt me døy her i øydemarki; for her finst det korkje brød eller vatn, og me er hjarteleide av denne veike maten.»
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!”
6 Då sende Herren eiterormar, som for inn imillom folket og hogg deim, so mange av deim døydde.
So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
7 So kom dei til Moses, og sagde: «Me synda då me lasta Herren og deg. Bed Herren at han vil fria oss frå ormarne!» Då bad Moses for folket.
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.
8 Og Herren sagde til Moses: «Gjer deg ein eitarorm, og set honom upp på ei stong, so skal kvar ein som er ormhoggen og ser burt på honom få liva.»
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).”
9 So gjorde Moses ein koparorm, og sette honom på ei stong, og kvar gong ormarne hadde hogge nokon og han såg burt på koparormen, fekk han liva.
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!
10 Sidan tok Israels-sønerne i vegen att, og lægra seg i Obot.
Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
11 So tok dei ut frå Obot, og lægra seg ved Ijje-ha-Abarim i øydemarki austanfor Moab.
Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
12 So for dei derifrå, og slo læger i Zereddalen.
From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
13 So for dei lenger, og slo læger på hi sida av Arnonelvi, der som ho kjem utor Amoritarlandet og renn igjenom øydemarki. Arnon er landskilet åt Moab, og byte millom Moab og amoritarne;
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.
14 difor stend det i boki um Herrens herferder: «Vaheb vann me snøgge som vinden, åern’ alle, ja sjølve Arnon -
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]
15 elvelidi som heldt til Arheim og hallar seg uppåt Moabs-eigni.»
and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
16 So for dei til Be’er. Der er den brunnen som Herren tala um då han sagde til Moses: «Kalla i hop folket, so skal eg gjeva deim vatn!»
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.”
17 Då song Israel denne songen: «Vell upp, du klåre olla! Ein song me vil deg syngja!
There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
18 Du brunn som jarlar bora, og hovdingarne hola med styrarstavarn’ sine - frå aude grunn ei gåva.»
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,
19 Frå Mattana for dei so til Nahaliel, og frå Nahaliel til Bamot,
Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
20 og frå Bamot til den dalen som ligg i Moabmarki, tett med toppen av Pisgafjellet, og hallar ned imot Øydemoen.
Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
21 Israel sende bod til Sihon, kongen yver amoritarne, og sagde:
Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message [that they/we gave him]:
22 «Lat meg få fara igjenom landet ditt! Me skal ikkje koma inn på åkrarne eller vingardarne, og ikkje drikka av brunnarne; me skal halda oss etter kongsvegen, til me er komne gjenom landet ditt.»
“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.”
23 Men Sihon vilde ikkje gjeva Israel lov til å fara gjenom landet; han samla alt herfolket sitt, og for ut i øydemarki mot Israel. Då han kom til Jahas, møtte han deim, og rauk på deim.
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].
24 Men Israel hogg honom ned med kvasse sverd, og tok landet hans, frå Arnon til Jabbok til Ammonriket; men landskilet åt Ammons-sønerne var tettsett med borger.
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.
25 Og Israel lagde under seg alle byarne åt amoritarne, og vart buande der, i Hesbon og alle dei byarne som høyrde til.
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.
26 For Hesbon var hovudstaden åt Sihon, amoritarkongen; han hadde slegest med den fyrre kongen i Moab, og teke frå honom alt landet heilt til Arnon.
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].
27 Difor segjer skalden: «Kom hit, kom hit til Hesbon, bygg upp att Sihons borg!
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.
28 For eld for ut frå Hesbon, frå Sihons stad ein loge, som øydde Ar i Moab og herja deim som hyste på Arnonhøgdene.
A fire blazed from Heshbon; it burned down Ar [city] in Moab, it destroyed [everything on] the hills along the Arnon [River].
29 Ai ei, no er det ute med ætti åt Kamos! Han sønern’ sine sender som rømingar or riket, og sine døtter driv han til amoritardrotten Sihon i fangeferd.
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.
30 Me skot på skot deim sende; Hesbon vart lagd i grus og heile landet herja med odd og egg, til Dibon. Me øydde alt ikring oss, og kveikte ufredselden alt burt åt Medeba.»
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].”
31 Israels-sønerne slo seg ned i Amoritarlandet,
So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
32 og Moses sende njosnarar til Jazer; siden lagde dei under seg alle bygderne der ikring, og dreiv ut amoritarne som budde der.
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.
33 So tok dei på ei onnor leid, og for uppetter til Basan; og Og, kongen i Basan, for i mot deim til Edre’i med alt herfolket sitt, og baud ufred.
Then they turned [north] toward the Bashan region, but King Og of Bashan and all his army attacked them at Edrei [town].
34 Men Herren sagde til Moses: «Du treng ikkje vera rædd honom! Eg gjev honom i dine hender med alt folket og landet hans, og du kann gjera med honom som du gjorde med Sihon, kongen yver amoritarne, som budde i Hesbon.»
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.”
35 So hogg dei honom ned, både honom og sønerne og folket hans, so ingen vart att eller slapp undan, og sidan eigna dei åt seg landet.
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.
