5 Mosebok 2
1 Då vände vi om, och drogo ut i öknena, på den vägen till röda hafvet, såsom Herren sade till mig; och drogom omkring Seirs berg, en långan tid.
“Then we turned around and went through the desert toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba), as Yahweh told us to do, and we wandered in the Edom area for many years.
2 Och Herren sade till mig:
Then Yahweh said to me,
3 I hafven nu nog dragit kringom detta berget; vänder eder norrut.
‘You have been wandering around this hilly area for a long enough time. Now turn [and travel] toward the north.
4 Och bjud folkena, och säg: I skolen draga genom edra bröders Esau barnas gränsor, som bo i Seir, och de skola frukta för eder; men förvarer eder granneliga.
And tell the people that they are about to travel near the land that belongs to the descendants of Esau, who are also descendants of Isaac. They live in the [hilly] Edom region. They will be afraid of you,
5 Slår icke uppå dem; ty jag skall icke gifva eder en fot bredt uti deras land; förty Esau barn hafver jag gifvit Seirs berg till att besitta.
but do not start to fight against them, because I am not going to give you even a tiny bit [HYP] of their land. I have given that land to the descendants of Esau.
6 Maten skolen I köpa af dem för edra penningar, den I äten; och vattnet skolen I köpa af dem för penningar, som I dricken.
[When you travel near their land], buy food and water from them.’
7 Ty Herren din Gud hafver välsignat dig i alla dina händers gerningar; han hafver lagt på hjertat ditt resande genom denna stora öknena; och Herren din Gud hafver i fyratio år varit när dig, så att dig intet hafver fattats.
Do not forget that Yahweh our God has blessed you in everything that you [SYN] have done. He knows [what has happened to you while] you have wandered in this huge desert. But he has been with you during those 40 years, and as a result you have had everything that you needed [LIT].
8 Då vi nu ifrå våra bröder Esau barn dragne voro, som på Seirs berg bodde, på den vägen den markenes ifrån Elath och EzionGaber, vände vi om, och gingom den vägen genom de Moabiters öken.
So we continued to travel. We avoided going through the hilly area where the descendants of Esau live. We stayed away from the road through the Jordan [River] Valley past Ezion-Geber and Elath [towns], and we turned and traveled northeast toward the desert area where the Moab people-group lives.
9 Då sade Herren till mig: Du skall ingen skada göra de Moabiter, eller slå uppå dem; ty jag vill intet gifva dig af deras land till att besitta; förty Lots barn hafver jag gifvit Ar till att besitta.
Yahweh said to me, ‘Do not bother/harass the people of Moab, and do not start to fight against them, because I am not going to give you any of their land. [Do not forget that] they are descendants of [Abraham’s nephew] Lot, and I have given to them Ar [city, their capital, and the other areas in that country].’”
10 De Emim hafva i förtiden bott deruti, hvilke voro ett stort, starkt och högt folk, såsom Enakim.
A large group of giants called Emim formerly lived there. They were strong and numerous, and as tall as the giants who were descendants of Anak.
11 Man höll dem ock för Resar, såsom Enakim; och de Moabiter kalla dem ock Emim.
They and the descendants of Anak are also called the Repha giants, but the people of Moab call them Emim.
12 Bodde ock i förtiden de Horiter i Seir, och Esau barn fördrefvo och förlade dem för sig, och bodde i deras stad, såsom Israel sins besittninges lande gjorde, det Herren dem gaf.
The Hor people-group also formerly lived in the Edom area, but the descendants of Esau chased them out. They defeated and killed them and (settled in/occupied) their land, just as the Israeli people later expelled their enemies from the land that Yahweh gave to them.
13 Så varer nu redo, och drager öfver den bäcken Sared. Och vi droge deröfver.
[I also said to the Israeli people], “Then we crossed the Zered Gorge, as Yahweh told us to do.
14 Men tiden medan vi droge ifrå KadesBarnea, intilldess vi komme öfver den bäcken Sared, var åtta och tretio år, tilldess alle stridsmän döde voro i lägrena, såsom Herren dem svorit hade.
It had been thirty-eight years from the time we first left Kadesh-Barnea until we crossed the Zered Gorge. During those years, all the Israeli (fighting men/soldiers) of that generation had died, as Yahweh had vowed would happen.
15 Dertill var ock Herrans hand emot dem, att de förgingos utu lägret, tilldess de voro åtgångne.
They died because Yahweh opposed them, until he had gotten rid of all of them.
16 Då alle stridsmännerna åtgångne voro, att de döde voro ibland folket;
After all the men who had been old enough to fight in wars had died [DOU],
17 Talade Herren med mig, och sade:
Yahweh said to me,
18 I dag skall du draga genom de Moabiters landsändar vid Ar;
‘Today you all must cross the border into the Moab region, near Ar, [their capital city].
19 Och skall komma in mot Ammons barn, dem skall du ingen skada göra, eller slå på dem; ty jag vill icke gifva dig Ammons barnas land till att besitta; förty jag hafver gifvit det Lots barnom till att besitta.
When you come near the border of the land where the Ammon people-group live, do not bother/harass them or start to fight against them. They are also descendants of Lot, so I am not going to give you any of the land that I have given to them.’”
20 Det hafver ock räknadt varit för Resars land; och hafva desslikes i förtiden Resar bott derinne. Och de Ammoniter kalla dem Samsummim.
That region is also called the land of the Repha giants, who formerly lived there. The Ammon people-group call them the Zamzum group.
21 De voro ett stort, starkt och högt folk, såsom Enakim; och Herren förgjorde dem för dem, och lät dem besitta dem, så att de skulle bo i deras stad;
They were a large and powerful group, who were as tall as the descendants of Anak. But Yahweh got rid of them, and the Ammon people-group expelled them and took their land away from them and started to live there.
22 Såsom han gjort hade med Esau barn, som på Seirs berg bo, då han förgjorde för dem de Horiter, och lät dem besitta dem, så att de hafva bott i deras stad, allt intill denna dag.
Yahweh had done the same thing for the descendants of Esau who live in the hilly area of Edom. He got rid of the Hor people-group, with the result that the Edom people-group took their land from them and started to live there. They still live there.
23 Och de Caphthorim drogo utu Caphthor, och förgjorde de Avim, som bodde i Hazerim, allt intill Gaza, och bodde i deras stad.
People who came from Crete [Island] got rid of the Av group [who previously lived in the land close to the Mediterranean Sea], as far south as Gaza. They took their land from them and started to live there.
24 Varer redo, och drager ut, och går öfver den bäcken vid Arnon. Si, jag hafver gifvit i dina händer Sihon, de Amoreers Konung i Hesbon, med hans land; begynn att intaga det, och strid emot dem.
“[After we had gone through the Moab region], Yahweh said to us, ‘Now cross the Arnon [River]. I will help you to defeat [IDM] [the army of] Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lives in Heshbon [city]. So attack their army and start to take their land from them.
25 I dag vill jag begynna, att all folk under himmelen skola frukta och förskräckas för dig, så att, när de höra om dig, skola de bäfva och sorg hafva för din tillkommelse.
Today I will begin to cause everyone, everywhere, to be afraid of you. Everyone who hears about you will tremble and be terrified.’
26 Då sände jag båd utaf öknene östanefter, till Sihon, Konungen i Hesbon, med fridsam ord, och lät säga honom:
Then I sent messengers to go from the desert to King Sihon at Heshbon. I told them to give this peaceful message to the king:
27 Jag vill draga genom ditt land, och såsom vägen löper, så vill jag draga; jag vill icke vika antingen på den högra eller den venstra sidona.
‘Please allow us to travel through your land. We [promise that we] will stay on the road; we will not turn off to the right or to the left.
28 Mat skall du sälja mig för penningar, att jag äter; och vatten skall du sälja mig för penningar, att jag dricker; jag vill allenast till fot gå derigenom;
We will pay for any food or water that you allow us to buy. We want only to walk through your country,
29 Såsom Esau barn mig gjort hafva, som bo i Seir, och de Moabiter, som bo i Ar; tilldess jag må komma öfver Jordan, uti det landet, som Herren vår Gud oss gifva skall.
until we cross the Jordan [River] into the land that Yahweh our God is giving to us. Do for us just as the descendants of Esau who live in the Edom area and the Moab people-group did for us when they allowed us to go through their areas.’
30 Men Sihon, Konungen i Hesbon, ville icke att vi skulle draga derigenom; ty Herren din Gud förhärde hans sinne, och förstockade hans hjerta, på det han skulle gifva honom i dina händer, såsom du nu ser.
But King Sihon would not allow us to go through his country. That was because Yahweh our God caused him to be stubborn [IDM]. The result was that Yahweh enabled us to defeat his army and take his land [IDM], which we still live in.
31 Och Herren sade till mig: Si, jag hafver begynt att gifva för dig Sihon och hans land; begynn till att intaga och besitta hans land.
Yahweh said to me, ‘Listen! I am about to allow you to defeat Sihon’s [army] and to take the people’s land from them. So start to occupy it!’
32 Och Sihon drog ut emot oss med allt sitt folk till strid, till Jahza.
Then Sihon came out [of the city] with all his army to fight against us at Jahaz [town].
33 Men Herren vår Gud gaf honom för oss, att vi slogo honom med hans barn, och allt hans folk.
But God enabled us to defeat [DOU] them, and we killed Sihon and his sons and all his soldiers.
34 Så vunne vi på samma tiden alla hans städer, och tillspillogåfvom alla städer, både män, qvinnor och barn, och lätom ingen igenblifva;
We captured all their cities and destroyed them all. We killed all the men and women and children; we did not allow any of them to remain alive.
35 Utan boskapen toge vi för oss, och det byte af städerna, som vi vunne.
We took the valuable things that were in the cities that we captured and also their cattle.
36 Ifrån Aroer, som ligger på strandene utmed den bäcken vid Arnon, och ifrå den staden i dalenom allt intill Gilead, ingen stad var, som sig kunde beskydda för oss; Herren vår Gud gaf alltsamman för oss;
Yahweh our God enabled us to capture [IDM] all their towns from Aroer [in the south], which is at the edge of the Arnon River [Valley], to the Gilead [region in the north]. Some of their cities had [walls around them], but we were able to [climb over them].
37 Utan till Ammons barnas land kom du icke, eller till något det som var vid den bäcken Jabbok, eller till de städer på bergena, eller till något det Herren vår Gud oss förbudit hade.
But we did not go near the area where the Ammon people-group live, or the banks of the Jabbok riverbed, or the towns in the hilly area, or any other place where Yahweh our God told us not to go.”
