4 Mosebok 21
1 Och då den Cananeen, Konungen i Arad, som söderut bor, hörde att Israel inkom genom spejares väg, stridde han emot Israel, och förde några af dem fångna.
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 lofvade Israel Herranom ett löfte, och sade: Om du gifver detta folket under mina hand, så skall jag gifva deras städer tillspillo.
Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
3 Och Herren hörde Israels bön, och gaf dem de Cananeer, och de gjorde dem tillspillo med deras städer; och kallade det rummet 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 Sedan drogo de ifrå berget Hor, på den vägen åt röda hafvet, att de skulle draga omkring de Edomeers land. Och folket vardt ledse på vägen.
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 Och folket talade emot Gud, och emot Mose: Hvi hafver du fört oss utur Egypten, att vi skulle dö i öknene? Ty här är hvarken bröd eller vatten, och vår själ vämjar öfver denna lösa 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 sände Herren ibland folket brännande ormar; de beto folket, så att mycket folk i Israel blef dödt.
So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
7 Så kommo de till Mose, och sade: Vi hafve syndat, att vi emot Herran och emot dig talat hafve; bed Herran, att han tager dessa ormarna ifrån oss. Mose bad för 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 Då sade Herren till Mose: Gör dig en kopparorm, och res honom upp för ett tecken; hvilken som biten är, och ser uppå honom, han skall lefva.
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 Så gjorde Mose en kopparorm, och reste honom upp för ett tecken, och om någor vardt biten af orme, så såg han på den kopparormen, och blef vid lif.
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 Och Israels barn drogo ut, och lägrade sig i Oboth.
Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
11 Och ifrån Oboth drogo de ut, och lägrade sig i Ijim vid berget Abarim, uti den öknene tvärtöfver Moab österut.
Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
12 Dädan drogo de, och lägrade sig vid den bäcken Sared.
From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
13 Dädan drogo de, och lägrade sig på denna sidone vid Arnon, hvilket i öknene är, och sträcker sig ut ifrå de Amoreers landsändar; ty Arnon är Moabs landamäre, emellan Moab och de Amoreer.
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 Deraf säger man uti den bokene om Herrans strider: Den höga bergklippan allt intill skyn, och intill Arnons bäck;
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 Och intill bäcksens källo, hvilken räcker allt intill den staden Ar, och böjer sig, och är Moabs gränsa.
and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
16 Och dädan drogo de till brunnen; det är den brunnen, der Herren af sade till Mose: Församla folket, jag vill gifva dem vatten.
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 söng Israel denna visona, och söngo emot hvarannan öfver brunnen:
There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
18 Denna är den brunnen, som de Förstar grafvit hafva; de ädle i folket hafva grafvit honom, genom läraren och deras stafrar. Ifrå denne öknene drogo de till Mattana;
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 Och ifrå Mattana till Nahaliel, och ifrå Nahaliel till Bamoth;
Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
20 Och ifrå Bamoth till den dalen, som ligger i Moabs mark, vid det höga berget Pisga, som vet åt öknene.
Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
21 Och Israel sände båd till Sihon, de Amoreers Konung, och lät säga honom:
Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message [that they/we gave him]:
22 Låt mig draga igenom ditt land; vi vilje intet vika in på åkrar, eller in på vingårdar; vi vilje icke heller dricka brunnvattnet; landstråtena vilje vi fara, tilldess vi komme genom dina landsändar.
“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 tillstadde icke Israels barn gå igenom sina landsändar; utan församlade allt sitt folk, och drog emot Israel i öknena. Och som han kom till Jahza, stridde han emot Israel.
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 slog honom med svärdsegg, och tog hans land in, ifrån Arnon allt intill Jabbok, och allt intill Ammons barn; förty Ammons landsändar voro faste.
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 Alltså tog Israel alla dessa städerna, och bodde i alla de Amoreers städer, i Hesbon, och alla hans döttrar.
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 Ty staden Hesbon hörde Sihon Amoreers Konunge till, och han hade tillförene stridt med de Moabiters Konung, och vunnit honom af all hans land, allt intill 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 Deraf säger man i ordspråket: Kommer till Hesbon, att man bygger och upprättar den staden Sihon.
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 Ty en eld är utgången af Hesbon, en låge af den staden Sihon; han hafver uppfrätit Ar de Moabiters; och de der bo i de höjder Arnon.
A fire blazed from Heshbon; it burned down Ar [city] in Moab, it destroyed [everything on] the hills along the Arnon [River].
29 Ve dig, Moab; du Chemos folk äst förgånget. Man hafver hans söner slagit på flyktena, och fört hans döttrar fångna till Sihon, de Amoreers Konung.
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 Deras härlighet är vorden omintet, ifrå Hesbon intill Dibon; hon är förstörd allt intill Nopha, hvilken räcker allt intill 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 Så bodde Israel uti de Amoreers lande.
So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
32 Och Mose sände ut spejare till Jaeser, och de vunno dess döttrar, och togo de Amoreer in, som deruti voro;
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 Och vände om, och drogo uppåt den vägen till Basan. Då drog Og, Konungen i Basan, ut emot dem med allt sitt folk, till att strida i Edrei.
Then they turned [north] toward the Bashan region, but King Og of Bashan and all his army attacked them at Edrei [town].
34 Och Herren sade till Mose: Frukta dig intet för honom; ty jag hafver gifvit honom i dina hand med land och folk; och du skall göra med honom, såsom du med Sihon, de Amoreers Konung, gjort hafver, hvilken i Hesbon bodde.
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 Och de slogo honom och hans söner, och allt hans folk, tilldess att ingen var igen; och togo det landet in.
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.
