4 Mosebok 25
1 Och medan Israel uppehöll sig i Sittim, begynte folket bedriva otukt med Moabs döttrar.
While the Israelis were camped at a place called Acacia [Grove], some of the men caused themselves to become unacceptable to God by having sex with some of the women of the Moab [people-group who lived in that area].
2 Dessa inbjödo folket till sina gudars offermåltider,
Then those women invited the men to come when the sacrifices were being offered to their gods. The Israeli men [accepted]. They went to the feasts with the women and worshiped the gods of the Moab people-group.
3 Och folket åt och tillbad deras gudar. Och Israel slöt sig till Baal-Peor. Då upptändes HERRENS vrede mot Israel.
By doing that, those Israeli people joined the women in worshiping the god Baal [add] the Moab people-group thought lived on Peor Mountain. That caused Yahweh to become very angry with his people.
4 Och HERREN sade till Mose: »Hämta folkets alla huvudman, och låt upphänga sådana i solen för HERREN, på det att HERRENS vredes glöd må vändas ifrån Israel.»
Yahweh said this to Moses/me: “Seize all the leaders of those men who are doing this and execute them while I am watching. Do that in the daytime. After you do that, I will no longer be angry with the Israeli people.”
5 Då sade Mose till Israels domare: »Var och en av eder dräpe bland sina män dem som hava slutit sig till Baal-Peor.»
So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
6 Nu kom en man av Israels barn och förde in bland sina bröder en midjanitisk kvinna, inför Moses och Israels barns hela menighets ögon, under det att dessa stodo gråtande vid ingången till uppenbarelsetältet.
[But later], while Moses/I and many [HYP] other people were crying at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, while they/we were watching, one of the Israeli men brought a woman from the Midian people-group into his tent [and started to have sex with her].
7 När Pinehas, son till Eleasar, son till prästen Aron, såg detta, stod han upp i menigheten och tog ett spjut i sin hand
When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
8 och följde efter den israelitiske mannen in i tältets sovrum och genomborrade dem båda, såväl den israelitiske mannen som ock kvinnan, i det att han stack henne genom underlivet. Så upphörde hemsökelsen bland Israels barn.
and rushed into the man’s tent. He thrust the spear completely through the man’s body and into the woman’s belly [and killed both of them]. When he did that, the (plague/serious illness) [that had started to strike the Israelis] stopped.
9 Men de som hade omkommit genom hemsökelsen utgjorde tjugufyra tusen.
But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
10 Och HERREN talade till Mose och sade:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
11 »Pinehas, han som är son till prästen Arons son Eleasar, har avvänt min vrede från Israels barn, i det att han har nitälskat bland dem såsom jag nitälskar; därför har jag icke i min nitälskan förgjort Israels barn.
“Phinehas has caused me to stop being angry with the Israeli people, by being as eager as I am [to stop this sinful behavior]. I was ready to get rid of all the Israeli people because I was extremely angry, but Phinehas has prevented me from doing that.
12 Säg fördenskull: Se, jag gör med honom ett fridsförbund;
Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
13 och för honom, och för hans avkomlingar efter honom, skall detta vara ett förbund genom vilket han får ett evärdligt prästadöme, till lön för att han nitälskade för sin Gud och bragte försoning för Israels barn.»
In this agreement, I am promising to give to him and to his descendants the right/authority to be priests. I am doing this because [he showed that] he was very eager to honor me, his God, by stopping this sinful behavior. He has caused the Israeli people to become acceptable to me again by causing them to be forgiven for their sin.”
14 Och den dödade israelitiske mannen, han som dödades jämte den midjanitiska kvinnan, hette Simri, Salus son, och var hövding för en familj bland simeoniterna.
The Israeli man who was killed with the woman of the Moab people-group was named Zimri. He was the son of Salu, who was the leader of a family from the tribe of Simeon.
15 Och den dödade midjanitiska kvinnan hette Kosbi, dotter till Sur; denne var stamhövding, hövding för en stamfamilj i Midjan.
The woman’s name was Cozbi. She was the daughter of Zur, who was the leader of one of the clans of the Midian people-group.
16 Och HERREN talade till Mose och sade:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
17 »Angripen midjaniterna och slån dem.
“[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
18 Ty de hava angripit eder genom de onda råd som de lade mot eder i saken med Peor och i saken med Kosbi, den midjanitiska hövdingdottern, deras syster, vilken dödades på den dag då hemsökelsen drabbade eder för Peors skull.»
They have become your enemies, because they tricked you Israeli people and induced/persuaded many of you to worship Baal, and because [one of your men had sex with] Cozbi, who was the daughter of a leader of the Midian people-group. She was killed at the time the plague [started because the people sinned] at Peor [Mountain].”
