¹Hear, Israel: you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,

¹Hør, Israel! Du drager nu over Jordan for at komme og gøre dig til Herre over Folk, der er større og mægtigere end du selv, over store Byer med himmelhøje Fæstningsværker;

²a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, “Who can stand before the sons of Anak?”

²over et stort Folk, høje som Kæmper, Anakiternes Efterkommere, som du selv kender, og om hvem du selv har hørt sige: Hvem kan holde Stand mod Anakiterne!"

³Know therefore this day, that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before you: so you shall drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you.

³Så skal du nu vide, at det er HERREN din Gud, der går foran dig som en fortærende Ild; han vil ødelægge dem, og han vil underku dem for dig, så du kan drive dem bort og ødelægge dem i Hast, således som HERREN har sagt dig.

⁴Don’t say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, saying, “For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land”; because Yahweh drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations.

⁴Når HERREN din Gud jager dem bort foran dig, tænk så ikke: "For min Retfærdigheds Skyld lod HERREN mig komme ind og tage dette Land i Besiddelse!" Thi det er for disse Folks Ugudeligheds Skyld, at HERREN driver dem bort foran dig!

⁵Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

⁵Det er ikke for din Retfærdigheds eller dit ædle Hjertes Skyld, du kommer ind og tager deres Land i Besiddelse, nej, det er på Grund af disse Folks Ondskab, at HERREN driver dem bort foran dig, og fordi han vil opfylde det Ord, han tilsvor dine Fædre,.Abraham, Isak og Jakob.

⁶Know therefore, that Yahweh your God doesn’t give you this good land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.

⁶Så vid da, at det ikke er for din Retfærdigheds Skyld, at HERREN din Gud giver dig dette herlige Land i Eje; thi du er et Folk med hårde Halse!

⁷Remember, don’t forget, how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that you went forth out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Yahweh.

⁷Kom i Hu, glem ikke, hvorledes du fortørnede HERREN din Gud i Ørkenen! Lige fra den Dag I drog ud af Ægypten, og til I kom til Stedet her, har I været genstridige mod HERREN.

⁸Also in Horeb you provoked Yahweh to wrath, and Yahweh was angry with you to destroy you.

⁸Ved Horeb fortørnede I HERREN, og HERREN blev vred på eder, så han vilde ødelægge eder.

⁹When I was gone up onto the mountain to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Yahweh made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.

⁹Da jeg var steget op på Bjerget for at modtage Stentavlerne, den Pagts Tavler, som HERREN havde sluttet med eder, opholdt jeg mig på Bjerget fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter uden at spise eller drikke,

¹⁰Yahweh delivered to me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them were all the words which Yahweh spoke with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

¹⁰og HERREN gav mig de to Stentavler, beskrevne med Guds Finger; og på dem stod alle de Ord, HERREN havde talt til eder på Bjerget ud fra Ilden, den Dag I var forsamlet.

¹¹It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

¹¹Da de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter var omme, gav HERREN mig de to Stentavler, Pagtens Tavler.

¹²Yahweh said to me, “Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.”

¹²Og HERREN sagde til mig: "Stå op og skynd dig ned herfra, thi det Folk, du førte ud af Ægypten, har handlet ilde; hastigt er de veget fra den Vej, jeg foreskrev dem: de har lavet sig et støbt Billede!"

¹³Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people:

¹³Og HERREN sagde til mig: "Jeg har set dette Folk, og se, det er et Folk med hårde Halse;

¹⁴let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.”

¹⁴lad mig i Fred, så jeg kan ødelægge dem og udslette deres Navn under Himmelen; så vil jeg gøre dig til et Folk, mægtigere og større end det!"

¹⁵So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.

¹⁵Da vendte jeg mig bort og steg ned fra Bjerget med Pagtens to Tavler i mine Hænder, medens Bjerget brændte i lys Lue;

¹⁶I looked, and behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God; you had made yourselves a molten calf: you had turned aside quickly out of the way which Yahweh had commanded you.

¹⁶og jeg så, og se, I havde syndet mod HERREN eders Gud, I havde lavet eder en støbt Tyrekalv; hastigt var I veget fra den Vej, HERREN havde foreskrevet eder.

¹⁷I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

¹⁷Da greb jeg de to Tavler og kastede dem ud af mine Hænder og knuste dem for eders Øjne.

¹⁸I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water; because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

¹⁸Og derpå faldt jeg ned for HERRENs Åsyn fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter ligesom forrige Gang, uden at spise eller drikke, for alle eders Synders Skyld, som I havde begået, idet I gjorde, hvad der var ondt i HERRENs Øjne, så I fortørnede ham.

¹⁹For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you. But Yahweh listened to me that time also.

¹⁹Thi jeg frygtede for, at HERREN skulde tilintetgøre eder i den Vrede og Harme, som opfyldte ham imod eder. Og HERREN bønhørte mig også den Gang!

²⁰Yahweh was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

²⁰Også på Aron blev HERREN vred, så han vilde tilintetgøre ham; men den Gang gik jeg også i Forbøn for Aron.

²¹I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.

²¹Men eders syndige Værk, Kalven, tog jeg og brændte; og jeg knuste og malede den til fint Støv, og Støvet kastede jeg i Bækken, som løber ned ad Bjerget.

²²At Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah, you provoked Yahweh to wrath.

²²Også i Tabera, Massa og Hibrot Hatta'va fortørnede I HERREN.

²³When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, “Go up and possess the land which I have given you”; then you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn’t believe him, nor listen to his voice.

²³Og da HERREN lod eder rejse fra Kadesj Barnea og bød eder drage op og tage det Land i Besiddelse, som han vilde give eder, trodsede I HERREN eders Guds Befaling, og I troede ikke på ham og adlød ham ikke.

²⁴You have been rebellious against Yahweh from the day that I knew you.

²⁴I har været genstridige mod HERREN, så længe jeg har kendt eder.

²⁵So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you.

²⁵Så faldt jeg ned for HERRENs Åsyn i de fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter, fordi HERREN havde sagt, at han vilde tilintetgøre eder,

²⁶I prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, don’t destroy your people and your inheritance, that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

²⁶og jeg bad til HERREN og sagde: "Herre, HERRE, ødelæg ikke dit Folk og din Ejendom, som du udløste ved din store Magt og førte ud af Ægypten med stærk Hånd!

²⁷Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; don’t look to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,

²⁷Kom dine Tjenere i Hu, Abraham, Isak og Jakob; giv ikke Agt på dette Folks Halsstarrighed, på dets Ugudelighed og på dets Synd,

²⁸lest the land you brought us out from say, ‘Because Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’

²⁸for at man ikke skal sige i det Land, du førte os ud fra: Fordi HERREN ikke evnede at føre dem til det Land, han havde lovet dem, og fordi han hadede dem, derfor førte han dem ud for at lade dem omkomme i Ørkenen!

²⁹Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.”

²⁹De er jo dit Folk og din Ejendom, som du førte ud ved din store Kraft og din udstrakte Arm!"