¹All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

¹Da opløftede hele Menigheden sin Røst og brød ud i Klageråb, og Folket græd Natten igennem.

²All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!

²Og alle Israelitterne knurrede imod Moses og Aron, og hele Menigheden sagde til dem: "Gid vi var døde i Ægypten eller her i Ørkenen!

³Why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”

³Hvorfor fører HERREN os til dette Land, når vi skal falde for Sværdet og vore Kvinder og Børn blive til Bytte? Var det dog ikke bedre for os at vende tilbage til Ægypten?"

⁴They said one to another, “Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.”

⁴Og de sagde til hverandre: "Lad os vælge os en Fører og vende tilbage til Ægypten!"

⁵Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

⁵Da faldt Moses og Aron på deres Ansigt foran hele den israelitiske Menigheds Forsamling.

⁶Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes:

⁶Men Josua, Nuns Søn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, der havde været med til at undersøge Landet, sønderrev deres Klæder

⁷and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.

⁷og sagde til hele Israelitternes Menighed: "Landet, vi har rejst igennem og undersøgt, er et såre, såre godt Land.

⁸If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey.

⁸Hvis HERREN har Behag i os, vil han føre os til det Land og give os det, et Land, der flyder med Mælk og Honning.

⁹Only don’t rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us. Don’t fear them.”

⁹Gør kun ikke Oprør imod HERREN og frygt ikke for Landets Befolkning, thi dem tager vi som en Bid Brød; deres Skygge er veget fra dem, men med os er HERREN; frygt ikke for dem!"

¹⁰But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones. The glory of Yahweh appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.

¹⁰Hele Menigheden tænkte allerede på at stene dem; men da kom HERRENs Herlighed til Syne for alle Israelitterne ved Åbenbaringsteltet.

¹¹Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?

¹¹Og HERREN sagde til Moses: "Hvor længe skal dette Folk håne mig, og hvor længe vil det vægre sig ved at tro på mig, til Trods for alle de Tegn jeg har gjort i det?

¹²I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”

¹²Jeg vil slå det med Pest og udrydde det, men dig vil jeg gøre til et Folk, større og stærkere end det!"

¹³Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them;

¹³Men Moses sagde til HERREN: "Ægypterne har hørt, at du i din Vælde har ført dette Folk bort fra dem;

¹⁴and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are in the midst of this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

¹⁴og ligeledes har alle dette Lands Indbyggere hørt, at du, HERRE, er midt iblandt dette Folk, thi du, HERRE, åbenbarer dig synligt, idet din Sky står over dem, og du vandrer foran dem om Dagen i en Skystøtte og om Natten i en Ildstøtte.

¹⁵Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,

¹⁵Hvis du nu dræber dette Folk alle som een, vil de Folk, der har hørt dit Ry, sige:

¹⁶‘Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.’

¹⁶Fordi HERREN ikke evnede at føre dette Folk til det Land, han havde tilsvoret dem, lod han dem omkomme i Ørkenen.

¹⁷Now please let the power of the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” be great, according as you have spoken, saying,

¹⁷Derfor, HERRE, lad din Vælde nu vise sig i sin Storhed, således som du forjættede, da du sagde:

¹⁸‘Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.’

¹⁸HERREN er langmodig og rig på Miskundhed, han forlader Misgerning og Overtrædelse, men han lader ingen ustraffet, og han hjemsøger Fædrenes Brøde på Børnene i tredje og fjerde Led.

¹⁹Please pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and according as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”

¹⁹Så tilgiv nu dette Folk dets Misgerning efter din store Miskundhed, således som du har tilgivet dette Folk hele Vejen fra Ægypten og hertil!"

²⁰Yahweh said, “I have pardoned according to your word:

²⁰Da sagde HERREN: "Jeg tilgiver dem på din Bøn.

²¹but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Yahweh;

²¹Men så sandt jeg lever så sandt hele Jorden skal opfyldes af HERRENs Herlighed:

²²because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;

²²Ingen af de Mænd, der har set min Herlighed og de Tegn, jeg har gjort i Ægypten og i Ørkenen, og dog nu for tiende Gang har fristet mig og ikke villet lyde min Røst,

²³surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it:

²³ingen af dem skal se det Land, jeg tilsvor deres Fædre! Ingen af dem, der har hånet mig, skal få det at se;

²⁴but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into which he went; and his seed shall possess it.

²⁴kun min Tjener Kaleb lader jeg komme til det Land, han har været i, og hans Efterkommere skal få det i Eje, fordi han havde en anden Ånd og viste mig fuld Lydighed.

²⁵Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: tomorrow turn, and go into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea or, Sea of Reeds .”

²⁵Men Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne bor i Lavlandet. Vend derfor om i Morgen, bryd op og drag ud i Ørkenen ad det røde Hav til!"

²⁶Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

²⁶Fremdeles talede HERREN til Moses og Aron og sagde:

²⁷“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

²⁷"Hvor længe skal jeg tåle denne onde Menighed, dem, som bestandig knurrer imod mig? Jeg har hørt Israelitternes Knurren, hørt, hvorledes de knurrer imod mig.

²⁸Tell them, ‘As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:

²⁸Sig til dem: Så sandt jeg lever lyder det fra HERREN, som I har råbt mig i Øret, således vil jeg handle med eder!

²⁹your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,

²⁹I Ørkenen her skal eders Kroppe falde, alle I, der blev mønstret, så mange I er fra Tyveårsalderen og opefter, I, som har knurret imod mig.

³⁰surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

³⁰Sandelig, ingen af eder skal komme til det Land, jeg med løftet Hånd svor at ville giver eder at bo i, med Undtagelse af Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, og Josua, Nuns Søn.

³¹But your little ones, that you said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.

³¹Eders små Børn, som I sagde vilde blive til Bytte, dem vil jeg lade komme derhen, og de skal tage det Land i Besiddelse, som I har vraget,

³²But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.

³²men eders egne Kroppe skal falde i Ørkenen her,

³³Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.

³³og eders Sønner skal flakke om i Ørkenen i fyrretyve År og undgælde for eders Bolen, indtil eders Kroppe er gået til Grunde i Ørkenen.

³⁴After the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, you will bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you will know my alienation.’

³⁴Som I brugte fyrretyve Dage til at undersøge Landet, således skal I undgælde for eders Misgerninger i fyrretyve År, eet År for hver Dag, og således få mit Mishag at føle.

³⁵I, Yahweh, have spoken, surely this will I do to all this evil congregation, who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.”

³⁵Jeg HERREN har sagt det: Sandelig, således vil jeg handle med hele denne onde Menighed, der har rottet sig sammen imod mig; i Ørkenen her skal de gå til Grunde, i den skal de dø!"

³⁶The men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,

³⁶Og de Mænd, Moses havde udsendt for at undersøge Landet, og som efter deres Tilbagekomst havde fået hele Menigheden til at knurre imod ham ved at tale nedsættende om Landet,

³⁷even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh.

³⁷de Mænd, der havde talt nedsættende om Landet, fik en brat Død for HERRENs Åsyn:

³⁸But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.

³⁸kun Josua, Nuns Søn, og Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn, blev i Live af de Mænd, der var draget hen for at undersøge Landet.

³⁹Moses told these words to all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

³⁹Men da Moses forebragte alle Israelitterne disse Ord, grebes Folket af stor Sorg;

⁴⁰They rose up early in the morning, and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised: for we have sinned.”

⁴⁰og tidligt næste Morgen drog de op mod det øverste af Bjerglandet og sagde: "Se, vi er rede til at drage op til det Sted, HERREN har talet om, thi vi, har syndet."

⁴¹Moses said, “Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh, since it shall not prosper?

⁴¹Da sagde Moses: "Hvorfor vil I overtræde HERRENs Bud? Det vil ikke gå godt!

⁴²Don’t go up, for Yahweh isn’t among you; that you not be struck down before your enemies.

⁴²Drag ikke derop, thi HERREN er ikke iblandt eder; gør I det, bliver I slået af eders Fjender!

⁴³For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you are turned back from following Yahweh, therefore Yahweh will not be with you.”

⁴³Thi Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne vil møde eder der, og I skal falde for Sværdet; I har jo vendt eder fra HERREN, og HERREN er ikke med eder!"

⁴⁴But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and Moses, didn’t depart out of the camp.

⁴⁴Alligevel formastede de sig til at drage op mod det øverste af Bjerglandet; men HERRENs Pagts Ark og Moses forlod ikke Lejren.

⁴⁵Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who lived in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down, even to Hormah.

⁴⁵Da steg Amalekiterne og Kana'anæerne, der boede der i Bjerglandet, ned og slog dem og adsplittede dem lige til Horma.