¹The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.

¹Men da Kana'anæeren, Kongen af Arad, der boede i Sydlandet, hørte, at Israel rykkede frem ad Atarimvejen, angreb han Israel og tog nogle af dem til Fange.

²Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”

²Da aflagde Israel et Løfte til Herren og sagde: "Hvis du giver dette Folk i min Hånd, vil jeg lægge Band på deres Byer!"

³Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and the name of the place was called Hormah.

³Og HERREN hørte Israels Røst og gav Kana'anæerne i deres Hånd, hvorefter de lagde Band på dem og deres Byer. Derfor gav man Stedet Navnet Horma.

⁴They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea or, Sea of Reeds , to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

⁴Så brød de op fra Bjerget Hor i Retning af det røde Hav for at komme uden om Edoms Land. Undervejs blev Folket utålmodigt

⁵The people spoke against God, and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread.”

⁵og talte mod Gud og Moses og sagde: "Hvorfor førte I os ud af Ægypten, når vi skal dø i Ørkenen? Her er jo hverken Brød eller Vand, og vi er lede ved denne usle Føde."

⁶Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

⁶Da sendte HERREN Giftslanger blandt Folket, og de bed Folket så en Mængde af Israel døde.

⁷The people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh, and against you. Pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us.” Moses prayed for the people.

⁷Så kom Folket til Moses og sagde: "Vi har syndet ved at tale imod HERREN og dig; gå i Forbøn hos HERREN, at han tager Slangerne fra os!" Og Moses gik i Forbøn for Folket.

⁸Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”

⁸Da sagde HERREN til Moses: "Lav dig en Slange og sæt den på en Stang, så skal enhver slangebidt, der ser hen på den, leve!"

⁹Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard: and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived.

⁹Da lavede Moses en Kobberslange og satte den på en Stang; og enhver, der så hen på Kobberslangen, når en Slange havde bidt ham, beholdt Livet.

¹⁰The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in Oboth.

¹⁰Så brød Israelitterne op og slog Lejr i Obot;

¹¹They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.

¹¹og de brød op fra Obot og slog Lejr i tjje Håbarim i Ørkenen østen for Moab.

¹²From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.

¹²Derfra brød de op og slog Lejr i Zereddalen.

¹³From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

¹³Derfra brød de op og slog Lejr i Ørkenen hinsides Arnon, som udspringer på Amoriternes Område, thi Arnon var Moabs Grænse mod Amoriterne.

¹⁴Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Yahweh, “Vaheb in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon,

¹⁴Derfor hedder det i Bogen om HERRENs Krige: Vaheb i Sufa og Dalene, Arnon og Dalenes Skrænt,

¹⁵the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab.”

¹⁵som strækker sig til Ars Sæde og læner sig til Moabs Grænse.

¹⁶From there they traveled to Beer: that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”

¹⁶Derfra brød de op til Beer; det er det Be'er, HERREN havde for Øje, da han sagde til Moses: "Kald Folket sammen, så vil jeg give dem Vand!"

¹⁷Then sang Israel this song: “Spring up, well; sing to it:

¹⁷Da sang Israelitterne denne Sang: Brønd, væld frem! Syng til dens Pris!

¹⁸the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles.” From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;

¹⁸Brønd, som Høvdinger grov, som Folkets ædle bored med Herskerspir og Stave! Fra Ørkenen brød de op til Mattana;

¹⁹and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;

¹⁹fra Mattana til Nahaliel; fra Nahaliel til Bamot;

²⁰and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.

²⁰fra Bamot til halen på Moabs Højslette, til Pisgas Top, som rager op over Ørkenen.

²¹Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

²¹Israel sendte nu Sendebud til Amoriterkongen Sihon og lod sige:

²²“Let me pass through your land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s highway, until we have passed your border.”

²²"Lad mig få Lov at drage igennem dit Land! Vi vil ikke dreje ind på Marker eller i Vinhaver, vi vil ikke drikke Vand af Brøndene, vi vil følge Kongevejen, indtil vi er nået igennem dit Land!

²³Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.

²³Men Sihon tillod ikke Israel at drage igennem sit Land; derimod samlede han alt sit krigsfolk og rykkede ud i Ørkenen imod Israel, og da han nåede Jaza, angreb han Israel.

²⁴Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

²⁴Men Israel slog ham med Sværdet og underlagde sig hans Land fra Arnon til Jabbok, til Ammoniternes Land; thi Jazer ligger ved Ammoniternes Grænse;

²⁵Israel took all these cities: and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its towns.

²⁵og Israel indtog alle disse Byer, og Israel bosatte sig i alle Amoriternes Byer, i Hesjbon og alle tilhørende Småbyer.

²⁶For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon.

²⁶Thi Hesjbon var Amoriterkongen Sihons By; han havde angrebet Moabs forrige konge og frataget ham hele hans Land indtil Arnon.

²⁷Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;

²⁷Derfor synger Skjaldene: Kom hid til Hesjbon, lad den blive bygget og grundfæstet, Sihons By!

²⁸for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.

²⁸Thi Ild for ud fra Hesjbon, Ildslue fra Sihons Stad, den fortærede Moabs Byer, opåd Arnons Højder.

²⁹Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites.

²⁹Ve dig, Moab! Det er ude med dig, Kemosjs Folk! Han gjorde sine Sønner til Flygtninge og sine Døtre til Krigsfanger for Sihon, Amoriternes Konge.

³⁰We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.”

³⁰Og vi skød dem ned, Hesjbon er tabt indtil Dibon; vi lagde dem øde til Nofa, som ligger ved Medeba.

³¹Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

³¹Så bosatte Israel sig i Amoriternes Land.

³²Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its towns, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

³²Derpå sendte Moses Spejdere til Jazer; og de erobrede det tillige med tilhørende Småbyer, og han drev de der boende Amoriter bort.

³³They turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

³³Derpå vendte de om og drog ad Basan til. Da rykkede Og, Kongen af Basan, ud imod dem med alle sine Krigere og angreb dem ved Edrei.

³⁴Yahweh said to Moses, “Don’t fear him: for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.”

³⁴Men HERREN sagde til Moses: "Frygt ikke for ham! Thi jeg giver ham og alle hans krigere og hans Land i din Hånd, så at du kan handle med ham, som du handlede med Amoriterkongen Sihon, der boede i Hesjbon."

³⁵So they struck him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.

³⁵Da slog de ham og hans Sønner og alle hans Krigere, så at ikke en eneste af dem undslap, og derpå underlagde de sig hans Land.