4 Mosebog 31

² "Skaf Israelitterne Hævn over Midjaniterne; så skal du samles til din Slægt!"

² “Take full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered to your people.”

⁴ 1OOO Mand af hver af Israels Stammer skal I sende i Kamp!"

⁴ A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war.”

⁶ Og Moses sendte dem i kamp, 1OOO af hver Stamme, og sammen med dem Pinehas, Præsten Eleazars Søn, der medbragte de hellige Redskaber og Alarmtrompeterne.

⁶ Moses sent them, a thousand from each tribe, to the war, and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war with them, and the holy vessels and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

⁸ og foruden de andre, der blev slået ihjel, dræbte de også Midjans Konger, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur og Reba, Midjans fem Konger; også Bileam, Beors Søn, dræbte de med Sværdet.

⁸ They killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of their slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.

¹⁰ og alle deres Byer på de beboede Steder og alle deres Teltlejre stak de Ild på.

¹⁰ Then they burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps with fire.

¹² og de bragte Fangerne, Byttet og det røvede til Moses og Præsten Eleazar og Israelitternes Menighed i Lejren på Moabs Sletter ved Jordan over for Jeriko.

¹² They brought the captives and the prey and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

¹⁴ og Moses blev vred på Hærens Førere, Tusindførerne og Hundredførerne, som kom tilbage fra Krigstoget.

¹⁴ Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

¹⁶ Det var jo dem, der efter Bileams Råd blev Årsag til, at Israelitterne var troløse mod HERREN i den Sag med Peor, så at Plagen ramte HERRENs Menighed.

¹⁶ Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the Lord.

¹⁸ men alle Piger, der ikke har haft Samleje med Mænd, skal I lade i Live og beholde,

¹⁸ But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves.

²⁰ Og enhver Klædning, enhver Læder ting, alt, hvad der er lavet af Gedehår,og alle Træredskaber skal I rense!"

²⁰ You shall purify for yourselves every garment and every article of leather and all the work of goats’ hair, and all articles of wood.”

²² Kun Guld, Sølv, kobber, Jern, Tin og Bly,

²² only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin and the lead,

²⁴ Og eders klæder skal I tvætte på den syvende Dag, så bliver I rene og kan gå ind i Lejren."

²⁴ And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.”

²⁶ "Sammen med Præsten Eleazar og Overhovederne for Menighedens Fædrenehuse skal du opgøre det samlede Bytte, der er taget, både Mennesker og Dyr.

²⁶ “You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation take a count of the booty that was captured, both of man and of animal;

²⁸ Derpå skal du udtage en Afgift til HERREN fra krigerne, der har været i Kamp, et Stykke af hver fem Hundrede, både af Mennesker, Hornkvæg, Æsler og Småkvæg;

²⁸ Levy a tax for the Lord from the men of war who went out to battle, one in five hundred of the persons and of the cattle and of the donkeys and of the sheep;

³⁰ Men af den Halvdel, der tilfalder de andre Israelitter, skal du tage et Stykke af hver halvtredsindstyve, både af Mennesker, Hornkvæg, Æsler og Småkvæg, alt Kvæget, og give det til Leviterne, som tager Vare på, hvad der er at varetage ved HERRENs Bolig!"

³⁰ From the sons of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys and of the sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.”

³² Og det, de havde taget, det tiloversblevne af Byttet, som Krigsfolket havde gjort, udgjorde 675000 Stykker Småkvæg,

³² Now the booty that remained from the spoil which the men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,

³⁴ 61 000 Æsler

³⁴ and 61,000 donkeys,

³⁶ Den Halvdel, der tilfaldt dem, der havde været i Kamp, udgjorde altså et Tal af 337500 Stykker Småkvæg,

³⁶ The half, the portion of those who went out to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500,

³⁸ 36000 Stykker Hornkvæg, hvoraf 72 i Afgift til HERREN,

³⁸ and the cattle were 36,000, from which the Lord’s levy was 72;

⁴⁰ og 16000 Mennesker, hvoraf 32 i Afgift til HERREN.

⁴⁰ and the human beings were 16,000, from whom the Lord’s levy was 32 persons.

⁴² Og af den Halvdel, som tilfaldt de andre Israelitter, og som Moses havde taget som deres del fra de Mænd, der havde været i Kamp

⁴² As for the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war—

⁴⁴ 36 OOO Stykker Hornkvæg,

⁴⁴ and 36,000 cattle,

⁴⁶ og 16000 Mennesker

⁴⁶ and the human beings were 16,000—

⁴⁸ Da trådte Førerne for Hærens Afdelinger, Tusindførerne og Hundredførerne, hen til Moses

⁴⁸ Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, approached Moses,

⁵⁰ derfor frembærer nu enhver af os som Offergave til HERREN, hvad han har taget af Guldsmykker, Armbånd, Spange, Fingerringe, Ørenringe og Halssmykker, for at skaffe os Soning for HERRENs Åsyn."

⁵⁰ So we have brought as an offering to the Lord what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”

⁵² og alt Offerydelsesguldet, som de ydede HERREN, udgjorde 16750 Sekel, hvilket Tusindførerne og Hundredførerne bragte som Gave.

⁵² All the gold of the offering which they offered up to the Lord, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.

⁵⁴ Så modtog Moses og Præsten Eleazar Guldet af Tusindførerne og Hundredførerne og bragte det ind i Åbenbaringsteltet, for at det skulde bringe Israelitterne i Minde for HERRENs Åsyn. 

⁵⁴ So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as a memorial for the sons of Israel before the Lord.