Второзаконие 7
Bulgarian Bible
7 Когато Господ твоят Бог те въведе в земята, в която отиваш да я притежаваш, и изгони много народи от пред тебе, хетейците, гергесейците, аморейците, ханаанците, ферезейците, евейците и евусейците, седем народа по-големи и по-силни от тебе,
2 и когато Господ твоят Бог ги предаде на тебе та ги поразиш, тогава ги изтреби, като на Бога обречени; да не правиш договор с тях, нито да ги пожалиш;
3 да се не жениш между тях, и да не даваш дъщеря си на сина му, нито да вземаш неговата дъщеря за своя син;
4 защото ще отвърнат синовете ти от да Ме следват, за да служат на други богове, и така ще пламне против вас гневът на Господа, който скоро ще те изтреби.
5 Но така да им направите: жертвениците им да разорите, кумирите им да изпотрошите, ашерите им да изсечете и изваяните им идоли да изгорите с огън.
6 Понеже вие сте люде свети на Господа вашия Бог; вас избра Господ вашият Бог да бъдете Нему собствен народ измежду всичките племена, които са по лицето на земята.
7 Господ не ви предпочете нито ви избра, за гдето сте по-многочислени от всичките други племена; защото вие сте най-малочислени от всичките племена.
8 Но понеже ви възлюби Господ и за да опази клетвата, с който се е клел на бащите ви, за това Господ ви изведе със силна ръка и ви изкупи от дома на робството, от ръката на египетския цар Фараона.
9 И тъй, да знаеш, че Господ твоят Бог, Той е Бог, верният Бог. Който пази до хиляда поколения завета и милостта към ония, които Го любят и пазят заповедите Му;
10 а на ония, които Го мразят, въздава им в лице и ги изтребва; няма да забавя наказанието на онзи, който Го мрази, но ще му въздаде в лице.
11 За това, пази заповедите, повеленията и съдбите, които днес ти заповядвам, за да ги вършиш.
12 И ако слушате тия съдби и ги пазите и вършите, Господ твоят Бог ще пази за тебе завета и милостта , за която се е клел на бащите ти;
13 и ще те възлюби, ще те благослови и ще те умножи; ще благослови и плода на утробата ти и плода на земята ти, житото ти, виното ти и маслото ти, и рожбите от говедата ти и малките от овците ти, в земята, за която се е клел на бащите ти да я даде на тебе.
14 Ще бъдеш благословен повече от всичките племена; не ще има неплоден или неплодна между вас или между добитъка ви.
15 Господ ще отстрани от тебе всяка болест и няма да докара върху тебе ни една от злите египетски болести, които познаваш; но ще ги наложи върху всички ония, които те мразят.
16 За това, да изтребиш всичките племена, които Господ твоят Бог ти предава; окото ти да ги не пожали; и на боговете им да не служиш, защото това ще ти бъде примка.
17 И ако речеш в сърцето си: Тия народи са по-многочислени от мене, как ще мога да ги изгоня? -
18 да се не уплашиш от тях; да помниш добре що направи Господ твоят Бог на Фараона и на всичките египтяни;
19 големите изпитни, които очите ти видяха, знаменията и чудесата, силната ръка и издигнатата мишца, с който Господ твоят Бог те изведе. Така ще направи Господ твоят Бог на всичките племена, от които ти се плашиш.
20 Още Господ твоят Бог ще изпрати и стършели върху тях, догде бъдат изтребени останалите, които са се скрили от тебе.
21 Да са не уплашиш от тях, защото Господ твоят Бог е всред, тебе, Бог велик и страшен.
22 И Господ твоят Бог малко по малко ще изгони тия народи от пред тебе; не бива да ги изтребиш изведнъж, за да се не умножат върху тебе полските зверове.
23 Но Господ твоят Бог ще ти ги предаде и ще ги разстройва с голямо разстройство, догде се изтребят.
24 Ще предаде и царете им в ръката ти, и ще заличиш името им под небето; никой не ще може да устои пред тебе догде не ги изтребиш.
25 Кумирите на боговете им изгаряйте с огън; да не пожалиш да вземеш на себе си среброто или златото, което е върху тях, за да се не впримчиш в него, понеже това е мерзост пред Господа твоя Бог.
26 И да не внасяш в дома си никаква мерзост, за да не станеш обречен на изтребление като нея; съвършено да я мразиш и съвършено да се отвращаваш от нея, защото е обречена на изтребление.
Deuteronomy 7
King James Version
7 When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
15 And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
20 Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
22 And the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
23 But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
Deuteronomy 7
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 7
Destroying the Nations.[a] 1 When the Lord, your God, has brought you into the land that you are entering to take possession of and he has driven out many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations in all, each larger and stronger than you are 2 and when the Lord, your God, will have delivered them over to you and you will have defeated them, you are to wipe them out. You are not to make a covenant with them or show them any mercy. 3 [b]Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters for your sons. 4 They would turn your sons away from serving me to serve other gods and the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you and destroy you in an instant.
5 This is what you are to do to them: you are to destroy their altars, tear down their sacred images, cut down their sacred groves, and burn up their idols in fire. 6 You are a people holy to the Lord, your God. The Lord, your God, has chosen you from among all the peoples in the world to be his own, a treasured possession. 7 The Lord did not delight in you because you were more numerous than these other peoples, for you are actually the least numerous of all people. 8 It was because the Lord loved you and was keeping the promise that he had sworn to your fathers that the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, from the land of your slavery.
9 Keep in mind, therefore, that the Lord, your God, is God. He is a faithful God who keeps his covenant of mercy to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and observe his commandments. 10 But upon those who hate him, he will avenge himself face to face, wiping them out. He will not delay in avenging himself face to face with those who hate him.[c] 11 Therefore, be careful to observe the commandments, statutes, and decrees that I give you today.
12 Blessings of the Covenant. If you obey these decrees and carefully observe them, then the Lord, your God, will preserve his covenant of mercy with you, as he promised to your forefathers. 13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the crops on your land, your grain, your wine and your oil, as well as the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks, in the land that he promised to your forefathers to give to you. 14 You will be more greatly blessed[d] than any other people. None of your men or women will be childless, none of your cattle will be without young. 15 The Lord will protect you from all illnesses. He will not inflict upon you any of the terrible diseases that you encountered in Egypt, but rather he will send them upon everyone who hates you. 16 You must annihilate all of the people whom the Lord, your God, delivers over to you. Do not look with pity upon them; do not serve their gods, for this would be a snare for you. 17 [e]You should say to yourselves, “These nations were stronger than we were. How did we ever drive them out?” 18 Do not be afraid of them. Remember what the Lord, your God, did to Pharaoh and to the whole of Egypt. 19 You saw with your own eyes the tremendous trials, signs, and wonders, how with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm the Lord, your God, brought you out. The Lord, your God, will do the same things to all of those people of whom you are afraid. 20 The Lord, your God, will destroy them by sending hornets into the midst of those who survived and are hiding. 21 Do not be afraid of them, for the Lord, your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. 22 Little by little the Lord, your God, will drive out those nations before you. You will not be able to eliminate them immediately, lest the wild animals around you multiply too much. 23 The Lord, your God, will hand them over to you, throwing them into a great confusion until they are totally wiped out. 24 He will deliver kings into your hands, and you will wipe out their names from under the heavens. No one will be able to stand up to you. You will destroy them.
25 You are to burn the idols of their gods in the fire. Do not seek after the gold or the silver that covers them, nor take it for yourselves, lest it become a snare for you. It is an abomination to the Lord, your God. 26 Nor should you bring an abomination into your house, or you, like it, will be set aside for destruction. Loathe and detest it, for it is something that is cursed.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 7:1 By slaughtering its enemies, Israel safeguards itself against the danger of being absorbed by the pagan world around it. When God began the education of his people, he could not immediately require them to rise above the rough and brutal practices of the age.
Deuteronomy provides other examples of such barbaric customs. It does indeed urge an unyielding resistance to the attractions of paganism, but it prescribes that the separation be accomplished in a fairly peaceful way. - Deuteronomy 7:3 Do not intermarry: the challenge, then as now, is to remain faithful to the one, true God in marriage.
- Deuteronomy 7:10 Each individual is personally responsible before God, as Ezekiel will later say in vigorous language (Ezek 18).
- Deuteronomy 7:14 More greatly blessed: loving and obeying the Lord reaps fruitful benefits, whether materially or more importantly, as gifts of peace, hope, and joy in the face of trials.
- Deuteronomy 7:17 This passage suggests that the region was not conquered as quickly as we might be led to think by the Book of Joshua, which simplifies the events. Israel could not settle in a wilderness; the anathema or law of destruction was therefore mitigated and never applied as systematically as some passages claim (see Jos 6:14-16).
Deuteronomy 7
New International Version
Driving Out the Nations
7 When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess(A) and drives out before you many nations(B)—the Hittites,(C) Girgashites,(D) Amorites,(E) Canaanites, Perizzites,(F) Hivites(G) and Jebusites,(H) seven nations larger and stronger than you— 2 and when the Lord your God has delivered(I) them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy(J) them totally.[a](K) Make no treaty(L) with them, and show them no mercy.(M) 3 Do not intermarry with them.(N) Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 4 for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods,(O) and the Lord’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy(P) you. 5 This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles[b](Q) and burn their idols in the fire.(R) 6 For you are a people holy(S) to the Lord your God.(T) The Lord your God has chosen(U) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(V)
7 The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous(W) than other peoples, for you were the fewest(X) of all peoples.(Y) 8 But it was because the Lord loved(Z) you and kept the oath he swore(AA) to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand(AB) and redeemed(AC) you from the land of slavery,(AD) from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God;(AE) he is the faithful God,(AF) keeping his covenant of love(AG) to a thousand generations(AH) of those who love him and keep his commandments.(AI) 10 But
those who hate him he will repay to their face by destruction;
he will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him.(AJ)
11 Therefore, take care to follow the commands, decrees and laws I give you today.
12 If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors.(AK) 13 He will love you and bless you(AL) and increase your numbers.(AM) He will bless the fruit of your womb,(AN) the crops of your land—your grain, new wine(AO) and olive oil(AP)—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(AQ) 14 You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young.(AR) 15 The Lord will keep you free from every disease.(AS) He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt,(AT) but he will inflict them on all who hate you.(AU) 16 You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you.(AV) Do not look on them with pity(AW) and do not serve their gods,(AX) for that will be a snare(AY) to you.
17 You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?(AZ)” 18 But do not be afraid(BA) of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt.(BB) 19 You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand(BC) and outstretched arm, with which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.(BD) 20 Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet(BE) among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished. 21 Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you,(BF) is a great and awesome God.(BG) 22 The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little.(BH) You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you. 23 But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed.(BI) 24 He will give their kings(BJ) into your hand,(BK) and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you;(BL) you will destroy them.(BM) 25 The images of their gods you are to burn(BN) in the fire. Do not covet(BO) the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared(BP) by it, for it is detestable(BQ) to the Lord your God. 26 Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction.(BR) Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 7:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.
- Deuteronomy 7:5 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in Deuteronomy
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