2 Mosebog 10
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
Ottende katastrofe: Græshopper
10 Da sagde Herren til Moses: „Gå igen til Farao og stil dit krav! Jeg har gjort ham og hans rådgivere stædige, så jeg fortsat kan vise min magt på dem og udføre mirakuløse tegn iblandt dem. 2 Hvilke fantastiske beretninger dine børn og børnebørn skal få at høre om alle de undere, jeg gjorde i Egypten for at vise, at jeg er Herren.”
3 Så gik Moses og Aron igen til Farao og sagde: „Herren, hebræernes Gud, spørger dig nu: Hvor længe vil du nægte at adlyde mig? Lad mit folk rejse for at tilbede mig. 4 Hvis du stadig modsætter dig, vil jeg i morgen lade græshoppesværme invadere dit land. 5 Græshopperne vil fuldstændig dække jorden og fortære den smule, som er tilbage efter haglvejret, så der intet grønt bliver tilbage hverken på træer eller marker. 6 De vil fylde dit palads, dine hoffolks boliger og hvert eneste hus i Egypten. Aldrig tidligere i historien har en sådan katastrofe ramt dette land. Ingen af dine forfædre har nogensinde set noget lignende.” Derefter drejede Moses om på hælen og forlod Farao.
7 Nu henvendte hoffolkene sig til Farao i protest. „Hvor længe vil du lade de her katastrofer fortsætte?” klagede de. „Lad dog de mennesker rejse, så de kan tilbede deres Gud! Kan du ikke se, at hele Egypten ellers går til grunde?”
8 Så blev Moses og Aron hentet tilbage til Farao. „Så tag da af sted og dyrk jeres Gud,” sagde Farao. „Men sig mig lige, hvem er det nu, der skal rejse?”
9 „Alle som en,” svarede Moses. „Vi tager børn og gamle med, alle vores sønner og døtre og alle vores husdyr. Vi tager det hele med os. Alle skal deltage i denne højtid for Herren.”
10 „Ikke på vilkår!” råbte Farao. „Hvis I prøver at slippe væk med jeres kvinder og børn, så får I sandelig brug for jeres Guds hjælp! Jeg kan godt se, hvad I er ude på! 11 Nej, kun mændene må rejse af sted for at tilbede Jahve—det var jo det I bad om!” Så blev Moses og Aron smidt ud af paladset.
12 Derefter sagde Herren til Moses: „Ræk din hånd ud over Egypten, så græshopperne kan invadere landet. Lad dem æde alt, hvad der blev levnet efter haglvejret.”
13 Moses rakte nu sin stav ud, og Herren lod en østenvind blæse hele den dag og den følgende nat. Da det blev morgen, havde østenvinden bragt græshopperne til landet.
14 Enorme sværme af græshopper dækkede hele landet. Aldrig havde der været så mange græshopper i Egyptens historie. Og aldrig igen skal noget lignende ske. 15 Græshopperne dækkede jordens overflade, så den blev helt sort, og de åd alle planter og frugter, der var tilbage efter haglvejret. De efterlod ikke noget grønt overhovedet—ikke et træ, ikke en plante var tilbage i hele Egypten.
16 Farao fik hurtigt fat i Moses og Aron. „Jeg har syndet imod Herren, jeres Gud, og imod jer!” sagde han. 17 „Tilgiv mig bare denne ene gang og bed jeres Gud om at tage den her dødbringende plage fra mig.”
18 Moses forlod derefter Farao og bad til Herren. 19 Da sendte Herren en storm fra vest, som blæste græshopperne ud i Det Røde Hav.[a] Ikke en eneste græshoppe blev tilbage i hele Egypten. 20 Men Herren lod Farao blive stædig igen, så han alligevel ikke ville lade israelitterne rejse.
Niende katastrofe: Mørke
21 Herren sagde nu til Moses: „Løft dine hænder imod himlen, og et dybt og forfærdeligt mørke vil sænke sig over Egypten—et mørke så tykt, at man kan føle det.” 22 Moses rakte hånden op mod himlen, og et tykt mørke sænkede sig over landet i tre dage. 23 Folk kunne ikke se hinanden, så de rørte sig ikke ud af stedet i tre dage, men overalt hvor israelitterne boede var der lyst.
24 Da sendte Farao bud efter Moses. „Rejs og tilbed Herren,” sagde han. „Men efterlad jeres husdyr her. Jeres kvinder og børn kan I tage med.”
25 „Har du tænkt dig at give os de dyr, vi skal bruge som slagtofre og brændofre til Herren, vores Gud? 26 Nej, vel! Derfor er vi nødt til at have vores dyr med. Vi ved jo heller ikke, hvilke ofre Herren ønsker, før vi når frem til stedet, så vi må tage det hele med.”
27 Herren gjorde igen Farao stædig, så han nægtede at lade dem rejse. 28 Han råbte efter Moses: „Forsvind herfra, og lad mig aldrig mere se dig for mine øjne! Hvis du viser dig igen, slår jeg dig ihjel!”
29 „Godt,” svarede Moses. „Du skal aldrig mere se mig.”
Footnotes
- 10,19 Den hebraiske betegnelse betyder et stort vandområde med siv eller havplanter. Den græske oversættelse siger: „Det Røde Hav”. Det er uvist hvilken del af Det Røde Hav, der er tale om.
Exodus 10
New King James Version
The Eighth Plague: Locusts(A)
10 Now the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh; (B)for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, (C)that I may show these signs of Mine before him, 2 and that (D)you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son’s son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may (E)know that I am the Lord.”
3 So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to (F)humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may (G)serve Me. 4 Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring (H)locusts into your territory. 5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and (I)they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field. 6 They shall (J)fill your houses, the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians—which neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’ ” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
7 Then Pharaoh’s (K)servants said to him, “How long shall this man be (L)a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”
8 So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the Lord your God. Who are the ones that are going?”
9 And Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for (M)we must hold a feast to the Lord.”
10 Then he said to them, “The Lord had better be with you when I let you and your little ones go! Beware, for evil is ahead of you. 11 Not so! Go now, you who are men, and serve the Lord, for that is what you desired.” And they were driven (N)out from Pharaoh’s presence.
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, (O)“Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and (P)eat every herb of the land—all that the hail has left.” 13 So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And (Q)the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt. They were very severe; (R)previously there had been no such locusts as they, nor shall there be such after them. 15 For they (S)covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they (T)ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.
16 Then Pharaoh called (U)for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, (V)“I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and (W)entreat[a] the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this death only.” 18 So he (X)went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned a very strong west wind, which took the locusts away and blew them (Y)into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt. 20 But the Lord (Z)hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
The Ninth Plague: Darkness
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, (AA)“Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, [b]darkness which may even be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was (AB)thick darkness in all the land of Egypt (AC)three days. 23 They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. (AD)But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
24 Then Pharaoh called to Moses and (AE)said, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back. Let your (AF)little ones also go with you.”
25 But Moses said, “You must also give [c]us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 26 Our (AG)livestock also shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind. For we must take some of them to serve the Lord our God, and even we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.”
27 But the Lord (AH)hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. 28 Then Pharaoh said to him, (AI)“Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!”
29 So Moses said, “You have spoken well. (AJ)I will never see your face again.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 10:17 make supplication to
- Exodus 10:21 Lit. that one may feel the darkness
- Exodus 10:25 Lit. into our hands
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk (Danish New Living Bible) Copyright © 2002, 2006 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
