5 Moseboken 4
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Mose vädjar till folket om lydnad
4 Och nu Israel, lyssna när jag lär er de här föreskrifterna och lagarna! Lyd dem, så ska ni få leva och gå in och erövra det land som Herren era förfäders Gud har gett er! 2 Lägg inte något till lagarna och ta inte bort något från dem! Håll Herrens, er Guds, bud som jag har gett er! 3 Ni såg själva vad Herren gjorde vid Baal-Pegor, då Herren, er Gud, utplånade alla som tillbad Baal-Pegor. 4 Men alla ni som höll fast vid Herren, er Gud, är fortfarande vid liv idag.
5 Dessa lagar som jag nu undervisar om, så som Herren, min Gud, har befallt, ska ni följa när ni kommer in i det land som ni ska ta i besittning. 6 Ni ska följa dem och lyda dem, för då ska andra folk se er vishet och ert förstånd. De som hör de här lagarna ska säga: ”Detta stora folk är så förståndigt och äger en sådan vishet!” 7 För vilket annat stort folk har gudar som kommer dem nära, på samma sätt som Herren, vår Gud, gör närhelst vi ropar på honom? 8 Vilket annat folk, hur stort det än är, har så rättfärdiga föreskrifter och lagar som denna lag som jag ger er idag?
9 Men akta dig mycket noga! Glöm aldrig bort det som du med egna ögon fick se! Håll det i färskt minne så länge du lever! Undervisa om det för dina barn och barnbarn, 10 om den dag då du stod inför Herren, din Gud, vid berget Horeb. Herren sa till mig: ”Kalla samman allt folket inför mig, så ska jag låta dem få höra mina ord! De ska få lära sig att frukta mig så länge de lever i landet och undervisa sina barn.” 11 Ni kom fram och stod vid foten av berget som brann av eld. Lågorna slog högt upp mot himlen, omgivna av svarta moln och ett väldigt mörker. 12 Herren talade till er från elden och ni hörde vad han sa, fast ni inte såg honom. 13 Han förkunnade för er sitt förbund som ni ska hålla, de tio budorden, och han skrev ner dem på två stentavlor. 14 Herren befallde mig då också att lära er föreskrifter och lagar som ni måste följa när ni har gått över floden och in i det land ni ska ta i besittning.
Mose varnar för avgudar
15 Ni ska akta er noga, för ni fick inte se någon gestalt när Herren, er Gud, talade till er ur elden på Horeb. 16 Gör därför inte något så avskyvärt som att tillverka en bildstod. Tillverka ingen avgud, vare sig i form av en man eller en kvinna, 17 ett djur på marken, en fågel som flyger i skyn, 18 ett kräldjur, eller en fisk i vattnet under jordytan. 19 Och när du tittar upp mot himlen och får se solen, månen och stjärnorna, ja, himlens hela härskara, se då till att du inte förleds att tillbe dem och tjäna dem. De är något som Herren har skapat och gett till alla människor. 20 Men er har Herren räddat ur smältugnen i Egypten, för att ni ska vara hans särskilda folk, hans egendom, som ni är idag.
21 Herren blev arg på mig för er skull och svor att jag inte skulle få gå över floden Jordan in i det underbara land som han ska ge till dig som arv. 22 Jag måste dö här i landet och får inte gå över floden. Men ni ska gå över och inta det underbara landet. 23 Se då till att ni inte glömmer det förbund som Herren, er Gud, har upprättat med er. Tillverka inga bildstoder, avbilder av sådant som Herren har förbjudit er att avbilda, 24 för Herren, er Gud, är en förtärande eld, ja, han är en svartsjuk Gud.
25 Om ni, efter att ha bott i landet en längre tid och efter att ha fått barn och barnbarn, gör något så avskyvärt som att tillverka en avgudabild av något slag, detta som är ont inför Herren och som gör honom vred, 26 då tar jag himmel och jord till vittnen på att ni på en gång kommer att bli utrotade ur det land ni nu ska erövra på andra sidan Jordan. Ni kommer inte att få bo kvar där länge utan kommer att förgöras. 27 Herren kommer att sprida ut er bland folken. Bara några få av er ska bli kvar och dessa ska leva bland de främmande folk dit Herren sänder er. 28 Där kommer ni att tillbe avgudar gjorda av trä och sten, avgudar som varken kan se, höra, äta eller lukta.
29 Men där ska du också på nytt börja söka Herren, din Gud, och du ska finna honom när du söker honom av hela ditt hjärta och av hela din själ.[a] 30 När du är i nöd och har drabbats av alla dessa saker, då ska du i kommande dagar vända tillbaka till Herren, din Gud, och lyssna till honom, 31 för Herren, din Gud, är en barmhärtig Gud. Han ska inte överge dig eller fördärva dig. Han ska inte glömma det förbund han ingått med dina förfäder och bekräftat med ed.
Det finns ingen annan Gud
32 Fråga historien, tiden innan du fanns till, ända från den dag då Gud skapade människan på jorden och sök från den ena ändan av himlen till den andra, så ska du ändå inte finna något så fantastiskt som detta eller hitta någon som hört om något liknande. 33 Har något annat folk fått höra Guds röst tala till dem ur en eld som ni har fått och ändå fått leva? 34 Har någon annan gud ens försökt befria ett folk från ett annat folks makt genom att sända prövningar, genom tecken och under, genom krig och mäktiga gärningar, stora och fruktansvärda gärningar, så som Herren, din Gud, gjorde för er i Egypten mitt framför dina egna ögon?
35 Du fick se allt detta för att du skulle förstå att Herren är Gud och att det inte finns någon annan än han. 36 Från himlen lät han dig höra sin röst för att fostra dig. Han lät dig här på jorden se sin mäktiga eld och du hörde hans röst ur elden. 37 Eftersom han älskade dina förfäder och utvalde deras efterkommande, förde han genom sin väldiga kraft själv ut dig ur Egypten, 38 för att sedan driva bort andra folk som är större och mäktigare än du och ge dig deras land som arv som det ju är ännu idag.
39 Därför ska du idag inse och tänka på att Herren är Gud, både i himlen och här nere på jorden. Det finns ingen annan. 40 Om du följer de föreskrifter och lagar jag ger dig idag, kommer det att gå väl för dig och dina efterkommande och du ska få bo länge i det land som Herren, din Gud, vill ge dig för all framtid.
Fristäder
(4 Mos 35:6-34; 5 Mos 19:1-14; Jos 20:1-9)
41 Sedan valde Mose ut tre städer på östra sidan av floden Jordan. 42 Dit skulle den kunna fly som hade dödat någon, om dråpet hade skett genom olyckshändelse och utan att dråparen haft onda avsikter. Genom att fly till någon av dessa städer kunde dråparen rädda sitt liv. 43 För Rubens stam valde han Beser på högslätten i öknen, för Gads stam Ramot i Gilead och för Manasses stam Golan i Bashan.
Gudsuppenbarelsen och de tio budorden: Moses andra tal
(4:44—28:68)
44 Detta är lagen som Mose lade fram för israeliterna. 45 Dessa är de befallningar, föreskrifter och stadgar som Mose gav till Israels folk efter att de lämnat Egypten, 46 öster om Jordan i dalen mitt emot Bet Pegor. Området beboddes tidigare av amoréerna under kung Sichon vars huvudstad var Heshbon och som besegrades av Mose och israeliterna efter deras uttåg ur Egypten. 47 De intog Sichons land och även det som tillhörde kung Og i Bashan, den andre av de två amoreiska kungarna öster om Jordan, 48 hela området från Aroer vid floden Arnons dal till berget Sion[b] (dvs. Hermon) 49 och hela Jordandalen öster om floden ända till Aravasjön nedanför berget Pisgas branter.
Devarim 4
Orthodox Jewish Bible
4 Now therefore shema, Yisroel, unto the chukkim and unto the mishpatim, which I melammed (teach) you, to do them, in order that ye may live, and go in and possess ha’aretz which Hashem Elohei Avoteichem giveth you.
2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye take anything from it, that ye may be shomer mitzvot of the commandments of Hashem Eloheichem which I command you.
3 Your eyes have seen what Hashem did because of Baal Peor; for all the men that followed Baal Peor, Hashem Eloheicha hath destroyed them from among you.
4 But ye that did have deveykus (cleaving) unto Hashem Eloheichem are alive every one of you today.
5 Behold, I have taught you chukkim and mishpatim, even as Hashem Elohai commanded me, that ye should do so in ha’aretz whither ye go to possess it.
6 Be shomer therefore and do them; for this is your chochmah and your binah in the sight of the peoples, which shall hear all these chukkim, and say, Surely HaGoy HaGadol is a wise and understanding people.
7 For what nation is there so great, who hath elohim so near unto them, as Hashem Eloheinu is in all things for which we call upon Him?
8 And what nation is there so great, that hath chukkim and mishpatim tzaddikim as all this torah, which I set before you today?
9 Only be shomer over thyself, and be shomer over thy nefesh diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy lev kol yamim of thy life; but teach them to thy banim, and the banim of thy banim;
10 Specially the yom that thou stoodest before Hashem Eloheicha in Chorev, when Hashem said unto me, Gather Me the people together, and I will make them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me kol hayamim that they shall live upon ha’adamah and that they may teach their children.
11 And ye came near and stood at the foot of the mountain; the mountain burned with eish unto the midst of Shomayim, with choshech, and anan, and thick darkness.
12 And Hashem spoke unto you out of the midst of the eish; ye heard the voice of the devarim, but saw no temunah (form, semblance); only ye heard a voice.
13 And He declared unto you His Brit, which He commanded you to do, even Aseres HaDevarim; and He wrote them upon shnei luchot avanim (two tablets of stone).
14 And Hashem commanded me at that time to teach you chukkim and mishpatim, that ye might do them in ha’aretz whither ye go over to possess it.
15 Be shomer over yourselves, therefore; for ye saw no manner of temunah on the yom that Hashem spoke unto you in Chorev out of the midst of the eish;
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a pesel, the temunah of any semel, the likeness of zachar or nekevah,
17 The likeness of any behemah that is on ha’aretz, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The likeness of anything that creepeth on the adamah, the likeness of any dag (fish) that is in the waters below;
19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto Shomayim, and when thou seest the shemesh, and the yarei’ach, and the kokhavim, even all the tz’va HaShomayim, shouldest be driven to hishtachaveh (bow down, worship) them, and serve them which Hashem Eloheicha hath divided unto kol HaGoyim under kol HaShomayim.
20 But Hashem hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Mitzrayim, to be unto Him an Am Nachalah (a people of inheritance), as ye are yom hazeh.
21 Furthermore Hashem was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Yarden, and that I should not go in unto that ha’aretz hatovah, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee for a nachalah (inheritance);
22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Yarden; but ye shall go over, and possess that ha’aretz hatovah.
23 Be shomer over yourselves, lest ye forget the Brit Hashem Eloheichem, which He cut with you, and make you a pesel (idol, image), or the likeness of anything, which Hashem Eloheicha hath forbidden thee.
24 For Hashem Eloheicha is a consuming eish, even an El Kannah.
25 When thou shalt father banim, and bnei banim, and ye shall have remained long in Ha’Aretz, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a pesel, or the likeness of anything, and shall do evil in the sight of Hashem Eloheicha, to provoke Him to anger;
26 I call Shomayim and HaAretz to witness against you today, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off Ha’Aretz whereunto ye go over Yarden to possess it; ye shall not prolong your yamim upon it, but shall be utterly shmad.
27 And Hashem shall scatter you among the amim; ye shall be left few in number among the Goyim, whither Hashem shall lead you.
28 And there ye shall serve elohim, the work of men’s hands, etz (wood) and even (stone), which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 But if from thence thou shalt seek Hashem Eloheicha, thou shalt find Him, if thou seek Him with all thy lev and with all thy nefesh.
30 When thou art in tzar (tribulation), and all these things are come upon thee, even in the acharit hayamim, if thou turn to Hashem Eloheicha and shalt be obedient unto His voice;
31 For Hashem Eloheicha is an El Rachum; He will not abandon thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the Brit Avoteicha which He swore unto them.
32 For ask now of the yamim that are past, which were before thee, since the yom that Elohim bara man upon Ha’Aretz, and ask from the one side of Shomayim unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
33 Did ever people hear the kol Elohim speaking out of the midst of the eish, as thou hast heard, and live?
34 Or hath Elohim tried to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another nation, by massot (trials), by otot, by mofetim, by milchamah, by a yad chazakah, by an out- stretched zero’a, by great terrors, according to all that Hashem Eloheicha did for you in Mitzrayim before your eyes?
35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Hashem He is HaElohim; there is none else beside Him.
36 Out of Shomayim He made thee to hear His voice, that He might discipline thee; upon Ha’Aretz He showed thee His eish hagedolah; and thou heardest His devarim out of the midst of the eish.
37 And because He loved Avoteicha, therefore He chose their zera after them, and brought thee out in His sight with His ko’ach hagadol out of Mitzrayim;
38 To drive out Goyim from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for a nachalah, as it is yom hazeh.
39 Know therefore today, and consider it in thine lev, that Hashem He is HaElohim in Shomayim above, and upon Ha’Aretz beneath: there is no other.
40 Thou shalt be shomer over His chukkim, therefore, and His mitzvot, which I command thee today, that it may go well with thee, and with thy banim after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy yamim upon Ha’Aretz, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, kol hayamim.
41 Then Moshe separated and set apart three towns on this side of the Yarden toward the rising of the shemesh;
42 That the rotze’ach might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these towns he might live:
43 Namely, Betzer in the midbar, in the flatland, of the Reuveni; and Ramot in Gil‘ad, of the Gadi; and Golan in Bashan, of the Menashi.
44 And this is the torah which Moshe set before the Bnei Yisroel;
45 These are the edot, and the chukkim, and the mishpatim, which Moshe spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel, after they came forth out of Mitzrayim.
46 On this side of the Yarden, in the valley over against Beit Peor, in Eretz Sichon Melech HaEmori, who dwelt at Cheshbon, whom Moshe and the Bnei Yisroel struck down, after they were come forth out of Mitzrayim;
47 And they possessed his land, and Eretz Og Melech HaBashan, two melachim of HaEmori, which were on this side of the Yarden toward the rising of the shemesh;
48 From Aroer, which is by the edge of the Wadi Arnon, even unto Mt Siyon, which is Chermon,
49 And all the Aravah on this side of the Yarden eastward, even unto the Dead Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah.
Deuteronomy 4
King James Version
4 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.
2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.
5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
12 And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14 And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
20 But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
21 Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.
24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:
26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
27 And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.
28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.
36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.
41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt.
46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
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