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Morgenbøn — første læsning

Judith 1

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In the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh, the great city, in the days of Arphaxad, who reigned over the Medes in Ecbatana, and built around Ecbatana walls of hewn stones three cubits broad and six cubits long, and made the height of the wall seventy cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits; and set its towers at its gates, one hundred cubits high, and its breadth in the foundation was sixty cubits; and made its gates, even gates that were raised to the height of seventy cubits, and their breadth forty cubits, for his mighty army to go out of, and the setting in array of his footmen— even in those days king Nebuchadnezzar made war with king Arphaxad in the great plain. This plain is on the borders of Ragau. There came to meet him all that lived in the hill country, and all that lived by Euphrates, Tigris, and Hydaspes, and in the plain of Arioch the king of the Elymaeans. Many nations of the sons of Chelod assembled themselves to the battle. And Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians sent to all who lived in Persia, and to all who lived westward, to those who lived in Cilicia, Damascus, Libanus, and Antilibanus, and to all who lived along the sea coast, and to those among the nations that were of Carmel and Gilead, and to the higher Galilee and the great plain of Esdraelon, and to all who were in Samaria and its cities, and beyond Jordan to Jerusalem, Betane, Chellus, Kadesh, the river of Egypt, Tahpanhes, Rameses, and all the land of Goshen, until you come above Tanis and Memphis, and to all that lived in Egypt, until you come to the borders of Ethiopia. All those who lived in all the land made light of the commandment of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians, and didn’t go with him to the war; for they were not afraid of him, but he was before them as one man. They turned away his messengers from their presence without effect, and with disgrace. And Nebuchadnezzar was exceedingly angry with all this land, and he swore by his throne and kingdom, that he would surely be avenged upon all the coasts of Cilicia, Damascus, and Syria, that he would kill with his sword all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, and the children of Ammon, all Judea, and all that were in Egypt, until you come to the borders of the two seas. And he set the battle in array with his army against king Arphaxad in the seventeenth year; and he prevailed in his battle, and turned to flight all the army of Arphaxad, with all his horses and all his chariots. He became master of his cities, and he came even to Ecbatana, and took the towers, plundered its streets, and turned its beauty into shame. He took Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragau, struck him through with his darts, and utterly destroyed him, to this day. He returned with them to Nineveh, he and all his company of sundry nations, an exceedingly great multitude of men of war, and there he took his ease and banqueted, he and his army, for one hundred twenty days.

Morgenbøn — anden læsning

Markus 8

I de Dage, da der atter var en stor Skare, og de intet havde at spise, kaldte han sine Disciple til sig og siger til dem: „Jeg ynkes inderligt over Skaren; thi de have allerede tøvet hos mig i tre Dage og have intet at spise. Og dersom jeg lader dem gaa fastende hjem, ville de vansmægte paa Vejen, og nogle af dem ere komne langvejsfra.‟ Og hans Disciple svarede ham: „Hvorfra skal nogen kunne mætte disse med Brød her i en Ørken?‟ Og han spurgte dem: „Hvor mange Brød have I?‟ Og de sagde: „Syv.‟ Og han byder Skaren at sætte sig ned paa Jorden; og han tog de syv Brød, takkede, brød dem og gav sine Disciple dem, at de skulde lægge dem for; og de lagde dem for Skaren. Og de havde nogle faa Smaafisk; og han velsignede dem og sagde, at ogsaa disse skulde lægges for. Og de spiste og bleve mætte; og de opsamlede af tiloversblevne Stykker syv Kurve. Men de vare omtrent fire Tusinde; og han lod dem gaa bort. Og straks gik han om Bord i Skibet med sine Disciple og kom til Dalmanuthas Egne. Og Farisæerne gik ud og begyndte at strides med ham og forlangte af ham et Tegn fra Himmelen for at friste ham. Og han sukkede dybt i sin Aand og siger: „Hvorfor forlanger denne Slægt et Tegn? Sandelig, siger jeg eder, der skal ikke gives denne Slægt noget Tegn!‟ Og han forlod dem og gik atter om Bord og for over til hin Side. Og de havde glemt at tage Brød med og havde kun eet Brød med sig i Skibet. Og han bød dem og sagde: „Ser til, tager eder i Vare for Farisæernes Surdejg og Herodes's Surdejg!‟ Og de tænkte med hverandre: „Det er, fordi vi ikke have Brød.‟ Og da han mærkede dette, siger han til dem: „Hvorfor tænke I paa, at I ikke have Brød? Skønne I ikke endnu, og forstaa I ikke? Er eders Hjerte forhærdet? Have I Øjne og se ikke? Og have I Øren og høre ikke? Og komme I ikke i Hu? Da jeg brød de fem Brød til de fem Tusinde, hvor mange Kurve fulde af Stykker toge I da op?‟ De sige til ham: „Tolv.‟ „Og da jeg brød de syv til de fire Tusinde, hvor mange Kurve fulde af Stykker toge I da op?‟ Og de sige til ham: „Syv.‟ Og han sagde til dem: „Hvorledes forstaa I da ikke?‟ Og de komme til Bethsajda. Og man fører en blind til ham og beder ham om, at han vil røre ved ham. Og han tog den blinde ved Haanden og førte ham uden for Landsbyen og spyttede paa hans Øjne og lagde Hænderne paa ham og spurgte ham, om han saa noget. Og han saa op og sagde: „Jeg ser Menneskene; thi jeg ser noget ligesom Træer gaa omkring.‟ Derefter lagde han atter Hænderne paa hans Øjne, og han blev klarsynet og var helbredet og kunde se alle Ting tydeligt. Og han sendte ham hjem og sagde: „Du maa ikke gaa ind i Landsbyen, [ej heller sige det til nogen i Landsbyen.‟] Og Jesus og hans Disciple gik ud til Landsbyerne ved Kæsarea Filippi; og paa Vejen spurgte han sine Disciple og sagde til dem: „Hvem sige Menneskene, at jeg er?‟ Og de sagde til ham: „Johannes Døberen; og andre: Elias; men andre: En af Profeterne.‟ Og han spurgte dem: „Men I, hvem sige I, at jeg er?‟ Peter svarede og siger til ham: „Du er Kristus.‟ Og han bød dem strengt, at de ikke maatte sige nogen dette om ham. Og han begyndte at lære dem, at Menneskesønnen skulde lide meget og forkastes af de Ældste og Ypperstepræsterne og de skriftkloge og ihjelslaas og opstaa efter tre Dage. Og han talte dette frit ud. Og Peter tog ham til Side og begyndte at sætte ham i Rette. Men han vendte sig og saa paa sine Disciple og irettesatte Peter og siger: „Vig bag mig, Satan! thi du sanser ikke, hvad Guds er, men hvad Menneskers er.‟ Og han kaldte Skaren tillige med sine Disciple til sig og sagde til dem: „Den, som vil følge efter mig, han fornægte sig selv og tage sit Kors op og følge mig! Thi den, som vil frelse sit Liv, skal miste det; men den, som mister sit Liv for min og Evangeliets Skyld, han skal frelse det. Thi hvad gavner det et Menneske at vinde den hele Verden og at bøde med sin Sjæl? Thi hvad kunde et Menneske give til Vederlag for sin Sjæl? Thi den, som skammer sig ved mig og mine Ord i denne utro og syndige Slægt, ved ham skal ogsaa Menneskesønnen skamme sig, naar han kommer i sin Faders Herlighed med de hellige Engle.‟

Aftenbøn — første læsning

Judith 2

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In the eighteenth year, the twenty-second day of the first month, there was talk in the house of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians, that he should be avenged on all the land, even as he spoke. He called together all his servants and all his great men, and communicated with them his secret counsel, and concluded the afflicting of all the land out of his own mouth. They decreed to destroy all flesh which didn’t follow the word of his mouth. It came to pass, when he had ended his counsel, Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians called Holofernes the chief captain of his army, which was next after himself, and said to him, “Thus says the great king, the lord of all the earth: Behold, you shall go out from my presence, and take with you men who trust in their strength, to one hundred twenty thousand footmen and twelve thousand horses with their riders. And you shall go out against all the west country, because they disobeyed the commandment of my mouth. You shall declare to them that they should prepare earth and water, because I will go out in my wrath against them, and will cover the whole face of the earth with the feet of my army, and I will give them as plunder to them. Their slain will fill their valleys and brooks, and the river will be filled with their dead until it overflows. I will lead them captives to the utmost parts of all the earth. But you shall go forth, and take all their coasts for me first. If they will yield themselves to you, then you must reserve them for me until the day of their reproof. As for those who are disobedient, your eye shall not spare; but you shall give them up to be slain and to be plundered in all your land. For as I live, and by the power of my kingdom, I have spoken, and I will do this with my hand. Moreover, you shall not transgress anything of the commandments of your lord, but you shall surely accomplish them, as I have commanded you. You shall not defer to do them.” So Holofernes went out from the presence of his lord, and called all the governors, the captains, and officers of the army of Asshur. He counted chosen men for the battle, as his lord had commanded him, to one hundred twenty thousand, with twelve thousand archers on horseback. He arranged them as a great multitude is ordered for the war. He took camels and asses and mules for their baggage, an exceedingly great multitude, and sheep and oxen and goats without number for their provision, and great store of rations for every man, and exceedingly much gold and silver out of the king’s house. He went out, he and all his army, on their journey, to go before king Nebuchadnezzar, and to cover all the face of the earth westward with their chariots, horsemen, and chosen footmen. A great company of various nations went out with them like locusts, and like the sand of the earth. For they could not be counted by reason of their multitude. And they departed out of Nineveh three days’ journey toward the plain of Bectileth, and encamped from Bectileth near the mountain which is at the left hand of the upper Cilicia. And he took all his army, his footmen, horsemen, and chariots, and went away from there into the hill country, and destroyed Put and Lud, and plundered all the children of Rasses and the children of Ishmael, which were along the wilderness to the south of the land of the Chellians. And he went over Euphrates, and went through Mesopotamia, and broke down all the high cities that were upon the river Arbonai, until you come to the sea. And he took possession of the borders of Cilicia, and killed all that resisted him, and came to the borders of Japheth, which were toward the south, opposite Arabia. He surrounded all the children of Midian, and set their tents on fire, and plundered their sheepfolds. He went down into the plain of Damascus in the days of wheat harvest, and set all their fields on fire, and utterly destroyed their flocks and herds, and plundered their cities, laid their plains waste, and struck all their young men with the edge of the sword. And the fear and the dread of him fell upon those who lived on the sea coast, upon those who were in Sidon and Tyre, those who lived in Sur and Ocina, and all who lived in Jemnaan. Those who lived in Azotus and Ascalon feared him exceedingly.

Aftenbøn — anden læsning

2. Korintherbrev 4

Derfor, da vi have denne Tjeneste efter den Barmhjertighed, som er bleven os til Del, saa tabe vi ikke Modet; men vi have frasagt os de skammelige Smugveje, saa vi ikke vandre i Træskhed, ej heller forfalske Guds Ord, men ved Sandhedens Aabenbarelse anbefale os til alle Menneskers Samvittighed for Guds Aasyn. Men om ogsaa vort Evangelium er tildækket, da er det tildækket iblandt dem, som fortabes, dem, i hvem denne Verdens Gud har forblindet de vantros Tanker, for at Lyset ikke skulde skinne fra Evangeliet om Kristi Herlighed, han, som er Guds Billede. Thi ikke os selv prædike vi, men Kristus Jesus som Herre, os derimod som eders Tjenere for Jesu Skyld. Thi Gud, som sagde: „Af Mørke skal Lys skinne frem,‟ han har ladet det skinne i vore Hjerter for at bringe Kundskaben om Guds Herlighed paa Kristi Aasyn for Lyset. Men denne Skat have vi i Lerkar, for at den overvættes Kraft maa være Guds, og ikke fra os, vi, som trænges paa alle Maader, men ikke stænges inde, ere tvivlraadige, men ikke fortvivlede, forfulgte, men ikke forladte, nedslagne, men ikke ihjelslagne, altid bærende Jesu Dødelse om i Legemet, for at ogsaa Jesu Liv maa aabenbares i vort Legeme. Thi altid overgives vi, som leve, til Død for Jesu Skyld, for at ogsaa Jesu Liv maa aabenbares i vort dødelige Kød. Saaledes er Døden virksom i os, men Livet i eder! Men efterdi vi have den samme Troens Aand, som der er skrevet: „Jeg troede, derfor talte jeg,‟ saa tro ogsaa vi, og derfor tale vi ogsaa, idet vi vide, at han, som oprejste den Herre Jesus, skal ogsaa oprejse os med Jesus og fremstille os tillige med eder. Thi det sker alt sammen for eders Skyld, for at Naaden maa vokse ved at naa til flere, og til Guds Ære forøge Taksigelsen. Derfor tabe vi ikke Modet; men om ogsaa vort udvortes Menneske fortæres, fornyes dog vort indvortes Dag for Dag. Thi vor Trængsel, som er stakket og let, virker for os over al Maade og Maal en evig Vægt af Herlighed, idet vi ikke se paa de synlige Ting, men paa de usynlige; thi de synlige ere timelige, men de usynlige ere evige.