Numbers 23
1 And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Bileám je rekel Baláku: »Tukaj mi zgradi sedem oltarjev in mi pripravi sedem volov ter sedem ovnov.«
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken. And Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
Balák je storil, kakor je Bileám govoril, in Balák in Bileám sta na vsakem oltarju darovala bikca in ovna.
3 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.
Bileám je rekel Baláku: »Stoj pri svoji žgalni daritvi, jaz pa bom šel. Morda bo prišel Gospod, da me sreča in karkoli mi pokaže, ti bom povedal.« In odšel je na visok kraj.
4 And God met Balaam, and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Bog je srečal Bileáma in ta mu je rekel: »Pripravil sem sedem oltarjev in na vsakem oltarju sem daroval bikca in ovna.«
5 And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shall speak.
Gospod je v Bileámova usta položil besedo ter rekel: »Vrni se k Baláku in tako boš govoril.«
6 And he returned to him. And, lo, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the rulers of Moab.
Vrnil se je k njemu in glej, ta je stal poleg svoje žgalne daritve, on in vsi Moábovi princi.
7 And he took up his oracle, and said, From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
Vzel je njegovo prispodobo ter rekel: »Moábski kralj Balák me je privedel iz Aráma, iz vzhodnih gora, rekoč: ›Pridi, prekolni mi Jakoba in pridi izzivat Izraela.‹
8 How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah has not defied?
Kako naj prekolnem, kogar Bog ni preklel? Kako naj izzivam, kogar Gospod ni izzival?
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him. Lo, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Kajti od vrha skal ga vidim in od hribov ga gledam. Glej, ljudstvo bo prebivalo samo in ne bo šteto med narode.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Kdo lahko prešteje Jakobov prah in število četrtine Izraela? Naj umrem smrt pravičnega in naj bo moj zadnji konec podoben njegovemu!«
11 And Balak said to Balaam, What have thou done to me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and, behold, thou have blessed them altogether.
Balák pa je rekel Bileámu: »Kaj si mi storil? Vzel sem te, da prekolneš moje sovražnike in glej, ti si jih vse skupaj blagoslovil.«
12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?
Ta je odgovoril in rekel: »Mar ne morem paziti, da govorim to, kar je Gospod položil v moja usta?«
13 And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from where thou may see them. Thou shall see but the outmost part of them, and shall not see them all, and curse them for me from there.
Balák mu je rekel: »Pridi, prosim te, z menoj na drug kraj, od koder jih lahko vidiš. Videl boš le njihov skrajni del, ne boš pa videl vseh, in od tam mi jih prekolni.«
14 And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Privedel ga je na polje Zofim, k vrhu Pisge in zgradil sedem oltarjev in na vsakem oltarju daroval bikca in ovna.
15 And he said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.
Baláku je rekel: »Stoj tukaj pri svoji žgalni daritvi, medtem ko tam srečam Gospoda.«
16 And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shall thou speak.
Gospod je srečal Bileáma in v njegova usta položil besedo ter rekel: »Ponovno pojdi k Baláku in tako povej.«
17 And he came to him. And, lo, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the rulers of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
Ko je prišel k njemu, glej, je ta stal pri svoji žgalni daritvi in princi Moába z njim. In Balák mu je rekel: »Kaj je Gospod govoril?«
18 And he took up his oracle, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear. Hearken to me, thou son of Zippor.
Ta je vzel njegovo prispodobo ter rekel: »Vstani, Balák in poslušaj; prisluhni mi, ti, Cipórjev sin.
19 God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
Bog ni človek, da bi lagal; niti človeški sin, da bi se moral kesati. Je rekel in tega ne bi storil? Je govoril in ali tega ne bi dobro naredil?
20 Behold, I have received to bless. And he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Glej, prejel sem zapoved, da blagoslovim in on je blagoslovil in tega ne morem razveljaviti.
21 He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
Ni zagledal krivičnosti v Jakobu niti ni videl perverznosti v Izraelu. Gospod, njegov Bog, je z njim in krik kralja je med njimi.
22 God brings them forth out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox.
Bog jih je privedel iz Egipta; moč ima, kakor bi bila moč od samoroga.
23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God wrought!
Zagotovo tam ni izrekanja uroka zoper Jakoba niti tam ni nobenega vedeževanja zoper Izraela. Glede na ta čas bo to rečeno o Jakobu in o Izraelu; ›Kaj je Bog storil!‹
24 Behold, the people rise up as a lioness, and as a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.
Glej, ljudstvo bo vstalo kakor velik lev in se dvignilo kakor mlad lev. On se ne bo ulegel, dokler ne jé od plena in ne pije krvi umorjenega.«
25 And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
Balák je rekel Bileámu: »Niti jih sploh ne preklinjaj niti jih sploh ne blagoslavljaj.«
26 But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaks, that I must do?
Toda Bileám je odgovoril in rekel Baláku: »Mar ti nisem rekel, rekoč: ›Vse, kar Gospod govori, to moram storiti?‹«
27 And Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take thee to another place. Perhaps it will please God that thou may curse them for me from there.
Balák je rekel Bileámu: »Pridi, prosim te, privedel te bom na drug kraj. Morda bo to ugajalo Bogu, da mi jih boš od tam preklel.«
28 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down upon the desert.
In Balák je privedel Bileáma na vrh Peórja, ki gleda proti Ješimonu.
29 And Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Bileám je rekel Baláku: »Tukaj mi zgradi sedem oltarjev in tukaj mi pripravi sedem bikcev in sedem ovnov.«
30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Balák je storil kakor je Bileám rekel in na vsakem oltarju daroval bikca in ovna.
