Numbers 23
1 And Bil'am said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
I Bileam reče Balaku: “Ovdje mi načini sedam žrtvenika; ovdje mi pripravi sedam junaca i sedam ovnova.”
2 And Balak did as Bil'am had spoken; and Balak and Bil'am offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Balak učini kako je Bileam rekao. A onda Balak i Bileam prinesu po jednoga junca i ovna na svakome žrtveniku.
3 And Bil'am said unto Balak, Place thyself by thy burnt-offering; and I will go, peradventure the Lord will come to meet me, and whatsoever he may show me I will tell thee: and he went thoughtfully alone.
Potom će Bileam Balaku: “Ti stoj kod svoje paljenice, a ja idem ne bih li se sreo s Jahvom, pa što mi očituje, kazat ću ti.” I ode na osamljeno mjesto.
4 And God met Bil'am: and he said unto him, The seven altars have I made ready, and I have offered a bullock and a ram upon every altar.
I Bog srete Bileama, koji mu reče: “Sedam sam žrtvenika podigao i prinio na svakome po jednoga junca i ovna.”
5 And the Lord put a word in Bil'am's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
A Jahve stavi riječi u usta Bileamu te mu zapovjedi: “Vrati se Balaku i ovako govori.”
6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
Bileam se vrati k njemu, a on stajaše uza svoju paljenicu i s njim svi knezovi moapski.
7 And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram did Balak send for me, the king of Moab, out of the mountains of the east, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Tada on poče svoju pjesmu i reče: “Iz Arama dovede me Balak, kralj Moaba, iz strana istočnih: 'Dođi, prokuni mi Jakova, dođi, gromom udri Izraela!'
8 How shall I denounce, whom God hath not denounced? and how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
Kako mogu proklinjati koga Bog ne proklinje? Kako gromom udarati koga Jahve ne udara?
9 For from the top of rocks I see him, and from hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and among the nations it shall not be reckoned.
Jer s vrha hridi ja ga gledam, s visoka ga motrim brijega. Gle naroda koji odvojeno živi, među narode on se ne broji.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and number the fourth part of Israel? May my soul die the death of the righteous, and may my last end be like his!
Prah Jakovljev tko će prebrojiti; pijesak Izraela tko će izmjeriti! O, da mi je umrijeti smrću pravednika! O, da svršetak moj bude kao njegov!”
11 And Balak said unto Bil'am, What hast thou done unto me? to denounce my enemies did I take thee, and, behold, thou hast even blessed them.
“Što mi to uradi!” - reče Balak Bileamu. “Dovedoh te da prokuneš moje neprijatelje, a kad tamo, ti ih blagoslovom obasu!”
12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that only which the Lord may put in my mouth?
On odgovori: “Zar mi nije dužnost kazati što mi Jahve stavlja u usta?”
13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from where thou canst see them; nevertheless a portion of them only wilt thou see, but the whole of them thou wilt not see: and denounce them for me from there.
“Hajde sa mnom na drugo mjesto, odakle ga možeš svega vidjeti” zamoli ga Balak. “Odavde mu vidiš samo jedan kraj, a ne vidiš ga svega. Odande mi ga prokuni!”
14 And he brought him to the field of the watchmen, on the top of Pisgah, and he built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Povede ga zatim na Sede Sofim, na vrh Pisge. Tu sagradi sedam žrtvenika i na svakom žrtveniku prinese po jednoga junca i ovna.
15 And he said unto Balak, Place thyself here by thy burnt-offering, while I will repair to yonder place.
Bileam tada rekne Balaku: “Stoj ovdje kraj svoje paljenice, a ja odoh onamo na susret Bogu.”
16 And the Lord met Bil'am, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
Jahve sretne Bileama; stavi riječi u njegova usta te mu zapovjedi: “Vrati se k Balaku i tako govori!”
17 And he came to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said unto him: What hath the Lord spoken?
I vrati se on Balaku, koji stajaše uza svoju paljenicu i s njim moapski knezovi. Balak ga zapita: “Što je Jahve rekao?”
18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; bend hither thy ear unto me, son of Zippor!
Tada Bileam započe svoju pjesmu i reče: “Ustani, Balače, i poslušaj! Uhom me posluhni, sine Siporov!
19 God is not a man, that he should lie; nor a son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? and hath he spoken, and shall he not fulfill it?
Bog nije čovjek da bi slagao, nije sin Adama da bi se kajao. Zar on kada rekne, a ne učini, zar obeća, pa ne ispuni?
20 Behold, to bless I have received [the word]; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Gle, primih od Boga da blagoslovim, blagoslovit ću i povuć' neću blagoslova.
21 He hath not beheld any wrong in Jacob, nor hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glory of the king dwelleth among him.
U Jakovu nesreće ne nazreh, nit' nevolje vidjeh u Izraelu. Jahve, Bog njegov, s njime je, poklik kralju u njemu odzvanja.
22 God, who brought them out of Egypt, is to them like the heights of the reem.
Iz Egipta Bog ga je izveo, on je njemu k'o rozi bivola.
23 For there is no enchantment in Jacob, nor is there any divination in Israel: at the proper time shall it be said to Jacob and to Israel, what God doth work.
Gatanja nema protiv Jakova nit' protiv Izraela vračanja. I kada budu rekli Jakovu i Izraelu: 'Što radi Bog?'
24 Behold, it is a people, that shall rise up as a lioness, and as a lion shall it raise itself: it will not lie down until it have eaten the prey, and have drunk the blood of the slain.
gle, ustat će narod k'o lavica, dići će se poput lava: leći neće dok plijen ne proguta, dok ne popije krv pobijenih.”
25 And Balak said unto Bil'am, Neither shalt thou denounce them, nor shalt thou any wise bless them.
Zatim Balak reče Bileamu: “Nemoj ga ni kletvom kleti, ali ni blagoslovom blagoslivljati.”
26 But Bil'am answered and said unto Balak, Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, all that the Lord will speak, that must I do.
Bileam odvrati Balaku. “Zar ti nisam rekao: sve što Jahve kaže, to ću činiti.”
27 And Balak said unto Bil'am, Come, I pray thee, I will take thee unto another place, peradventure it may be pleasing in the eyes of God that thou mayest denounce them for me from there.
Potom Balak reče Bileamu: “Hajde! Odvest ću te na drugo mjesto. Možda će Bogu biti pravo da mi ga odande prokuneš.”
28 And Balak took Bil'am unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward the desert.
I odvede Balak Bileama na vrh Peora, odakle se pruža vidik na pustaru.
29 And Bil'am said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
“Sagradi mi ovdje sedam žrtvenika”, reče Bileam Balaku. “Nadalje, pripremi mi ovdje sedam junaca i sedam ovnova.”
30 And Balak did as Bil'am had said, and he offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Balak učini kako je Bileam rekao i prinese po jednoga junca i ovna na svakome žrtveniku.
