Numbers 23

1 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."

Bileám je rekel Baláku: »Tukaj mi zgradi sedem oltarjev in mi pripravi sedem volov ter sedem ovnov.«

2 Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.

Balák je storil, kakor je Bileám govoril, in Balák in Bileám sta na vsakem oltarju darovala bikca in ovna.

3 Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps God will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And Balak went off and stationed himself by his offering, and Balaam called to God and went off to a barren 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 bull 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 God put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."

Gospod je v Bileámova usta položil besedo ter rekel: »Vrni se k Baláku in tako boš govoril.«

6 He returned to him, and look, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

Vrnil se je k njemu in glej, ta je stal poleg svoje žgalne daritve, on in vsi Moábovi princi.

7 He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. 'Come, curse Jacob for me. 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 Jehovah has not cursed? How shall I defy whom God 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. From the hills I see him. Look, it is a people that dwells alone, and not counting itself 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, and who has numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous. 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 Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you 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 He answered and said, "Must I not be careful to speak that which God puts in my mouth?"

Ta je odgovoril in rekel: »Mar ne morem paziti, da govorim to, kar je Gospod položil v moja usta?«

13 Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, where you may see them; you shall see but the utmost 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 He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull 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 He said to Balak, "Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet over there."

Baláku je rekel: »Stoj tukaj pri svoji žgalni daritvi, medtem ko tam srečam Gospoda.«

16 And God met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and say this."

Gospod je srečal Bileáma in v njegova usta položil besedo ter rekel: »Ponovno pojdi k Baláku in tako povej.«

17 He came to him, and look, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. 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 He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear. Listen to me, you 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, nor 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 Look, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.

Glej, prejel sem zapoved, da blagoslovim in on je blagoslovil in tega ne morem razveljaviti.

21 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Jehovah his God is with him. 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 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 done.

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 Look, the people rises up as a lioness, as a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat 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 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 Balak, "Did I not tell you, saying, 'All that God 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 Balak said to Balaam, "Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you 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 Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.

In Balák je privedel Bileáma na vrh Peórja, ki gleda proti Ješimonu.

29 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."

Bileám je rekel Baláku: »Tukaj mi zgradi sedem oltarjev in tukaj mi pripravi sedem bikcev in sedem ovnov.«

30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.

Balák je storil kakor je Bileám rekel in na vsakem oltarju daroval bikca in ovna.