Numbers 21
1 The king of Arad [city] lived in the area where the Canaan people-group lived, in the desert in the southern part of the land. He heard a report that the Israelis were approaching on the road to Atharim [village]. So his army attacked the Israelis and captured some of them.
А кад чу Хананеј, цар арадски, који живљаше на југу, да иде Израиљ путем којим идоше уходе, он се поби с њима и зароби их неколико.
2 Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
Тада се Израиљ заветова Господу и рече: Ако даш овај народ мени у руке, до темеља ћу раскопати градове њихове.
3 Yahweh heard what they requested, and he enabled them to defeat the army of the Canaan people-group. The Israeli soldiers killed all the people and destroyed their towns. [Ever since that time], that place has been called Hormah [which means ‘destruction’].
И услиши Господ глас Израиљев и даде му Хананеје, а он затре њих и градове њихове, и прозва оно место Орма.
4 Then the Israelis left Hor Mountain and traveled on the road towards the Red Sea, in order to go around [the land of] Edom. But the people became impatient along the way,
Потом пођоше од горе Ора к Црвеном мору обилазећи земљу едомску, и ослаби дух народу од пута.
5 and they began to grumble/complain against God and against Moses/me. They said, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in this desert [RHQ]? There is nothing to eat here, and nothing to drink. And we detest this lousy [manna] food!”
И викаше народ на Бога и на Мојсија: Зашто нас изведосте из Мисира да изгинемо у овој пустињи? Јер нема ни хлеба ни воде, а овај се никакви хлеб већ огадио души нашој.
6 So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
А Господ пусти на народ змије ватрене, које их уједаху, те помре много народа у Израиљу.
7 Then the people came to Moses/me and cried out, saying, “We [now know that we] have sinned against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, asking that he will take away the snakes!” So Moses/I prayed for the people.
Тада дође народ к Мојсију и рекоше: Згрешисмо што викасмо на Господа и на тебе; моли Бога нека уклони змије од нас. И Мојсије се помоли за народ.
8 Then Yahweh told him/me, “Make a model/image of a poisonous snake, and attach it to the top of a pole. If those who are bitten by the snakes look at that model, they will (recover/get well).”
И Господ рече Мојсију: Начини змију ватрену, и метни је на мотку, и кога уједе змија, нека погледа у њу, па ће оздравити.
9 So Moses/I made a snake from bronze and attached it to the top of a pole. Then, when those who had been bitten by a snake looked at the bronze snake, they recovered!
И начини Мојсије змију од бронзе, и метну је на мотку, и кога год уједе змија он погледа у змију од бронзе, и оздрави.
10 Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
Потом пођоше синови Израиљеви, и стадоше у логор у Овоту.
11 Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
И из Овота отишавши стадоше у логор на брдима аваримским у пустињи која је према моавској с истока.
12 From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
Оданде отишавши стадоше у логор у долини Зареду.
13 Then they traveled to the north side of the Arnon [River]. That area is in the desert next to the land where the Amor people-group lived. The Arnon [River] is the boundary between Moab and where the Amor people-group lived.
И одатле отишавши стадоше у логор на брду на Арнону, који је у пустињи и излази од међе аморејске. Јер је Арнон међа моавска између Моаваца и Аморејаца.
14 That is why in the book called ‘The Book of the Wars of Yahweh’ it tells about “Waheb [town] in the Suphah area, and the ravines there; and the Arnon [River]
Зато се каже у књизи о ратовима Господњим: На Вајева у Суфи и на потоке арнонске.
15 and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
Јер ти потоци, који допиру до места Ара, теку покрај међе моавске.
16 From there, the Israelis traveled to Beer. There was a well there, where Yahweh previously had said to Moses/me, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
А отуда дођоше к Виру; то је студенац за који беше рекао Господ Мојсију: Скупи народ, и даћу им воде.
17 There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
Тада пева Израиљ песму ову: Дижи се, студенче; припевајте га;
18 Sing about this well which our leaders dug; they dug out [the dirt] with their royal scepters and their walking sticks.” Then the Israelis left that desert and went through Mattanah,
Студенче, који копаше кнезови, који ископаше поглавари народни с оним који постави закон, палицама својим. А из пустиње отидоше у Мантанаил,
19 Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
А из Мантанаила, у Надил, а из Надила у Вамот,
20 Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
А из Вамота у долину која је у пољу моавском код горе Фазге и гледа у пустињу.
21 Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message [that they/we gave him]:
Тада посла Израиљ посланике к Сиону, цару аморејском говорећи:
22 “Allow us to travel through your country. We will stay on the king’s highway, [the main road that goes from the south to the north], until we have finished traveling through your land. We will not walk through any field or vineyard, or drink water from your wells.”
Пусти да прођемо кроз твоју земљу, нећемо свртати ни у поље ни у виноград, нити ћемо пити воде из студенаца; ићи ћемо царским путем докле не пређемо међу твоју.
23 But King Sihon refused. He would not allow them to walk through his land. Instead, he sent his whole army to attack the Israelis in the desert. They attacked the Israelis at Jahaz [village].
Али не даде Сион Израиљу да прође кроз земљу његову, него сабра Сион сав народ свој, и изађе на Израиља у пустињу, и дође у Јасу, и поби се с Израиљем.
24 But the Israelis completely defeated them and occupied their land, from the Arnon [River in the south] to the Jabbok [River in the north]. They stopped at the border of the land where the Ammon people-group lived, because [the Ammon army was defending] the border strongly.
Али га исече Израиљ оштрим мачем, и освоји земљу његову од Арона па до Јавока, до синова Амонових, јер тврда беше међа синова Амонових.
25 So the Israelis occupied all the cities and towns where the Amor people-group lived, and some of the Israelis began to live in them. They occupied Heshbon [city] and the nearby villages.
И узе Израиљ сва она места и насели се у свим градовима аморејским, у Есевону и у свим селима његовим.
26 Heshbon was the capital of the country. It was the city where King Sihon ruled. His army had previously defeated the army of the king of Moab, and then his people had begun to live in all of the land of Moab as far as the Arnon [River in the south].
Јер Есевон беше град Сиона, цара аморејског, који беше први завојштио на цара моавског и беше му узео сву земљу његову до Арнона.
27 For that reason, one of the poets wrote long ago, “Come to Heshbon, the city where King Sihon [ruled]. We want the city to be restored/rebuilt.
Зато говоре у причи: Ходите у Есевон, да се сагради и подигне град Сионов.
28 A fire blazed from Heshbon; it burned down Ar [city] in Moab, it destroyed [everything on] the hills along the Arnon [River].
Јер огањ изађе из Есевона, пламен из града Сионовог, и спали Ар моавски и становнике на висини арнонској.
29 You people of Moab, terrible things have happened to you! You people who [worship your god] Chemosh have been (annihilated/wiped out)! The men who [worshiped] [MET] Chemosh have run away and are now refugees, and the women [who worshiped him] have been captured by [the army of] Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group.
Тешко теби, Моаве; пропао си; народе Хемосов; дао је синове своје који утекоше и кћери своје у ропство Сиону, цару аморејском.
30 But we have defeated [Sihon and] those descendants of Amor, all the way from Heshbon [in the north] to Dibon [city in the south]. We have completely obliterated/destroyed them as far as Nophah and Medeba [towns].”
Али их пострељасмо, пропаде Есевон до Девона, и потрсмо их до Нофе, која допире до Медеве.
31 So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
И тако живи Израиљ у земљи аморејској.
32 After Moses/I sent some men to explore the area near Jazer [city], Israeli people began to live in all the towns in that region and expelled the Amor people-group who lived there.
Потом посла Мојсије да уходе Јазир, и узеше села око њега, и изагнаше Аморејце који беху онде.
33 Then they turned [north] toward the Bashan region, but King Og of Bashan and all his army attacked them at Edrei [town].
Потом обративши се пођоше у Васан; и изиђе Ог, цар васански пред њих, он и сав народ његов на бој у Едрајин.
34 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do not be afraid of Og, because I am going to enable your men to defeat him and his army, and to take possession of all his land. You will do to him what you did to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who ruled in Heshbon.”
А Господ рече Мојсију: Не бој га се; јер сам га дао у твоје руке и сав народ његов и земљу његову; и учини му како си учинио Сиону, цару Аморејском који живљаше у Есевону.
35 And that is what happened. We Israelis defeated Og’s army, and killed King Og and his sons and all his people. Not a person survived! And then we Israelis began to live in their land.
И побише га и синове његове и сав народ његов, да не оста ниједан, и освојише земљу његову.
