Brojevi 21
1 A kad èu Hananej car Aradski, koji življaše na jugu, da ide Izrailj putem kojim idoše uhode, on se pobi s njima i zarobi ih nekoliko.
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.
2 Tada se Izrailj zavjetova Gospodu i reèe: ako daš ovaj narod meni u ruke, do temelja æu raskopati gradove njihove.
Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
3 I usliši Gospod glas Izrailjev i dade mu Hananeje, a on zatr njih i gradove njihove, i prozva ono mjesto Orma.
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’].
4 Potom poðoše od gore Ora k Crvenom Moru obilazeæi zemlju Edomsku, i oslabi duh narodu od puta.
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,
5 I vikaše narod na Boga i na Mojsija: zašto nas izvedoste iz Misira da izginemo u ovoj pustinji? Jer nema ni hljeba ni vode, a ovaj se nikaki hljeb veæ ogadio duši našoj.
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!”
6 A Gospod pusti na narod zmije vatrene, koje ih ujedahu, te pomrije mnogo naroda u Izrailju.
So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
7 Tada doðe narod k Mojsiju i rekoše: zgriješismo što vikasmo na Gospoda i na tebe; moli Boga neka ukloni zmije od nas. I Mojsije se pomoli za narod.
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.
8 I Gospod reèe Mojsiju: naèini zmiju vatrenu, i metni je na motku, i koga ujede zmija, neka pogleda u nju, pa æe ozdraviti.
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).”
9 I naèini Mojsije zmiju od mjedi, i metnu je na motku, i koga god ujede zmija on pogleda u zmiju od mjedi, i ozdravi.
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!
10 Potom poðoše sinovi Izrailjevi, i stadoše u oko u Ovotu.
Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
11 I iz Ovota otišavši stadoše u oko na brdima Avarimskim u pustinji koja je prema Moavskoj s istoka.
Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
12 Odande otišavši stadoše u oko u dolini Zaredu.
From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
13 I odatle otišavši stadoše u oko na brodu na Arnonu, koji je u pustinji i izlazi od meðe Amorejske. Jer je Arnon meða Moavska izmeðu Moavaca i Amorejaca.
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.
14 Zato se kaže u knjizi o ratovima Gospodnjim: na Vajeva u Sufi i na potoke Arnonske.
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]
15 Jer ti potoci, koji dopiru do mjesta Ara, teku pokraj meðe Moavske.
and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
16 A otuda doðoše k Viru; to je studenac za koji bješe rekao Gospod Mojsiju: skupi narod, i daæu im vode.
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.”
17 Tada pjeva Izrailj pjesmu ovu: Diži se, studenèe; pripijevajte ga;
There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
18 Studenèe, koji kopaše knezovi, koji iskopaše poglavari narodni s onijem koji postavi zakon, palicama svojim. A iz pustinje otidoše u Mantanail,
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,
19 A iz Mantanaila u Nadil, a iz Nadila u Vamot,
Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
20 A iz Vamota u dolinu koja je u polju Moavskom kod gore Fazge i gleda u pustinju.
Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
21 Tada posla Izrailj poslanike k Sionu caru Amorejskom govoreæi:
Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message [that they/we gave him]:
22 Pusti da proðemo kroz tvoju zemlju, neæemo svrtati ni u polje ni u vinograd, niti æemo piti vode iz studenaca; iæi æemo carskim putem dokle ne prijeðemo meðu tvoju.
“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.”
23 Ali ne dade Sion Izrailju da proðe kroz zemlju njegovu, nego sabra Sion sav narod svoj, i izaðe na Izrailja u pustinju, i doðe u Jasu, i pobi se s Izrailjem.
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].
24 Ali ga isijeèe Izrailj oštrim maèem, i osvoji zemlju njegovu od Arnona pa do Javoka do sinova Amonovijeh, jer tvrda bješe meða sinova Amonovijeh.
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.
25 I uze Izrailj sva ona mjesta i naseli se u svijem gradovima Amorejskim, u Esevonu i u svijem selima njegovijem.
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.
26 Jer Esevon bješe grad Siona cara Amorejskoga, koji bješe prvi zavojštio na cara Moavskoga i bješe mu uzeo svu zemlju njegovu do Arnona.
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].
27 Zato govore u prièi: hodite u Esevon, da se sagradi i podigne grad Sionov.
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.
28 Jer oganj izaðe iz Esevona, plamen iz grada Sionova, i spali Ar Moavski i stanovnike na visini Arnonskoj.
A fire blazed from Heshbon; it burned down Ar [city] in Moab, it destroyed [everything on] the hills along the Arnon [River].
29 Teško tebi, Moave; propao si, narode Hamosov; dao je sinove svoje koji utekoše i kæeri svoje u ropstvo Sionu caru Amorejskom.
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.
30 Ali ih postrijeljasmo, propade Esevon do Devona, i potrsmo ih do Nofe, koja dopire do Medeve.
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].”
31 I tako živje Izrailj u zemlji Amorejskoj.
So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
32 Potom posla Mojsije da uhode Jazir, i uzeše sela oko njega, i izagnaše Amorejce koji bijahu ondje.
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.
33 Potom obrativši se poðoše u Vasan; i izide Og car Vasanski pred njih, on i sav narod njegov na boj u Edrajin.
Then they turned [north] toward the Bashan region, but King Og of Bashan and all his army attacked them at Edrei [town].
34 A Gospod reèe Mojsiju: ne boj ga se; jer sam ga dao u tvoje ruke i sav narod njegov i zemlju njegovu; i uèini mu kako si uèinio Sionu caru Amorejskom koji življaše u Esevonu.
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.”
35 I pobiše ga i sinove njegove i sav narod njegov, da ne osta nijedan, i osvojiše zemlju njegovu.
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.
