Brojevi 23

1 I reèe Valam Valaku: naèini mi ovdje sedam oltara, i pripravi mi ovdje sedam telaca i sedam ovnova.

Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here for me and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.”

2 I uèini Valak kako mu reèe Valam; i prinese Valak s Valamom na svakom oltaru po jedno tele i ovna.

So Balak did as Balaam requested. Then Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on every altar.

3 Pa reèe Valam Valaku: stoj kod svoje žrtve paljenice; a ja idem eda bih se sreo s Gospodom, pa što mi javi kazaæu ti. I on otide sam.

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand at your burnt offering and I will go. Perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” So he went away to a hilltop with no trees.

4 I srete Bog Valama, a on mu reèe: sedam oltara spremih, i prinesoh po tele i ovna na svakom oltaru.

While he was on the hilltop, God met him, and Balaam said to him, “I have built seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each one.”

5 A Gospod metnu rijeèi u usta Valamu, i reèe: vrati se k Valaku i tako mu reci.

Yahweh put a message in Balaam's mouth and said, “Return to Balak and speak to him.”

6 I vrati se k njemu, a on stajaše kod žrtve svoje paljenice i svi knezovi Moavski.

So Balaam returned to Balak, who was standing by his burnt offering, and all the leaders of Moab were with him.

7 A on otvori prièu svoju, i reèe: iz Arama dovede me Valak car Moavski s planine istoène, govoreæi: hodi, prokuni mi Jakova, hodi, naruži Izrailja.

Then Balaam began to speak his prophecy and said, “Balak has brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains. 'Come, curse Jacob for me,' he said. 'Come, defy Israel.'

8 Kako bih kleo onoga koga ne kune Bog? ili kako bih ružio onoga koga Gospod ne ruži?

How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I oppose those whom Yahweh does not oppose?

9 Jer svrh stijena vidim ga, i s humova gledam ga. Gle, ovaj æe narod nastavati sam, i s drugim narodima neæe se pomiješati.

For from the top of the rocks I see him; from the hills I look at him. See, there is a people who live alone and do not consider themselves as just an ordinary nation.

10 Ko æe izbrojiti prah Jakovljev i broj od èetvrti Izrailja? Da bih ja umro smræu pravednièkom, i kraj moj da bi bio kao njihov!

Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even only one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of a righteous person, and let my life's end be like his!”

11 Tada reèe Valak Valamu: šta to radiš od mene? Ja te dozvah da prokuneš neprijatelje moje, a gle, ti blagosiljaš jednako.

Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but look, you have blessed them.”

12 A on odgovori i reèe: zar neæu paziti i govoriti ono što mi je Gospod metnuo u usta?

Balaam answered and said, “Should I not be careful to say only what Yahweh puts in my mouth?”

13 Tada mu reèe Valak: hodi sa mnom na drugo mjesto, odakle æeš ga vidjeti; samo mu kraj vidiš, a svega ga ne vidiš; prokuni mi ga odande.

So Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the nearest of them, not all of them. There you will curse them for me.”

14 I dovede ga u polje Zofim, navrh Fazge, i naèini sedam oltara, i prinese na svakom oltaru po jedno tele i ovna.

So he took Balaam into the field of Zophim, to the top of Mount Pisgah, and built seven more altars. He offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.

15 Tada Valam reèe Valaku: stoj tu kod žrtve svoje paljenice, a ja idem onamo na susret Gospodu.

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet with Yahweh over there.”

16 I srete Gospod Valama, i metnu mu rijeè u usta, i reèe: vrati se k Valaku, i tako govori.

So Yahweh met Balaam and put a message in his mouth. He said, “Return to Balak and give him my message.”

17 I doðe k njemu, a on stajaše kod žrtve svoje paljenice i s njim knezovi Moavski; i reèe Valak: šta veli Gospod?

Balaam returned to him, and look, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab were with him. Then Balak said to him, “What has Yahweh said?”

18 A on otvori prièu svoju, i reèe: ustani Valaèe, i poslušaj, èuj me sine Seforov!

Balaam began his prophecy. He said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear. Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

19 Bog nije èovjek da laže, ni sin èovjeèji da se pokaje. Što kaže neæe li uèiniti, i što reèe neæe li izvršiti?

God is not a man, that he should lie, Or a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he promised anything without doing it? Has he said he would do something without carrying it out?

20 Gle, primih da blagoslovim; jer je on blagoslovio, a ja neæu poreæi.

Look, I have been commanded to bless. God has given a blessing, and I cannot reverse it.

21 Ne gleda na bezakonje u Jakovu ni na nevaljalstvo u Izrailju; Gospod je njegov s njim, i graja u njemu kao car kad nadvlada.

He has seen no hardship in Jacob or trouble in Israel. Yahweh their God is with them, and shouts for their king are among them.

22 Bog ga je izveo iz Misira, on mu je kao snaga jednorogova.

God brought them out of Egypt with strength like that of a wild ox.

23 Jer nema èini na Jakova ni vraèanja na Izrailja; u ovo doba govoriæe se o Jakovu i o Izrailju, što je uèinio Bog.

There is no sorcery that works against Jacob, and no fortune-telling harms Israel. Instead, it must be said about Jacob and Israel, 'Look what God has done!'

24 Evo, narod æe ustati kao silan lav, i kao laviæ skoèiæe; neæe leæi dokle ne pojede lova i popije krvi pobijenijeh.

Look, the people rise like a lioness, as a lion emerges and attacks. He does not lie down until he eats his victim and drinks the blood of what he has killed.”

25 Tada reèe Valak Valamu: nemoj ga ni kleti ni blagosiljati.

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them or bless them at all.”

26 A Valam odgovori Valaku: nijesam li ti kazao da æu èiniti što mi god Gospod kaže?

But Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you that I must say all that Yahweh tells me to say?”

27 A Valak reèe Valamu: hodi, odvešæu te na drugo mjesto; da ako Bogu bude volja da mi ga odande prokuneš.

So Balak replied to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God for you to curse them there for me.”

28 I odvede Valak Valama navrh Fegora, koji gleda u pustinju.

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which looks down on the wilderness.

29 I reèe Valam Valaku: naèini mi ovdje sedam oltara, i pripravi mi ovdje sedam telaca i sedam ovnova.

Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.”

30 I uèini Valak kako reèe Valam i prinese žrtvu po tele i ovna na svakom oltaru.

So Balak did as Balaam had said; he offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.