4 Mojzes 23

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

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

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

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

3 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.

And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.

4 Bog je srečal Bileáma in ta mu je rekel: »Pripravil sem sedem oltarjev in na vsakem oltarju sem daroval bikca in ovna.«

And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

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

And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

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

And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

7 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.‹

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

8 Kako naj prekolnem, kogar Bog ni preklel? Kako naj izzivam, kogar Gospod ni izzival?

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

9 Kajti od vrha skal ga vidim in od hribov ga gledam. Glej, ljudstvo bo prebivalo samo in ne bo šteto med narode.

For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.

10 Kdo lahko prešteje Jakobov prah in število četrtine Izraela? Naj umrem smrt pravičnega in naj bo moj zadnji konec podoben njegovemu!«

Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!

11 Balák pa je rekel Bileámu: »Kaj si mi storil? Vzel sem te, da prekolneš moje sovražnike in glej, ti si jih vse skupaj blagoslovil.«

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

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

And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

13 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.«

And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

14 Privedel ga je na polje Zofim, k vrhu Pisge in zgradil sedem oltarjev in na vsakem oltarju daroval bikca in ovna.

And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

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

And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [Jehovah] yonder.

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

And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

17 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?«

And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?

18 Ta je vzel njegovo prispodobo ter rekel: »Vstani, Balák in poslušaj; prisluhni mi, ti, Cipórjev sin.

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

19 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?

God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

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

Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

21 Ni zagledal krivičnosti v Jakobu niti ni videl perverznosti v Izraelu. Gospod, njegov Bog, je z njim in krik kralja je med njimi.

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.

22 Bog jih je privedel iz Egipta; moč ima, kakor bi bila moč od samoroga.

God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.

23 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!‹

Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

24 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.«

Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

25 Balák je rekel Bileámu: »Niti jih sploh ne preklinjaj niti jih sploh ne blagoslavljaj.«

And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

26 Toda Bileám je odgovoril in rekel Baláku: »Mar ti nisem rekel, rekoč: ›Vse, kar Gospod govori, to moram storiti?‹«

But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

27 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.«

And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

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

And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

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

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

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

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