Numbers 23
1 And Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here for me, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.”
Bileám je rekel Baláku: »Tukaj mi zgradi sedem oltarjev in mi pripravi sedem volov ter sedem ovnov.«
2 And when he had acted according to the words of Balaam, they placed a calf and a ram together on each altar.
Balák je storil, kakor je Bileám govoril, in Balák in Bileám sta na vsakem oltarju darovala bikca in ovna.
3 And Balaam said to Balak: “Stand for a little while next to your holocaust, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet with me. And whatever he will command, I shall speak to you.”
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 after he had quickly departed, God met with him. And Balaam, speaking to him, said: “I have set up seven altars, and I have placed a calf and a ram on each.”
Bog je srečal Bileáma in ta mu je rekel: »Pripravil sem sedem oltarjev in na vsakem oltarju sem daroval bikca in ovna.«
5 Then the Lord placed the word in his mouth, and he said: “Return to Balak, and you shall say this.”
Gospod je v Bileámova usta položil besedo ter rekel: »Vrni se k Baláku in tako boš govoril.«
6 Returning, he found Balak standing next to his holocaust, with all the leaders of the Moabites.
Vrnil se je k njemu in glej, ta je stal poleg svoje žgalne daritve, on in vsi Moábovi princi.
7 And taking up his parable, he said: “Balak, king of the Moabites, has led me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. ‘Come forth,’ he said, ‘and curse Jacob. Hurry and condemn 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 him, whom God has not cursed? For what reason would I condemn him, whom the Lord does not condemn?
Kako naj prekolnem, kogar Bog ni preklel? Kako naj izzivam, kogar Gospod ni izzival?
9 I will look upon him from the tops of the stones, and I will consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and they shall not be counted 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 number the dust that is Jacob, and who can know the number of the stock of Israel? May my soul die a just death, and may my end be like theirs.”
Kdo lahko prešteje Jakobov prah in število četrtine Izraela? Naj umrem smrt pravičnega in naj bo moj zadnji konec podoben njegovemu!«
11 And Balak said to Balaam: “What is this that you are doing? I called for you, in order to curse my enemies, and to the contrary, you bless them.”
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 him, “How can I say anything other than what the Lord orders?”
Ta je odgovoril in rekel: »Mar ne morem paziti, da govorim to, kar je Gospod položil v moja usta?«
13 Therefore, Balak said: “Come with me to another place, from where you may see a portion of Israel, though you cannot see them all. Curse them 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 And when he had led him to a lofty place, on the top of mount Pisgah, Balaam built seven altars, and placing upon each a calf and a ram,
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, “Stand here next to your holocaust, while I continue on to meet him.”
Baláku je rekel: »Stoj tukaj pri svoji žgalni daritvi, medtem ko tam srečam Gospoda.«
16 And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said, “Return to Balak, and you shall say this to him.”
Gospod je srečal Bileáma in v njegova usta položil besedo ter rekel: »Ponovno pojdi k Baláku in tako povej.«
17 Returning, he found him standing next to his holocaust, and the leaders of the Moabites were with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord 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 But, taking up his parable, he said: “Stand, Balak, and pay attention. Listen, you son of Zippor.
Ta je vzel njegovo prispodobo ter rekel: »Vstani, Balák in poslušaj; prisluhni mi, ti, Cipórjev sin.
19 God is not like a man, so that he would lie, nor is he like a son of man, so that he would be changed. Therefore, having spoken, will he not act? Has he ever spoken, and not fulfilled?
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 I was led here to bless, and I have no strength to hinder the blessing.
Glej, prejel sem zapoved, da blagoslovim in on je blagoslovil in tega ne morem razveljaviti.
21 There is no idol in Jacob; neither is there a false image to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the resound of royal victory is in him.
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 has led him away from Egypt; his strength is like that of the rhinoceros.
Bog jih je privedel iz Egipta; moč ima, kakor bi bila moč od samoroga.
23 There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor any divination in Israel. In their times, it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God has wrought.
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 Behold, the people will rise up like a lioness, and lie down like a lion. But they will not lie down until they devour the prey and drink 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 And Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse him, nor bless him.”
Balák je rekel Bileámu: »Niti jih sploh ne preklinjaj niti jih sploh ne blagoslavljaj.«
26 And he said, “Have I not told you that whatever God would command of me, I would do?”
Toda Bileám je odgovoril in rekel Baláku: »Mar ti nisem rekel, rekoč: ›Vse, kar Gospod govori, to moram storiti?‹«
27 And Balak said to him: “Come and I will lead you to another place. If perhaps it may please God, then you may curse them 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 And when he had led him on to the top of mount Peor, which looks out toward the wilderness,
In Balák je privedel Bileáma na vrh Peórja, ki gleda proti Ješimonu.
29 Balaam said to him, “Build seven altars here for me, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of 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 he placed on each altar a calf and a ram.
Balák je storil kakor je Bileám rekel in na vsakem oltarju daroval bikca in ovna.
