Numbers 23
1 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."
И рече Валам Валаку: Начини ми овде седам олтара, и приправи ми овде седам телаца и седам овнова.
2 Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
И учини Валак како му рече Валам; и принесе Валак с Валамом на сваком олтару по једно теле и овна.
3 Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps God will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And Balak went off and stationed himself by his offering, and Balaam called to God and went off to a barren height.
Па рече Валам Валаку: Стој код своје жртве паљенице; а ја идем еда бих се срео с Господом, па шта ми јави казаћу ти. И он отиде сам.
4 And God met Balaam, and he said to him, "I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar."
И срете Бог Валама, а он му рече: Седам олтара спремних, и принесох по теле и овна на сваком олтару.
5 And God put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."
А Господ метну речи у уста Валаму, и рече врати се к Валаку и тако му реци.
6 He returned to him, and look, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
И врати се к њему, а он стајаше код жртве своје паљенице и сви кнезови моавски.
7 He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. 'Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.'
А он отвори причу своју, и рече: Из Арама доведе ме Валак, цар моавски с планине источне, говорећи: Ходи, прокуни ми Јакова, ходи, наружи Израиља.
8 How shall I curse whom the LORD has not cursed? How shall I defy whom God has not defied?
Како бих клео оног кога не куне Бог? Или како бих ружио оног кога Господ не ружи?
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Look, it is a people that dwells alone, and not counting itself among the nations.
Јер сврх стена видим га, и с хумова гледам га. Гле, овај ће народ наставати сам, и с другим народима неће се помешати.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and who has numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous. Let my last end be like his."
Ко ће избројати прах Јаковљев и број од четврти Израиља? Да бих ја умро смрћу праведничком, и крај мој да би био као њихов!
11 Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them altogether."
Тада рече Валак Валаму: Шта то радиш од мене? Ја те дозвах да прокунеш непријатеље моје, а гле, ти благосиљаш једнако.
12 He answered and said, "Must I not be careful to speak that which God puts in my mouth?"
А он одговори и рече: Зар нећу пазити и говорити оно што ми је Господ метнуо у уста?
13 Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, where you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all; and curse them for me from there."
Тада му рече Валак: Ходи са мном на друго место, одакле ћеш га видети; само му крај видиш, а свега га не видиш; прокуни ми га оданде.
14 He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
И доведе га у поље Зофим, наврх Фазге, и начини седам олтара, и принесе на сваком олтару по једно теле и овна.
15 He said to Balak, "Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet over there."
Тада Валам рече Валаку: Стој ту код жртве своје паљенице, а ја идем онамо на сусрет Господу.
16 And God met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and say this."
И срете Господ Валама, и метну му реч у уста, и рече: Врати се к Валаку, и тако говори.
17 He came to him, and look, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, "What has the LORD spoken?"
И дође к њему, а он стајаше код жртве своје паљенице и с њим кнезови моавски; и рече Валак: Шта вели Господ?
18 He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear. Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
А он отвори причу своју, и рече: Устани Валаче, и послушај, чуј ме сине Сефоров!
19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
Бог није човек да лаже, ни син човечји да се покаје. Шта каже неће ли учинити, и шта рече неће ли извршити?
20 Look, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
Гле, примих да благословим; јер је Он благословио, а ја нећу порећи.
21 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. The LORD his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.
Не гледа на безакоње у Јакову ни на неваљалство у Израиљу; Господ је његов с њим, и граја у њему као цар кад надвлада.
22 God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
Бог га је извео из Мисира, Он му је као снага једнорогова.
23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, what has God done.
Јер нема чини на Јакова ни врачања на Израиља; у ово доба говориће се о Јакову и о Израиљу, што је учинио Бог.
24 Look, the people rises up as a lioness, as a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain."
Ево, народ ће устати као силан лав, и као лавић скочиће; неће лећи докле не поједе лов и попије крв побијених.
25 Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all."
Тада рече Валак Валаму: Немој га ни клети ни благосиљати.
26 But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, saying, 'All that God speaks, that I must do?'"
А Валам одговори Валаку: Нисам ли ти казао да ћу чинити шта ми год Господ каже?
27 Balak said to Balaam, "Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there."
А Валак рече Валаму: Ходи, одвешћу те на друго место; да ако Богу буде воља да ми га оданде прокунеш.
28 Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
И одведе Валак Валама наврх Фегора, који гледа у пустињу.
29 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."
И рече Валам Валаку: Начини ми овде седам олтара, и приправи ми овде седам телаца и седам овнова.
30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
И учини Валак како рече Валам и принесе жртву по теле и овна на сваком олтару.
