Numbers 17
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Gospod je spregovoril Mojzesu, rekoč:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of [their] fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers, twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
»Govori Izraelovim otrokom in vzemi od vsakega izmed njih palico glede na hišo njihovih očetov, od vseh njihovih princev glede na hišo njihovih očetov, dvanajst palic. Ime vsakega moža zapiši na njegovo palico.
3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod [shall be] for the head of the house of their fathers.
Aronovo ime boš zapisal na Lévijevo palico, kajti ena palica bo za poglavarja hiše njihovih očetov.
4 And thou shalt lay them in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
Položil jih boš v šotorsko svetišče skupnosti, pred pričevanje, kjer se bom srečal s teboj.
5 And it shall come to pass, [that] the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, by which they murmur against you.
In zgodilo se bo, da bo palica moža, ki ga bom jaz izbral, zacvetela in naredil bom, da pred menoj prenehajo mrmranja Izraelovih otrok, s čimer so mrmrali zoper vaju.«
6 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, [even] twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron [was] among their rods.
Mojzes je spregovoril Izraelovim otrokom in vsak izmed njihovih princev mu je dal palico, za vsakega princa eno, glede na hiše njihovih očetov, torej dvanajst palic in Aronova palica je bila med njihovimi palicami.
7 And Moses laid the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
Mojzes je palice položil pred Gospoda v šotorskem svetišču pričevanja.
8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
Pripetilo se je, da je naslednji dan Mojzes odšel v šotorsko svetišče pričevanja in glej, Aronova palica, za Lévijevo hišo, je vzbrstela, pognala brste, pokazala cvetove in obrodila mandlje.
9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
Mojzes je vse palice prinesel izpred Gospoda k vsem Izraelovim otrokom. Pogledali so in vsak mož je vzel svojo palico.
10 And the LORD said to Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again, before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
Gospod je rekel Mojzesu: »Aronovo palico ponovno prinesi pred pričevanje, da bo kot simbol ohranjena zoper upornike, in njihova mrmranja boš popolnoma odvzel od mene, da ne bodo pomrli.«
11 And Moses did [so]: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
Mojzes je storil tako. Kakor mu je Gospod zapovedal, tako je storil.
12 And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
Izraelovi otroci so govorili Mojzesu, rekoč: »Glej, umiramo, izginjamo, mi vsi izginjamo.
13 Whoever approacheth the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Kdorkoli prihaja kakorkoli blizu Gospodovega šotorskega svetišča bo umrl. Mar bomo použiti z umirajočimi?«
