Numbers 17

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Gospod je spregovoril Mojzesu, rekoč:

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them a staff, a staff for each father's house, of all their princes according to the houses of their fathers, twelve staves: thou shalt write each one's name upon his staff.

»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 Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for [each] head of their fathers' houses.

Aronovo ime boš zapisal na Lévijevo palico, kajti ena palica bo za poglavarja hiše njihovih očetov.

4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I 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 whom I shall choose, his staff shall bud forth; and I will make to cease from before me the murmurings of the children of Israel, that 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 all their princes gave him a staff, one staff for each prince according to their fathers' houses, twelve staves, and the staff of Aaron was among their staves.

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 staves before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.

Mojzes je palice položil pred Gospoda v šotorskem svetišču pričevanja.

8 And it came to pass, when on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony, behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and ripened 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 staves from before Jehovah to all the children of Israel, and they looked and took each one his staff.

Mojzes je vse palice prinesel izpred Gospoda k vsem Izraelovim otrokom. Pogledali so in vsak mož je vzel svojo palico.

10 And Jehovah said to Moses, Bring Aaron's staff again before the testimony, to be kept as a token for the sons of rebellion, that thou mayest put an end to their murmurings before me, that they may not die.

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 Jehovah had 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, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.

Izraelovi otroci so govorili Mojzesu, rekoč: »Glej, umiramo, izginjamo, mi vsi izginjamo.

13 Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?

Kdorkoli prihaja kakorkoli blizu Gospodovega šotorskega svetišča bo umrl. Mar bomo použiti z umirajočimi?«