4 Мојсијева 23
1 И рече Валам Валаку: Начини ми овде седам олтара, и приправи ми овде седам телаца и седам овнова.
Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."
2 И учини Валак како му рече Валам; и принесе Валак с Валамом на сваком олтару по једно теле и овна.
Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
3 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.
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.
4 И срете Бог Валама, а он му рече: Седам олтара спремних, и принесох по теле и овна на сваком олтару.
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."
5 А Господ метну речи у уста Валаму, и рече врати се к Валаку и тако му реци.
And God put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."
6 И врати се к њему, а он стајаше код жртве своје паљенице и сви кнезови моавски.
He returned to him, and look, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 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.
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.'
8 Како бих клео оног кога не куне Бог? Или како бих ружио оног кога Господ не ружи?
How shall I curse whom the LORD has not cursed? How shall I defy whom God has not defied?
9 Јер сврх стена видим га, и с хумова гледам га. Гле, овај ће народ наставати сам, и с другим народима неће се помешати.
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.
10 Ко ће избројати прах Јаковљев и број од четврти Израиља? Да бих ја умро смрћу праведничком, и крај мој да би био као њихов!
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."
11 Тада рече Валак Валаму: Шта то радиш од мене? Ја те дозвах да прокунеш непријатеље моје, а гле, ти благосиљаш једнако.
Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them altogether."
12 А он одговори и рече: Зар нећу пазити и говорити оно што ми је Господ метнуо у уста?
He answered and said, "Must I not be careful to speak that which God puts in my mouth?"
13 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.
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."
14 И доведе га у поље Зофим, наврх Фазге, и начини седам олтара, и принесе на сваком олтару по једно теле и овна.
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.
15 Тада Валам рече Валаку: Стој ту код жртве своје паљенице, а ја идем онамо на сусрет Господу.
He said to Balak, "Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet over there."
16 И срете Господ Валама, и метну му реч у уста, и рече: Врати се к Валаку, и тако говори.
And God met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and say this."
17 И дође к њему, а он стајаше код жртве своје паљенице и с њим кнезови моавски; и рече Валак: Шта вели Господ?
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?"
18 А он отвори причу своју, и рече: Устани Валаче, и послушај, чуј ме сине Сефоров!
He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear. Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
19 Бог није човек да лаже, ни син човечји да се покаје. Шта каже неће ли учинити, и шта рече неће ли извршити?
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?
20 Гле, примих да благословим; јер је Он благословио, а ја нећу порећи.
Look, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
21 Не гледа на безакоње у Јакову ни на неваљалство у Израиљу; Господ је његов с њим, и граја у њему као цар кад надвлада.
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.
22 Бог га је извео из Мисира, Он му је као снага једнорогова.
God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
23 Јер нема чини на Јакова ни врачања на Израиља; у ово доба говориће се о Јакову и о Израиљу, што је учинио Бог.
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.
24 Ево, народ ће устати као силан лав, и као лавић скочиће; неће лећи докле не поједе лов и попије крв побијених.
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."
25 Тада рече Валак Валаму: Немој га ни клети ни благосиљати.
Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all."
26 А Валам одговори Валаку: Нисам ли ти казао да ћу чинити шта ми год Господ каже?
But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, saying, 'All that God speaks, that I must do?'"
27 А Валак рече Валаму: Ходи, одвешћу те на друго место; да ако Богу буде воља да ми га оданде прокунеш.
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."
28 И одведе Валак Валама наврх Фегора, који гледа у пустињу.
Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
29 И рече Валам Валаку: Начини ми овде седам олтара, и приправи ми овде седам телаца и седам овнова.
Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."
30 И учини Валак како рече Валам и принесе жртву по теле и овна на сваком олтару.
Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
