Knjiga Brojeva 23

Biblija Hrvatski	NEW JERUSALEM
1 I Bileam reče Balaku: »Ovdje mi načini sedam žrtvenika; ovdje mi pripravi sedam junaca i sedam ovnova.«	1 Balaam said to Balak, 'Build me seven altars here and prepare me seven bulls and seven rams.'
2 Balak učini kako je Bileam rekao. A onda Balak i Bileam prinesu po jednoga junca i ovna na svakome žrtveniku.	2 Balak did as Balaam said and offered a burnt offering of one bul and one ram on each altar.
3 Potom će Bileam Balaku: »Ti stoj kod svoje paljenice, a ja idem ne bih li se sreo s Jahvom, pa što mi očituje, kazat ću ti.« I ode na osamljeno mjesto.	3 Balaam then said to Balak, 'Stand beside your burnt offerings while I go away. Perhaps Yahweh wilcome and meet me. If he does, I shal tel you whatever he reveals to me.' And he withdrew to a bare hil .
4 I Bog srete Bileama, koji mu reče: »Sedam sam žrtvenika podigao i prinio na svakome po jednoga junca i ovna.«	4 God came to meet Balaam, who said to him, 'I have prepared the seven altars and offered a burntoffering of one bul and one ram on each altar.'
5 A Jahve stavi riječi u usta Bileamu te mu zapovjedi: »Vrati se Balaku i ovako govori.«	5 Yahweh then put a prophecy into his mouth and said to him, 'Go back to Balak, and that is what youmust say to him.'
6 Bileam se vrati k njemu, a on stajaše uza svoju paljenicu i s njim svi knezovi moapski.	6 So Balaam went back to him, and found him stil standing beside his burnt offering, with all the chiefsof Moab.
7 Tada on poče svoju pjesmu i reče: »Iz Arama dovede me Balak, kralj Moaba, iz strana istočnih: ‘Dođi, prokuni mi Jakova, dođi, gromom udri Izraela!’	7 He then declaimed his poem as fol ows: Balak has brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from thehil s of Kedem: 'Come and curse Jacob for me, come and denounce Israel!'
8 Kako mogu proklinjati koga Bog ne proklinje? Kako gromom udarati koga Jahve ne udara?	8 How shal I curse someone whom God has not cursed, how denounce someone God has notdenounced?
9 Jer s vrha hridi ja ga gledam, s visoka ga motrim brijega. Gle naroda koji odvojeno živi, među narode on se ne broji.	9 Yes, from the top of the crags I see him, from the hills I descry him: a people that dwel s on its own,not to be reckoned among other nations!
10 Prah Jakovljev tko će prebrojiti; pijesak Izraela tko će izmjeriti? O, da mi je umrijeti smrću pravednika! O, da svršetak moj bude kao njegov!«	10 Who can count the dust of Jacob? Who can number the cloud of Israel? May I die the death of thejust, and may my future be like theirs!
11 »Što mi to uradi?« – reče Balak Bileamu. »Dovedoh te da prokuneš moje neprijatelje, a kad tamo, ti ih blagoslovom obasu!«	11 Balak said to Balaam, 'What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, and youhave heaped blessings on them!'
12 On odgovori: »Zar mi nije dužnost kazati što mi Jahve stavlja u usta?«	12 Balaam replied, 'Am I to depart from what Yahweh puts into my mouth?'
13 »Hajde sa mnom na drugo mjesto, odakle ga možeš svega vidjeti«, zamoli ga Balak. »Odavde mu vidiš samo jedan kraj, a ne vidiš ga svega. Odande mi ga prokuni!«	13 Balak then said, 'Please come somewhere else. From here you can see only the fringe of them, youcannot see them al . Curse them for me over there.'
14 Povede ga zatim na Sede Sofim, na vrh Pisge. Tu sagradi sedam žrtvenika i na svakom žrtveniku prinese po jednoga junca i ovna.	14 He led him to the Lookouts' Field on the top of Pisgah. There he built seven altars and offered aburnt offering of one bul and one ram on each altar.
15 Bileam tada rekne Balaku: »Stoj ovdje kraj svoje paljenice, a ja odoh onamo na susret Bogu.«	15 Balaam said to Balak, 'Stand here beside your burnt offerings while I wait over there.'
16 Jahve sretne Bileama; stavi riječi u njegova usta te mu zapovjedi: »Vrati se k Balaku i tako govori!«	16 God came to meet Balaam, he put a prophecy into his mouth and said to him, 'Go back to Balak,and that is what you must say to him.'
17 I vrati se on Balaku, koji stajaše uza svoju paljenicu i s njim moapski knezovi. Balak ga zapita: »Što je Jahve rekao?«	17 So Balaam went to him and found him stil standing beside his burnt offering and all the chiefs ofMoab with him. 'What did Yahweh say?' Balak said to him.
18 Tada Bileam započe svoju pjesmu i reče: »Ustani, Balače, i poslušaj! Uhom me posluhni, sine Siporov!	18 Balaam then declaimed his poem, as fol ows: Stand up, Balak, and listen, give ear to me, son ofZippor.
19 Bog nije čovjek da bi slagao, nije sin Adama da bi se kajao. Zar on kada rekne, a ne učini, zar obeća, pa ne ispuni?	19 God is no human being that he should lie, no child of Adam to change his mind. Is it his to say andnot to do, is it his to speak and not fulfil?
20 Gle, primih od Boga da blagoslovim, blagoslovit ću i povuć’ neću blagoslova.	20 The charge laid on me is to bless, I shal bless, and I cannot reverse it.
21 U Jakovu nesreće ne nazreh, nit’ nevolje vidjeh u Izraelu. Jahve, Bog njegov, s njime je, poklik kralju u njemu odzvanja.	21 I have perceived no guilt in Jacob, have seen no perversity in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him,and a royal acclamation to greet him.
22 Iz Egipta Bog ga je izveo, on je njemu k’o rozi bivola.	22 God has brought him out of Egypt, is like the wild ox's horns to him.
23 Gatanja nema protiv Jakova nit’ protiv Izraela vračanja. I kada budu rekli Jakovu i Izraelu: ‘Što radi Bog?’	23 There is no omen whatever against Jacob, no augury at al against Israel. Wel may people say ofJacob, of Israel, 'What has God achieved?'
24 gle, ustat će narod k’o lavica, dići će se poput lava: leći neće dok plijen ne proguta, dok ne popije krv pobijenih.«	24 for here is a people like a lioness rising, poised like a lion to spring; nor wil he lie down till he hasdevoured his prey and drunk the blood of his slain.
25 Zatim Balak reče Bileamu: »Nemoj ga ni kletvom kleti, ali ni blagoslovom blagoslivljati.«	25 Balak said to Balaam, 'Very wel ! Do not curse them. But at least do not bless them!'
26 Bileam odvrati Balaku: »Zar ti nisam rekao: ‘Sve što Jahve kaže, to ću činiti’?«	26 Balaam retorted to Balak, 'Did I not tel you? Whatever Yahweh says, I must do.'
27 Potom Balak reče Bileamu: »Hajde! Odvest ću te na drugo mjesto. Možda će Bogu biti pravo da mi ga odande prokuneš.«	27 Balak then said to Balaam, 'Come with me now and I shal take you somewhere else. From thereperhaps it wil please God to curse them for me.'
28 I odvede Balak Bileama na vrh Peora, odakle se pruža vidik na pustaru.	28 So Balak led Balaam to the summit of Peor, overlooking the wastelands.
29 »Sagradi mi ovdje sedam žrtvenika«, reče Bileam Balaku. »Nadalje, pripremi mi ovdje sedam junaca i sedam ovnova.«	29 Balaam then said to Balak, 'Build me seven altars here and prepare me seven bul s and sevenrams.'
30 Balak učini kako je Bileam rekao i prinese po jednoga junca i ovna na svakome žrtveniku.	30 Balak did as Balaam said and offered a burnt offering of one bull and one ram on each altar.