¹A Balám povedal Balákovi: Postav mi tu sedem oltárov a prihotov mi tu sedem juncov a sedem baranov.

¹And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

²A Balák urobil tak, ako hovoril Balám. Potom obetoval Balák a Balám junca a barana na každom oltári.

²And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

³Potom povedal Balám Balákovi: Stoj tu pri svojej zápalnej obeti, a ja pojdem, snáď mi prijde Hospodin vústrety, a to, čo mi ukáže, oznámim ti. A odišiel na vysoké miesto holé.

³And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.

⁴A Bôh sa stretol s Balámom, a riekol mu: Pripravil som tých sedem oltárov a obetoval som junca a barana na každom oltári.

⁴And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

⁵Tu vložil Hospodin slovo do úst Balámových a riekol: Navráť sa k Balákovi a takto budeš hovoriť.

⁵And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

⁶A navrátil sa k nemu, a hľa, stál pri svojej zápalnej obeti, on i všetky kniežatá Moábove.

⁶And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

⁷Začal slávnostne svoju prorockú reč a riekol: Hen od Arama doviedol ma Balák, kráľ Moába, od vrchov Východu. Poď vraj, prekľaj mi Jakoba a nože poď, zabúr hnevom na Izraela!

⁷And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

⁸Čože by som zlorečil tomu, komu nezlorečí silný Bôh?! A čo by som vylieval hnev na toho, na koho sa nehnevá Hospodin!?

⁸How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

⁹Lebo ho vidím s vrchu skál a s vŕškov ho pozorujem. Hľa, je to ľud, ktorý bude bývať osobitne a nebude počítaný medzi iné národy.

⁹For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.

¹⁰Kto spočíta prach Jakobov? A kto počet štvrtého dielu Izraelovho?! Nech zomrie moja duša smrťou spravedlivých, a môj koniec nech je ako jeho!

¹⁰Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!

¹¹Na to povedal Balák Balámovi: Čo si mi to urobil?! Pojal som ťa, aby si zlorečil mojim nepriateľom, a hľa, ty len žehnáš a žehnáš!

¹¹And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

¹²Odpovedal a riekol: Či azda nemám zachovať to, čo Hospodin vloží do mojich úst, aby som to hovoril?

¹²And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

¹³A Balák mu povedal: Poď, prosím, so mnou na iné miesto, odkiaľ ho tiež uvidíš. Avšak uvidíš iba jeho koniec a neuvidíš ho celého a preklň mi ho odtiaľ!

¹³And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

¹⁴A tak ho pojal na pole Cofim, na temeno vrchu Pizga a postaviac sedem oltárov obetoval junca a barana zápalnou obeťou na každom oltári.

¹⁴And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

¹⁵Potom povedal Balákovi: Stoj tu pri svojej zápalnej obeti, kým ja pojdem tamto v ústrety Hospodinovi.

¹⁵And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [Jehovah] yonder.

¹⁶A Hospodin sa stretol s Balámom a vložil slovo do jeho úst a riekol: Navráť sa k Balákovi a takto budeš hovoriť.

¹⁶And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

¹⁷Keď potom prišiel k nemu, hľa, stál pri svojej zápalnej obeti a kniežatá Moábove s ním. A Balák mu povedal: Čo hovoril Hospodin?

¹⁷And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?

¹⁸Tu začal slávnostne svoju prorockú reč a riekol: Povstaň, Baláku, a počuj! Pozoruj na mňa ušima, synu Cipporov!

¹⁸And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

¹⁹Silný Bôh nie je človek, aby klamal, ani syn človeka, aby ľutoval. Či azda on povie a nevykoná? A keď hovoril, či neučiní tak, aby to stálo?

¹⁹God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

²⁰Hľa, prijal som rozkaz dobrorečiť, a keď on dobrorečil, ja toho neodvrátim.

²⁰Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

²¹Nebude hľadieť na neprávosť v Jakobovi ani neuvidí trápenia v Izraelovi, Hospodin, jeho Bôh, je s ním a radostné pokrikovanie kráľa v ňom.

²¹He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.

²²Silný Bôh ich vyviedol z Egypta; vládu má, jako je vláda jednorožca.

²²God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.

²³Lebo nie je kúzla proti Jakobovi ani čarov proti Izraelovi. V svojom čase bude sa hovoriť o Jakobovi a o Izraelovi: Čo všetko učinil silný Bôh!

²³Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shalt it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

²⁴Hľa, ľud, povstane jako ľvica a vzchopí sa jako mladý lev: neľahne, dokiaľ nebude žrať koristi a nenapije sa krvi pobitých.

²⁴Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

²⁵A Balák povedal Balámovi: Už mu viacej ani nezloreč ani mu viacej nedobroreč!

²⁵And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

²⁶Na to odpovedal Balám a riekol Balákovi: Či som ti nehovoril, že všetko, čo bude hovoriť Hospodin, to učiním?

²⁶But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

²⁷A Balák povedal Balámovi: Nože poď prosím, zavediem ťa na iné miesto; snáď sa bude ľúbiť Bohu, aby si mi mu odtiaľ zlorečil.

²⁷And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

²⁸A tak pojal Balák Baláma na temeno vrchu Peor, ktorý hľadí na šírinu púšte.

²⁸And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

²⁹A Balám povedal Balákovi: Postav mi tu sedem oltárov a priprav mi tu sedem juncov a sedem baranov.

²⁹And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

³⁰A Balák urobil tak, ako povedal Balám, a zase obetoval junca a barana na každom oltári.

³⁰And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.