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

¹And Balaam said to 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 said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.

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 to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill.

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 [Balaam] said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon [each] 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 to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

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

⁶And he returned to him, and behold, 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, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce 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 ùGod hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?

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 shall dwell 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, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my 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 to Balaam, What hast thou done to 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 puts 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 to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou wilt see them; thou shalt see only the extremity 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 to the watchmen's field, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.

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

¹⁵And [Balaam] said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet 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 to 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 behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?

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

¹⁸Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, 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?

¹⁹ùGod is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?

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

²⁰Behold, I have received [mission] 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 wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.

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

²²ùGod brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.

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!

²³For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath ùGod wrought!

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

²⁴Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.

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

²⁵And Balak said to 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?

²⁶And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I 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 to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence.

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

²⁸And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste.

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

²⁹And Balaam said to 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 each altar.