Numbers · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Numbers 24 Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's edition in the ekavian pronunciation (e.g. свет, грех); Karadžić and Daničić wrote in ijekavian (свијет, гријех).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
1 И видевши Валам да је Божја воља да благосиља Израиља, не хте више ни ићи као пре по врачање, него се окрете лицем к пустињи,
1 When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn’t go, as at the other times, to use divination, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
2 и подигавши очи своје угледа Израиља где стоји по племенима својим; и дух Божји дође на њ.
2 Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.
3 И отвори причу своју, и рече: Каже Валам, син Веоров; каже човек коме су отворене очи.
3 He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;
4 Каже онај који чује речи Божје, који види утвару Свемогућег, који кад падне отворене су му очи:
4 he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
5 Како су лепи шатори твоји, Јакове, и колибе твоје, Израиљу!
5 How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your dwellings, Israel!
6 Пружили су се као потоци, као вртови крај реке, као мирисава дрвета која је посадио Господ, као кедри на води.
6 As valleys they are spread out, as gardens by the riverside, as aloes which Yahweh has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
7 Потећи ће вода из ведра његовог, и семе ће његово бити међу великим водама, и цар ће се његов подигнути сврх Агага, и царство ће се његово узвисити.
7 Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be in many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. His kingdom shall be exalted.
8 Бог га је извео из Мисира, и Он му је као снага једнорогова; појешће народе који су му непријатељи, и кости ће његове потрти, и стрелама својим пострељати их.
8 God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. He shall consume the nations his adversaries, shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows.
9 Спустио се, лежи као лавић и као љути лав; ко ће га пробудити? Ко тебе благосиља, биће благословен; а ко тебе куне, биће проклет.
9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed.”
10 Тада се разгневи Валак на Валама, и пљесну се рукама, и рече Валак Валаму: Дозвах те да прокунеш непријатеље моје, а ти си их благословио ето већ три пута.
10 Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.
11 Одлази у своје место; рекох да ћу те даривати, а ето Господ не да ти дара,
11 Therefore, flee to your place, now! I thought to promote you to great honor; but, behold, Yahweh has kept you back from honor.”
12 а Валам рече Валаку: Нисам ли и посланицима твојим које си послао к мени рекао говорећи:
12 Balaam said to Balak, “Didn’t I also tell your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,
13 Да ми да Валак кућу своју пуну сребра и злата, не бих могао преступити речи Господње да учиним шта добро или зло од себе; шта каже Господ оно ћу казати.
13 ‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond Yahweh’s word, to do either good or bad from my own mind. I will say what Yahweh says’?
14 Ја сада ево идем к народу свом, али да ти кажем шта ће тај народ учинити народу твом најпосле.
14 Now, behold, I go to my people. Come, I will inform you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.”
15 Потом отвори причу своју, и рече: Каже Валам син Веоров, каже човек коме су отворене очи,
15 He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;
16 Каже који чује речи Божје, и зна знање о Вишњем, и који види утвару Свемогућег и кад падне отворене су му очи.
16 he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
17 Видим Га, али не сад; гледам Га, али не изблиза; изаћи ће звезда из Јакова и устаће палица из Израиља, која ће разбити кнезове моавске и разорити све синове Ситове.
17 I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and crush all the sons of Sheth.
18 И Едома ће освојити и Сира ће освојити непријатељи његови; јер ће Израиљ радити јуначки.
18 Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemy, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.
19 И владаће који је од Јакова, и затрће остатак од града.
19 Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.”
20 А угледа Амалика, отвори причу своју, и рече: Амалик је почетак народима, али ће најпосле пропасти.
20 He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall come to destruction.”
21 А угледавши Кенеја, отвори причу своју, и рече: Тврд ти је стан, и на стени си савио гнездо своје;
21 He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, “Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.
22 Али ће бити изагнан Кенеј; Асур ће га заробити.
22 Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries you away captive.”
23 И опет отвори причу своју, и рече: Јаох! Ко ће бити жив кад то учини Бог!
23 He took up his parable, and said, “Alas, who shall live when God does this?
24 И лађе из земље Китимске допловиће и досадиће Асирцима и досадиће Јеврејима; али ће и сами пропасти.
24 But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim. They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber. He also shall come to destruction.”
25 Потом уставши Валам отиде, и врати се у своје место; и Валак отиде својим путем.
25 Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Balaam
The son of Beor from Pethor, hired by Balak to curse Israel, who could only bless Israel after the angel of the LORD stopped his donkey, and who was later killed by the sword…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 22:5; Numbers 22:12; Numbers 24:3
Beor
The father of the diviner Balaam, whose home was Pethor by the Euphrates.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 22:5; Numbers 24:3; Deuteronomy 23:4
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Numbers 23:23; Revelation 2:14; Numbers 23:15; Numbers 23:28; Numbers 31:16
- 2 1 Samuel 19:20; 2 Chronicles 15:1; 1 Samuel 10:10; 1 Samuel 19:23; Numbers 2:2–34
- 3 Numbers 23:7; Numbers 24:16; Numbers 23:18; Numbers 24:4; Numbers 22:31
- 4 Revelation 1:17; Revelation 1:10; 2 Corinthians 12:1–4; Numbers 12:6; Ezekiel 1:28
- 6 Psalm 1:3; Isaiah 58:11; Psalm 104:16; Song of Songs 6:11; Psalm 45:8
- 7 2 Samuel 5:12; 1 Chronicles 14:2; Jeremiah 51:13; Revelation 17:1; Revelation 19:16
- 8 Psalm 45:5; Psalm 2:9; Numbers 23:22; Numbers 14:9; Numbers 23:24
- 9 Genesis 12:3; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 49:9; Numbers 23:24; Matthew 25:45
- 10 Ezekiel 21:14; Numbers 23:11; Ezekiel 21:17; Ezekiel 22:13; Nehemiah 13:2
- 11 Numbers 22:17; Numbers 22:37; Acts 8:20; Philippians 3:8; 1 Peter 5:2–3
- 12 Numbers 22:18; Numbers 22:38
- 13 Numbers 16:28; Numbers 22:20; Numbers 22:18
- 14 Micah 6:5; Genesis 49:1; Revelation 2:14; Daniel 2:28; 2 Timothy 3:1
- 15 Numbers 24:3–4; Numbers 23:7; Numbers 23:18; Job 27:1; Matthew 13:35
- 16 Numbers 24:4; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 2 Samuel 23:1–2
- 17 Revelation 22:16; Luke 1:32–33; Genesis 49:10; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 11:15
- 18 Amos 9:12; 2 Samuel 8:14; Genesis 27:29; Isaiah 63:1; Psalm 60:8–12
- 19 Genesis 49:10; Matthew 28:18; Psalm 2:1–12; Micah 5:2; Revelation 19:16
- 20 Exodus 17:14; Exodus 17:8; Esther 7:9–10; Esther 9:14; 1 Samuel 30:1
- 21 Genesis 15:19; Job 29:18; Judges 1:16
- 22 Psalm 83:8; Genesis 10:11; Genesis 10:22; Ezra 4:2; Hosea 14:3
- 23 Numbers 23:23; Malachi 3:2; 2 Kings 5:1
- 24 Genesis 10:4; Daniel 11:30; Numbers 24:20; Genesis 10:21–25; Daniel 10:20
- 25 Numbers 31:8; Numbers 24:11; Joshua 13:22
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… Gospel; and His Son, who was of the fruit of David's body, that is, of the virgin of [the house of] David, and Emmanuel; whose star also Balaam thus prophesied: "There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a leader shall rise in Israel." But Matthew says that the Magi, coming from the east, exclaimed "For we have seen …
And the similar passage in Numbers, He couched, He lay down as a lion, and as a lion's whelp.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)