Numbers 17

1 The Lord told Moses,

Potom reèe Gospod Mojsiju govoreæi:

2 “Tell the Israelites to bring twelve walking sticks, one from the leader of each tribe. Write the name of each man on the walking stick,

Reci sinovima Izrailjevijem, i uzmi od njih po jednu palicu od svakoga doma otaca njihovijeh, od svijeh knezova njihovijeh, po domovima otaca njihovijeh, dvanaest palica, i ime svakoga napiši na palici njegovoj.

3 and write Aaron's name on the walking stick of the tribe of Levi, because there has to be a walking stick for the head of each tribe.

A na palici Levijevoj napiši ime Aronovo, jer je svaka palica za jednog poglavara od doma otaca njihovijeh.

4 Place the walking sticks in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony where I meet with you.

I ostavi ih u šatoru od sastanka pred svjedoèanstvom, gdje se sastajem s vama.

5 The walking stick that belongs to the man I choose will sprout buds, and I will put a stop to the Israelites' constant complaints against you.”

I koga izaberem, njegova æe palica procvjetati; tako æu utišati pred sobom viku sinova Izrailjevijeh što vièu na vas.

6 Moses explained this to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a walking stick, one for each of the leaders of their tribes. So there were twelve walking sticks including the one belonging to Aaron.

Kad to reèe Mojsije sinovima Izrailjevijem, dadoše mu svi knezovi njihovi palice, svaki knez po palicu od doma oca svojega, dvanaest palica, i palica Aronova bješe meðu palicama njihovijem.

7 Moses placed the walking sticks before the Lord in the Tent of the Testimony.

I ostavi Mojsije palice pred Gospodom u šatoru od svjedoèanstva.

8 The next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron's walking stick that represented the tribe of Levi, had sprouted and developed buds, flowered and produced almonds.

A sjutradan doðe Mojsije u šator od svjedoèanstva, i gle, procvjetala palica Aronova od doma Levijeva; bješe napupila i cvjetala, i bademi zreli na njoj.

9 Moses took all the walking sticks from the presence of the Lord and showed them to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man collected his own walking stick.

I iznese Mojsije sve one palice ispred Gospoda k svijem sinovima Izrailjevijem, i razgledavši ih uzeše svaki svoju palicu.

10 The Lord told Moses, “Put Aaron's walking stick back in front of the Testimony, to be kept there as a reminder to warn anyone who wants to rebel, so that you may stop their complaining against me. Otherwise they'll die.”

A Gospod reèe Mojsiju: donesi opet palicu Aronovu pred svjedoèanstvo da se èuva za znak nepokornima, da prestane vika njihova na me, da ne izginu.

11 Moses did what the Lord ordered him to do.

I uèini Mojsije, kako mu zapovjedi Gospod tako uèini.

12 Then the Israelites came and told Moses, “Can't you see we're all going to die? We'll be destroyed! We're all going to be killed!

Tada rekoše sinovi Izrailjevi Mojsiju govoreæi: pomrijesmo, propadosmo, svi propadosmo.

13 Anyone who dares to approach the Tabernacle of the Lord will die. Are we all going to be completely wiped out?”

Ko se god približi k šatoru Gospodnjemu, gine; hoæemo li svi izginuti?