اَلْعَدَد 23

١ 1 فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالَاقَ: «ٱبْنِ لِي هَهُنَا سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ وَهَيِّئْ لِي هَهُنَا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ».

Then said Balaam unto Balak: Build me here seven altars, —and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams.

٢ 2 فَفَعَلَ بَالَاقُ كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ بَلْعَامُ. وَأَصْعَدَ بَالَاقُ وَبَلْعَامُ ثَوْرًا وَكَبْشًا عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, —and Balak and Balaam caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالَاقَ: «قِفْ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَتِكَ، فَأَنْطَلِقَ أَنَا لَعَلَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يُوافِي لِلِقَائِي، فَمَهْمَا أَرَانِي أُخْبِرْكَ بِهِ». ثُمَّ ٱنْطَلَقَ إِلَى رَابِيَةٍ.

Then said Balaam unto Balak: Station thyself by thine ascending-sacrifice, and let me go my way—peradventure Yahweh may come and meet me, and what thing soever he may show me, I will tell thee. So he went his way to a bare height.

٤ 4 فَوَافَى ٱللهُ بَلْعَامَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «قَدْ رَتَّبْتُ سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ وَأَصْعَدْتُ ثَوْرًا وَكَبْشًا عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ».

And God came unto Balaam, —so he said unto him The seven altars, have I built in a row, and have caused to ascend, bullock and a ram on each altar.

٥ 5 فَوَضَعَ ٱلرَّبُّ كَلَامًا فِي فَمِ بَلْعَامَ وَقَالَ: «ٱرْجِعْ إِلَى بَالَاقَ وَتَكَلَّمْ هَكَذَا».

And Yahweh put a word into the mouth of Balaam, —and said—Return unto Balak, and, thus, shalt thou speak.

٦ 6 فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ وَإِذَا هُوَ وَاقِفٌ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَتِهِ هُوَ، وَجَمِيعُ رُؤَسَاءِ مُوآبَ.

So he returned unto him, and lo! he was stationed by his ascending-sacrifice, —he, and all the princes of Moab.

٧ 7 فَنَطَقَ بِمَثَلِهِ وَقَالَ: «مِنْ أَرَامَ أَتَى بِي بَالَاقُ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ، مِنْ جِبَالِ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ: تَعَالَ ٱلْعَنْ لِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَهَلُمَّ ٱشْتِمْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

So he took up his parable and said, —From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel.

٨ 8 كَيْفَ أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَمْ يَلْعَنْهُ ٱللهُ؟ وَكَيْفَ أَشْتِمُ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْتِمْهُ ٱلرَّبُّ؟

How can I revile one whom GOD hath not reviled? Yea, how can I rage on one on whom Yahweh hath not raged?

٩ 9 إِنِّي مِنْ رَأْسِ ٱلصُّخُورِ أَرَاهُ، وَمِنَ ٱلْآكَامِ أُبْصِرُهُ. هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ يَسْكُنُ وَحْدَهُ، وَبَيْنَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ لَا يُحْسَبُ.

Surely from the head of the rocks, do I see him, Yea, from the hills, do I observe him, —Lo! a people, who alone doth dwell, And among the nations, he doth not reckon himself.

١٠ 10 مَنْ أَحْصَى تُرَابَ يَعْقُوبَ وَرُبْعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِعَدَدٍ؟ لِتَمُتْ نَفْسِي مَوْتَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ، وَلْتَكُنْ آخِرَتِي كَآخِرَتِهِمْ».

Who hath counted the dust of Jacob? Or who hath numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my hereafter be like his!

١١ 11 فَقَالَ بَالَاقُ لِبَلْعَامَ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِي؟ لِتَشْتِمَ أَعْدَائِي أَخَذْتُكَ، وَهُوَذَا أَنْتَ قَدْ بَارَكْتَهُمْ».

Then said Balak unto Balaam, What hast thou done for me? To revile mine enemies, I summoned thee, and lo! thou hast kept on blessing.

١٢ 12 فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ: «أَمَا ٱلَّذِي يَضَعُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ فِي فَمِي أَحْتَرِصُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ؟».

And he answered and said, —Was it not to be so that whatsoever Yahweh should put into my mouth, the same, should I take heed to speak?

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ لَهُ بَالَاقُ: «هَلُمَّ مَعِي إِلَى مَكَانٍ آخَرَ تَرَاهُ مِنْهُ. إِنَّمَا تَرَى أَقْصَاءَهُ فَقَطْ، وَكُلَّهُ لَا تَرَى. فَٱلْعَنْهُ لِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ».

Then said Balak unto him—Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see him, nothing but his utmost part, shalt thou see, but all of him, shalt thou not see, —and so revile me him from thence.

١٤ 14 فَأَخَذَهُ إِلَى حَقْلِ صُوفِيمَ إِلَى رَأْسِ ٱلْفِسْجَةِ، وَبَنَى سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ، وَأَصْعَدَ ثَوْرًا وَكَبْشًا عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.

And he took him to the field of Zophim, unto the head of Pisgah, —and built seven altars, and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ لِبَالَاقَ: «قِفْ هُنَا عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَتِكَ وَأَنَا أُوافِي هُنَاكَ».

Then said he to Balak, Station thyself here by thine ascending-sacrifice, —while, I, meet him yonder.

١٦ 16 فَوَافَى ٱلرَّبُّ بَلْعَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَلَامًا فِي فَمِهِ وَقَالَ: «ٱرْجِعْ إِلَى بَالَاقَ وَتَكَلَّمْ هَكَذَا».

And Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, —and said—Return unto Balak and thus shalt thou speak.

١٧ 17 فَأَتَى إِلَيْهِ وَإِذَا هُوَ وَاقِفٌ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَتِهِ، وَرُؤَسَاءُ مُوآبَ مَعَهُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ بَالَاقُ: «مَاذَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ؟»

So he came in unto him and, there he was-stationed by his ascending-sacrifice, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Yahweh spoken?

١٨ 18 فَنَطَقَ بِمَثَلِهِ وَقَالَ: «قُمْ يَا بَالَاقُ وَٱسْمَعْ. اِصْغَ إِلَيَّ يَا ٱبْنَ صِفُّورَ.

Then took he up his parable and said, —Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me son of Zippor!

١٩ 19 لَيْسَ ٱللهُ إِنْسَانًا فَيَكْذِبَ، وَلَا ٱبْنَ إِنْسَانٍ فَيَنْدَمَ. هَلْ يَقُولُ وَلَا يَفْعَلُ؟ أَوْ يَتَكَلَّمُ وَلَا يَفِي؟

GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor a son of Adam, that he should repent, —Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast?

٢٠ 20 إِنِّي قَدْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُبَارِكَ. فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ بَارَكَ فَلَا أَرُدُّهُ.

Lo! to bless, have I received [command], —And I will bless, nor will I take it back.

٢١ 21 لَمْ يُبْصِرْ إِثْمًا فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَلَا رَأَى تَعَبًا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُ مَعَهُ، وَهُتَافُ مَلِكٍ فِيهِ.

He hath not discovered trouble in Jacob, Neither hath he seen wretchedness in Israel, —Yahweh, his God, is with him, And, the acclaim of a king, in his midst:

٢٢ 22 ٱللهُ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ. لَهُ مِثْلُ سُرْعَةِ ٱلرِّئْمِ.

GOD having brought them forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his:

٢٣ 23 إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ عِيَافَةٌ عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ، وَلَا عِرَافَةٌ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ. فِي ٱلْوَقْتِ يُقَالُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ وَعَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَا فَعَلَ ٱللهُ.

Surely, there is no enchantment against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, —Now, shall it be said—Of Jacob and of Israel, What hath GOD wrought!

٢٤ 24 هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ يَقُومُ كَلَبْوَةٍ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ كَأَسَدٍ. لَا يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ فَرِيسَةً وَيَشْرَبَ دَمَ قَتْلَى».

Lo, a people, like a lioness, shall rise, And like a strong lion, shall rouse himself up; He will not lie down till he eat the torn, And the blood of the slain, he drink.

٢٥ 25 فَقَالَ بَالَاقُ لِبَلْعَامَ: «لَا تَلْعَنْهُ لَعْنَةً وَلَا تُبَارِكْهُ بَرَكَةً».

Then said Balak unto Balaam, Thou shalt neither revile, him, —nor bless him.

٢٦ 26 فَأَجَابَ بَلْعَامُ وَقَالَ لِبَالَاقَ: «أَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْكَ قَائِلًا: كُلُّ مَا يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ فَإِيَّاهُ أَفْعَلُ؟».

And Balaam responded, and said unto Balak, —Spake I not unto thee, saying, All that Yahweh shall speak, that, must I do?

٢٧ 27 فَقَالَ بَالَاقُ لِبَلْعَامَ: «هَلُمَّ آخُذْكَ إِلَى مَكَانٍ آخَرَ، عَسَى أَنْ يَصْلُحَ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱللهِ أَنْ تَلْعَنَهُ لِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ».

And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee! let me take thee unto another place, —peradventure, it may be right in the eyes of God, that thou revile me him. from thence.

٢٨ 28 فَأَخَذَ بَالَاقُ بَلْعَامَ إِلَى رَأْسِ فَغُورَ ٱلْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ.

So Balak took Balaam, —unto the head of Peor, that looketh over the face of the Jeshimon.

٢٩ 29 فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالَاقَ: «ٱبْنِ لِي هَهُنَا سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ، وَهَيِّئْ لِي هَهُنَا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ».

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

٣٠ 30 فَفَعَلَ بَالَاقُ كَمَا قَالَ بَلْعَامُ، وَأَصْعَدَ ثَوْرًا وَكَبْشًا عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.

And Balak did as Balaam said, —and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.