عَدَد 23

١ 1 فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاقَ: «ابْنِ لِي هُنَا سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ، وَأَعِدَّ لِي هُنَا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ».

And Balaam sayd vnto Balak, Builde me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes.

٢ 2 فَفَعَلَ بَالاقُ كَمَا طَلَبَ بَلْعَامُ. وَقَرَّبَ بَالاقُ وَبَلْعَامُ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.

And Balak did as Balaam sayd, and Balak and Balaam offred on euery altar a bullocke and a ramme.

٣ 3 ثُمَّ قَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاقَ: «قِفْ هُنَا عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ فَأَمْضِيَ أَنَا، لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ يَأْتِي لِلِقَائِي، وَمَهْمَا يُعْلِنْ لِي أُبْلِغْكَ بِهِ». ثُمَّ ارْتَقَى بَلْعَامُ رَابِيَةً.

Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Stande by the burnt offring, and I will goe, if so be that the Lord will come and meete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell thee: so he went forth alone.

٤ 4 فَوَافَى اللهُ بَلْعَامَ. فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ: «قَدْ أَعْدَدْتُ سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ وَقَرَّبْتُ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ».

And God met Balaam, and Balaam sayd vnto him, I haue prepared seuen altars, and haue offred vpon euery altar a bullocke and a ramme.

٥ 5 فَحَمَّلَ الرَّبُّ بَلْعَامَ رِسَالَةً وَقَالَ: «ارْجِعْ إِلَى بَالاقَ وَبَلِّغْهُ إِيَّاهَا».

And the Lord put an answere in Balaams mouth, and sayde, Go againe to Balak, and say on this wise.

٦ 6 فَعَادَ إِلَيْهِ، وَإذَا بِهِ مَازَالَ وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِهِ، وَمَعَهُ جَمِيعُ رُؤَسَاءِ مُوآبَ،

So when he returned vnto him, loe, hee stoode by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

٧ 7 فَنَطَقَ بِنُبُوءَتِهِ قَائِلاً: «أَتَى بِي بَالاقُ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ مِنْ بِلادِ أَرَامَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ، وَقَالَ: تَعَالَ الْعَنْ لِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَاشْتِمْ لِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Then he vttered his parable, and sayde, Balak the king of Moab hath brought mee from Aram out of the mountaines of the East, saying, Come, curse Iaakob for my sake: come, and detest Israel.

٨ 8 كَيْفَ أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَمْ يَلْعَنْهُ اللهُ؟ وَكَيْفَ أَشْتِمُ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْتِمْهُ الرَّبُّ؟

How shall I curse, where God hath not cursed? or howe shall I detest, where the Lord hath not detested?

٩ 9 هَا أَنَا أَرَاهُمْ مِنْ قِمَمِ الصُّخُورِ، وَمِنَ الآكَامِ أُبْصِرُهُمْ. هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ يَسْكُنُ وَحْدَهُ. وَلا يَحْسَبُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أُمَّةً مِنَ الأُمَمِ.

For from the top of the rocks I did see him, and from the hils I did beholde him: lo, the people shall dwell by themselues, and shall not be reckened among the nations.

١٠ 10 مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُحْصِيَ تُرَابَ يَعْقُوبَ أَوْ يَعُدَّ رُبْعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ لِتَمُتْ نَفْسِي مَوْتَ الأَبْرَارِ، وَلْتَكُنْ آخِرَتِي كَآخِرَتِهِمْ».

Who can tell the dust of Iaakob, and the nomber of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last ende be like his.

١١ 11 فَقَالَ بَالاقُ لِبَلْعَامَ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِي؟ لَقَدِ اسْتَدْعَيْتُكَ لِتَشْتِمَ أَعْدَائِي، وَهَا أَنْتَ تُبَارِكُهُمْ»

Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, What hast thou done vnto mee? I tooke thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them altogether.

١٢ 12 فَأَجَابَهُ: «إِنَّنِي أَحْرِصُ أَنْ لَا أَتَكَلَّمَ إِلّا بِمَا يَضَعُهُ الرَّبُّ عَلَى فَمِي».

And he answered, and said, Must I not take heede to speake that, which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ لَهُ بَالاقُ: «تَعَالَ مَعِي إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ فَلا تَرَى مِنْهُ إِلّا طَرَفَ مُخَيَّمِ الشَّعْبِ فَقَطْ، وَالْعَنْهُ لِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ».

And Balak sayde vnto him, Come, I pray thee, with mee vnto another place, whence thou mayest see them, and thou shalt see but the vtmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: therefore curse them out of that place for my sake.

١٤ 14 فَأَخَذَهُ إِلَى حَقْلِ صُوفِيمَ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْفِسْجَةِ وَهُنَاكَ شَيَّدَ سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ، وَقَرَّبَ بَلْعَامُ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.

And he brought him into Sede-sophim to the top of Pisgah, and built seuen altars, and offred a bullocke, and a ramme on euery altar.

١٥ 15 وَقَالَ لِبَالاقَ: «انْتَظِرْنِي هُنَاكَ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ وَأَنَا أَمْضِي إِلَى هُنَاكَ».

After, he sayde vnto Balak, Stande here by thy burnt offring, and I wil meete the Lord yonder.

١٦ 16 فَوَافَى الرَّبُّ بَلْعَامَ وَلَقَّنَهُ رِسَالَةً وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ارْجِعْ إِلَى بَالاقَ وَبَلِّغْهُ إِيَّاهَا».

And the Lord mette Balaam, and put an answere in his mouth, and sayd, Goe againe vnto Balak, and say thus.

١٧ 17 فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى بَالاقَ، وَإذَا بِهِ مُنْتَظِرٌ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِهِ وَمَعَهُ رُؤَسَاءُ مُوآبَ. فَسَأَلَهُ بَالاقُ: «مَاذَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ؟»

And when he came to him, beholde, hee stoode by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him: so Balak sayde vnto him, What hath the Lord sayd?

١٨ 18 فَضَرَبَ مَثَلَهُ قَائِلاً: «انْهَضْ يَا بَالاقُ وَأَصْغَ، اسْتَمِعْ إِلَيَّ يَا ابْنَ صِفُّورَ

And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor.

١٩ 19 لَيْسَ اللهُ إِنْسَاناً فَيَكْذِبَ. وَلا هُوَ ابْنَ آدَمَ فَيَنْدَمَ. هَلْ يَقُولُ وَلا يَفْعَلُ أَوْ يَعِدُ ولا يَفِي؟

God is not as man, that he should lie, neither as the sonne of man that he shoulde repent: hath he sayde and shall he not do it? and hath he spoken, and shall he not accomplish it?

٢٠ 20 إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُبَارِكَ، وَهُوَ قَدْ بَارَكَ وَلا طَاقَةَ لِي عَلَى رَدِّهِ.

Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: for he hath blessed, and I cannot alter it.

٢١ 21 لَمْ يَشْهَدْ إِثْماً فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَلَمْ يَرَ مَشَقَّةً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَهُتَافٌ لِلْمَلِكِ فِيهِمْ.

Hee seeth none iniquitie in Iaakob, nor seeth no transgression in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the ioyfull shoute of a king is among them.

٢٢ 22 اللهُ أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَقُوَّتُهُمْ مِثْلُ قُوَّةِ الثَّوْرِ الْوَحْشِيِّ.

God brought them out of Egypt: their strength is as an vnicorne.

٢٣ 23 فَلا عِيَافَةَ تَضُرُّ يَعْقُوبَ، وَلا عِرَافَةَ تُؤَثِّرُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. مُنْذُ الآنَ يُقَالُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ وَعَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ:’انْظُرْ مَاذَا فَعَلَ اللهُ!‘

For there is no sorcerie in Iaakob, nor soothsaying in Israel: according to this time it shalbe sayde of Iaakob and of Israel, What hath God wrought?

٢٤ 24 هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ يَتَحَفَّزُ كَلَبْوَةٍ وَيَنْهَضُ كَأَسَدٍ. لَا يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَلْتَهِمَ فَرِيسَةً وَيَلَغَ فِي دَمِ قَتْلَى».

Behold, the people shall rise vp as a lyon, and lift vp himselfe as a yong lyon: hee shall not lye downe, till he eate of the pray, and till he drinke the blood of the slayne.

٢٥ 25 فَقَالَ بَالاقُ لِبَلْعَامَ: «إِذَنْ لَا تَلْعَنْهُ وَلا تُبَارِكْهُ!»

Then Balak sayde vnto Balaam, Neither curse, nor blesse them at all.

٢٦ 26 فَأَجَابَ بَلْعَامُ: «أَلَمْ أُخْبِرْكَ أَنَّنِي لَنْ أَنْطِقَ إِلّا بِمَا يَأْمُرُنِي بِهِ الرَّبُّ؟»

But Balaam answered, and saide vnto Balak, Tolde not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that must I do?

٢٧ 27 فَقَالَ بَالاقُ: «دَعْنِي آخُذُكَ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ، فَعَسَى أَنْ يَحْسُنَ فِي عَيْنَيِ اللهِ أَنْ تَلْعَنَ لِيَ الشَّعْبَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ».

Againe Balak sayd vnto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I wil bring thee vnto another place, if so be it wil please God, that thou mayest thence curse them for my sake.

٢٨ 28 فَأَخَذَ بَالاقُ بَلْعَامَ إِلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلِ فَغُورَ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى امْتِدَادِ الصَّحْرَاءِ،

So Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshmon.

٢٩ 29 فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاقَ: «ابْنِ لِي هُنَا سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ. وَجَهِّزْ لِي هُنَا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ».

Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Make me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullocks, and seuen rammes.

٣٠ 30 فَلَبَّى بَالاقُ طَلَبَ بَلْعَامَ، وَقَرَّبَ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.

And Balak did as Balaam had sayd, and offred a bullocke and a ram on euery altar.