民数记 23
1 巴兰对巴勒说：“你在这里给我筑七座坛，为我预备七只公牛，七只公羊。”
Then Balaam told Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”
2 巴勒照巴兰的话行了。巴勒和巴兰在每座坛上献一只公牛，一只公羊。
Balak did as Balaam had said, and together they offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
3 巴兰对巴勒说：“你站在你的燔祭旁边，我且往前去，或者耶和华来迎见我。他指示我什么，我必告诉你。”于是巴兰上一净光的高处。
Balaam said to Balak, “Wait here beside your burnt offering while I go and see if perhaps the Lord will come and meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me, I'll share with you.” Then Balaam left to climb up a rocky crag.
4 神迎见巴兰；巴兰说：“我预备了七座坛，在每座坛上献了一只公牛，一只公羊。”
God met with him there, and Balaam said. “I have built seven altars and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
5 耶和华将话传给巴兰，又说：“你回到巴勒那里，要如此如此说。”
The Lord gave Balaam a message to share. He told him, “Go back to Balak and this is what you are to say to him.”
6 他就回到巴勒那里，见他同摩押的使臣都站在燔祭旁边。
So he went back to Balak, who was waiting there beside his burnt offering, along with all the Moabite leaders.
7 巴兰便题起诗歌说： 巴勒引我出亚兰， 摩押王引我出东山，说： 来啊，为我咒诅雅各； 来啊，怒骂以色列。
This is the declaration that Balaam gave: “Balak brought me from Aram; the king of Moab brought me from the mountains of the east. He said, ‘Come and curse Jacob for me! Come and condemn Israel!’
8 神没有咒诅的，我焉能咒诅？ 耶和华没有怒骂的，我焉能怒骂？
But how can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I condemn what the Lord has not condemned?
9 我从高峰看他，从小山望他； 这是独居的民，不列在万民中。
For I'm looking down on them from the top of rocky crags; I'm watching them from the hills. I see a people who live on their own, different from the other nations.
10 谁能数点雅各的尘土？ 谁能计算以色列的四分之一？ 我愿如义人之死而死； 我愿如义人之终而终。
Who can count Jacob's descendants? They are so many they're like dust! Who can count even a quarter of the Israelites? I would like to die as a good person dies! Let the end of my life be like their end!”
11 巴勒对巴兰说：“你向我做的是什么事呢？我领你来咒诅我的仇敌，不料，你竟为他们祝福。”
Then Balak complained to Balaam, “What on earth have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and now look! All you have done is bless them!”
12 他回答说：“耶和华传给我的话，我能不谨慎传说吗？”
But Balaam replied, “Don't you think I should I say precisely what the Lord tells me?”
13 巴勒说：“求你同我往别处去，在那里可以看见他们；你不能全看见，只能看见他们边界上的人。在那里要为我咒诅他们。”
Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. But you'll only see a part of their camp—you won't see all of them. You can curse them for me from there.”
14 于是领巴兰到了琐腓田，上了毗斯迦山顶，筑了七座坛；每座坛上献一只公牛，一只公羊。
He took him to the field of Zophim at the top of Mount Pisgah. There he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
15 巴兰对巴勒说：“你站在这燔祭旁边，等我往那边去迎见耶和华。”
Balaam told Balak, “Wait here beside your burnt offering while I meet the Lord over there.”
16 耶和华临到巴兰那里，将话传给他；又说：“你回到巴勒那里，要如此如此说。”
The Lord met Balaam and gave him a message to share. He told him, “Go back to Balak and this is what you are to say to him.”
17 他就回到巴勒那里，见他站在燔祭旁边；摩押的使臣也和他在一处。巴勒问他说：“耶和华说了什么话呢？”
So he went back to Balak, who was waiting there beside his burnt offering, along with all the Moabite leaders. “What did the Lord say?” Balak asked.
18 巴兰就题诗歌说： 巴勒，你起来听； 西拨的儿子，你听我言。
This is the prophecy that Balaam delivered: “Stand up, Balak, and pay attention! Listen to me, son of Zippor!
19 神非人，必不致说谎， 也非人子，必不致后悔。 他说话岂不照着行呢？ 他发言岂不要成就呢？
God isn't a human being who would lie. He's not a mere mortal who changes his mind. Does he say he's going to do something but doesn't? Does he make promises he doesn't carry out?
20 我奉命祝福； 神也曾赐福，此事我不能翻转。
Look, I have been ordered to give a blessing. God has blessed, and I can't change that.
21 他未见雅各中有罪孽， 也未见以色列中有奸恶。 耶和华—他的 神和他同在； 有欢呼王的声音在他们中间。
He's not expecting anything bad will happen to Jacob; he doesn't foresee any trouble for Israel. The Lord their God is with them; they celebrate him as their king.
22 神领他们出埃及； 他们似乎有野牛之力。
God led them out of Egypt with great power, as strong as an ox.
23 断没有法术可以害雅各， 也没有占卜可以害以色列。 现在必有人论及雅各，就是论及以色列说： 神为他行了何等的大事！
No spell can be cast against Jacob; no magic can be used against Israel. People will talk about Jacob and Israel, saying, ‘What amazing things God has done for them!’
24 这民起来，仿佛母狮， 挺身，好像公狮， 未曾吃野食， 未曾喝被伤者之血，决不躺卧。
Look! The Israelites go out hunting like a lioness; they chase like a lion. They don't rest until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of their dead victim.”
25 巴勒对巴兰说：“你一点不要咒诅他们，也不要为他们祝福。”
Then Balak said to Balaam, “If you can't give them any curses then at least don't give them any blessings!”
26 巴兰回答巴勒说：“我岂不是告诉你说‘凡耶和华所说的，我必须遵行’吗？”
But Balaam replied, “Didn't I explain to you that I have to do whatever the Lord tells me?”
27 巴勒对巴兰说：“来吧，我领你往别处去，或者 神喜欢你在那里为我咒诅他们。”
“Please come with me and I will take you somewhere else,” Balak said. “Maybe God would let you curse them for me from there.”
28 巴勒就领巴兰到那下望旷野的毗珥山顶上。
Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which looks down on the wastelands.
29 巴兰对巴勒说：“你在这里为我筑七座坛，又在这里为我预备七只公牛，七只公羊。”
Balaam told Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”
30 巴勒就照巴兰的话行，在每座坛上献一只公牛，一只公羊。
Balak what Balaam told him, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
