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。”
And Balaam said to Balac, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.
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。
And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on [every] 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。
And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall show me, I will report to you. And Balac stood by his sacrifice.
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。”
And Balaam went to enquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.
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。”
And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, you shall return to Balac, and thus shall you speak.
6 他就回到巴勒那里，见他同摩押的使臣都站在燔祭旁边。
And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole burnt offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
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。
And he took up his parable, and said, Balac king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and Come, call for a curse for me upon 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？
How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not?
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 from the top of the mountains I shall see him, and from the hills I shall observe him: behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the 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 has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed.
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。”
And Balac said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I called you to curse my enemies, and behold you have greatly blessed [them].
12 他回答说：“耶和华传给我的话，我能不谨慎传说吗？”
And Balaam said to Balac, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this?
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。”
And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where you shall not see the people, but only you shall see a part of them, and shall not see them all; and curse me them from thence.
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。
And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried [rock], and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] 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。”
And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God.
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。”
And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shall you speak.
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？”
And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole burnt sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken?
18 巴兰就题诗歌说： 巴勒，你起来听； 西拨的儿子，你听我言。
And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; listen as a witness, you son of Sepphor.
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 is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep [to his word]?
20 我奉命祝福； 神也曾赐福，此事我不能翻转。
Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: I will bless, and not turn back.
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。
There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel: the Lord his God [is] with him, the glories of rulers [are] in him.
22 神领他们出埃及； 他们似乎有野牛之力。
It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn.
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！
For there is no divination in Jacob, nor enchantment in Israel; in season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel what God shall perform.
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。
Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain.
25 巴勒对巴兰说：“你一点不要咒诅他们，也不要为他们祝福。”
And Balac said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all.
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？”
And Balaam answered and said to Balac, Spoke I not to you, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do?
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。”
And Balac said to Balaam, Come [and] I will remove you to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.
28 巴勒就领巴兰到那下望旷野的毗珥山顶上。
And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness.
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。”
And Balaam said to Balac, build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.
30 巴勒就照巴兰的话行，在每座坛上献一只公牛，一只公羊。
And Balac did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.
