4 Mosebog 23

1 Og Bileam sagde til Balak: »Byg mig syv Altre her og skaf mig syv unge Tyre og syv Vædre herhen!«

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

2 Balak gjorde, som Bileam sagde, og Balak og Bileam ofrede en Tyr og en Væder paa hvert Alter.

And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.

3 Derpaa sagde Bileam til Balak: »Bliv staaende her ved dit Brændoffer, saa vil jeg gaa hen og se, om HERREN mulig kommer mig i Møde. Hvad han da lader mig skue, skal jeg lade dig vide.« Saa gik han op paa en nøgen Klippetop.

And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill.

4 Da kom Gud Bileam i Møde. Og han sagde til ham: »Jeg har gjort de syv Altre i Stand og ofret en Tyr og en Væder paa hvert.«

And God met Balaam; and [Balaam] said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon [each] altar.

5 Og Gud lagde Bileam Ord i Munden og sagde: »Vend tilbage til Balak og tal saaledes til ham!«

And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

6 Da vendte han tilbage til ham, og se, han stod ved sit Brændoffer sammen med alle Moabs Høvdinger.

And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

7 Og han fremsatte sit Sprog: Fra Aram lod Balak mig hente, Moabs Konge fra Østens Bjerge: »Kom og forband mig Jakob, kom og kald Vrede ned over Israel!«

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!

8 Hvor kan jeg forbande, naar Gud ej forbander, nedkalde Vrede, naar HERREN ej vredes!

How shall I curse whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?

9 Jeg ser det fra Klippernes Top, fra Højderne skuer jeg det, et Folk, der bor for sig selv og ikke regner sig til Hedningefolkene.

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, [it is] a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

10 Hvem kan maale Jakobs Sandskorn, hvem kan tælle Israels Støvgran? Min Sjæl dø de Oprigtiges Død, og mit Endeligt vorde som deres!

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!

11 Da sagde Balak til Bileam: »Hvad har du gjort imod mig! Jeg lod dig hente, for at du skulde forbande mine Fjender, og se, du har velsignet dem!«

And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

12 Men han svarede: »Skal jeg ikke omhyggeligt sige, hvad HERREN lægger mig i Munden?«

And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?

13 Da sagde Balak til ham: »Følg med mig til et andet Sted, hvorfra du kan se Folket, dog kun den yderste Del deraf og ikke det hele, og forband mig det saa fra det Sted!«

And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou wilt see them; thou shalt see only the extremity of them and shalt not see them all, and curse me them from thence.

14 Og han tog ham med til Udkigsmarken paa Toppen af Pisga og rejste der syv Altre og ofrede en Tyr og en Væder paa hvert.

And he took him to the watchmen's field, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.

15 Derpaa sagde Bileam til Balak: »Bliv staaende her ved dit Brændoffer, medens jeg ser efter, om der møder mig noget!«

And [Balaam] said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder.

16 Da kom Gud Bileam i Møde og lagde ham Ord i Munden og sagde: »Vend tilbage til Balak og tal saaledes!«

And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

17 Saa kom han hen til ham, og se, han stod ved sit Brændoffer sammen med Moabs Høvdinger; og Balak spurgte ham: »Hvad har HERREN sagt?«

And he came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?

18 Da fremsatte han sit Sprog: Rejs dig, Balak, og hør, lyt til mig, Zippors Søn!

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

19 Gud er ikke et Menneske, at han skulde lyve, et Menneskebarn, at han skulde angre; mon han siger noget uden at gøre det, mon han taler uden at fuldbyrde det?

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?

20 Se, at velsigne er mig givet, saa velsigner jeg og tager intet tilbage!

Behold, I have received [mission] to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

21 Man skuer ej Nød i Jakob, ser ej Trængsel i Israel; HERREN dets Gud er med det, og Kongejubel lyder hos det.

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.

22 Gud førte det ud af Ægypten, det har en Vildokses Horn.

God brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.

23 Thi mod Jakob hjælper ej Galder, Trolddom ikke mod Israel. Nu siger man om Jakob og om Israel: »Hvad har Gud gjort?«

For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

24 Se, et Folk, der staar op som en Løvinde, rejser sig som en Løve! Det lægger sig først, naar det har ædt Rov og drukket de dræbtes Blod.

Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.

25 Da sagde Balak til Bileam: »Vil du ikke forbande det, saa velsign det i alt Fald ikke!«

And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

26 Men Bileam svarede og sagde til Balak: »Har jeg ikke sagt dig, at alt, hvad HERREN siger, det gør jeg!«

And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I do?

27 Da sagde Balak til Bileam: »Kom, jeg vil tage dig med til et andet Sted, maaske det vil behage Gud, at du forbander mig det fra det Sted.«

And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence.

28 Og Balak førte Bileam op paa Toppen af Peor, der rager op over Ørkenen.

And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste.

29 Saa sagde Bileam til Balak: »Byg mig syv Altre her og skaf mig syv unge Tyre og syv Vædre herhen!«

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

30 Balak gjorde, som Bileam sagde, og ofrede en Tyr og en Væder paa hvert Alter.

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar.