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 på hvert Alter.

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken. And Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

3 Derpå sagde Bileam til Balak: "Bliv stående her ved dit Brændoffer, så vil jeg gå hen og se, om HERREN mulig kommer mig i Møde. Hvad han da lader mig skue, skal jeg lade dig vide." Så gik han op på 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 shows me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.

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 på hvert."

And God met Balaam, and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

5 Og Gud lagde Bileam Ord i Munden og sagde: "Vend tilbage til Balak og tal således til ham!"

And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shall 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, lo, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the rulers 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 Isrrael!"

And he took up his oracle, and said, From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.

8 Hvor kan jeg forbande, når Gud ej forbander, nedkalde Vrede, når HERREN ej vreds!

How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah has not defied?

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 dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

10 Hvem kan måle 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, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last 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 have thou done to me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and, behold, thou have blessed them altogether.

12 Men han svarede: "Skal jeg ikke omhyggeligt sige, hvad HERREN Iægger 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 så fra det Sted!"

And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from where thou may see them. Thou shall see but the outmost part of them, and shall not see them all, and curse them for me from there.

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

And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

15 Derpå sagde Bileam til Balak: "Bliv stående her ved dit Brændoffer, medens jeg ser efter, om der møder mig noget!"

And he said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.

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

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

17 Så 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, lo, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the rulers 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!

And he took up his oracle, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear. Hearken to me, thou 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 the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

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

Behold, I have received to bless. And he has 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 has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

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

God brings them forth out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox.

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

Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God wrought!

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

Behold, the people rise up as a lioness, and as a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.

25 Da sagde Balak til Bileam: "Vil du ikke forbande det, så 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!"

But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaks, that I must do?

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

And Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take thee to another place. Perhaps it will please God that thou may curse them for me from there.

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

And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down upon the desert.

29 Så 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 for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

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

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