Numbers 23
1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
| فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاقَ: «ابْنِ لِي هُنَا سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ، وَأَعِدَّ لِي هُنَا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ». | ١ |
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
| فَفَعَلَ بَالاقُ كَمَا طَلَبَ بَلْعَامُ. وَقَرَّبَ بَالاقُ وَبَلْعَامُ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ. | ٢ |
3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاقَ: «قِفْ هُنَا عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ فَأَمْضِيَ أَنَا، لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ يَأْتِي لِلِقَائِي، وَمَهْمَا يُعْلِنْ لِي أُبْلِغْكَ بِهِ». ثُمَّ ارْتَقَى بَلْعَامُ رَابِيَةً. | ٣ |
4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
| فَوَافَى اللهُ بَلْعَامَ. فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ: «قَدْ أَعْدَدْتُ سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ وَقَرَّبْتُ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ». | ٤ |
5 And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
| فَحَمَّلَ الرَّبُّ بَلْعَامَ رِسَالَةً وَقَالَ: «ارْجِعْ إِلَى بَالاقَ وَبَلِّغْهُ إِيَّاهَا». | ٥ |
6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
| فَعَادَ إِلَيْهِ، وَإذَا بِهِ مَازَالَ وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِهِ، وَمَعَهُ جَمِيعُ رُؤَسَاءِ مُوآبَ، | ٦ |
7 And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
| فَنَطَقَ بِنُبُوءَتِهِ قَائِلاً: «أَتَى بِي بَالاقُ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ مِنْ بِلادِ أَرَامَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ، وَقَالَ: تَعَالَ الْعَنْ لِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَاشْتِمْ لِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٧ |
8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
| كَيْفَ أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَمْ يَلْعَنْهُ اللهُ؟ وَكَيْفَ أَشْتِمُ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْتِمْهُ الرَّبُّ؟ | ٨ |
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
| هَا أَنَا أَرَاهُمْ مِنْ قِمَمِ الصُّخُورِ، وَمِنَ الآكَامِ أُبْصِرُهُمْ. هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ يَسْكُنُ وَحْدَهُ. وَلا يَحْسَبُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أُمَّةً مِنَ الأُمَمِ. | ٩ |
10 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!
| مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُحْصِيَ تُرَابَ يَعْقُوبَ أَوْ يَعُدَّ رُبْعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ لِتَمُتْ نَفْسِي مَوْتَ الأَبْرَارِ، وَلْتَكُنْ آخِرَتِي كَآخِرَتِهِمْ». | ١٠ |
11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
| فَقَالَ بَالاقُ لِبَلْعَامَ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِي؟ لَقَدِ اسْتَدْعَيْتُكَ لِتَشْتِمَ أَعْدَائِي، وَهَا أَنْتَ تُبَارِكُهُمْ» | ١١ |
12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?
| فَأَجَابَهُ: «إِنَّنِي أَحْرِصُ أَنْ لَا أَتَكَلَّمَ إِلّا بِمَا يَضَعُهُ الرَّبُّ عَلَى فَمِي». | ١٢ |
13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ بَالاقُ: «تَعَالَ مَعِي إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ فَلا تَرَى مِنْهُ إِلّا طَرَفَ مُخَيَّمِ الشَّعْبِ فَقَطْ، وَالْعَنْهُ لِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ». | ١٣ |
14 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.
| فَأَخَذَهُ إِلَى حَقْلِ صُوفِيمَ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْفِسْجَةِ وَهُنَاكَ شَيَّدَ سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ، وَقَرَّبَ بَلْعَامُ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ. | ١٤ |
15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [Jehovah] yonder.
| وَقَالَ لِبَالاقَ: «انْتَظِرْنِي هُنَاكَ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ وَأَنَا أَمْضِي إِلَى هُنَاكَ». | ١٥ |
16 And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
| فَوَافَى الرَّبُّ بَلْعَامَ وَلَقَّنَهُ رِسَالَةً وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ارْجِعْ إِلَى بَالاقَ وَبَلِّغْهُ إِيَّاهَا». | ١٦ |
17 And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?
| فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى بَالاقَ، وَإذَا بِهِ مُنْتَظِرٌ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِهِ وَمَعَهُ رُؤَسَاءُ مُوآبَ. فَسَأَلَهُ بَالاقُ: «مَاذَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ؟» | ١٧ |
18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
| فَضَرَبَ مَثَلَهُ قَائِلاً: «انْهَضْ يَا بَالاقُ وَأَصْغَ، اسْتَمِعْ إِلَيَّ يَا ابْنَ صِفُّورَ | ١٨ |
19 God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
| لَيْسَ اللهُ إِنْسَاناً فَيَكْذِبَ. وَلا هُوَ ابْنَ آدَمَ فَيَنْدَمَ. هَلْ يَقُولُ وَلا يَفْعَلُ أَوْ يَعِدُ ولا يَفِي؟ | ١٩ |
20 Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
| إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُبَارِكَ، وَهُوَ قَدْ بَارَكَ وَلا طَاقَةَ لِي عَلَى رَدِّهِ. | ٢٠ |
21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.
| لَمْ يَشْهَدْ إِثْماً فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَلَمْ يَرَ مَشَقَّةً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَهُتَافٌ لِلْمَلِكِ فِيهِمْ. | ٢١ |
22 God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.
| اللهُ أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَقُوَّتُهُمْ مِثْلُ قُوَّةِ الثَّوْرِ الْوَحْشِيِّ. | ٢٢ |
23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
| فَلا عِيَافَةَ تَضُرُّ يَعْقُوبَ، وَلا عِرَافَةَ تُؤَثِّرُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. مُنْذُ الآنَ يُقَالُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ وَعَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ:’انْظُرْ مَاذَا فَعَلَ اللهُ!‘ | ٢٣ |
24 Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.
| هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ يَتَحَفَّزُ كَلَبْوَةٍ وَيَنْهَضُ كَأَسَدٍ. لَا يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَلْتَهِمَ فَرِيسَةً وَيَلَغَ فِي دَمِ قَتْلَى». | ٢٤ |
25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
| فَقَالَ بَالاقُ لِبَلْعَامَ: «إِذَنْ لَا تَلْعَنْهُ وَلا تُبَارِكْهُ!» | ٢٥ |
26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?
| فَأَجَابَ بَلْعَامُ: «أَلَمْ أُخْبِرْكَ أَنَّنِي لَنْ أَنْطِقَ إِلّا بِمَا يَأْمُرُنِي بِهِ الرَّبُّ؟» | ٢٦ |
27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
| فَقَالَ بَالاقُ: «دَعْنِي آخُذُكَ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ، فَعَسَى أَنْ يَحْسُنَ فِي عَيْنَيِ اللهِ أَنْ تَلْعَنَ لِيَ الشَّعْبَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ». | ٢٧ |
28 And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
| فَأَخَذَ بَالاقُ بَلْعَامَ إِلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلِ فَغُورَ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى امْتِدَادِ الصَّحْرَاءِ، | ٢٨ |
29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
| فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاقَ: «ابْنِ لِي هُنَا سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ. وَجَهِّزْ لِي هُنَا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ». | ٢٩ |
30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
| فَلَبَّى بَالاقُ طَلَبَ بَلْعَامَ، وَقَرَّبَ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ. | ٣٠ |
