Numbers 23
1 And Balaam said to Balak, Make me here seven altars and get ready seven oxen and seven male sheep.
Dijo Balaam a Balac: “Edifícame aquí siete altares, y prepárame aquí mismo siete becerros y siete carneros.”
2 And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep.
Hizo Balac según ordenara Balaam, y ofrecieron Balac y Balaam sobre cada altar un becerro y un carnero.
3 Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.
Después dijo Balaam a Balac: “Ponte junto a tu holocausto, en tanto que yo me voy a ver si Yahvé viene a mi encuentro; y lo que Él me diga, eso te manifestaré.” Y se retiró a una altura desnuda.
4 And God came to Balaam, and Balaam said to him, I have made ready seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.
Efectivamente salió Dios al encuentro de Balaam, y este le dijo: “He preparado siete altares y he ofrecido un becerro y un carnero en cada altar.”
5 And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
Y Yahvé puso en boca de Balaam una palabra y dijo: “Vuélvete a Balac, y hablarás así.”
6 So he went back to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with all the chiefs of Moab.
Vuelto a él, lo vio todavía parado junto a su holocausto, con todos los príncipes de Moab.
7 And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.
Entonces pronunció su oráculo, y dijo: “De Aram me hizo venir Balac, el rey de Moab (me hizo venir) de los montes de oriente: ¡Ven, maldíceme a Jacob! ¡Ven y execra a Israel!
8 How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?
¿Cómo maldeciré yo a quien no ha maldecido Dios? ¿Cómo voy a execrar a quien no ha execrado Yahvé?
9 From the top of the rocks I see him, looking down on him from the hills: it is a people made separate, not to be numbered among the nations.
Desde la cima de las peñas le veo, desde lo alto le estoy contemplando: es un pueblo que habita aparte, y no se cuenta entre las naciones.
10 Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!
¿Quién podrá contar a Jacob numeroso como el polvo, enumerar siquiera la cuarta parte de Israel? ¡Pueda yo morir la muerte de los justos, y sea mi fin semejante al suyo!”
11 Then Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed, and see, you have given them a blessing.
Dijo entonces Balac a Balaam: “¿Qué es lo que me has hecho? Te he llamado para maldecir a mis enemigos, y tú los has colmado de bendiciones.”
12 And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth?
Respondió él y dijo: “¿No tengo yo que observar las palabras que Yahvé pone en mi boca?”
13 And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there.
Díjole Balac: “Ven, te ruego, conmigo, a otro lugar, desde donde puedas verle; no verás sino su parte extrema, no le verás todo; y me lo maldices desde allí.”
14 So he took him into the country of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and there they made seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.
Y le llevó al Campo de los Atalayas, situado en las alturas del Fasga, donde edificó siete altares y ofreció en cada altar un becerro y un carnero.
15 Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord.
Y dijo a Balac: “Ponte aquí junto a tu holocausto, mientras yo voy al encuentro (de Dios).”
16 And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
Y salió Dios al encuentro de Balaam, y poniéndole una palabra en la boca, dijo: “Vuelve a donde está Balac, y le dirás así.”
17 So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said?
Se volvió a él, y he aquí que estaba todavía parado junto a su holocausto, y con él los príncipes de Moab. Le preguntó Balac: “¿Qué te ha dicho Yahvé?”
18 And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:
Entonces pronunció su oráculo, y dijo: “Levántate, Balac, y escucha; préstame atención, hijo de Sefor.
19 God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?
No es Dios un hombre, para que mienta, ni hijo de hombre para arrepentirse. Si Él dice una cosa, ¿no la hará? Si Él habla, ¿acaso dejará de cumplirlo?
20 See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.
He aquí, la bendición está dada; Él ha bendecido, yo no puedo revocarlo.
21 He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glad cry of a king is among them.
Él no ve iniquidad en Jacob, ni encuentra perversidad en Israel. Yahvé, su Dios, está entre ellos, y a Él le aclaman por rey.
22 It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.
Es Dios quien le ha sacado de Egipto; su fuerza es como la del búfalo.
23 No evil power has effect against Jacob, no secret arts against Israel; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, See what God has done!
Pues no hay magia en Jacob, ni adivinos en Israel. A su tiempo se le dirá a Jacob y a Israel lo que Dios va a cumplir.
24 See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.
He aquí un pueblo que se yergue como leona, y se alza cual león, no se acuesta sin que devore la presa, y beba la sangre de los traspasados.”
25 Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.
Entonces dijo Balac a Balaam: “Ya que no puedes maldecirle, tampoco le bendigas.”
26 But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?
Pero Balaam respondió y dijo a Balac: “¿No te he dicho: Todo cuanto hablare Yahvé, eso debo hacer?”
27 Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there.
Y dijo Balac a Balaam: “Ven, pues, y te llevaré a otro sitio, por si acaso quiere Dios que desde allí los maldigas.”
28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land.
Y condujo Balac a Balaam a la cumbre del Fegor que domina el desierto.
29 And Balaam said to Balak, Make me seven altars here and get seven oxen and seven male sheep ready for me.
Y dijo Balaam a Balac: “Erígeme aquí siete altares y prepárame aquí mismo siete becerros y siete carneros.”
30 And Balak did as Balaam said, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.
Hizo Balac como le ordenara Balaam y ofreció un becerro y un carnero sobre cada altar.
