Numbers 23

1 Then Balaam told Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”

And he said Balaam to Balak build for me in this [place] seven altars and prepare for me in this [place] seven young bulls and seven rams.

2 Balak did as Balaam had said, and together they offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

And he did Balak just as he had spoken Balaam and he offered up Balak and Balaam a young bull and a ram on the altar.

3 Balaam said to Balak, “Wait here beside your burnt offering while I go and see if perhaps the Lord will come and meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me, I'll share with you.” Then Balaam left to climb up a rocky crag.

And he said Balaam to Balak take your stand with burnt offering your so let me go perhaps he will meet Yahweh to meet me and [the] word of whatever he will show me and I will tell to you and he went a bare height.

4 God met with him there, and Balaam said. “I have built seven altars and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”

And he met God Balaam and he said to him [the] seven the altars I have arranged and I have offered up a young bull and a ram on the altar.

5 The Lord gave Balaam a message to share. He told him, “Go back to Balak and this is what you are to say to him.”

And he put Yahweh a word in [the] mouth of Balaam and he said return to Balak and thus you will speak.

6 So he went back to Balak, who was waiting there beside his burnt offering, along with all the Moabite leaders.

And he returned to him and there! [he was] standing with burnt offering his he and all [the] leaders of Moab.

7 This is the declaration that Balaam gave: “Balak brought me from Aram; the king of Moab brought me from the mountains of the east. He said, ‘Come and curse Jacob for me! Come and condemn Israel!’

And he lifted up oracle his and he said from Aram he led me Balak [the] king of Moab from [the] mountains of [the] east come! curse! for me Jacob and come! denounce! Israel.

8 But how can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I condemn what the Lord has not condemned?

What? will I curse [one whom] not he has cursed him God and what? will I denounce [one whom] not he has denounced Yahweh.

9 For I'm looking down on them from the top of rocky crags; I'm watching them from the hills. I see a people who live on their own, different from the other nations.

For from [the] top of [the] rocks I see him and from [the] hills I observe him there! a people [which] alone it dwells and among the nations not it reckons itself.

10 Who can count Jacob's descendants? They are so many they're like dust! Who can count even a quarter of the Israelites? I would like to die as a good person dies! Let the end of my life be like their end!”

Who? has he counted [the] dust of Jacob and a number [the] fourth part of Israel let it die self my [the] death of upright [people] and let it be end my like his.

11 Then Balak complained to Balaam, “What on earth have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and now look! All you have done is bless them!”

And he said Balak to Balaam what? have you done to me to curse enemies my I took you and here! you have blessed actually.

12 But Balaam replied, “Don't you think I should I say precisely what the Lord tells me?”

And he answered and he said ¿ not [that] which he will put Yahweh in mouth my it will I take care to speak.

13 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. But you'll only see a part of their camp—you won't see all of them. You can curse them for me from there.”

And he said to him Balak (come there! *Q(K)*) please with me to a place another where you will see it from there only outskirt[s] its you will see and all of it not you will see and curse it for me from there.

14 He took him to the field of Zophim at the top of Mount Pisgah. There he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

And he took him [the] field of Zophim to [the] top of Pisgah and he built seven altars and he offered up a young bull and a ram on the altar.

15 Balaam told Balak, “Wait here beside your burnt offering while I meet the Lord over there.”

And he said to Balak take your stand thus with burnt offering your and I I will meet thus.

16 The Lord met Balaam and gave him a message to share. He told him, “Go back to Balak and this is what you are to say to him.”

And he met Yahweh Balaam and he put a word in mouth his and he said return to Balak and thus you will speak.

17 So he went back to Balak, who was waiting there beside his burnt offering, along with all the Moabite leaders. “What did the Lord say?” Balak asked.

And he went to him and there he [was] standing with burnt offering his and [the] leaders of Moab [were] with him and he said to him Balak what? has he spoken Yahweh.

18 This is the prophecy that Balaam delivered: “Stand up, Balak, and pay attention! Listen to me, son of Zippor!

And he lifted up oracle his and he said arise O Balak and hear give ear! to me [O] son his Zippor.

19 God isn't a human being who would lie. He's not a mere mortal who changes his mind. Does he say he's going to do something but doesn't? Does he make promises he doesn't carry out?

Not [is] a human God so he may lie and a son of humankind so he may change his mind ¿ he has he said and not will he act? and has he spoken? and not will he fulfill? it.

20 Look, I have been ordered to give a blessing. God has blessed, and I can't change that.

Here! [surely] blessing I have received and he has blessed and not I will turn back it.

21 He's not expecting anything bad will happen to Jacob; he doesn't foresee any trouble for Israel. The Lord their God is with them; they celebrate him as their king.

Not he has looked at disaster in Jacob and not he has seen trouble in Israel Yahweh God his [is] with him and a shout of a king [is] among him.

22 God led them out of Egypt with great power, as strong as an ox.

God [is] bringing out them from Egypt like [the] horns of a wild ox [belong] to him.

23 No spell can be cast against Jacob; no magic can be used against Israel. People will talk about Jacob and Israel, saying, ‘What amazing things God has done for them!’

For not enchantment [is] in Jacob and not divination [is] in Israel about this time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel what! has he done God.

24 Look! The Israelites go out hunting like a lioness; they chase like a lion. They don't rest until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of their dead victim.”

There! a people like a lion it rises and like a lion it lifts itself up not it will lie down until it will devour prey and [the] blood of [those] slain it will drink.

25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “If you can't give them any curses then at least don't give them any blessings!”

And he said Balak to Balaam neither at all not you will curse it nor at all not you will bless it.

26 But Balaam replied, “Didn't I explain to you that I have to do whatever the Lord tells me?”

And he answered Balaam and he said to Balak ¿ not did I speak to you saying all that he will speak Yahweh it I will do.

27 “Please come with me and I will take you somewhere else,” Balak said. “Maybe God would let you curse them for me from there.”

And he said Balak to Balaam come! please let me take you to a place another perhaps it will be pleasing in [the] eyes of God and you will curse it for me from there.

28 Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which looks down on the wastelands.

And he took Balak Balaam [the] top of Peor which looks down over [the] face of the desolate place.

29 Balaam told Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”

And he said Balaam to Balak build for me in this [place] seven altars and prepare for me in this [place] seven young bulls and seven rams.

30 Balak what Balaam told him, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

And he did Balak just as he had said Balaam and he offered up a young bull and a ram on the altar.