Numbers 23
1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen 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 YHWH will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
| 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 Elohim met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
| فَوَافَى اللهُ بَلْعَامَ. فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ: «قَدْ أَعْدَدْتُ سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ وَقَرَّبْتُ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ». | ٤ |
5 And YHWH 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 stood by his burnt sacrifice, 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, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, 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 El hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom YHWH 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, the people shall dwell 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, and the number of 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 YHWH hath put 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 brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered 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 YHWH yonder.
| وَقَالَ لِبَالاقَ: «انْتَظِرْنِي هُنَاكَ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ وَأَنَا أَمْضِي إِلَى هُنَاكَ». | ١٥ |
16 And YHWH met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
| فَوَافَى الرَّبُّ بَلْعَامَ وَلَقَّنَهُ رِسَالَةً وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ارْجِعْ إِلَى بَالاقَ وَبَلِّغْهُ إِيَّاهَا». | ١٦ |
17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath YHWH 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 El is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall 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: YHWH his Elohim 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 El brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
| اللهُ أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَقُوَّتُهُمْ مِثْلُ قُوَّةِ الثَّوْرِ الْوَحْشِيِّ. | ٢٢ |
23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath El 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 shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: 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 YHWH 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, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please Elohim 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 brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
| 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 a bullock and a ram on every altar.
| فَلَبَّى بَالاقُ طَلَبَ بَلْعَامَ، وَقَرَّبَ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ. | ٣٠ |
