Numbers 23
1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
Kata Bileam kepada Balak, "Dirikanlah di tempat ini tujuh mezbah untuk saya, dan siapkanlah di sini tujuh ekor sapi jantan dan tujuh ekor domba jantan."
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
Balak melakukan seperti yang dikatakan Bileam kepadanya. Di atas setiap mezbah itu mereka mempersembahkan seekor sapi jantan dan seekor domba jantan.
3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: possibly the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he shows me I will tell you. And he went to an high place.
Lalu Bileam berkata kepada Balak, "Berdirilah di dekat kurban bakaran Tuanku. Sementara itu saya pergi melihat apakah TUHAN mau bertemu dengan saya atau tidak. Nanti saya beritahukan segala sesuatu yang dikatakan TUHAN kepada saya." Maka Bileam pergi seorang diri ke puncak sebuah bukit,
4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
dan di situ Allah datang kepadanya. Kata Bileam kepada Allah, "Saya sudah mendirikan tujuh mezbah dan mempersembahkan seekor sapi jantan dan seekor domba jantan di atas masing-masing mezbah itu."
5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus you shall speak.
Lalu TUHAN memberitahukan kepada Bileam apa yang harus dikatakannya, dan menyuruh dia kembali kepada Balak untuk menyampaikan pesan TUHAN kepadanya.
6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
Bileam kembali dan mendapati Balak masih berdiri di dekat kurban bakarannya, bersama-sama dengan semua pemimpin Moab.
7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Lalu Bileam mengucapkan nubuat ini, "Dari Aram, pegunungan di timur sana, Balak, raja Moab memanggil aku, katanya, 'Datanglah, bicaralah untukku. Kutuklah bangsa Israel itu!'
8 How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD has not defied?
Mungkinkah aku mengutuk, kalau Allah tidak mengutuk? Mungkinkah aku menghukum, kalau TUHAN tidak menghukum?
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.
Dari puncak gunung-gunung kulihat mereka; dari bukit-bukit kupandang mereka. Lihat, suatu bangsa yang tersendiri tak termasuk golongan bangsa-bangsa lain.
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!
Keturunan Yakub bagai debu tak terbilang; bangsa Israel banyaknya bukan kepalang. Semoga aku mati sebagai orang jujur kiranya ajalku seperti ajal orang-orang itu."
11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What have you done unto me? I took you to curse mine enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether.
Lalu Balak berkata kepada Bileam, "Apakah yang kaulakukan terhadapku? Engkau kubawa ke mari untuk mengutuk musuh-musuhku. Tetapi engkau malah memberkati mereka."
12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD has put in my mouth?
Jawab Bileam, "Saya hanya dapat mengatakan apa yang TUHAN suruh katakan."
13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray you, with me unto another place, from whence you may see them: you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
Lalu Balak berkata kepada Bileam, "Mari kita pergi bersama-sama ke tempat lain; dari situ engkau dapat melihat hanya sebagian dari bangsa Israel. Kutuklah mereka dari situ."
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.
Maka Balak membawa Bileam ke padang Zofim, di puncak Gunung Pisga. Di situ pun ia mendirikan tujuh mezbah dan mempersembahkan seekor sapi jantan dan seekor domba jantan di atas masing-masing mezbah itu.
15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
Kata Bileam kepada Balak, "Tinggallah di sini, dekat kurban bakaran Tuanku, sementara saya pergi menemui TUHAN di situ."
16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
TUHAN menemui Bileam dan memberitahukan kepadanya apa yang harus dikatakannya, lalu menyuruh dia kembali kepada Balak untuk menyampaikan pesan TUHAN itu.
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 has the LORD spoken?
Maka kembalilah Bileam dan mendapati Balak masih berdiri di dekat kurban bakarannya, bersama-sama dengan para pemimpin Moab. Balak menanyakan apa yang telah dikatakan TUHAN,
18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, you son of Zippor:
lalu Bileam mengucapkan nubuat ini, "Hai, Balak, anak Zipor, mari datang, dengarlah apa yang hendak kukatakan.
19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: has he said, and shall he not do it? or has he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Allah tidak seperti manusia yang gampang menyesal dan suka berdusta. Bila Allah berjanji, pasti Ia tepati! Bila Ia berbicara, tentu akan terlaksana!
20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he has blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Aku disuruh memberkati; dan bila Allah memberkati, tak dapat kutarik kembali.
21 He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
Pada Yakub tidak terlihat kejahatan; pada Israel tak tampak kesukaran. TUHAN, Allah mereka, menyertai mereka. Mereka bersorak: Dialah Raja!
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of an unicorn (ox).
Allah yang membawa mereka keluar dari Mesir; seperti banteng liar Ia bertempur bagi mereka.
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 has God wrought!
Tak ada mantra yang mempan terhadap Yakub tak ada tenungan yang berdaya terhadap Israel. Tentang bangsa itu orang akan berkata, 'Lihatlah keajaiban yang diperbuat Allah!'
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.
Bangsa itu bangkit seperti singa betina, dan berdiri tegak seperti singa jantan. Ia tidak berbaring sebelum melahap mangsanya dan minum darah kurban yang diterkamnya."
25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
Lalu Balak berkata kepada Bileam, "Sudahlah, jika engkau tak mau mengutuk bangsa Israel; tapi jangan sekali-kali memberkati mereka!"
26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I you, saying, All that the LORD speaks, that I must do?
Jawab Bileam, "Bukankah sudah saya katakan kepada Tuanku bahwa saya akan melakukan segala yang diperintahkan TUHAN?"
27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray you, I will bring you unto another place; possibly it will please God that you may curse me them from thence.
Balak berkata, "Mari kita ke tempat lain. Siapa tahu Allah membiarkan engkau mengutuk Israel untukku di tempat itu."
28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looks toward Jeshimon.
Maka dibawanya Bileam ke puncak Gunung Peor yang menghadap ke padang gurun.
29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Kata Bileam kepada Balak, "Dirikanlah tujuh mezbah di tempat ini dan siapkanlah di sini tujuh ekor sapi jantan dan tujuh ekor domba jantan."
30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Balak melakukan seperti yang dikatakan Bileam. Ia mengurbankan seekor sapi jantan dan seekor domba jantan di atas setiap mezbah itu.
