Numbers 23
1 And Balaam said to Balac, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.
巴郎對巴拉克說：「請伓在這裏給我建造七座祭壇，給我準備七頭公牛犢和七隻公綿羊」。
2 And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on [every] altar.
巴拉克就照巴郎說的做了；巴拉克和巴郎在每座祭壇上奉獻了一頭公牛犢和一隻公綿羊。
3 And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall show me, I will report to you. And Balac stood by his sacrifice.
然後巴郎對巴拉克說：「你留在你的全燔祭旁，我要前去，或許上主會使我遇見衪；衪指示我什麼，我都告訴你」。
4 And Balaam went to enquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.
他就上了一座荒邱。天主遇到了巴郎，巴郎遂對天主說：「我建造了七座祭壇，在每座祭壇上，奉獻了頭公牛犢和一隻公綿羊」。
5 And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, you shall return to Balac, and thus shall you speak.
上主遂把巴郎要說的話放在他口中，然後對他說：「你回到巴拉克那裏就這樣說」。
6 And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole burnt offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
他回到巴拉克那裏，看見他和所有的縉紳，仍站在全燔祭旁；
7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balac king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel.
於是吟詩說：「巴拉克將我由阿蘭召來，摩阿布王叫我由東方的山嶺前來：你來替我咒罵雅各伯，你來詛咒以色列!
8 How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not?
我豈能咒罵天主所不咒罵的﹖我豈能詛咒上主所不詛咒的﹖
9 For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, and from the hills I shall observe him: behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
我由嚴峰向他們觀看，我由高丘向他們眺望：這是一個獨居，而不應與眾民眾同列的民族。
10 Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed.
誰能盡數雅各伯的塵埃，誰能算清以色列的塵灰沙﹖惟願我的死有如義人的死，我的結局相似他的結局」。
11 And Balac said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I called you to curse my enemies, and behold you have greatly blessed [them].
巴拉克對巴郎說：「你對我做的是什麼事﹖我叫你來是為咒罵我的仇敵，你反而祝福! 」
12 And Balaam said to Balac, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this?
他回答說：「我豈不該謹慎說出上主叫我說的話嗎﹖」
13 And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where you shall not see the people, but only you shall see a part of them, and shall not see them all; and curse me them from thence.
巴拉克對他說：「諘你同我到另一地方去，從那裏可看到他們；這裏只看到一部分，不能看到全部；從那裏替我咒罵他們」。
14 And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried [rock], and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.
於是領他到了丕斯加山頂的瞭望台。在那裏建造了七座，在每座祭壇上，奉獻了一頭公牛犢和頭公綿羊。
15 And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God.
巴郎對巴拉克說：「你在這裏，站在你的全燔祭旁，我到那裏去會見上主。
16 And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shall you speak.
上主就顯現給巴郎，把衪要說的話放在他口內，然後說：「你回巴拉克那裏，就這樣說」。
17 And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole burnt sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken?
他來到巴拉克那裏，看見他還站在全燔祭旁，摩阿布的縉紳仍同他在一起；巴拉克便問他說：「上主說了什麼﹖」
18 And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; listen as a witness, you son of Sepphor.
他於是吟詩說：「巴拉克起來靜聽! 漆頗爾的兒子，傾耳聽我!
19 God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep [to his word]?
天主不像人能食言，不像人子能返悔。衪說了豈能不行﹖
20 Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: I will bless, and not turn back.
我受命是為祝福，我不能變更。
21 There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel: the Lord his God [is] with him, the glories of rulers [are] in him.
在雅各伯中不見罪惡，在以色列中不睹災禍；上主他們的天主與他們同在，歡呼之聲，常在他們中間。
22 It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn.
領他們由埃及出來的天主，為他們有如野牛的角。
23 For there is no divination in Jacob, nor enchantment in Israel; in season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel what God shall perform.
其實雅各伯不需要巫術，以色列不需要占卜；時候一到，自會啟示與雅各伯和以色列：：天主要做什麼。
24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain.
這民族起來有如母獅，挺身像雄獅，不吞下獵物；不喝疲殺的血，決不臥下」。
25 And Balac said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all.
巴拉克對巴郎說：「你不咒罵他們，但也不該祝福啊! 」
26 And Balaam answered and said to Balac, Spoke I not to you, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do?
巴郎回答巴拉克說：「我不是對你說過：我應做上主所吩咐的一切嗎﹖」
27 And Balac said to Balaam, Come [and] I will remove you to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.
巴拉克對巴郎說：「來，我領你到另一個地方去，或者天主喜歡你在那裏替我咒罵他們」。
28 And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness.
巴拉克於是領巴郎到俯視曠野的培敖爾山頂。
29 And Balaam said to Balac, build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.
巴郎對巴拉克說：「你在這裏給我建造七座祭壇，給我預備七頭公牛犢和七隻公綿羊」。
30 And Balac did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.
巴拉克就照巴郎說的做了，在每座祭壇上奉獻了頭公牛和一隻公綿羊。
