Numbers 23

1 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls 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 Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull 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 Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps God will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And Balak went off and stationed himself by his offering, and Balaam called to God and went off to a barren height.

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 to him, "I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar."

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 God put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to 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 He returned to him, and look, he was standing by his burnt offering, 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 He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. 'Come, curse Jacob for me. 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 the LORD has not cursed? How shall I defy whom God 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. From the hills I see him. Look, it is a people that dwells alone, and not counting itself 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 who has numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous. 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 Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, 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 He answered and said, "Must I not be careful to speak that which God puts in my mouth?"

Jawab Bileam, "Saya hanya dapat mengatakan apa yang TUHAN suruh katakan."

13 Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, where you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all; and curse them for me from there."

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 He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull 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 He said to Balak, "Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet over there."

Kata Bileam kepada Balak, "Tinggallah di sini, dekat kurban bakaran Tuanku, sementara saya pergi menemui TUHAN di situ."

16 And God met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and say this."

TUHAN menemui Bileam dan memberitahukan kepadanya apa yang harus dikatakannya, lalu menyuruh dia kembali kepada Balak untuk menyampaikan pesan TUHAN itu.

17 He came to him, and look, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to 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 He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear. Listen to 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, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will 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 Look, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.

Aku disuruh memberkati; dan bila Allah memberkati, tak dapat kutarik kembali.

21 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. The LORD his God is with him. 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 brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.

Allah yang membawa mereka keluar dari Mesir; seperti banteng liar Ia bertempur bagi mereka.

23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, what has God done.

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 Look, the people rises up as a lioness, as a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks 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 Balak said to 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 Balak, "Did I not tell you, saying, 'All that God speaks, that I must do?'"

Jawab Bileam, "Bukankah sudah saya katakan kepada Tuanku bahwa saya akan melakukan segala yang diperintahkan TUHAN?"

27 Balak said to Balaam, "Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there."

Balak berkata, "Mari kita ke tempat lain. Siapa tahu Allah membiarkan engkau mengutuk Israel untukku di tempat itu."

28 Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.

Maka dibawanya Bileam ke puncak Gunung Peor yang menghadap ke padang gurun.

29 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls 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 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull 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.