Numbers 23
1 Then said Balaam unto Balak: Build me here seven altars, —and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams.
巴兰对巴勒说：“你在这里给我筑七座坛，为我预备七只公牛，七只公羊。”
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, —and Balak and Balaam caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.
巴勒照巴兰的话行了。巴勒和巴兰在每座坛上献一只公牛，一只公羊。
3 Then said Balaam unto Balak: Station thyself by thine ascending-sacrifice, and let me go my way—peradventure Yahweh may come and meet me, and what thing soever he may show me, I will tell thee. So he went his way to a bare height.
巴兰对巴勒说：“你站在你的燔祭旁边，我且往前去，或者耶和华来迎见我。他指示我什么，我必告诉你。”于是巴兰上一净光的高处。
4 And God came unto Balaam, —so he said unto him The seven altars, have I built in a row, and have caused to ascend, bullock and a ram on each altar.
神迎见巴兰；巴兰说：“我预备了七座坛，在每座坛上献了一只公牛，一只公羊。”
5 And Yahweh put a word into the mouth of Balaam, —and said—Return unto Balak, and, thus, shalt thou speak.
耶和华将话传给巴兰，又说：“你回到巴勒那里，要如此如此说。”
6 So he returned unto him, and lo! he was stationed by his ascending-sacrifice, —he, and all the princes of Moab.
他就回到巴勒那里，见他同摩押的使臣都站在燔祭旁边。
7 So he took up his parable and said, —From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel.
巴兰便题起诗歌说： 巴勒引我出亚兰， 摩押王引我出东山，说： 来啊，为我咒诅雅各； 来啊，怒骂以色列。
8 How can I revile one whom GOD hath not reviled? Yea, how can I rage on one on whom Yahweh hath not raged?
神没有咒诅的，我焉能咒诅？ 耶和华没有怒骂的，我焉能怒骂？
9 Surely from the head of the rocks, do I see him, Yea, from the hills, do I observe him, —Lo! a people, who alone doth dwell, And among the nations, he doth not reckon himself.
我从高峰看他，从小山望他； 这是独居的民，不列在万民中。
10 Who hath counted the dust of Jacob? Or who hath numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my hereafter be like his!
谁能数点雅各的尘土？ 谁能计算以色列的四分之一？ 我愿如义人之死而死； 我愿如义人之终而终。
11 Then said Balak unto Balaam, What hast thou done for me? To revile mine enemies, I summoned thee, and lo! thou hast kept on blessing.
巴勒对巴兰说：“你向我做的是什么事呢？我领你来咒诅我的仇敌，不料，你竟为他们祝福。”
12 And he answered and said, —Was it not to be so that whatsoever Yahweh should put into my mouth, the same, should I take heed to speak?
他回答说：“耶和华传给我的话，我能不谨慎传说吗？”
13 Then said Balak unto him—Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see him, nothing but his utmost part, shalt thou see, but all of him, shalt thou not see, —and so revile me him from thence.
巴勒说：“求你同我往别处去，在那里可以看见他们；你不能全看见，只能看见他们边界上的人。在那里要为我咒诅他们。”
14 And he took him to the field of Zophim, unto the head of Pisgah, —and built seven altars, and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.
于是领巴兰到了琐腓田，上了毗斯迦山顶，筑了七座坛；每座坛上献一只公牛，一只公羊。
15 Then said he to Balak, Station thyself here by thine ascending-sacrifice, —while, I, meet him yonder.
巴兰对巴勒说：“你站在这燔祭旁边，等我往那边去迎见耶和华。”
16 And Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, —and said—Return unto Balak and thus shalt thou speak.
耶和华临到巴兰那里，将话传给他；又说：“你回到巴勒那里，要如此如此说。”
17 So he came in unto him and, there he was-stationed by his ascending-sacrifice, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Yahweh spoken?
他就回到巴勒那里，见他站在燔祭旁边；摩押的使臣也和他在一处。巴勒问他说：“耶和华说了什么话呢？”
18 Then took he up his parable and said, —Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me son of Zippor!
巴兰就题诗歌说： 巴勒，你起来听； 西拨的儿子，你听我言。
19 GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor a son of Adam, that he should repent, —Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast?
神非人，必不致说谎， 也非人子，必不致后悔。 他说话岂不照着行呢？ 他发言岂不要成就呢？
20 Lo! to bless, have I received [command], —And I will bless, nor will I take it back.
我奉命祝福； 神也曾赐福，此事我不能翻转。
21 He hath not discovered trouble in Jacob, Neither hath he seen wretchedness in Israel, —Yahweh, his God, is with him, And, the acclaim of a king, in his midst:
他未见雅各中有罪孽， 也未见以色列中有奸恶。 耶和华—他的 神和他同在； 有欢呼王的声音在他们中间。
22 GOD having brought them forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his:
神领他们出埃及； 他们似乎有野牛之力。
23 Surely, there is no enchantment against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, —Now, shall it be said—Of Jacob and of Israel, What hath GOD wrought!
断没有法术可以害雅各， 也没有占卜可以害以色列。 现在必有人论及雅各，就是论及以色列说： 神为他行了何等的大事！
24 Lo, a people, like a lioness, shall rise, And like a strong lion, shall rouse himself up; He will not lie down till he eat the torn, And the blood of the slain, he drink.
这民起来，仿佛母狮， 挺身，好像公狮， 未曾吃野食， 未曾喝被伤者之血，决不躺卧。
25 Then said Balak unto Balaam, Thou shalt neither revile, him, —nor bless him.
巴勒对巴兰说：“你一点不要咒诅他们，也不要为他们祝福。”
26 And Balaam responded, and said unto Balak, —Spake I not unto thee, saying, All that Yahweh shall speak, that, must I do?
巴兰回答巴勒说：“我岂不是告诉你说‘凡耶和华所说的，我必须遵行’吗？”
27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee! let me take thee unto another place, —peradventure, it may be right in the eyes of God, that thou revile me him. from thence.
巴勒对巴兰说：“来吧，我领你往别处去，或者 神喜欢你在那里为我咒诅他们。”
28 So Balak took Balaam, —unto the head of Peor, that looketh over the face of the Jeshimon.
巴勒就领巴兰到那下望旷野的毗珥山顶上。
29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here, seven altars, —and prepare me here, seven bullocks and seven rams.
巴兰对巴勒说：“你在这里为我筑七座坛，又在这里为我预备七只公牛，七只公羊。”
30 And Balak did as Balaam said, —and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.
巴勒就照巴兰的话行，在每座坛上献一只公牛，一只公羊。
