Numbers 23
1 And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
Dixitque Balaam ad Balac: Ædifica mihi hic septem aras, et para totidem vitulos, ejusdemque numeri arietes.
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram.
Cumque fecisset juxta sermonem Balaam, imposuerunt simul vitulum et arietem super aram.
3 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: it may be the LORD will come to meet me: and whatever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a high place.
Dixitque Balaam ad Balac: Sta paulisper juxta holocaustum tuum, donec vadam, si forte occurrat mihi Dominus, et quodcumque imperaverit, loquar tibi.
4 And God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon [every] altar a bullock and a ram.
Cumque abiisset velociter, occurrit illi Deus. Locutusque ad eum Balaam: Septem, inquit, aras erexi, et imposui vitulum et arietem desuper.
5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Dominus autem posuit verbum in ore ejus, et ait: Revertere ad Balac, et hæc loqueris.
6 And he returned to him and lo, he stood by his burnt-sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
Reversus invenit stantem Balac juxta holocaustum suum, et omnes principes Moabitarum:
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 Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
assumptaque parabola sua, dixit: De Aram adduxit me Balac rex Moabitarum, de montibus orientis: Veni, inquit, et maledic Jacob; propera, et detestare Israël.
8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?
Quomodo maledicam, cui non maledixit Deus? qua ratione detester, quem Dominus non detestatur?
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.
De summis silicibus videbo eum, et de collibus considerabo illum. Populus solus habitabit, et inter gentes non reputabitur.
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!
Quis dinumerare possit pulverem Jacob, et nosse numerum stirpis Israël? Moriatur anima mea morte justorum, et fiant novissima mea horum similia.
11 And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed [them] altogether.
Dixitque Balac ad Balaam: Quid est hoc quod agis? ut malediceres inimicis meis vocavi te, et tu e contrario benedicis eis.
12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
Cui ille respondit: Num aliud possum loqui, nisi quod jusserit Dominus?
13 And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and from thence curse them for me.
Dixit ergo Balac: Veni mecum in alterum locum unde partem Israël videas, et totum videre non possis: inde maledicito ei.
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.
Cumque duxisset eum in locum sublimem, super verticem montis Phasga, ædificavit Balaam septem aras, et impositis supra vitulo atque ariete,
15 And he said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.
dixit ad Balac: Sta hic juxta holocaustum tuum, donec ego obvius pergam.
16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say thus.
Cui cum Dominus occurrisset, posuissetque verbum in ore ejus, ait: Revertere ad Balac, et hæc loqueris ei.
17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What hath the LORD spoken?
Reversus invenit eum stantem juxta holocaustum suum, et principes Moabitarum cum eo. Ad quem Balac: Quid, inquit, locutus est Dominus?
18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou son of Zippor:
At ille, assumpta parabola sua, ait: Sta, Balac, et ausculta; audi, fili Sephor:
19 God [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 spoke, and shall he not make it good?
non est Deus quasi homo, ut mentiatur, nec ut filius hominis, ut mutetur. Dixit ergo, et non faciet? locutus est, et non implebit?
20 Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Ad benedicendum adductus sum: benedictionem prohibere non valeo.
21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD his God [is] with him, and the shout of a king [is] among them.
Non est idolum in Jacob, nec videtur simulacrum in Israël. Dominus Deus ejus cum eo est, et clangor victoriæ regis in illo.
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn.
Deus eduxit illum de Ægypto, cujus fortitudo similis est rhinocerotis.
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 God wrought!
Non est augurium in Jacob, nec divinatio in Israël: temporibus suis dicetur Jacob et Israëli quid operatus sit Deus.
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 shall eat [of] the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Ecce populus ut leæna consurget, et quasi leo erigetur: non accubabit donec devoret prædam, et occisorum sanguinem bibat.
25 And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
Dixitque Balac ad Balaam: Nec maledicas ei, nec benedicas.
26 But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
Et ille ait: Nonne dixi tibi quod quidquid mihi Deus imperaret, hoc facerem?
27 And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will please God that thou mayest from thence curse them for me.
Et ait Balac ad eum: Veni, et ducam te ad alium locum: si forte placeat Deo ut inde maledicas eis.
28 And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, that looketh towards Jeshimon.
Cumque duxisset eum super verticem montis Phogor, qui respicit solitudinem,
29 And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
dixit ei Balaam: Ædifica mihi hic septem aras, et para totidem vitulos, ejusdemque numeri arietes.
30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.
Fecit Balac ut Balaam dixerat: imposuitque vitulos et arietes per singulas aras.
