Numbers 24
1 And Balaam seeth that [it is] good in the eyes of Jehovah to bless Israel, and he hath not gone as time by time to meet enchantments, and he setteth towards the wilderness his face;
巴兰见耶和华喜欢赐福与以色列，就不像前两次去求法术，却面向旷野。
2 and Balaam lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Israel tabernacling, by its tribes, and the Spirit of God is upon him,
巴兰举目，看见以色列人照着支派居住。 神的灵就临到他身上，
3 and he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor — And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut —
他便题起诗歌说： 比珥的儿子巴兰说， 眼目闭住的人说，
4 An affirmation of him who is hearing sayings of God — Who a vision of the Almighty seeth, Falling — and eyes uncovered:
得听 神的言语， 得见全能者的异象， 眼目睁开而仆倒的人说：
5 How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;
雅各啊，你的帐棚何等华美！ 以色列啊，你的帐幕何其华丽！
6 As valleys they have been stretched out, As gardens by a river; As aloes Jehovah hath planted, As cedars by waters;
如接连的山谷， 如河旁的园子， 如耶和华所栽的沉香树， 如水边的香柏木。
7 He maketh water flow from his buckets, And his seed [is] in many waters; And higher than Agag [is] his king, And exalted is his kingdom.
水要从他的桶里流出； 种子要撒在多水之处。 他的王必超过亚甲； 他的国必要振兴。
8 God is bringing him out of Egypt; As the swiftness of a Reem is to him, He eateth up nations his adversaries, And their bones he breaketh, And [with] his arrows he smiteth,
神领他出埃及； 他似乎有野牛之力。 他要吞吃敌国， 折断他们的骨头， 用箭射透他们。
9 He hath bent, he hath lain down as a lion, And as a lioness: who doth raise him up? He who is blessing thee [is] blessed, And he who is cursing thee [is] cursed.'
他蹲如公狮， 卧如母狮，谁敢惹他？ 凡给你祝福的，愿他蒙福； 凡咒诅你的，愿他受咒诅。
10 And the anger of Balak burneth against Balaam, and he striketh his hands; and Balak saith unto Balaam, 'To pierce mine enemies I called thee, and lo, thou hast certainly blessed — these three times;
巴勒向巴兰生气，就拍起手来，对巴兰说：“我召你来为我咒诅仇敌，不料，你这三次竟为他们祝福。
11 and now, flee for thyself unto thy place; I have said, I do greatly honour thee, and lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honour.'
如今你快回本地去吧！我想使你得大尊荣，耶和华却阻止你不得尊荣。”
12 And Balaam saith unto Balak, 'Did I not also unto thy messengers whom thou hast sent unto me, speak, saying,
巴兰对巴勒说：“我岂不是对你所差遣到我那里的使者说：
13 If Balak doth give to me the fulness of his house of silver and gold, I am not able to pass over the command of Jehovah, to do good or evil of mine own heart — that which Jehovah speaketh — it I speak?
‘巴勒就是将他满屋的金银给我，我也不得越过耶和华的命，凭自己的心意行好行歹。耶和华说什么，我就要说什么’？”
14 and, now, lo, I am going to my people; come, I counsel thee [concerning] that which this people doth to thy people, in the latter end of the days.'
“现在我要回本族去。你来，我告诉你这民日后要怎样待你的民。”
15 And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor — And an affirmation of the man whose eyes [are] shut —
他就题起诗歌说： 比珥的儿子巴兰说： 眼目闭住的人说，
16 An affirmation of him who is hearing sayings of God — And knowing knowledge of the Most High; A vision of the Almighty he seeth, Falling — and eyes uncovered:
得听 神的言语， 明白至高者的意旨， 看见全能者的异象， 眼目睁开而仆倒的人说：
17 I see it, but not now; I behold it, but not near; A star hath proceeded from Jacob, And a sceptre hath risen from Israel, And hath smitten corners of Moab, And hath destroyed all sons of Sheth.
我看他却不在现时； 我望他却不在近日。 有星要出于雅各，有杖要兴于以色列， 必打破摩押的四角，毁坏扰乱之子。
18 And Edom hath been a possession, And Seir hath been a possession, [for] its enemies, And Israel is doing valiantly;
他必得以东为基业， 又得仇敌之地西珥为产业； 以色列必行事勇敢。
19 And [one] doth rule out of Jacob, And hath destroyed a remnant from Ar.'
有一位出于雅各的，必掌大权； 他要除灭城中的余民。
20 And he seeth Amalek, and taketh up his simile, and saith: 'A beginning of the Goyim [is] Amalek; And his latter end — for ever he perisheth.'
巴兰观看亚玛力，就题起诗歌说： 亚玛力原为诸国之首， 但他终必沉沦。
21 And he seeth the Kenite, and taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Enduring [is] thy dwelling, And setting in a rock thy nest,
巴兰观看基尼人，就题起诗歌说： 你的住处本是坚固； 你的窝巢做在岩穴中。
22 But the Kenite is for a burning; Till when doth Asshur keep thee captive?'
然而基尼必至衰微， 直到亚述把你掳去。
23 And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Alas! who doth live when God doth this?
巴兰又题起诗歌说： 哀哉！ 神行这事，谁能得活？
24 And — ships [are] from the side of Chittim, And they have humbled Asshur, And they have humbled Eber, And it also for ever is perishing.'
必有人乘船从基提界而来， 苦害亚述，苦害希伯； 他也必至沉沦。
25 And Balaam riseth, and goeth, and turneth back to his place, and Balak also hath gone on his way.
于是巴兰起来，回他本地去；巴勒也回去了。
