Bilangan 23

1 Lalu berkatalah Bileam kepada Balak: "Dirikanlah bagiku di sini tujuh mezbah dan siapkanlah bagiku di sini tujuh ekor lembu jantan dan tujuh ekor domba jantan."

Balaam said to King Balak, “Build seven altars for me here. Then kill seven young bulls and seven rams [for a sacrifice].”

2 Balak melakukan seperti yang dikatakan Bileam, maka Balak dan Bileam mempersembahkan seekor lembu jantan dan seekor domba jantan di atas setiap mezbah itu.

So Balak did that. And then he and Balaam each burned a young bull and a ram [as a sacrifice] on each altar.

3 Sesudah itu berkatalah Bileam kepada Balak: "Berdirilah di samping korban bakaranmu, tetapi aku ini hendak pergi; mungkin TUHAN akan datang menemui aku, dan perkataan apapun yang dinyatakan-Nya kepadaku, akan kuberitahukan kepadamu." Lalu pergilah ia ke atas sebuah bukit yang gundul.

Then Balaam said to Balak, “You stand here close to your burned offerings, and I will go and ask Yahweh if he has something else to tell me. Then I will tell you what he says to me.” Then Balaam went by himself to the top of a hill,

4 Maka Allah menemui Bileam, lalu Bileam berkata kepada-Nya: "Ketujuh mezbah itu telah kuatur, dan kupersembahkan seekor lembu jantan dan seekor domba jantan di atas setiap mezbah."

and God appeared to him there. Balaam said to him, “We have built seven altars, and I have killed and burned a young bull and a ram [as a sacrifice to you] on each altar.”

5 Kemudian TUHAN menaruh perkataan ke dalam mulut Bileam dan berfirman: "Kembalilah kepada Balak dan katakanlah demikian."

Then Yahweh gave Balaam a message to give to King Balak. Then he said, “Go back and tell him what I told you.”

6 Ketika ia kembali, maka Balak masih berdiri di situ di samping korban bakarannya, bersama dengan semua pemuka Moab.

When Balaam returned to Balak, Balak was standing with the leaders from Moab beside the offerings he had burned [on the altar].

7 Lalu Bileam mengucapkan sanjaknya, katanya: "Dari Aram aku disuruh datang oleh Balak, raja Moab, dari gunung-gunung sebelah timur: Datanglah, katanya, kutuklah bagiku Yakub, dan datanglah, kutuklah Israel.

This is the message that Balaam told them: “Balak, the King of Moab, summoned me to come here from Syria; he brought me here from the hills at the eastern side of Syria. He said, ‘Come and curse the descendants of Jacob for me, saying that bad things will happen to these Israeli people!’

8 Bagaimanakah aku menyerapah yang tidak diserapah Allah? Bagaimanakah aku mengutuk yang tidak dikutuk TUHAN?

But (how can I curse people whom God has not cursed?/I certainly cannot curse people whom God has not cursed!) [RHQ] (How can I condemn people whom Yahweh has not condemned?/I cannot condemn people whom Yahweh has not condemned!) [RHQ]

9 Sebab dari puncak gunung-gunung batu aku melihat mereka, dari bukit-bukit aku memandang mereka. Lihat, suatu bangsa yang diam tersendiri dan tidak mau dihitung di antara bangsa-bangsa kafir.

I have seen them from the tops of the rocky peaks. I see that they are a group of people who live by themselves; they have separated themselves from other nations.

10 Siapakah yang menghitung debu Yakub dan siapakah yang membilang bondongan-bondongan Israel? Sekiranya aku mati seperti matinya orang-orang jujur dan sekiranya ajalku seperti ajal mereka!"

(Who can count the descendants of Jacob; they are as numerous as particles of (dust/dirt)?/No one can count the descendants of Jacob; they are as numerous as particles of (dust/dirt)!) [RHQ] (Who can count even a quarter of the Israeli people?/No one can count even a quarter of the Israeli people!) [RHQ] I wish/hope that I will die like righteous people die; I hope that I will die [peacefully] like they will die.”

11 Lalu berkatalah Balak kepada Bileam: "Apakah yang kaulakukan kepadaku ini? Untuk menyerapah musuhkulah aku menjemput engkau, tetapi sebaliknya engkau memberkati mereka."

Then Balak said, “What have you done to me [RHQ]? I brought you here to curse my enemies, but instead you have (blessed them/asked Yahweh to bless them)!”

12 Tetapi ia menjawab: "Bukankah aku harus berawas-awas, supaya mengatakan apa yang ditaruh TUHAN ke dalam mulutku?"

But Balaam replied, “I can [RHQ] say only what Yahweh tells me to say. I cannot say anything else.”

13 Lalu Balak berkata kepadanya: "Baiklah pergi bersama-sama dengan aku ke tempat lain, dan dari sana engkau dapat melihat bangsa itu; engkau akan melihat hanya bagiannya yang paling ujung, tetapi seluruhnya tidak akan kaulihat; serapahlah mereka dari situ bagiku."

Then King Balak told Balaam, “Come with me to another place. There you will see only part of the Israeli people, and you will be able to curse those people for me.”

14 Lalu dibawanyalah dia ke Padang Pengintai, ke puncak gunung Pisga; ia mendirikan tujuh mezbah dan mempersembahkan seekor lembu jantan dan seekor domba jantan di atas setiap mezbah itu.

So Balak took Balaam to a field on the top of Pisgah [Mountain]. There, again he built seven altars and offered a young bull and a ram [as a sacrifice] on each altar.

15 Kemudian berkatalah ia kepada Balak: "Berdirilah di sini di samping korban bakaranmu, sedang aku hendak bertemu dengan TUHAN di situ."

Then Balaam said to the king, “Stand here close to your burned offerings, while I go and talk with Yahweh.”

16 Lalu TUHAN menemui Bileam dan menaruh perkataan ke dalam mulutnya, dan berfirman: "Kembalilah kepada Balak dan katakanlah demikian."

So Balaam did that, and Yahweh appeared to Balaam again and gave him another message. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and tell him that message.”

17 Ketika ia sampai kepadanya, Balak masih berdiri di samping korban bakarannya bersama-sama dengan pemuka-pemuka Moab. Berkatalah Balak kepadanya: "Apakah yang difirmankan TUHAN?"

So Balaam returned to where the king and the leaders from Moab were standing, next to the altar where Balak had burned the sacrifices. Balak asked him, “What did Yahweh say?”

18 Lalu diucapkannyalah sanjaknya, katanya: "Bangunlah, hai Balak, dan dengarlah; pasanglah telingamu mendengarkan aku, ya anak Zipor.

Then Balaam told him this message: “Balak, listen carefully; hear what I have to say, you son of Zippor [DOU]!

19 Allah bukanlah manusia, sehingga Ia berdusta bukan anak manusia, sehingga Ia menyesal. Masakan Ia berfirman dan tidak melakukannya, atau berbicara dan tidak menepatinya?

God is not a human being. Humans lie, but God never lies. He never changes his mind/thoughts, as humans do. Whatever he has said that he will do, he does.

20 Ketahuilah, aku mendapat perintah untuk memberkati, dan apabila Dia memberkati, maka aku tidak dapat membalikkannya.

He commanded me [to request him] to bless [the Israelis], So he has blessed them, and I cannot change that.

21 Tidak ada ditengok kepincangan di antara keturunan Yakub, dan tidak ada dilihat kesukaran di antara orang Israel. TUHAN, Allah mereka, menyertai mereka, dan sorak-sorak karena Raja ada di antara mereka.

Yahweh their God is with/helping them; they have declared that he is their true king. So the descendants of Jacob will not be harmed; they will not have any troubles [DOU].

22 Allah, yang membawa mereka keluar dari Mesir, adalah bagi mereka seperti tanduk kekuatan lembu hutan,

God brought them out of Egypt [where they were slaves]; he is as strong as a wild ox.

23 sebab tidak ada mantera yang mempan terhadap Yakub, ataupun tenungan yang mempan terhadap Israel. Pada waktunya akan dikatakan kepada Yakub, begitu juga kepada Israel, keajaiban yang diperbuat Allah:

When people curse [PRS] the descendants of Jacob, they will not be harmed; when people work sorcery on them, it will have no power. So now people will say about the descendants of Jacob, ‘God has done wonderful things for the Israelis!’

24 Lihat, suatu bangsa, yang bangkit seperti singa betina, dan yang berdiri tegak seperti singa jantan, yang tidak membaringkan dirinya, sebelum ia memakan mangsanya dan meminum darah dari yang mati dibunuhnya."

They are very strong, like lionesses that are ready to attack [other animals]; they stand firm like lions. The lions refuse to rest until they have [killed and] eaten their prey, and drunk the blood of the animals they slaughtered.”

25 Lalu berkatalah Balak kepada Bileam: "Jika sekali-kali tidak mau engkau menyerapah mereka, janganlah sekali-kali memberkatinya."

Then Balak said to Balaam, “If you will not curse them, then [I certainly] do not [want you to] bless them!”

26 Tetapi Bileam menjawab Balak: "Bukankah telah kukatakan kepadamu: Segala yang akan difirmankan TUHAN, itulah yang akan kulakukan."

But Balaam replied, “I told you that I must do only what Yahweh tells me to do!”

27 Kemudian berkatalah Balak kepada Bileam: "Marilah aku akan membawa engkau ke tempat lain; mungkin benar di mata Allah bahwa engkau menyerapah mereka bagiku dari tempat itu."

Then King Balak said to Balaam, “Come with me; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to allow you to curse them from that place.”

28 Lalu Balak membawa Bileam ke puncak gunung Peor, yang menghadap Padang Belantara.

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor [Mountain] where they could look down [and see the Israelis in] the desert.

29 Berkatalah Bileam kepada Balak: "Dirikanlah bagiku di sini tujuh mezbah dan siapkanlah di sini bagiku tujuh ekor lembu jantan dan tujuh ekor domba jantan."

Balaam again told Balak, “Build me seven altars again and kill seven young bulls and seven rams [for a sacrifice].”

30 Lalu Balak melakukan seperti yang dikatakan Bileam, maka ia mempersembahkan seekor lembu jantan dan seekor domba jantan di atas setiap mezbah itu.

So Balak did what Balaam told him to do. He burned a young bull and a ram on each altar as sacrifices.