4 Mosebok 22
1 So tok Israels-sønerne ut att, og lægra seg på Moabmoarne, på hi sida av Jordanelvi der ho renn frammed Jeriko.
The children of Israel [God prevails] traveled on and encamped in the plains of Moab [From father] beyond the Jordan [Descender] River, opposite Jericho [Fragrant, Moon].
2 Då Balak, son åt Sippor, fekk spurt kva Israel hadde gjort med amoritarne,
Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel [God prevails] had done to the Amorites [Descendants of Talkers].
3 då var rædsla stor i Moab. Moabitarne fælte seg for dette folket som var so mannsterkt,
Moab [From father] was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab [From father] was distressed because of the children of Israel [God prevails].
4 og sagde til hovdingarne i Midjan: «No kjem denne store hopen til å snøyda alt ikring oss, liksom uksarne når dei gneg snaudt på bøen.» Og Balak Sipporson - han var konge i Moab den tid -
Moab [From father] said to the elders of Midian [Strife], “Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab [From father] at that time.
5 sende menner til Bileam, son åt Beor, som åtte heime i Petor ved Storelvi; dei skulde beda honom koma, og segja honom det frå kongen: «Det hev kome eit folk frå Egyptarland; dei er so mange at dei fyller heile landet, og dei hev slege seg ned midt fyre meg.
He sent messengers to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt [Abode of slavery]. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.
6 Kjære deg, kom og bed ei våbøn yver det folket for meg; for dei er meg for sterke - då trur eg me skal vinna yver deim, so eg fær drive deim ut or landet; for eg veit at den du signar, er velsigna, og den du bannar, er forbanna.»
Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may divorce them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
7 Sendemennerne var av det gjævaste folket i Moab og Midjan; dei hadde spåmannsløn med seg, og då dei kom til Bileam, bar dei fram bodet frå Balak.
The elders of Moab [From father] and the elders of Midian [Strife] departed with the rewards of divination in their hand. They came to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and spoke to him the words of Balak.
8 Då sagde han til deim: «Ver her i natt, so skal eg gjeva dykk svar, etter det som Herren segjer meg fyre.» So gav dei seg til hjå Bileam.
He said to them, “Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Adonai shall speak to me.” The princes of Moab [From father] stayed with Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people].
9 Då kom Gud til Bileam, og sagde: «Kva er det for folk som er hjå deg?»
God came to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and said, “Who are these men with you?”
10 Bileam svara: «Balak, son åt Sippor, Moabs konge, sender bod til meg og segjer:
Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab [From father], has said to me,
11 «Her hev kome eit folk frå Egyptarland, og dei er so mange at dei fyller alt landet. Kom og les ei våbøn yver deim, so trur eg visst eg skal råda med deim og jaga deim ut.»»
‘Behold, the people that has come out of Egypt [Abode of slavery] covers the surface of the earth. Now, come curse me them. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.’”
12 Då sagde Gud til Bileam: «Gakk ikkje med deim! Du skal ikkje banna det folket; for dei er velsigna.»
God said to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.”
13 Um morgonen sagde Bileam til hovdingarne som Balak hadde sendt til honom: «Far heim att! Herren vil ikkje gjeva meg lov til å fylgja med dykk.»
Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for Adonai refuses to permit me to go with you.”
14 So tok Moabs-hovdingarne av stad, og då dei kom heim att til Balak, sagde dei: «Bileam vilde ikkje vera med oss.»
The princes of Moab [From father] rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] refuses to come with us.”
15 Då sende Balak andre hovdingar, fleire og gjævare enn fyrste gongen.
Balak again sent princes, more, and more honorable than they.
16 Då dei kom til Bileam, sagde dei til honom: «Balak, son åt Sippor, helsar deg, og segjer: «Gode deg, kom! Seg ikkje nei!
They came to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
17 Eg skal løna deg vel, og gjera alt det du segjer, berre du vil koma og banna dette folket for meg.»»
for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’”
18 Bileam svara kongsmennerne so: «Um Balak gjev meg huset fullt med sylv og gull, so kann eg ikkje gjera Herren, min Gud, imot, korkje i smått eller stort.
Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the word of Adonai my God, to do less or more.
19 Men ver no de og her natti yver, so fær eg høyra kva meir Herren hev å segja meg.»
Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what Adonai will speak to me more.”
20 Då kom Gud um natti til Bileam, og sagde til honom: «Er desse mennerne komne her på den måten at dei vil få deg med seg, so kann du ferda deg til og fylgja deim; men gjer ikkje anna enn som eg segjer til deg.»
God came to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] at night, and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do.”
21 Um morgonen gjorde Bileam seg reidug, og sala asna si, og for so i veg saman med Moabs-hovdingarne.
Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab [From father].
22 Men Gud vart harm for di han tok ut, og Herrens engel kom imot honom, og stod på vegen som ein fiende, då han kom ridande på asna i lag med båe sveinarne sine.
God’s anger burned because he went; and ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing] placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
23 Og asna såg Herrens engel, som stod på vegen med drege sverd i handi; då tok ho av vegen, og ut på marki; men Bileam slo henne, so ho skulde halda vegen.
The donkey saw ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing] standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field. Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] struck the donkey, to turn her into the way.
24 Sidan møtte Herrens engel i ei geil millom vinhagarne. På båe sidor var det steingard,
Then ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing] stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
25 og då asna såg Herrens engel, strauk ho seg innåt garden, og klemde foten åt Bileam mot steinarne. Då slo han henne att.
The donkey saw ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing], and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people]’s foot against the wall. He struck her again.
26 So gjekk Herrens engel framum endå ein gong, og stod i eit trongt klemstre; der var det ikkje råd å vika undan, korkje til høgre eller vinstre,
Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] went further, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
27 og med same asna fekk sjå Herrens engel, lagde ho seg ned under Bileam. Då vart han harm, og slo henne med staven.
The donkey saw ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing], and she lay down under Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people]. Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people]’s anger burned, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
28 Men Herren gav asna mål, og ho sagde til Bileam: «Kva hev eg gjort deg? No er det tridje gongen du slær meg.»
Adonai opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
29 «Du hev havt meg til narr, » svara Bileam. «Hadde eg havt eit sverd i handi, so hadde eg slege deg i hel med det same.»
Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you.”
30 Då sagde asna: «Er’kje eg asna di, som du hev ride på alt du hev vore til? Hev eg då havt for vis å fara soleis med deg?» «Nei, » sagde Bileam,
The donkey said to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long until today? Was I ever in the habit of doing so to you?” He said, “No.”
31 og i det same opna Herren augo hans, so han såg Herrens engel, som stod på vegen med drege sverd i handi. Då kasta han seg på kne, og bøygde hovudet.
Then Adonai opened the eyes of Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and he saw ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing] standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
32 Og Herrens engel sagde til honom: «Kvi hev du fare so, og slege asna di tri gonger? Det var eg som møtte deg som ein fiende, av di eg tykte denne ferdi var for brå.
Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me.
33 Og asna såg meg, og tok av vegen for meg alle tri gongerne. Hadde ikkje ho teke av vegen, so hadde eg no drepe deg, men asna hadde eg spart.»
The donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times. Unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive.”
34 Då sagde Bileam til Herrens engel: «Eg hev synda; men eg visste ikkje at du stod framfyre meg på vegen; er dette deg imot, so skal eg venda heim att.»
Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] said to ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing], “I have sinned ·deviated (from the standard goal)·; for I didn’t know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.”
35 «Nei, far no du med mennerne, » svara Herrens engel, «men seg ikkje eit ord anna enn det som eg segjer deg fyre.» So tok Bileam i vegen att med kongsmennerne.
Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] said to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], “Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] went with the princes of Balak.
36 Då Balak fekk høyra at Bileam kom, for han til møtes med honom til den byen som låg nørdst i Moabriket, ved Arnon, ytst utmed landskilet.
When Balak sh'ma ·heard obeyed· that Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab [From father], which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
37 Og han sagde til Bileam: «Sende eg ikkje einkom bod og bad deg til meg? Kvi vilde du ikkje koma? Trur du ikkje eg er god til å løna deg for umaken?»
Balak said to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], “Didn’t I earnestly send to you to call you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?”
38 «No ser du eg er komen, » svara Bileam. «Men det er vandt um eg kann segja noko; berre dei ordi som Gud legg meg i munnen, kann eg tala.»
Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.”
39 So fylgde han med Balak, og dei kom til Kirjat-Husot.
Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.
40 Der slagta Balak storfe og småfe, og sende til Bileam og dei hovdingarne som var med honom.
Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and to the princes who were with him.
41 Morgonen etter tok kongen Bileam med seg upp på Bamot-Ba’al; derifrå kunde han sjå enden av Israels-lægret.
In the morning, Balak took Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there part of the people.
