Números 22
1 Depois partiram os filhos de Israel, e acamparam-se nas campinas de Moab, desta banda do Jordão de Jericó.
Then the Israelis traveled west to the area of Moab that was in the valley of the Jordan [River], across the river from Jericho [city].
2 Vendo pois Balac, filho de Zippor, tudo o que Israel fizera aos amorreus,
But King Balak, the son of Zippor, who ruled Moab, found out what the Israelis had done to the Amor people-group.
3 Moab temeu muito diante deste povo, porque era muito: e Moab andava angustiado por causa dos filhos de Israel.
[When he saw that] the Israelis were very numerous, he and his people became terrified.
4 Pelo que Moab disse aos anciãos dos midianitas: Agora lamberá esta congregação tudo quanto houver ao redor de nós, como o boi lambe a erva do campo. naquele tempo Balac, filho de Zippor, era rei dos moabitas.
So the king of Moab [went to] the leaders of the Midian people-group and said to them, “This huge group [of Israelis] will (wipe out/destroy) everything around them, like an ox devours grass!” Balak was the king of Moab.
5 Este enviou mensageiros a Balaão, filho de Beor, a Pethor, que está junto ao rio, na terra dos filhos do seu povo, a chama-lo, dizendo: Eis que um povo saiu do Egito; eis que cobre a face da terra, e parado está defronte de mim.
He sent messengers to [a prophet named] Balaam, who was living in his own area, in Pethor [town], near the [Euphrates] River. He sent this message to request that Balaam would come [to help him]: “A huge group of people has arrived here from Egypt. [It looks like] they are covering the entire land! And they have begun to live close to us.
6 Vem pois agora, rogo-te, amaldiçoa-me este povo, pois mais poderoso é do que eu; porventura o poderei ferir, e o lançarei fora da terra: porque eu sei que, a quem tu abençoares será abençoado, e a quem tu amaldiçoares será amaldiçoado.
Because they are very powerful/numerous, [we are afraid of them. So] please come and curse them for me. Then my army may be able to defeat them and expel them from the land [where they are now living]. I know that good things will happen to the people whom you bless, and disasters will happen to the people whom you curse.”
7 Então foram-se os anciãos dos moabitas e os anciãos dos midianitas com o preço dos encantamentos nas suas mãos: e chegaram a Balaão, e lhe falaram as palavras de Balac
[Balak’s messengers, who were] leaders of both the Moab and Midian people-groups, took money with them to pay Balaam in order that he would [come and] curse the Israelis. They went to Balaam and told him what Balak had said.
8 E ele lhes disse: passai aqui esta noite, e vos trarei a resposta, como o Senhor me falar: então os príncipes dos moabitas ficaram com Balaão.
Balaam said, “Stay here tonight. [Tomorrow morning] I will tell you whatever Yahweh tells me that I should say to you.” So the leaders from Moab stayed there that night.
9 E veio Deus a Balaão, e disse: Quem são estes homens que estão contigo?
During the night, God appeared to Balaam and asked him, “(Who are/Tell me about) these men who are staying with you.”
10 E Balaão disse a Deus: Balac, filho de Zippor, rei dos moabitas, mos enviou, dizendo:
Balaam replied, “Balak, the king of Moab, sent these men to tell me this:
11 Eis que o povo que saiu do Egito cobriu a face da terra: vem agora, amaldiçoa-mo; porventura poderei pelejar contra ele, e o lançarei fora.
‘A huge group of people has come from Egypt, and they have spread all over this area. Please come immediately to curse them. Then I may be able to defeat them and expel them [from this area].’”
12 Então disse Deus a Balaão: Não irás com eles, nem amaldiçoarás a este povo, porquanto bendito é.
God replied to Balaam, “Do not go with them! I have blessed those people, so you must not curse them!”
13 Então Balaão levantou-se pela manhã, e disse aos príncipes de Balac: Ide à vossa terra, porque o Senhor recusa deixar-me ir convosco.
The next morning, Balaam got up and told Balak’s men, “Go back home. [But go by yourselves, because] Yahweh is not allowing me to go with you.”
14 E levantaram-se os príncipes dos moabitas, e vieram a Balac, e disseram: Balaão recusou vir conosco.
So the men from Moab returned to King Balak and they reported to him, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
15 Porém Balac proseguiu ainda em enviar mais príncipes, e mais honrados do que aqueles,
But Balak sent another [group of] leaders to Balaam. It was a group that was larger and they were more important [than the men in the first group].
16 Os quais vieram a Balaão, e lhe disseram: Assim diz Balac, filho de Zippor: Rogo-te que não te demores em vir a mim,
They went to Balaam and told him this: “This is what King Balak says: ‘Please do not allow anything to hinder you from coming here.
17 Porque grandemente te honrarei, e farei tudo o que me disseres: vem pois, rogo-te, amaldiçoa-me este povo.
I will pay you (a lot of money/very well) [if you come], and I will do anything that you ask me to do. Just come and curse these [Israeli] people for me!’”
18 Então Balaão respondeu, e disse aos servos de Balac: Ainda que Balac me desse a sua casa cheia de prata e de ouro, eu não poderia traspassar o mandado do Senhor meu Deus, para fazer coisa pequena ou grande;
But Balaam answered them, “Even if Balak would give me a palace filled with silver and gold, I would not do anything to disobey Yahweh, (my God/the God whom I [worship]).
19 Agora, pois, rogo-vos que também aqui fiqueis esta noite, para que eu saiba o que o Senhor me falar mais.
But stay here one more night, like the other messengers did, and I will find out if Yahweh has anything more to say to me.”
20 Veio pois o Senhor a Balaão, de noite, e disse-lhe: Se aqueles homens te vieram chamar, levanta-te, vai com eles; todavia, farás o que eu te disser.
That night God appeared to Balaam again and said to him, “These men have come to request that you go back with them, so you may go with them, but do only what I tell you [to do]!”
21 Então Balaão levantou-se pela manhã, e albardou a sua jumenta, e foi-se com os príncipes de Moab.
So the next morning, Balaam put a saddle on his donkey and he departed [with two of his servants] along with the men from Moab.
22 E a ira de Deus acendeu-se, porque ele se ia: e o anjo do Senhor poz-se-lhe no caminho por adversário: e ele ia caminhando, montado na sua jumenta, e dois de seus moços com ele.
[Even though God had given Balaam permission to go, he was still angry]. So he sent one of his angels to Balaam. This angel stood in the road to block Balaam’s path. As Balaam and the two servants were riding on their donkeys,
23 Viu pois a jumenta o anjo do Senhor, que estava no caminho, com a sua espada desembainhada na mão; pelo que desviou-se a jumenta do caminho, e foi-se pelo campo: então Balaão espancou a jumenta para faze-la tornar ao caminho.
Balaam’s donkey saw the angel. The angel was standing in the road and was holding a sword in his hand, [but Balaam did not see him]. Balaam’s donkey turned off the road into a field. So Balaam struck the donkey and forced it to go back onto the road.
24 Mas o anjo do Senhor pôs-se numa vereda de vinhas, havendo uma parede desta banda e uma parede da outra.
Then the angel stood in a place where the road was very narrow, between two vineyards, with walls on each side of the road.
25 Vendo pois a jumenta o anjo do Senhor, apertou-se contra a parede, e apertou contra a parede o pé de Balaão; pelo que tornou a espanca-la.
When the donkey saw the angel standing there, it walked very close to the wall [to try to get past the angel]. As a result, it bashed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So Balaam struck the donkey again.
26 Então o anjo do Senhor passou mais adiante, e pôs-se num lugar estreito, onde não havia caminho para se desviar nem para a direita nem para a esquerda.
Then the angel went further along the road and stood at a place that was extremely narrow, with the result that the donkey could not get past at all.
27 E, vendo a jumenta o anjo do Senhor, deitou-se debaixo de Balaão: e a ira de Balaão acendeu-se, e espancou a jumenta com o bordão.
This time, when the donkey saw the angel, it lay down [on the ground] with Balaam sitting on top of it. Balaam became extremely angry, and he struck the donkey again with his walking stick.
28 Então o Senhor abriu a boca da jumenta, a qual disse a Balaão: Que te fiz eu, que me espancaste estas três vezes?
Then Yahweh enabled the donkey to speak! It said to Balaam, “What bad thing have I done to you that caused you to strike me three times?”
29 E Balaão disse à jumenta: Porque zombaste de mim: oxalá tivesse eu uma espada na mão, porque agora te matara.
Balaam shouted, “I struck you because you have caused me to appear to be foolish! If I had a sword with me, I would kill you!”
30 E a jumenta disse a Balaão: Porventura não sou a tua jumenta, em que cavalgaste desde o tempo que eu fui tua até hoje? costumei eu alguma vez de fazer assim contigo? E ele respondeu: Não.
But the donkey answered, “I am your own donkey [RHQ], the one that you have always ridden! Have I ever done anything like this previously?” Balaam said, “No.”
31 Então o Senhor abriu os olhos a Balaão, e ele viu o anjo do Senhor, que estava no caminho, e a sua espada desembainhada na mão: pelo que inclinou a cabeça, e prostrou-se sobre a sua face.
Then Yahweh enabled Balaam to see the angel standing on the road, holding a sword in his hand. Balaam [realized that it was an angel and] prostrated himself on the ground in front of the angel.
32 Então o anjo do Senhor lhe disse: Porque já três vezes espancaste a tua jumenta? Eis que eu saí para ser teu adversário, porquanto o teu caminho é perverso diante de mim:
The angel asked him, ‘(Why did you strike your donkey three times?/ You should certainly not have struck the donkey three times! [RHQ] I have come to block your path because what you are planning to do is wrong.
33 Porém a jumenta me viu, e já três vezes se desviou de diante de mim: se ela se não desviara de diante de mim, na verdade que eu agora te tivera matado, e a ela deixara com vida.
Three times your donkey saw me and turned away from me. If it had not done that, I would certainly have killed you already, but I would have allowed the donkey to live.”
34 Então Balaão disse ao anjo do Senhor: Pequei, que não soube que estava neste caminho para me opôr: e agora, se parece mal aos teus olhos, tornar-me-ei.
Then Balaam said to the angel, “I have sinned. But I did not realize that you were standing there, trying to block my path. So if you do not want me to continue going, I will return home.”
35 E disse o anjo do Senhor a Balaão: vai-te com estes homens; mas somente a palavra que eu falar a ti esta falarás. Assim Balaão foi-se com os príncipes de Balac.
But the angel replied, “I will allow you to go with these men, but you must say only what I tell you to say!” So Balaam went on with the leaders whom Balak [had sent].
36 Ouvindo pois Balac que Balaão vinha, saiu-lhe ao encontro até à cidade de Moab, que está no termo de Arnon, na extremidade do termo dele.
When King Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went to meet him at a Moab town alongside the Arnon [River] that was at the border of his own land.
37 E Balac disse a Balaão: Porventura não enviei diligentemente a chamar-te? porque não vieste a mim? não posso eu na verdade honrar-te?
[When he arrived where] Balaam was, he said to him, “I sent you [RHQ] a message saying that you should come immediately [RHQ]! Why did you not come immediately? [Did you think that] I was not able to pay you a lot of money for coming?”
38 Então Balaão disse a Balac: Eis que eu tenho vindo a ti: porventura poderei eu agora de alguma forma falar alguma coisa? a palavra que Deus puser na minha boca esta falarei.
Balaam replied, “I have come here now, but I am not able to say anything [that I want to]. I will say only the words that God tells me to say [MTY].”
39 E Balaão foi com Balac, e vieram a Quiriath-huzoth.
Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath-Huzoth [town].
40 Então Balac matou bois e ovelhas; e deles enviou a Balaão e aos príncipes que estavam com ele.
There Balak killed some cattle and sheep as sacrifices, and offered [parts of the meat] to Balaam and the leaders who were with him.
41 E sucedeu que, pela manhã, Balac tomou a Balaão, e o fez subir aos altos de Baal, e viu ele dali a última parte do povo.
[They slept there], and the next morning Balak took Balaam part way up [the mountain] to Bamoth-Baal [village]. From there, they could see some of the Israeli people who were down below.
