Числа 23
1 И рече Валаам к Валаку: созижди мне зде седмь требищ, и уготовай мне зде седмь телцев и седмь овнов.
And Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here for me, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.”
2 И сотвори Валак, якоже рече ему Валаам: и вознесе телца и овна на требище.
And when he had acted according to the words of Balaam, they placed a calf and a ram together on each altar.
3 И рече Валаам к Валаку: стани у требы своея, и пойду, аще явится мне Бог в сретение, и слово, еже мне укажет, повем тебе. И ста Валак у требы своея.
And Balaam said to Balak: “Stand for a little while next to your holocaust, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet with me. And whatever he will command, I shall speak to you.”
4 И Валаам иде вопросити Бога, и иде прямо: и явися Бог Валааму. И рече к нему Валаам: седмь требищ изготових и возложих телца и овна на требище.
And after he had quickly departed, God met with him. And Balaam, speaking to him, said: “I have set up seven altars, and I have placed a calf and a ram on each.”
5 И вложи Бог слово во уста Валааму и рече: возвратився к Валаку тако глаголи.
Then the Lord placed the word in his mouth, and he said: “Return to Balak, and you shall say this.”
6 И возвратися к нему: он же стояше у всесожжений своих, и вси князи Моавли с ним: и бысть Дух Божий на нем.
Returning, he found Balak standing next to his holocaust, with all the leaders of the Moabites.
7 И восприим притчу свою рече: от Месопотамии приведе мя Валак царь Моавль, от гор восточных, глаголя: гряди, проклени ми Иакова, и гряди, проклени ми Израиля:
And taking up his parable, he said: “Balak, king of the Moabites, has led me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. ‘Come forth,’ he said, ‘and curse Jacob. Hurry and condemn Israel.’
8 что проклену, егоже не кленет Господь? Или что зло реку, егоже не злословит Бог?
How shall I curse him, whom God has not cursed? For what reason would I condemn him, whom the Lord does not condemn?
9 Яко от верха гор узрю его и от холм проуразумею его: се, людие едини населятся и со языки не вменятся:
I will look upon him from the tops of the stones, and I will consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and they shall not be counted among the nations.
10 кто изследит семя Иаковле? И кто изочтет сонмы Израиля? Да умрет душа моя в душах праведных, и буди семя мое, якоже семя их.
Who can number the dust that is Jacob, and who can know the number of the stock of Israel? May my soul die a just death, and may my end be like theirs.”
11 И рече Валак к Валааму: что сотворил еси ми? На проклятие враг моих призвах тя, и се, благословил еси (я) благословением.
And Balak said to Balaam: “What is this that you are doing? I called for you, in order to curse my enemies, and to the contrary, you bless them.”
12 И рече Валаам к Валаку: не елика ли вложит Бог во уста моя, сие сохраню глаголати?
He answered him, “How can I say anything other than what the Lord orders?”
13 И рече к нему Валак: пойди еще со мною на место ино, с негоже не узриши их оттуду, но разве часть некую их узриши, всех же не узриши, и проклени ми их оттуду.
Therefore, Balak said: “Come with me to another place, from where you may see a portion of Israel, though you cannot see them all. Curse them from there.”
14 И поя его на стражу села, на верх Истесанаго, и созда тамо седмь требищ, и возложи телца и овна на требище.
And when he had led him to a lofty place, on the top of mount Pisgah, Balaam built seven altars, and placing upon each a calf and a ram,
15 И рече Валаам к Валаку: стани у требы своея, аз же пойду вопросити Бога.
he said to Balak, “Stand here next to your holocaust, while I continue on to meet him.”
16 И срете Бог Валаама, и вложи слово во уста ему и рече: возвратися к Валаку, и речеши сия.
And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said, “Return to Balak, and you shall say this to him.”
17 И возвратися к нему: он же стояше у всесожжений своих, и вси князи Моавли с ним. И рече ему Валак: что глагола Господь?
Returning, he found him standing next to his holocaust, and the leaders of the Moabites were with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”
18 И восприим притчу свою, рече: востани, Валак, и послушай, внуши свидетель, сыне Сепфоров:
But, taking up his parable, he said: “Stand, Balak, and pay attention. Listen, you son of Zippor.
19 не яко человек Бог колеблется, ниже яко сын человеческий изменяется: Той глаголаше, не сотворит ли? Речет, и не пребудет ли?
God is not like a man, so that he would lie, nor is he like a son of man, so that he would be changed. Therefore, having spoken, will he not act? Has he ever spoken, and not fulfilled?
20 Се, благословляти приведен есмь: благословлю, и не отвращу:
I was led here to bless, and I have no strength to hinder the blessing.
21 не будет труда во Иакове, ниже узрится болезнь во Израили: Господь Бог его с ним, слава царская на нем:
There is no idol in Jacob; neither is there a false image to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the resound of royal victory is in him.
22 Бог изведый его из Египта, якоже слава единорога в нем:
God has led him away from Egypt; his strength is like that of the rhinoceros.
23 несть бо вражбы во Иакове, ниже волхвования во Израили: во время наречется Иакову и Израилю, что совершит Бог:
There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor any divination in Israel. In their times, it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God has wrought.
24 се, людие яко львичища востанут, и яко лев вознесется: не уснет, дондеже снест лов и кровь посеченых испиет.
Behold, the people will rise up like a lioness, and lie down like a lion. But they will not lie down until they devour the prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
25 И рече Валак к Валааму: ни клятвами мне клени их, ниже благословением благослови их.
And Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse him, nor bless him.”
26 И отвещав Валаам, рече к Валаку: не рех ли ти, глаголя: слово, еже аще возглаголет Бог, сие сотворю?
And he said, “Have I not told you that whatever God would command of me, I would do?”
27 И рече Валак к Валааму: гряди, пойму тя на место ино, аще угодно будет Богу, и проклени ми их оттуду.
And Balak said to him: “Come and I will lead you to another place. If perhaps it may please God, then you may curse them from there.”
28 И поя Валак Валаама на верх Фогора, простирающася в пустыню.
And when he had led him on to the top of mount Peor, which looks out toward the wilderness,
29 И рече Валаам к Валаку: созижди мне зде седмь требищ, и уготовай мне зде седмь телцев и седмь овнов.
Balaam said to him, “Build seven altars here for me, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.”
30 И сотвори Валак, якоже рече ему Валаам: и вознесе телца и овна на требище.
Balak did as Balaam had said, and he placed on each altar a calf and a ram.
