Числа 23
1 И рече Валаам к Валаку: созижди мне зде седмь требищ, и уготовай мне зде седмь телцев и седмь овнов.
Then Balaam told Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”
2 И сотвори Валак, якоже рече ему Валаам: и вознесе телца и овна на требище.
Balak did as Balaam had said, and together they offered a bull and a ram 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.
Balaam said to Balak, “Wait here beside your burnt offering while I go and see if perhaps the Lord will come and meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me, I'll share with you.” Then Balaam left to climb up a rocky crag.
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.
God met with him there, and Balaam said. “I have built seven altars and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
5 И вложи Бог слово во уста Валааму и рече: возвратився к Валаку тако глаголи.
The Lord gave Balaam a message to share. He told him, “Go back to Balak and this is what you are to say to him.”
6 И возвратися к нему: он же стояше у всесожжений своих, и вси князи Моавли с ним: и бысть Дух Божий на нем.
So he went back to Balak, who was waiting there beside his burnt offering, along with all the Moabite leaders.
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:
This is the declaration that Balaam gave: “Balak brought me from Aram; the king of Moab brought me from the mountains of the east. He said, ‘Come and curse Jacob for me! Come and condemn Israel!’
8 что проклену, егоже не кленет Господь? Или что зло реку, егоже не злословит Бог?
But how can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I condemn what the Lord has not condemned?
9 Яко от верха гор узрю его и от холм проуразумею его: се, людие едини населятся и со языки не вменятся:
For I'm looking down on them from the top of rocky crags; I'm watching them from the hills. I see a people who live on their own, different from the other 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 count Jacob's descendants? They are so many they're like dust! Who can count even a quarter of the Israelites? I would like to die as a good person dies! Let the end of my life be like their end!”
11 И рече Валак к Валааму: что сотворил еси ми? На проклятие враг моих призвах тя, и се, благословил еси (я) благословением.
Then Balak complained to Balaam, “What on earth have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and now look! All you have done is bless them!”
12 И рече Валаам к Валаку: не елика ли вложит Бог во уста моя, сие сохраню глаголати?
But Balaam replied, “Don't you think I should I say precisely what the Lord tells me?”
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.
Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. But you'll only see a part of their camp—you won't see all of them. You can curse them for me from there.”
14 И поя его на стражу села, на верх Истесанаго, и созда тамо седмь требищ, и возложи телца и овна на требище.
He took him to the field of Zophim at the top of Mount Pisgah. There he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
15 И рече Валаам к Валаку: стани у требы своея, аз же пойду вопросити Бога.
Balaam told Balak, “Wait here beside your burnt offering while I meet the Lord over there.”
16 И срете Бог Валаама, и вложи слово во уста ему и рече: возвратися к Валаку, и речеши сия.
The Lord met Balaam and gave him a message to share. He told him, “Go back to Balak and this is what you are to say 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?
So he went back to Balak, who was waiting there beside his burnt offering, along with all the Moabite leaders. “What did the Lord say?” Balak asked.
18 И восприим притчу свою, рече: востани, Валак, и послушай, внуши свидетель, сыне Сепфоров:
This is the prophecy that Balaam delivered: “Stand up, Balak, and pay attention! Listen to me, 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 isn't a human being who would lie. He's not a mere mortal who changes his mind. Does he say he's going to do something but doesn't? Does he make promises he doesn't carry out?
20 Се, благословляти приведен есмь: благословлю, и не отвращу:
Look, I have been ordered to give a blessing. God has blessed, and I can't change that.
21 не будет труда во Иакове, ниже узрится болезнь во Израили: Господь Бог его с ним, слава царская на нем:
He's not expecting anything bad will happen to Jacob; he doesn't foresee any trouble for Israel. The Lord their God is with them; they celebrate him as their king.
22 Бог изведый его из Египта, якоже слава единорога в нем:
God led them out of Egypt with great power, as strong as an ox.
23 несть бо вражбы во Иакове, ниже волхвования во Израили: во время наречется Иакову и Израилю, что совершит Бог:
No spell can be cast against Jacob; no magic can be used against Israel. People will talk about Jacob and Israel, saying, ‘What amazing things God has done for them!’
24 се, людие яко львичища востанут, и яко лев вознесется: не уснет, дондеже снест лов и кровь посеченых испиет.
Look! The Israelites go out hunting like a lioness; they chase like a lion. They don't rest until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of their dead victim.”
25 И рече Валак к Валааму: ни клятвами мне клени их, ниже благословением благослови их.
Then Balak said to Balaam, “If you can't give them any curses then at least don't give them any blessings!”
26 И отвещав Валаам, рече к Валаку: не рех ли ти, глаголя: слово, еже аще возглаголет Бог, сие сотворю?
But Balaam replied, “Didn't I explain to you that I have to do whatever the Lord tells me?”
27 И рече Валак к Валааму: гряди, пойму тя на место ино, аще угодно будет Богу, и проклени ми их оттуду.
“Please come with me and I will take you somewhere else,” Balak said. “Maybe God would let you curse them for me from there.”
28 И поя Валак Валаама на верх Фогора, простирающася в пустыню.
Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which looks down on the wastelands.
29 И рече Валаам к Валаку: созижди мне зде седмь требищ, и уготовай мне зде седмь телцев и седмь овнов.
Balaam told Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”
30 И сотвори Валак, якоже рече ему Валаам: и вознесе телца и овна на требище.
Balak what Balaam told him, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
