Числа 24
1 И видев Валаам, яко добро есть пред Господем благословляти Израиля, не иде по обычаю своему в сретение волхвованием, и возврати лице свое в пустыню.
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel. he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert,
2 И возвед Валаам очи свои, узре Израиля ополчившася по племеном: и бысть Дух Божий на нем.
And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel abiding in their tents by their tribes: and the spirit of God rushing upon him,
3 И восприим притчу свою рече: глаголет Валаам, сын Веоров, глаголет человек истинно зряй,
He took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose eye ire stopped up:
4 глаголет слушаяй словеса Крепкаго, иже видение Божие виде во сне: отверсты очи его:
The hearer of the words of God hath said, he that hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes are opened:
5 коль добри доми твои, Иакове, и кущы твоя, Израилю:
How beautiful are thy tabernacles, O Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel!
6 яко дубравы осеняющыя и яко садие при реках, и яко кущы, яже водрузи Господь, и яко кедри при водах:
As woody valleys, as watered gardens near the rivers, as tabernacles which the Lord hath pitched, as cedars by the waterside.
7 изыдет человек от семене его, и обладает языки многими: и возвысится паче Гога царство его, и возрастет царство его:
Water shall flow out of his bucket, and his seed shall be in many waters. For Agag his king shall be removed, and his kingdom shall be taken awry.
8 Бог изведе его из Египта, якоже слава единорога ему: пояст языки враг своих и толщы их измождит, и стрелами своими устрелит врага:
God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros. They shall devour the nations that are his enemies, and break their bones, and pierce them with arrows.
9 возлег почи яко лев и яко скимен: кто возбудит его? Благословящии тя благословени, и проклинающии тя прокляти.
Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a lioness, whom none shall dare to rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall also himself be blessed: he that curseth thee shall be reckoned accursed.
10 И разгневася Валак на Валаама, и плесну руками своими, и рече Валак к Валааму: кляти тя врага моего призвах, и се, благословил еси их в третие:
And Balac being angry against Balaam, clapped his hands together and said: I called thee to curse my enemies, and thou on the contrary hast blessed them three times.
11 ныне убо бежи на место свое: рекох, почту тя: и ныне лиши тя Господь славы.
Return to thy place. I had determined indeed greatly to honour thee, but the Lord hath deprived thee of the honour designed for thee.
12 И рече Валаам к Валаку: и послом твоим, ихже послал еси ко мне, не рекох ли, глаголя:
Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me:
13 аще ми даст Валак храмину свою полну сребра и злата, не могу преступити слова Божия, еже сотворити е зло или добро от мене самаго: елика аще речет ми Бог, сия возглаголю?
If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to utter any thing of my own head either good or evil: but whatsoever the Lord shall say, that I will speak?
14 И ныне, се, иду до места своего: гряди, присоветую тебе, что сотворят людие сии людем твоим, в последняя дни.
But yet going to my people, I will give thee counsel, what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15 И восприим притчу свою рече: глаголет Валаам сын Веоров, глаголет человек истинно зряй,
Therefore taking up his parable, again he said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man whose eye is stopped up, hath said:
16 слышай словеса Божия, умея умение Вышняго и видение Божие видевый во сне: отверсты очи его:
The hearer of the words of God hath said, who knoweth the doctrine of the Highest, and seeth the visions of the Almighty, who falling hath his eyes opened:
17 покажу ему, и не ныне: ублажаю, и не приближается: возсияет звезда от Иакова, и востанет человек от Израиля и погубит князи Моавитския, и пленит вся сыны Сифовы:
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth.
18 и будет Едом наследие, и будет наследие Исав враг его, и Израиль сотвори крепость:
And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance of Seir shall come to their enemies, but Israel shall do manfully.
19 и востанет от Иакова, и погубит спасаемаго от града.
Out of Jacob shall he come that shall rule, and shall destroy the remains of the city.
20 И видев Амалика и восприим притчу свою, рече: начало языков Амалик, и семя их погибнет.
And when he saw Amalec, he took up his parable, and said: Amalec the beginning of nations, whose latter ends shall be destroyed.
21 И видев Кенеона и восприим притчу свою, рече: сильно селение твое: и аще положиши на камени гнездо твое,
He saw also the Cinite: and took up his parable, and said: Thy habitation indeed is strong: but though thou build thy nest in a rock,
22 и аще будет Веору гнездо коварства, Ассириане пленят тя.
And thou be chosen of the stock of Cin, how long shalt thou be able to continue? For Assur shall take thee captive.
23 И видев Ога и восприим притчу свою, рече: горе, горе, кто жив будет, егда положит Бог сия?
And taking up his parable, again he said: Alas, who shall live when God shall do these things?
24 И изыдут из рук Китиейских, и озлобят Ассура, и озлобят Евреов, и сами вкупе погибнут.
They shall come in galleys from Italy, they shall overcome the Assyrians, and shall waste the Hebrews, and at the last they themselves also shall perish.
25 И востав Валаам отиде, возвратився на место свое: и Валак отиде к себе.
And Balaam rose, and returned to his place: Balac also returned the way that he came.
