Números 23
1 Dijo Balaam a Balac: “Edifícame aquí siete altares, y prepárame aquí mismo siete becerros y siete carneros.”
And he said Balaam to Balak build for me in this [place] seven altars and prepare for me in this [place] seven young bulls and seven rams.
2 Hizo Balac según ordenara Balaam, y ofrecieron Balac y Balaam sobre cada altar un becerro y un carnero.
And he did Balak just as he had spoken Balaam and he offered up Balak and Balaam a young bull and a ram on the altar.
3 Después dijo Balaam a Balac: “Ponte junto a tu holocausto, en tanto que yo me voy a ver si Yahvé viene a mi encuentro; y lo que Él me diga, eso te manifestaré.” Y se retiró a una altura desnuda.
And he said Balaam to Balak take your stand with burnt offering your so let me go perhaps he will meet Yahweh to meet me and [the] word of whatever he will show me and I will tell to you and he went a bare height.
4 Efectivamente salió Dios al encuentro de Balaam, y este le dijo: “He preparado siete altares y he ofrecido un becerro y un carnero en cada altar.”
And he met God Balaam and he said to him [the] seven the altars I have arranged and I have offered up a young bull and a ram on the altar.
5 Y Yahvé puso en boca de Balaam una palabra y dijo: “Vuélvete a Balac, y hablarás así.”
And he put Yahweh a word in [the] mouth of Balaam and he said return to Balak and thus you will speak.
6 Vuelto a él, lo vio todavía parado junto a su holocausto, con todos los príncipes de Moab.
And he returned to him and there! [he was] standing with burnt offering his he and all [the] leaders of Moab.
7 Entonces pronunció su oráculo, y dijo: “De Aram me hizo venir Balac, el rey de Moab (me hizo venir) de los montes de oriente: ¡Ven, maldíceme a Jacob! ¡Ven y execra a Israel!
And he lifted up oracle his and he said from Aram he led me Balak [the] king of Moab from [the] mountains of [the] east come! curse! for me Jacob and come! denounce! Israel.
8 ¿Cómo maldeciré yo a quien no ha maldecido Dios? ¿Cómo voy a execrar a quien no ha execrado Yahvé?
What? will I curse [one whom] not he has cursed him God and what? will I denounce [one whom] not he has denounced Yahweh.
9 Desde la cima de las peñas le veo, desde lo alto le estoy contemplando: es un pueblo que habita aparte, y no se cuenta entre las naciones.
For from [the] top of [the] rocks I see him and from [the] hills I observe him there! a people [which] alone it dwells and among the nations not it reckons itself.
10 ¿Quién podrá contar a Jacob numeroso como el polvo, enumerar siquiera la cuarta parte de Israel? ¡Pueda yo morir la muerte de los justos, y sea mi fin semejante al suyo!”
Who? has he counted [the] dust of Jacob and a number [the] fourth part of Israel let it die self my [the] death of upright [people] and let it be end my like his.
11 Dijo entonces Balac a Balaam: “¿Qué es lo que me has hecho? Te he llamado para maldecir a mis enemigos, y tú los has colmado de bendiciones.”
And he said Balak to Balaam what? have you done to me to curse enemies my I took you and here! you have blessed actually.
12 Respondió él y dijo: “¿No tengo yo que observar las palabras que Yahvé pone en mi boca?”
And he answered and he said ¿ not [that] which he will put Yahweh in mouth my it will I take care to speak.
13 Díjole Balac: “Ven, te ruego, conmigo, a otro lugar, desde donde puedas verle; no verás sino su parte extrema, no le verás todo; y me lo maldices desde allí.”
And he said to him Balak (come there! *Q(K)*) please with me to a place another where you will see it from there only outskirt[s] its you will see and all of it not you will see and curse it for me from there.
14 Y le llevó al Campo de los Atalayas, situado en las alturas del Fasga, donde edificó siete altares y ofreció en cada altar un becerro y un carnero.
And he took him [the] field of Zophim to [the] top of Pisgah and he built seven altars and he offered up a young bull and a ram on the altar.
15 Y dijo a Balac: “Ponte aquí junto a tu holocausto, mientras yo voy al encuentro (de Dios).”
And he said to Balak take your stand thus with burnt offering your and I I will meet thus.
16 Y salió Dios al encuentro de Balaam, y poniéndole una palabra en la boca, dijo: “Vuelve a donde está Balac, y le dirás así.”
And he met Yahweh Balaam and he put a word in mouth his and he said return to Balak and thus you will speak.
17 Se volvió a él, y he aquí que estaba todavía parado junto a su holocausto, y con él los príncipes de Moab. Le preguntó Balac: “¿Qué te ha dicho Yahvé?”
And he went to him and there he [was] standing with burnt offering his and [the] leaders of Moab [were] with him and he said to him Balak what? has he spoken Yahweh.
18 Entonces pronunció su oráculo, y dijo: “Levántate, Balac, y escucha; préstame atención, hijo de Sefor.
And he lifted up oracle his and he said arise O Balak and hear give ear! to me [O] son his Zippor.
19 No es Dios un hombre, para que mienta, ni hijo de hombre para arrepentirse. Si Él dice una cosa, ¿no la hará? Si Él habla, ¿acaso dejará de cumplirlo?
Not [is] a human God so he may lie and a son of humankind so he may change his mind ¿ he has he said and not will he act? and has he spoken? and not will he fulfill? it.
20 He aquí, la bendición está dada; Él ha bendecido, yo no puedo revocarlo.
Here! [surely] blessing I have received and he has blessed and not I will turn back it.
21 Él no ve iniquidad en Jacob, ni encuentra perversidad en Israel. Yahvé, su Dios, está entre ellos, y a Él le aclaman por rey.
Not he has looked at disaster in Jacob and not he has seen trouble in Israel Yahweh God his [is] with him and a shout of a king [is] among him.
22 Es Dios quien le ha sacado de Egipto; su fuerza es como la del búfalo.
God [is] bringing out them from Egypt like [the] horns of a wild ox [belong] to him.
23 Pues no hay magia en Jacob, ni adivinos en Israel. A su tiempo se le dirá a Jacob y a Israel lo que Dios va a cumplir.
For not enchantment [is] in Jacob and not divination [is] in Israel about this time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel what! has he done God.
24 He aquí un pueblo que se yergue como leona, y se alza cual león, no se acuesta sin que devore la presa, y beba la sangre de los traspasados.”
There! a people like a lion it rises and like a lion it lifts itself up not it will lie down until it will devour prey and [the] blood of [those] slain it will drink.
25 Entonces dijo Balac a Balaam: “Ya que no puedes maldecirle, tampoco le bendigas.”
And he said Balak to Balaam neither at all not you will curse it nor at all not you will bless it.
26 Pero Balaam respondió y dijo a Balac: “¿No te he dicho: Todo cuanto hablare Yahvé, eso debo hacer?”
And he answered Balaam and he said to Balak ¿ not did I speak to you saying all that he will speak Yahweh it I will do.
27 Y dijo Balac a Balaam: “Ven, pues, y te llevaré a otro sitio, por si acaso quiere Dios que desde allí los maldigas.”
And he said Balak to Balaam come! please let me take you to a place another perhaps it will be pleasing in [the] eyes of God and you will curse it for me from there.
28 Y condujo Balac a Balaam a la cumbre del Fegor que domina el desierto.
And he took Balak Balaam [the] top of Peor which looks down over [the] face of the desolate place.
29 Y dijo Balaam a Balac: “Erígeme aquí siete altares y prepárame aquí mismo siete becerros y siete carneros.”
And he said Balaam to Balak build for me in this [place] seven altars and prepare for me in this [place] seven young bulls and seven rams.
30 Hizo Balac como le ordenara Balaam y ofreció un becerro y un carnero sobre cada altar.
And he did Balak just as he had said Balaam and he offered up a young bull and a ram on the altar.
