Numbers 23
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Verse 1
Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاقَ: «ابْنِ لِي هُنَا سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ، وَأَعِدَّ لِي هُنَا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ».
Verse 2
Balak did as Balaam said, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
فَفَعَلَ بَالاقُ كَمَا طَلَبَ بَلْعَامُ. وَقَرَّبَ بَالاقُ وَبَلْعَامُ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.
Verse 3
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went off to a barren height.
ثُمَّ قَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاقَ: «قِفْ هُنَا عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ فَأَمْضِيَ أَنَا، لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ يَأْتِي لِلِقَائِي، وَمَهْمَا يُعْلِنْ لِي أُبْلِغْكَ بِهِ». ثُمَّ ارْتَقَى بَلْعَامُ رَابِيَةً.
Verse 4
God met with him, and Balaam said, “I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
فَوَافَى اللهُ بَلْعَامَ. فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ: «قَدْ أَعْدَدْتُ سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ وَقَرَّبْتُ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ».
Verse 5
The Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”
فَحَمَّلَ الرَّبُّ بَلْعَامَ رِسَالَةً وَقَالَ: «ارْجِعْ إِلَى بَالاقَ وَبَلِّغْهُ إِيَّاهَا».
Verse 6
So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials.
فَعَادَ إِلَيْهِ، وَإذَا بِهِ مَازَالَ وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِهِ، وَمَعَهُ جَمِيعُ رُؤَسَاءِ مُوآبَ،
Verse 7
Then Balaam spoke his message:
“Balak brought me from Aram,
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
come, denounce Israel.’
فَنَطَقَ بِنُبُوءَتِهِ قَائِلاً: «أَتَى بِي بَالاقُ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ مِنْ بِلادِ أَرَامَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ، وَقَالَ: تَعَالَ الْعَنْ لِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَاشْتِمْ لِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.
Verse 8
How can I curse
those whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce
those whom the Lord has not denounced?
those whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce
those whom the Lord has not denounced?
كَيْفَ أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَمْ يَلْعَنْهُ اللهُ؟ وَكَيْفَ أَشْتِمُ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْتِمْهُ الرَّبُّ؟
Verse 9
From the rocky peaks I see them,
from the heights I view them.
I see a people who live apart
and do not consider themselves one of the nations.
from the heights I view them.
I see a people who live apart
and do not consider themselves one of the nations.
هَا أَنَا أَرَاهُمْ مِنْ قِمَمِ الصُّخُورِ، وَمِنَ الآكَامِ أُبْصِرُهُمْ. هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ يَسْكُنُ وَحْدَهُ. وَلا يَحْسَبُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أُمَّةً مِنَ الأُمَمِ.
Verse 10
Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,
and may my final end be like theirs!”
or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,
and may my final end be like theirs!”
مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُحْصِيَ تُرَابَ يَعْقُوبَ أَوْ يَعُدَّ رُبْعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ لِتَمُتْ نَفْسِي مَوْتَ الأَبْرَارِ، وَلْتَكُنْ آخِرَتِي كَآخِرَتِهِمْ».
Verse 11
Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!”
فَقَالَ بَالاقُ لِبَلْعَامَ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِي؟ لَقَدِ اسْتَدْعَيْتُكَ لِتَشْتِمَ أَعْدَائِي، وَهَا أَنْتَ تُبَارِكُهُمْ»
Verse 12
He answered, “Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”
Balaam’s Second Message
فَأَجَابَهُ: «إِنَّنِي أَحْرِصُ أَنْ لَا أَتَكَلَّمَ إِلّا بِمَا يَضَعُهُ الرَّبُّ عَلَى فَمِي».
نبوءة بلعام الثانية
Verse 13
Then Balak said to him, “Come with me to another place where you can see them; you will not see them all but only the outskirts of their camp. And from there, curse them for me.”
فَقَالَ لَهُ بَالاقُ: «تَعَالَ مَعِي إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ فَلا تَرَى مِنْهُ إِلّا طَرَفَ مُخَيَّمِ الشَّعْبِ فَقَطْ، وَالْعَنْهُ لِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ».
Verse 14
So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
فَأَخَذَهُ إِلَى حَقْلِ صُوفِيمَ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْفِسْجَةِ وَهُنَاكَ شَيَّدَ سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ، وَقَرَّبَ بَلْعَامُ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.
Verse 15
Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.”
وَقَالَ لِبَالاقَ: «انْتَظِرْنِي هُنَاكَ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ وَأَنَا أَمْضِي إِلَى هُنَاكَ».
Verse 16
The Lord met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”
فَوَافَى الرَّبُّ بَلْعَامَ وَلَقَّنَهُ رِسَالَةً وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ارْجِعْ إِلَى بَالاقَ وَبَلِّغْهُ إِيَّاهَا».
Verse 17
So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials. Balak asked him, “What did the Lord say?”
فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى بَالاقَ، وَإذَا بِهِ مُنْتَظِرٌ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَاتِهِ وَمَعَهُ رُؤَسَاءُ مُوآبَ. فَسَأَلَهُ بَالاقُ: «مَاذَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ؟»
Verse 18
Then he spoke his message:
“Arise, Balak, and listen;
hear me, son of Zippor.
فَضَرَبَ مَثَلَهُ قَائِلاً: «انْهَضْ يَا بَالاقُ وَأَصْغَ، اسْتَمِعْ إِلَيَّ يَا ابْنَ صِفُّورَ
Verse 19
God is not human, that he should lie,
not a human being, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfill?
not a human being, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfill?
لَيْسَ اللهُ إِنْسَاناً فَيَكْذِبَ. وَلا هُوَ ابْنَ آدَمَ فَيَنْدَمَ. هَلْ يَقُولُ وَلا يَفْعَلُ أَوْ يَعِدُ ولا يَفِي؟
Verse 20
I have received a command to bless;
he has blessed, and I cannot change it.
he has blessed, and I cannot change it.
إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُبَارِكَ، وَهُوَ قَدْ بَارَكَ وَلا طَاقَةَ لِي عَلَى رَدِّهِ.
Verse 21
“No misfortune is seen in Jacob,
no misery observed[a] in Israel.
The Lord their God is with them;
the shout of the King is among them.
no misery observed[a] in Israel.
The Lord their God is with them;
the shout of the King is among them.
لَمْ يَشْهَدْ إِثْماً فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَلَمْ يَرَ مَشَقَّةً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَهُتَافٌ لِلْمَلِكِ فِيهِمْ.
Verse 22
God brought them out of Egypt;
they have the strength of a wild ox.
they have the strength of a wild ox.
اللهُ أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَقُوَّتُهُمْ مِثْلُ قُوَّةِ الثَّوْرِ الْوَحْشِيِّ.
Verse 23
There is no divination against[b] Jacob,
no evil omens against[c] Israel.
It will now be said of Jacob
and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’
no evil omens against[c] Israel.
It will now be said of Jacob
and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’
فَلا عِيَافَةَ تَضُرُّ يَعْقُوبَ، وَلا عِرَافَةَ تُؤَثِّرُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. مُنْذُ الآنَ يُقَالُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ وَعَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ: ’انْظُرْ مَاذَا فَعَلَ اللهُ!‘
Verse 24
The people rise like a lioness;
they rouse themselves like a lion
that does not rest till it devours its prey
and drinks the blood of its victims.”
they rouse themselves like a lion
that does not rest till it devours its prey
and drinks the blood of its victims.”
هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ يَتَحَفَّزُ كَلَبْوَةٍ وَيَنْهَضُ كَأَسَدٍ. لَا يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَلْتَهِمَ فَرِيسَةً وَيَلَغَ فِي دَمِ قَتْلَى».
Verse 25
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
فَقَالَ بَالاقُ لِبَلْعَامَ: «إِذَنْ لَا تَلْعَنْهُ وَلا تُبَارِكْهُ!»
Verse 26
Balaam answered, “Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?”
Balaam’s Third Message
فَأَجَابَ بَلْعَامُ: «أَلَمْ أُخْبِرْكَ أَنَّنِي لَنْ أَنْطِقَ إِلّا بِمَا يَأْمُرُنِي بِهِ الرَّبُّ؟»
نبوءة بلعام الثالثة
Verse 27
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.”
فَقَالَ بَالاقُ: «دَعْنِي آخُذُكَ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ، فَعَسَى أَنْ يَحْسُنَ فِي عَيْنَيِ اللهِ أَنْ تَلْعَنَ لِيَ الشَّعْبَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ».
Verse 28
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, overlooking the wasteland.
فَأَخَذَ بَالاقُ بَلْعَامَ إِلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلِ فَغُورَ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى امْتِدَادِ الصَّحْرَاءِ،
Verse 29
Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاقَ: «ابْنِ لِي هُنَا سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ. وَجَهِّزْ لِي هُنَا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ».
Verse 30
Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
فَلَبَّى بَالاقُ طَلَبَ بَلْعَامَ، وَقَرَّبَ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.