1 And Balaam said to Balak, Make me here seven altars and get ready seven oxen and seven male sheep.
2 And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep.
3 Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.
4 And God came to Balaam, and Balaam said to him, I have made ready seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.
5 And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
6 So he went back to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with all the chiefs of Moab.
7 And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.
8 How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?
9 From the top of the rocks I see him, looking down on him from the hills: it is a people made separate, not to be numbered among the nations.
10 Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!
11 Then Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed, and see, you have given them a blessing.
12 And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth?
13 And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there.
14 So he took him into the country of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and there they made seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.
15 Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord.
16 And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
17 So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said?
18 And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:
19 God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?
20 See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.
21 He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glad cry of a king is among them.
22 It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.
23 No evil power has effect against Jacob, no secret arts against Israel; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, See what God has done!
24 See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.
25 Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.
26 But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?
27 Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there.
28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land.
29 And Balaam said to Balak, Make me seven altars here and get seven oxen and seven male sheep ready for me.
30 And Balak did as Balaam said, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.
1 巴兰对巴勒说： "你要在这里给我筑七座祭坛， 给我预备七头公牛， 七只公绵羊。"
2 巴勒照着巴兰吩咐的行了； 巴勒和巴兰在每座祭坛上献一头公牛和一只公绵羊。
3 巴兰对巴勒说： "你要站在你的燔祭旁边， 我要往前去， 或者耶和华会来迎见我； 他指示我什么， 我必告诉你。"于是巴兰上了一块高地。
4 神迎见巴兰； 巴兰对 神说： "我已经预备了七座祭坛， 在各座祭坛上献了一头公牛和一只公绵羊。"
5 耶和华把话传给巴兰， 又说： "你要回到巴勒那里去， 要这样这样说。"
6 他就回到巴勒那里， 见他和摩押所有的领袖都站在燔祭旁边。
7 巴兰就作歌， 说： "巴勒把我从亚兰领出来， 摩押王引我出东山， 说： ‘来吧， 为我咒骂雅各， 来啊， 咒骂以色列。’
8 神没有咒诅的， 我怎能咒诅呢？耶和华没有咒骂的， 我怎能咒骂呢？
9 我从高峰观看他们， 从山上眺望他们； 这是独居的民族， 不列在万国之中。
10 谁能数算雅各的灰尘？谁能计算以色列的四分之一呢？愿我的死像正直人的死， 愿我之终如正直人之终。"
11 巴勒对巴兰说： "你向我作的是什么事呢？我领你来咒诅我的仇敌， 你反倒给他们祝福。"
12 巴兰回答， 说： "耶和华传给我的话， 我怎能不谨慎说呢？"
13 巴勒对巴兰说： "请你与我到另一个地方去， 从那里你可以看见他们； 不过你不能看见他们全部， 只能看见他们边界的一部分； 在那里你要为我咒诅他们。"
14 于是巴勒带巴兰到了琐腓田， 上了毗斯迦山顶， 筑了七座祭坛， 在每座祭坛上献了一头公牛和一只公绵羊。
15 巴兰对巴勒说： "你要在这里站在你的燔祭旁边， 等我到那边去迎见耶和华。"
16 耶和华见了巴兰， 把话传给他， 说： "你回到巴勒那里去， 要这样这样说。"
17 巴兰回到巴勒那里， 见他站在自己的燔祭旁边， 摩押的领袖也与他在那里。巴勒问巴兰： "耶和华说了什么话呢？"
18 巴兰作歌， 说： "巴勒啊， 要起来听； 西拨的儿子啊， 侧耳听我。
19 神不是人， 必不致说谎， 也不是人子， 必不致后悔。他说话， 怎能不作？他发言， 怎能不作成？
20 我奉命来祝福； 神要赐福， 我不能改变。
21 在雅各中不见罪孽， 在以色列中也不见患难； 耶和华他们的 神与他们同在， 有君王欢呼的声音在他们中间。
22 领他们出埃及的 神， 对他们有如野牛的角。
23 在雅各中没有观兆的， 在以色列中也没有占卜； 到了适当的时候， 必有话对雅各和以色列说： ‘ 神为他们行了何等的大事！ ’
24 这民族起来有如母狮， 挺身好像公狮； 不吃下猎物， 不喝被杀的人的血， 决不卧下。"
25 巴勒对巴兰说： "你一点不要咒诅他们， 也不要祝福他们。"
26 巴兰回答巴勒说： "我不是告诉过你说： ‘耶和华吩咐我的， 我都必要遵行’吗？"
27 巴勒对巴兰说： "你来， 我领你到另一个地方去， 或者 神喜欢你， 你就可以在那里为我咒诅他们。"
28 于是， 巴勒领巴兰到了俯视旷野的毗珥山顶去。
29 巴兰对巴勒说： "你要在这里给我筑七座祭坛， 也要为我预备七头公牛和七只公绵羊。"
30 巴勒就照着巴兰所说的行了， 在每座祭坛上， 献上一头公牛和一只公绵羊。