Numbers 23

فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاَقَ: «ابْنِ لِي ههُنَا سَبْعَةَ مَذَابحَ وَهَيِّئْ لِي ههُنَا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ».

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

فَفَعَلَ بَالاَقُ كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ بَلْعَامُ. وَأَصْعَدَ بَالاَقُ وَبَلْعَامُ ثَوْرًا وَكَبْشًا عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاَقَ: «قِفْ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَتِكَ، فَأَنْطَلِقَ أَنَا لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ يُوافِي لِلِقَائِي، فَمَهْمَا أَرَانِي أُخْبِرْكَ بِهِ». ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ إِلَى رَابِيَةٍ.

And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

فَوَافَى اللهُ بَلْعَامَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «قَدْ رَتَّبْتُ سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ وَأَصْعَدْتُ ثَوْرًا وَكَبْشًا عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ».

And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

فَوَضَعَ الرَّبُّ كَلاَمًا فِي فَمِ بَلْعَامَ وَقَالَ: «ارْجعْ إِلَى بَالاَقَ وَتَكَلَّمْ هكَذَا».

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ وَإِذَا هُوَ وَاقِفٌ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَتِهِ هُوَ، وَجَمِيعُ رُؤَسَاءِ مُوآبَ.

And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

فَنَطَقَ بِمَثَلِهِ وَقَالَ: «مِنْ أَرَامَ أَتَى بِي بَالاَقُ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ، مِنْ جِبَالِ الْمَشْرِقِ: تَعَالَ الْعَنْ لِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَهَلُمَّ اشْتِمْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

كَيْفَ أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَمْ يَلْعَنْهُ اللهُ؟ وَكَيْفَ أَشْتِمُ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْتِمْهُ الرَّبُّ؟

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

إِنِّي مِنْ رَأْسِ الصُّخُورِ أَرَاهُ، وَمِنَ الآكَامِ أُبْصِرُهُ. هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ يَسْكُنُ وَحْدَهُ، وَبَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ لاَ يُحْسَبُ.

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

مَنْ أَحْصَى تُرَابَ يَعْقُوبَ وَرُبْعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِعَدَدٍ؟ لِتَمُتْ نَفْسِي مَوْتَ الأَبْرَارِ، وَلْتَكُنْ آخِرَتِي كَآخِرَتِهِمْ».

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

فَقَالَ بَالاَقُ لِبَلْعَامَ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِي؟ لِتَشْتِمَ أَعْدَائِي أَخَذْتُكَ، وَهُوَذَا أَنْتَ قَدْ بَارَكْتَهُمْ».

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ: «أَمَا الَّذِي يَضَعُهُ الرَّبُّ فِي فَمِي أَحْتَرِصُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ؟».

And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

فَقَالَ لَهُ بَالاَقُ: «هَلُمَّ مَعِي إِلَى مَكَانٍ آخَرَ تَرَاهُ مِنْهُ. إِنَّمَا تَرَى أَقْصَاءَهُ فَقَطْ، وَكُلَّهُ لاَ تَرَى. فَالْعَنْهُ لِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ».

And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

فَأَخَذَهُ إِلَى حَقْلِ صُوفِيمَ إِلَى رَأْسِ الْفِسْجَةِ، وَبَنَى سَبْعَةَ مَذَابحَ، وَأَصْعَدَ ثَوْرًا وَكَبْشًا عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.

And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

فَقَالَ لِبَالاَقَ: «قِفْ هُنَا عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَتِكَ وَأَنَا أُوافِي هُنَاكَ».

And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

فَوَافَى الرَّبُّ بَلْعَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَلاَمًا فِي فَمِهِ وَقَالَ: «ارْجعْ إِلَى بَالاَقَ وَتَكَلَّمْ هكَذَا».

And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

فَأَتَى إِلَيْهِ وَإِذَا هُوَ وَاقِفٌ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَتِهِ، وَرُؤَسَاءُ مُوآبَ مَعَهُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ بَالاَقُ: «مَاذَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ؟»

And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?

فَنَطَقَ بِمَثَلِهِ وَقَالَ: «قُمْ يَا بَالاَقُ وَاسْمَعْ. اِصْغَ إِلَيَّ يَا ابْنَ صِفُّورَ.

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

لَيْسَ اللهُ إِنْسَانًا فَيَكْذِبَ، وَلاَ ابْنَ إِنْسَانٍ فَيَنْدَمَ. هَلْ يَقُولُ وَلاَ يَفْعَلُ؟ أَوْ يَتَكَلَّمُ وَلاَ يَفِي؟

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

إِنِّي قَدْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُبَارِكَ. فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ بَارَكَ فَلاَ أَرُدُّهُ.

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

لَمْ يُبْصِرْ إِثْمًا فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَلاَ رَأَى تَعَبًا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. الرَّبُّ إِلهُهُ مَعَهُ، وَهُتَافُ مَلِكٍ فِيهِ.

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

اَللهُ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ. لَهُ مِثْلُ سُرْعَةِ الرِّئْمِ.

God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ عِيَافَةٌ عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ، وَلاَ عِرَافَةٌ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ. فِي الْوَقْتِ يُقَالُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ وَعَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَا فَعَلَ اللهُ.

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ يَقُومُ كَلَبْوَةٍ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ كَأَسَدٍ. لاَ يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ فَرِيسَةً وَيَشْرَبَ دَمَ قَتْلَى».

Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

فَقَالَ بَالاَقُ لِبَلْعَامَ: «لاَ تَلْعَنْهُ لَعْنَةً وَلاَ تُبَارِكْهُ بَرَكَةً».

And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

فَأَجَابَ بَلْعَامُ وَقَالَ لِبَالاَقَ: «أَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْكَ قَائِلاً: كُلُّ مَا يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ الرَّبُّ فَإِيَّاهُ أَفْعَلُ؟».

But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

فَقَالَ بَالاَقُ لِبَلْعَامَ: «هَلُمَّ آخُذْكَ إِلَى مَكَانٍ آخَرَ، عَسَى أَنْ يَصْلُحَ فِي عَيْنَيِ اللهِ أَنْ تَلْعَنَهُ لِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ».

And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

فَأَخَذَ بَالاَقُ بَلْعَامَ إِلَى رَأْسِ فَغُورَ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ.

And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاَقَ: «ابْنِ لِي ههُنَا سَبْعَةَ مَذَابحَ، وَهَيِّئْ لِي ههُنَا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ».

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

فَفَعَلَ بَالاَقُ كَمَا قَالَ بَلْعَامُ، وَأَصْعَدَ ثَوْرًا وَكَبْشًا عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.