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1καὶ εἶπεν Βαλααμ τῷ Βαλακ Οἰκοδόμησόν μοι ἐνταῦθα ἑπτὰ βωμοὺς καὶ ἑτοίμασόν μοι ἐνταῦθα ἑπτὰ μόσχους καὶ ἑπτὰ κριούς. And Balaam said to Balac, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams. And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and provide for me here seven bulls and seven rams."וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם אֶל־בָּלָק בְּנֵה־לִי בָזֶה שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת וְהָכֵן לִי בָּזֶה שִׁבְעָה פָרִים וְשִׁבְעָה אֵילִים׃ 1
2καὶ ἐποίησεν Βαλακ ὃν τρόπον εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαλααμ, καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν. And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on [every] altar. Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram.וַיַּעַשׂ בָּלָק כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בִּלְעָם וַיַּעַל בָּלָק וּבִלְעָם פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ 2
3καὶ εἶπεν Βαλααμ πρὸς Βαλακ Παράστηθι ἐπὶ τῆς θυσίας σου, καὶ πορεύσομαι, εἴ μοι φανεῖται ὁ θεὸς ἐν συναντήσει, καὶ ῥῆμα, ὃ ἐάν μοι δείξῃ, ἀναγγελῶ σοι. καὶ παρέστη Βαλακ ἐπὶ τῆς θυσίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ Βαλααμ ἐπορεύθη ἐπερωτῆσαι τὸν θεὸν καὶ ἐπορεύθη εὐθεῖαν. And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall shew me, I will report to you. And Balac stood by his sacrifice. And Balaam said to Balak, "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And he went to a bare height.וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם לְבָלָק הִתְיַצֵּב עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ וְאֵלְכָה אוּלַי יִקָּרֵה יְהוָה לִקְרָאתִי וּדְבַר מַה־יַּרְאֵנִי וְהִגַּדְתִּי לָךְ וַיֵּלֶךְ שֶׁפִי׃ 3
4καὶ ἐφάνη ὁ θεὸς τῷ Βαλααμ, καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν Βαλααμ Τοὺς ἑπτὰ βωμοὺς ἡτοίμασα καὶ ἀνεβίβασα μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν. And Balaam went to enquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar. And God met Balaam; and Balaam said to him, "I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered upon each altar a bull and a ram."וַיִּקָּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־בִּלְעָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֶת־שִׁבְעַת הַמִּזְבְּחֹת עָרַכְתִּי וָאַעַל פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ 4
5καὶ ἐνέβαλεν ὁ θεὸς ῥῆμα εἰς τὸ στόμα Βαλααμ καὶ εἶπεν Ἑπιστραφεὶς πρὸς Βαλακ οὕτως λαλήσεις. And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, you shall return to Balac, and thus shall you speak. And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."וַיָּשֶׂם יְהוָה דָּבָר בְּפִי בִלְעָם וַיֹּאמֶר שׁוּב אֶל־בָּלָק וְכֹה תְדַבֵּר׃ 5
6καὶ ἀπεστράφη πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ὅδε ἐφειστήκει ἐπὶ τῶν ὁλοκαυτωμάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες Μωαβ μετ' αὐτοῦ. And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole-burnt-offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him. And he returned to him, and lo, he and all the princes of Moab were standing beside his burnt offering.וַיָּשָׁב אֵלָיו וְהִנֵּה נִצָּב עַל־עֹלָתֹו הוּא וְכָל־שָׂרֵי מֹואָב׃ 6
7καὶ ἐγενήθη πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἐπ' αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν
Ἑκ Μεσοποταμίας μετεπέμψατό με Βαλακ,
βασιλεὺς Μωαβ ἐξ ὀρέων ἀπ' ἀνατολῶν λέγων
Δεῦρο ἄρασαί μοι τὸν Ιακωβ
καὶ δεῦρο ἐπικατάρασαί μοι τὸν Ισραηλ.
And he took up his parable, and said,
Balac king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia,
out of the mountains of the east, saying,
Come, curse me Jacob, and Come,
call for a curse for me upon Israel.
 And Balaam took up his discourse, and said,
"From Aram Balak has brought me,
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains:
'Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!'
וַיִּשָּׂא מְשָׁלֹו וַיֹּאמַר
    מִן־אֲרָם יַנְחֵנִי בָלָק מֶלֶךְ־מֹואָב מֵהַרְרֵי־קֶדֶם
    לְכָה אָרָה־לִּי יַעֲקֹב וּלְכָה זֹעֲמָה יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
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8τί ἀράσωμαι ὃν μὴ καταρᾶται κύριος,
ἢ τί καταράσωμαι ὃν μὴ καταρᾶται ὁ θεός;
How can I curse whom the Lord curses not?
or how can I devote whom God devotes not?
 How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?
מָה אֶקֹּב לֹא קַבֹּה אֵל וּמָה אֶזְעֹם לֹא זָעַם יְהוָה׃ 8
9ὅτι ἀπὸ κορυφῆς ὀρέων ὄψομαι αὐτὸν
καὶ ἀπὸ βουνῶν προσνοήσω αὐτόν.
ἰδοὺ λαὸς μόνος κατοικήσει
καὶ ἐν ἔθνεσιν οὐ συλλογισθήσεται.
For from the top of the mountains I shall see him,
and from the hills I shall observe him:
behold, the people shall dwell alone,
and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
 For from the top of the mountains I see him,
from the hills I behold him;
lo, a people dwelling alone,
and not reckoning itself among the nations!
כִּי־מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ וּמִגְּבָעֹות אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ
הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגֹּויִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃
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10τίς ἐξηκριβάσατο τὸ σπέρμα Ιακωβ,
καὶ τίς ἐξαριθμήσεται δήμους Ισραηλ;
ἀποθάνοι ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ψυχαῖς δικαίων,
καὶ γένοιτο τὸ σπέρμα μου ὡς τὸ σπέρμα τούτων.
Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob,
and who shall number the families of Israel?
let my soul die with the souls of the righteous,
and let my seed be as their seed.
 Who can count the dust of Jacob,
or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,
and let my end be like his!"
מִי מָנָה עֲפַר יַעֲקֹב וּמִסְפָּר אֶת־רֹבַע יִשְׂרָאֵל
תָּמֹת נַפְשִׁי מֹות יְשָׁרִים וּתְהִי אַחֲרִיתִי כָּמֹהוּ׃
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11καὶ εἶπεν Βαλακ πρὸς Βαλααμ Τί πεποίηκάς μοι; εἰς κατάρασιν ἐχθρῶν μου κέκληκά σε, καὶ ἰδοὺ εὐλόγηκας εὐλογίαν. And Balac said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I called you to curse my enemies, and behold you have greatly blessed [them]. And Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them."וַיֹּאמֶר בָּלָק אֶל־בִּלְעָם מֶה עָשִׂיתָ לִי לָקֹב אֹיְבַי לְקַחְתִּיךָ וְהִנֵּה בֵּרַכְתָּ בָרֵךְ׃ 11
12καὶ εἶπεν Βαλααμ πρὸς Βαλακ Οὐχὶ ὅσα ἐὰν ἐμβάλῃ ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὸ στόμα μου, τοῦτο φυλάξω λαλῆσαι; And Balaam said to Balac, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this? And he answered, "Must I not take heed to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?"וַיַּעַן וַיֹּאמַר הֲלֹא אֵת אֲשֶׁר יָשִׂים יְהוָה בְּפִי אֹתֹו אֶשְׁמֹר לְדַבֵּר׃ 12
13Καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν Βαλακ Δεῦρο ἔτι μετ' ἐμοῦ εἰς τόπον ἄλλον, ἐξ ὧν οὐκ ὄψῃ αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν, ἀλλ' ἢ μέρος τι αὐτοῦ ὄψῃ, πάντας δὲ οὐ μὴ ἴδῃς, καὶ κατάρασαί μοι αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν. And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where you shall not see the people, but only you shall see a part of them, and shall not see them all; and curse me them from thence.Balaam's second prophecy. Nu.23.13-26And Balak said to him, "Come with me to another place, from which you may see them; you shall see only the nearest of them, and shall not see them all; then curse them for me from there."וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו בָּלָק [כ= לְךָ]־נָּא [ק= לְכָה] אִתִּי אֶל־מָקֹום אַחֵר אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶנּוּ מִשָּׁם אֶפֶס קָצֵהוּ תִרְאֶה וְכֻלֹּו לֹא תִרְאֶה וְקָבְנֹו־לִי מִשָּׁם׃ 13
14καὶ παρέλαβεν αὐτὸν εἰς ἀγροῦ σκοπιὰν ἐπὶ κορυφὴν λελαξευμένου καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ ἑπτὰ βωμοὺς καὶ ἀνεβίβασεν μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν. And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried [rock], and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar. And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.וַיִּקָּחֵהוּ שְׂדֵה צֹפִים אֶל־רֹאשׁ הַפִּסְגָּה וַיִּבֶן שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת וַיַּעַל פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ 14
15καὶ εἶπεν Βαλααμ πρὸς Βαλακ Παράστηθι ἐπὶ τῆς θυσίας σου, ἐγὼ δὲ πορεύσομαι ἐπερωτῆσαι τὸν θεόν. And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God. Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder."וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־בָּלָק הִתְיַצֵּב כֹּה עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ וְאָנֹכִי אִקָּרֶה כֹּה׃ 15
16καὶ συνήντησεν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Βαλααμ καὶ ἐνέβαλεν ῥῆμα εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν Ἀποστράφητι πρὸς Βαλακ καὶ τάδε λαλήσεις. And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shall you speak. And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak."וַיִּקָּר יְהוָה אֶל־בִּלְעָם וַיָּשֶׂם דָּבָר בְּפִיו וַיֹּאמֶר שׁוּב אֶל־בָּלָק וְכֹה תְדַבֵּר׃ 16
17καὶ ἀπεστράφη πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ὅδε ἐφειστήκει ἐπὶ τῆς ὁλοκαυτώσεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες Μωαβ μετ' αὐτοῦ. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαλακ Τί ἐλάλησεν κύριος; And he returned to him: and he also as standing by his whole-burnt-sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken? And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the LORD spoken?"וַיָּבֹא אֵלָיו וְהִנֹּו נִצָּב עַל־עֹלָתֹו וְשָׂרֵי מֹואָב אִתֹּו וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו בָּלָק מַה־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה׃ 17
18καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν
Ἀνάστηθι, Βαλακ, καὶ ἄκουε·
ἐνώτισαι μάρτυς, υἱὸς Σεπφωρ.
And he took up his parable, and said,
rise up, Balac, and hear;
listen as a witness, you son of Sepphor.
 And Balaam took up his discourse, and said,
"Rise, Balak, and hear;
hearken to me, O son of Zippor:
וַיִּשָּׂא מְשָׁלֹו וַיֹּאמַר
    קוּם בָּלָק וּשֲׁמָע הַאֲזִינָה עָדַי בְּנֹו צִפֹּר׃
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19οὐχ ὡς ἄνθρωπος ὁ θεὸς διαρτηθῆναι
οὐδὲ ὡς υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ἀπειληθῆναι·
αὐτὸς εἴπας οὐχὶ ποιήσει;
λαλήσει, καὶ οὐχὶ ἐμμενεῖ;
God is not as man to waver,
nor as the son of man to be threatened;
shall he say and not perform?
shall he speak and not keep [to his word]?
 God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should repent.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?
לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב וּבֶן־אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָם
הַהוּא אָמַר וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה וְדִבֶּר וְלֹא יְקִימֶנָּה׃
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20ἰδοὺ εὐλογεῖν παρείλημμαι·
εὐλογήσω καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστρέψω.
Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless:
I will bless, and not turn back.
 Behold, I received a command to bless:
he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.
הִנֵּה בָרֵךְ לָקָחְתִּי וּבֵרֵךְ וְלֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנָּה׃ 20
21οὐκ ἔσται μόχθος ἐν Ιακωβ,
οὐδὲ ὀφθήσεται πόνος ἐν Ισραηλ·
κύριος ὁ θεὸς αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτοῦ,
τὰ ἔνδοξα ἀρχόντων ἐν αὐτῷ.
There shall not be trouble in Jacob,
neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel:
the Lord his God [is] with him,
the glories of rulers [are] in him.
 He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob;
nor has he seen trouble in Israel.
The LORD their God is with them,
and the shout of a king is among them.
לֹא־הִבִּיט אָוֶן בְּיַעֲקֹב וְלֹא־רָאָה עָמָל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו עִמֹּו וּתְרוּעַת מֶלֶךְ בֹּו׃
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22θεὸς ὁ ἐξαγαγὼν αὐτοὺς ἐξ Αἰγύπτου·
ὡς δόξα μονοκέρωτος αὐτῷ.
It was God who brought him out of Egypt;
he has as it were the glory of a unicorn.
 God brings them out of Egypt;
they have as it were the horns of the wild ox.
אֵל מֹוצִיאָם מִמִּצְרָיִם כְּתֹועֲפֹת רְאֵם לֹו׃ 22
23οὐ γάρ ἐστιν οἰωνισμὸς ἐν Ιακωβ
οὐδὲ μαντεία ἐν Ισραηλ·
κατὰ καιρὸν ῥηθήσεται Ιακωβ καὶ τῷ Ισραηλ,
τί ἐπιτελέσει ὁ θεός.
For there is no divination in Jacob,
nor enchantment in Israel;
in season it shall be told to Jacob
and Israel what God shall perform.
 For there is no enchantment against Jacob,
no divination against Israel;
now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel,
'What has God wrought!'
כִּי לֹא־נַחַשׁ בְּיַעֲקֹב וְלֹא־קֶסֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
כָּעֵת יֵאָמֵר לְיַעֲקֹב וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל מַה־פָּעַל אֵל׃
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24ἰδοὺ λαὸς ὡς σκύμνος ἀναστήσεται
καὶ ὡς λέων γαυριωθήσεται·
οὐ κοιμηθήσεται, ἕως φάγῃ θήραν,
καὶ αἷμα τραυματιῶν πίεται.
Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp,
and shall exalt himself as a lion;
he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey,
and he shall drink the blood of the slain.
 Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up
and as a lion it lifts itself;
it does not lie down till it devours the prey,
and drinks the blood of the slain."
הֶן־עָם כְּלָבִיא יָקוּם וְכַאֲרִי יִתְנַשָּׂא
לֹא יִשְׁכַּב עַד־יֹאכַל טֶרֶף וְדַם־חֲלָלִים יִשְׁתֶּה׃
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25καὶ εἶπεν Βαλακ πρὸς Βαλααμ Οὔτε κατάραις καταράσῃ μοι αὐτὸν οὔτε εὐλογῶν μὴ εὐλογήσῃς αὐτόν. And Balac said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all. And Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all."וַיֹּאמֶר בָּלָק אֶל־בִּלְעָם גַּם־קֹב לֹא תִקֳּבֶנּוּ גַּם־בָּרֵךְ לֹא תְבָרֲכֶנּוּ׃ 25
26καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς Βαλααμ εἶπεν τῷ Βαλακ Οὐκ ἐλάλησά σοι λέγων Τὸ ῥῆμα, ὃ ἐὰν λαλήσῃ ὁ θεός, τοῦτο ποιήσω; And Balaam answered and said to Balac, Spoke I not to you, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do? But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'All that the LORD says, that I must do'?"וַיַּעַן בִּלְעָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־בָּלָק הֲלֹא דִּבַּרְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ לֵאמֹר כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֹתֹו אֶעֱשֶׂה׃ 26
27Καὶ εἶπεν Βαλακ πρὸς Βαλααμ Δεῦρο παραλάβω σε εἰς τόπον ἄλλον, εἰ ἀρέσει τῷ θεῷ καὶ καταρᾶσαί μοι αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν. And Balac said to Balaam, Come [and] I will remove you to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.Balaam's third prophecy. Nu.23.27-24.13And Balak said to Balaam, "Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there."וַיֹּאמֶר בָּלָק אֶל־בִּלְעָם לְכָה־נָּא אֶקָּחֲךָ אֶל־מָקֹום אַחֵר אוּלַי יִישַׁר בְּעֵינֵי הָאֱלֹהִים וְקַבֹּתֹו לִי מִשָּׁם׃ 27
28καὶ παρέλαβεν Βαλακ τὸν Βαλααμ ἐπὶ κορυφὴν τοῦ Φογωρ τὸ παρατεῖνον εἰς τὴν ἔρημον. And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness. So Balak took Balaam to the top of Pe'or, that overlooks the desert.וַיִּקַּח בָּלָק אֶת־בִּלְעָם רֹאשׁ הַפְּעֹור הַנִּשְׁקָף עַל־פְּנֵי הַיְשִׁימֹן׃ 28
29καὶ εἶπεν Βαλααμ πρὸς Βαλακ Οἰκοδόμησόν μοι ὧδε ἑπτὰ βωμοὺς καὶ ἑτοίμασόν μοι ὧδε ἑπτὰ μόσχους καὶ ἑπτὰ κριούς. And Balaam said to Balac, build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams. And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and provide for me here seven bulls and seven rams."וַיֹּאמֶר בִּלְעָם אֶל־בָּלָק בְּנֵה־לִי בָזֶה שִׁבְעָה מִזְבְּחֹת וְהָכֵן לִי בָּזֶה שִׁבְעָה פָרִים וְשִׁבְעָה אֵילִים׃ 29
30καὶ ἐποίησεν Βαλακ καθάπερ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαλααμ, καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν. And Balac did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar. And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.וַיַּעַשׂ בָּלָק כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַר בִּלְעָם וַיַּעַל פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ׃ 30
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