1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 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. 4 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. 5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 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. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? 9 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. 10 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! 11 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. 12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
13 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.
14 ¶ 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. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 17 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? 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: 19 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? 20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 21 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. 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. 23 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! 24 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.
25 ¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
27 ¶ 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. 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
1 Καὶ εἶπεν Βαλααμ τῷ Βαλακ Οἰκοδόμησόν μοι ἐνταῦθα ἑπτὰ βωμοὺς καὶ ἑτοίμασόν μοι ἐνταῦθα ἑπτὰ μόσχους καὶ ἑπτὰ κριούς. 2 καὶ ἐποίησεν Βαλακ ὃν τρόπον εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαλααμ, καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν. 3 καὶ 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. 4 καὶ ἐφάνη ὁ θεὸς τῷ Βαλααμ, καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν Βαλααμ Τοὺς ἑπτὰ βωμοὺς ἡτοίμασα καὶ ἀνεβίβασα μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν. 5 καὶ ἐνέβαλεν ὁ θεὸς ῥῆμα εἰς τὸ στόμα Βαλααμ καὶ εἶπεν Ἐπιστραφεὶς πρὸς Βαλακ οὕτως λαλήσεις. 6 καὶ ἀπεστράφη πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ὅδε ἐφειστήκει ἐπὶ τῶν ὁλοκαυτωμάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες Μωαβ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ. 7 καὶ ἐγενήθη πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν
Ἐκ Μεσοποταμίας μετεπέμψατό με Βαλακ,
βασιλεὺς Μωαβ ἐξ ὀρέων ἀπ᾽ ἀνατολῶν λέγων
Δεῦρο ἄρασαί μοι τὸν Ιακωβ καὶ δεῦρο ἐπικατάρασαί μοι τὸν Ισραηλ.
8 τί ἀράσωμαι ὃν μὴ καταρᾶται κύριος,
ἢ τί καταράσωμαι ὃν μὴ καταρᾶται ὁ θεός;
9 ὅτι ἀπὸ κορυφῆς ὀρέων ὄψομαι αὐτὸν
καὶ ἀπὸ βουνῶν προσνοήσω αὐτόν.
ἰδοὺ λαὸς μόνος κατοικήσει
καὶ ἐν ἔθνεσιν οὐ συλλογισθήσεται.
10 τίς 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.
11 καὶ εἶπεν Βαλακ πρὸς Βαλααμ Τί πεποίηκάς μοι; εἰς κατάρασιν ἐχθρῶν μου κέκληκά σε, καὶ ἰδοὺ εὐλόγηκας εὐλογίαν. 12 καὶ εἶπεν Βαλααμ πρὸς Βαλακ Οὐχὶ ὅσα ἐὰν ἐμβάλῃ ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὸ στόμα μου, τοῦτο φυλάξω λαλῆσαι;
13 Καὶ 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. 14 καὶ παρέλαβεν αὐτὸν εἰς ἀγροῦ σκοπιὰν ἐπὶ κορυφὴν λελαξευμένου καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ ἑπτὰ βωμοὺς καὶ ἀνεβίβασεν μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν. 15 καὶ εἶπεν Βαλααμ πρὸς Βαλακ Παράστηθι ἐπὶ τῆς θυσίας σου, ἐγὼ δὲ πορεύσομαι ἐπερωτῆσαι τὸν θεόν. 16 καὶ συνήντησεν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Βαλααμ καὶ ἐνέβαλεν ῥῆμα εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν Ἀποστράφητι πρὸς Βαλακ καὶ τάδε λαλήσεις. 17 καὶ ἀπεστράφη πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ὅδε ἐφειστήκει ἐπὶ τῆς ὁλοκαυτώσεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες Μωαβ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαλακ Τί ἐλάλησεν κύριος; 18 καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν
Ἀνάστηθι, Βαλακ, καὶ ἄκουε·
ἐνώτισαι μάρτυς, υἱὸς Σεπφωρ.
19 οὐχ ὡς ἄνθρωπος ὁ θεὸς διαρτηθῆναι
οὐδὲ ὡς υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ἀπειληθῆναι·
αὐτὸς εἴπας οὐχὶ ποιήσει;
λαλήσει, καὶ οὐχὶ ἐμμενεῖ;
20 ἰδοὺ εὐλογεῖν παρείλημμαι·
εὐλογήσω καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστρέψω.
21 οὐκ ἔσται μόχθος ἐν Ιακωβ,
οὐδὲ ὀφθήσεται πόνος ἐν Ισραηλ·
κύριος ὁ θεὸς αὐτοῦ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ,
τὰ ἔνδοξα ἀρχόντων ἐν αὐτῷ.
22 θεὸς ὁ ἐξαγαγὼν αὐτοὺς ἐξ Αἰγύπτου·
ὡς δόξα μονοκέρωτος αὐτῷ.
23 οὐ γάρ ἐστιν οἰωνισμὸς ἐν Ιακωβ
οὐδὲ μαντεία ἐν Ισραηλ·
κατὰ καιρὸν ῥηθήσεται Ιακωβ καὶ τῷ Ισραηλ,
τί ἐπιτελέσει ὁ θεός.
24 ἰδοὺ λαὸς ὡς σκύμνος ἀναστήσεται
καὶ ὡς λέων γαυριωθήσεται·
οὐ κοιμηθήσεται, ἕως φάγῃ θήραν,
καὶ αἷμα τραυματιῶν πίεται.
25 καὶ εἶπεν Βαλακ πρὸς Βαλααμ Οὔτε κατάραις καταράσῃ μοι αὐτὸν οὔτε εὐλογῶν μὴ εὐλογήσῃς αὐτόν. 26 καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς Βαλααμ εἶπεν τῷ Βαλακ Οὐκ ἐλάλησά σοι λέγων Τὸ ῥῆμα, ὃ ἐὰν λαλήσῃ ὁ θεός, τοῦτο ποιήσω;
27 Καὶ εἶπεν Βαλακ πρὸς Βαλααμ Δεῦρο παραλάβω σε εἰς τόπον ἄλλον, εἰ ἀρέσει τῷ θεῷ καὶ κατάρασαί μοι αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν. 28 καὶ παρέλαβεν Βαλακ τὸν Βαλααμ ἐπὶ κορυφὴν τοῦ Φογωρ τὸ παρατεῖνον εἰς τὴν ἔρημον. 29 καὶ εἶπεν Βαλααμ πρὸς Βαλακ Οἰκοδόμησόν μοι ὧδε ἑπτὰ βωμοὺς καὶ ἑτοίμασόν μοι ὧδε ἑπτὰ μόσχους καὶ ἑπτὰ κριούς. 30 καὶ ἐποίησεν Βαλακ καθάπερ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαλααμ, καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν.