1فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاَقَ، ابْنِ لِي هَهُنَا سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ، وَهَيِّئْ لِي هَهُنَا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ.2فَفَعَلَ بَالاَقُ كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ بَلْعَامُ. وَأَصْعَدَ بَالاَقُ وَبَلْعَامُ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.3فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاَقَ، قِفْ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَتِكَ، فَأَنْطَلِقَ أَنَا لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ يُوافِي لِلِقَائِي، فَمَهْمَا أَرَانِي أُخْبِرْكَ بِهِ. ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ إِلَى رَابِيَةٍ.4فَوَافَى اللَّهُ بَلْعَامَ. فَقَالَ لَهُ، قَدْ رَتَّبْتُ سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ وَأَصْعَدْتُ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.5فَوَضَعَ الرَّبُّ كَلاَماً فِي فَمِ بَلْعَامَ وَقَالَ، ارْجِعْ إِلَى بَالاَقَ وَتَكَلَّمْ هَكَذَا.6فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ وَإِذَا هُوَ وَاقِفٌ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَتِهِ هُوَ، وَجَمِيعُ رُؤَسَاءِ مُوآبَ.7فَنَطَقَ بِمَثَلِهِ وَقَالَ، مِنْ أَرَامَ أَتَى بِي بَالاَقُ مَلِكُ مُوآبَ مِنْ جِبَالِ الْمَشْرِقِ. تَعَالَ الْعَنْ لِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَهَلُمَّ اشْتِمْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.8كَيْفَ أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَمْ يَلْعَنْهُ اللَّهُ، وَكَيْفَ أَشْتِمُ مَنْ لَمْ يَشْتِمْهُ الرَّبُّ.9إِنِّي مِنْ رَأْسِ الصُّخُورِ أَرَاهُ. وَمِنَ الآكَامِ أُبْصِرُهُ. هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ يَسْكُنُ وَحْدَهُ. وَبَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ لاَ يُحْسَبُ.10مَنْ أَحْصَى تُرَابَ يَعْقُوبَ وَرُبْعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِعَدَدٍ. لِتَمُتْ نَفْسِي مَوْتَ الأَبْرَارِ، وَلْتَكُنْ آخِرَتِي كَآخِرَتِهِمْ.11فَقَالَ بَالاَقُ لِبَلْعَامَ، مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِي. لِتَشْتِمَ أَعْدَائِي أَخَذْتُكَ، وَهُوَذَا أَنْتَ قَدْ بَارَكْتَهُمْ.12فَأَجَابَ، أَمَا الَّذِي يَضَعُهُ الرَّبُّ فِي فَمِي أَحْتَرِصُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ.13فَقَالَ لَهُ بَالاَقُ، هَلُمَّ مَعِي إِلَى مَكَانٍ آخَرَ تَرَاهُ مِنْهُ. إِنَّمَا تَرَى أَقْصَاءَهُ فَقَطْ، وَكُلَّهُ لاَ تَرَى. فَالْعَنْهُ لِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ.14فَأَخَذَهُ إِلَى حَقْلِ صُوفِيمَ إِلَى رَأْسِ الْفِسْجَةِ، وَبَنَى سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ وَأَصْعَدَ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.15فَقَالَ لِبَالاَقَ، قِفْ هُنَا عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَتِكَ وَأَنَا أُوافِي هُنَاكَ.16فَوَافَى الرَّبُّ بَلْعَامَ وَوَضَعَ كَلاَماً فِي فَمِهِ وَقَالَ، ارْجِعْ إِلَى بَالاَقَ وَتَكَلَّمْ هَكَذَا.17فَأَتَى إِلَيْهِ وَإِذَا هُوَ وَاقِفٌ عِنْدَ مُحْرَقَتِهِ، وَرُؤَسَاءُ مُوآبَ مَعَهُ. فَسَأَلَهُ بَالاَقُ، مَاذَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ.18فَنَطَقَ بِمَثَلِهِ وَقَالَ، قُمْ يَا بَالاَقُ وَاسْمَعْ. اِصْغَ إِلَيَّ يَا ابْنَ صِفُّورَ.19لَيْسَ اللَّهُ إِنْسَاناً فَيَكْذِبَ، وَلاَ ابْنَ إِنْسَانٍ فَيَنْدَمَ. هَلْ يَقُولُ وَلاَ يَفْعَلُ. أَوْ يَتَكَلَّمُ وَلاَ يَفِي.20إِنِّي قَدْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُبَارِكَ. فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ بَارَكَ فَلاَ أَرُدُّهُ.21لَمْ يُبْصِرْ إِثْماً فِي يَعْقُوبَ، وَلاَ رَأَى سُوءاً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُ مَعَهُ. وَهُتَافُ مَلِكٍ فِيهِ.22اَللَّهُ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ. لَهُ مِثْلُ سُرْعَةِ الرِّئْمِ.23إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ عِيَافَةٌ عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ وَلاَ عِرَافَةٌ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ. فِي الْوَقْتِ يُقَالُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ وَعَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَا فَعَلَ اللَّهُ.24هُوَذَا شَعْبٌ يَقُومُ كَلَبْوَةٍ وَيَرْتَفِعُ كَأَسَدٍ. لاَ يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ فَرِيسَةً وَيَشْرَبَ دَمَ قَتْلَى.25فَقَالَ بَالاَقُ لِبَلْعَامَ، لاَ تَلْعَنْهُ لَعْنَةً وَلاَ تُبَارِكْهُ بَرَكَةً.26فَأَجَابَ بَلْعَامُ، أَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْكَ قَائِلاً، كُلُّ مَا يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ الرَّبُّ فَإِيَّاهُ أَفْعَلُ.27فَقَالَ بَالاَقُ لِبَلْعَامَ، هَلُمَّ آخُذْكَ إِلَى مَكَانٍ آخَرَ. عَسَى أَنْ يَصْلُحَ فِي عَيْنَيِ اللَّهِ أَنْ تَلْعَنَهُ لِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ.28فَأَخَذَ بَالاَقُ بَلْعَامَ إِلَى رَأْسِ فَغُورَ الْمُشْرِفِ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْبَرِّيَّةِ.29فَقَالَ بَلْعَامُ لِبَالاَقَ، ابْنِ لِي هَهُنَا سَبْعَةَ مَذَابِحَ وَهَيِّئْ لِي هَهُنَا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ.30فَفَعَلَ بَالاَقُ كَمَا قَالَ بَلْعَامُ، وَأَصْعَدَ ثَوْراً وَكَبْشاً عَلَى كُلِّ مَذْبَحٍ.
1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.3And 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.4And 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.5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.7And 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.8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?9For 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.10Who 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!11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?13And 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.14And 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.15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.17And 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?18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:19God 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?20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.21He 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.22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.23Surely 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!24Behold, 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.25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?27And 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.28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.29And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.30And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.