民数记 23
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
巴兰歌诗
23 巴兰对巴勒说：“你在这里给我筑七座坛，为我预备七只公牛、七只公羊。” 2 巴勒照巴兰的话行了。巴勒和巴兰在每座坛上献一只公牛、一只公羊。 3 巴兰对巴勒说：“你站在你的燔祭旁边，我且往前去，或者耶和华来迎见我。他指示我什么，我必告诉你。”于是巴兰上一净光的高处。 4 神迎见巴兰。巴兰说：“我预备了七座坛，在每座坛上献了一只公牛、一只公羊。” 5 耶和华将话传给巴兰，又说：“你回到巴勒那里，要如此如此说。” 6 他就回到巴勒那里，见他同摩押的使臣都站在燔祭旁边。 7 巴兰便题起诗歌说：“巴勒引我出亚兰，摩押王引我出东山，说：‘来啊，为我咒诅雅各！来啊，怒骂以色列！’ 8 神没有咒诅的，我焉能咒诅？耶和华没有怒骂的，我焉能怒骂？ 9 我从高峰看他，从小山望他，这是独居的民，不列在万民中。 10 谁能数点雅各的尘土？谁能计算以色列的四分之一？我愿如义人之死而死，我愿如义人之终而终。” 11 巴勒对巴兰说：“你向我做的是什么事呢？我领你来咒诅我的仇敌，不料，你竟为他们祝福！” 12 他回答说：“耶和华传给我的话，我能不谨慎传说吗？”
复歌诗
13 巴勒说：“求你同我往别处去，在那里可以看见他们。你不能全看见，只能看见他们边界上的人。在那里要为我咒诅他们。” 14 于是领巴兰到了琐腓田，上了毗斯迦山顶，筑了七座坛，每座坛上献一只公牛、一只公羊。 15 巴兰对巴勒说：“你站在这燔祭旁边，等我往那边去迎见耶和华。” 16 耶和华临到巴兰那里，将话传给他，又说：“你回到巴勒那里，要如此如此说。” 17 他就回到巴勒那里，见他站在燔祭旁边，摩押的使臣也和他在一处。巴勒问他说：“耶和华说了什么话呢？” 18 巴兰就题诗歌说：“巴勒，你起来听；西拨的儿子，你听我言。 19 神非人，必不至说谎；也非人子，必不至后悔。他说话岂不照着行呢？他发言岂不要成就呢？ 20 我奉命祝福，神也曾赐福，此事我不能翻转。 21 他未见雅各中有罪孽，也未见以色列中有奸恶。耶和华他的神和他同在，有欢呼王的声音在他们中间。 22 神领他们出埃及，他们似乎有野牛之力。 23 断没有法术可以害雅各，也没有占卜可以害以色列。现在必有人论及雅各，就是论及以色列说：‘神为他行了何等的大事！’ 24 这民起来仿佛母狮，挺身好像公狮，未曾吃野食，未曾喝被伤者之血，决不躺卧。” 25 巴勒对巴兰说：“你一点不要咒诅他们，也不要为他们祝福。” 26 巴兰回答巴勒说：“我岂不是告诉你说，凡耶和华所说的，我必须遵行吗？”
27 巴勒对巴兰说：“来吧，我领你往别处去，或者神喜欢你在那里为我咒诅他们。” 28 巴勒就领巴兰到那下望旷野的毗珥山顶上。 29 巴兰对巴勒说：“你在这里为我筑七座坛，又在这里为我预备七只公牛、七只公羊。” 30 巴勒就照巴兰的话行，在每座坛上献一只公牛、一只公羊。
Numbers 23
New Living Translation
Balaam Blesses Israel
23 Then Balaam said to King Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.” 2 Balak followed his instructions, and the two of them sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.
3 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offerings, and I will go to see if the Lord will respond to me. Then I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” So Balaam went alone to the top of a bare hill, 4 and God met him there. Balaam said to him, “I have prepared seven altars and have sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.”
5 The Lord gave Balaam a message for King Balak. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.”
6 So Balaam returned and found the king standing beside his burnt offerings with all the officials of Moab. 7 This was the message Balaam delivered:
“Balak summoned me to come from Aram;
the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills.
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me!
Come and announce Israel’s doom.’
8 But how can I curse those
whom God has not cursed?
How can I condemn those
whom the Lord has not condemned?
9 I see them from the cliff tops;
I watch them from the hills.
I see a people who live by themselves,
set apart from other nations.
10 Who can count Jacob’s descendants, as numerous as dust?
Who can count even a fourth of Israel’s people?
Let me die like the righteous;
let my life end like theirs.”
11 Then King Balak demanded of Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies. Instead, you have blessed them!”
12 But Balaam replied, “I will speak only the message that the Lord puts in my mouth.”
Balaam’s Second Message
13 Then King Balak told him, “Come with me to another place. There you will see another part of the nation of Israel, but not all of them. Curse at least that many!” 14 So Balak took Balaam to the plateau of Zophim on Pisgah Peak. He built seven altars there and offered a young bull and a ram on each altar.
15 Then Balaam said to the king, “Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go over there to meet the Lord.”
16 And the Lord met Balaam and gave him a message. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.”
17 So Balaam returned and found the king standing beside his burnt offerings with all the officials of Moab. “What did the Lord say?” Balak asked eagerly.
18 This was the message Balaam delivered:
“Rise up, Balak, and listen!
Hear me, son of Zippor.
19 God is not a man, so he does not lie.
He is not human, so he does not change his mind.
Has he ever spoken and failed to act?
Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
20 Listen, I received a command to bless;
God has blessed, and I cannot reverse it!
21 No misfortune is in his plan for Jacob;
no trouble is in store for Israel.
For the Lord their God is with them;
he has been proclaimed their king.
22 God brought them out of Egypt;
for them he is as strong as a wild ox.
23 No curse can touch Jacob;
no magic has any power against Israel.
For now it will be said of Jacob,
‘What wonders God has done for Israel!’
24 These people rise up like a lioness,
like a majestic lion rousing itself.
They refuse to rest
until they have feasted on prey,
drinking the blood of the slaughtered!”
25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Fine, but if you won’t curse them, at least don’t bless them!”
26 But Balaam replied to Balak, “Didn’t I tell you that I can do only what the Lord tells me?”
Balaam’s Third Message
27 Then King Balak said to Balaam, “Come, I will take you to one more place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them from there.”
28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, overlooking the wasteland.[a] 29 Balaam again told Balak, “Build me seven altars, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.” 30 So Balak did as Balaam ordered and offered a young bull and a ram on each altar.
Footnotes
- 23:28 Or overlooking Jeshimon.
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