民数记 23
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
巴勒和巴兰献祭
23 巴兰对巴勒说:“你要在这里给我筑七座祭坛,给我预备七头公牛,七只公绵羊。” 2 巴勒照着巴兰吩咐的行了;巴勒和巴兰在每座祭坛上献一头公牛和一只公绵羊。 3 巴兰对巴勒说:“你要站在你的燔祭旁边,我要往前去,或者耶和华会来迎见我;他指示我甚么,我必告诉你。”于是巴兰上了一块高地。 4 神迎见巴兰;巴兰对 神说:“我已经预备了七座祭坛,在各座祭坛上献了一头公牛和一只公绵羊。” 5 耶和华把话传给巴兰,又说:“你要回到巴勒那里去,要这样这样说。” 6 他就回到巴勒那里,见他和摩押所有的领袖都站在燔祭旁边。
巴兰第一次预言
7 巴兰就作歌,说:
“巴勒把我从亚兰领出来,
摩押王引我出东山,说:
‘来吧,为我咒骂雅各,
来啊,咒骂以色列。’
8 神没有咒诅的,我怎能咒诅呢?
耶和华没有咒骂的,我怎能咒骂呢?
9 我从高峰观看他们,
从山上眺望他们;
这是独居的民族,
不列在万国之中。
10 谁能数算雅各的灰尘?
谁能计算以色列的四分之一呢?
愿我的死像正直人的死,
愿我之终如正直人之终。”
11 巴勒对巴兰说:“你向我作的是甚么事呢?我领你来咒诅我的仇敌,你反倒给他们祝福。” 12 巴兰回答,说:“耶和华传给我的话,我怎能不谨慎说呢?”
13 巴勒对巴兰说:“请你与我到另一个地方去,从那里你可以看见他们;不过你不能看见他们全部,只能看见他们边界的一部分;在那里你要为我咒诅他们。” 14 于是巴勒带巴兰到了琐腓田,上了毘斯迦山顶,筑了七座祭坛,在每座祭坛上献了一头公牛和一只公绵羊。 15 巴兰对巴勒说:“你要在这里站在你的燔祭旁边,等我到那边去迎见耶和华。” 16 耶和华见了巴兰,把话传给他,说:“你回到巴勒那里去,要这样这样说。” 17 巴兰回到巴勒那里,见他站在自己的燔祭旁边,摩押的领袖也与他在那里。巴勒问巴兰:“耶和华说了甚么话呢?”
巴兰第二次预言
18 巴兰作歌,说:
“巴勒啊,要起来听;
西拨的儿子啊,侧耳听我。
19 神不是人,必不致说谎,
也不是人子,必不致后悔。
他说话,怎能不作?
他发言,怎能不作成?
20 我奉命来祝福;
神要赐福,我不能改变。
21 在雅各中不见罪孽,
在以色列中也不见患难;
耶和华他们的 神与他们同在,
有君王欢呼的声音在他们中间。
22 领他们出埃及的 神,
对他们有如野牛的角。
23 在雅各中没有观兆的,
在以色列中也没有占卜;
到了适当的时候,必有话对雅各和以色列说:
‘ 神为他们行了何等的大事!’
24 这民族起来有如母狮,
挺身好象公狮;
不吃下猎物,不喝被杀的人的血,
决不卧下。”
25 巴勒对巴兰说:“你一点不要咒诅他们,也不要祝福他们。” 26 巴兰回答巴勒说:“我不是告诉过你说:‘耶和华吩咐我的,我都必要遵行’吗?”
27 巴勒对巴兰说:“你来,我领你到另一个地方去,或者 神喜欢你,你就可以在那里为我咒诅他们。” 28 于是,巴勒领巴兰到了俯视旷野的毘珥山顶去。 29 巴兰对巴勒说:“你要在这里给我筑七座祭坛,也要为我预备七头公牛和七只公绵羊。” 30 巴勒就照着巴兰所说的行了,在每座祭坛上,献上一头公牛和一只公绵羊。
Numbers 23
New International Version
Balaam’s First Message
23 Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams(A) for me.” 2 Balak did as Balaam said, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.(B)
3 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet with me.(C) Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went off to a barren height.
4 God met with him,(D) and Balaam said, “I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
5 The Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth(E) and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”(F)
6 So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials.(G) 7 Then Balaam(H) spoke his message:(I)
“Balak brought me from Aram,(J)
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.(K)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
come, denounce Israel.’(L)
8 How can I curse
those whom God has not cursed?(M)
How can I denounce
those whom the Lord has not denounced?(N)
9 From the rocky peaks I see them,
from the heights I view them.(O)
I see a people who live apart
and do not consider themselves one of the nations.(P)
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob(Q)
or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,(R)
and may my final end be like theirs!(S)”
11 Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies,(T) but you have done nothing but bless them!”(U)
12 He answered, “Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”(V)
Balaam’s Second Message
13 Then Balak said to him, “Come with me to another place(W) where you can see them; you will not see them all but only the outskirts of their camp.(X) And from there, curse them for me.(Y)” 14 So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah,(Z) and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.(AA)
15 Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.”
16 The Lord met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth(AB) and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”
17 So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials.(AC) Balak asked him, “What did the Lord say?”
18 Then he spoke his message:(AD)
“Arise, Balak, and listen;
hear me, son of Zippor.(AE)
19 God is not human,(AF) that he should lie,(AG)
not a human being, that he should change his mind.(AH)
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise(AI) and not fulfill?
20 I have received a command to bless;(AJ)
he has blessed,(AK) and I cannot change it.(AL)
21 “No misfortune is seen in Jacob,(AM)
no misery observed[a] in Israel.(AN)
The Lord their God is with them;(AO)
the shout of the King(AP) is among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt;(AQ)
they have the strength of a wild ox.(AR)
23 There is no divination against[b] Jacob,
no evil omens(AS) against[c] Israel.
It will now be said of Jacob
and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’
24 The people rise like a lioness;(AT)
they rouse themselves like a lion(AU)
that does not rest till it devours its prey
and drinks the blood(AV) of its victims.”
25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
26 Balaam answered, “Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?”(AW)
Balaam’s Third Message
27 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, let me take you to another place.(AX) Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me(AY) from there.” 28 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor,(AZ) overlooking the wasteland.
29 Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.” 30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.(BA)
Footnotes
- Numbers 23:21 Or He has not looked on Jacob’s offenses / or on the wrongs found
- Numbers 23:23 Or in
- Numbers 23:23 Or in
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