Numbers 24:1-14
New American Standard Bible
The Prophecy from Peor
24 When Balaam saw that it [a]pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times to [b]seek (A)omens, rather he turned his [c]attention toward the (B)wilderness. 2 And Balaam raised his eyes and saw Israel [d]camping tribe by tribe; and (C)the Spirit of God came upon him. 3 Then he took up his discourse and said,
“(D)The declaration of Balaam the son of Beor,
And the declaration of the man whose eye is opened;
4 The declaration of him who (E)hears the [e]words of God,
Who sees the (F)vision of [f]the Almighty,
Falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered,
5 How pleasant are your tents, Jacob,
Your dwelling places, Israel!
6 Like [g]valleys that stretch out,
Like gardens beside a river,
Like (G)aloes planted by the Lord,
Like (H)cedars beside the waters.
7 Water will flow from his buckets,
And his seed will be by many waters,
And his king shall be higher than (I)Agag,
(J)And his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 (K)God brings him out of Egypt,
He is for him like the horns of the wild ox.
(L)He will devour the nations who are his adversaries,
And will crush their bones,
And smash them with his (M)arrows.
9 (N)He [h]crouches, he lies down like a lion,
And like a lioness, who [i]dares to rouse him?
(O)Blessed is everyone who blesses you,
And cursed is everyone who curses you.”
10 Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his [j]hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times! 11 So [k]flee to your place now. I said I would honor you greatly, but behold, the Lord has held you back from honor.” 12 And Balaam said to Balak, “(P)Did I not in fact tell your messengers whom you had sent to me, saying, 13 ‘If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything contrary to the [l]command of the Lord, either good or bad, (Q)of my own [m]accord. (R)What the Lord speaks, I will [n]speak’? 14 So now, behold, (S)I am going to my people; come, and I will advise you of what this people will do to your people in the [o]days to come.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Numbers 24:1 Lit was good in the eyes of
- Numbers 24:1 Lit encounter
- Numbers 24:1 Lit face
- Numbers 24:2 Lit dwelling
- Numbers 24:4 Lit sayings
- Numbers 24:4 Heb Shaddai
- Numbers 24:6 Or possibly palm trees
- Numbers 24:9 Lit bows down
- Numbers 24:9 Lit will
- Numbers 24:10 Lit palms
- Numbers 24:11 Lit flee for yourself
- Numbers 24:13 Lit mouth
- Numbers 24:13 Lit heart
- Numbers 24:13 Lit speak it
- Numbers 24:14 Lit end of the days
民数记 24:1-14
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
巴兰第三次预言
24 巴兰见耶和华喜欢赐福以色列，就不再像前两次一样去求观兆的方法，却面向旷野。 2 巴兰举目，看见以色列人按着支派居住， 神的灵就临到他身上。 3 他就作歌，说：
“比珥的儿子巴兰说：
‘有眼光的人说，
4 得听 神的话语、
得见全能者的异象、
身体仆倒而眼目睁开的人说：
5 雅各啊，你的会幕多么佳美；
以色列啊，你的帐幕多么美好！
6 像扩展的棕林，
如河边的园子，
似耶和华栽种的沉香树，
又像水旁的香柏树。
7 必有水从他的桶中流出来，
他的后裔必在多水之处；
他的王必超过亚甲，
他的国度必被高举。
8 领他出埃及的 神，
对他好象野牛的角；
他要吞吃敌国，
打碎他们的骨头，
用箭射透他们。
9 他蹲伏躺下，好象公狮，
又像母狮，谁敢使他起立呢？
给你祝福的，愿他蒙福；
咒诅你的，愿他受咒诅。’”
10 巴勒向巴兰生气，就拍起手；巴勒对巴兰说：“我请你来咒诅我的敌人，如今你反倒祝福他们这三次。 11 现在你逃回你的地方去吧；我说过我要大大地使你得尊荣，但是耶和华阻止你使你不得尊荣。” 12 巴兰对巴勒说：“我不是告诉了你派来的使者说： 13 ‘就算巴勒把满屋的金银给我，我也不能越过耶和华的命令，随自己的心意行好行歹’吗？耶和华说甚么，我就说甚么。 14 现在我要回我本族去了；你来，我要告诉你这个民族日后要怎样待你的人民。”
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