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Numeri 23
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Numeri 23
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Primul oracol rostit de Balaam
23 Balaam i-a zis lui Balak: „Zideşte-mi aici şapte altare şi pregăteşte-mi şapte viţei şi şapte berbeci.“
2 Balak a făcut după spusele lui Balaam; Balak şi Balaam au adus câte un viţel şi un berbec pe fiecare altar. 3 Apoi Balaam i-a zis lui Balak: „Rămâi aici lângă arderea ta de tot, iar eu mă voi duce mai încolo. Poate Domnul mă va întâlni şi astfel cuvântul pe care mi-l va descoperi ţi-l voi dezvălui şi ţie.“ Şi s-a dus într-un loc mai înalt.
4 Dumnezeu l-a întâlnit pe Balaam, iar Balaam i-a spus:
– Am pregătit şapte altare şi pe fiecare am pregătit câte un viţel şi un berbec.
5 Domnul a pus un cuvânt în gura lui Balaam şi i-a zis:
– Întoarce-te la Balak şi aşa să-i vorbeşti.
6 Balaam s-a întors şi l-a găsit pe Balak stând lângă arderea sa de tot împreună cu toţi conducătorii Moabului. 7 Atunci Balaam şi-a rostit oracolul[a] şi a zis:
„Balak m-a adus din Aram,
regele Moabului m-a chemat din munţii de la răsărit.
«Vino, mi-a zis el, şi blestemă-l pe Iacov pentru mine,
vino şi acuză-l pe Israel!»
8 Cum pot eu să-i blestem
pe cei pe care Dumnezeu nu i-a blestemat?
Cum pot eu să-i acuz
pe cei pe care Dumnezeu nu-i acuză?
9 Iată, îl văd de pe vârfurile stâncilor,
îl privesc de pe înălţimea dealurilor.
Este un popor care locuieşte singur,
care nu se consideră ca făcând parte dintre popoare.
10 Cine poate să numere pulberea lui Iacov
şi să spună numărul unui sfert din Israel?
Să moară sufletul meu de moartea celor drepţi
şi sfârşitul meu să fie ca al lor!“
11 Balak i-a zis lui Balaam:
– Ce mi-ai făcut? Eu te-am adus ca să-mi blestemi duşmanii, dar iată că tu îi binecuvântezi din plin!
12 – Nu trebuie oare să vorbesc ce-mi pune Domnul în gură? i-a răspuns Balaam.
Al doilea oracol rostit de Balaam
13 Balak i-a zis:
– Vino, te rog, cu mine în alt loc de unde-l poţi vedea mai bine, căci nu vezi decât o parte din el, nu-l vezi pe tot; de acolo să-l blestemi pentru mine.
14 Şi l-a dus în câmpia Ţofim, spre vârful muntelui Pisga. Acolo a zidit şapte altare şi a adus pe fiecare câte un viţel şi un berbec.
15 Balaam i-a zis lui Balak:
– Rămâi aici lângă arderea ta de tot, iar eu voi merge să-L întâlnesc pe Dumnezeu mai încolo.
16 Domnul l-a întâmpinat pe Balaam şi i-a pus un cuvânt în gură; apoi i-a zis: „Întoarce-te la Balak şi aşa să-i vorbeşti.“
17 El s-a întors şi l-a văzut pe Balak lângă arderea sa de tot împreună cu toţi conducătorii Moabului. Balak l-a întrebat:
– Ce ţi-a spus Domnul?
18 Atunci el şi-a rostit oracolul şi a zis:
„Ridică-te, Balak, şi ascultă!
Ia aminte la mine, fiul lui Ţipor!
19 Dumnezeu nu este un om ca să mintă,
nici un fiu de om ca să-I pară rău.
Vorbeşte El oare fără să înfăptuiască?
Promite El oare fără să împlinească?
20 Iată, am primit poruncă să binecuvântez.
El a binecuvântat şi eu nu pot schimba nimic.
21 El nu vede nici o nedreptate în Iacov
şi nici o un necaz în[b] Israel.
Domnul, Dumnezeul lui, este cu el
şi strigătul Împăratului este în mijlocul lui.
22 Dumnezeu l-a scos din Egipt,
tăria lui este ca a unui bivol sălbatic.
23 Nu există nici o vrajă împotriva lui Iacov,
nici un farmec împotriva lui Israel.
Se va spune despre Iacov
şi despre Israel: «Priviţi ce a făcut Dumnezeu!»
24 Poporul se ridică ca o leoaică
şi se înalţă ca un leu
care nu se odihneşte până nu a devorat prada
şi nu a băut sângele celor sfâşiaţi.“
25 Balak i-a zis lui Balaam:
– Dacă nu-i blestemi, nici nu-i binecuvânta!
26 – Nu ţi-am spus că voi vorbi doar ce îmi zice Domnul? i-a răspuns Balaam.
Al treilea oracol rostit de Balaam
27 Atunci Balak i-a zis:
– Vino, te rog, ca să te duc într-un alt loc. Poate Domnul va binevoi să-i blestemi pentru mine de acolo.
28 Balak l-a dus pe Balaam pe vârful muntelui Peor, de unde se vede toată pustia. 29 Balaam i-a zis lui Balak:
– Zideşte-mi aici şapte altare şi pregăteşte-mi şapte viţei şi şapte berbeci.
30 Balak a făcut după spusele lui Balaam şi a adus pe fiecare altar câte un viţel şi un berbec.
Footnotes
- Numeri 23:7 Ebr.: maşal, cu sensul de pildă, discurs profetic figurativ; şi în v. 18
- Numeri 23:21 Sau: nici un necaz pregătit pentru; vezi paralelismul cu versul precedent; adică un necaz care ar putea să vină peste Israel datorită nedreptăţii
Numbers 23
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Numbers 23
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The Prophecies of Balaam
23 Then Balaam said to Balak, (A)“Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
2 And Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam (B)offered a bull and a ram on each altar. 3 Then Balaam said to Balak, (C)“Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the Lord will come (D)to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” So he went to a desolate height. 4 (E)And God met Balaam, and he said to Him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.”
5 Then the Lord (F)put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” 6 So he returned to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.
7 And he (G)took up his [a]oracle and said:
“Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram,
From the mountains of the east.
(H)‘Come, curse Jacob for me,
And come, (I)denounce Israel!’
8 “How(J) shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him,
And from the hills I behold him;
There! (K)A people dwelling alone,
(L)Not reckoning itself among the nations.
10 “Who(M) can count the [b]dust of Jacob,
Or number one-fourth of Israel?
Let me die (N)the death of the righteous,
And let my end be like his!”
11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? (O)I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them bountifully!”
12 So he answered and said, (P)“Must I not take heed to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?”
Balaam’s Second Prophecy
13 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the outer part of them, and shall not see them all; curse them for me from there.” 14 So he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, (Q)and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
15 And he said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering while I [c]meet the Lord over there.”
16 Then the Lord met Balaam, and (R)put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” 17 So he came to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab were with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”
18 Then he took up his oracle and said:
(S)“Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, son of Zippor!
19 “God(T) is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He (U)said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
(V)He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
21 “He(W) has not observed iniquity in Jacob,
Nor has He seen [d]wickedness in Israel.
The Lord his God is with him,
(X)And the shout of a King is among them.
22 (Y)God brings them out of Egypt;
He has (Z)strength like a wild ox.
23 “For there is no [e]sorcery against Jacob,
Nor any [f]divination against Israel.
It now must be said of Jacob
And of Israel, ‘Oh, (AA)what God has done!’
24 Look, a people rises (AB)like a lioness,
And lifts itself up like a lion;
(AC)It shall not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”
25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all!”
26 So Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, (AD)‘All that the Lord speaks, that I must do’?”
Balaam’s Third Prophecy
27 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.” 28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that (AE)overlooks the [g]wasteland. 29 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.” 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on every altar.
Footnotes
- Numbers 23:7 prophetic discourse
- Numbers 23:10 Or dust cloud
- Numbers 23:15 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; Syr. call; LXX go and ask God
- Numbers 23:21 trouble
- Numbers 23:23 enchantment
- Numbers 23:23 fortune-telling
- Numbers 23:28 Heb. Jeshimon
Numbers 23
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Numbers 23
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23 And Balaam said to 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 each altar a bull and a ram.
3 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me; and whatever He shows me I will tell you. And he went to a bare height.
4 God met Balaam, who said to Him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
5 And the Lord put a speech in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return to Balak and thus shall you speak.
6 Balaam returned to Balak, who was standing by his burnt sacrifice, he and all the princes of Moab.
7 Balaam took up his [figurative] speech and said: Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me; and come, violently denounce Israel.
8 How can I curse those God has not cursed? Or how can I [violently] denounce those the Lord has not denounced?
9 For from the top of the rocks I see Israel, and from the hills I behold him. Behold, the people [of Israel] shall [a]dwell alone and shall not be reckoned and esteemed among the nations.
10 Who can count the dust (the descendants) of Jacob and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God], and let my last end be like theirs!(A)
11 And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, and here you have [thoroughly] blessed them instead!
12 And Balaam answered, Must I not be obedient and speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?
13 Balak said to him, Come with me, I implore you, to another place from which you can see them, though you will see only the nearest and not all of them; and curse them for me from there.
14 So he took Balaam into the field of Zophim to the top of [Mount] Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
15 Balaam said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering while I go to meet the Lord yonder.
16 And the Lord met Balaam and put a speech in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak and speak thus.
17 And when he returned to Balak, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said?
18 Balaam took up his [figurative] discourse and said: Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen [closely] to me, son of Zippor.
19 God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction [for what He has promised]. Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good?
20 You see, I have received His command to bless Israel. He has blessed, and I cannot reverse or qualify it.
21 [God] has not beheld iniquity in Jacob [for he is forgiven], neither has He seen mischief or perverseness in Israel [for the same reason]. The Lord their God is with Israel, and the shout of praise to their King is among the people.(B)
22 God brought them forth out of Egypt; they have as it were the strength of a wild ox.
23 Surely there is no enchantment with or against Jacob, neither is there any divination with or against Israel. [In due season and even] now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God wrought!
24 Behold, a people! They rise up as a lioness and lift themselves up as a lion; he shall not lie down until he devours the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.
25 And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all.
26 But Balaam answered Balak, Did I not say to you, All the Lord speaks, that I must do?
27 And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I implore you; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.
28 So Balak brought Balaam to the top of [Mount] Peor, that overlooks [the wilderness or desert] Jeshimon.
29 And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Footnotes
- Numbers 23:9 The literal fulfillment of this prophecy has been obvious during the more than thirty-four centuries since it was spoken. The Jews have always been separate as a nation from other peoples. Though conquered many times, they have never been absorbed by their conquerors or lost their identity. The prophecy had to become true, for “the Lord put [it]... in Balaam’s mouth” (Num. 23:5).
Numbers 23
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Numbers 23
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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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