Numbers 23

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	LXX
1 Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars, and prepare seven bullocks and seven rams for me here."	1 και ειπεν βαλααμ τω βαλακ οικοδομησον μοι ενταυθα επτα βωμους και ετοιμασον μοι ενταυθα επτα μοσχους και επτα κριους
2 So he did as Balaam had ordered, offering a bullock and a ram on each altar. And Balak said to him, "I have erected the seven altars, and have offered a bullock and a ram on each."	2 και εποιησεν βαλακ ον τροπον ειπεν αυτω βαλααμ και ανηνεγκεν μοσχον και κριον επι τον βωμον
3 Balaam then said to him, "Stand here by your holocaust while I go over there. Perhaps the LORD will meet me, and then I will tell you whatever he lets me see." He went out on the barren height,	3 και ειπεν βαλααμ προς βαλακ παραστηθι επι της θυσιας σου και πορευσομαι ει μοι φανειται ο θεος εν συναντησει και ρημα ο εαν μοι δειξη αναγγελω σοι και παρεστη βαλακ επι της θυσιας αυτου και βαλααμ επορευθη επερωτησαι τον θεον και επορευθη ευθειαν
4 and God met him.	4 και εφανη ο θεος τω βαλααμ και ειπεν προς αυτον βαλααμ τους επτα βωμους ητοιμασα και ανεβιβασα μοσχον και κριον επι τον βωμον
5 When he had put an utterance in Balaam's mouth, the LORD said to him, "Go back to Balak, and speak accordingly."	5 και ενεβαλεν ο θεος ρημα εις το στομα βαλααμ και ειπεν επιστραφεις προς βαλακ ουτως λαλησεις
6 So he went back to Balak, who was still standing by his holocaust together with all the princes of Moab.	6 και απεστραφη προς αυτον και οδε εφειστηκει επι των ολοκαυτωματων αυτου και παντες οι αρχοντες μωαβ μετ' αυτου
7 Then Balaam gave voice to his oracle: From Aram has Balak brought me here, Moab's king, from the Eastern Mountains: "Come and lay a curse for me on Jacob, come and denounce Israel."	7 και εγενηθη πνευμα θεου επ' αυτω και αναλαβων την παραβολην αυτου ειπεν εκ μεσοποταμιας μετεπεμψατο με βαλακ βασιλευς μωαβ εξ ορεων απ' ανατολων λεγων δευρο αρασαι μοι τον ιακωβ και δευρο επικαταρασαι μοι τον ισραηλ
8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?	8 τι αρασωμαι ον μη καταραται κυριος η τι καταρασωμαι ον μη καταραται ο θεος
9 For from the top of the crags I see him, from the heights I behold him. Here is a people that lives apart and does not reckon itself among the nations.	9 οτι απο κορυφης ορεων οψομαι αυτον και απο βουνων προσνοησω αυτον ιδου λαος μονος κατοικησει και εν εθνεσιν ου συλλογισθησεται
10 Who has ever counted the dust of Jacob, or numbered Israel's wind-borne particles? May I die the death of the just, may my descendants be as many as theirs!	10 τις εξηκριβασατο το σπερμα ιακωβ και τις εξαριθμησεται δημους ισραηλ αποθανοι η ψυχη μου εν ψυχαις δικαιων και γενοιτο το σπερμα μου ως το σπερμα τουτων
11 "What have you done to me?" cried Balak to Balaam. "It was to curse my foes that I brought you here; instead, you have even blessed them."	11 και ειπεν βαλακ προς βαλααμ τι πεποιηκας μοι εις καταρασιν εχθρων μου κεκληκα σε και ιδου ευλογηκας ευλογιαν
12 Balaam replied, "Is it not what the LORD puts in my mouth that I must repeat with care?"	12 και ειπεν βαλααμ προς βαλακ ουχι οσα εαν εμβαλη ο θεος εις το στομα μου τουτο φυλαξω λαλησαι
13 Then Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place from which you can see only some and not all of them, and from there curse them for me."	13 και ειπεν προς αυτον βαλακ δευρο ετι μετ' εμου εις τοπον αλλον εξ ων ουκ οψη αυτον εκειθεν αλλ' η μερος τι αυτου οψη παντας δε ου μη ιδης και καταρασαι μοι αυτον εκειθεν
14 So he brought him to the lookout field on the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bullock and a ram on each of them.	14 και παρελαβεν αυτον εις αγρου σκοπιαν επι κορυφην λελαξευμενου και ωκοδομησεν εκει επτα βωμους και ανεβιβασεν μοσχον και κριον επι τον βωμον
15 Balaam then said to Balak, "Stand here by your holocaust, while I seek a meeting over there."	15 και ειπεν βαλααμ προς βαλακ παραστηθι επι της θυσιας σου εγω δε πορευσομαι επερωτησαι τον θεον
16 Then the LORD met Balaam, and having put an utterance in his mouth, he said to him, "Go back to Balak, and speak accordingly."	16 και συνηντησεν ο θεος τω βαλααμ και ενεβαλεν ρημα εις το στομα αυτου και ειπεν αποστραφητι προς βαλακ και ταδε λαλησεις
17 So he went back to Balak, who was still standing by his holocaust together with the princes of Moab. When Balak asked him, "What did the LORD say?"	17 και απεστραφη προς αυτον και οδε εφειστηκει επι της ολοκαυτωσεως αυτου και παντες οι αρχοντες μωαβ μετ' αυτου και ειπεν αυτω βαλακ τι ελαλησεν κυριος
18 Balaam gave voice to his oracle: Be aroused, O Balak, and hearken; give ear to my testimony, O son of Zippor!	18 και αναλαβων την παραβολην αυτου ειπεν αναστηθι βαλακ και ακουε ενωτισαι μαρτυς υιος σεπφωρ
19 God is not man that he should speak falsely, nor human, that he should change his mind. Is he one to speak and not act, to decree and not fulfill?	19 ουχ ως ανθρωπος ο θεος διαρτηθηναι ουδε ως υιος ανθρωπου απειληθηναι αυτος ειπας ουχι ποιησει λαλησει και ουχι εμμενει
20 It is a blessing I have been given to pronounce; a blessing which I cannot restrain.	20 ιδου ευλογειν παρειλημμαι ευλογησω και ου μη αποστρεψω
21 Misfortune is not observed in Jacob, nor misery seen in Israel. The LORD, his God, is with him; with him is the triumph of his King.	21 ουκ εσται μοχθος εν ιακωβ ουδε οφθησεται πονος εν ισραηλ κυριος ο θεος αυτου μετ' αυτου τα ενδοξα αρχοντων εν αυτω
22 It is God who brought him out of Egypt, a wild bull of towering might.	22 θεος ο εξαγαγων αυτους εξ αιγυπτου ως δοξα μονοκερωτος αυτω
23 No, there is no sorcery against Jacob, nor omen against Israel. It shall yet be said of Jacob, and of Israel, "Behold what God has wrought!"	23 ου γαρ εστιν οιωνισμος εν ιακωβ ουδε μαντεια εν ισραηλ κατα καιρον ρηθησεται ιακωβ και τω ισραηλ τι επιτελεσει ο θεος
24 Here is a people that springs up like a lioness, and stalks forth like a lion; It rests not till it has devoured its prey and has drunk the blood of the slain.	24 ιδου λαος ως σκυμνος αναστησεται και ως λεων γαυριωθησεται ου κοιμηθησεται εως φαγη θηραν και αιμα τραυματιων πιεται
25 "Even though you cannot curse them," said Balak to Balaam, "at least do not bless them."	25 και ειπεν βαλακ προς βαλααμ ουτε καταραις καταραση μοι αυτον ουτε ευλογων μη ευλογησης αυτον
26 But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not warn you that I must do all that the LORD tells me?"	26 και αποκριθεις βαλααμ ειπεν τω βαλακ ουκ ελαλησα σοι λεγων το ρημα ο εαν λαληση ο θεος τουτο ποιησω
27 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Come, let me bring you to another place; perhaps God will approve of your cursing them for me from there."	27 και ειπεν βαλακ προς βαλααμ δευρο παραλαβω σε εις τοπον αλλον ει αρεσει τω θεω και καταρασαι μοι αυτον εκειθεν
28 So he took Balaam to the top of Peor, that overlooks Jeshimon.	28 και παρελαβεν βαλακ τον βαλααμ επι κορυφην του φογωρ το παρατεινον εις την ερημον
29 Balaam then said to him, "Here build me seven altars; and here prepare for me seven bullocks and seven rams."	29 και ειπεν βαλααμ προς βαλακ οικοδομησον μοι ωδε επτα βωμους και ετοιμασον μοι ωδε επτα μοσχους και επτα κριους
30 And Balak did as Balaam had ordered, offering a bullock and a ram on each altar.	30 και εποιησεν βαλακ καθαπερ ειπεν αυτω βαλααμ και ανηνεγκεν μοσχον και κριον επι τον βωμον