Numeri 23

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Dixitque Balaam ad Balac: “ Aedifica mihi hic septem aras et para totidem vitulos eiusdemque numeri arietes ”.	1 Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars, and prepare seven bullocks and seven rams for me here."
2 Cumque fecisset iuxta sermonem Balaam, imposuerunt vitulum et arietem super aram.	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."
3 Dixitque Balaam ad Balac: “ Sta paulisper iuxta holocaustum tuum, donec vadam, si forte occurrat mihi Dominus; et, quodcumque imperaverit, loquar tibi ”. Cumque abiisset in collem nudum,	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,
4 occurrit illi Deus. Locutusque ad eum Balaam: “ Septem, inquit, aras erexi et imposui vitulum et arietem desuper ”.	4 and God met him.
5 Dominus autem posuit verbum in ore eius et ait: “ Revertere ad Balac et haec loqueris ”.	5 When he had put an utterance in Balaam's mouth, the LORD said to him, "Go back to Balak, and speak accordingly."
6 Reversus invenit stantem Balac iuxta holocaustum suum et omnes principes Moabitarum;	6 So he went back to Balak, who was still standing by his holocaust together with all the princes of Moab.
7 assumptaque parabola sua, dixit: “ De Aram adduxit me Balac, rex Moabitarum de montibus orientis: "Veni, inquit, et maledic pro me Iacob; propera et detestare Israel!".	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."
8 Quomodo maledicam, cui non maledixit Deus? Qua ratione detester, quem Dominus non detestatur?	8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?
9 De summis silicibus video eum et de collibus considero illum: populus solus habitabit et inter gentes non reputabitur.	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.
10 Et quis dinumerare possit pulverem Iacob et quis numeravit arenam Israel? Moriatur anima mea morte iustorum, et fiant novissima mea horum similia ”.	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!
11 Dixitque Balac ad Balaam: “ Quid est hoc, quod agis? Ut malediceres inimicis meis, vocavi te, et tu e contrario benedicis eis! ”.	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."
12 Cui ille respondit: “ Num aliud possum loqui, nisi quod iusserit Dominus? ”.	12 Balaam replied, "Is it not what the LORD puts in my mouth that I must repeat with care?"
13 Dixit ergo Balac: “ Veni mecum in alterum locum, unde partem Israel videas et totum videre non possis; inde maledicito ei ”.	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."
14 Cumque duxisset eum in campum speculatorum super verticem montis Phasga, aedificavit septem aras imposuitque supra vitulum atque arietem.	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.
15 Et dixit Balaam ad Balac: “ Sta hic iuxta holocaustum tuum, donec ego obvius pergam ”.	15 Balaam then said to Balak, "Stand here by your holocaust, while I seek a meeting over there."
16 Cui cum Dominus occurrisset posuissetque verbum in ore eius, ait: “ Revertere ad Balac et haec loqueris ei ”.	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."
17 Reversus invenit eum stantem iuxta holocaustum suum et principes Moabitarum cum eo. Ad quem Balac: “ Quid, inquit, locutus est Dominus? ”.	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?"
18 At ille, assumpta parabola sua, ait: “ Surge, Balac, et ausculta; audi, fili Sephor.	18 Balaam gave voice to his oracle: Be aroused, O Balak, and hearken; give ear to my testimony, O son of Zippor!
19 Non est Deus quasi homo, ut mentiatur, nec ut filius hominis, ut mutetur. Numquid dixit et non faciet? Locutus est et non implebit?	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?
20 Ad benedicendum adductus sum, benedictionem prohibere non valeo.	20 It is a blessing I have been given to pronounce; a blessing which I cannot restrain.
21 Non conspicitur malum in Iacob, nec videtur calamitas in Israel. Dominus Deus eius cum eo est, et clangor regis in illo.	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.
22 Deus eduxit illum de Aegypto, sicut cornua bubali est ei.	22 It is God who brought him out of Egypt, a wild bull of towering might.
23 Non est augurium in Iacob, nec divinatio in Israel. Temporibus suis dicetur Iacob et Israeli quid operatus sit Deus.	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!"
24 Ecce populus ut leaena consurget, et quasi leo erigetur; non accubabit, donec devoret praedam et occisorum sanguinem bibat ”.	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.
25 Dixitque Balac ad Balaam: “ Nec maledicas ei, nec benedicas! ”.	25 "Even though you cannot curse them," said Balak to Balaam, "at least do not bless them."
26 Et ille ait: “ Nonne dixi tibi quod, quidquid mihi Dominus imperaret, hoc facerem? ”.	26 But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not warn you that I must do all that the LORD tells me?"
27 Et ait Balac ad eum: “ Veni, et ducam te ad alîum locum, si forte placeat Deo, ut inde maledicas ei ”.	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."
28 Cumque duxisset eum super verticem montis Phegor, qui respicit solitudinem,	28 So he took Balaam to the top of Peor, that overlooks Jeshimon.
29 dixit ei Balaam: “ Aedifica mihi hic septem aras et para totidem vitulos eiusdemque numeri arietes ”.	29 Balaam then said to him, "Here build me seven altars; and here prepare for me seven bullocks and seven rams."
30 Fecit Balac, ut Balaam dixerat, imposuitque vitulos et arietes per singulas aras.	30 And Balak did as Balaam had ordered, offering a bullock and a ram on each altar.