Numeri 23

VULGATA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Dixitque Balaam ad Balac : Ædifica mihi hic septem aras, et para totidem vitulos, ejusdemque numeri arietes.	1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
2 Cumque fecisset juxta sermonem Balaam, imposuerunt simul vitulum et arietem super aram.	2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
3 Dixitque Balaam ad Balac : Sta paulisper juxta holocaustum tuum, donec vadam, si forte occurrat mihi Dominus, et quodcumque imperaverit, loquar tibi.	3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
4 Cumque abiisset velociter, occurrit illi Deus. Locutusque ad eum Balaam : Septem, inquit, aras erexi, et imposui vitulum et arietem desuper.	4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
5 Dominus autem posuit verbum in ore ejus, et ait : Revertere ad Balac, et hæc loqueris.	5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6 Reversus invenit stantem Balac juxta holocaustum suum, et omnes principes Moabitarum :	6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 assumptaque parabola sua, dixit : De Aram adduxit me Balac rex Moabitarum, de montibus orientis : Veni, inquit, et maledic Jacob ; propera, et detestare Israël.	7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
8 Quomodo maledicam, cui non maledixit Deus ? qua ratione detester, quem Dominus non detestatur ?	8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
9 De summis silicibus videbo eum, et de collibus considerabo illum. Populus solus habitabit, et inter gentes non reputabitur.	9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
10 Quis dinumerare possit pulverem Jacob, et nosse numerum stirpis Israël ? Moriatur anima mea morte justorum, et fiant novissima mea horum similia.	10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
11 Dixitque Balac ad Balaam : Quid est hoc quod agis ? ut malediceres inimicis meis vocavi te, et tu e contrario benedicis eis.	11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
12 Cui ille respondit : Num aliud possum loqui, nisi quod jusserit Dominus ?	12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
13 Dixit ergo Balac : Veni mecum in alterum locum unde partem Israël videas, et totum videre non possis : inde maledicito ei.	13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
14 Cumque duxisset eum in locum sublimem, super verticem montis Phasga, ædificavit Balaam septem aras, et impositis supra vitulo atque ariete,	14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
15 dixit ad Balac : Sta hic juxta holocaustum tuum, donec ego obvius pergam.	15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
16 Cui cum Dominus occurrisset, posuissetque verbum in ore ejus, ait : Revertere ad Balac, et hæc loqueris ei.	16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
17 Reversus invenit eum stantem juxta holocaustum suum, et principes Moabitarum cum eo. Ad quem Balac : Quid, inquit, locutus est Dominus ?	17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
18 At ille, assumpta parabola sua, ait : Sta, Balac, et ausculta ; audi, fili Sephor :	18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
19 non est Deus quasi homo, ut mentiatur, nec ut filius hominis, ut mutetur. Dixit ergo, et non faciet ? locutus est, et non implebit ?	19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
20 Ad benedicendum adductus sum : benedictionem prohibere non valeo.	20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
21 Non est idolum in Jacob, nec videtur simulacrum in Israël. Dominus Deus ejus cum eo est, et clangor victoriæ regis in illo.	21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
22 Deus eduxit illum de Ægypto, cujus fortitudo similis est rhinocerotis.	22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23 Non est augurium in Jacob, nec divinatio in Israël : temporibus suis dicetur Jacob et Israëli quid operatus sit Deus.	23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
24 Ecce populus ut leæna consurget, et quasi leo erigetur : non accubabit donec devoret prædam, et occisorum sanguinem bibat.	24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 Dixitque Balac ad Balaam : Nec maledicas ei, nec benedicas.	25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26 Et ille ait : Nonne dixi tibi quod quidquid mihi Deus imperaret, hoc facerem ?	26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
27 Et ait Balac ad eum : Veni, et ducam te ad alium locum : si forte placeat Deo ut inde maledicas eis.	27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
28 Cumque duxisset eum super verticem montis Phogor, qui respicit solitudinem,	28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29 dixit ei Balaam : Ædifica mihi hic septem aras, et para totidem vitulos, ejusdemque numeri arietes.	29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here 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 said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.