Numbers 23 — Rahlfs Septuagint

εἶπεν Βαλααμ τῷ Βαλακ οἰκοδόμησόν μοι ἐνταῦθα ἑπτὰ βωμοὺς καὶ ἑτοίμασόν μοι ἐνταῦθα ἑπτὰ μόσχους καὶ ἑπτὰ κριούς

And Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.

ἐποίησεν Βαλακ ὃν τρόπον εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαλααμ καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν

And Balak did as Balaam said to him, and he brought up a calf and a ram upon the altar.

And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go; if God should appear to me in a meeting, and whatever word he may show me I will report to you. And Balak stood by his sacrifice, and Balaam went to inquire of God, and he went straight on.

4

And God appeared to Balaam, and he said to him, Balaam, I prepared the seven altars, and I offered up a bull calf and a ram on the altar.

5

ἐνέβαλεν ὁ θεὸς ῥῆμα εἰς τὸ στόμα Βαλααμ καὶ εἶπεν ἐπιστραφεὶς πρὸς Βαλακ οὕτως λαλήσεις

And God put a word into Balaam’s mouth, and he said, having turned back toward Balak, thus you shall speak

6

ἀπεστράφη πρὸς αὐτόν καὶ ὅδε ἐφειστήκει ἐπὶ τῶν ὁλοκαυτωμάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες Μωαβ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ

And he turned back to him, and behold, he was standing over his burnt offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him

7

And the spirit of God came upon him, and taking up his parable he said, Balak, king of Moab, summoned me from Mesopotamia, from the mountains eastward, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel for me.

8

ἀράσωμαι ὃν μὴ καταρᾶται κύριος ἢ τί καταράσωμαι ὃν μὴ καταρᾶται ὁ θεός

How shall I curse whom the Lord does not curse, or how shall I curse whom God does not curse?

9

ἀπὸ κορυφῆς ὀρέων ὄψομαι αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπὸ βουνῶν προσνοήσω αὐτόν ἰδοὺ λαὸς μόνος κατοικήσει καὶ ἐν ἔθνεσιν οὐ συλλογισθήσεται

For from the top of the mountains I will see him, and from the hills I will consider him; behold, a people alone shall dwell, and among the nations it shall not be reckoned.

10

Who has counted accurately the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the multitudes of Israel? Let my soul die among the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as the seed of these.

11

εἶπεν Βαλακ πρὸς Βαλααμ τί πεποίηκάς μοι εἰς κατάρασιν ἐχθρῶν μου κέκληκά σε καὶ ἰδοὺ εὐλόγηκας εὐλογίαν

And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? For a curse against my enemies I called you, and behold, you have blessed a blessing.

12

εἶπεν Βαλααμ πρὸς Βαλακ οὐχὶ ὅσα ἐὰν ἐμβάλῃ ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὸ στόμα μου τοῦτο φυλάξω λαλῆσαι

And Balaam said to Balak, Shall I not keep to speak whatever God may put into my mouth?

13

And Balak said to him, Come here yet with me to another place from which you will not see him from there, but only some part of him you will see, but you will not see all of him, and curse him for me from there.

14

And he took him to the lookout of the field, to the top of Pised, and he built there seven altars and offered up a bull and a ram on the altar

15

εἶπεν Βαλααμ πρὸς Βαλακ παράστηθι ἐπὶ τῆς θυσίας σου ἐγὼ δὲ πορεύσομαι ἐπερωτῆσαι τὸν θεόν

And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go to inquire of God.

16

And God met Balaam and put a word into his mouth, and said, Turn back to Balak, and thus you shall speak.

17

And he turned back to him, and behold, he was standing over his burnt offering, and all the rulers of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord spoken?

18

ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν ἀνάστηθι Βαλακ καὶ ἄκουε ἐνώτισαι μάρτυς υἱὸς Σεπφωρ

And taking up his parable, he said: Rise up, Balak, and hear; give ear, witness, son of Zippor.

19

ὡς ἄνθρωπος ὁ θεὸς διαρτηθῆναι οὐδὲ ὡς υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ἀπειληθῆναι αὐτὸς εἴπας οὐχὶ ποιήσει λαλήσει καὶ οὐχὶ ἐμμενεῖ

God is not as a man to be thwarted, nor as a son of man to be threatened; he himself having spoken, will he not do it? and having spoken, will he not remain steadfast?

20

εὐλογεῖν παρείλημμαι εὐλογήσω καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστρέψω

Behold, to bless I have been taken up; I will bless, and I will not turn back.

21

There shall not be toil in Jacob, nor shall pain be seen in Israel; the Lord his God is with him, the glorious things of rulers are in him

22

ὁ ἐξαγαγὼν αὐτοὺς ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ὡς δόξα μονοκέρωτος αὐτῷ

God who brought them out of Egypt is for him like the glory of a wild ox

23

For there is no divination in Jacob, nor prophecy in Israel; at the appointed time it shall be said to Jacob and to Israel what God will accomplish.

24

λαὸς ὡς σκύμνος ἀναστήσεται καὶ ὡς λέων γαυριωθήσεται οὐ κοιμηθήσεται ἕως φάγῃ θήραν καὶ αἷμα τραυματιῶν πίεται

Behold, a people like a young lion shall rise up, and like a lion shall exult; he shall not lie down until he eats prey and drinks the blood of the wounded.

25

εἶπεν Βαλακ πρὸς Βαλααμ οὔτε κατάραις καταράσῃ μοι αὐτὸν οὔτε εὐλογῶν μὴ εὐλογήσῃς αὐτόν

And Balak said to Balaam, Neither by curses shall you curse him for me, nor by blessing shall you bless him.

26

ἀποκριθεὶς Βαλααμ εἶπεν τῷ Βαλακ οὐκ ἐλάλησά σοι λέγων τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐὰν λαλήσῃ ὁ θεός τοῦτο ποιήσω

And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not speak to you, saying, The word which God may speak, this I will do?

27

εἶπεν Βαλακ πρὸς Βαλααμ δεῦρο παραλάβω σε εἰς τόπον ἄλλον εἰ ἀρέσει τῷ θεῷ καὶ καταρᾶσαί μοι αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν

And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I will take you to another place; if it is pleasing to God, and you shall curse him for me from there.

28

παρέλαβεν Βαλακ τὸν Βαλααμ ἐπὶ κορυφὴν τοῦ Φογωρ τὸ παρατεῖνον εἰς τὴν ἔρημον

And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that stretches out toward the wilderness.

29

εἶπεν Βαλααμ πρὸς Βαλακ οἰκοδόμησόν μοι ὧδε ἑπτὰ βωμοὺς καὶ ἑτοίμασόν μοι ὧδε ἑπτὰ μόσχους καὶ ἑπτὰ κριούς

And Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.

30

ἐποίησεν Βαλακ καθάπερ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Βαλααμ καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν μόσχον καὶ κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν

And Balak did just as Balaam said to him, and he offered up a bull calf and a ram on the altar.