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1이스라엘 자손이 또 진행하여 모압 평지에 진 쳤으니 요단 건너편 곧 여리고 맞은편이더라 2십볼의 아들 발락이 이스라엘이 아모리인에게 행한 모든 일을 보았으므로 3모압이 심히 두려워하였으니 이스라엘 백성의 많음을 인함이라 모압이 이스라엘 자손의 연고로 번민하여 4미디안 장로들에게 이르되 이제 이 무리가 소가 밭의 풀을 뜯어먹음 같이 우리 사면에 있는 것을 다 뜯어먹으리로다 하니 때에 십볼의 아들 발락이 모압 왕이었더라 5그가 사자를 브올의 아들 발람의 본향 강변 브돌에 보내어 발람을 부르게 하여 가로되 보라 한 민족이 애굽에서 나왔는데 그들이 지면에 덮여서 우리 맞은편에 거하였고 6우리보다 강하니 청컨대 와서 나를 위하여 이 백성을 저주하라 내가 혹 쳐서 이기어 이 땅에서 몰아 내리라 그대가 복을 비는 자는 복을 받고 저주하는 자는 저주를 받을 줄을 내가 앎이니라 7모압 장로들과 미디안 장로들이 손에 복술의 예물을 가지고 떠나 발람에게 이르러 발락의 말로 그에게 고하매 8발람이 그들에게 이르되 이 밤에 여기서 유숙하라 여호와께서 내게 이르시는 대로 너희에게 대답하리라 모압 귀족들이 발람에게서 유하니라 9하나님이 발람에게 임하여 가라사대 너와 함께 한 이 사람들이 누구냐 10발람이 하나님께 고하되 모압 왕 십볼의 아들 발락이 내게 보낸 자라 이르기를 11보라 애굽에서 나온 민족이 있어 지면에 덮였으니 이제 와서 나를 위하여 그들을 저주하라 내가 혹 그들을 쳐서 몰아낼 수 있으리라 하나이다 12하나님이 발람에게 이르시되 너는 그들과 함께 가지도 말고 그 백성들을 저주하지도 말라 그들은 복을 받은 자니라 13발람이 아침에 일어나서 발락의 귀족들에게 이르되 너희는 너희 땅으로 돌아가라 내가 너희와 함께 가기를 여호와께서 허락지 아니하시느니라 14모압 귀족들이 일어나 발락에게로 가서 고하되 발람이 우리와 함께 오기를 거절하더이다 15발락이 다시 그들보다 더 높은 귀족들을 더 많이 보내매 16그들이 발람에게로 나아가서 그에게 이르되 십볼의 아들 발락의 말씀에 청컨대 아무 것에도 거리끼지 말고 내게로 오라 17내가 그대를 높여 크게 존귀케 하고 그대가 내게 말하는 것은 무엇이든지 시행하리니 청컨대 와서 나를 위하여 이 백성을 저주하라 하시더이다 18발람이 발락의 신하들에게 대답하여 가로되 발락이 그 집에 은금을 가득히 채워서 내게 줄지라도 내가 능히 여호와 내 하나님의 말씀을 어기어 덜하거나 더하지 못하겠노라 19그런즉 이제 너희도 이 밤에 여기서 유하라 여호와께서 내게 무슨 말씀을 더하실는지 알아 보리라 20밤에 하나님이 발람에게 임하여 이르시되 그 사람들이 너를 부르러 왔거든 일어나 함께 가라 그러나 내가 네게 이르는 말만 준행할지니라 21발람이 아침에 일어나서 자기 나귀에 안장을 지우고 모압 귀족들과 함께 행하니 22그가 행함을 인하여 하나님이 진노하심으로 여호와의 사자가 그를 막으려고 길에 서니라 발람은 자기 나귀를 타고 그 두 종은 그와 함께 있더니 23나귀가 여호와의 사자가 칼을 빼어 손에 들고 길에 선 것을 보고 길에서 떠나 밭으로 들어간지라 발람이 나귀를 길로 돌이키려고 채찍질하니 24여호와의 사자는 포도원 사이 좁은 길에 섰고 좌우에는 담이 있더라 25나귀가 여호와의 사자를 보고 몸을 담에 대고 발람의 발을 그 담에 비비어 상하게 하매 발람이 다시 채찍질하니 26여호와의 사자가 더 나아가서 좌우로 피할 데 없는 좁은 곳에 선지라 27나귀가 여호와의 사자를 보고 발람의 밑에 엎드리니 발람이 노하여 자기 지팡이로 나귀를 때리는 지라 28여호와께서 나귀 입을 여시니 발람에게 이르되 내가 네게 무엇을 하였기에 나를 이같이 세 번을 때리느뇨 29발람이 나귀에게 말하되 네가 나를 거역하는 연고니 내 손에 칼이 있었더면 곧 너를 죽였으리라 30나귀가 발람에게 이르되 나는 네가 오늘까지 네 일생에 타는 나귀가 아니냐 내가 언제든지 네게 이같이 하는 행습이 있더냐 가로되 없었느니라 31때에 여호와께서 발람의 눈을 밝히시매 여호와의 사자가 손에 칼을 빼어들고 길에 선 것을 보고 머리를 숙이고 엎드리니 32여호와의 사자가 그에게 이르되 너는 어찌하여 네 나귀를 이같이 세 번 때렸느냐 보라 네 길이 내 앞에 패역하므로 내가 너를 막으려고 나왔더니 33나귀가 나를 보고 이같이 세 번을 돌이켜 내 앞에서 피하였느니라 나귀가 만일 돌이켜 나를 피하지 아니하였더면 내가 벌써 너를 죽이고 나귀는 살렸으리라 34발람이 여호와의 사자에게 말씀하되 내가 범죄하였나이다 당신이 나를 막으려고 길에 서신 줄 내가 알지 못하였나이다 당신이 이를 기뻐하지 아니하시면 나는 돌아가겠나이다 35여호와의 사자가 발람에게 이르되 그 사람들과 함께 가라 내가 네게 이르는 말만 말할지니라 발람이 발락의 귀족들과 함께 가니라 36발락이 발람의 온다 함을 듣고 모압 변경의 끝 아르논 가에 있는 성읍까지 가서 그를 영접하고 37발락이 발람에게 이르되 내가 특별히 보내어 그대를 부르지 아니하였느냐 그대가 어찌 내게 오지 아니하였느냐 내가 어찌 그대를 높여 존귀케 하지 못하겠느냐 38발람이 발락에게 이르되 내가 오기는 하였으나 무엇을 임의로 말할 수 있으리이까 하나님이 내 입에 주시는 말씀 그것을 말할 뿐이니이다 39발람이 발락과 동행하여 기럇후솟에 이르러서는 40발락이 우양을 잡아 발람과 그와 함께 한 귀족을 대접하였더라 41아침에 발락이 발람과 함께 하고 그를 인도하여 바알의 산당에 오르매 발람이 거기서 이스라엘 백성의 진 끝까지 보니라

1The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. 2Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. 5He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me. 6Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.” 7The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand. They came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. 8He said to them, “Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me.” The princes of Moab stayed with Balaam. 9God came to Balaam, and said, “Who are these men with you?” 10Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has said to me, 11‘Behold, the people that has come out of Egypt covers the surface of the earth. Now, come curse me them. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.’” 12God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.” 13Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for Yahweh refuses to permit me to go with you.” 14The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.” 15Balak again sent princes, more, and more honorable than they. 16They came to Balaam, and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me, 17for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’” 18Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more. 19Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what Yahweh will speak to me more.” 20God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do.” 21Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab. 22God’s anger was kindled because he went; and Yahweh’s angel placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. 23The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field. Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the way. 24Then Yahweh’s angel stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. He struck her again. 26Yahweh’s angel went further, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel, and she lay down under Balaam. Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff. 28Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” 29Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you.” 30The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Was I ever in the habit of doing so to you?” He said, “No.” 31Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw Yahweh’s angel standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face. 32Yahweh’s angel said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me. 33The donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times. Unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive.” 34Balaam said to Yahweh’s angel, “I have sinned; for I didn’t know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.” 35Yahweh’s angel said to Balaam, “Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. 36When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border. 37Balak said to Balaam, “Didn’t I earnestly send to you to call you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?” 38Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.” 39Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth. 40Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him. 41In the morning, Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there part of the people.

1Daarna reisden de kinderen van Israel, en legerden zich in de vlakken velden van Moab, aan deze zijde van de Jordaan van Jericho. 2Toen Balak, de zoon van Zippor, zag al wat Israel aan de Amorieten gedaan had; 3Zo vreesde Moab zeer voor het aangezicht dezes volks, want het was veel; en Moab was beangstigd voor het aangezicht van de kinderen Israels. 4Derhalve zeide Moab tot de oudsten der Midianieten: Nu zal deze gemeente oplikken al wat rondom ons is, gelijk de os de groente des velds oplikt. Te dier tijd nu was Balak, de zoon van Zippor, koning der Moabieten. 5Die zond boden aan Bileam, den zoon van Beor, te Pethor, hetwelk aan de rivier is, in het land der kinderen zijns volks, om hem te roepen, zeggende: Zie, er is een volk uit Egypte getogen; zie, het heeft het gezicht des lands bedekt, en het blijft liggen recht tegenover mij. 6En nu, kom toch, vervloek mij dit volk, want het is machtiger dan ik; misschien zal ik het kunnen slaan, of het uit het land verdrijven; want ik weet, dat, wien gij zegent, die zal gezegend zijn, en wien gij vervloekt, die zal vervloekt zijn. 7Toen gingen de oudsten der Moabieten, en de oudsten der Midianieten, en hadden het loon der waarzeggingen in hun hand; alzo kwamen zij tot Bileam, en spraken tot hem de woorden van Balak. 8Hij dan zeide tot hen: Vernacht hier dezen nacht, zo zal ik ulieden een antwoord wederbrengen, gelijk als de HEERE tot mij zal gesproken hebben. Toen bleven de vorsten der Moabieten bij Bileam. 9En God kwam tot Bileam en zeide: Wie zijn die mannen, die bij u zijn? 10Toen zeide Bileam tot God: Balak, de zoon van Zippor, de koning der Moabieten, heeft hen tot mij gezonden, zeggende: 11Zie, er is een volk uit Egypte getogen, en het heeft het gezicht des lands bedekt; kom nu, vervloek het mij; misschien zal ik tegen hetzelve kunnen strijden, of het uitdrijven. 12Toen zeide God tot Bileam: Gij zult met hen niet trekken; gij zult dat volk niet vloeken, want het is gezegend. 13Toen stond Bileam des morgens op, en zeide tot de vorsten van Balak: Gaat naar uw land; want de HEERE weigert mij toe te laten met ulieden te gaan. 14Zo stonden dan de vorsten der Moabieten op, en kwamen tot Balak, en zij zeiden: Bileam heeft geweigerd met ons te gaan. 15Doch Balak voer nog voort vorsten te zenden, meer en eerlijker, dan die waren; 16Die tot Bileam kwamen, en hem zeiden: Alzo zegt Balak, de zoon van Zippor: Laat u toch niet beletten tot mij te komen! 17Want ik zal u zeer hoog vereren, en al wat gij tot mij zeggen zult, dat zal ik doen; zo kom toch, vervloek mij dit volk! 18Toen antwoordde Bileam, en zeide tot de dienaren van Balak: Wanneer Balak mij zijn huis vol zilver en goud gave, zo vermocht ik niet het bevel des HEEREN mijns Gods te overtreden, om te doen klein of groot. 19En nu, blijft gijlieden toch ook hier dezen nacht, opdat ik wete, wat de HEERE tot mij verder spreken zal. 20God nu kwam tot Bileam des nachts, en zeide tot hem: Dewijl die mannen gekomen zijn, om u te roepen, sta op, ga met hen; en nochtans zult gij dat doen, hetwelk Ik tot u spreken zal. 21Toen stond Bileam des morgens op, en zadelde zijn ezelin, en hij trok heen met de vorsten van Moab. 22Doch de toorn des HEEREN werd ontstoken, omdat hij heentoog; en de Engel des HEEREN stelde Zich in den weg, hem tot een tegenpartij; hij nu reed op zijn ezelin, en twee zijner jongeren waren bij hem. 23De ezelin nu zag den Engel des HEEREN staande in den weg, met Zijn uitgetrokken zwaard in Zijn hand; daarom week de ezelin uit den weg, en ging in het veld. Toen sloeg Bileam de ezelin, om dezelve naar den weg te doen wenden. 24Maar de Engel des HEEREN stond in een pad der wijngaarden, zijnde een muur aan deze, en een muur aan gene zijde. 25Toen de ezelin den Engel des HEEREN zag, zo klemde hij zichzelve aan den wand, en klemde Bileams voet aan den wand; daarom voer hij voort haar te slaan. 26Toen ging de Engel des HEEREN noch verder, en Hij stond in een enge plaats, waar geen weg was om te wijken ter rechterhand noch ter linkerhand. 27Als de ezelin den Engel des HEEREN zag, zo legde zij zich neder onder Bileam; en de toorn van Bileam ontstak, en hij sloeg de ezelin met een stok. 28De HEERE nu opende den mond der ezelin, die tot Bileam zeide: Wat heb ik u gedaan, dat gij mij nu driemaal geslagen hebt? 29Toen zeide Bileam tot de ezelin: Omdat gij mij bespot hebt; och, of ik een zwaard in mijn hand had! want ik zoude u nu doden. 30De ezelin nu zeide tot Bileam: Ben ik niet uw ezelin, op welke gij gereden hebt van toen af, dat gij mijn heer geweest zijt, tot op dezen dag? Ben ik ooit gewend geweest u alzo te doen? Hij dan zeide: Neen! 31Toen ontdekte de HEERE de ogen van Bileam, zodat hij den Engel des HEEREN zag, staande in den weg, en Zijn uitgetrokken zwaard in Zijn hand; daarom neigde hij het hoofd en boog zich op zijn aangezicht. 32Toen zeide de Engel des HEEREN tot hem: Waarom hebt gij uw ezelin nu driemaal geslagen? Zie, Ik ben uitgegaan u tot een tegenpartij, dewijl deze weg van Mij afwijkt. 33Maar de ezelin heeft Mij gezien, en zij is nu driemaal voor Mijn aangezicht geweken; indien zij voor Mijn aangezicht niet geweken ware, zekerlijk Ik zoude u nu ook gedood, en haar bij het leven behouden hebben. 34Toen zeide Bileam tot den Engel des HEEREN: Ik heb gezondigd, want ik heb niet geweten, dat Gij mij tegemoet op dezen weg stondt en nu, is het kwaad in Uw ogen, ik zal wederkeren. 35De Engel des HEEREN nu zeide tot Bileam: Ga heen met deze mannen; maar alleenlijk dat woord, wat Ik tot u spreken zal, dat zult gij spreken. Alzo toog Bileam met de vorsten van Balak. 36Als Balak hoorde, dat Bileam kwam, zo ging hij uit, hem tegemoet, tot de stad der Moabieten, welke aan de landpale van de Arnon ligt, die aan het uiterste der landpale is. 37En Balak zeide tot Bileam: Heb ik niet ernstiglijk tot u gezonden, om u te roepen? Waarom zijt gij niet tot mij gekomen? Kan ik u niet te recht vereren? 38Toen zeide Bileam tot Balak: Zie, ik ben tot u gekomen; zal ik nu enigzins iets kunnen spreken? Het woord, hetwelk God in mijn mond leggen zal, dat zal ik spreken. 39En Bileam ging met Balak; en zij kwamen te Kirjath-Huzzoth. 40Toen slachtte Balak runderen en schapen; en hij zond aan Bileam, en aan de vorsten, die bij hem waren. 41En het geschiedde des morgens, dat Balak Bileam nam, en voerde hem op de hoogten van Baal, dat hij van daar zag het uiterste des volks.