1Depois os filhos de Israel partiram, e se assentaram nos campos de Moabe, desta parte do Jordão de Jericó. 2E viu Balaque, filho de Zipor, tudo o que Israel havia feito aos amorreus. 3E Moabe temeu muito por causa do povo que era muito; e angustiou-se Moabe por causa dos filhos de Israel. 4E disse Moabe aos anciãos de Midiã: Agora lamberá esta gente todos nossos entornos, como lambe o boi a grama do campo. E Balaque, filho de Zipor, era então rei de Moabe. 5Portanto enviou mensageiros a Balaão filho de Beor, a Petor, que está junto ao rio na terra dos filhos de seu povo, para que o chamassem, dizendo: Um povo saiu do Egito, e eis que cobre a face da terra, e habita diante de mim: 6Vem pois agora, te rogo, amaldiçoa para mim este povo, porque é mais forte que eu: talvez poderei eu feri-lo, e lançá-lo da terra: que eu sei que o que tu abençoares, será bendito, e o que tu amaldiçoares, será maldito. 7E foram os anciãos de Moabe e os anciãos de Midiã, com o pagamento pela adivinhação em sua mão, e chegaram a Balaão, e lhe disseram as palavras de Balaque. 8E ele lhes disse: Repousai aqui esta noite, e eu vos referirei as palavras, como o SENHOR me falar. Assim os príncipes de Moabe se restaram com Balaão. 9E veio Deus a Balaão, e disse-lhe: Que homens são estes que estão contigo? 10E Balaão respondeu a Deus: Balaque filho de Zipor, rei de Moabe, enviou a mim dizendo: 11Eis que este povo que saiu do Egito, cobre a face da terra: vem pois agora, e amaldiçoa-o para mim; talvez poderei lutar com ele, e expulsá-lo. 12Então disse Deus a Balaão: Não vás com eles, nem amaldiçoes ao povo; porque é bendito. 13Assim Balaão se levantou pela manhã, e disse aos príncipes de Balaque: Voltai-vos à vossa terra, porque o SENHOR não me quer deixar ir convosco. 14E os príncipes de Moabe se levantaram, e vieram a Balaque, e disseram: Balaão não quis vir conosco. 15E voltou Balaque a enviar outra vez mais príncipes, e mais nobres que os outros. 16Os quais vieram a Balaão, e disseram-lhe: Assim diz Balaque, filho de Zipor: Rogo-te que não deixes de vir a mim: 17Porque sem dúvida te honrarei muito, e farei tudo o que me disseres: vem pois agora, almaldiçoa para mim a este povo. 18E Balaão respondeu, e disse aos servos de Balaque: Ainda que Balaque me desse sua casa cheia de prata e ouro, não posso transgredir a palavra do SENHOR meu Deus, para fazer coisa pequena nem grande. 19Rogo-vos, portanto, agora, que repouseis aqui esta noite, para que eu saiba que me volta a dizer o SENHOR. 20E veio Deus a Balaão de noite, e disse-lhe: Se homens vierem a te chamar, levanta-te e vai com eles: porém farás o que eu te disser. 21Assim Balaão se levantou pela manhã, e preparou sua jumenta, e foi com os príncipes de Moabe. 22E o furor de Deus se acendeu porque ele ia; e o anjo do SENHOR se pôs no caminho por adversário seu. Ia, pois, ele montado sobre sua jumenta, e com ele dois servos seus. 23E a jumenta viu o anjo do SENHOR, que estava no caminho com sua espada exposta em sua mão; então a jumenta desviou-se do caminho, e foi pelo campo. Em seguida, Balaão espancou a jumenta para fazê-la voltar ao caminho. 24Mas o anjo do SENHOR se pôs em uma vereda de vinhas que tinha parede de uma parte e parede de outra. 25E quando a jumenta viu o anjo do SENHOR, apegou-se à parede, e apertou contra a parede o pé de Balaão: e ele voltou a espancá-la. 26E o anjo do SENHOR passou mais ali, e pôs-se em um lugar estreito, onde não havia caminho para desviar-se nem à direita nem à esquerda. 27E vendo a jumenta ao anjo do SENHOR, lançou-se debaixo de Balaão: e irou-se Balaão, e feriu à jumenta com um bordão. 28Então o SENHOR abriu a boca da jumenta, a qual disse a Balaão: Que te fiz, que me feriste estas três vezes? 29E Balaão respondeu à jumenta: Porque te zombaste de mim: bom seria se eu tivesse espada em minha mão, que agora te mataria! 30E a jumenta disse a Balaão: Não sou eu tua jumenta? Sobre mim montaste desde que tu me tens até hoje; costumei a fazê-lo assim contigo? E ele respondeu: Não. 31Então o SENHOR abriu os olhos a Balaão, e viu ao anjo do SENHOR que estava no caminho, e tinha sua espada nua em sua mão. E Balaão fez reverência, e inclinou-se sobre seu rosto. 32E o anjo do SENHOR lhe disse: Por que feriste tua jumenta estas três vezes? eis que eu saí para me opor a ti, porque teu caminho é perverso diante de mim: 33A jumenta me viu, e afastou-se logo de diante de mim estas três vezes: e se de mim não se houvesse afastado, eu também agora mataria a ti, e a ela deixaria viva. 34Então Balaão disse ao anjo do SENHOR: Pequei, que não sabia que tu te punhas diante de mim no caminho: mas agora, se te parece mal, eu me voltarei. 35E o anjo do SENHOR disse a Balaão: Vai com esses homens: porém a palavra que eu te disser, essa falarás. Assim Balaão foi com os príncipes de Balaque. 36E ouvindo Balaque que Balaão vinha, saiu a recebê-lo à cidade de Moabe, que está junto ao termo de Arnom, que é a extremidade das fronteiras. 37E Balaque disse a Balaão: Não enviei eu a ti a chamar-te? por que não vieste a mim? não posso eu te honrar? 38E Balaão respondeu a Balaque: Eis que eu vim a ti: mas poderei agora falar alguma coisa? A palavra que Deus puser em minha boca, essa falarei. 39E foi Balaão com Balaque, e vieram à Quiriate-Huzote. 40E Balaque fez matar bois e ovelhas, e enviou a Balaão, e aos príncipes que estavam com ele. 41E no dia seguinte Balaque tomou a Balaão, e o fez subir aos lugares altos de Baal, e desde ali viu a extremidade do povo.
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.
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