| 1 | And Balaam seeth that [it is] good in the eyes of Jehovah to bless Israel, and he hath not gone as time by time to meet enchantments, and he setteth towards the wilderness his face; |
| 2 | and Balaam lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Israel tabernacling, by its tribes, and the Spirit of God is upon him, |
| 3 | and he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor—And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut -- |
| 4 | An affirmation of him who is hearing sayings of God—Who a vision of the Almighty seeth, Falling—and eyes uncovered: |
| 5 | How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel; |
| 6 | As valleys they have been stretched out, As gardens by a river; As aloes Jehovah hath planted, As cedars by waters; |
| 7 | He maketh water flow from his buckets, And his seed [is] in many waters; And higher than Agag [is] his king, And exalted is his kingdom. |
| 8 | God is bringing him out of Egypt; As the swiftness of a Reem is to him, He eateth up nations his adversaries, And their bones he breaketh, And [with] his arrows he smiteth, |
| 9 | He hath bent, he hath lain down as a lion, And as a lioness: who doth raise him up? He who is blessing thee [is] blessed, And he who is cursing thee [is] cursed.' |
| 10 | And the anger of Balak burneth against Balaam, and he striketh his hands; and Balak saith unto Balaam, 'To pierce mine enemies I called thee, and lo, thou hast certainly blessed —these three times; |
| 11 | and now, flee for thyself unto thy place; I have said, I do greatly honour thee, and lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honour.' |
| 12 | And Balaam saith unto Balak, 'Did I not also unto thy messengers whom thou hast sent unto me, speak, saying, |
| 13 | If Balak doth give to me the fulness of his house of silver and gold, I am not able to pass over the command of Jehovah, to do good or evil of mine own heart—that which Jehovah speaketh—it I speak? |
| 14 | and, now, lo, I am going to my people; come, I counsel thee [concerning] that which this people doth to thy people, in the latter end of the days.' |
| 15 | And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor—And an affirmation of the man whose eyes [are] shut -- |
| 16 | An affirmation of him who is hearing sayings of God—And knowing knowledge of the Most High; A vision of the Almighty he seeth, Falling—and eyes uncovered: |
| 17 | I see it, but not now; I behold it, but not near; A star hath proceeded from Jacob, And a sceptre hath risen from Israel, And hath smitten corners of Moab, And hath destroyed all sons of Sheth. |
| 18 | And Edom hath been a possession, And Seir hath been a possession, [for] its enemies, And Israel is doing valiantly; |
| 19 | And [one] doth rule out of Jacob, And hath destroyed a remnant from Ar.' |
| 20 | And he seeth Amalek, and taketh up his simile, and saith: 'A beginning of the Goyim [is] Amalek; And his latter end— for ever he perisheth.' |
| 21 | And he seeth the Kenite, and taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Enduring [is] thy dwelling, And setting in a rock thy nest, |
| 22 | But the Kenite is for a burning; Till when doth Asshur keep thee captive?' |
| 23 | And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Alas! who doth live when God doth this? |
| 24 | And—ships [are] from the side of Chittim, And they have humbled Asshur, And they have humbled Eber, And it also for ever is perishing.' |
| 25 | And Balaam riseth, and goeth, and turneth back to his place, and Balak also hath gone on his way. |