1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

1 Dixitque Balaam ad Balac: Ædifica mihi hic septem aras, et para totidem vitulos, ejusdemque numeri arietes.

2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

2 Cumque fecisset juxta sermonem Balaam, imposuerunt simul vitulum et arietem super aram.

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.

3 Dixitque Balaam ad Balac: Sta paulisper juxta holocaustum tuum, donec vadam, si forte occurrat mihi Dominus, et quodcumque imperaverit, loquar tibi.

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.

4 Cumque abiisset velociter, occurrit illi Deus. Locutusque ad eum Balaam: Septem, inquit, aras erexi, et imposui vitulum et arietem desuper.

5 And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

5 Dominus autem posuit verbum in ore ejus, et ait: Revertere ad Balac, et hæc loqueris.

6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

6 Reversus invenit stantem Balac juxta holocaustum suum, et omnes principes Moabitarum:

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.

7 assumptaque parabola sua, dixit: De Aram adduxit me Balac
rex Moabitarum, de montibus orientis:
Veni, inquit, et maledic Jacob;
propera, et detestare Israël.

8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?

8 Quomodo maledicam, cui non maledixit Deus?
qua ratione detester, quem Dominus non detestatur?

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.

9 De summis silicibus videbo eum,
et de collibus considerabo illum.
Populus solus habitabit,
et inter gentes non reputabitur.

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!

10 Quis dinumerare possit pulverem Jacob,
et nosse numerum stirpis Israël?
Moriatur anima mea morte justorum,
et fiant novissima mea horum similia.

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.

11 ¶ Dixitque Balac ad Balaam: Quid est hoc quod agis? ut malediceres inimicis meis vocavi te, et tu e contrario benedicis eis.

12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

12 Cui ille respondit: Num aliud possum loqui, nisi quod jusserit Dominus?

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.

13 Dixit ergo Balac: Veni mecum in alterum locum unde partem Israël videas, et totum videre non possis: inde maledicito ei.

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.

14 Cumque duxisset eum in locum sublimem, super verticem montis Phasga, ædificavit Balaam septem aras, et impositis supra vitulo atque ariete,

15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.

15 dixit ad Balac: Sta hic juxta holocaustum tuum, donec ego obvius pergam.

16 And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

16 Cui cum Dominus occurrisset, posuissetque verbum in ore ejus, ait: Revertere ad Balac, et hæc loqueris ei.

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?

17 Reversus invenit eum stantem juxta holocaustum suum, et principes Moabitarum cum eo. Ad quem Balac: Quid, inquit, locutus est Dominus?

18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

18 At ille, assumpta parabola sua, ait: Sta, Balac, et ausculta; audi, fili Sephor:

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?

19 non est Deus quasi homo, ut mentiatur,
nec ut filius hominis, ut mutetur.
Dixit ergo, et non faciet?
locutus est, et non implebit?

20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

20 Ad benedicendum adductus sum:
benedictionem prohibere non valeo.

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.

21 Non est idolum in Jacob,
nec videtur simulacrum in Israël.
Dominus Deus ejus cum eo est,
et clangor victoriæ regis in illo.

22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

22 Deus eduxit illum de Ægypto,
cujus fortitudo similis est rhinocerotis.

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!

23 Non est augurium in Jacob,
nec divinatio in Israël:
temporibus suis dicetur Jacob et Israëli quid operatus sit Deus.

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.

24 Ecce populus ut leæna consurget,
et quasi leo erigetur:
non accubabit donec devoret prædam,
et occisorum sanguinem bibat.

25 ¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

25 ¶ Dixitque Balac ad Balaam: Nec maledicas ei, nec benedicas.

26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?

26 Et ille ait: Nonne dixi tibi quod quidquid mihi Deus imperaret, hoc facerem?

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.

27 Et ait Balac ad eum: Veni, et ducam te ad alium locum: si forte placeat Deo ut inde maledicas eis.

28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

28 Cumque duxisset eum super verticem montis Phogor, qui respicit solitudinem,

29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

29 dixit ei Balaam: Ædifica mihi hic septem aras, et para totidem vitulos, ejusdemque numeri arietes.

30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

30 Fecit Balac ut Balaam dixerat: imposuitque vitulos et arietes per singulas aras.