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Fjórða bók Móse 24
Icelandic Bible
Fjórða bók Móse 24
Icelandic Bible
24 Þegar Bíleam sá, að það var gott í augum Guðs að blessa Ísrael, gekk hann ekki burt eins og í fyrri skiptin til að leita spáfrétta, heldur hélt á leið til eyðimerkurinnar.
2 Og er Bíleam hóf upp augu sín og sá Ísrael, þar sem hann lá í herbúðum eftir kynkvíslum sínum, kom andi Guðs yfir hann.
3 Flutti hann þá kvæði sitt og mælti: Svo mælir Bíleam Beórsson, svo mælir maðurinn, sem byrgð hefir augun.
4 Svo mælir hann, sem heyrir orð Guðs, sem sér sýn Hins Almáttuga, hnígandi niður og með upp loknum augum:
5 Hve fögur eru tjöld þín, Jakob! bústaðir þínir, Ísrael!
6 Eins og víðir árdalir, eins og aldingarðar á fljótsbökkum, eins og alóetré, er Drottinn hefir gróðursett, eins og sedrustré við vötn.
7 Vatn rennur úr skjólum hans, og sáð hans hefir nægt vatn. Konungur hans mun meiri verða en Agag, og konungdómur hans mun verða vegsamlegur.
8 Sá Guð, sem leiddi hann af Egyptalandi, er honum sem horn vísundarins. Hann upp etur óvinaþjóðir, og bein þeirra brýtur hann og nístir þá með örvum sínum.
9 Hann leggst niður, hvílist sem ljón og sem ljónynja, _ hver þorir að reka hann á fætur? Blessaður sé hver sá, sem blessar þig, en bölvaður sé hver sá, sem bölvar þér.
10 Balak reiddist þá Bíleam mjög og barði saman hnefunum og sagði við Bíleam: "Til þess að biðja bölbæna óvinum mínum kallaði ég þig, en sjá, þú hefir nú blessað þá þrem sinnum.
11 Far þú því sem skjótast heim til þín! Ég hugðist veita þér mikla sæmd, en sjá, Drottinn hefir svipt þig þeirri sæmd."
12 Þá sagði Bíleam við Balak: "Mælti ég eigi þegar við sendimenn þá, er þú gjörðir til mín, þessum orðum:
13 ,Þó að Balak gæfi mér hús sitt fullt af silfri og gulli, gæti ég samt ekki brugðið af boði Drottins til þess að gjöra gott eða illt eftir hugþótta mínum. Það sem Drottinn mælir, það mun ég mæla`?
14 Og sjá, nú fer ég til minnar þjóðar. Kom, ég vil segja þér fyrir, hvað þessi þjóð mun gjöra þinni þjóð á komandi tímum."
15 Flutti hann þá kvæði sitt og mælti: Svo mælir Bíleam Beórsson, svo mælir maðurinn, sem byrgð hefir augun.
16 Svo mælir hann, sem heyrir orð Guðs og þekkir ráð hins hæsta, sem sér sýn Hins Almáttuga, hnígandi niður og með upp loknum augum:
17 Ég sé hann, þó eigi nú, ég lít hann, þó eigi í nánd. Stjarna rennur upp af Jakob, og veldissproti rís af Ísrael. Hann lýstur sundur þunnvangann á Móab og hvirfilinn á öllum hávaðamönnum.
18 Og Edóm mun verða þegnland og Seír mun verða þegnland _ þessir óvinir hans, en Ísrael eykur vald sitt.
19 Frá Jakob mun drottnari koma og eyða flóttamönnum í borgunum.
20 En er hann leit Amalekíta, flutti hann kvæði sitt og mælti: Fremstur af þjóðunum er Amalek, en að lyktum hnígur hann í valinn.
21 Og er hann leit Keníta, flutti hann kvæði sitt og mælti: Traustur er bústaður þinn, og hreiður þitt er byggt á kletti.
22 Og þó er Kain eyðingin vís. Brátt mun Assúr flytja þig burt hernuminn.
23 Og hann flutti kvæði sitt og mælti: Vei, hver mun fá lífi haldið, er Guð lætur þetta að bera!
24 Og skip koma vestan frá Kýpur, og þau lægja Assúr og þau lægja Eber. En hann mun og hníga í valinn.
25 Síðan tók Bíleam sig upp, hélt af stað og hvarf aftur heimleiðis, og Balak fór einnig leiðar sinnar.
Numbers 24
New International Version
Numbers 24
New International Version
24 Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel,(A) he did not resort to divination(B) as at other times, but turned his face toward the wilderness.(C) 2 When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him(D) 3 and he spoke his message:
“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,(E)
4 the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,(F)
who sees a vision from the Almighty,[a](G)
who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
5 “How beautiful are your tents,(H) Jacob,
your dwelling places, Israel!
6 “Like valleys they spread out,
like gardens beside a river,(I)
like aloes(J) planted by the Lord,
like cedars beside the waters.(K)
7 Water will flow from their buckets;
their seed will have abundant water.
8 “God brought them out of Egypt;
they have the strength of a wild ox.
They devour hostile nations
and break their bones in pieces;(N)
with their arrows they pierce them.(O)
9 Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
like a lioness(P)—who dares to rouse them?
10 Then Balak’s anger burned(S) against Balaam. He struck his hands together(T) and said to him, “I summoned you to curse my enemies,(U) but you have blessed them(V) these three times.(W) 11 Now leave at once and go home!(X) I said I would reward you handsomely,(Y) but the Lord has kept you from being rewarded.”
12 Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell the messengers you sent me,(Z) 13 ‘Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the Lord(AA)—and I must say only what the Lord says’?(AB) 14 Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you of what this people will do to your people in days to come.”(AC)
Balaam’s Fourth Message
15 Then he spoke his message:
“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,
16 the prophecy of one who hears the words(AD) of God,
who has knowledge from the Most High,(AE)
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
17 “I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near.(AF)
A star will come out of Jacob;(AG)
a scepter will rise out of Israel.(AH)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,(AI)
the skulls[b](AJ) of[c] all the people of Sheth.[d]
18 Edom(AK) will be conquered;
Seir,(AL) his enemy, will be conquered,(AM)
but Israel(AN) will grow strong.
19 A ruler will come out of Jacob(AO)
and destroy the survivors of the city.”
Balaam’s Fifth Message
20 Then Balaam saw Amalek(AP) and spoke his message:
“Amalek was first among the nations,
but their end will be utter destruction.”(AQ)
Balaam’s Sixth Message
21 Then he saw the Kenites(AR) and spoke his message:
“Your dwelling place is secure,(AS)
your nest is set in a rock;
22 yet you Kenites will be destroyed
when Ashur(AT) takes you captive.”
Balaam’s Seventh Message
23 Then he spoke his message:
“Alas! Who can live when God does this?[e]
24 Ships will come from the shores of Cyprus;(AU)
they will subdue Ashur(AV) and Eber,(AW)
but they too will come to ruin.(AX)”
25 Then Balaam(AY) got up and returned home, and Balak went his own way.
Footnotes
- Numbers 24:4 Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 16
- Numbers 24:17 Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Jer. 48:45); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
- Numbers 24:17 Or possibly Moab, / batter
- Numbers 24:17 Or all the noisy boasters
- Numbers 24:23 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew The people from the islands will gather from the north.
Numbers 24
King James Version
Numbers 24
King James Version
24 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.
12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?
14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
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