Çölde Sayım 24

¹Ve Balam, İsrail i kutsamanın Rab bin önünde iyi olduğunu görünce, her zamanki gibi kuş fallarına bakmaya gitmedi, aksine yüzünü çöle doğru çevirdi.

²Balam gözlerini kaldırıp İsrail i oymaklarına göre ordugah kurmuş olarak gördü; ve Tanrı nın Ruhu onun içinde oldu.

³Meselini ele alıp şöyle dedi: Beor oğlu Balam der, gözleri gerçekten gören adam der:

⁴Güçlü Olan ın sözlerini işiten, uykudayken Tanrı nın görümünü gören, gözleri açığa çıkarılmış olan adam der:

⁵Evlerin ne güzel ey Yakup, çadırların ne güzel ey İsrail!

⁶Gölge veren vadiler gibi, nehir kenarındaki bahçeler gibi, Rab bin kurduğu çadırlar gibi, su kıyısındaki sedir ağaçları gibidirler.

⁷Onun soyundan bir insan çıkacak ve birçok ulusa egemen olacak; onun krallığı Gog dan daha çok yükselecek ve krallığı büyüyecek.

⁸Tanrı onu Mısır dan çıkardı, onun için tek boynuzlu atın görkemi gibidir; düşmanları olan ulusları yiyip bitirecek, onların iliklerini sömürecek ve oklarıyla düşmanı baştan aşağı vurup oklayacak.

⁹Çömelip bir aslan gibi ve bir aslan yavrusu gibi dinlendi; onu kim ayağa kaldırabilir? Seni kutsayanlar kutsanmıştır ve seni lanetleyenler lanetlenmiştir!

¹⁰Bunun üzerine Balak ın Balam a öfkesi alevlendi ve ellerini birbirine vurdu; Balak Balam a, Düşmanımı lanetlemen için seni çağırdım, dedi, ama işte, bu üçüncü kezdir onları kutsayarak kutsuyorsun.

¹¹Şimdi hemen kendi yerine kaç! Seni onurlandıracağımı söylemiştim, ama işte, Rab seni bu görkemden yoksun bıraktı.

¹²Balam Balak a şöyle yanıt verdi: Bana gönderdiğin habercilerine de söyleyerek konuşmadım mı?

¹³Balak bana gümüş ve altın dolu evini verse bile, kendiliğimden iyi ya da kötü bir şey yapmak için Rab bin sözünü çiğneyemem; Tanrı ne söylerse ancak onu söyleyeceğim demedim mi?

¹⁴Ve şimdi, işte, kendi yerime hızla dönüyorum; gel, bu halkın son günlerde senin halkına ne yapacağına dair sana yol göstereyim.

¹⁵Meselini ele alıp şöyle dedi: Beor oğlu Balam der, gözleri gerçekten gören adam der:

¹⁶Tanrı nın sözlerini işiten, Yüceler Yücesi nin katından gelen bilgiyi bilen, uykudayken Tanrı nın görümünü gören, gözleri açığa çıkarılmış olan adam der:

¹⁷Ona göstereceğim ama şimdi değil; onu kutlu sayıyorum ama yakında değil. Yakup tan bir yıldız doğacak, İsrail den bir insan yükselecek; Moab ın önderlerini parçalayacak ve Şet in tüm oğullarını yağmalayacak.

¹⁸Edom bir miras olacak, düşmanı Esav da bir miras olacak; İsrail ise güç içinde işler yaptı.

¹⁹Yakup tan biri ayağa kalkacak ve şehirden kurtulanları yok edecek.

²⁰Sonra Amalek i gördü ve meselini ele alıp şöyle dedi: Ulusların ilki Amalek tir, ama onların tohumu yok olacak.

²¹Sonra Kenlileri gördü ve meselini ele alıp şöyle dedi: Konutun güçlüdür, yuvayı kayaya kurmuş olsan bile;

²²Beor için kurnazlık yuvası olsa bile, Asurlular seni tutsak edip götürecek.

²³Sonra Og u gördü ve meselini ele alıp şöyle dedi: Eyvah, eyvah! Tanrı bunları belirlediğinde kim hayatta kalabilir?

²⁴Kitimlilerin ellerinden çıkanlar gelecek, Asur a eziyet edecekler, İbranilere eziyet edecekler; ama onlar da hep birlikte yok olacaklar.

²⁵Sonra Balam ayağa kalktı, kendi yerine geri dönerek gitti; Balak da kendi yoluna gitti.

¹ΚΑΙ ἰδὼν Βαλαὰμ ὅτι καλόν ἐστιν ἐναντίον Κυρίου εὐλογεῖν τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, οὐκ ἐπορεύθη κατὰ τὸ εἰωθὸς εἰς συνάντησιν τοῖς οἰωνοῖς καὶ ἀπέστρεψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν ἔρημον.

²καὶ ἐξάρας Βαλαὰμ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ καθορᾷ τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐστρατοπεδευκότα κατὰ φυλάς, καὶ ἐγένετο πνεῦμα Θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ,

³καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπε· φησὶ Βαλαὰμ υἱὸς Βεώρ, φησὶν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ ἀληθινῶς ὁρῶν,

⁴φησὶν ἀκούων λόγια ἰσχυροῦ, ὅστις ὅρασιν Θεοῦ εἶδεν ἐν ὕπνῳ, ἀποκεκαλυμμένοι οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ·

⁵ὡς καλοὶ οἱ οἶκοί σου ᾿Ιακώβ, αἱ σκηναί σου ᾿Ισραήλ!

⁶ὡσεὶ νάπαι σκιάζουσαι καὶ ὡσεὶ παράδεισοι ἐπὶ ποταμῷ καὶ ὡσεὶ σκηναί, ἃς ἔπηξε Κύριος, καὶ ὡσεὶ κέδροι παρ’ ὕδατα.

⁷ἐξελεύσεται ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτοῦ καὶ κυριεύσει ἐθνῶν πολλῶν, καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ἢ Γὼγ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐξηθήσεται βασιλεία αὐτοῦ.

⁸Θεὸς ὡδήγησεν αὐτὸν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, ὡς δόξα μονοκέρωτος αὐτῷ· ἔδεται ἔθνη ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ πάχη αὐτῶν ἐκμυελιεῖ καὶ ταῖς βολίσιν αὐτοῦ κατατοξεύσει ἐχθρόν·

⁹κατακλιθεὶς ἀνεπαύσατο ὡς λέων καὶ ὡς σκύμνος· τίς ἀναστήσει αὐτόν; οἱ εὐλογοῦντές σε εὐλόγηνται, καὶ οἱ καταρώμενοί σε κεκατήρανται.

¹⁰καὶ ἐθυμώθη Βαλὰκ ἐπὶ Βαλαὰμ καὶ συνεκρότησε ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπε Βαλὰκ πρὸς Βαλαάμ· καταρᾶσθαι τὸν ἐχθρόν μου κέκληκά σε, καὶ ἰδοὺ εὐλογῶν εὐλόγησας τρίτον τοῦτο·

¹¹νῦν οὖν φεῦγε εἰς τὸν τόπον σου· εἶπα, τιμήσω σε, καὶ νῦν ἐστέρησέ σε Κύριος τῆς δόξης.

¹²καὶ εἶπε Βαλαὰμ πρὸς Βαλάκ· οὐχὶ καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις σου, οὓς ἀπέστειλας πρός με, ἐλάλησα λέγων·

¹³ἐάν μοι δῷ Βαλὰκ πλήρη τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἀργυρίου καὶ χρυσίου, οὐ δυνήσομαι παραβῆναι τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου ποιῆσαι αὐτὸ καλὸν ἢ πονηρὸν παρ’ ἐμαυτοῦ· ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπῃ ὁ Θεός, ταῦτα ἐρῶ.

¹⁴καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἀποτρέχω εἰς τὸν τόπον μου· δεῦρο συμβουλεύσω σοι, τί ποιήσει ὁ λαὸς οὗτος τὸν λαόν σου ἐπ’ ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν.

¹⁵καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπε· φυσὶ Βαλαὰμ υἱὸς Βεώρ, φησὶν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ ἀληθινῶς ὁρῶν,

¹⁶ἀκούων λόγια Θεοῦ, ἐπιστάμενος ἐπιστήμην παρὰ ὑψίστου καὶ ὅρασιν Θεοῦ ἰδὼν ἐν ὕπνῳ, ἀποκεκαλυμμένοι οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ·

¹⁷δείξω αὐτῷ, καὶ οὐχὶ νῦν· μακαρίζω, καὶ οὐκ ἐγγίζει· ἀνατελεῖ ἄστρον ἐξ ᾿Ιακώβ, ἀναστήσεται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ θραύσει τοὺς ἀρχηγοὺς Μωὰβ καὶ προνομεύσει πάντας υἱοὺς Σήθ.

¹⁸καὶ ἔσται ᾿Εδὼμ κληρονομία, καὶ ἔσται κληρονομία ῾Ησαῦ ὁ ἐχθρὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐποίησεν ἐν ἰσχύϊ.

¹⁹καὶ ἐξεγερθήσεται ἐξ ᾿Ιακὼβ καὶ ἀπολεῖ σῳζόμενον ἐκ πόλεως.

²⁰καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν ᾿Αμαλὴκ καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν· ἀρχὴ ἐθνῶν ᾿Αμαλήκ, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτῶν ἀπολεῖται.

²¹καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν Κεναῖον καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν· ἰσχυρὰ ἡ κατοικία σου· καὶ ἐὰν θῇς ἐν πέτρᾳ τὴν νοσσιάν σου,

²²καὶ ἐὰν γένηται τῷ Βεὼρ νοσσιὰ πανουργίας, ᾿Ασσύριοι αἰχμαλωτεύσουσί σε.

²³καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν ῍Ωγ καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν· ὦ ὦ, τίς ζήσεται, ὅταν θῇ ταῦτα ὁ Θεός;

²⁴καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἐκ χειρῶν Κιτιαίων καὶ κακώσουσιν ᾿Ασσοὺρ καὶ κακώσουσιν ῾Εβραίους, καὶ αὐτοὶ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἀπολοῦνται.

²⁵καὶ ἀναστὰς Βαλαὰμ ἀπῆλθεν ἀποστραφεὶς εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ Βαλὰκ ἀπῆλθε πρὸς ἑαυτόν.

¹And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to his custom to meet the omens, but turned his face toward the wilderness.

²And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

³And he took up his parable and said, Balaam son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,

⁴he says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, who saw a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened:

⁵How goodly [are] thy habitations, Jacob, and thy tents, Israel!

⁶as shady groves, and as gardens by a river, and as tents which God pitched, and as cedars by the waters.

⁷There shall come a man out of his seed, and he shall rule over many nations; and the kingdom of Gog shall be exalted, and his kingdom shall be increased.

⁸God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn: he shall consume the nations of his enemies, and he shall drain their marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy.

⁹He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall stir him up? they that bless thee are blessed, and they that curse thee are cursed.

¹⁰And Balac was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balac said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast decidedly blessed [him] this third time.

¹¹Now therefore flee to thy place: I said, I will honour thee, but now the Lord has deprived thee of glory.

¹²And Balaam said to Balac, Did I not speak to thy messengers also whom thou sentest to me, saying,

¹³If Balac should give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to transgress the word of the Lord to make it good or bad by myself; whatsoever things God shall say, them will I speak.

¹⁴And now, behold, I return to my place; come, I will advise thee of what this people shall do to thy people in the last days.

¹⁵And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,

¹⁶hearing the oracles of God, receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened.

¹⁷I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: a star shall rise out of Jacob, a man shall spring out of Israel; and shall crush the princes of Moab, and shall spoil all the sons of Seth.

¹⁸And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance [of Israel], and Israel wrought valiantly.

¹⁹And [one] shall arise out of Jacob, and destroy out of the city him that escapes.

²⁰And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec [is] the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish.

²¹And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, thy dwelling-place [is] strong; yet though thou shouldest put thy nest in a rock,

²²and though Beor should have a skillfully contrived hiding-place, the Assyrians shall carry thee away captive.

²³And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said, Oh, oh, who shall live, when God shall do these things?

²⁴And one shall come forth from the hands of the Citians, and shall afflict Assur, and shall afflict the Hebrews, and they shall perish together.

²⁵And Balaam rose up and departed and returned to his place, and Balac went to his own home.