Numbers · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Numbers 23 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και είπεν ο Βαλαάμ προς τον Βαλάκ, Οικοδόμησόν μοι ενταύθα επτά βωμούς και ετοίμασόν μοι ενταύθα επτά μόσχους και επτά κριούς.
1 Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
2 Και έκαμεν ο Βαλάκ καθώς είπεν ο Βαλαάμ· και προσέφεραν ο Βαλάκ και ο Βαλαάμ μόσχον και κριόν εφ' έκαστον βωμόν.
2 Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
3 Και είπεν ο Βαλαάμ προς τον Βαλάκ, Στήθι πλησίον του ολοκαυτώματός σου και εγώ θέλω υπάγει ίσως φανή ο Κύριος εις συνάντησίν μου· και ό,τι δείξη εις εμέ, τούτο θέλω σοι αναγγείλει. Και υπήγεν εις τόπον υψηλόν.
3 Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” He went to a bare height.
4 Και συνήντησεν ο Θεός τον Βαλαάμ· και είπε προς αυτόν, Ητοίμασα τους επτά βωμούς, και προσέφερα μόσχον και κριόν εφ' έκαστον βωμόν.
4 God met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.”
5 Και έβαλεν ο Κύριος λόγον εις το στόμα του Βαλαάμ και είπεν, Επίστρεψον προς τον Βαλάκ, και ούτω θέλεις ειπεί.
5 Yahweh put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
6 Και επέστρεψε προς αυτόν, και ιδού, ίστατο πλησίον του ολοκαυτώματος αυτού, αυτός και πάντες οι άρχοντες του Μωάβ.
6 He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 Και ήρχισε την παραβολήν αυτού και είπε, Βαλάκ με έφερεν εκ της Αράμ, ο βασιλεύς του Μωάβ εκ των ορέων των προς ανατολάς, λέγων, Ελθέ, καταράσθητί μοι τον Ιακώβ· και ελθέ, αναθεμάτισον τον Ισραήλ.
7 He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
8 Πως να καταρασθώ τον οποίον ο Θεός δεν καταράται; ή πως να αναθεματίσω τον οποίον ο Κύριος δεν ανεθεμάτισε;
8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?
9 Διότι από της κορυφής των ορέων βλέπω αυτόν, και από των λόφων θεωρώ αυτόν· ιδού, λαός, όστις θέλει κατοικήσει μόνος, και δεν θέλει λογαριασθή μεταξύ των εθνών·
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations.
10 τις δύναται να αριθμήση την άμμον του Ιακώβ, και τον αριθμόν του τετάρτου του Ισραήλ; είθε να αποθάνω κατά τον θάνατον των δικαίων, και το τέλος μου να ήναι όμοιον με το τέλος αυτού.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, or count the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!”
11 Και είπεν ο Βαλάκ προς τον Βαλαάμ, Τι μοι έκαμες; διά να καταρασθής τους εχθρούς μου σε παρέλαβον· και ιδού, συ ευλογών ευλόγησας αυτούς.
11 Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether.”
12 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε, Δεν πρέπει να προσέξω ό,τι ο Κύριος έβαλεν εις το στόμα μου, τούτο να είπω;
12 He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?”
13 Και είπε προς αυτόν ο Βαλάκ, Ελθέ, παρακαλώ, μετ' εμού εις άλλον τόπον, όθεν θέλεις ιδεί αυτόν· μόνον την άκραν αυτού θέλεις ιδεί, το δε όλον αυτού δεν θέλεις ιδεί· και καταράσθητί μοι αυτόν εκείθεν.
13 Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, where you may see them. You shall see just part of them, and shall not see them all. Curse them from there for me.”
14 Και έφερεν αυτόν εις την πεδιάδα Ζοφίμ επί την κορυφήν του Φασγά, και ωκοδόμησεν επτά βωμούς και προσέφερε μόσχον και κριόν εφ' έκαστον βωμόν.
14 He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
15 Και είπε προς τον Βαλάκ, Στήθι αυτού πλησίον του ολοκαυτώματός σου και εγώ θέλω συναντήσει εκεί τον Κύριον.
15 He said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet God over there.”
16 Και συνήντησεν ο Κύριος τον Βαλαάμ, και έβαλε λόγον εις το στόμα αυτού και είπεν, Επίστρεψον προς τον Βαλάκ και ειπέ ούτω.
16 Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.”
17 Και ήλθε προς αυτόν· και ιδού, αυτός ίστατο πλησίον του ολοκαυτώματος αυτού και οι άρχοντες του Μωάβ μετ' αυτού. Και είπε προς αυτόν ο Βαλάκ, Τι ελάλησεν ο Κύριος;
17 He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, “What has Yahweh spoken?”
18 Και αρχίσας την παραβολήν αυτού είπε, Σηκώθητι, Βαλάκ, και άκουσον· δος ακρόασιν εις εμέ, συ ο υιός του Σεπφώρ·
18 He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
19 ο Θεός δεν είναι άνθρωπος να ψευσθή, ούτε υιός ανθρώπου να μεταμεληθή· αυτός είπε και δεν θέλει εκτελέσει; ή ελάλησε και δεν θέλει εμμείνει;
19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good?
20 Ιδού, ευλογίαν παρέλαβον· και ευλόγησε· και εγώ δεν δύναμαι να μεταστρέψω αυτήν.
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.
21 Δεν εθεώρησεν ανομίαν εις τον Ιακώβ, ουδέ είδε διαστροφήν εις τον Ισραήλ· Κύριος ο Θεός αυτού είναι μετ' αυτού, και αλαλαγμός βασιλέως είναι μεταξύ αυτών.
21 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.
22 Ο Θεός εξήγαγεν αυτούς εξ Αιγύπτου· έχουσιν ως δύναμιν μονοκέρωτος.
22 God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
23 Βεβαίως ουδεμία γοητεία δεν ισχύει κατά του Ιακώβ, ουδέ μαντεία κατά του Ισραήλ· κατά καιρόν θέλει λαληθή περί του Ιακώβ και περί του Ισραήλ, Τι κατώρθωσεν ο Θεός.
23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’
24 Ιδού, ο λαός θέλει σηκωθή ως λέων, και θέλει εγερθή ως σκύμνος· δεν θέλει κοιμηθή εωσού φάγη το θήραμα, και πίη το αίμα των πεφονευμένων.
24 Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”
25 Και είπεν ο Βαλάκ προς τον Βαλαάμ, Μήτε να καταρασθής αυτούς διόλου μήτε να ευλογήσης αυτούς διόλου.
25 Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.”
26 Αποκριθείς δε ο Βαλαάμ είπε προς τον Βαλάκ, δεν σε ελάλησα, λέγων, Παν ό,τι μοι είπη ο Κύριος, τούτο πρέπει να κάμω;
26 But Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do’?”
27 Και είπεν ο Βαλάκ προς τον Βαλαάμ, Ελθέ, παρακαλώ, θέλω σε φέρει εις άλλον τόπον, ίσως θέλει αρέσει εις τον Θεόν να μοι καταρασθής αυτόν εκείθεν.
27 Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
28 Και έφερεν ο Βαλάκ τον Βαλαάμ επί την κορυφήν του Φεγώρ, το οποίον βλέπει προς Γεσιμών.
28 Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
29 Και είπεν ο Βαλαάμ προς τον Βαλάκ, οικοδόμησόν μοι ενταύθα επτά βωμούς και ετοίμασόν μοι ενταύθα επτά μόσχους και επτά κριούς.
29 Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”
30 και έκαμεν ο Βαλάκ ως είπεν ο Βαλαάμ και προσέφερε μόσχον και κριόν εφ' έκαστον βωμόν.
30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Balak
The son of Zippor and king of Moab, who feared Israel and hired Balaam to curse them, but each oracle from the high places turned into a blessing.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 22:2; Numbers 22:4; Numbers 23:2
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Numbers 23:29; Jude 11; Matthew 23:13; 2 Chronicles 29:21; Proverbs 15:8
- 2 Numbers 23:30; Numbers 23:14
- 3 Numbers 23:15; Genesis 8:20; Leviticus 1:1; Genesis 22:13; Genesis 22:2
- 4 Numbers 23:16; Luke 18:12; Ephesians 2:9; Numbers 22:20; Romans 3:27
- 5 Jeremiah 1:9; Deuteronomy 18:18; Isaiah 51:16; Isaiah 59:21; Numbers 23:16
- 7 Numbers 24:3; Numbers 22:5–6; Deuteronomy 23:4; Numbers 23:18; Job 29:1
- 8 Numbers 23:23; Isaiah 44:25; Numbers 23:20; Numbers 22:12; Isaiah 47:12–13
- 9 Deuteronomy 33:28; Deuteronomy 32:8; Exodus 33:16; Esther 3:8; Ezra 9:2
- 10 Genesis 13:16; Psalm 37:37; Psalm 116:15; Revelation 14:13; 2 Corinthians 5:1
- 11 Nehemiah 13:2; Numbers 24:10; Psalm 109:17–20; Numbers 23:7–8; Numbers 22:17
- 12 Numbers 22:38; Numbers 23:26; Numbers 24:13; Proverbs 26:25; Numbers 23:20
- 13 Psalm 109:17; James 3:9–10; Joshua 24:9; 1 Kings 20:28; Numbers 22:41
- 14 Isaiah 1:10–11; Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 4:49; Hosea 12:11; Isaiah 46:6
- 15 Numbers 23:3; Numbers 22:8
- 16 Numbers 23:5; Numbers 22:35; Numbers 24:1
- 17 Numbers 23:26; Jeremiah 37:17; 1 Samuel 3:17
- 18 Judges 3:20
- 19 1 Samuel 15:29; James 1:17; Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 6:18; Titus 1:2
- 20 John 10:27–29; Numbers 22:12; Genesis 12:2; Genesis 22:17; Isaiah 43:13
- 21 Psalm 23:4; Matthew 1:23; Jeremiah 50:20; Romans 4:7–8; Exodus 29:45–46
- 22 Numbers 24:8; Deuteronomy 33:17; Job 39:9–11; Exodus 20:2; Psalm 22:21
- 23 Luke 10:18–19; Joshua 13:22; Numbers 24:1; Micah 6:4–5; Romans 16:20
- 24 Genesis 49:27; Genesis 49:9; Revelation 5:5; Numbers 24:8–9; Numbers 24:17
- 25 Psalm 2:1–3
- 26 Acts 5:29; Numbers 22:18; Acts 4:19–20; Numbers 22:38; 2 Chronicles 18:13
- 27 Romans 11:29; Numbers 23:13; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 46:10–11; Isaiah 14:27
- 28 Numbers 21:20; Psalm 106:28
- 29 Numbers 23:1–2
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