Numbers 22
1 The children of Israel [God prevails] traveled on and encamped in the plains of Moab [From father] beyond the Jordan [Descender] River, opposite Jericho [Fragrant, Moon].
Depois os filhos de Israel partiram, e se assentaram nos campos de Moabe, desta parte do Jordão de Jericó.
2 Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel [God prevails] had done to the Amorites [Descendants of Talkers].
E viu Balaque, filho de Zipor, tudo o que Israel havia feito aos amorreus.
3 Moab [From father] was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab [From father] was distressed because of the children of Israel [God prevails].
E Moabe temeu muito por causa do povo que era muito; e angustiou-se Moabe por causa dos filhos de Israel.
4 Moab [From father] said to the elders of Midian [Strife], “Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab [From father] at that time.
E disse Moabe aos anciãos de Midiã: Agora lamberá esta gente todos nossos entornos, como lambe o boi a grama do campo. E Balaque, filho de Zipor, era então rei de Moabe.
5 He sent messengers to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt [Abode of slavery]. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.
Portanto enviou mensageiros a Balaão filho de Beor, a Petor, que está junto ao rio na terra dos filhos de seu povo, para que o chamassem, dizendo: Um povo saiu do Egito, e eis que cobre a face da terra, e habita diante de mim:
6 Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may divorce them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
Vem pois agora, te rogo, amaldiçoa para mim este povo, porque é mais forte que eu: talvez poderei eu feri-lo, e lançá-lo da terra: que eu sei que o que tu abençoares, será bendito, e o que tu amaldiçoares, será maldito.
7 The elders of Moab [From father] and the elders of Midian [Strife] departed with the rewards of divination in their hand. They came to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and spoke to him the words of Balak.
E foram os anciãos de Moabe e os anciãos de Midiã, com o [pagamento pela] adivinhação em sua mão, e chegaram a Balaão, e lhe disseram as palavras de Balaque.
8 He said to them, “Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Adonai shall speak to me.” The princes of Moab [From father] stayed with Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people].
E ele lhes disse: Repousai aqui esta noite, e eu vos referirei as palavras, como o SENHOR me falar. Assim os príncipes de Moabe se restaram com Balaão.
9 God came to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and said, “Who are these men with you?”
E veio Deus a Balaão, e disse-lhe: Que homens são estes que estão contigo?
10 Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab [From father], has said to me,
E Balaão respondeu a Deus: Balaque filho de Zipor, rei de Moabe, enviou a mim dizendo:
11 ‘Behold, the people that has come out of Egypt [Abode of slavery] covers the surface of the earth. Now, come curse me them. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.’”
Eis que este povo que saiu do Egito, cobre a face da terra: vem pois agora, e amaldiçoa-o para mim; talvez poderei lutar com ele, e expulsá-lo.
12 God said to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.”
Então disse Deus a Balaão: Não vás com eles, nem amaldiçoes ao povo; porque é bendito.
13 Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for Adonai refuses to permit me to go with you.”
Assim Balaão se levantou pela manhã, e disse aos príncipes de Balaque: Voltai-vos à vossa terra, porque o SENHOR não me quer deixar ir convosco.
14 The princes of Moab [From father] rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] refuses to come with us.”
E os príncipes de Moabe se levantaram, e vieram a Balaque, e disseram: Balaão não quis vir conosco.
15 Balak again sent princes, more, and more honorable than they.
E voltou Balaque a enviar outra vez mais príncipes, e mais nobres que os outros.
16 They came to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
Os quais vieram a Balaão, e disseram-lhe: Assim diz Balaque, filho de Zipor: Rogo-te que não deixes de vir a mim:
17 for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’”
Porque sem dúvida te honrarei muito, e farei tudo o que me disseres: vem pois agora, almaldiçoa para mim a este povo.
18 Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the word of Adonai my God, to do less or more.
E Balaão respondeu, e disse aos servos de Balaque: Ainda que Balaque me desse sua casa cheia de prata e ouro, não posso transgredir a palavra do SENHOR meu Deus, para fazer coisa pequena nem grande.
19 Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what Adonai will speak to me more.”
Rogo-vos, portanto, agora, que repouseis aqui esta noite, para que eu saiba que me volta a dizer o SENHOR.
20 God came to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] at night, and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do.”
E veio Deus a Balaão de noite, e disse-lhe: Se homens vierem a te chamar, levanta-te e vai com eles: porém farás o que eu te disser.
21 Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab [From father].
Assim Balaão se levantou pela manhã, e preparou sua jumenta, e foi com os príncipes de Moabe.
22 God’s anger burned because he went; and ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing] placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
E o furor de Deus se acendeu porque ele ia; e o anjo do SENHOR se pôs no caminho por adversário seu. Ia, pois, ele montado sobre sua jumenta, e com ele dois servos seus.
23 The donkey saw ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing] standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field. Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] struck the donkey, to turn her into the way.
E a jumenta viu o anjo do SENHOR, que estava no caminho com sua espada exposta em sua mão; então a jumenta desviou-se do caminho, e foi pelo campo. Em seguida, Balaão espancou a jumenta para fazê-la voltar ao caminho.
24 Then ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing] stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
Mas o anjo do SENHOR se pôs em uma vereda de vinhas que tinha parede de uma parte e parede de outra.
25 The donkey saw ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing], and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people]’s foot against the wall. He struck her again.
E quando a jumenta viu o anjo do SENHOR, apegou-se à parede, e apertou contra a parede o pé de Balaão: e ele voltou a espancá-la.
26 Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] went further, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
E o anjo do SENHOR passou mais ali, e pôs-se em um lugar estreito, onde não havia caminho para desviar-se nem à direita nem à esquerda.
27 The donkey saw ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing], and she lay down under Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people]. Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people]’s anger burned, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
E vendo a jumenta ao anjo do SENHOR, lançou-se debaixo de Balaão: e irou-se Balaão, e feriu à jumenta com um bordão.
28 Adonai opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
Então o SENHOR abriu a boca da jumenta, a qual disse a Balaão: Que te fiz, que me feriste estas três vezes?
29 Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you.”
E Balaão respondeu à jumenta: Porque te zombaste de mim: bom seria se eu tivesse espada em minha mão, que agora te mataria!
30 The donkey said to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long until today? Was I ever in the habit of doing so to you?” He said, “No.”
E a jumenta disse a Balaão: Não sou eu tua jumenta? Sobre mim montaste desde que tu me tens até hoje; costumei a fazê-lo assim contigo? E ele respondeu: Não.
31 Then Adonai opened the eyes of Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and he saw ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing] standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
Então o SENHOR abriu os olhos a Balaão, e viu ao anjo do SENHOR que estava no caminho, e tinha sua espada nua em sua mão. E Balaão fez reverência, e inclinou-se sobre seu rosto.
32 Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me.
E o anjo do SENHOR lhe disse: Por que feriste tua jumenta estas três vezes? eis que eu saí para me opor a ti, porque teu caminho é perverso diante de mim:
33 The donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times. Unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive.”
A jumenta me viu, e afastou-se logo de diante de mim estas três vezes: e se de mim não se houvesse afastado, eu também agora mataria a ti, e a ela deixaria viva.
34 Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] said to ha mal'ak Yahweh [the Angel of He sustains breathing], “I have sinned; for I didn’t know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.”
Então Balaão disse ao anjo do SENHOR: Pequei, que não sabia que tu te punhas diante de mim no caminho: mas agora, se te parece mal, eu me voltarei.
35 Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] said to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], “Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] went with the princes of Balak.
E o anjo do SENHOR disse a Balaão: Vai com esses homens: porém a palavra que eu te disser, essa falarás. Assim Balaão foi com os príncipes de Balaque.
36 When Balak sh'ma ·heard obeyed· that Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab [From father], which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
E ouvindo Balaque que Balaão vinha, saiu a recebê-lo à cidade de Moabe, que está junto ao termo de Arnom, que é a extremidade das fronteiras.
37 Balak said to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], “Didn’t I earnestly send to you to call you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?”
E Balaque disse a Balaão: Não enviei eu a ti a chamar-te? por que não vieste a mim? não posso eu te honrar?
38 Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.”
E Balaão respondeu a Balaque: Eis que eu vim a ti: mas poderei agora falar alguma coisa? A palavra que Deus puser em minha boca, essa falarei.
39 Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.
E foi Balaão com Balaque, e vieram à Quiriate-Huzote.
40 Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and to the princes who were with him.
E Balaque fez matar bois e ovelhas, e enviou a Balaão, e aos príncipes que estavam com ele.
41 In the morning, Balak took Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there part of the people.
E no dia seguinte Balaque tomou a Balaão, e o fez subir aos lugares altos de Baal, e desde ali viu a extremidade do povo.
