¹ Και ιδων ο Βαλααμ οτι ητο αρεστον ενωπιον του Κυριου να ευλογηση τον Ισραηλ, δεν υπηγε, καθως αλλοτε, να ζητηση μαντειας, αλλ' εστησε το προσωπον αυτου προς την ερημον.

² Και ανυψωσεν ο Βαλααμ τους οφθαλμους αυτου και ειδε τον Ισραηλ κατεσκηνωμενον κατα τας φυλας αυτων· και ηλθεν επ' αυτον το πνευμα του Θεου.

³ Και αρχισας την παραβολην αυτου ειπε, Βαλααμ ο υιος του Βεωρ ειπε, και ο ανθρωπος, ο εχων ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου, ειπεν·

⁴ ειπεν εκεινος, οστις ηκουσε τα λογια του Θεου, Οστις ειδεν ορασιν του Παντοδυναμου, πεσων εις εκστασιν, εχων ομως ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου.

⁵ Ποσον ωραιαι ειναι αι κατοικιαι σου, Ιακωβ, αι σκηναι σου, Ισραηλ.

⁶ Ως κοιλαδες ειναι εξηπλωμεναι, ως παραδεισοι εις οχθας ποταμου, ως δενδρα αλοης τα οποια εφυτευσεν ο Κυριος, ως κεδροι πλησιον των υδατων.

⁷ Θελει εκχεει υδωρ εκ της αντλιας αυτου, και το σπερμα αυτου θελει εισθαι εις υδατα πολλα, και ο βασιλευς αυτου θελει εισθαι υψηλοτερος του Αγαγ, και η βασιλεια αυτου θελει μεγαλυνθη.

⁸ Ο Θεος εξηγαγεν αυτον εξ Αιγυπτου· εχει ως δυναμιν μονοκερωτος· θελει καταφαγει τα εθνη τους πολεμιους αυτου, και θελει συντριψει τα οστα αυτων, και θελει κατατοξευσει αυτους με τα βελη αυτου.

⁹ Αναπεσων, εκοιμηθη ως λεων, και ως σκυμνος λεοντος· τις θελει εξεγειρει αυτον; Ευλογημενος ο ευλογων σε και κατηραμενος ο καταρωμενος σε.

¹⁰ Και εξηφθη ο θυμος του Βαλακ εναντιον του Βαλααμ και συνεκροτησε τας χειρας αυτου· και ειπεν ο Βαλακ προς τον Βαλααμ, δια να καταρασθης τους εχθρους μου σε εκαλεσα· και ιδου, συ ευλογων ευλογησας αυτους τριτην ταυτην φοραν·

¹¹ τωρα λοιπον φυγε εις τον τοπον σου· ελεγον να σε τιμησω με τιμας· αλλ' ιδου, ο Κυριος σε εστερησε της τιμης.

¹² Και ειπεν ο Βαλααμ προς τον Βαλακ, Δεν ειπον και προς τους απεσταλμενους σου, τους οποιους απεστειλας προς εμε, λεγων,

¹³ Και αν μοι δωση ο Βαλακ την οικιαν αυτου πληρη αργυριου και χρυσιου, δεν δυναμαι να παραβω την προσταγην του Κυριου, ωστε να καμω καλον η κακον απ' εμαυτου, αλλ' ο, τι ο Κυριος λαληση, τουτο θελω ειπει;

¹⁴ και τωρα, ιδου, εγω υπαγω προς τον λαον μου· ελθε λοιπον να σοι φανερωσω τι θελει καμει ο λαος ουτος εις τον λαον σου εις τας εσχατας ημερας.

¹⁵ Και αρχισας την παραβολην αυτου ειπε, Βαλααμ ο υιος του Βεωρ ειπε, και ο ανθρωπος, ο εχων ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου, ειπεν·

¹⁶ ειπεν εκεινος, οστις ηκουσε τα λογια του Θεου, και ελαβε την γνωσιν του Υψιστου, οστις ειδεν ορασιν του Παντοδυναμου, πεσων εις εκστασιν, εχων ομως ανοικτους τους οφθαλμους αυτου·

¹⁷ Θελω ιδει αυτον, αλλ' ουχι τωρα· θελω θεωρησει αυτον, αλλ' ουχι εκ του πλησιον· θελει ανατειλει αστρον εξ Ιακωβ, και θελει αναστηθη σκηπτρον εκ του Ισραηλ, και θελει παταξει τους αρχηγους Μωαβ, και εξολοθρευσει παντας τους υιους του Σηθ·

¹⁸ και ο Εδωμ θελει εισθαι κληρονομια, και ο Σηειρ θελει εισθαι κληρονομια εις τους εχθρους αυτου· και ο Ισραηλ θελει πραξει εν ισχυι·

¹⁹ και θελει εξελθει εξ Ιακωβ ο εξουσιαζων, και θελει εξολοθρευσει τον διασωθεντα εκ της πολεως.

²⁰ Και ιδων τον Αμαληκ, ηρχισε την παραβολην αυτου και ειπεν, Ο Αμαληκ ειναι αρχη των εθνων· αλλ' εν τω τελει αυτου θελει αφανισθη.

²¹ Και ιδων τον Κεναιον, ηρχισε την παραβολην αυτου και ειπεν, Ισχυρα ειναι η κατοικια σου, και θετεις την φωλεαν σου επι την πετραν·

²² πλην ο Κεναιος θελει καταπορθηθη, εωσου σε φερη αιχμαλωτον ο Ασσουρ.

²³ Και επανελαβε την παραβολην αυτου και ειπεν, Ω τις θελει ζησει, οταν ο Θεος καμη τουτο;

²⁴ Και πλοια θελουσιν ελθει απο των παραλιων των Κητιαιων, και θελουσι καταθλιψει τον Ασσουρ, και θελουσι καταθλιψει τον Εβερ· αλλα και εκεινοι θελουσιν εξαφανισθη.

²⁵ Και σηκωθεις ο Βαλααμ ανεχωρησε και επεστρεψεν εις τον τοπον αυτου· ο δε Βαλακ απηλθε και αυτος εις την οδον αυτου.

¹ For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob.

² The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place. The house of Israel will possess them in Yahweh's land for servants and for handmaids. They will take as captives those whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

³ It will happen in the day that Yahweh will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,

⁴ that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!"

⁵ Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

⁶ who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

⁷ The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out song.

⁸ Yes, the fir trees rejoice with you, with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, "Since you are humbled, no lumberjack has come up against us."

⁹ Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the dead for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

¹⁰ They all will answer and ask you, "Have you also become as weak as we are? Have you become like us?"

¹¹ Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.

¹² How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!

¹³ You said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!

¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!"

¹⁵ Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

¹⁶ Those who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, "Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;

¹⁷ who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn't release his prisoners to their home?"

¹⁸ All the kings of the nations, sleep in glory, everyone in his own house.

¹⁹ But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, who are thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit; like a dead body trodden under foot.

²⁰ You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. The seed of evildoers will not be named forever.

²¹ Prepare for slaughter of his children because of the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up and possess the earth, and fill the surface of the world with cities.

²² "I will rise up against them," says Yahweh of Armies, "and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son's son," says Yahweh.

²³ "I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water. I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," says Yahweh of Armies.

²⁴ Yahweh of Armies has sworn, saying, "Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

²⁵ that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders.

²⁶ This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.

²⁷ For Yahweh of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"

²⁸ This burden was in the year that king Ahaz died.

²⁹ Don't rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent's root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.

³⁰ The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed.

³¹ Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

³² What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.