卻因自己的違法受了斥責。不能出聲說話的驢竟用人的聲音發出言論來，攔阻那神言人的瘋狂！

他却为自己的过犯受了责备；那不能说话的驴以人言拦阻先知的狂妄。

他却为自己的过犯受了责备，而那不能说话的驴以人的声音阻止了先知的狂妄。

他却为自己的过犯受了责备，而那不能说话的驴以人的声音阻止了先知的狂妄。

因自己的罪而受了责备。不能说话的驴竟然像人一样说起话来，制止了他狂妄的行为。

他曾经因着自己的过犯受了责备：不能说话的驴，竟用人的声音说出话来，制止了这先知的狂妄。

却为自己的过犯受了责备：一头不能说话的驴，竟用人的声音说出话来，拦阻了这先知的狂妄。

他卻為自己的過犯受了責備；那不能說話的驢以人言攔阻先知的狂妄。

他卻為自己的過犯受了責備，而那不能說話的驢以人的聲音阻止了先知的狂妄。

他卻為自己的過犯受了責備，而那不能說話的驢以人的聲音阻止了先知的狂妄。

因自己的罪而受了責備。不能說話的驢竟然像人一樣說起話來，制止了他狂妄的行為。

他曾經因著自己的過犯受了責備：不能說話的驢，竟用人的聲音說出話來，制止了這先知的狂妄。

卻為自己的過犯受了責備：一頭不能說話的驢，竟用人的聲音說出話來，攔阻了這先知的狂妄。

為己過愆見責、瘖驢作人聲、禁先知之狂妄、

為惡見責、有驢作人言、禁先知巴蘭之狂妄、

為其惡見責、不能言之驢作人聲、而止先知之狂、

因過見懲、曾有驢作人聲斥責先知之狂妄焉。

But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey— an animal without speech— who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

But a donkey corrected him for the wrong he did. Animals don’t speak. But the donkey spoke with a human voice. It tried to stop the prophet from doing a very dumb thing.

but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked him with a human voice.

but received a rebuke for his lawlessness: A speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

but he received a rebuke for his own offense, for a mute donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the insanity of the prophet.

but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet.

but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man’s voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.

but received a rebuke for his transgression: A donkey that could not talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s irrationality.

But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

yet was rebuked for his own transgression( a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness).

but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.

巴蘭早晨起來，備上驢，和摩押的首領一同去。因了他去、上帝就發怒；永恆主的使者站在路上敵擋他。他騎着驢，有他的兩個僮僕和他同行。驢看見永恆主的使者在路上立着、手裏拿着拔出來的刀，就轉離了路、在田地裏走，巴蘭便擊打驢，要叫牠轉上路來。永恆主的使者站在葡萄園的窄路上、這邊有圍牆、那邊也有圍牆。驢看見永恆主的使者，就擠靠着牆，將巴蘭的腳擠牆撞傷了；巴蘭又擊打驢。永恆主的使者又往前走，去站在狹窄之處，左右都沒有轉折的地方。驢看見永恆主的使者，就伏在巴蘭底下；巴蘭一發怒，就用行杖擊打驢。永恆主開了驢的口，驢就對巴蘭說：『我到底作了甚麼觸犯着你，你竟擊打了我這三次呢？』巴蘭對驢說：『因為你作弄了我，我巴不得手中有刀，即刻將你殺死。』驢對巴蘭說：『我，我不是你從小時到今日所騎的驢麼？我素常曾向你這樣行過麼？』巴蘭說：『沒有。』當下永恆主開了巴蘭的眼，他就看見永恆主的使者在路上立着，手裏拿着拔出來的刀，巴蘭便伏臉下拜。永恆主的使者對他說：『你為甚麼這三次擊打了你的驢呢？看哪，是我出來敵擋你的，因為你對着我逆行了路。驢看見我就在我面前偏轉了這三次。假使驢沒有從我面前偏轉着，我早已把你殺死、而讓牠活着。』

在各會堂裏、我屢次用刑，想法子強迫他們說褻瀆上帝的話。我對待他們、狂怒極了，甚至逼迫、直到國外的城市。

保羅分訴了這些話，非斯都就大聲說：『保羅，你瘋了罷！大學問使你變瘋了！』保羅說：『非斯都大人，我並不瘋，我乃是發表真實之話、清醒之話。

在日光之下所發生的一切事上、有一件最大的禍患：就是一切人所遭遇的都是一樣；並且人類的心都充滿着壞事；他們一生心裏都是狂妄，其後呢——都到死人那裏去！

我心裏轉來轉去要知道、要窺探、要尋求智慧和萬事的總和，要知道邪惡是愚頑，愚昧是狂妄。

所以你們若在不義的財錢上顯為不可靠，誰還把那真的信託你們呢？

察罰的日子來了，報應的日子到了，以色列必知道的。神言人愚忘，靈感動的人瘋狂，都因你罪孽之大，仇恨之深。