but I would not listen to him. Instead, I made Balaam bless you, and so I rescued you from Balak.

我不肯听巴兰的话，所以他倒为你们连连祝福。这样，我便救你们脱离巴勒的手。

但我不愿听巴兰，所以他反而为你们连连祝福。这样，我救了你们脱离他的手。

但我不愿听巴兰，所以他反而为你们连连祝福。这样，我救了你们脱离他的手。

我不但没有听巴兰的话，反而使他为你们连连祝福。这样，我从巴勒手中救了你们。

我不肯听巴兰的话，结果他反而一而再祝福你们；这样，我就救了你们脱离他的手。

我不肯聽巴蘭的話，所以他倒為你們連連祝福。這樣，我便救你們脫離巴勒的手。

但我不願聽巴蘭，所以他反而為你們連連祝福。這樣，我救了你們脫離他的手。

但我不願聽巴蘭，所以他反而為你們連連祝福。這樣，我救了你們脫離他的手。

我不但沒有聽巴蘭的話，反而使他為你們連連祝福。這樣，我從巴勒手中救了你們。

我不肯聽巴蘭的話，結果他反而一而再祝福你們；這樣，我就救了你們脫離他的手。

我不情願聽巴蘭；他倒連連給你們祝起福來；這樣，我便援救了你們脫離巴勒的手。

我不聽之、彼乃祝爾、如是救爾脫於其手、

我不許巴蘭咒詛、反使祝福、故爾得脫。

我不許巴蘭詛、原文作我不欲聽巴蘭反使之為爾祝福、救爾脫於其手、

But I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you out of his hand.

But I would not listen to Balaam’s curses. So he blessed you again and again. And I saved you from his power.

but I would not listen to Balaam. Indeed, he blessed you. So I delivered you out of his hand.

but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I rescued you from him.

But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I saved you from his hand.

But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he continued to bless you. So I delivered you out of his hand.

but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I delivered you from his hand.

But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.

but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

But in that coming day no weapon turned against you will succeed. You will silence every voice raised up to accuse you. These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the Lord; their vindication will come from me. I, the Lord, have spoken!

But Balaam responded to Balak’s messengers,“ Even if Balak were to give me his palace filled with silver and gold, I would be powerless to do anything against the will of the Lord my God.But stay here one more night, and I will see if the Lord has anything else to say to me.”That night God came to Balaam and told him,“ Since these men have come for you, get up and go with them. But do only what I tell you to do.”

But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam. He turned the intended curse into a blessing because the Lord your God loves you.

‘ Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come and curse these people for me. Then perhaps I will be able to stand up to them and drive them from the land.’”But God told Balaam,“ Do not go with them. You are not to curse these people, for they have been blessed!”

How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob; how lovely are your homes, O Israel!They spread before me like palm groves, like gardens by the riverside. They are like tall trees planted by the Lord, like cedars beside the waters.Water will flow from their buckets; their offspring have all they need. Their king will be greater than Agag; their kingdom will be exalted.God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox. He devours all the nations that oppose him, breaking their bones in pieces, shooting them with arrows.Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to arouse her? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel, and cursed is everyone who curses you.”King Balak flew into a rage against Balaam. He angrily clapped his hands and shouted,“ I called you to curse my enemies! Instead, you have blessed them three times.

Then Balaam said to the king,“ Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go over there to meet the Lord.”And the Lord met Balaam and gave him a message. Then he said,“ Go back to Balak and give him my message.”So Balaam returned and found the king standing beside his burnt offerings with all the officials of Moab.“ What did the Lord say?” Balak asked eagerly.This was the message Balaam delivered:“ Rise up, Balak, and listen! Hear me, son of Zippor.God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?Listen, I received a command to bless; God has blessed, and I cannot reverse it!No misfortune is in his plan for Jacob; no trouble is in store for Israel. For the Lord their God is with them; he has been proclaimed their king.God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox.No curse can touch Jacob; no magic has any power against Israel. For now it will be said of Jacob,‘ What wonders God has done for Israel!’These people rise up like a lioness, like a majestic lion rousing itself. They refuse to rest until they have feasted on prey, drinking the blood of the slaughtered!”Then Balak said to Balaam,“ Fine, but if you won’t curse them, at least don’t bless them!”But Balaam replied to Balak,“ Didn’t I tell you that I can do only what the Lord tells me?”

Then Balaam said to Balak,“ Stand here by your burnt offerings, and I will go to see if the Lord will respond to me. Then I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” So Balaam went alone to the top of a bare hill,and God met him there. Balaam said to him,“ I have prepared seven altars and have sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.”The Lord gave Balaam a message for King Balak. Then he said,“ Go back to Balak and give him my message.”So Balaam returned and found the king standing beside his burnt offerings with all the officials of Moab.This was the message Balaam delivered:“ Balak summoned me to come from Aram; the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills.‘ Come,’ he said,‘ curse Jacob for me! Come and announce Israel’s doom.’But how can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I condemn those whom the Lord has not condemned?I see them from the cliff tops; I watch them from the hills. I see a people who live by themselves, set apart from other nations.Who can count Jacob’s descendants, as numerous as dust? Who can count even a fourth of Israel’s people? Let me die like the righteous; let my life end like theirs.”Then King Balak demanded of Balaam,“ What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies. Instead, you have blessed them!”But Balaam replied,“ I will speak only the message that the Lord puts in my mouth.”

But the angel of the Lord told Balaam,“ Go with these men, but say only what I tell you to say.” So Balaam went on with Balak’s officials.