和合本
22:15 巴勒又差遣使臣,比先前的又多又尊貴。
22:16
他們到了巴蘭那裡,對他說:「西撥的兒子巴勒這樣說:『求你不容甚麼事攔阻你不到我這裡來,
22:17
因為我必使你得極大的尊榮。你向我要甚麼,我就給你甚麼;只求你來為我咒詛這民。』」
22:18
巴蘭回答巴勒的臣僕說:「巴勒就是將他滿屋的金銀給我,我行大事小事也不得越過耶和華─我神的命。
22:19 現在我請你們今夜在這裡住宿,等我得知耶和華還要對我說甚麼。」
22:20
當夜,神臨到巴蘭那裡,說:「這些人若來召你,你就起來同他們去,你只要遵行我對你所說的話。」
22:21 巴蘭早晨起來,備上驢,和摩押的使臣一同去了。
22:22 神因他去就發了怒;耶和華的使者站在路上敵擋他。他騎著驢,有兩個僕人跟隨他。
22:23
驢看見耶和華的使者站在路上,手裡有拔出來的刀,就從路上跨進田間,巴蘭便打驢,要叫牠回轉上路。
22:24 耶和華的使者就站在葡萄園的窄路上;這邊有牆,那邊也有牆。
22:25 驢看見耶和華的使者,就貼靠牆,將巴蘭的腳擠傷了;巴蘭又打驢。
22:26 耶和華的使者又往前去,站在狹窄之處,左右都沒有轉折的地方。
22:27 驢看見耶和華的使者,就臥在巴蘭底下,巴蘭發怒,用杖打驢。
22:28 耶和華叫驢開口,對巴蘭說:「我向你行了甚麼,你竟打我這三次呢?」
22:29 巴蘭對驢說:「因為你戲弄我,我恨不能手中有刀,把你殺了。」
22:30
驢對巴蘭說:「我不是你從小時直到今日所騎的驢嗎?我素常向你這樣行過嗎?」巴蘭說:「沒有。」
現代中文本
22:15 於是巴勒差派一批比先前更多更重要的人去。
22:16 他們去見巴蘭,把巴勒的意思告訴他:「請不要因任何顧忌而不來!
22:17 我要厚厚地酬謝你,你無論說甚麼我都照辦。請來為我詛咒這些人。」
22:18 可是巴蘭說:「即使巴勒把他王宮裏所有的金銀都給我,我也不能在任何大小事上違背上主─我上帝的命令。
22:19 可是請你們在這裏過夜,像以前的那批人,我好知道上主是不是還有別的話要告訴我。」
22:20 當夜,上帝臨到巴蘭那裏,對他說:「如果這些人是來求你跟他們去,你就準備跟他們去,但是要照著我的話做。」
22:21 第二天早上,巴蘭起來,把鞍子套在驢背上,跟摩押的首領們一道去了。
巴蘭和他的驢
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上帝不喜歡巴蘭跟他們去。巴蘭騎著驢,兩個僕人伴隨他走在路上的時候,上主的天使站在路中擋住他的去路。
22:23 驢看見天使拿著劍站在那裏,就離開了路,轉到田裏去。巴蘭打驢,要牠回到路上。
22:24 於是天使站在兩個葡萄園之間的窄路上,兩邊都有石牆。
22:25 驢看見天使,就挨著牆,把巴蘭的腳擦傷了;巴蘭又打驢。
22:26 天使再往前去,站在一個很窄的地方,兩邊都沒有空隙可以通過。
22:27 這一次,驢看見天使就趴下。巴蘭發脾氣,用杖打驢。
22:28 那時,上主使驢說話,牠對巴蘭說:「我對你做了甚麼?你為甚麼三次打我呢?」
22:29 巴蘭回答:「因為你戲弄我!要是我手裏有刀,就宰了你!」
22:30 驢說:「我不是你從小所騎的驢嗎?我以前這樣對待過你嗎?」巴蘭說:「沒有!」
思想問題:有什麼事情是你明知神不允許,但你卻執意要去做的?神會用什麼方式警告你?
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RSV
22:15 Once again Balak sent
princes, more in number and more honorable than they.
22:16 And they came to Balaam and said to
him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: `Let nothing hinder you from
coming to me;
22:17 for I will surely do you great honor,
and whatever you say to me I will do; come, curse this people for me.'"
22:18 But Balaam answered and said to the
servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of
silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD my God,
to do less or more.
22:19 Pray, now, tarry here this night also,
that I may know what more the LORD will say to me."
22:20 And God came to Balaam at night and
said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but
only what I bid you, that shall you do."
22:21 So Balaam rose in the morning, and
saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
22:22 But God's anger was kindled because he
went; and the angel of the LORD took his stand in the way as his
adversary. Now he was riding on the ass, and his two servants were with
him.
22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD
standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand; and the ass turned
aside out of the road, and went into the field; and Balaam struck the
ass, to turn her into the road.
22:24 Then the angel of the LORD stood in a
narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on either side.
22:25 And when the ass saw the angel of the
LORD, she pushed against the wall, and pressed Balaam's foot against the
wall; so he struck her again.
22:26 Then the angel of the LORD went ahead,
and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to
the right or to the left.
22:27 When the ass saw the angel of the
LORD, she lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he
struck the ass with his staff.
22:28 Then the LORD opened the mouth of the
ass, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have
struck me these three times?"
22:29 And Balaam said to the ass, "Because
you have made sport of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I
would kill you."
22:30 And the ass said to Balaam, "Am I not
your ass, upon which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Was
I ever accustomed to do so to you?" And he said, "No."