22 — Numbers

1And they went forward and encamped in the plains of Moab, over against where Jericho is situate beyond the Jordan.E tirando innanzi posero il campo nelle pianure di Moab, dove è posta Gerico di là dal Giordano.AND marching forward they camped in the champion countrie of Moab, where Iericho is situated beyond Iordan.Profectique castrametati sunt in campestribus Moab, ubi trans Jordanem Jericho sita est. 2And Balac the son of Sephor, seeing all that Israel had done to the Amorrhite,Ma Balac figliuolo di Sephor avendo veduto in qual modo Israele avea trattati gli Amorrei,And Balac the sonne of Sephor seeing al thinges that Israel had done to the Amorrheite,Videns autem Balac filius Sephor omnia quæ fecerat Israël Amorrhæo, 3And that the Moabites were in great fear of him, and were not able to sustain his assault,E come i Moabiti lo temevano, e non potevano resistergli,and that the Moabites were in greate feare of him, and could not susteyne his assault,et quod pertimuissent eum Moabitæ, et impetum ejus ferre non possent, 4He said to the elders of Madian: So will this people destroy all that dwell in our borders, as the ox is wont to eat the grass to the very roots. Now he was at that time king in Moab.Disse agli anziani di Madian: Questo popolo struggerà tutti gli abitanti del nostro paese, come suole il bue sterpar l'erba fino dalla radice. Questi era in quel tempo re di Moab.he said to the elders of Madian: So wil this people destroy al that dwel in our coastes, as the ox• is wont to eate the grasse vnto the verie rootes. And he was at the same time King in Moab.dixit ad majores natu Madian: Ita delebit hic populus omnes, qui in nostris finibus commorantur, quomodo solet bos herbas usque ad radices carpere. Ipse erat eo tempore rex in Moab. 5He sent therefore messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, a soothsayer, who dwelt by the river of the land of the children of Ammon, to call him, and to say: Behold a people is come out of Egypt, that hath covered the face of the earth, sitting over against me.Mandò adunque dei nunzi a Balaam figliuolo di Beor indovino, il quale abitava sul fiume del paese dei figliuoli di Ammon, affinché lo chiamassero, e gli dicessero: Ecco che un popolo, il quale ingombra la superficie della terra, è uscito dall'Egitto, ed è in campo contro di me.He sent therfore messengers to Balaam the sonne of Behor a Southsayer, who dwelt vpon the riuer of the land of the children of Ammon, to cal him, and to say: Behold a people is come out of Aegypt, that hath couered the face of the earth, sitting against me.Misit ergo nuntios ad Balaam filium Beor ariolum, qui habitabat super flumen terræ filiorum Ammon, ut vocarent eum, et dicerent: Ecce egressus est populus ex Ægypto, qui operuit superficiem terræ, sedens contra me.

6Come therefore, and curse this people, because it is mightier than I: if by any means I may beat them and drive them out of my land: for I know that he whom thou shalt bless is blessed, and he whom thou shalt curse is cursed.Vieni adunque a maledir questo popolo, perché egli è più possente di me, affinché io vegga, se posso abbatterlo in qualche modo, e cacciarlo dal mio paese: perocché io so, che è benedetto colui, che tu benedici, e maledetto colui, che ha maledizione da te.Come therfore, and curse this people, because it is mightier then I: if by any meanes I may strike them and cast them out of my land for I know that he is blessed whom thou shalt blesse, and cursed vpon whom thou shalt heape curses.Veni igitur, et maledic populo huic, quia fortior me est: si quomodo possim percutere et ejicere eum de terra mea. Novi enim quod benedictus sit cui benedixeris, et maledictus in quem maledicta congesseris. 7And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of Madian, went with the price of divination in their hands. And where they were come to Balaam, and had told him all the words of Balac:E andarono gli anziani di Moab, e i seniori di Madian, portando in mano la mercede dell'indovino. E avendo trovato Balaam e riferite a lui tutte le parole di Balac:And the ancientes of Moab went, and the elders of Madian, hauing the price of diuination in their handes. And when they were come to Balaam, and had told him al the wordes of Balac:Perrexeruntque seniores Moab, et majores natu Madian, habentes divinationis pretium in manibus. Cumque venissent ad Balaam, et narrassent ei omnia verba Balac, 8He answered: Tarry here this night and I will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him:Quegli rispose: Fermatevi qui stanotte, e vi risponderò quello che mi dirà il Signore. Stettero quegli in casa di Balaam, e Dio venne a lui, e disse:he answered: Tarie here this night, and I wil answer whatsoeuer the Lord shal say to me. And whiles they stayed with Balaam, God came, and said to him:ille respondit: Manete hic nocte, et respondebo quidquid mihi dixerit Dominus. Manentibus illis apud Balaam, venit Deus, et ait ad eum: 9What mean these men that are with thee?Che domandano questi uomini, che sono in casa tua?What would these men that are with thee?Quid sibi volunt homines isti apud te ? 10He answered: Balac the son of Sephor king of the Moabites hath sent to me,Rispose: Balac figliuolo di Sephor re de' Moabiti ha mandato a dirmi:He answered: Balac the sonne of Sephor king of the Moabites hath sent to me,Respondit: Balac filius Sephor rex Moabitarum misit ad me, 11Saying: Behold a people that is come out of Egypt, hath covered the face of the land: come and curse them, if by any means I may fight with them and drive them away.Ecco che un popolo uscito dall'Egitto ingombra tutta la superficie della terra. Vieni, e maledicilo, perché io possa in qualche modo assalirlo.saying: Behold a people that is come out of Aegypt, hath couered the face of the land: come, and curse them, if by any meanes fighting I may driue them away.dicens: Ecce populus qui egressus est de Ægypto, operuit superficiem terræ: veni, et maledic ei, si quomodo possim pugnans abigere eum.

12And God said to Balaam: Thou shalt not go with them, nor shalt thou curse the people: because it is blessed.E Dio disse a Balaam: Non andar con loro, e non maledir quel popolo; perché egli è benedetto.And God said to Balaam: Goe not with them, neither doe thou curse the people: because it is blessed.Dixitque Deus ad Balaam: Noli ire cum eis, neque maledicas populo: quia benedictus est. 13And he rose in the morning and said to the princes: Go into your country, because the Lord hath forbid me to come with you.Ed egli alzatosi la mattina disse a que' principi: Andate al vostro paese: perocché il Signore mi ha proibito di venire con voi.Who in the morning arising said to the princes: Goe into your countrie, because the Lord hath forbid me to come with you.Qui mane consurgens dixit ad principes: Ite in terram vestram, quia prohibuit me Dominus venire vobiscum. 14The princes returning, said to Balac: Balaam would not come with us.Tornati i principi dissero a Balac: Balaam non ha voluto venire con noi.The princes returning, said to Balac: Balaam would not come with vs.Reversi principes dixerunt ad Balac: Noluit Balaam venire nobiscum. 15Then he sent many more and more noble than he had sent before:Il re mandò di nuovo altri in maggior numero, e più ragguardevoli, che que' di prima.Againe he sent many moe and more noble, then he had sent before.Rursum ille multo plures et nobiliores quam ante miserat, misit. 16Who, when they were come to Balaam, said: Thus saith Balac the son of Sephor, Delay not to come to me:I quali giunti dove era Balaam, dissero: Balac figliuolo di Sephor ha detto questo: Non tardar di venire da me.Who when they were come to Balaam, said: Thus sayeth Balac the sonne of Sephor: Slacke not to come to me:Qui cum venissent ad Balaam, dixerunt: Sic dicit Balac filius Sephor: Ne cuncteris venire ad me: 17For I am ready to honour thee, and will give thee whatsoever thou wilt: come and curse this people.Io sono risoluto di farti onore, e ti darò tutto quel che vorrai: vieni, e maledici questo popolo.for I am readie to honour thee, and whatsoeuer thou wilt I wil geue thee: Come, and curse this people.paratus sum honorare te, et quidquid volueris, dabo tibi: veni, et maledic populo isti. 18Balaam answered: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my God, to speak either more or less.Rispose Balaam: Quando Balac mi desse la sua casa piena d'argento e d'oro, non potrò io alterare la parola del Signore Dio mio per dire o di più, o di meno.Balaam answered: If Balac would geue me his house ful of siluer and gold, I can not change the word of the Lord my God, to speake either more, or lesse.Respondit Balaam: Si dederit mihi Balac plenam domum suam argenti et auri, non potero immutare verbum Domini Dei mei, ut vel plus, vel minus loquar.

19I pray you to stay here this night also, that I may know what the Lord will answer me once more.Vi prego di rimaner qui ancora questa notte, perché io possa sapere quello che per la seconda volta mi risponda il Signore.I besech you that you wil also tarie here this night, and I may know what the Lord wil answer me once more.Obsecro ut hic maneatis etiam hac nocte, et scire queam quid mihi rursum respondeat Dominus. 20God therefore came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: If these men be come to call thee, arise and go with them: yet so, that thou do what I shall command thee.Venne adunque Dio a Balaam la notte, e gli disse: se questi uomini sono venuti a chiamarti, levati, e va' con loro: con questo però, che tu faccia quello che io ti comanderò.God therfore came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: If these men be come to cal thee, arise and goe with them: yet so, that thou doe that which I shal command thee.Venit ergo Deus ad Balaam nocte, et ait ei: Si vocare te venerunt homines isti, surge, et vade cum eis: ita dumtaxat, ut quod tibi præcepero, facias. 21Balaam arose in the morning, and saddling his ass went with them.Alzatosi Balaam la mattina, e, messa la sella alla sua asina, si partì con quelli.Balaam arose in the morning, and sadling his asse went with them.Surrexit Balaam mane, et strata asina sua profectus est cum eis. 22And God was angry. And an angel of the Lord stood in the way against Balaam, who sat on the ass, and had two servants with him.Ma Dio si adirò. E l'angelo del Signore si pose sulla strada dinanzi a Balaam, che cavalcava l'asina, e avea seco due servitori.And God was angrie. And an Angel of our Lord stoode in the way against Balaam, who sate vpon the asse, and had two seruantes with him.Et iratus est Deus. Stetitque angelus Domini in via contra Balaam, qui insidebat asinæ, et duos pueros habebat secum. 23The ass seeing the angel standing in the way, with a drawn sword, turned herself out of the way, and went into the field. And when Balaam beat her, and had a mind to bring her again to the way,L'asina, che vedeva l'Angelo nella strada colla spada sguainata, usci di via, e andava pel campo. E battendola Balaam, che volea rimetterla sulla strada,The asse seeing the Angel standing in the way, with a drawen sword, turned her self out of the way, and went by the field. Whom when Balaam had bette, and had brought her againe to the beaten way,Cernens asina angelum stantem in via, evaginato gladio, avertit se de itinere, et ibat per agrum. Quam cum verberaret Balaam, et vellet ad semitam reducere, 24The angel stood in a narrow place between two walls, wherewith the vineyards were enclosed.Si pose l'Angelo in un angusto sentiero tra due muri a secco, che servivano a chiuder le vigne.the Angel stoode in the streicttes of two walles, wherwith vineyardes were inclosed.stetit angelus in angustiis duarum maceriarum, quibus vineæ cingebantur.

25And the ass seeing him, thrust herself close to the wall, and bruised the foot of the rider. But he beat her again:E veggendolo l'asina si serrò al muro, e pestò il piede di lui che la cavalcava. Ed egli seguitava a bastonarlaWhom the asse seeing, ioyned her selfe close to the wal, and brused the foote of him that ridde. But he beate her againe:Quem videns asina, junxit se parieti, et attrivit sedentis pedem. At ille iterum verberabat eam: 26And nevertheless the angel going on to a narrow place, where there was no way to turn aside either to the right hand or to the left, stood to meet him.Contuttociò l'Angelo andato a porsi in un luogo stretto, dove non era possibil di volgersi né a destra, né a sinistra, fermossegli dinanzi.and neuerthelesse the Angel passing to a narrow place, where there could be no going a side neither to the right hand nor to the left, stoode to meete him.et nihilominus angelus ad locum angustum transiens, ubi nec ad dexteram, nec ad sinistram poterat deviare, obvius stetit. 27And when the ass saw the angel standing, she fell under the feet of the rider: who being angry beat her sides more vehemently with a staff.E l'asina, veggendo ivi fermo l'Angelo, cadde sotto i piedi di lui, che le stava sopra: il quale vie più acceso di collera scaricava colpi di bastone su' fianchi di essa.And when the asse had seene the Angel standing, she fel vnder the feete of the rider. Who being angrie, bette her sides with a staffe more vehemently.Cumque vidisset asina stantem angelum, concidit sub pedibus sedentis: qui iratus, vehementius cædebat fuste latera ejus. 28And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said: What have I done to thee? Why strikest thou me, lo, now this third time?E il Signore aperse la bocca dell'asina, ed ella disse: Che ti ho fatt'io? perché mai per la terza volta mi batti?And our Lord opened the mouth of the asse, and she spake: What haue I done to thee? why strikest thou me? loe now the third time?Aperuitque Dominus os asinæ, et locuta est: Quid feci tibi ? cur percutis me ecce jam tertio ? 29Balaam answered: Because thou hast deserved it, and hast served me ill: I would I had a sword that I might kill thee.Rispose Balaam: Perché tu l'hai meritato, e ti burli di me: avess'io una spada per ammazzarti!Balaam answered: Because thou hast deserued, and hast abused me: I would I had a sword, that I might kil thee.Respondit Balaam: Quia commeruisti, et illusisti mihi: utinam haberem gladium, ut te percuterem !

30The ass said: Am not I thy beast, on which thou hast been always accustomed to ride until this present day? tell me if I ever did the like thing to thee. But he said: Never.Disse l'asina: Non sono io la tua bestia, sulla quale se' stato sempre solito di cavalcare sino a quest'oggi? dimmi s'io ti ho fatto mai cosa simile. Disse quegli: Giammai.The asse said: Am not I thy beast, on which thou hast beene alwayes accustomed to ride vntil this present day? tel me what like thing did I euer to thee. But he said: Neuer.Dixit asina: Nonne animal tuum sum, cui semper sedere consuevisti usque in præsentem diem ? dic quid simile umquam fecerim tibi. At ille ait: Numquam. 31Forthwith the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel standing in the way with a drawn sword, and he worshipped him falling flat on the ground.Aperse tosto il Signore gli occhi a Balaam, ed ei vide l'Angelo del Signore starsi sulla strada colla spada sguainata, e prostrato per terra lo adorò.Forthwith our Lord opened the eies of Balaam, and he saw the Angel standing in the way with a drawen sword, and he adored him flatte to the ground.Protinus aperuit Dominus oculos Balaam, et vidit angelum stantem in via, evaginato gladio, adoravitque eum pronus in terram. 32And the angel said to him: Why beatest thou thy ass these three times? I am come to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse, and contrary to me:E l'Angelo a lui: Perché, disse, per tre volte batti la tua asina? Io son venuto per attraversarmi a te, perché la tua strada è perversa, e si oppone a me:To whom the Angel said: Why beatest thou thy asse the third time? I am come to withstand thee, because thy way is peruerse, and contrarie to me:Cui angelus: Cur, inquit, tertio verberas asinam tuam ? ego veni ut adversarer tibi, quia perversa est via tua, mihique contraria: 33And unless the ass had turned out of the way, giving place to me who stood against thee, I had slain thee, and she should have lived.E se l'asina non fosse uscita di strada, cedendo a chi le poneva ostacolo, io avrei ucciso te, lasciando quella in vita.and vnlesse the asse had turned out of the way, geuing place to me resisting thee, I had slaine thee, and she should haue liued.et nisi asina declinasset de via, dans locum resistenti, te occidissem, et illa viveret. 34Balaam said: I have sinned, not knowing that thou didst stand against me: and now if it displease thee that I go, I will return.Disse Balaam: io ho peccato, non sapendo che tu fossi contro di me: e adesso, se dispiace a te ch'io vada, tornerò indietro.Balaam said: I haue sinned, not knowing that thou didst stand against me: and now if it displease thee that I goe, I wil returne.Dixit Balaam: Peccavi, nesciens quod tu stares contra me: et nunc si displicet tibi ut vadam, revertar.

35The angel said: Go with these men, and see thou speak no other thing than what I shall command thee. He went therefore with the princes.Disse l'Angelo: va' con coloro, e guardati dal dire altra cosa fuori di quello che io li comanderò. Egli adunque andò con que' principi.The Angel said: Goe with these men, and see thou speake no other thing then I shal command thee. He went therfore with the princes.Ait angelus: Vade cum istis, et cave ne aliud quam præcepero tibi loquaris. Ivit igitur cum principibus. 36And when Balac heard it he came forth to meet him in a town of the Moabites, that is situate in the uttermost borders of Arnon.E giuntane la novella a Balac, gli andò incontro fino ad una città dei Moabiti situata agli ultimi confini di Arnon.Which when Balac heard, he came forth to meete him in a towne of the Moabites, that is situated in the vttermost borders of Arnon.Quod cum audisset Balac, egressus est in occursum ejus in oppido Moabitarum, quod situm est in extremis finibus Arnon. 37And he said to Balaam: I sent messengers to call thee, why didst thou not come immediately to me? was it because I am not able to reward thy coming?E disse a Balaam: Mandai de' nunzii a chiamarti: per qual motivo non venisti subito da me? Forse perch'io non posso ricompensarti del tuo viaggio?And he said to Balaam: I sent messengers to cal thee, why didst thou not come immediatly vnto me? was it because I can not reward thy coming?Dixitque ad Balaam: Misi nuntios ut vocarent te: cur non statim venisti ad me ? an quia mercedem adventui tuo reddere nequeo ? 38He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth?Rispose quegli a lui: Eccomi qui: potrò io forse dire altro, se non quello che il Signore metterà nella mia bocca?To whom he answered: Loe here I am: Shal I be able to speake any other thing, but that which God shal put in my mouth?Cui ille respondit: Ecce adsum: numquid loqui potero aliud, nisi quod Deus posuerit in ore meo ? 39So they went on together, and came into a city, that was in the uttermost borders of his kingdom.Andarono adunque insieme, e giunsero ad una città, che era negli ultimi confini del suo regnoThey therfore went on together, and came into a citie, that was in the vttermost borders of his kingdome.Perrexerunt ergo simul, et venerunt in urbem, quæ in extremis regni ejus finibus erat. 40And when Balac had killed oxen and sheep, he sent presents to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.E avendo Balac ucciso de' buoi, e delle pecore, mandò de' regali a Balaam, e ai principi, che eran con lui.And when Balac had killed oxen, & sheepe, he sent therof to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him, presentes.Cumque occidisset Balac boves et oves, misit ad Balaam, et principes qui cum eo erant, munera.

41And when morning was come, he brought him to the high places of Baal, and he beheld the uttermost part of the people.Venuto poi il mattino, lo condusse a' luoghi eccelsi di Baal, donde egli mirò fino alle ultime parti del popolo (d'Israele).And when morning was come, he brought him to the excelses of Baal, and he beheld the vttermost part of the people.Mane autem facto, duxit eum ad excelsa Baal, et intuitus est extremam partem populi.