23 — Numeri

1And Balaam said to Balac: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.E disse Balaam a Balac: Alzami qui sette altari, e prepara altrettanti vitelli, e un egual numero di arieti.AND Balaam said to Balac: Build me here seuen altares, and prepare as manie calues, and rammes of the same number.Dixitque Balaam ad Balac: Ædifica mihi hic septem aras, et para totidem vitulos, ejusdemque numeri arietes. 2And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar.Ed essendo stato fatto, come avea detto Balaam, posero insieme un vitello, e un ariete sopra ciascun altare.And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they together laid a calfe and a ramme vpon an altar.Cumque fecisset juxta sermonem Balaam, imposuerunt simul vitulum et arietem super aram. 3And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.E Balaam disse a Balac: Sta per un poco presso al tuo olocausto, mentre io vo per vedere, se a sorte mi si presenti il Signore, e io ti dirò tutto quello ch'ei mi comanderà.And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while beside thy holocauste, vntil I goe, if happely the Lord wil meete me, and whatsoeuer he shal command, I wil speake to thee.Dixitque Balaam ad Balac: Sta paulisper juxta holocaustum tuum, donec vadam, si forte occurrat mihi Dominus, et quodcumque imperaverit, loquar tibi. 4And when he was gone with speed, God met him. And Balaam speaking to him, said: I have erected seven altars, and have laid on everyone a calf and a ram.Ed essendosi egli partito in fretta, se gli fe' incontro Dio. E Balaam gli disse: Io ho eretti sette altari, ed ho messo sopra ognuno un vitello, e un ariete.And when he was gone in hast, God mette him. And Balaam speaking to him, said: I haue erected seuen altares, and haue laid thereon a calse and a ramme.Cumque abiisset velociter, occurrit illi Deus. Locutusque ad eum Balaam: Septem, inquit, aras erexi, et imposui vitulum et arietem desuper. 5And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.E il Signore pose nella bocca di lui le parole, e disse: Torna a Balac, e digli questo.And our Lord put a word in his mouth, and said: Returne to Balac, and thus shalt thou speake.Dominus autem posuit verbum in ore ejus, et ait: Revertere ad Balac, et hæc loqueris. 6Returning he found Balac standing by his burnt offering, with all the princes of the Moabites:Tornò, e trovò Balac in piedi presso al suo olocausto con tutti i principi de' Moabiti.Returning he found Balac standing beside his holocauste, and al the princes of the Moabites:Reversus invenit stantem Balac juxta holocaustum suum, et omnes principes Moabitarum:

7And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: make haste and detest Israel.E prendendo il suo tuono disse: Balac re de' Moabiti mi ha condotto da Aram da' monti d'oriente. Vieni, ha egli detto, e maledici Giacobbe: affrettati, e manda imprecazioni ad Israele.and taking vp his parable, he said: From Aram hath Balac King of the Moabites brought me, from the mountaines of the East: Come, quoth he, and curse Iacob: make hast, and detest Israel.assumptaque parabola sua, dixit: De Aram adduxit me Balac / rex Moabitarum, de montibus orientis: / Veni, inquit, et maledic Jacob; / propera, et detestare Israël. 8How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?Come maledirò chi dal Signore non è maledetto? In qual modo manderò imprecazioni a chi non è in odio al Signore?How shal I curse, whom God hath not cursed? By what meanes may I detest, whom the Lord detesteth not?Quomodo maledicam, cui non maledixit Deus ? / qua ratione detester, quem Dominus non detestatur ? 9I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.Io lo vedrò dall'alto dei massi, e lo considererò dalle colline. Questo popolo si starà solo, e non sarà noverato tra le nazioni.From the highest flintes shal I see him, and from the hilles shal I view him. The people shal dwel alone, and among the Gentiles shal not be accounted.De summis silicibus videbo eum, / et de collibus considerabo illum. / Populus solus habitabit, / et inter gentes non reputabitur. 10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know the number of the stock of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the just, and my last end be like to them.Chi potrà contare i granelli della polvere di Giacobbe, e sapere il numero della stirpe d'Israele? Possa io morire della morte de' giusti, e simile al loro sia il mio fine.Who may be able to number the dust of Iacob, and to know the number of the stocke of Israel? My soule die the death of the iust, and my last endes be made like to them.Quis dinumerare possit pulverem Jacob, / et nosse numerum stirpis Israël ? / Moriatur anima mea morte justorum, / et fiant novissima mea horum similia. 11And Balac said to Balaam: What is this that thou dost? I sent for thee to curse my enemies: and thou contrariwise blessest them.Ma Balac disse a Balaam: Che è quel che tu fai? Io ti ho fatto venire, perché tu maledica i miei nemici: e tu all'opposto li benedici.And Balac said to Balaam: What is this that thou doest? That thou shouldest curse mine enemies I called thee: and thou contrariewise blessest them.Dixitque Balac ad Balaam: Quid est hoc quod agis ? ut malediceres inimicis meis vocavi te, et tu e contrario benedicis eis.

12He answered him: Can I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth?E quegli rispose a lui: Posso io dir altro che quello che mi ha ordinato il Signore?To whom he answered: Can I speake ought els, but that which the Lord commandeth?Cui ille respondit: Num aliud possum loqui, nisi quod jusserit Dominus ? 13Balac therefore said: Come with me to another place from whence thou mayest see part of Israel, and canst not see them all: curse them from thence.Disse allor Balac: Vieni meco in altra parte, donde tu vegga una porzione d'Israele, e non possa vederlo tutto; e di lì lo maledirai.Balac therfore said: Come with me into an other place whence thou mayest see part of Israel, and canst not see the whole, from thence curse them.Dixit ergo Balac: Veni mecum in alterum locum unde partem Israël videas, et totum videre non possis: inde maledicito ei. 14And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram,E condottolo in luogo elevato sulla cima del monte Phasga, eresse Balaam sette altari, e posto sopra ciascuno un vitello, e un ariete,And when he had brought him into a high place, vpon the toppe of the mountaine Phasga, Balaam builded seuen altares, & laying thereon calues and rammes,Cumque duxisset eum in locum sublimem, super verticem montis Phasga, ædificavit Balaam septem aras, et impositis supra vitulo atque ariete, 15He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him.Disse a Balac: Sta qui tu presso al tuo olocausto, mentre io vo ad incontrare (il Signore).he said to Balac: Stand here beside thy holocaust, whiles I goe to meete him.dixit ad Balac: Sta hic juxta holocaustum tuum, donec ego obvius pergam. 16And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him.Ed essendogli venuto incontro il Signore, e avendogli messa in bocca la parola, disse: Ritorna a Balac, e di' a lui queste cose.Whom when our Lord had mette, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Returne to Balac and thus thou shalt speake to him.Cui cum Dominus occurrisset, posuissetque verbum in ore ejus, ait: Revertere ad Balac, et hæc loqueris ei. 17Returning he found him standing by his burnt sacrifice, and the princes of the Moabites with him. And Balac said to him: What hath the Lord spoken?E quegli essendo tornato trovò Balac, che stava in piedi presso al suo olocausto insieme co' principi de' Moabiti. E disse a lui Balac: Che ha egli detto il Signore?Returning he found him standing beside his holocauste, and the princes of the Moabites with him. To whom Balac said: What hath the Lord spoken?Reversus invenit eum stantem juxta holocaustum suum, et principes Moabitarum cum eo. Ad quem Balac: Quid, inquit, locutus est Dominus ?

18But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor:Ma quegli preso il suo tuono disse: Sta su, o Balac, e pon mente; porgi le orecchie, o figliuolo di Sephor:But he taking vp his parable, said: Stand Balac, and harken, heare thou sonne of Sephor:At ille, assumpta parabola sua, ait: Sta, Balac, et ausculta; audi, fili Sephor: 19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor is the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?Dio non è come l'uomo, che può mentire: né come il figliuolo dell'uomo, che può mutarsi. Egli ha detto una cosa, e non la farà? ha parlato, e non manterrà la parola?God is not as man, that he may lie, nor as the sonne of man, that he may be changed. Hath he said then, and wil he not doe? hath he spoken, and wil he not fulfil?non est Deus quasi homo, ut mentiatur, / nec ut filius hominis, ut mutetur. / Dixit ergo, et non faciet ? / locutus est, et non implebit ? 20I was brought to bless, the blessing I am not able to hinder.Sono stato condotto per benedire, e non posso sopprimere la benedizione.I was brought to blesse, the blessing I am not able to stay.Ad benedicendum adductus sum: / benedictionem prohibere non valeo. 21There is no idol in Jacob, neither is there an image god to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the sound of the victory of the king in him.Non v'ha idolo in casa di Giacobbe, e non vedesi simulacro in Israele. Il Signore suo Dio è con lui, e vi si ode il suono della vittoria del re.There is no Idol in Iacob, neither is there simulachre to be seene in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the sound of the victorie of the king in him.Non est idolum in Jacob, / nec videtur simulacrum in Israël. / Dominus Deus ejus cum eo est, / et clangor victoriæ regis in illo. 22God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros.Il Signore lo trasse dall'Egitto: egli è simile al rinoceronte nella fortezza.God hath brought him out of Aegypt, whose strength is like to the vnicorne.Deus eduxit illum de Ægypto, / cujus fortitudo similis est rhinocerotis. 23There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. In their times it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God hath wrought.Giacobbe non ha augurii, né indozzamenti Israele. Si racconterà a suo tempo a Giacobbe, e ad Israele, quali cose abbia operate il Signore.There is no South saying in Iacob, nor diuination in Israel. In their times it shal be said to Iacob and Israel what God hath wrought.Non est augurium in Jacob, / nec divinatio in Israël: / temporibus suis dicetur Jacob et Israëli quid operatus sit Deus.

24Behold the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.Ecco un popolo, che si leverà su qual lionessa, e come leone si alzerà: non si sdraierà, se non dopo che avrà divorato la preda, e bevuto il sangue degli uccisi.Behold the people shal rise vp as a lionesse, and as a lion shal raise it self: It shal not lie downe til it deuoure the pray, and drinke the bloud of the slaine.Ecce populus ut leæna consurget, / et quasi leo erigetur: / non accubabit donec devoret prædam, / et occisorum sanguinem bibat. 25And Balac said to Balaam: Neither curse, nor bless him.E Balac disse a Balaam: Non dar loro maledizione, né benedizione.And Balac said to Balaam: neither curse, nor blesse him.Dixitque Balac ad Balaam: Nec maledicas ei, nec benedicas. 26And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?Ma quegli disse: Non ti ho io detto, che avrei fatto tutto quello che il Signore comandasse?And he said: Did I not tel thee, that whatsoeuer God should command me, that would I doe?Et ille ait: Nonne dixi tibi quod quidquid mihi Deus imperaret, hoc facerem ? 27And Balac said to him: Come and I will bring thee to another place; if peradventure it please God that thou mayest curse them from thence.E Balac gli disse: Vieni, ti condurrò in altro luogo se mai piacesse a Dio, che di là tu li maledicessi.And Balac said to him: Come, and I wil bring thee to an other place: if happely it please God that thence thou mayest curse them.Et ait Balac ad eum: Veni, et ducam te ad alium locum: si forte placeat Deo ut inde maledicas eis. 28And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness,E condottolo sulla cima del monte Phogor, che guarda il deserto,And when he had brought him vpon the toppe of the mountaine Phogor, which looketh to the wildernesse,Cumque duxisset eum super verticem montis Phogor, qui respicit solitudinem, 29Balaam said to him: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.Balaam gli disse: Fammi qui sette altari, e prepara altrettanti vitelli, ed egual numero di arieti.Balaam said to him: Build me here seuen altares, and prepare as manie calues, and rammes of the same number.dixit ei Balaam: Ædifica mihi hic septem aras, et para totidem vitulos, ejusdemque numeri arietes. 30Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laid on every altar, a calf and a ram.Fece Balac, come avea detto Balaam: e pose i vitelli, e gli arieti uno per ogni altare.Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laide the calues and the rammes on euerie altar.Fecit Balac ut Balaam dixerat: imposuitque vitulos et arietes per singulas aras.