巴勒对巴兰说，你向我作的是什么事呢，我领你来咒诅我的仇敌，不料，你竟为他们祝福。
And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
他回答说，耶和华传给我的话，我能不谨慎传说吗，
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
巴勒说，求你同我往别处去，在那里可以看见他们。你不能全看见，只能看见他们边界上的人。在那里要为我咒诅他们。
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
于是领巴兰到了琐腓田，上了毗斯迦山顶，筑了七座坛。每座坛上献一只公牛，一只公羊。
And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
巴兰对巴勒说，你站在这燔祭旁边，等我往那边去迎见耶和华。
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
耶和华临到巴兰那里，将话传给他。又说，你回到巴勒那里，要如此如此说。
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
巴兰就题诗歌说，巴勒，你起来听。西拨的儿子，你听我言。
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
我奉命祝福。神也曾赐福，此事我不能翻转。
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
他未见雅各中有罪孽，也未见以色列中有奸恶。耶和华他的神和他同在。有欢呼王的声音在他们中间。
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
神领他们出埃及。他们似乎有野牛之力。
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.