Balaam concluded his messages by saying:“ Alas, who can survive unless God has willed it?

巴兰又题起诗歌说：“哀哉！神行这事，谁能得活？

巴兰又唱起诗歌说：“哀哉！若上帝做这事，谁能存活呢？

巴兰又唱起诗歌说：“哀哉！若神做这事，谁能存活呢？

巴兰又以诗歌预言说：“唉！若非上帝许可，谁能存活呢？

巴兰又作歌，说：“哀哉，神决定这事，谁能得活呢？

巴蘭又題起詩歌說：哀哉！神行這事，誰能得活？

巴蘭又唱起詩歌說：「哀哉！若上帝做這事，誰能存活呢？

巴蘭又唱起詩歌說：「哀哉！若神做這事，誰能存活呢？

巴蘭又以詩歌預言說：「唉！若非上帝許可，誰能存活呢？

巴蘭又作歌，說：“哀哉，神決定這事，誰能得活呢？

巴蘭又發表言論歌來、說：『哀啊，上帝立定這事，誰能活得了呢？

乃賡載歌曰、噫嘻乎、上帝行是、孰能得生、

載歌曰、噫嘻乎、上帝行是、孰能得生。

又作歌曰、哀哉、天主如此行、孰能得生、

Then he spoke his message:“ Alas! Who can live when God does this?

Then Balaam spoke the message he had received from God. He said,“ Who can live when God does this?

And he took up his discourse and said,“ Alas, who shall live when God does this?

Once more he proclaimed his poem: Ah, who can live when God does this?

Then he took up his discourse and said,“ Oh, who can live unless God has ordained it?

Then he took up his oracle and said:“ Alas! Who shall live when God does this?

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?

Once more he proclaimed his poem: Ah, who can live when God does this?

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

Then he uttered this oracle:“ O, who will survive when God does this!

He took up his parable, and said,“ Alas, who shall live when God does this?

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!’

“ But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes.

The king of Aram had great admiration for Naaman, the commander of his army, because through him the Lord had given Aram great victories. But though Naaman was a mighty warrior, he suffered from leprosy.