{
"books": [
{
"name": "Balaam Inscription",
"chapters": [
{
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 1,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:1",
"text": "The misfortunes of the Book of Balaam, son of Beor. A divine seer was he."
},
{
"verse": 2,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:2",
"text": "The gods came to him at night. And he beheld a vision in accordance with El's utterance. They said to Balaam, son of Beor: \n\"So will it be done, with naught surviving. \nNo one has seen [the likes of] what you have heard!\""
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:5",
"text": "Balaam arose on the morrow; \nHe summoned the heads of the assembly to him,"
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:6",
"text": "And for two days he fasted and wept bitterly. \nThen his intimates entered into his presence, \nand they said to Balaam, son of Beor, \n\"Why do you fast, and why do you weep?\""
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:7",
"text": "Then he said to them: \n\"Be seated, and I will relate to you what the Shaddai gods have planned, \nAnd go, see the acts of the god! \n\nThe gods have banded together;"
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:8",
"text": "The Shaddai gods have established a council, \nAnd they have said to [the goddess] Shagar: \n'Sew up, close up the heavens with dense cloud, \nThat darkness exist there, not brilliance; \nObscurity and not clarity;"
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:9",
"text": "So that you instill dread in dense darkness. \nAnd - never utter a sound again!'"
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:10",
"text": "It shall be that the swift and crane will shriek insult to the eagle, \nAnd a nest of vultures shall cry out in response. \nThe stork, the young of the falcon and the owl,"
},
{
"verse": 11,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:11",
"text": "The chicks of the heron, sparrow and cluster of eagles; \nPigeons and birds, [and fowl in the s]ky. \nAnd a rod [shall flay the cat]tle; \nWhere there are ewes, a staff shall be brought. \nHares - eat together! \nFree[ly feed], oh beasts [of the field]! \nAnd [freely] drink, asses and hyenas!\""
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:12",
"text": "Heed the admonition, adversaries of Sha[gar-and-Ištar]! \n... skilled diviner. \nTo skilled diviners shall one take you, and to an oracle;"
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:14",
"text": "To a perfumer of myrrh and a priestess. \nWho covers his body with oil, \nAnd rubs himself with olive oil. \nTo one bearing an offering in a horn; \nOne augurer after another, and yet another. \nAs one augurer broke away from his colleagues, \nThe strikers departed ..."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:15",
"text": "They heard incantations from afar \n... \nThen disease was unleashed"
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:16",
"text": "And all beheld acts of distress. \nShagar-and-Ištar did not ..."
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 1,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 1:17",
"text": "The piglet [drove out] the leopard \nAnd the ... drove out the young of the ... \n... double offerings \nAnd he beheld ..."
}
]
},
{
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2",
"verses": [
{
"verse": 4,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:4",
"text": ".. a girl those who were used? to be saturated with love ..."
},
{
"verse": 5,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:5",
"text": ".. a blinded one and the whole moistened? soil? ..."
},
{
"verse": 6,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:6",
"text": "El satisfied himself with [lovemaking] \nAnd then El fashioned an eternal house; \n[A house ...]"
},
{
"verse": 7,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:7",
"text": "A house where no traveler enters \nNor does a bridegroom enter there"
},
{
"verse": 8,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:8",
"text": "Worm rot from a grave. \nFrom the reckless affairs of men. \nAnd from the lustful desires of people. \n... for me"
},
{
"verse": 9,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:9",
"text": "If it is for counsel, one will not counsel with you! \nOr for advising him, one will not take advice! \nHe breaks ..."
},
{
"verse": 10,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:10",
"text": "From the bed they cover themselves with a wrap. \nOne, behold, you hate him! \nHe will be mortally afflicted. If you ... \n... \n... punishment. \n[Worm rot] is under your head. \nYou shall lie on your eternal bedding, \nTo pass away to ..."
},
{
"verse": 12,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:12",
"text": "all ... in their heart. \nThe corpse moans in his heart, \nHe moans ... \n... a daughter. \nThere, kings shall behold ּBal[aam]"
},
{
"verse": 13,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:13",
"text": "There is no mercy when Death seizes an infant. \nAnd an infant ... \nAn infant ... \nThere ... shall endure."
},
{
"verse": 14,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:14",
"text": "The heart of the corpse is desolate \nAs he approaches [Sheol]. \n... \nTo the edge of She[ol], \nAnd the shadow of the hedge ..."
},
{
"verse": 15,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:15",
"text": "\"The quest of a king becomes his moth (rot), \nAnd the quest of ... \n... and ... seers."
},
{
"verse": 16,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:16",
"text": "Your quest is distant from you. \nWhy ... \nTo know how to deliver an oracle to his people. \nYou have been condemned for your speech"
},
{
"verse": 17,
"chapter": 2,
"name": "Balaam Inscription 2:17",
"text": "And [banned] from pronouncing words of execration. \n\n[Lines 2:18-29 are incomprehensible.] \n\n**[2:30-37]** El will be wrathful ... ... \nhe will eat ... ... \nmy heart is a heart? ... \n\n[Incomprehensible] \n\n... for three?... \nShe? will drip of abundant? rain ... \nShe? will drip of dew and ... \n... look for fodder and he? will eat ..."
}
]
}
]
}
]
}