Lampahnah 22
1 Te phoeiah Israel ca rhoek te cet uh tih Jerikho kah Jordan rhalvangan phai, Moab kolken ah rhaeh uh.
The children of Israel traveled, and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
2 Israel loh Amori taengaha saii boeih te Zippor capa Balakloh a hmuh.
Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3 Israel he khaw muepa ping dongah Moab khaw pilnam mikhmuh ah bakuep. Israel ca rhoek kah mikhmuh ah Moaba mueipuel.
Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
4 Te dongah Moab loh Midian kah a hamcarhoek taengah, “Vaito loh khohmuen kah baelhinga laem bangla mamih kaepvai kah a cungkuem he hlangpingloh a laem uh pawn ni,” a ti nah. Te vaeng tue ah Moab kah manghai tah Zippor capa Balak ni.
Moab said to the elders of Midian, "Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
5 Te dongah a pilnam paca rhoek kah khohmuen tuiva kaep kah Pethor Beor capa Balaam taengah puencawna tueih. Anih tea khue tih, “Egypt lamkah aka thoeng pilnam he, diklai hman tea khuk tih kai imdan la kho a sak he.
He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, at Pethor on the river, to the land of the people of Ammon, to call him, saying, "Look, there is a people who came out from Egypt. Look, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.
6 Te dongah halo lamtah he pilnam he kai lakah tah a tlung oeh dongah kai yueng la thaephoei thil mai laeh. Anih ngawn ham neh khohmuen lamloh anih ka haek thai khaming. Yoethen na paek hlang te a yoethen tih thae na phoei thil te tah thaephoei a yook te ka ming,” a ti nah.
And now please come, curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."
7 Te dongah Moab kah a hamca neh Midian kah a hamcarhoek khaw, amih kut khuikah bihmarhoekkhaw cet uh. Balaam taenglaa pha uh vaengah a taengah Balak ol te a thui uh.
The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
8 Te vaengah amih te, “Hlaem at khaw pahoi rhaeh uh lamtah BOEIPA loh kai taengaha thui bangla nangmih taengah ol kam mael bitni,” a ti nah. Te dongah Moab mangpa rhoek tah Balaam taengah om uh.
And he said to them, "Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak to me." The princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
9 Te vaengah Pathen loh Balaam tea paan tih, “Na taengkahrhoek he u hlang nim?” a ti nah.
And God came to Balaam, and said, "Who are these men with you?"
10 Balaam loh Pathen taengah, “Moab manghai Zippor capa Balak loh kai taengla han tueih.
And Balaam said to God, "Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,
11 Egypt lamkah aka pawk pilnam loh diklai hmana khuk coeng ke. Te dongah halo anih te kai yueng la tap laeh. Anih tloek ham neh anih haek ham a coeng khaming,” a ti nah.
'Look, this people has come out of Egypt and they cover the surface of the earth. Come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.'"
12 Pathen loh Balaam te, “Amih taengah cet boeh, pilnam te a yoethen coeng tih thaephoei boeh,” a ti nah.
And God said to Balaam, "You are not to go with them, and you are not to curse the people, for they are blessed."
13 Te dongah Balaamte mincang ah thoo tih Balak kah mangparhoek te, “Nangmih taengah kai caeh sak ham khaw BOEIPAloh a aal dongah namah kho la cet uh laeh,” a ti nah.
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your lord; for God refuses to permit me to go with you."
14 Te dongah Moab mangpa rhoek tah thoo uh tih Balak taengla pawk uh. Te vaengah, “Balaam loh kaimih taengah lo ham a aal,” a ti nah.
The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."
15 Tedae Balak loh amih lakaha yet ngai neh aka lalh ngai mangpa rhoek te a koeitih koepa tueih.
Then Balak again sent princes, more in number and more honorable than these.
16 Balaam taenglaa pawk uh vaengah amah te, “Zippor capa Balak loh, 'Kai taenglana lo ham te uelh boeh.
They came to Balaam, and said to him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, 'Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:
17 Nangte muep kan thangpom rhoe kan thangpom vetih kai taengahna thui boeih te ka ngai bitni. Te dongah halo lamtah he pilnam he kai yueng la tap mai,’ a ti,” a ti nah.
for I will greatly honor you, and whatever you say to me I will do for you. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.'"
18 Tedae Balaamloh a doo tih Balak kah sal taengah, “Kai he Balak loh a im kah a bae la cak neh sui m'pae cakhaw Ka Pathen BOEIPA kah olka tah ka poe hama coeng moenih, a yita len khaw ngai ham ni.
Balaam answered the servants of Balak, "If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the command of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
19 Te dongah nangmih khaw he ah he hlaem at om uh mai laeh. Te daengah ni BOEIPA loh kai taengah thui hamla mebanga thap khaw ka ming eh?,” a ti nah.
Now therefore, you also stay here tonight, that I may know what else the LORD will say to me."
20 Khoyin ah tah Pathente Balaam taengla cet tih amah te, “Nang te khue ham hlang rhoek ha pawk atah thoo lamtah amih neh cet. Tedae nang taengah kanthui ol mah ngai,” a ti nah.
God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do."
21 Balaamte mincang ah thoo tih a laak tea khih tih Moab mangparhoek taengla cet.
Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
22 Tedae aniha caeh dongah Pathen thintoekte sai. Te dongah BOEIPA puencawn tah anih te longpueng ah khingkhoekkung banglaa pai pah. Te vaengah amahte a laak dongah ngol tih a taengah a tueihyoeih rhoi om.
God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of the LORD placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
23 Te vaengah BOEIPA kah puencawn tah longpuei ah pai tih a kut dongah a cunghanga yueh te laakloh a hmuh. Te dongah laakte long lamloh hooi uh tih lohma la cet. Te dongah longpuei la mael sak ham Balaam lohlaak tea taam.
The donkey saw the angel of God standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the way.
24 Tedae BOEIPA kah puencawnte misurdum kah longcaek aha pai pah. He ah khaw vongtung, ke ah khaw vongtung a om pah.
Then the angel of God stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
25 Laak loh BOEIPA kah puencawn tea hmuh vaengah pangbueng tea nen tih Balaam kho te pangbueng dongaha nen thil. Te dongah laaka taam tea khoep.
The donkey saw the angel of God, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he struck her again.
26 Tedae BOEIPA kah puencawn loh koepa kan tih banvoei bantang la mael ham la longpuei aka om pawh hmuen aha caek la pai.
The angel of God went further, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
27 Laak loh BOEIPA kah puencawn tea hmuh vaengah Balaam dangaha kol pah. Te vaengah Balaam thintoekte sai tih laak te conghol neha taam.
The donkey saw the angel of God, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
28 Te vaengah BOEIPA loh laak kah aka tea ong pah tih Balaam te, “Nang taengah balae ka saiitih kai thik thum nan boh,” a ti nah.
And God opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"
29 Balaam loh laak te, “Kai he nan poelyoe dongah he, ka kut ah cunghang om vetih nang kang ngawn laeh mako,” a ti nah.
Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you."
30 Laak loh Balaam te, “Kai he nang kah laak moenih a? Kai soah he tahae khohnin due koep na ngol, he he nang taengah saii ham ka hmaiben khaw ka hmaiben nim?,” a ti vaengah, “Pawh,” a ti nah.
The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Was I ever in the habit of doing so to you?" He said, "No."
31 Te vaengah BOEIPA loh Balaam mik tea phen pah. Te dongah a kut ah a cunghanga pom tih longpuei ah aka pai BOEIPA kah puencawn tea hmuh. Te daengah buluk tih a thintoek neh bakop.
Then God opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of God standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
32 BOEIPA kah puencawn loh anih te, “Balae tih na laak te thik thumna boh, ka hmai ah longpueia mueng dongah kai he khingkhoekkung la ka pawk.
The angel of God said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Look, I have come forth as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me:
33 Laak loh kai m'hmuh dongah ka mikhmuh lamloh voei thuma rhael. Ka mikhmuh lamloh rhael pawt koinih nang te khaw kang ngawn pawn vetih anih bueng ka hing sak khaming.
and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times. Unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive."
34 Balaam loh BOEIPA kah puencawn taengah, “Longpuei ah kai mah ham na pai te ka ming pawt dongah ka tholh coeng. Na mik aha thae oeh atah kai he ka mael voithum mael pawn ni,” a ti nah.
Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, "I have sinned; for I did not know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again."
35 BOEIPA kah puencawn loh Balaam te, “Hlangrhoek neh cet lamtah nang taengah ka thui ol te mah thui,” a ti nah. Te dongah Balaam khaw Balak kah mangparhoek taengah cet.
The angel of God said to Balaam, "Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
36 Balaam halo te Balakloh a yaak van neh khorhi khobawt, Arnon khorhi kah Moab khopuei ah anihte doe hamla cet.
When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
37 Te vaengah Balak loh Balaam te, “Nang te khue ham nang taengah kan tueih rhoe kan tueih moenih a? Balae tih kai taenglana lo pawh, nang thangpom ham ka coeng tang moenih a?” a ti nah.
Balak said to Balaam, "Did I not earnestly send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?"
38 Balaam loh Balak te, “Nang taengla ka pawk coeng he, ol pakhat khaw thui ham ka coeng khaw ka coeng venim? Pathen loh ka ka dongaha khueh te ka thui eh?,” a ti nah.
Balaam said to Balak, "Look, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak."
39 Te phoeiah Balaamte Balak taengah cet tih Kirjathhuzoth la pawk rhoi.
Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.
40 Te vaengah Balak loh saelhung neh boiva khaw a ngawn tih Balaam taeng neh amah taengkah mangparhoek taengaha thak.
Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
41 Mincanga pha vaengah Balak loh Balaam tea loh tih Bamothbaallaa khuen. Te vaengah pilnama bawtnah lamloh pahoi tueng.
It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.
