Lampahnah 23
1 Balaam loh Balak taengah, “He ah he kai ham hmueihtuk parhih suem lamtah he ah he kai ham vaito pumrhih neh tutal pumrhih han tawn,” a ti nah.
And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
2 Balaam kah a thui bangla Balak loh a saii tangloeng tih Balak neh Balaam loh hmueihtuk dongah vaito neh tutal te a paan puei.
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
3 Te phoeiah Balaam loh Balak te, “Namah kah hmueihhlutnah taengah ana pai lamtah ka caeh vaengah kai doe hamla BOEIPA loh m'mah khaming. Kai taengah mebang ol ham phoe akhaw nang taengah ka puen bitni,” a tinah tih caphoei cuk la cet.
And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatever he shows me I will tell you. And he went to an high place.
4 Pathen loh Balaam te ana mah tangloeng tih a taengah, “Hmueihtuk parhih ka hol tih hmueihtuk soah vaito neh tutal ka tloeng coeng,” a ti nah.
And God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
5 BOEIPA loh Balaam kah ka ah ol a khueh phoeiah tah, “Balak taengla mael lamtah he he thui pah,” a ti nah.
And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
6 Te dongah anih te a mael hatah a hmueihhlutnah taengah amah neh Moab mangpa tomte tarha pai uh.
And he returned to him, and, see, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 Te phoeiah a thuidoeknah a poh tih, “Khothoeng tlang lamkah Moab manghai Balak loh kai he Aram lamloh m'mawt tih, 'Halo laeh, kai yueng la Jakobte thaephoei thil laeh, halo laeh, Israel te kosisah thil,’ a ti.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
8 Pathenloha tap pawt te metlam ka tap vetih, BOEIPA loh kosi a hong pawtah metlam kosi ka hong eh?
How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD has not defied?
9 Lungpang soi lamloh amah te ka hmuh tih somrhoek lamloh amah te ka mae. Pilnam he bueng hekhoa sak tih namtom khuiah ana moeh moenih.
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: see, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
10 Jakob laipi neh Israel hlopli kah hlangmite unim aka tae thai? Ka hinglu khaw aka thuem kah dueknah dongah duek saeh lamtah ka hmailong khaw amah la om saeh,” a ti.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
11 Te vaengah Balak loh Balaam te, “Kai taengah balaena saii, ka thunkha tap ham nang kan loh dae yoethen la yoethen na paek coeng he,” a ti nah.
And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether.
12 Te dongah a doo tih, “BOEIPA amah loh ka ka a khueh te thui ham ka ngaithuen mahpawt nim? a ti nah.
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD has put in my mouth?
13 Te dongah amah te Balak loh, “Kamah neh hmuen tloe la cet khaw cet mai mai sih. Te ah ni amah te na hmuh thai eh, he lamlong tah a hmoi ni dawkna hmuh dae a cungkuemna hmuh moenih. Te dongah ke lamloh kai yueng la anihte tap laeh,” a ti nah.
And Balak said to him, Come, I pray you, with me to another place, from where you may see them: you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there.
14 Te phoeiah anihte Pisgah somtung kah Zophim khohmuenlaa khuen. Te vaengah hmueihtuk parhih a suem tih hmueihtuk soah vaito neh tutal a nawn.
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.
15 Te phoeiah Balak te, “Kai ke la ka pawk vaengah namah kah hmueihhlutnah taengah he ana pai,” a ti nah.
And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
16 Te vaengah BOEIPA loh Balaam te a mah tih a ka dongah ol a sang pah phoeiah, “Balak taengah mael lamtah he he thui pah,” a ti nah.
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say thus.
17 Te phoeiah a taengla a mael hatah anih kah hmueihhlutnah taengah amah kah Moab mangparhoek khaw tarha ana pai uh. Te vaengah Balak loh anih te, “BOEIPA loh balae a thui,” a ti nah.
And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has the LORD spoken?
18 Te dongah a thuidoeknah te a poh tih, “Balak aw thoo lamtah hnatun lah, Zippor capa khaw kai taengla hnakaeng lah.
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, you son of Zippor:
19 Pathen tah laithae hlang pawt tih hlang capa bangla dam a ti a? A ti coeng phoeiah a saii moenih a? A thui phoeiah a thoh puei moenih a?
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: has he said, and shall he not do it? or has he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
20 Yoethen paek ham ka dang dongah a yoethen coeng tih ka yueh thai moenih ne.
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he has blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
21 Jakob khuiah boethaete paelki pawt tih Israel khuiah thakthaenah a hmuh moenih. A Pathen Yahweh tah a taengah om tih a khuiah manghai kah tamlung la a om pah.
He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
22 Pathen loh amihte Egypt lamloh amah taengah cung ki bangla a khuen.
God brought them out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23 Jakob te lung loh a noeng moenih, Israel te bihma loh a noeng moenih. Pathen loh Jakob neh Israel ham mebang a saii khaw a tue van vaengah a thui.
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God worked!
24 Pilnamte sathuengnu bangla a thoh tih sathueng bangla a kuel. Maeh a ngaeh tih salaem thii a ok duela yalh tlaih pawh.
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 Te dongah Balak loh Balaam te, “Anih tap ham khaw tap boel lamtah yoethen sak ham khaw anih te yoethen pae boeh,” a ti nah.
And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26 Balaam loh a doo tih Balak taengah, “Thui ham koi te nang taengah kan thui moenih a? A cungkuem dongah BOEIPA kah a thui te ni ka saii eh.
But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Told not I you, saying, All that the LORD speaks, that I must do?
27 Te phoeiah Balak loh Balaam taengah, “Cet mai dae sih, hmuen tloe la nang kang khuen saeh lamtah Pathen mik ah thuem mai khaming. Te lamloh kai yueng la anihte tap mai,” a ti nah.
And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray you, I will bring you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from there.
28 Te dongah Balak loh Balaam te khopong hmai la aka dan Peor somtunglaa khuen.
And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward Jeshimon.
29 Balaam loh Balak te, “He ah he kai ham hmueihtuk parhih suem lamtah he ah he kai ham vaito pumrhih neh tutal pumrhih han tawn,” a ti nah.
And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
30 Te dongah Balaam kah a thui bangla Balak loh a ngai tih vaito neh tutal hmueihtuk soah a nawn.
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
