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.
Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls 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.
Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull 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.
Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps God will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And Balak went off and stationed himself by his offering, and Balaam called to God and went off to a barren height.
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 the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar."
5 BOEIPA loh Balaam kah ka ah ola khueh phoeiah tah, “Balak taengla mael lamtah he he thui pah,” a ti nah.
And God put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."
6 Te dongah anih tea mael hatah a hmueihhlutnah taengah amah neh Moab mangpa tomte tarha pai uh.
He returned to him, and look, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 Te phoeiah a thuidoeknaha 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.
He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. 'Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.'
8 Pathenloh a tap pawt te metlam ka tap vetih, BOEIPA loh kosi a hong pawtah metlam kosi ka hong eh?
How shall I curse whom the LORD has not cursed? How shall I defy whom God 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. From the hills I see him. Look, it is a people that dwells alone, and not counting itself 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 who has numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous. 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.
Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them altogether."
12 Te dongaha doo tih, “BOEIPA amah loh ka kaa khueh te thui ham ka ngaithuen mahpawt nim? a ti nah.
He answered and said, "Must I not be careful to speak that which God puts 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.
Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, where you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all; and curse them for me from there."
14 Te phoeiah anihte Pisgah somtung kah Zophim khohmuenlaa khuen. Te vaengah hmueihtuk parhiha suem tih hmueihtuk soah vaito neh tutala nawn.
He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull 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.
He said to Balak, "Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet over there."
16 Te vaengah BOEIPA loh Balaam tea mah tih a ka dongah ola sang pah phoeiah, “Balak taengah mael lamtah he he thui pah,” a ti nah.
And God met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and say this."
17 Te phoeiah a taenglaa mael hatah anih kah hmueihhlutnah taengah amah kah Moab mangparhoek khaw tarha ana pai uh. Te vaengah Balak loh anih te, “BOEIPA loh balaea thui,” a ti nah.
He came to him, and look, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. 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.
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 phoeiaha saii moenih a? A thui phoeiaha thoh puei moenih a?
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
20 Yoethen paek ham ka dang dongah a yoethen coeng tih ka yueh thai moenih ne.
Look, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
21 Jakob khuiah boethaete paelki pawt tih Israel khuiah thakthaenaha hmuh moenih. A Pathen Yahweh tah a taengah om tih a khuiah manghai kah tamlung la a om pah.
He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. The LORD his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.
22 Pathen loh amihte Egypt lamloh amah taengah cung ki banglaa khuen.
God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
23 Jakob te lung loh a noeng moenih, Israel te bihma loh a noeng moenih. Pathen loh Jakob neh Israel ham mebanga saii khaw a tue van vaengaha thui.
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, what has God done.
24 Pilnamte sathuengnu banglaa thoh tih sathueng banglaa kuel. Maeha ngaeh tih salaem thiia ok duela yalh tlaih pawh.
Look, the people rises up as a lioness, as a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks 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.
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 Balak, "Did I not tell you, saying, 'All that God 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.
Balak said to Balaam, "Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there."
28 Te dongah Balak loh Balaam te khopong hmai la aka dan Peor somtunglaa khuen.
Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
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.
Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."
30 Te dongah Balaam kah a thui bangla Balak loh a ngai tih vaito neh tutal hmueihtuk soah a nawn.
Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
