< Minbu 23 >
1 Chuin balaam’in jong Balak lengpa komma asei tan Pumgo thilto Maicham nato na ding mun-sagi nei bol peh tan chuleh bongchal sagi chule kelngoi chal sagi neigon tup peh tan ati.
Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here for me and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.”
2 Balak in Balaam thupeh ho chu angaijin chu in achelhon tan, pumgo maicham asem lhon in bongchal nou ahin kelchal pumgo thil tona chunga akatdoh lhon tai.
So Balak did as Balaam requested. Then Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on every altar.
3 Hichun Balaam min Balak komma hitin aseitan, hikom pumgo maicham kihal na ahin ana um ta din, keima Pathen in eiki hou lim pi hinam ti kaga kholchil ding, chuteng hiche ho chu nangma ka sei peh ding na hi ati. Hichun Balaam chu Molchung gei achangin akal tan ahi.
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand at your burnt offering and I will go. Perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” So he went away to a hilltop with no trees.
4 Hilai achun Pathen in Balaam akimupin a sei pehtai, “Kei man Mai-cham sagi ka bol tai, chuleh bongchal nou khat cheh le kelngoi chal khat cheh ka lhandoh tai ati.
While he was on the hilltop, God met him, and Balaam said to him, “I have built seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each one.”
5 Hichun Pathen in Balaam chu ahoulim pin Balak asei peh ding thu apen; Hijou chun Nangma nung che tan Balak heng lam ah hiche ka thu sei doh hohi sei peh tan, ati.
Yahweh put a message in Balaam's mouth and said, “Return to Balak and speak to him.”
6 Balaam chu a hung ki nung le tan ahi leh Balak lengpa chu Moab mi a milunho chu toh pumgo maicham lhan doh na muna ana ding kim tauve.
So Balaam returned to Balak, who was standing by his burnt offering, and all the leaders of Moab were with him.
7 Hiche thucheng hohi Balaam in Balak dinga asei doh ho ahi.
Then Balaam began to speak his prophecy and said, “Balak has brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains. 'Come, curse Jacob for me,' he said. 'Come, defy Israel.'
8 Ahinlah, Pakaiyin a gaosap lou ho chu keiman iti ka gaosap ding ham? Pathen in themmo achan louho chu iti themmo ka chan ding ham ati.
How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I oppose those whom Yahweh does not oppose?
9 Keiman molchunga pat kaven, amaho chu molvum apat hin kamu soh kei uve. Hiteho hi chidang nam dang te akon lhenchom ahiu kamu doh e.
For from the top of the rocks I see him; from the hills I look at him. See, there is a people who live alone and do not consider themselves as just an ordinary nation.
10 Koiham Israel chilhah ho simjou ding chu, simseng lou neldi ja ahiuve. Israel mite chu koima chan simjou lou ding ahi. Keijong hiche nam thengho bang in um inting, amaho thi bang in thileng kati.
Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even only one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of a righteous person, and let my life's end be like his!”
11 Hichun Balak Lengpan Balaam heng’a asei jin, Ipi neilo hitam? ka melma te gaosap dinga ka kou na hin ahinlah nang in Phatthei na boh jo tai ati
Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but look, you have blessed them.”
12 Ahinlah, Balaam chun a donbut in “Keiman vang Pathen in thu cheng ka lung thimma ei seipeh ho bou ka sei doh ding ahi bouve” ati.
Balaam answered and said, “Should I not be careful to say only what Yahweh puts in my mouth?”
13 Hichun Balak Lengpan Balaam chu mun chomma akou kit in. Hilai’a khu nang in mi dang chi dang Israel nam chom khat aum in, amavang abonchauvin kati poi hiche a um ho beh khu nei gao sap peh in kati.
So Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the nearest of them, not all of them. There you will curse them for me.”
14 Balak chu Zophim kiti damchup aum Pisgah molchunga apui touvin Balaam in maicham phung-sagi a tung doh in hiche maicham phol chunga bongnou chal chuleh kelngoi khat chu akat doh tan ahi.
So he took Balaam into the field of Zophim, to the top of Mount Pisgah, and built seven more altars. He offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
15 Balaam in jong Balak lengpa komma aseitan, nangma hikomma ana um ta din phat chomkhat keima kaga potdoh ding Pathen in ipi ei houlimpi ding ham keima Pathen toh kihou lim’a pot doh ding ka hi.
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet with Yahweh over there.”
16 Chule Pakaiyin akimupin aki houlimpi tan, hichun Pathen in Balak komma che in lang hi tin ki houlimpi in a thuhet ho chu hetsah tan, ati.
So Yahweh met Balaam and put a message in his mouth. He said, “Return to Balak and give him my message.”
17 Balaam chu akinung le phat in Balak lampi ahin Moab mite hochu toh maicham phol muna chun thanom tah le ngahlal tah in ana um un ahi. Balak in a dongtan Pathen in epi nasei peh hitam tin a dong tan ahi.
Balaam returned to him, and look, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab were with him. Then Balak said to him, “What has Yahweh said?”
18 Balaam in hiche thuchih ho a sei dohtan, Zippor chapa Balak ka thusei hohi ngai tem in, Ki thoudoh tan, ati.
Balaam began his prophecy. He said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear. Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
19 Pakai hi mihem ahilou jeh in jou asei poi, Pathen hi mihem ahi loujeh in lunggel akhel ngai poi, Pakai-Pathen nin ana phondoh ana sei doh aboltan atoh lou um kha tam? Pathen in ana kitepna atoh doh louna suhbulhit louna um kha tam? tin aseiye.
God is not a man, that he should lie, Or a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he promised anything without doing it? Has he said he would do something without carrying it out?
20 Ngaijun keiman Pathen holna ding in thupeh kamui, Pakai-Pathen in phatthei aboh sa chu koiman akham thei poi, ka nung lah doh thei poi, ati.
Look, I have been commanded to bless. God has given a blessing, and I cannot reverse it.
21 Ama tohgon na a Jacob din manthah na imacha aum poi Israelte din lhaset na toh phalou imacha aum poi Pakaiyin ei umpi jing uvin Isreal a ana ki phut det ihi tauve.
He has seen no hardship in Jacob or trouble in Israel. Yahweh their God is with them, and shouts for their king are among them.
22 Eygpt a konna Pakaiyin ahin pui doh u ahi tai Israelte ding a Pakai chu bongchal hang sen tah ahiye.
God brought them out of Egypt with strength like that of a wild ox.
23 Sapset na in Jacob a sukhah lou beh ding, Isreal chung nga hile gam thahat kitah lang ding hi jong le, tuapat Jacob henga patna hiti a ka sei ding Pathen in Israel te din hitabang loupina abol ahi tai, ati.
There is no sorcery that works against Jacob, and no fortune-telling harms Israel. Instead, it must be said about Jacob and Israel, 'Look what God has done!'
24 Veuvin mipi hochu keipi bang in ading doh un chule keipi bahkai bangtah in a ding doh tai, anneh ding an chah aval lhum masang nga kum lha lou ahi sa kitah thisan adon kahse a ding ahi, ati.
Look, the people rise like a lioness, as a lion emerges and attacks. He does not lie down until he eats his victim and drinks the blood of what he has killed.”
25 Hichun Balak lengpa chun Balaam henga asei tan aphai amahohi nagaosap lou ding ahitah leh phatthei jong boh dajeng tan, atileh;
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them or bless them at all.”
26 Ahin Balaam in Balak chu ahoulim pitan kana phondoh bangtah in Pakaiyin a phondoh hochu ka bol ding ka toh ding ahi kana ti ahi ajeh chu Balaam in thuphon dohna chu thumvei anei ahi.
But Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you that I must say all that Yahweh tells me to say?”
27 Chu in Balak in Balaam chu ahou lim pitan, lungset tah in neihin jui tan keiman nangma hi munchom’a kapui ding akhatna Pathen lunglam ahung hi thei leh Israel mite chu keima a ding a nei gaosap peh thei ahi.
So Balak replied to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God for you to curse them there for me.”
28 Balak in Balaam chu Peor molchung sang lam ah apui tou tan gam ong tamtah ahung kisuh vet na munah chun apuijin ahi.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which looks down on the wilderness.
29 Balak in Balaam chu ahou lim pitan hikom ahin maicham phung sagi nei sempeh in chule bongnou chal sagi chule kelngoi achal sagi maicham kintheng adin nei gonpeh in, ati.
Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.”
30 Hichun Balak in Balaam dei dol tah le asei dung jui jin bongnou chal sagi maicham phol chunga akoi in chule kelngoi chal sagi umna maicham phol chunga ajam lhatan, ahi.
So Balak did as Balaam had said; he offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.