Numbers 23
1 And Balaam said to Balac: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.
Balaram di Balak konsa: -Bati sèt lotèl isit la pou mwen. Apre sa, ban mwen sèt towo bèf ak sèt belye mouton.
2 And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar.
Balak fè sa Balaram te di l' fè a. Lèfini, Balaram ak Balak touye yon towo bèf ak yon belye mouton sou chak lotèl.
3 And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.
Apre sa, Balaram di Balak konsa: -Rete kanpe bò kote ofrann ou mete ap boule la a. Mwen menm, mwen pral wè si Seyè a p'ap vin jwenn mwen. Apre sa, m'a fè ou konnen sa l'a fè m' wè a. Epi l' ale sou tèt yon ti mòn ki pa t' gen yon ti pyebwa sou li.
4 And when he was gone with speed, God met him. And Balaam speaking to him, said: I have erected seven altars, and have laid on everyone a calf and a ram.
Epi Bondye vin jwenn li la. Balaram di l' konsa: -Mwen te fè bati sèt lotèl pou ou, epi mwen te touye yon towo bèf ak yon belye mouton sou chak lotèl pou ou.
5 And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.
Seyè a pale ak Balaram byen pale. Apre sa, li di l': -Tounen bò kote Balak. W'a pale avè l' jan mwen di ou la.
6 Returning he found Balac standing by his burnt offering, with all the princes of the Moabites:
Se konsa, Balaram tounen bò kote Balak. Li jwenn li kanpe bò ofrann boule yo ansanm ak lòt chèf moun Moab yo.
7 And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: make haste and detest Israel.
Lèfini, li pran chante chante sa a: -Balak fè m' kite peyi m', peyi Aram. Wa Moab la fè m' desann soti nan mòn bò solèy leve yo. Li di m': Vini non! Vin bay moun Jakòb yo madichon. Vini non! Vin kraponnen moun Izrayèl yo.
8 How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?
Men ki jan ou ta vle pou m' madichonnen moun Bondye pa madichonnen? Ki jan ou ta vle pou m' kraponnen moun Bondye pa kraponnen?
9 I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Mwen kanpe sou tèt gwo wòch yo, mwen wè yo. Antan mwen sou ti mòn yo, m'ap gade anba: Wi, se yon pèp k'ap viv yon jan apa pou kont li. Se yon pèp ki pa menm ak lòt pèp yo!
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know the number of the stock of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the just, and my last end be like to them.
Ki moun ki ka konte valè pitit Jakòb genyen? Yo anpil tankou grenn pousyè ki sou latè. Ki moun ki ka konte valè pitit Izrayèl yo ye? Mwen ta renmen mouri tankou moun ki mache dwat devan Bondye. Mwen ta renmen fini tankou yo ak kè poze.
11 And Balac said to Balaam: What is this that thou dost? I sent for thee to curse my enemies: and thou contrariwise blessest them.
Balak di Balaram: -Kisa w'ap fè m' konsa? Mwen mennen ou isit la pou bay lènmi m' yo madichon, epi se beni mwen wè w'ap beni yo!
12 He answered him: Call I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth?
Balaram reponn: -Mwen te tou di ou se sèlman pawòl Seyè a va mete nan bouch mwen m'ap di.
13 Balac therefore said: Come with me to another place from whence thou mayest see part of Israel, and canst not see them all: curse them from thence.
Balak di Balaram konsa: -Ann al avè m' yon lòt kote. Antan ou va la, ou p'ap wè tout pèp Izrayèl la, men sèlman yon pòsyon ladan l'. W'a rete kanpe la, epi w'a bay ti sa w'a wè a madichon pou mwen.
14 And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram,
Balak pran Balaram, li mennen l' nan jaden Santinèl yo, sou tèt mòn Pisga. Lè l' rive la, li bati sèt lotèl. Epi li touye yon jenn ti towo bèf ak yon belye mouton sou chak lotèl pou Bondye.
15 He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him.
Balaram di Balak konsa: -Rete kanpe bò kote ofrann ou mete boule sou lotèl yo. Mwen menm, mwen pral kontre ak Bondye pi devan.
16 And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him.
Seyè a vin jwenn Balaram, li pale ak Balaram byen pale ankò, epi li di l': -Tounen al jwenn Balak. W'a pale avè l' jan mwen di ou la.
17 Returning he found him standing by his burnt sacrifice, and the princes of the Moabites with him. And Balac said to him: What hath the Lord spoken?
Se konsa Balaram tounen bò kote Balak, li jwenn li kanpe bò ofrann boule yo ansanm ak tout chèf moun Moab yo. Epi Balak mande l': -Kisa Seyè a di konsa?
18 But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor:
Epi Balaram pran chante chante sa a: -Souke kò ou, Balak! Vin tande! Pare zòrèy ou, pitit Zipò!
19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor as the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfill?
Bondye pa tankou moun k'ap bay manti. Non! Li pa tankou moun k'ap chanje lide yo pou ti krik ti krak! Depi li pwomèt yon bagay, l'ap fè l'. Depi li pale, fòk sa li di a rive vre!
20 I was brought to bless, the blessing I am not able to hinder.
Yo ban m' lòd pou m' beni pèp Izrayèl la! Lè Bondye fin bay benediksyon l', nanpwen anyen mwen ka fè ankò.
21 There is no idol in Jacob, neither is there an image god to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the sound of the victory of the king in him.
Mwen pa wè okenn malè pou moun Jakòb yo. Ni mwen pa wè okenn traka pou moun Izrayèl yo. Seyè a, Bondye yo a, l'a avèk yo. Yo tout kontan, y'ap fè konnen se li ki wa yo.
22 God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros.
Paske, lè Bondye t'ap fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip la, li te ba yo fòs pou yo te goumen tankou towo mawon.
23 There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. In their times it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God hath wrought.
Pa gen wanga ki ka pran sou moun Jakòb yo. Pa gen maji ki ka fè moun Izrayèl yo anyen. Lè lè a va rive, y'a di moun Jakòb yo ak moun Izrayèl yo: Gade sa Seyè a fè pou nou!
24 Behold the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Gade! Pèp Izrayèl la kanpe tankou yon manman lyon. Yo leve kanpe tankou yon mal lyon. Yo p'ap chita toutotan yo pa fin devore moun ki tonbe anba men yo, toutotan yo pa fin bwè san moun yo touye yo.
25 And Balac said to Balaam: Neither curse, nor bless him.
Lè sa a, Balak di Balaram konsa: -Menm jan ou pa vle ba yo madichon an, ou pa t' dwe asepte ba yo benediksyon non plis.
26 And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?
Men, Balaram reponn Balak, li di l': -Mwen te tou pale ou wi. Mwen te di ou: Tou sa Seyè a va di m' fè, se sa m'ap fè.
27 And Balac said to him: Come and I will bring thee to another place; if peradventure it please God that thou mayest curse them from thence.
Balak di Balaram konsa: -Ann al non! Mwen pral mennen ou yon lòt kote. Ou pa janm konnen, antan ou la a, Bondye ka kite ou bay pèp la madichon pou mwen.
28 And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness,
Balak mennen Balaram sou tèt mòn Peyò a. Antan yo la, yo dekouvri tout dezè a nan pye yo.
29 Balaam said to him: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.
Balaram di Balak konsa: -Bati sèt lotèl pou mwen isit la. Lèfini, fè m' jwenn sèt jenn ti towo bèf ak sèt belye mouton.
30 Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laid on every altar, a calf and a ram.
Balak fè tou sa Balaram te di l' fè a, epi li touye yon ti towo bèf ak yon belye mouton sou chak lotèl pou Bondye.
