Numbers 22
1 Then the Israelis traveled west to the area of Moab that was in the valley of the Jordan [River], across the river from Jericho [city].
Isala: ili dunu da bu asili, Moua: be umi soge amo Yodane Hano ea eso mabe la: idi, Yeligou moilai bai bagade la: idila la: idilale diala, amogawi ilia fisisu hamoi.
2 But King Balak, the son of Zippor, who ruled Moab, found out what the Israelis had done to the Amor people-group.
Moua: be hina bagade Ba: ila: ge (Sibo egefe), e da Isala: ili ilia hou amo A: moulaide dunuma hamoi amola ilia idi bagade nababeba: le,
3 [When he saw that] the Israelis were very numerous, he and his people became terrified.
e amola ea fi dunu huluane da bagadewane beda: i galu.
4 So the king of Moab [went to] the leaders of the Midian people-group and said to them, “This huge group [of Israelis] will (wipe out/destroy) everything around them, like an ox devours grass!” Balak was the king of Moab.
Moua: be dunu da Midia: ne fi dunu ilima amane sia: i, “Bulamagau gawali da gisi bugi ganodini gisi na ebelesa, amo defele Isala: ili fi bagade da ninia liligi huluane wadela: lesimu.”
5 He sent messengers to [a prophet named] Balaam, who was living in his own area, in Pethor [town], near the [Euphrates] River. He sent this message to request that Balaam would come [to help him]: “A huge group of people has arrived here from Egypt. [It looks like] they are covering the entire land! And they have begun to live close to us.
Amaiba: le, hina bagade Ba: ila: ge da sia: ne iasu dunu ilia Ba: ila: me (Bio egefe, e da Bidio moilai Amoue soge Iufala: idisi Hano gadenene esalu), amo dunu ema misa: ne sia: si. Sia: ne iasu dunu da Ba: ila: ge ea sia: amane sia: si, “Di da amo liligi dawa: ma: ne na da sia: sisa. Dunu fi bagade da Idibidi sogega goeguda: misi dagoi. Amo dunu da soge huluane amoga a: i ahoa, amola ilia da ninia soge huluane lamusa: magagisa.
6 Because they are very powerful/numerous, [we are afraid of them. So] please come and curse them for me. Then my army may be able to defeat them and expel them from the land [where they are now living]. I know that good things will happen to the people whom you bless, and disasters will happen to the people whom you curse.”
Ilia idi da ninia idi baligi dagoi. Amaiba: le, di goeguda: misini, na fidima: ne ilima gagabusu aligima: ne ilegema. Amasea, amabela: ? ninia da ilima hasalimu amola ninia soge fisimusa: ili sefasimu. Na dawa: ! Di da dunu hahawane esaloma: ne sia: sea, ilia da hahawane esalumu, amola di da ilima gagabusu aligima: ne ilegesea, amo gagabusu da ilima aligi dialumu.”
7 [Balak’s messengers, who were] leaders of both the Moab and Midian people-groups, took money with them to pay Balaam in order that he would [come and] curse the Israelis. They went to Balaam and told him what Balak had said.
Amaiba: le, Moua: be amola Midia: ne ouligisu dunu da amo gagabusu ilegesu dabe sia: amo gaguli asili, Ba: ila: mema doaga: le, Ba: ila: ge ea sia: ema sia: ne i.
8 Balaam said, “Stay here tonight. [Tomorrow morning] I will tell you whatever Yahweh tells me that I should say to you.” So the leaders from Moab stayed there that night.
Ba: ila: me da ilima amane sia: i, “Wali guiguda: golale, aya na da Hina Gode Ea nama sia: mu, amo dilima olelemu.” Amaiba: le, Moua: be ouligisu dunu da Ba: ila: me ili esalu.
9 During the night, God appeared to Balaam and asked him, “(Who are/Tell me about) these men who are staying with you.”
Gode da Ba: ila: mema misini, amane sia: i, “Amo dunu dili esalebe da nowa dunula: ?”
10 Balaam replied, “Balak, the king of Moab, sent these men to tell me this:
Ba: ila: me da bu adole i, “Moua: be hina bagade Ba: ila: ge da ili nama amane olelema: ne asunasi,
11 ‘A huge group of people has come from Egypt, and they have spread all over this area. Please come immediately to curse them. Then I may be able to defeat them and expel them [from this area].’”
‘Dunu fi amo da Idibidi sogega misi da soge huluane amoga a: i ahoa. E da agoane hanai gala, amo na da gagubusu ilima aligima: ne ilegemu. Amasea, e da ilima doagala: le, gadili sefasimusa: dawa: mu.”
12 God replied to Balaam, “Do not go with them! I have blessed those people, so you must not curse them!”
Gode da Ba: ila: mema amane sia: i, “Amo dunu mae sigi masa! Amola Isala: ili fi dunu ilima gagabui aligima: ne mae ilegema! Bai Na da ilima hahawane dogolegele hou ilegele i dagoi.”
13 The next morning, Balaam got up and told Balak’s men, “Go back home. [But go by yourselves, because] Yahweh is not allowing me to go with you.”
Golale, hahabe, Ba: ila: me da Ba: ila: ge ea sia: ne iasu dunuma asili, amane sia: i, “Dilia diasuga buhagima! Hina Gode da, na dili mae sigi masa: ne sia: i dagoi.”
14 So the men from Moab returned to King Balak and they reported to him, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
Amaiba: le, ilia da Ba: ila: ge ema buhagili, Ba: ila: me da ili mae sigi misa: ne sia: i amo ema olelei.
15 But Balak sent another [group of] leaders to Balaam. It was a group that was larger and they were more important [than the men in the first group].
Amalalu, Ba: ila: ge da sia: ne iasu dunu ilia idi da musa: asi dagoi, amo ilia hou da musa: asi hou ilia baligi, amo asunasi.
16 They went to Balaam and told him this: “This is what King Balak says: ‘Please do not allow anything to hinder you from coming here.
Ilia da Ba: ila: mema asili, Ba: ila: ge ea sia: ema amane alofele i, “Na dima ha: giwane edegesa. Misa! Logo ga: su liligi mae dawa: ma!
17 I will pay you (a lot of money/very well) [if you come], and I will do anything that you ask me to do. Just come and curse these [Israeli] people for me!’”
Na da bidi bagadewane dima imunu, amola dia hanai adole ba: su huluane hamomu. Na dima ha: giwane edegesa. Misa! Amola na fidima: ne amo Isala: ili dunu fi ilima gagabui aligima: ne ilegema.”
18 But Balaam answered them, “Even if Balak would give me a palace filled with silver and gold, I would not do anything to disobey Yahweh, (my God/the God whom I [worship]).
Be Ba: ila: me da bu adole i, “Ba: ila: ge da silifa amola gouli ea hina bagade diasu ganodini amo huluanedafa nama ianoba, na da Hina Gode Ea sia: fonobahadi afae fawane giadofamu da nama hamedei gala: loba.
19 But stay here one more night, like the other messengers did, and I will find out if Yahweh has anything more to say to me.”
Be dilia musa: misi dunu defele, wali gasia goeguda: esaloma. Bai na da Hina Godema bu adole ba: mu. Amabela: ? E da nama sia: eno ganabela: ?”
20 That night God appeared to Balaam again and said to him, “These men have come to request that you go back with them, so you may go with them, but do only what I tell you [to do]!”
Amo gasia, Gode da Ba: ila: mema misini, amane sia: i, “Amo dunu da dia ili sigi masa: ne sia: musa: misi galea, defea, dia liligi momagele, ili sigi masa. Be Na hamoma: ne sia: i defele amo fawane hamoma.”
21 So the next morning, Balaam put a saddle on his donkey and he departed [with two of his servants] along with the men from Moab.
Amaiba: le, hahabe, Ba: ila: me da ea dougi amo da: iya fa: le fisu amo lala: gilalu, fila heda: le, Moua: be ouligisu dunu amola sigi asi.
22 [Even though God had given Balaam permission to go, he was still angry]. So he sent one of his angels to Balaam. This angel stood in the road to block Balaam’s path. As Balaam and the two servants were riding on their donkeys,
Ba: ila: me da ahoabeba: le, Gode da ougi ba: i. Amaiba: le, Ba: ila: me da ea dougi da: iya fila heda: le, ea hawa: hamosu dunu aduna amola gilisili: logoga ahoanoba, Hina Gode Ea a: igele dunu da ea logo hedofamusa: , logo dogoa lelu.
23 Balaam’s donkey saw the angel. The angel was standing in the road and was holding a sword in his hand, [but Balaam did not see him]. Balaam’s donkey turned off the road into a field. So Balaam struck the donkey and forced it to go back onto the road.
Dougi da a: igele dunu gegesu gobihei bagade gaguliwane lelebe ba: beba: le, e da logo fisili, bu la: ididili sega sa: i. Ba: ila: me da ea dougi fananu, bu logoga logei.
24 Then the angel stood in a place where the road was very narrow, between two vineyards, with walls on each side of the road.
Amalalu, a:igele dunu da logo donoboi amo da waini efe sagai amo da igiga gagoi, amo dibiga asili, lelu.
25 When the donkey saw the angel standing there, it walked very close to the wall [to try to get past the angel]. As a result, it bashed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So Balaam struck the donkey again.
Dougi da a: igele ba: beba: le, logo la: idi amoga bobogala: le, Ba: ila: me ea emo da igiga gagoi amo damana fanasili gigidinai. Ba: ila: me da bu enowane dougi fai.
26 Then the angel went further along the road and stood at a place that was extremely narrow, with the result that the donkey could not get past at all.
A: igele da eno ba: le gaidi asili, donoboidafa logo sogebi, la: ididili amola la: ididili baligimu hamedei sogebi, amoga lelu.
27 This time, when the donkey saw the angel, it lay down [on the ground] with Balaam sitting on top of it. Balaam became extremely angry, and he struck the donkey again with his walking stick.
Dougi da bu a: igele dunu ba: beba: le, osoboga diagudui. Ba: ila: me ea ougi bagade heda: le, e da dougi amo ea galiamoga fananu.
28 Then Yahweh enabled the donkey to speak! It said to Balaam, “What bad thing have I done to you that caused you to strike me three times?”
Amalalu, Hina Gode da dougi amoma, dunuga sia: be agoane sia: ma: ne, gasa i. Dougi da Ba: ila: mema amane sia: i, “Na da dima adi hamobela: ? Di da abuliba: le, na udiana agoane udigili fabela: ?”
29 Balaam shouted, “I struck you because you have caused me to appear to be foolish! If I had a sword with me, I would kill you!”
Ba: ila: me da bu adole i, “Bai di da na gagaoui dunu agoane ba: ma: ne, hamoi dagoi! Na da gegesu gobihei bagade gagui ganiaba, na da di medole legela: loba.”
30 But the donkey answered, “I am your own donkey [RHQ], the one that you have always ridden! Have I ever done anything like this previously?” Balaam said, “No.”
Dougi da bu adole i, “Na da dia dougi amola dia esalusu ganodini di da eso huluane nama fila heda: le ahoanusu. Na da amo hou musa: dima hamobela: ?” Ba: ila: me da bu adole i, “Hame mabu!”
31 Then Yahweh enabled Balaam to see the angel standing on the road, holding a sword in his hand. Balaam [realized that it was an angel and] prostrated himself on the ground in front of the angel.
Amalalu, Hina Gode da Ba: ila: mema amo a: igele dunu gegesu gobihei bagade gaguiwane lelebe amo ba: ma: ne, e si doasi. Amalalu, Ba: ila: me da hina: odagi osoba guduli gala: lasa: i.
32 The angel asked him, ‘(Why did you strike your donkey three times?/ You should certainly not have struck the donkey three times! [RHQ] I have come to block your path because what you are planning to do is wrong.
A: igele da ema amane sia: i, “Dia abuliba: le udiana agoane dia dougi fabela: ? Na da dia logo hedofamusa: misi dagoi! Bai di da amodili masunu da defea hame galebe.
33 Three times your donkey saw me and turned away from me. If it had not done that, I would certainly have killed you already, but I would have allowed the donkey to live.”
Be dia dougi da na ba: lalu udiana agoane sinidigi. E da agoai hame hamosa ganiaba, na da di fane legela: loba, amola dougi hame fane legela: loba.”
34 Then Balaam said to the angel, “I have sinned. But I did not realize that you were standing there, trying to block my path. So if you do not want me to continue going, I will return home.”
Ba: ila: me da bu adole i, “Na da wadela: le hamoi dagoi. Di da na logo hedofamusa: logoga lelu, na da hame dawa: i galu. Be di da na bu masunu da defea hame dawa: sea, na da na diasuga buhagimu.”
35 But the angel replied, “I will allow you to go with these men, but you must say only what I tell you to say!” So Balaam went on with the leaders whom Balak [had sent].
Be a: igele da ema amane sia: i, “Di mae buhagili, amo dunu sigi masa. Be na dima adomu liligi fawane sia: ma!” Amaiba: le, Ba: ila: me da Moua: be ouligisu dunu amola bu sigi asi.
36 When King Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went to meet him at a Moab town alongside the Arnon [River] that was at the border of his own land.
Ba: ila: ge da Ba: ila: me ea manebe sia: nababeba: le, e da A moilai bai bagade (Anone Hano bega: amola Moua: be soge alalo amoga dialu) amoga Ba: ila: me yosia: musa: asi.
37 [When he arrived where] Balaam was, he said to him, “I sent you [RHQ] a message saying that you should come immediately [RHQ]! Why did you not come immediately? [Did you think that] I was not able to pay you a lot of money for coming?”
Ba: ila: ge da Ba: ila: mema amane sia: i, “Dia abuliba: le na da musa: misa: ne sia: i amoga hame misibala: ? Dia adi dawa: bela: ? Na da dima bidi defele imunu hamedebela: ?”
38 Balaam replied, “I have come here now, but I am not able to say anything [that I want to]. I will say only the words that God tells me to say [MTY].”
Ba: ila: me da bu adole i, “Na da wali misi dagoi! Dafawanela: ? Be na da gasa hamedei. Na da Gode Ea nama sia: i liligi fawane sia: mu, amo fawane gasa gala.”
39 Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath-Huzoth [town].
Amalalu, Ba: ila: me amola Ba: ila: ge da Gilia: de Husode moilai amoga asili,
40 There Balak killed some cattle and sheep as sacrifices, and offered [parts of the meat] to Balaam and the leaders who were with him.
Ba: ila: ge da bulamagau amola sibi medole legele, amo ea hu mogili Ba: ila: me amola ouligisu dunu amo ili gilisili moma: ne ema i.
41 [They slept there], and the next morning Balak took Balaam part way up [the mountain] to Bamoth-Baal [village]. From there, they could see some of the Israeli people who were down below.
Golale, hahabe, Ba: ila: ge da Ba: ila: me amo Ba: imode Ba: ile (gado sogebi) amoga oule asi. Amoga, Ba: ila: me da Isala: ili fi dunu mogili ba: musa: dawa: i.
