Resansman 22
1 Fis a Israël yo te vwayaje pou te fè kan an nan plèn Moab yo, fin kite Jourdain an, anfas Jéricho.
And the sons of Israel journey and encamp in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, [by] Jericho.
2 Alò Balak, fis Tsippor te wè tout sa ke Israël te fè a Amoreyen yo.
And Balak son of Zippor sees all that Israel has done to the Amorite,
3 Konsa, Moab te nan gran perèz akoz pèp la, pwiske yo te anpil; Moab te sezi avèk gwo laperèz akoz fis Israël yo.
and Moab is exceedingly afraid of the presence of the people, for it [is] numerous; and Moab is distressed by the presence of the sons of Israel,
4 Moab te di a ansyen yo a Madian: “Alò, bann moun sa yo va devore tout sa ki antoure nou, jan yon bèf devore zèb nan chan.” Balak, fis a Tsippor a te wa Moab nan tan sa a.
and Moab says to [the] elderly of Midian, “Now the assembly licks up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the green thing of the field.” And Balak son of Zippor [is] king of Moab at that time,
5 Konsa, li te voye yon mesaje vè Balaam, fis a Beor a nan Pethor, ki toupre Rivyè a, nan peyi a fis pèp li a. Li te di: “Gade byen, yon pèp te sòti an Égypte. Gade byen, yo kouvri sifas peyi a, e y ap viv anfas mwen.
and he sends messengers to Balaam son of Beor, to Pethor, which [is] by the River of the land of the sons of his people, to call for him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt; behold, it has covered the eye of the land, and it is abiding in front of me;
6 Alò, pou sa, silvouplè, vin mete yon madichon sou pèp sa a pou mwen; paske, yo twò pwisan pou mwen. Petèt mwen kapab fin bat yo, e pouse yo ale deyò peyi a. Paske mwen konnen ke sila ke ou beni an, beni, e sila ke ou modi a, modi.”
and now, come, please curse this people for me, for it [is] mightier than I. It may be I prevail, [and] we strike it, and I cast it out from the land; for I have known that which you bless is blessed, and that which you curse is cursed.”
7 Konsa, ansyen a Moab yo avèk ansyen a Madian yo te pati avèk frè pou peye divinasyon nan men yo. Yo te vin kote Balaam pou te repete pawòl a Balak yo pou li.
And [the] elderly of Moab and [the] elderly of Midian go with divinations in their hand, and they come to Balaam and speak the words of Balak to him,
8 Li te di yo: “Pase nwit lan isit la, e mwen va pote yon pawòl bannou jan SENYÈ a kab petèt pale avè m.” Epi dirijan Moab yo te rete avèk Balaam.
and he says to them, “Lodge here tonight, and I have brought you back word, as YHWH speaks to me”; and the princes of Moab abide with Balaam.
9 Epi Bondye te vini a Balaam, e Li te di: “Ki moun sa yo ye ki avèk ou la a?”
And God comes to Balaam and says, “Who [are] these men with you?”
10 Balaam te di a Bondye: “Balak, fis a Tsippor a, wa Moab la te voye yon pawòl ban mwen.
And Balaam says to God, “Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me:
11 ‘Gade byen, gen yon pèp ki sòti an Égypte, yo kouvri sifas peyi a. Alò, vin modi yo pou mwen. Petèt mwen kapab goumen kont yo, e pouse yo deyò.’”
Behold, the people that is coming out from Egypt and covers the eye of the land—now come, pierce it for me; it may be I am able to fight against it and have cast it out”;
12 Bondye te di a Balaam: “Pa ale avèk yo. Ou p ap modi pèp la, paske yo beni.”
and God says to Balaam, “You do not go with them; you do not curse the people, for it [is] blessed.”
13 Konsa, Balaam te leve nan maten e li te di a chèf Balak yo: “Ale retounen nan peyi nou, paske SENYÈ a refize kite mwen ale avèk nou.”
And Balaam rises in the morning and says to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land, for YHWH is refusing to permit me to go with you”;
14 Chèf a Moab yo te leve. Yo te ale kote Balak e te di: “Balaam refize vini avèk nou.”
and the princes of Moab rise, and come to Balak, and say, “Balaam is refusing to come with us.”
15 Alò, Balak te voye chèf yo ankò, plis an kantite e pi gran pase lòt yo.
And Balak adds yet to send princes, more numerous and honored than these,
16 Yo te vini a Balaam e te di li: “Konsa pale Balak, fis a Tsippor a: ‘Pa kite anyen, mwen mande ou souple, anpeche ou vini kote mwen;
and they come to Balaam and say to him, “Thus said Balak son of Zippor: Please do not be withheld from coming to me,
17 paske vrèman, mwen va onore ou anpil. Mwen va fè nenpòt sa ou mande mwen. Alò, souple, vin modi pèp sa a pou mwen.’”
for I honor you very greatly, and all that you say to me I do; and come, please pierce this people for me.”
18 Balaam te reponn a sèvitè a Balak yo, “Malgre Balak ta ban mwen kay li plen avèk ajan ak lò, mwen pa ta kapab fè anyen, ni piti ni gran, ki kontrè kòmand SENYÈ a, Bondye mwen an.
And Balaam answers and says to the servants of Balak, “If Balak gives to me the fullness of his house of silver and gold, I am not able to pass over the command of my God YHWH, to do a little or a great thing;
19 Alò, silvouplè, rete isit la aswè a pou m ka twouve ki lòt bagay SENYÈ a va pale mwen.”
and now, please abide in this [place], you also, tonight, then I know what YHWH is adding to speak with me.”
20 Bondye te vin kote Balaam nan aswè. Li te di li: “Si mesye sa yo ta vin rele ou, leve ale avèk yo; men se sèlman pawòl ke M pale avèk ou a ke ou va fè.”
And God comes to Balaam by night and says to him, “If the men have come to call for you, rise, go with them, and only the thing which I speak to you—do it.”
21 Konsa, Balaam te leve nan maten. Li te mete yon sèl sou bourik li pou te ale avèk chèf Moab yo.
And Balaam rises in the morning, and saddles his donkey, and goes with the princes of Moab,
22 Men Bondye te fache akoz li t ap ale a. Konsa, zanj SENYÈ a te vin kanpe nan chemen an kòm yon advèsè kont li. Alò, li te monte sou bourik li, e de sèvitè li yo te avèk li.
and the anger of God burns because he is going, and the Messenger of YHWH stations Himself in the way for an adversary to him, and he is riding on his donkey, and two of his servants [are] with him,
23 Lè bourik la te wè zanj SENYÈ a ki te kanpe nan chemen an avèk nepe li parèt nan men l, bourik la te kite chemen an pou te antre nan chan an. Men Balaam te frape bourik la pou fè l retounen nan chemen an.
and the donkey sees the Messenger of YHWH standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and the donkey turns aside out of the way and goes into a field, and Balaam strikes the donkey to turn it aside into the way.
24 Alò, zanj SENYÈ a te kanpe nan yon wout etwat nan chan rezen yo, avèk yon miray sou yon bò, e yon miray sou lòt bò a.
And the Messenger of YHWH stands in a narrow path of the vineyards, [with] a wall on this [side] and a wall on that [side],
25 Lè bourik la te wè zanj SENYÈ a, li te peze kò l kont mi an, e li te peze pye Balaam kont lòt mi an. Konsa, Balaam te frape li ankò.
and the donkey sees the Messenger of YHWH, and is pressed to the wall, and presses Balaam’s foot to the wall, and he adds to strike her;
26 Zanj SENYÈ a te ale pi lwen. Li te kanpe nan yon kote etwat kote pa t gen mwayen pou vire ni adwat, ni agoch.
and the Messenger of YHWH adds to pass over, and stands in a narrow place where there is no way to turn aside [to] the right or left,
27 Lè bourik la te wè zanj SENYÈ a, li te kouche anba Balaam. Pou sa, Balaam te fache e li te frape bourik la avèk baton li.
and the donkey sees the Messenger of YHWH, and crouches under Balaam, and the anger of Balaam burns, and he strikes the donkey with a staff.
28 Konsa, SENYÈ a te ouvri bouch a femèl bourik la, e li te di a Balaam: “Kisa m te fè ou, pou ou bat mwen twa fwa sa yo?”
And YHWH opens the mouth of the donkey, and she says to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?”
29 Alò, Balaam te di a bourik la: “Akoz ou te pase m nan rizib! Si m te gen yon nepe nan men m, Mwen ta gen tan touye ou deja.”
And Balaam says to the donkey, “Because you have rolled yourself against me; oh that there were a sword in my hand, for now I had slain you”;
30 Bourik la te di Balaam: “Èske mwen pa bourik ou, sou sila ou te monte pandan tout vi ou jis rive Jodi a? Èske Mwen janm te konn abitye fè ou sa?” Epi li te reponn: “Non”.
and the donkey says to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden since [I became] yours, even to this day? Have I at all been accustomed to do thus to you?” And he says, “No.”
31 Alò, SENYÈ a te ouvri zye a Balaam. Konsa, li te wè zanj a SENYÈ a ki te kanpe nan chemen an avèk nepe a rale nan men li. Balaam te bese jiska tè.
And YHWH uncovers the eyes of Balaam, and he sees the Messenger of YHWH standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and he bows and pays respect, to his face;
32 Zanj SENYÈ a te di li: “Poukisa ou te frape bourik ou a twa fwa sa yo? Gade byen, Mwen te parèt kòm yon advèsè, akoz direksyon pa w la te kont Mwen.
and the Messenger of YHWH says to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out for an adversary, for [your] way has been perverse before Me,
33 Men bourik la te wè M, e li te vire akote pou evite Mwen twa fwa sa yo. Si li pa t vire akote Mwen, Mwen ta, vrèman, gen tan touye ou nan moman sa a, e kite li menm viv.”
and the donkey sees Me and turns aside at My presence these three times; unless she had turned aside from My presence, surely I had also slain you now, and kept her alive.”
34 Balaam te di a zanj SENYÈ a: “Mwen te peche, paske mwen pa t konnen ke ou te kanpe nan chemen an kont mwen. Alò, koulye a, si sa pa fè ou plezi, mwen va vire retounen.”
And Balaam says to the Messenger of YHWH, “I have sinned, for I did not know that You [are] standing to meet me in the way; and now, if [it is] evil in Your eyes, I turn back by myself.”
35 Men zanj SENYÈ a te di a Balaam: “Ale avèk mesye sa yo, men ou va pale, sèlman, pawòl ke Mwen di ou yo.” Konsa Balaam te ale avèk chèf Balak yo.
And the Messenger of YHWH says to Balaam, “Go with the men; and only the word which I speak to you—it you speak”; and Balaam goes with the princes of Balak.
36 Lè Balak te tande ke Balaam t ap vini, li te sòti pou rankontre li nan vil Moab la, ki nan fwontyè Arnon an, nan dènye pwent lizyè a.
And Balak hears that Balaam has come, and goes out to meet him, to a city of Moab, which [is] on the border of Arnon, which [is] in the extremity of the border;
37 Epi Balak te di a Balaam: “Èske mwen pa t voye kote ou an ijans? Poukisa ou pa t vin kote mwen? Èske, vrèman, mwen pa kapab onore ou?”
and Balak says to Balaam, “Did I not diligently send to you to call for you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not truly able to honor you?”
38 Konsa, Balaam te di a Balak: “Gade byen, Mwen gen tan vini koulye a! Èske mwen kapab pale yon bagay menm? Pawòl ke Bondye mete nan bouch mwen an, se sa ke mwen va pale.”
And Balaam says to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you; now, am I able to speak anything at all? The word which God sets in my mouth—it I speak.”
39 Epi Balaam te sòti avèk Balak e yo te vini Kirjath-Hutsoth,
And Balaam goes with Balak, and they come to Kirjath-Huzoth,
40 Balak te fè sakrifis bèf avèk mouton, e li te voye kèk bay Balaam avèk chèf ki te avèk li yo.
and Balak sacrifices oxen and sheep, and sends [some] to Balaam and to the princes who [are] with him;
41 Epi li te rive nan maten ke Balak te pran Balaam pou te mennen li monte nan wo plas a Baal yo. E li te wè depi la, yon pati nan pèp Israël yo.
and it comes to pass in the morning, that Balak takes Balaam and causes him to go up [to] the high places of Ba‘al, and he sees the extremity of the people from there.
