Ƙidaya 23
1 Bala’am ya ce, “Ka gina mini bagadai bakwai a nan, ka shirya mini bijimai bakwai da raguna bakwai.”
And Balaam said to Balac, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.
2 Balak ya yi yadda Bala’am ya faɗa, sai su biyu suka miƙa bijimi da rago a kan kowane bagade.
And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on [every] altar.
3 Sa’an nan Bala’am ya ce wa Balak, “Tsaya nan kusa da hadayarka, ni kuwa in koma wani wurin da yake a kaɗaice. Wataƙila Ubangiji zai sadu da ni. Duk abin da ya bayyana mini, zan faɗa maka.” Sai ya haura kan wani wurin da yake a kaɗaice a tudun.
And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall show me, I will report to you. And Balac stood by his sacrifice.
4 Allah kuwa ya sadu da Bala’am. Bala’am ya ce, “Na shirya bagadai bakwai, na kuma miƙa bijimi guda da rago guda, a kan kowane bagade.”
And Balaam went to enquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.
5 Ubangiji ya ba wa Bala’am saƙo ya ce, “Ka koma wurin Balak, ka faɗa masa wannan saƙo.”
And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, you shall return to Balac, and thus shall you speak.
6 Saboda haka, sai Bala’am ya koma wurin Balak ya same shi tsaye a kusa da hadayarsa, tare da dukan dattawan Mowab.
And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole burnt offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
7 Sai Bala’am ya furta abin da Allah ya faɗa masa ya ce, “Balak ya kawo ni daga Aram, sarkin Mowab ya kawo ni daga gabashin duwatsu. Ya ce, ‘Zo, ka la’anta mini Yaƙub; zo, ka tsine Isra’ila.’
And he took up his parable, and said, Balac king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel.
8 Yaya zan iya la’anta waɗanda Allah bai la’anta ba? Yaya zan tsine waɗanda Ubangiji bai tsine ba?
How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not?
9 Daga kan duwatsu na gan su, daga bisa kan tuddai na hange su. Na ga mutane da suke zaune su kaɗai ba sa ɗauki kansu ɗaya da al’ummai ba.
For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, and from the hills I shall observe him: behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned amongst the nations.
10 Wa zai iya ƙidaya ƙurar Yaƙub ko yă ƙidaya kashi ɗaya bisa huɗu na Isra’ila? Bari in mutu, mutuwar adali ƙarshena kuma yă zama kamar nasu!”
Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed.
11 Balak ya ce wa Bala’am, “Me ke nan ka yi mini? Na kawo ka, ka la’anta abokan gābana, sai ga shi albarka kake sa musu!”
And Balac said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I called you to curse my enemies, and behold you have greatly blessed [them].
12 Bala’am ya ce, “Ba dole in faɗa abin da Ubangiji ya sa a bakina ba?”
And Balaam said to Balac, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this?
13 Sa’an nan Balak ya ce masa, “Zo, mu tafi wani wuri inda za ka gan su; a nan kana ganin sashe ne kawai, ba dukansu ba. Daga can kuwa, ka la’anta mini su.”
And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where you shall not see the people, but only you shall see a part of them, and shall not see them all; and curse me them from thence.
14 Saboda haka ya ɗauke shi zuwa filin Zofim a ƙwanƙolin Fisga, a can ya gina bagadai bakwai, ya kuma miƙa bijimi da rago a kan kowane bagade.
And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried [rock], and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.
15 Bala’am ya ce wa Balak, “Tsaya nan kusa da hadayarka, ni kuwa in je in sadu da Ubangiji a can.”
And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God.
16 Ubangiji ya sadu da Bala’am, ya kuma ba shi saƙo ya ce, “Koma wurin Balak ka ba shi wannan saƙo.”
And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shall you speak.
17 Saboda haka ya tafi ya same Balak tsaye a kusa da hadayarsa, tare da dattawan Mowab. Balak ya tambaye Bala’am ya ce, “Mene ne Ubangiji ya ce?”
And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole burnt sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken?
18 Sai Bala’am ya furta saƙon da aka ba shi ya ce, “Tashi, Balak, ka saurara; ka kasa kunne gare ni, ɗan Ziffor.
And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; listen as a witness, you son of Sepphor.
19 Allah ba mutum ba ne, da zai yi ƙarya, shi ba ɗan mutum ba ne, da zai canja tunaninsa. Yana maganar abin da ba zai iya aikata ba ne? Yakan kuma yi alkawarin da ba zai iya cikawa ba?
God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep [to his word]?
20 Na karɓi umarni in sa albarka; na kuwa sa albarka, ba zan iya janye ta ba.
Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: I will bless, and not turn back.
21 “Bai ga mugunta a cikin Yaƙub ba, bai kuma ga wahala a Isra’ila ba. Ubangiji Allahnsu yana tare da su; sowar Sarki yana cikinsu.
There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel: the Lord his God [is] with him, the glories of rulers [are] in him.
22 Allah ya fitar da su daga Masar; suna da ƙarfi iri na kutunkun ɓauna.
It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn.
23 Ba wata maitar da za tă ci Yaƙub, ba sihiri da zai cuci Isra’ila. Yanzu za a ce game da Yaƙub da Isra’ila, ‘Duba abin da Allah ya yi!’
For there is no divination in Jacob, nor enchantment in Israel; in season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel what God shall perform.
24 Mutane sun tashi kamar ƙaƙƙarfar zakanya; sun tā da kansu kamar zaki wanda ba ya hutawa sai ya cinye naman abin da ya kama ya kuma sha jinin abin da ya kama.”
Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain.
25 Sai Balak ya ce wa Bala’am, “Kada ka la’anta su, kada kuma ka sa musu albarka!”
And Balac said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all.
26 Bala’am amsa ya ce, “Ban faɗa maka zan yi kaɗai abin da Ubangiji ya ce ba?”
And Balaam answered and said to Balac, Spoke I not to you, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do?
27 Sai Balak ya ce wa Bala’am, “Zo in kai ka wani wuri. Wataƙila zai gamshi Allah, yă bari ka la’anta mini su daga can.”
And Balac said to Balaam, Come [and] I will remove you to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.
28 Balak kuwa ya ɗauki Bala’am zuwa ƙwanƙolin Feyor, wanda yake fuskantar hamada.
And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness.
29 Bala’am ya ce, “Ka gina mini bagadai bakwai a nan, ka kuma shirya mini bijimai bakwai da raguna bakwai.”
And Balaam said to Balac, build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.
30 Balak ya yi yadda Bala’am ya ce, ya kuwa miƙa bijimi da rago a kan kowane bagade.
And Balac did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.
