Ọnụọgụgụ 23
1 Belam sịrị, “Wuoro m ebe ịchụ aja asaa nʼebe a. Kwadokwaara m oke ehi asaa na ebule asaa.”
And Balaam says to Balak, “Build seven altars for me in this [place], and prepare seven bullocks and seven rams for me in this [place].”
2 Balak mezuru dịka Belam gwara ya. Ha abụọ gburu otu oke ehi na otu nwa ebule nʼebe ịchụ aja asaa ahụ nʼotu na otu.
And Balak does as Balaam has spoken, and Balak—Balaam also—offers a bullock and a ram on the altar,
3 Mgbe ahụ, Belam gwara Balak sị, “Guzoro nʼebe a nʼakụkụ aja gị ka m gaa nʼihu chọpụta ma eleghị anya Onyenwe anyị ga-ezute m. Aga m agwa gị ihe ọbụla o kpughere m.” Ya mere, Belam rigooro nʼebe ọhịa na-adịghị.
and Balaam says to Balak, “Station yourself by your burnt-offering and I go on, it may be YHWH comes to meet me, and the thing which He shows me I have declared to you”; and he goes [to] a high place.
4 Chineke zutere ya nʼebe ahụ. Belam gwara ya sị, “Edoziela m ebe ịchụ aja asaa, gbukwaa otu oke ehi na otu ebule nʼelu ha niile nʼotu na otu.”
And God comes to Balaam, and he says to Him, “I have arranged the seven altars, and I offer a bullock and a ram on the altar”;
5 Nʼoge a, Onyenwe anyị tinyere Belam ozi nʼọnụ sị ya, “Laghachi gaa zie Balak ozi a.”
and YHWH puts a word in the mouth of Balaam and says, “Return to Balak, and thus you speak.”
6 Mgbe Belam lọghachiri ọ hụrụ ya ka o guzoro nʼakụkụ ihe aja ya ndị ahụ, ya na ndịisi Moab niile.
And he returns to him, and behold, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of Moab.
7 Nke a bụ ozi Belam ziri: “Balak esitela nʼobodo Aram kpọta m. Eze Moab esitela nʼọwụwa anyanwụ nke ugwu ahụ kpọta m. Ọ sịrị m, bịa bụọrọ m Jekọb ọnụ bịa kwutọọ Izrel.
And he takes up his allegory and says: “Balak king of Moab leads me from Aram; From mountains of the east. Come—curse Jacob for me, And come—be indignant [with] Israel.
8 M ga-esi aṅaa bụọ onye Chineke na-abụghị ọnụ ọnụ? M ga-esi aṅaa kọchaa onye Onyenwe anyị na-akọchaghị?
How do I pierce [when] God has not pierced? And how am I indignant [when] YHWH has not been indignant?
9 Esitela m nʼelu nkume ndị a hụ ha. Elegidere m ha anya site nʼugwu ahụ, hụ na ha bụ ndị biri onwe ha, ndị dị iche site nʼetiti mba niile ọzọ.
For from the top of rocks I see him, And from heights I behold him; Behold a people! He dwells alone, And does not reckon himself among nations.
10 Onye pụrụ ịgụta ole uzuzu Jekọb dị? Maọbụ gụta ole otu ụzọ nʼime nkewa anọ nke Izrel dị. Ọ ga-atọ m ụtọ ịnwụ ụdị ọnwụ ndị na-eme ezi omume. Ka ọgwụgwụ ndụ m bụrụ ihe nwere ike iyi nke ha!”
Who has counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!”
11 Balak sịrị Belam, “Gịnị bụ ihe a i mere m? Akpọtara m gị ka ị bụọrọ m ndị iro m ọnụ, ma ugbu a, ọ dịghị ihe ọzọ i mere karịa naanị ịgọzi ha!”
And Balak says to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I have taken you to pierce my enemies, and behold, you have certainly blessed”;
12 Ma Belam zaghachiri sị ya, “Ọ bụghị ihe Onyenwe anyị tinyere m nʼọnụ ka m ga-ekwu?”
and he answers and says, “That which YHWH puts in my mouth—do I not take heed to speak it?”
13 Mgbe ahụ, Balak sịrị ya, “Soro m bịa nʼebe ọzọ ebe ị ga-ahụ ha; ọ bụ naanị nsọtụ ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ha ka ị ga-ahụ, ị gaghị ahụ ha niile. Site nʼebe ahụ bụọrọ m ha ọnụ.”
And Balak says to him, “Come! Come to another place with me, from where you see it—you see only its extremity, and you do not see all of it, and pierce it for me there”;
14 Ya mere, eze Balak duuru Belam gaa nʼọhịa Zofim, nʼelu ugwu Pisga, wuo ebe ịchụ aja asaa nʼebe ahụ. O jikwa otu oke ehi, otu oke ehi, na otu ebule, otu ebule, chụọ aja nʼebe ịchụ aja ndị ahụ.
and he takes him [to] the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and builds seven altars, and offers a bullock and a ram on the altar.
15 Belam sịrị Balak, “Guzoro nʼebe a nʼakụkụ ihe aja gị, ebe mụ onwe m ga-ezute ya nʼofe nke ọzọ.”
And he says to Balak, “Station yourself here by your burnt-offering, and I meet [Him] there”;
16 Ma Onyenwe anyị zutere Belam gwa ya ihe ọ ga-ekwu sị ya, “Laghachikwuru Balak zie ya ozi a.”
and YHWH comes to Balaam, and sets a word in his mouth, and says, “Return to Balak, and thus you speak.”
17 Ya mere, ọ lọghachiri azụ nʼebe ahụ Balak na ụmụ eze Moab guzoro nʼakụkụ ihe aja ha. Balak jụrụ ya sị, “Gịnị ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị?”
And he comes to him, and behold, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab [are] with him, and Balak says to him: “What has YHWH spoken?”
18 Ma Belam zaghachiri sị ya: “Bilie ọtọ Balak, nụrụ ozi. Ṅaa ntị nʼokwu m, gị nwa Zipoa.
And he takes up his allegory and says: “Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear to me, son of Zippor!
19 Chineke agaghị agha ụgha, nʼihi na ọ bụghị mmadụ. Ọ gaghị agbanwe obi ya, nʼihi na ọ bụghị nwa mmadụ. O kwuola okwu, ma ghara ime ihe o kwuru? O kwela nkwa ma ghara imezu nkwa o kwere?
God [is] not a man—and lies, And a son of man—and relents! Has He said—and He does not do [it]? And spoken—and He does not confirm it?
20 Chineke enyela m iwu sị m gọzie ha. Ọ gọziela ha, a pụghịkwa ịgbanwe ya!
Behold, I have received [only] to bless; Indeed, He blesses, and I cannot reverse it.
21 “O nweghị ajọ ihe nke ahụrụ nʼime Jekọb, ahụghịkwa mwute ọbụla nʼIzrel. Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha nọnyeere ha. Iti mkpu nke Eze dịkwa nʼetiti ha.
He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor has He seen perverseness in Israel; His God YHWH [is] with him, And a shout of a king [is] in him.
22 Chineke kpọpụtara ha site nʼIjipt. Ha dị ike dịka ehi ọhịa.
God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a wild ox for him;
23 Ọ dịghị mgbaasị ga-emegide ha. Ọ dịkwaghị ịgba afa a pụrụ iji megide Izrel. Nʼihi na ugbu a, ihe dị otu a ka a ga-ekwu banyere Jekọb na Izrel. ‘Lee, ihe Chineke mere ha.’
For no enchantment [is] against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel; At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, O what God has worked!
24 Ha na-ebili ọtọ dịka nne ọdụm, ha na-enugharị onwe ha dịka ọdụm, nke na-adịghị edina ala tutu o richaa ihe o gburu, ma ṅụọkwa ọbara ihe ahụ o tigburu!”
Behold, the people rises as a lioness, And he lifts himself up as a lion; He does not lie down until he eats prey, And drinks blood of pierced ones.”
25 Mgbe ahụ, Balak sịrị Belam, “Abụla ha ọnụ ma ọlị, ma ọ bụkwanụ gọzie ha ma ọlị.”
And Balak says to Balaam, “Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all”;
26 Ma Belam zaghachiri, “Ọ bụ na m agwaghị gị, ihe ọbụla nke Onyenwe anyị ga-ekwu ka m ga-eme?”
and Balaam answers and says to Balak, “Have I not spoken to you, saying, All that YHWH speaks—I do it?”
27 Mgbe ahụ, Balak sịrị Belam, “Bịa, aga m akpọrọ gị gaa nʼebe ọzọ. Eleghị anya ọ ga-amasị Chineke ka i si nʼebe ahụ bụọrọ m ha ọnụ.”
And Balak says to Balaam, “Please come, I take you to another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God to pierce it for me from there.”
28 Ya mere, Balak duuru Belam gaa nʼelu ugwu Peoa nke na-elegide ọzara ahụ anya.
And Balak takes Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,
29 Belam gwara Balak okwu sị ya, “Wuoro m ebe ịchụ aja asaa ọzọ. Doziekwa ụmụ oke ehi asaa na ebule asaa e ji achụ aja.”
and Balaam says to Balak, “Build seven altars for me in this [place], and prepare seven bullocks and seven rams for me in this [place]”;
30 Balak mere dịka Belam gwara ya. O ji otu oke ehi na otu ebule chụọ aja nʼebe ịchụ aja ahụ nʼotu na otu.
and Balak does as Balaam said, and he offers a bullock and a ram on an altar.
