Ọnụọgụgụ 23
1 Belam sịrị, “Wuoro m ebe ịchụ aja asaa nʼebe a. Kwadokwaara m oke ehi asaa na ebule asaa.”
And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
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 did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram.
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 said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: it may be the LORD will come to meet me: and whatever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went 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 met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon [every] altar a bullock and a ram.
5 Nʼoge a, Onyenwe anyị tinyere Belam ozi nʼọnụ sị ya, “Laghachi gaa zie Balak ozi a.”
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6 Mgbe Belam lọghachiri ọ hụrụ ya ka o guzoro nʼakụkụ ihe aja ya ndị ahụ, ya na ndịisi Moab niile.
And he returned to him and lo, he stood by his burnt-sacrifice, 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 took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
8 M ga-esi aṅaa bụọ onye Chineke na-abụghị ọnụ ọnụ? M ga-esi aṅaa kọchaa onye Onyenwe anyị na-akọchaghị?
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?
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 the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the 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 can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, 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 said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed [them] altogether.
12 Ma Belam zaghachiri sị ya, “Ọ bụghị ihe Onyenwe anyị tinyere m nʼọnụ ka m ga-ekwu?”
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
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 said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and from thence curse them for me.
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 brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.
15 Belam sịrị Balak, “Guzoro nʼebe a nʼakụkụ ihe aja gị, ebe mụ onwe m ga-ezute ya nʼofe nke ọzọ.”
And he said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.
16 Ma Onyenwe anyị zutere Belam gwa ya ihe ọ ga-ekwu sị ya, “Laghachikwuru Balak zie ya ozi a.”
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say thus.
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 when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What hath the LORD spoken?
18 Ma Belam zaghachiri sị ya: “Bilie ọtọ Balak, nụrụ ozi. Ṅaa ntị nʼokwu m, gị nwa Zipoa.
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou 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, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoke, and shall he not make it good?
20 Chineke enyela m iwu sị m gọzie ha. Ọ gọziela ha, a pụghịkwa ịgbanwe ya!
Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed, 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 hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD his God [is] with him, and the shout of a king [is] among them.
22 Chineke kpọpụtara ha site nʼIjipt. Ha dị ike dịka ehi ọhịa.
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn.
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.’
Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
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 shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he shall eat [of] the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 Mgbe ahụ, Balak sịrị Belam, “Abụla ha ọnụ ma ọlị, ma ọ bụkwanụ gọzie ha ma ọlị.”
And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26 Ma Belam zaghachiri, “Ọ bụ na m agwaghị gị, ihe ọbụla nke Onyenwe anyị ga-ekwu ka m ga-eme?”
But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
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 said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will please God that thou mayest from thence curse them for me.
28 Ya mere, Balak duuru Belam gaa nʼelu ugwu Peoa nke na-elegide ọzara ahụ anya.
And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, that looketh towards Jeshimon.
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 said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
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 did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.
