Mitango 23

1 Balami alobaki na Balaki: « Tongela ngai bitumbelo sambo awa mpe bongisela ngai bangombe ya mibali mpe bameme ya mibali sambo. »

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 Balaki asalaki ndenge Balami alobaki, mpe bango mibale babonzaki bangombe ya mibali mpe bameme ya mibali wana na etumbelo moko na moko.

And Balak does as Balaam has spoken, and Balak—Balaam also—offers a bullock and a ram on the altar,

3 Alobaki na Balaki: « Telema awa, pembeni ya mbeka na yo, bongo ngai napusani mwa mosika. Tango mosusu Yawe akoya kokutana na ngai, bongo nakoyebisa yo makambo nyonso oyo akolakisa ngai. » Balami akendeki likolo ya ngomba moko ya mokuse mpe ezanga matiti.

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 Nzambe akutanaki na Balami, mpe Balami alobaki: — Nabongisaki bitumbelo sambo; mpe na etumbelo moko na moko, nasili kobonza ngombe ya mobali mpe meme ya mobali moko.

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 Yawe atiaki maloba na monoko ya Balami mpe alobaki: — Zonga epai ya Balaki mpe yebisa ye maloba oyo.

and YHWH puts a word in the mouth of Balaam and says, “Return to Balak, and thus you speak.”

6 Bongo Balami azongaki epai ya Balaki mpe akutaki ye atelemi pembeni ya mbeka na ye, elongo na bakambi nyonso ya Moabi.

And he returns to him, and behold, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of Moab.

7 Boye, Balami akomaki koloba maloba oyo: « Balaki abengisaki ngai wuta na Arami, mokonzi ya Moabi abengisaki ngai wuta na bangomba ya este. Alobaki: ‹ Yaka, lakela Jakobi mabe mpo na ngai; yaka, loba mabe mpo na Isalaele.

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 Ndenge nini nakoki solo kolakela mabe bato oyo Nzambe alakela mabe te? Ndenge nini nakoki solo koloba mabe mpo na bato oyo Yawe alobela mabe te?

How do I pierce [when] God has not pierced? And how am I indignant [when] YHWH has not been indignant?

9 Tala, wuta na likolo ya mabanga, nazali komona bango; wuta na likolo ya bangomba, nazali kotala bango. Tala, nazali komona bato moko bavanda bango moko, bazali komitanga na molongo ya bikolo te.

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 Nani akoki kotanga putulu ya Jakobi to kotanga motango ya bakitani ya Isalaele? Tika ete nakufa kufa ya bato ya sembo, mpe tika ete suka na ngai ezala lokola ya bango! › »

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 Balaki alobaki na Balami: — Likambo nini osali ngai? Nabengisaki yo mpo ete olakela banguna na ngai mabe; kasi tala, opamboli bango koleka.

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 Balami azongisaki: — Boni, naloba te maloba oyo Yawe atie na monoko na ngai?

and he answers and says, “That which YHWH puts in my mouth—do I not take heed to speak it?”

13 Balaki alobaki na Balami: — Yaka elongo na ngai esika mosusu, epai okoki komona bango; okomona bango nyonso te, kasi kaka ndambo. Mpe wuta na esika yango, lakela bango mabe mpo na ngai.

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 Boye, Balaki amemaki Balami na elanga ya Tsofimi, na songe ya ngomba Pisiga, mpe atongaki kuna bitumbelo sambo mpe abonzaki bangombe ya mibali mpe bameme ya mibali wana na etumbelo moko na moko.

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 Balami alobaki na Balaki: — Telema awa, pembeni ya mbeka na yo, wana ngai nakopusana mwa mosika mpo na kokutana na ye.

And he says to Balak, “Station yourself here by your burnt-offering, and I meet [Him] there”;

16 Yawe akutanaki na Balami, atiaki maloba na monoko na ye mpe alobaki: — Zonga epai ya Balaki mpe yebisa ye maloba oyo.

and YHWH comes to Balaam, and sets a word in his mouth, and says, “Return to Balak, and thus you speak.”

17 Bongo, Balami azongaki epai ya Balaki mpe akutaki ye atelemi pembeni ya mbeka na ye, elongo na bakambi nyonso ya Moabi. Balaki atunaki ye: — Yawe alobi nini?

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 Bongo Balami akomaki koloba maloba oyo: « Balaki, telema mpe yoka! Mwana mobali ya Tsipori, yoka ngai malamu!

And he takes up his allegory and says: “Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear to me, son of Zippor!

19 Nzambe azali moto te mpo ete akosa, azali mpe mwana ya moto te mpo ete akoka kobongola makanisi na Ye. Boni, akoki solo koloba mpe kosala eloko moko te? Akoki solo kopesa elaka mpe kokokisa yango te?

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 Nazwaki nde mokumba ya kopambola. Asila kopambola, mpe ngai nakokoka kobongola te.

Behold, I have received [only] to bless; Indeed, He blesses, and I cannot reverse it.

21 Amonaka mbeba moko te epai ya Jakobi, amonaka minyoko te kati na Isalaele. Yawe, Nzambe na bango, azali elongo na bango; koganga ya mokonzi ezalaka kati na bango.

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 Nzambe abimisaki bango na Ejipito; bazalaka makasi lokola mpakasa.

God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a wild ox for him;

23 Elakeli mabe moko te ekoki kozwa Jakobi, mpe kindoki ezali na nguya te likolo ya Isalaele. Bakoloba sik’oyo mpo na Jakobi mpe Isalaele: ‹ Tala makambo oyo Nzambe asali! ›

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 Bato oyo batelemi lokola nkosi ya mwasi; epemaka te soki epasoli te mosuni na yango mpe emeli te makila ya nyama oyo ekangi. »

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 Bongo Balaki alobaki na Balami: — Ezala soki okoki te kolakela bango mabe, kasi kopambola bango te.

And Balak says to Balaam, “Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all”;

26 Balami azongiselaki Balaki: — Nayebisaki yo te ete nakosala kaka makambo oyo Yawe akoloba na ngai?

and Balaam answers and says to Balak, “Have I not spoken to you, saying, All that YHWH speaks—I do it?”

27 Balaki alobaki na Balami: — Yaka, tika ete namema yo esika mosusu! Tango mosusu Nzambe akosepela ete olakela bango mabe mpo na ngai wuta na esika yango.

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 Balaki amemaki Balami na likolo ya ngomba Peori, esika oyo emonisaka esobe mobimba.

And Balak takes Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,

29 Balami alobaki na Balaki: — Tongela ngai bitumbelo sambo mpe bongisela ngai bangombe ya mibali mpe bameme ya mibali sambo.

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 Balaki asalaki ndenge Balami alobaki, mpe abonzaki ngombe moko ya mobali mpe meme moko ya mobali na etumbelo moko na moko.

and Balak does as Balaam said, and he offers a bullock and a ram on an altar.