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 saith unto Balak, 'Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams.'
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 doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak — Balaam also — offereth 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 saith to Balak, 'Station thyself by thy burnt-offering and I go on, it may be Jehovah doth come to meet me, and the thing which He sheweth me — I have declared to thee;' and he goeth [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 cometh unto Balaam, and he saith unto Him, 'The seven altars I have arranged, 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 Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost 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 turneth back unto him, and lo, 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 taketh up his simile, and saith: 'From Aram he doth lead me — Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come — curse for me Jacob, 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?
What — do I pierce? — God hath not pierced! And what — am I indignant? — Jehovah hath 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 it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself.
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 hath 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 saith unto Balaam, 'What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee — and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;'
12 Balami azongisaki: — Boni, naloba te maloba oyo Yawe atie na monoko na ngai?
and he answereth and saith, 'That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth — it do I not take heed to speak?'
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 saith unto him, 'Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, whence thou dost see it, only its extremity thou dost see, and all of it thou dost not see, and pierce it for me thence;'
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 taketh him [to] the field of Zophim, unto the top of Pisgah, and buildeth seven altars, and offereth 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 saith unto Balak, 'Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I — 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 Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost 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 cometh unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him, and Balak saith to him: 'What hath Jehovah spoken?'
18 Bongo Balami akomaki koloba maloba oyo: « Balaki, telema mpe yoka! Mwana mobali ya Tsipori, yoka ngai malamu!
And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto 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 lieth, And a son of man — and repenteth! Hath He said — and doth He not do [it]? And spoken — and doth He not confirm it?
20 Nazwaki nde mokumba ya kopambola. Asila kopambola, mpe ngai nakokoka kobongola te.
Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I [can] not 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 hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God [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 Reem is to 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, What hath God wrought!
24 Bato oyo batelemi lokola nkosi ya mwasi; epemaka te soki epasoli te mosuni na yango mpe emeli te makila ya nyama oyo ekangi. »
Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'
25 Bongo Balaki alobaki na Balami: — Ezala soki okoki te kolakela bango mabe, kasi kopambola bango te.
And Balak saith unto 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 answereth and saith unto Balak, 'Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh — it I do?'
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 saith unto Balaam, 'Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God — to pierce it for me from thence.'
28 Balaki amemaki Balami na likolo ya ngomba Peori, esika oyo emonisaka esobe mobimba.
And Balak taketh 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 saith unto Balak, 'Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams;'
30 Balaki asalaki ndenge Balami alobaki, mpe abonzaki ngombe moko ya mobali mpe meme moko ya mobali na etumbelo moko na moko.
and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar.
