गन्ती 23

1 बालामले बालाकलाई भने, “यहाँ मेरो निम्ति सातवटा वेदी निर्माण गर्नुहोस्, र सातवटा साँढे र सातवटा भेडा तयार पार्नुहोस् ।

And Balaam said to Balak, Make me here seven altars and get ready seven oxen and seven male sheep.

2 बालाकले बालामले भनेजस्तै गरे । अनि बालाक र बालामले हरेक वेदीमा एउटा-एउटा साँढे र भेडा बलि चढाए ।

And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep.

3 अनि बालामले बालाकलाई भने, “तपाईं आफ्‍नो बलिदानको छेउमा खडा हुनुहोस् र म जाने छु । सायद परमप्रभु मलाई भेट्न आउनुहुने छ । उहाँले मलाई जे देखाउनुहुन्छ, सो म गर्ने छु ।” त्यसैले तिनी कुनै रुख नभएको पहडाको चुचुरोतिर गए ।

Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.

4 तिनी पहाडको टुप्पोमा हुँदा परमेश्‍वरले तिनलाई भेट्नुभयो र बालामले उहाँलाई भने, “मैले सातवटा वेदी बनाएको छु र मैले हरेक वेदीमा एउटा-एउटा साँढे र भेडा बलि चढाएको छु ।”

And God came to Balaam, and Balaam said to him, I have made ready seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.

5 परमप्रभुले बालामको मुखमा वचन हालिदिनुभयो र भन्‍नुभयो, “बालाककहाँ फर्केर जा र त्यसलाई भन् ।”

And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.

6 त्यसैले बालाम बालाककहाँ फर्के, जो आफ्‍नो बलिदानको छेउमा उभिरहेका थिए र मोआबका सबै अगुवा तिनीसँग थिए ।

So he went back to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with all the chiefs of Moab.

7 बालामले अगमवाणी कहन थाले र भने, “मोआबका राजा बालाकले मलाई पूर्वका पहाडहरूबाट अर्थात् अरामबाट ल्याएका छन् । तिनले भने, 'आउनुहोस् मेरो निम्ति याकूबलाई सराप दिनुहोस् ।' 'आउनुहोस्, इस्राएललाई धम्की दिनुहोस् ।'

And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.

8 परमेश्‍वरले नै सराप नदिनुभएकालाई मैले कसरी सराप दिन सक्छु? परमप्रभुले नै विरोध नगर्नुभएकाहरूलाई मैले कसरी विरोध गर्न सक्छु?

How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?

9 म तिनलाई पहाडको चुचुरोबाट देख्छु; म तिनलाई पहाडबाट हेर्छु । हेर्नुहोस्, एक्लै बस्‍ने मानिसहरू र आफूलाई साधारण जातिको रूपमा ठान्दैनन् ।

From the top of the rocks I see him, looking down on him from the hills: it is a people made separate, not to be numbered among the nations.

10 याकूबको धूलोलाई वा इस्राएलको एक चौथाइलाई मात्र पनि कसले गन्‍न सक्छ? मेरो मरण धार्मिक व्यक्‍तिको जस्तो होस् र मेरो जीवन त्यसको जस्तै होस्!”

Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!

11 बालाकले बालामलाई भने, “तपाईंले मलाई के गर्नुभएको? मेरा शत्रुहरूलाई सराप दिनुहोस् भनी मैले तपाईंलाई ल्याएँ, तर हे्र्नुहोस्, तपाईंले त तिनीहरूलाई आशिष् दिनुभयो ।”

Then Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed, and see, you have given them a blessing.

12 बालामले जवाफ दिए र भने, “के परमप्रभुले मेरो मुखमा जे हाल्नुहुन्छ सो मात्र भन्‍न म सावधान हुनुपर्दैन र?”

And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth?

13 बालाकले तिनलाई भने, “कृपया मसँग अर्को ठाउँमा आउनुहोस् जहाँबाट तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई देख्‍न सक्‍नुहुन्छ । तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई नजिकको मात्र देख्‍नुहुने छ, तर तिनीहरू सबैलाई देख्‍नुहुने छैन । तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई त्यहाँबाट सराप दिनुहुने छ ।”

And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there.

14 त्यसैले तिनले बालामलाई सोफीमको मैदानमा भएको पिसगाको टाकुरामा लगे, र अरू सातवटा वेदी बनाए । तिनले हरेकमा एउटा-एउटा साँढे र भेडा बलि चढाए ।

So he took him into the country of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and there they made seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.

15 त्यसपछि बालामले बालाकलाई भने, “यहीँ नै तपाईंको बलिदानको छेउमा उभिनुहोस्, म परमप्रभुलाई भेट्न जान्छु ।”

Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord.

16 त्यसैले परमप्रभुले बालामलाई भेट्नुभयो र तिनको मुखमा सन्देश हालिदिनुभयो । तिनले भने, “बालाककहाँ जा र तिनलाई मेरो सन्देश दे ।”

And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.

17 बालाम तिनीकहाँ फर्केर आए र तिनी आफ्नो होमबलिको छेउमा उभिरहेका थिए र मोआबका अगुवाहरू तिनीसँग थिए । अनि बालाकले तिनलाई भने, “परमप्रभुले के भन्‍नुभयो?”

So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said?

18 बालामले अगमवाणी गर्न थाले, “उठ् बालाक र सुन् । हे सिप्पोरका छोरा मेरो कुरा सुन् ।

And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:

19 परमेश्‍वर मानिस वा मानव हुनुहुन्‍न कि उहाँले ढाँट्नुपरोस्, उहाँले आफ्नो मन बदल्नुपरोस् । के उहाँले पुरा नगर्ने गरी कुनै कुरा प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको छ? के उहाँले कुनै गर्छु भनेर पुरा गर्नुभएको छैन र?

God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?

20 हेर्नुहोस्, आशिष् दिने आज्ञा मलाई दिइएको छ । परमेश्‍वरले आशिष् दिनुभएको छ र म यसलाई उल्टाउन सक्दिनँ ।

See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.

21 उहाँले याकूबसँग कुनै कठिनाइ वा इस्राएलमा कुनै कष्‍ट देख्‍नुभएको छैन । परमप्रभु तिनीहरूका परमेश्‍वर तिनीहरूसँग हुनुहुन्छ र तिनीहरूका राजाको जय-ध्वनि तिनीहरूमाझ छ ।

He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glad cry of a king is among them.

22 परमेश्‍वरले तिनीहरूलाई जङ्गली गोरुको जस्तै शक्‍तिले मिश्रबाट ल्याउनुभयो ।

It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.

23 याकूब विरुद्ध कुनै टुनामुनाले काम गर्दैन र इस्राएललाई कुनै जोखनाले हानि पुर्‍याउँदैन । बरु, याकूब र इस्राएलबारे यसो भन्‍नुपर्छ, 'हेर, परमेश्‍वरले के गर्नुभएको छ!'

No evil power has effect against Jacob, no secret arts against Israel; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, See what God has done!

24 हेर, मानिसहरू सिंहनीजस्तै उठ्छन्, सिंहजस्तै उठ्छन् र आक्रमण गर्छन् । त्यो आफ्नो सिकारलाई नखाएसम्म र त्यसले मारेको सिकारको रगत नपिएसम्म आराम गर्दैन ।”

See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

25 त्यसपछि बालाकले बालामलाई भने, “तिनीहरूलाई सराप नदिनुहोस् वा आशिष् पनि नदिनुहोस् ।”

Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.

26 तर बालामले जवाफ दिए र भने, “के परमप्रभुले भन्‍नलाई बताउनुभएको कुरा मात्र मैले भन्‍नुपर्छ भनी मैले भनेको थिइनँ र?”

But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?

27 त्यसैले बालाकले बालामलाई जावाफ दिए, “अब आउनुहोस्, म तपाईंलाई अर्को ठाउँमा लैजान्छु । सायद त्यहाँबाट मेरो निम्ति तिनीहरूलाई सराप दिन परमेश्‍वरले इच्छा गर्नुहुने छ ।”

Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there.

28 त्यसैले बालाकले बालामलाई पोरको टाकुरामा लगे, जहाँबाट तल मरुभूमि देखिन्छ ।

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land.

29 बालामले बालाकलाई भने, “यहाँ सातवटा वेदी बनाउनुहोस् अनि सातवटा साँढे र भेडा तयार पार्नुहोस् ।”

And Balaam said to Balak, Make me seven altars here and get seven oxen and seven male sheep ready for me.

30 बालाकले बालामले भनेबमोजिम गरे; तिनले हरेक वेदीमा एउटा-एउटा साँढे र भेडा बलि चढाए ।

And Balak did as Balaam said, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.