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, “Build seven altars here for me, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.”

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

And when he had acted according to the words of Balaam, they placed a calf and a ram together on each altar.

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 ।

And Balaam said to Balak: “Stand for a little while next to your holocaust, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet with me. And whatever he will command, I shall speak to you.”

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 after he had quickly departed, God met with him. And Balaam, speaking to him, said: “I have set up seven altars, and I have placed a calf and a ram on each.”

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

Then the Lord placed the word in his mouth, and he said: “Return to Balak, and you shall say this.”

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

Returning, he found Balak standing next to his holocaust, with all the leaders of the Moabites.

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 taking up his parable, he said: “Balak, king of the Moabites, has led me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. ‘Come forth,’ he said, ‘and curse Jacob. Hurry and condemn Israel.’

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

How shall I curse him, whom God has not cursed? For what reason would I condemn him, whom the Lord does not condemn?

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

I will look upon him from the tops of the stones, and I will consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and they shall not be counted 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 can number the dust that is Jacob, and who can know the number of the stock of Israel? May my soul die a just death, and may my end be like theirs.”

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

And Balak said to Balaam: “What is this that you are doing? I called for you, in order to curse my enemies, and to the contrary, you bless them.”

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

He answered him, “How can I say anything other than what the Lord orders?”

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 ।”

Therefore, Balak said: “Come with me to another place, from where you may see a portion of Israel, though you cannot see them all. Curse 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 ।

And when he had led him to a lofty place, on the top of mount Pisgah, Balaam built seven altars, and placing upon each a calf and a ram,

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

he said to Balak, “Stand here next to your holocaust, while I continue on to meet him.”

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

And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said, “Return to Balak, and you shall say this to him.”

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

Returning, he found him standing next to his holocaust, and the leaders of the Moabites were with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”

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

But, taking up his parable, he said: “Stand, Balak, and pay attention. Listen, you 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 like a man, so that he would lie, nor is he like a son of man, so that he would be changed. Therefore, having spoken, will he not act? Has he ever spoken, and not fulfilled?

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

I was led here to bless, and I have no strength to hinder the blessing.

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

There is no idol in Jacob; neither is there a false image to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the resound of royal victory is in him.

22 परमेश्‍वरले तिनीहरूलाई जङ्गली गोरुको जस्तै शक्‍तिले मिश्रबाट ल्याउनुभयो ।

God has led him away from Egypt; his strength is like that of the rhinoceros.

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

There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor any divination in Israel. In their times, it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God has wrought.

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

Behold, the people will rise up like a lioness, and lie down like a lion. But they will not lie down until they devour the prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

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

And Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse him, nor bless him.”

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

And he said, “Have I not told you that whatever God would command of me, I would do?”

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

And Balak said to him: “Come and I will lead you to another place. If perhaps it may please God, then you may curse them from there.”

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

And when he had led him on to the top of mount Peor, which looks out toward the wilderness,

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

Balaam said to him, “Build seven altars here for me, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.”

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

Balak did as Balaam had said, and he placed on each altar a calf and a ram.