Mga Bilang 23

1 Sinabi ni Balaam kay Balak, “Gumawa ka ng pitong altar dito para sa akin at maglaan ka ng pitong toro at pitong lalaking tupa.

And Balaam said to Balac, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.

2 Kaya ginawa ni Balak ayon sa hiniling ni Balaam. Pagkatapos, naghandog si Balak at Balaam ng isang toro at isang lalaking tupa sa bawat altar.

And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on [every] altar.

3 Pagkatapos, sinabi ni Balaam kay Balak, “Tumayo ka malapit sa handog na susunugin at pupunta ako. Marahil darating si Yahweh upang makipagkita sa akin. Anuman ang ipapakita niya sa akin sasabihin ko sa iyo.”Kaya umalis siya patungo sa isang burol na walang mga puno.

And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall show me, I will report to you. And Balac stood by his sacrifice.

4 Nakipagkita ang Diyos sa kaniya, at sinabi ni Balaam sa kaniya, “Gumawa ako ng pitong altar, at nag-alay ako ng isang toro at isang lalaking tupa sa bawat isa”.

And Balaam went to enquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.

5 Naglagay ng isang mensahe si Yahweh sa bibig ni Balaam at sinabi, “Bumalik ka kay Balak at magsalita ka sa kaniya.”

And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, you shall return to Balac, and thus shall you speak.

6 Kaya bumalik si Balaam kay Balak, na nakatayo sa tabi ng kaniyang handog na susunugin, at lahat ng mga pinuno ng Moab na kasama niya.

And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole burnt offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

7 At nagsimulang sabihin ni Balaam ang kaniyang propesiya at sinabi, “Dinala ako ni Balak mula sa Aram. Ang hari ng Moab mula sa mga bundok sa silangan. 'Halika, isumpa mo si Jacob para sa akin,' sinabi niya. 'Halika, labanan mo ang Israel.'

And he took up his parable, and said, Balac king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel.

8 Paano ko isusumpa ang mga taong hindi isinumpa ng Diyos? Paano ko lalabanan ang mga hindi nilabanan ni Yahweh?

How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not?

9 Sapagkat nakikita ko siya mula sa tuktok ng mga bato; mula sa mga burol tinitingnan ko siya. Tingnan mo, may mga taong naninirahang mag-isa at hindi itinuturing ang kanilang sarili bilang isang karaniwang bansa.

For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, and from the hills I shall observe him: behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

10 Sino ang makakapagbilang sa alikabok ni Jacob o makakapagbilang kahit na ang ikaapat lamang ng Israel? Hayaan akong akong mamatay sa kamatayan ng isang matuwid na tao, at hayaang maging katulad niya ang wakas ng aking buhay!”

Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed.

11 Sinabi ni Balak kay Balaam, “Anong ginawa mo sa akin? Dinala kita upang isumpa ang aking mga kalaban, ngunit tingnan mo, pinagpala mo sila.”

And Balac said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I called you to curse my enemies, and behold you have greatly blessed [them].

12 Sumagot si Balaam at sinabi, “Hindi ba dapat akong maging maingat na sabihin lamang kung ano ang inilagay ni Yahweh sa aking bibig?”

And Balaam said to Balac, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this?

13 Kaya sinabi ni Balak sa kaniya, “Pakiusap sumama ka sa akin sa isang lugar kung saan makikita mo sila. Makikita mo lamang ang pinakamalapit sa kanila, hindi silang lahat. Doon isusumpa mo sila para sa akin.”

And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where you shall not see the people, but only you shall see a part of them, and shall not see them all; and curse me them from thence.

14 Kaya dinala niya si Balaam sa bukid ng Zopim, sa tuktok ng Bundok Pisga, at gumawa ng pito pang altar. Naghandog siya ng isang toro at isang lalaking tupa sa bawat altar.

And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried [rock], and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.

15 Pagkatapos, sinabi ni Balaam kay Balak, “Tumayo ka rito sa tabi ng iyong handog na susunugin, habang nakikipagkita ako kay Yahweh doon.”

And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God.

16 Kaya nakipagkita si Yahweh kay Balaam at inilagay ang isang mensahe sa kaniyang bibig. Sinabi niya, “Bumalik ka kay Balak at ibigay mo sa kaniya ang aking mensahe.”

And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shall you speak.

17 Bumalik si Balaam sa kaniya, at masdam, nakatayo siya sa tabi ng kaniyang handog na susunugin, at kasama niya ang mga pinuno ng Moab. At sinabi ni Balak sa kaniya, “Ano ang sinabi ni Yahweh?”

And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole burnt sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken?

18 Sinimulan ni Balaam ang kaniyang propesiya. Sinabi niya, “Tumayo ka, Balak, at dinggin mo. Makinig ka sa akin, ikaw na anak ni Zippor.

And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; listen as a witness, you son of Sepphor.

19 Hindi isang tao ang Diyos, na kailangan niyang magsinungaling, o isang tao, na kailangang magbago ang kaniyang isip. Nangako ba siya ng anumang bagay na hindi ito ginagawa? Nagsabi ba siyang gagawin niya ang isang bagay na hindi niya ito tinutupad?

God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep [to his word]?

20 Tingnan mo, inutusan ako upang magpala. Binigyan ako ng Diyos ng isang biyaya, at hindi ko kayang baliktarin ito.

Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: I will bless, and not turn back.

21 Wala siyang nakikitang paghihirap kay Jacob o kaguluhan sa Israel. Kasama nila si Yahweh na kanilang Diyos, at sumisigaw sapagkat kasama nila ang kanilang hari.

There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel: the Lord his God [is] with him, the glories of rulers [are] in him.

22 Inilabas sila ng Diyos mula sa Ihipto nang may lakas katulad ng isang mabangis na kapong baka.

It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn.

23 Walang kulam ang tatalab laban kay Jacob, at walang panghuhula ang makakapinsala sa Israel. Sa halip, dapat itong sabihin tungkol kay Jacob at kay Israel, 'Tingnan mo kung ano ang ginawa ng Diyos!'

For there is no divination in Jacob, nor enchantment in Israel; in season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel what God shall perform.

24 Tingnan mo, tumayo ang mga tao katulad ng isang babaeng leon, gaya ng isang leong lumabas at sumalakay. Hindi siya humihiga hanggang sa makain niya ang kaniyang biktima at inumin ang dugo ng kaniyang napatay.”

Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain.

25 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Balak kay Balaam, “Huwag mo silang isumpa o pagpalain.”

And Balac said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all.

26 Ngunit sumagot si Balaam at sinabi kay Balak, “Hindi ko ba sinabi sa iyo na dapat kong sabihin ang lahat ng sinabi ni Yahweh na sasabihin ko?”

And Balaam answered and said to Balac, Spoke I not to you, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do?

27 Kaya sumagot si Balak kay Balaam, “Pumarito ka ngayon, dadalhin kita sa ibang lugar. Marahil makakalugod ito sa Diyos para isumpa mo sila roon para sa akin.”

And Balac said to Balaam, Come [and] I will remove you to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.

28 Kaya dinala ni Balak si Balaam sa tuktok ng Bundok Peor, na natatanawan ang ilang sa ibaba.

And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness.

29 Sinabi ni Balaam kay Balak, “Magtayo ka para sa akin ng pitong altar dito at maghanda ng pitong toro at pitong lalaking tupa.”

And Balaam said to Balac, build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.

30 Kaya ginawa ni Balak ayon sa sinabi ni Balaam; nag-alay siya ng isang toro at isang lalaking tupa sa bawat altar.

And Balac did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar.