Numbers 23
1 Balaamu wí fún Balaki pé, “Kọ́ pẹpẹ méje fún mi níbí, kí o sì mú akọ màlúù méje àti àgbò méje wá fún mi.”
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
2 Balaki ṣe bí Balaamu ti sọ, àwọn méjèèjì fi akọ màlúù kọ̀ọ̀kan àti àgbò kọ̀ọ̀kan rú ẹbọ lórí pẹpẹ kọ̀ọ̀kan.
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
3 Nígbà náà Balaamu sọ fún Balaki pé, “Dúró ti ẹbọ sísun rẹ kí èmi sì lọ sí ẹ̀gbẹ́ kan. Bóyá Olúwa yóò farahàn mí. Ohunkóhun tí ó bá fihàn mí, èmi yóò wí fún ọ.” Nígbà náà ó sì lọ sí ibi gíga.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure YHWH will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
4 Ọlọ́run sì pàdé rẹ̀, Balaamu sì sọ pé, “Mo tí ṣe pẹpẹ méje, lórí pẹpẹ kọ̀ọ̀kan mo ti fi akọ màlúù àti àgbò kọ̀ọ̀kan rú ẹbọ.”
And Elohim met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
5 Olúwa sì fi ọ̀rọ̀ sí ẹnu Balaamu ó wí pé, “Padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ Balaki kí o sì jẹ́ iṣẹ́ yìí fún un.”
And YHWH put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6 Ó sì padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ ó sì ba tí ó dúró ti ẹbọ sísun rẹ̀, pẹ̀lú gbogbo àwọn ìjòyè Moabu.
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 Nígbà náà ni Balaamu sọ ọ̀rọ̀-ìjìnlẹ̀ jáde wí pé, “Balaki mú mi láti Aramu wá, ọba Moabu láti òkè ìlà-oòrùn wá Ó wí pé, ‘Wá fi Jakọbu bú fún mi; wá, kí o sì jẹ́rìí sí Israẹli.’
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
8 Báwo ní èmi ó ṣe fi bú àwọn tí Ọlọ́run kò fi bú? Báwo ni èmi ó ṣe bá wọn wí àwọn tí Olúwa kò bá wí?
How shall I curse, whom El hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom YHWH hath not defied?
9 Láti ṣóńṣó ibi gíga orí àpáta ni mo ti rí wọn, láti orí ibi gíga ni mo ti ń wò wọ́n. Mo rí àwọn ènìyàn tí ń gbé lọ́tọ̀ wọn kò sì ka ará wọn kún ara àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè.
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
10 Ta ni ó lè ka eruku Jakọbu tàbí ka ìdámẹ́rin Israẹli? Jẹ́ kí èmi kú ikú olódodo, kí ìgbẹ̀yìn mi kí ó dà bí tirẹ̀!”
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
11 Balaki sọ fún Balaamu pé, “Kí lo ṣe fún mi? Mo gbé ọ wá láti fi àwọn ọ̀tá mi bú, ṣùgbọ́n o kò ṣe nǹkan kan, ṣùgbọ́n o bùkún wọn!”
And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
12 Ó sì dáhùn wí pé, “Ṣé kí n má sọ nǹkan tí Olúwa fi sí mi lẹ́nu?”
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which YHWH hath put in my mouth?
13 Nígbà náà Balaki sọ fún un pé, “Wá pẹ̀lú mi sí ibòmíràn tí o ti lè rí wọn; wà á rí díẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe gbogbo wọn. Láti ibẹ̀, wá fi wọ́n bú fún mi.”
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
14 Ó sì lọ sí pápá Sofimu ní orí òkè Pisga, ó sì kọ́ pẹpẹ méje síbẹ̀ ó sì fi akọ màlúù àti àgbò kọ̀ọ̀kan rú ẹbọ lórí pẹpẹ kọ̀ọ̀kan.
And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
15 Balaamu ṣo fún Balaki pé, “Dúró níbí ti ẹbọ sísun rẹ nígbà tí mo bá lọ pàdé rẹ̀ níbẹ̀.”
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet YHWH yonder.
16 Olúwa pàdé Balaamu ó sì fi ọ̀rọ̀ sí ní ẹnu wí pé, “Padà lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ Balaki kí o sì jíṣẹ́ fún un.”
And YHWH met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
17 Nígbà náà ó lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ ó sì bá à tí ó dúró ti ẹbọ sísun rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn ìjòyè Moabu. Balaki sì béèrè lọ́wọ́ rẹ̀ pé, “Kí ni Olúwa wí?”
And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath YHWH spoken?
18 Nígbà náà ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ ọ̀rọ̀ sísọ, “Dìde, Balaki; kí o sì gbọ́ mi ọmọ Sippori.
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
19 Ọlọ́run kì í ṣe ènìyàn, tí yóò fi purọ́, tàbí ọmọ ènìyàn, tí ó lè yí ọkàn rẹ̀ padà. Ǹjẹ́ ó sọ̀rọ̀ kí ó má ṣe é? Ǹjẹ́ ó ti ṣèlérí kí ó má mu un ṣẹ?
El is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
20 Èmi gba àṣẹ láti bùkún; Ó sì ti bùkún, èmi kò sì lè yípadà.
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
21 “Kò rí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kankan nínú Jakọbu, kò sì rí búburú kankan nínú Israẹli. Olúwa Ọlọ́run wọn sì wà pẹ̀lú wọn. Ìhó ọba sì wà pẹ̀lú wọn.
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: YHWH his Elohim is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
22 Ọlọ́run mú wọn jáde láti Ejibiti wá, wọ́n ní agbára màlúù ẹhànnà.
El brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23 Kò ní àfọ̀ṣẹ sí Jakọbu, tàbí àfọ̀ṣẹ sí àwọn Israẹli. Nísinsin yìí a ó sọ nípa ti Jakọbu àti Israẹli, ‘Wo ohun tí Ọlọ́run ti ṣe!’
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath El wrought!
24 Àwọn ènìyàn náà yóò dìde bí abo kìnnìún; wọ́n yóò sì gbé ara wọn sókè bí i kìnnìún òun kì yóò sì dùbúlẹ̀ títí yóò fi jẹ ohun ọdẹ títí yóò sì fi mu nínú ẹ̀jẹ̀ ohun pípa.”
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 Nígbà náà ni Balaki wí fún Balaamu pé, “O kò kúkú fi wọ́n bú, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni o kò súre fún wọn rárá!”
And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26 Balaamu dáhùn ó sì wí fún Balaki pé, “Ǹjẹ́ èmi kò ha ti wí fún ọ pé, gbogbo èyí tí Olúwa bá sọ, òun ni èmi yóò ṣe?”
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that YHWH speaketh, that I must do?
27 Nígbà náà Balaki sọ fún Balaamu pé, “Wá jẹ́ kí èmi kí ó mú ọ lọ sí ibòmíràn bóyá yóò tẹ́ Ọlọ́run lọ́rùn kí ó fi wọ́n bú láti ibẹ̀ lọ.”
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please Elohim that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
28 Balaki gbé Balaamu wá sí orí òkè Peori, tí ó kọjú sí aginjù.
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29 Balaamu sì wí fún Balaki pé, “Mọ pẹpẹ méje fún mi níbí kí o sì pèsè akọ màlúù àti àgbò fún mi.”
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
30 Balaki sì ṣe bí Balaamu ti sọ fún un, ó sì gbé akọ màlúù kan àti àgbò lórí pẹpẹ kọ̀ọ̀kan.
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
