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 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 ṣe bí Balaamu ti sọ, àwọn méjèèjì fi akọ màlúù kọ̀ọ̀kan àti àgbò kọ̀ọ̀kan rú ẹbọ lórí pẹpẹ kọ̀ọ̀kan.
And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak — Balaam also — offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar,
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 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 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 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 Olúwa sì fi ọ̀rọ̀ sí ẹnu Balaamu ó wí pé, “Padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ Balaki kí o sì jẹ́ iṣẹ́ yìí fún un.”
and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost 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 turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, 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 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 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?
What — do I pierce? — God hath not pierced! And what — am I indignant? — Jehovah hath not been indignant!
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 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 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 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 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 saith unto Balaam, 'What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee — and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;'
12 Ó sì dáhùn wí pé, “Ṣé kí n má sọ nǹkan tí Olúwa fi sí mi lẹ́nu?”
and he answereth and saith, 'That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth — it do I not take heed to speak?'
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 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 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 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 Balaamu ṣo fún Balaki pé, “Dúró níbí ti ẹbọ sísun rẹ nígbà tí mo bá lọ pàdé rẹ̀ níbẹ̀.”
And he saith unto Balak, 'Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I — I meet [Him] there;'
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 Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'
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 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 Nígbà náà ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ ọ̀rọ̀ sísọ, “Dìde, Balaki; kí o sì gbọ́ mi ọmọ Sippori.
And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, 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?
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 Èmi gba àṣẹ láti bùkún; Ó sì ti bùkún, èmi kò sì lè yípadà.
Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I [can] not 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, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God [is] with him, And a shout of a king [is] in him.
22 Ọlọ́run mú wọn jáde láti Ejibiti wá, wọ́n ní agbára màlúù ẹhànnà.
God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;
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!’
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 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.”
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 Nígbà náà ni Balaki wí fún Balaamu pé, “O kò kúkú fi wọ́n bú, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni o kò súre fún wọn rárá!”
And Balak saith unto Balaam, 'Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it 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?”
and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, 'Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh — it I 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 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 gbé Balaamu wá sí orí òkè Peori, tí ó kọjú sí aginjù.
And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,
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 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 sì ṣe bí Balaamu ti sọ fún un, ó sì gbé akọ màlúù kan àti àgbò lórí pẹpẹ kọ̀ọ̀kan.
and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar.
