Numbers 24
1 Nísinsin yìí nígbà tí Balaamu rí i wí pé ó tẹ́ Olúwa lọ́rùn láti bùkún àwọn Israẹli, kò lo ọ̀nà ìṣoṣó gẹ́gẹ́ bí ti ìgbà ìṣáájú, ṣùgbọ́n ó yí ojú rẹ̀ sí apá aginjù.
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel. he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert,
2 Nígbà tí Balaamu wo ìta ó sì rí Israẹli tí wọ́n pàgọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀yà wọn, Ẹ̀mí Ọlọ́run sì bà sórí rẹ̀
And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel abiding in their tents by their tribes: and the spirit of God rushing upon him,
3 ó sì sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ rẹ̀, “Àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ tí Balaamu ọmọ Beori, àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ ẹni tí ojú rẹ̀ ríran kedere,
He took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose eye ire stopped up:
4 àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ ẹni tí ó gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run, ẹni tí ó ríran láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olódùmarè, ẹni tí ó dojúbolẹ̀, tí ojú rẹ̀ là kedere.
The hearer of the words of God hath said, he that hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes are opened:
5 “Àgọ́ rẹ ti dára tó, ìwọ Jakọbu, àti ibùgbé rẹ, ìwọ Israẹli!
How beautiful are thy tabernacles, O Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel!
6 “Gẹ́gẹ́ bí àfonífojì tí ó tàn jáde, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọgbà tí ó wà ní ẹ̀bá odò ńlá, gẹ́gẹ́ bí igi aloe tí Olúwa gbìn, gẹ́gẹ́ bí igi kedari tí ó wà lẹ́bàá odò.
As woody valleys, as watered gardens near the rivers, as tabernacles which the Lord hath pitched, as cedars by the waterside.
7 Omi yóò sàn láti inú garawa: èso wọn yóò ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ omi. “Ọba wọn yóò ga ju Agagi lọ; ìjọba wọn yóò di gbígbéga.
Water shall flow out of his bucket, and his seed shall be in many waters. For Agag his king shall be removed, and his kingdom shall be taken awry.
8 “Ọlọ́run mú wọn jáde láti Ejibiti wá; wọ́n ní agbára gẹ́gẹ́ bí i ti àgbáǹréré. Wọ́n jẹ orílẹ̀-èdè tí ń ṣe ọ̀tá rẹ̀ run, wọ́n sì fọ́ egungun wọn sí túútúú; wọ́n ó sì fi ọfà wọn ta wọ́n ní àtapòyọ.
God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros. They shall devour the nations that are his enemies, and break their bones, and pierce them with arrows.
9 Ó tẹríba ó sì dùbúlẹ̀ bí kìnnìún, bí abo kìnnìún: ta ni ó gbọdọ̀ jí wọn? “Ìbùkún ni fún ẹni tí ó bùkún fún ọ, kí ìfibú jẹ́ ti ẹni tí ó fi ọ́ bú!”
Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a lioness, whom none shall dare to rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall also himself be blessed: he that curseth thee shall be reckoned accursed.
10 Nígbà náà ni ìbínú Balaki sì dé sí Balaamu. Ó sì fi ọwọ́ lu ọwọ́ ó wí pé, “Mo pè ọ́ láti bú àwọn ọ̀tá mi ṣùgbọ́n o tún bùkún fún wọn nígbà mẹ́ta yìí.
And Balac being angry against Balaam, clapped his hands together and said: I called thee to curse my enemies, and thou on the contrary hast blessed them three times.
11 Nísinsin yìí sálọ sí ibùjókòó rẹ! Èmi ti rò láti sọ ọ́ di ẹni ńlá, ṣùgbọ́n Olúwa tí fà ọ́ sẹ́yìn láti gba èrè yìí.”
Return to thy place. I had determined indeed greatly to honour thee, but the Lord hath deprived thee of the honour designed for thee.
12 Balaamu dá Balaki lóhùn, “Ǹjẹ́ èmi kò sọ fún àwọn ìránṣẹ́ tí o rán sí mi wí pé,
Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me:
13 ‘Kódà bí Balaki bá fún mi ní ààfin rẹ̀ tí ó kún fún fàdákà àti wúrà, èmi kò le ṣe ohunkóhun lọ́wọ́ ara mi, yálà búburú tàbí rere, láti kọjá òfin Olúwa: ohun tí Olúwa bá wí ni èmi ó sọ’?
If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to utter any thing of my own head either good or evil: but whatsoever the Lord shall say, that I will speak?
14 Nísinsin yìí mò ń padà lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn mi, ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ kí èmi kí ó kìlọ̀ fún ọ nítorí nǹkan tí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí yóò ṣe sí àwọn ènìyàn rẹ ní ọjọ́ iwájú.”
But yet going to my people, I will give thee counsel, what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15 Nígbà náà ni ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ òwe: “Òwe Balaamu ọmọ Beori, òwe ẹni tí ojú rẹ̀ ríran kedere,
Therefore taking up his parable, again he said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man whose eye is stopped up, hath said:
16 ẹni tó gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run ń wí, tí ó sì mọ ìmọ̀ Ọ̀gá-ògo, tí ó ríran láti ọ̀dọ̀ Olódùmarè, ẹni tí ó dọ̀bálẹ̀, tí ojú rẹ̀ sì ṣí:
The hearer of the words of God hath said, who knoweth the doctrine of the Highest, and seeth the visions of the Almighty, who falling hath his eyes opened:
17 “Mo rí i, ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe ìsinsin yìí. Mo kíyèsi, ṣùgbọ́n kò súnmọ́. Ìràwọ̀ kan yóò jáde láti ọ̀dọ̀ Jakọbu; yóò yọ jáde láti Israẹli. Yóò tẹ̀ fọ́ orí Moabu, yóò sì fọ́ agbárí gbogbo ọmọ Seti.
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth.
18 Wọn yóò borí Edomu; yóò ṣẹ́gun Seiri ọ̀tá rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n Israẹli yóò dàgbà nínú agbára.
And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance of Seir shall come to their enemies, but Israel shall do manfully.
19 Olórí yóò jáde láti Jakọbu yóò sì pa àwọn tó ṣẹ́kù nínú ìlú náà run.”
Out of Jacob shall he come that shall rule, and shall destroy the remains of the city.
20 Nígbà náà ni Balaamu rí Amaleki ó sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ òwe: “Amaleki ni àkọ́kọ́ nínú àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, ṣùgbọ́n yóò dahoro níkẹyìn.”
And when he saw Amalec, he took up his parable, and said: Amalec the beginning of nations, whose latter ends shall be destroyed.
21 Nígbà náà ní ó rí ará Keni ó sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ òwe: “Ibùgbé rẹ ní ààbò, ìtẹ́ rẹ ni a tò sínú àpáta;
He saw also the Cinite: and took up his parable, and said: Thy habitation indeed is strong: but though thou build thy nest in a rock,
22 síbẹ̀ ẹ̀yin ará Keni ni yóò di píparun nígbà tí Asiria bá mú yín ní ìgbèkùn.”
And thou be chosen of the stock of Cin, how long shalt thou be able to continue? For Assur shall take thee captive.
23 Nígbà náà ni ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ òwe rẹ̀: “Háà, ta ni ó lè yè nígbà tí Ọlọ́run bá ṣe èyí?
And taking up his parable, again he said: Alas, who shall live when God shall do these things?
24 Ọkọ̀ yóò wá láti ibùdókọ̀ Kittimu; wọn yóò ṣẹ́gun Asiria àti Eberi, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn náà yóò di píparun.”
They shall come in galleys from Italy, they shall overcome the Assyrians, and shall waste the Hebrews, and at the last they themselves also shall perish.
25 Nígbà náà ni Balaamu dìde ó sì padà sí ilé rẹ̀, Balaki sì lọ ní ọ̀nà tirẹ̀.
And Balaam rose, and returned to his place: Balac also returned the way that he came.
