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Y-Balak Tiŏ Nao Mnuih Iêu Y-Balaam

¹Leh anăn phung ƀuôn sang Israel đuĕ nao leh anăn jưh ti lăn dap ala čar Môap nah dih êa krông Yurdan phă anăp hŏng ƀuôn Yêrikô. ²Y-Balak anak êkei Y-Sipôr ƀuh leh jih klei phung Israel ngă kơ phung Amôrit. ³Phung Môap huĭ snăk kơ phung ƀuôn sang Israel kyuadah diñu jing lu. Phung Môap dlưh ai tiê kyua klei huĭ kơ phung ƀuôn sang Israel. ⁴Phung Môap lač kơ phung khua mduôn ala čar Madian, “Ară anei phung lu anei srăng ƀơ̆ng jih jang mnơ̆ng dôk jŭm dar drei msĕ si êmô ƀơ̆ng rơ̆k hlăm hma.” Snăn Y-Balak anak êkei Y-Sipôr mtao ala čar Môap ênuk anăn ⁵ tiŏ nao phung hưn kơ Y-Balaam anak êkei Y-Bêor ti ƀuôn Pêthôr giăm Êa Krông hlăm čar phung aê ñu, čiăng iêu ñu, lač, “Nĕ anei, sa phung ƀuôn sang kbiă leh mơ̆ng ala čar Êjip; diñu guôm rŏng lăn ala, leh anăn diñu dôk giăm phă kâo. ⁶Hriê tăm pah bĕ kơ phung ƀuôn sang anei, kyuadah diñu jing ktang hĭn kơ kâo. Năng ai kâo srăng dưi hŏng diñu leh anăn suôt diñu mơ̆ng čar; kyuadah kâo thâo hlei pô ih hơêč hmưi mâo klei hơêč hmưi yơh, leh anăn hlei pô ih tăm pah mâo klei tăm pah yơh.”
⁷Snăn phung khua mduôn ala čar Môap leh anăn phung khua mduôn ala čar Madian đuĕ nao djă ba mnơ̆ng mưn kơ phung mjâo. Diñu truh kơ Y-Balaam leh anăn yăl dliê klei Y-Balak mtă. ⁸Y-Balaam lač kơ diñu, “Đăm bĕ tinei mlam anei, leh anăn kâo srăng lŏ wĭt lač kơ diih tui si Yêhôwa blŭ kơ kâo.” Snăn phung khua ala čar Môap dôk mbĭt hŏng Y-Balaam. ⁹Aê Diê hriê kơ Y-Balaam leh anăn lač, “Hlei phung êkei mbĭt hŏng ih?” ¹⁰Y-Balaam lač kơ Aê Diê, “Y-Balak anak êkei Y-Sipôr mtao ala čar Môap tiŏ hriê digơ̆ kơ kâo, lač, ¹¹‘Nĕ anei, sa phung ƀuôn sang kbiă hriê leh mơ̆ng čar Êjip leh anăn guôm rŏng lăn ala. Ară anei hriê tăm pah bĕ kơ diñu; năng ai kâo srăng dưi bi blah hŏng diñu leh anăn suôt hĕ diñu.’ ” ¹²Aê Diê lač kơ Y-Balaam, “Đăm ih nao mbĭt hŏng phung anăn ôh; đăm ih tăm pah kơ phung ƀuôn sang anei ôh, kyuadah diñu jing phung mâo leh klei hơêč hmưi.” ¹³Snăn Y-Balaam kgŭ aguah leh anăn lač kơ phung khua mơ̆ng Y-Balak, “Wĭt bĕ kơ ala čar diih pô, kyuadah Yêhôwa hngah leh amâo brei kâo nao mbĭt hŏng diih ôh.” ¹⁴Snăn phung khua ala čar Môap kgŭ wĭt kơ Y-Balak leh anăn lač, “Y-Balaam hngah amâo hriê mbĭt hŏng hmei ôh.”
¹⁵Lŏ sa bliư̆ Y-Balak tiŏ nao phung khua lu hĭn leh anăn phung arăng mpŭ hĭn kơ phung êlâo. ¹⁶Diñu truh kơ Y-Balaam leh anăn lač kơ gơ̆, “Snei Y-Balak anak êkei Y-Sipôr lač, ‘Đăm brei mâo klei ghă ih hriê kơ kâo ôh; ¹⁷kyuadah sĭt nik kâo srăng ngă hŏng klei mpŭ prŏng kơ ih, leh anăn ya klei ih lač kơ kâo, kâo srăng ngă. Hriê tăm pah bĕ kơ phung ƀuôn sang anei.’ ” ¹⁸Ƀiădah Y-Balaam lŏ wĭt lač kơ phung dĭng buăl Y-Balak, “Wăt tơdah Y-Balak brei kơ kâo sang ñu bŏ hŏng prăk leh anăn mah dưn, kâo amâo dưi gao ôh klei Yêhôwa Aê Diê kâo mtă, thâodah ngă ƀiă hĭn amâodah lu hĭn. ¹⁹Ară anei, kâo kwưh kơ diih, dôk bĕ tinei mlam anei msĕ mơh, čiăng kơ kâo dưi thâo ya klei Yêhôwa srăng lŏ lač kơ kâo.” ²⁰Aê Diê truh kơ Y-Balaam êjai mlam leh anăn lač kơ ñu, “Kyuadah phung êkei anei hriê leh iêu ih, kgŭ nao bĕ mbĭt hŏng diñu, ƀiădah brei ih ngă knŏng ya klei kâo srăng mtă kơ ih.”

Dĭng Buăl Jăk leh anăn Aseh Dliê Y-Balaam

²¹Snăn Y-Balaam kgŭ aguah, să ưn aseh dliê ñu, leh anăn nao mbĭt hŏng phung khua ala čar Môap. ²²Ƀiădah Aê Diê čuh ai ngêñ kyua ñu nao hĕ; leh anăn dĭng buăl jăk Yêhôwa dôk dơ̆ng ti êlan bi kdơ̆ng hŏng ñu. Y-Balaam đĭ aseh dliê, leh anăn dua čô dĭng buăl ñu nao mbĭt hŏng ñu. ²³Aseh dliê ƀuh dĭng buăl jăk Yêhôwa dôk dơ̆ng ti êlan djă đao gưm hliê hlăm kngan ñu; leh anăn aseh dliê weh mơ̆ng êlan leh anăn mŭt hlăm hma. Y-Balaam čăm aseh dliê čiăng lŏ gai gơ̆ phă êlan. ²⁴Leh anăn dĭng buăl jăk Yêhôwa dôk dơ̆ng hlăm êlan kniă plah wah đang boh kriăk ƀâo, mâo mnư̆ dua nah djiêu. ²⁵Tơdah aseh dliê ƀuh dĭng buăl jăk Yêhôwa gơ̆ ksĭng hŏng mnư̆ leh anăn kpĭ hĕ jơ̆ng Y-Balaam hŏng mnư̆; snăn Y-Balaam lŏ čăm gơ̆. ²⁶Leh anăn dĭng buăl jăk nao ti anăp leh anăn dôk hlăm anôk kniă, amâo mâo êlan weh thâodah kơ hnuă amâodah kơ điâo ôh. ²⁷Tơdah aseh dliê ƀuh dĭng buăl jăk Yêhôwa, gơ̆ buôn hĕ ti gŭ Y-Balaam; leh anăn Y-Balaam čuh ai ngêñ, leh anăn ñu čăm aseh dliê hŏng giê ñu. ²⁸Hlăk anăn Yêhôwa pŏk ƀăng êgei aseh dliê, leh anăn gơ̆ lač kơ Y-Balaam, “Ya kâo ngă kơ ih leh tơl ih čăm kâo tlâo bliư̆ hŏng anei?” ²⁹Y-Balaam lač kơ aseh dliê, “Kyuadah ih mưč mač kâo leh. Tơdah kâo mâo sa ƀĕ đao gưm hlăm kngan kâo, kâo bi mdjiê leh ih.” ³⁰Aseh dliê lač kơ Y-Balaam, “Amâo djŏ hĕ kâo jing aseh ih, ih đĭ kâo jih klei hdĭp ih truh kơ hruê anei? Kâo mưng ngă leh snei kơ ih mơ̆?” Ñu lač, “Hơăi.”
³¹Hlăk anăn Yêhôwa pŏk ală Y-Balaam, leh anăn Y-Balaam ƀuh dĭng buăl jăk Yêhôwa dôk dơ̆ng ti êlan, djă đao gưm hliê hlăm kngan ñu. Y-Balaam kkui boh kŏ, leh anăn kŭp ƀô̆ ti lăn. ³²Dĭng buăl jăk Yêhôwa lač kơ ñu, “Si ngă ih čăm aseh dliê ih tlâo bliư̆ leh? Nĕ anei, kâo hriê leh čiăng bi kdơ̆ng hŏng ih, kyuadah êlan ih jing wê yơh ti anăp kâo; ³³leh anăn aseh dliê ƀuh kâo leh anăn weh ti anăp kâo tlâo bliư̆ hŏng anei. Tơdah gơ̆ amâo weh đuĕ mơ̆ng kâo, sĭt nik ară anei kâo bi mdjiê ih leh, leh anăn lui gơ̆ dôk hdĭp.” ³⁴Leh anăn Y-Balaam lač kơ dĭng buăl jăk Yêhôwa, “Kâo ngă soh leh, kyuadah kâo amâo thâo ôh ih dôk dơ̆ng leh hlăm êlan čiăng bi kdơ̆ng hŏng kâo. Snăn ară anei tơdah klei anăn jing jhat ti anăp ală ih, kâo srăng wĭt yơh.” ³⁵Dĭng buăl jăk Yêhôwa lač kơ Y-Balaam, “Nao bĕ mbĭt hŏng phung êkei anăn; ƀiădah brei ih blŭ knŏng klei kâo mtă kơ ih.” Snăn Y-Balaam hlŏng nao mbĭt hŏng phung khua Y-Balak.

Y-Balaam hŏng Y-Balak

³⁶Tơdah Y-Balak hmư̆ kơ Y-Balaam truh leh, ñu kbiă bi tuôm hŏng gơ̆ ti ƀuôn Môap ti êa krông Arnôn jing knông, ti knhal tuč lăn. ³⁷Y-Balak lač kơ Y-Balaam, “Amâo djŏ hĕ kâo tiŏ nao leh mnuih iêu ih? Si ngă ih amâo hriê ôh kơ kâo? Kâo amâo dưi hĕ ngă klei mpŭ kơ ih?” ³⁸Y-Balaam lač kơ Y-Balak, “Nĕ anei, kâo hriê leh kơ ih. Kâo mâo mơ̆ klei dưi blŭ đa đa klei ară anei? Klei blŭ Aê Diê dưm hlăm ƀăng êgei kâo, klei anăn kâo srăng blŭ.” ³⁹Leh anăn Y-Balaam nao mbĭt hŏng Y-Balak, leh anăn diñu truh ti Kiriat-Husôt. ⁴⁰Y-Balak ngă yang hŏng êmô leh anăn biăp, leh anăn mơĭt dŏ anăn kơ Y-Balaam leh anăn phung khua mbĭt hŏng ñu. ⁴¹Tơl si mgi Y-Balak atăt Y-Balaam brei ñu nao ti Bamôt-Baal, leh anăn mơ̆ng anôk anăn Y-Balaam dưi ƀuh đa đa phung ƀuôn sang Israel.

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Balak Sends for Balaam

¹Then ⚓the children of Israel moved, and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan across from Jericho.
²Now ⚓Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. ³And ⚓Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sick with dread because of the children of Israel. ⁴So Moab said to ⚓the elders of Midian, “Now this company will lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. ⁵Then ⚓he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at ⚓Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying: “Look, a people has come from Egypt. See, they cover the face of the earth, and are settling next to me! ⁶⚓Therefore please come at once, ⚓curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
⁷So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the ⚓diviner’s fee in their hand, and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak. ⁸And he said to them, ⚓“Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
⁹⚓Then God came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?”
¹⁰So Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying, ¹¹‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overpower them and drive them out.’ ”
¹²And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for ⚓they are blessed.”
¹³So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go back to your land, for the Lord has refused to give me permission to go with you.”
¹⁴And the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
¹⁵Then Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more honorable than they. ¹⁶And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me; ¹⁷for I will certainly ⚓honor you greatly, and I will do whatever you say to me. ⚓Therefore please come, curse this people for me.’ ”
¹⁸Then Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, ⚓“Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, ⚓I could not go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. ¹⁹Now therefore, please, you also ⚓stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.”
²⁰⚓And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men come to call you, rise and go with them; but ⚓only the word which I speak to you—that you shall do.” ²¹So Balaam rose in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

Balaam, the Donkey, and the Angel

²²Then God’s anger was aroused because he went, ⚓and the Angel of the Lord took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. And he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. ²³Now ⚓the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the field. So Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road. ²⁴Then the Angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall on that side. ²⁵And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she pushed herself against the wall and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall; so he struck her again. ²⁶Then the Angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. ²⁷And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam’s anger was aroused, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
²⁸Then the Lord⚓opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
²⁹And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have abused me. I wish there were a sword in my hand, ⚓for now I would kill you!”
³⁰⚓So the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden, ever since I became yours, to this day? Was I ever disposed to do this to you?”
And he said, “No.”
³¹Then the Lord⚓opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand; and he bowed his head and fell flat on his face. ³²And the Angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to stand against you, because your way is ⚓perverse before Me. ³³The donkey saw Me and turned aside from Me these three times. If she had not turned aside from Me, surely I would also have killed you by now, and let her live.”
³⁴And Balaam said to the Angel of the Lord, ⚓“I have sinned, for I did not know You stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases You, I will turn back.”
³⁵Then the Angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, ⚓but only the word that I speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
³⁶Now when Balak heard that Balaam was coming, ⚓he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, ⚓which is on the border at the Arnon, the boundary of the territory. ³⁷Then Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not earnestly send to you, calling for you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able ⚓to honor you?”
³⁸And Balaam said to Balak, “Look, I have come to you! Now, have I any power at all to say anything? ⚓The word that God puts in my mouth, that I must speak.” ³⁹So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kirjath Huzoth. ⁴⁰Then Balak offered oxen and sheep, and he sent some to Balaam and to the princes who were with him.

Balaam’s First Prophecy

⁴¹So it was, the next day, that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the ⚓high places of Baal, that from there he might observe the extent of the people.