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Farriintii Kowaad Ee Balcaam

23 Oo Balcaam wuxuu Baalaaq ku yidhi, Halkan iiga dhis toddoba meelood oo allabari, oo halkan iigu soo diyaari toddoba dibi iyo toddoba wan. Markaasaa Baalaaq sameeyey sidii Balcaam ku hadlay, oo Baalaaq iyo Balcaam meel kasta oo allabariba waxay ku dul bixiyeen dibi iyo wan. Kolkaasaa Balcaam Baalaaq ku yidhi, Allabarigaaga la gubo ah istaag, oo anna waan tegayaa, mindhaa Rabbigu waa iga hor iman doonaa, oo wax alla wixii uu i tuso waan kuu sheegi doonaa. Markaasuu meel sare oo bannaan tegey. Kolkaasaa Ilaah Balcaam ka hor yimid, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Waxaan diyaariyey toddobada meelood oo allabari, oo meel kastaba waxaan ku dul bixiyey dibi iyo wan. Markaasaa Rabbigu eray Balcaam afka u geliyey, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Baalaaq ku noqo oo sidatan ula hadal. Oo isna markaasuu ku noqday, oo wuxuu arkay isagoo ag taagan allabarigiisii la gubo, isagii iyo amiirradii reer Moo'aab oo dhan. Markaasuu hadalkiisii bilaabay oo wuxuu yidhi,

Baalaaq oo ah boqorkii reer Moo'aab oo ka yimid xagga buuraha bariga
Ayaa iga keenay Araam, oo yidhi,
Kaalay oo reer Yacquub ii habaar,
Oo kaalay, cadhadaadu reer binu Israa'iil ha ku dhacdo.
Bal sidee baan u habaaraa mid aan Ilaah habaarin?
Oo sidee baan ugu cadhoodaa mid aan Rabbigu ka cadhaysnayn?
Waayo, dhagaxyada dushooda ayaan ka arkaa,
Oo xagga buuraha ayaan uga jeedaa,
Oo bal eeg, waa dad gooni u deggan,
Iyagana quruumaha kale laguma tirin doono.
10 Bal yaa qiyaasi kara reer Yacquub oo sida boodhka ah?
Amase yaa tirin kara reer binu Israa'iil rubuciis?
Anigu aan u dhinto sida kuwa xaqa ahu u dhintaan,
Oo ugu dambaystayduna ha ahaato sida tooda oo kale.

11 Kolkaasaa Baalaaq wuxuu Balcaam ku yidhi, War waa maxay waxa aad igu samaysay? Waxaan ku soo watay inaad cadaawayaashayda habaartid, laakiinse bal eeg, waad u wada ducaysay. 12 Kolkaasuu u jawaabay oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Sow waajib iguma aha inaan isjiro si aan ugu hadlo wixii Rabbigu afkayga geliyo?

Farriintii Labaad Ee Balcaam

13 Markaasaa Baalaaq isagii ku yidhi, Waan ku baryayaaye, Kaalay, oo meel kale ii raac inaad halkaas iyaga ka aragtid. Waxaad arki doontaa darafkooda, oo kulligood ma arki doontid; haddaba halkaas iiga habaar. 14 Markaasuu isagii geeyey berrinkii Sofiim xagga Buur Fisgaah dhaladeeda, oo halkaasuu ka dhisay toddoba meelood oo allabari, oo meel kasta wuxuu ku dul bixiyey dibi iyo wan. 15 Oo markaasuu Baalaaq ku yidhi, Halkan allabarigaaga la gubo ag istaag intaan Rabbiga xaggaas shishe kaga hor tegayo. 16 Markaasaa Rabbigu ka hor yimid Balcaam, oo eray buu afka u geliyey, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Baalaaq ku noqo, oo sidatan ula hadal. 17 Markaasuu isagii u yimid, oo wuxuu arkay isagoo ag taagan allabarigiisii la gubo, oo waxaa isaga la jiray amiirradii reer Moo'aab. Kolkaasaa Baalaaq isagii ku yidhi, War Rabbigu muxuu ku hadlay? 18 Markaasuu hadalkiisii sii watay, oo wuxuu yidhi,

Baalaaq, kac oo maqal,
Bal aniga i dhegayso, ina Sifoorow.
19 Ilaah ma aha nin been sheego;
Mana aha binu-aadmi qoomameeyo.
Ma wuxuu yidhi buusan samaynayn?
Ama ma wuxuu ku hadlay buusan yeelayn?
20 Bal eeg, waxaa laygu amray inaan u duceeyo.
Isagaa barakeeyey, anna barakadaas ma aan beddeli karo.
21 Isagu reer Yacquub dembi kuma uu arag,
Oo reer binu Israa'iil qalloocsanaan ugama uu jeedin.
Rabbiga Ilaahood ah ayaa iyaga la jira,
Oo waxaa dhexdooda ka yeedhaysa boqor qayladiis.
22 Ilaah baa iyaga Masar ka soo bixiyey,
Iyagu waxay leeyihiin xoog gisiyeed oo kale,
23 Hubaal sixir reer Yacquub kuma dhaco,
Oo reer binu Israa'iil innaba fal ma qabto,
Haddaba Yacquub iyo Israa'iil waxaa laga sheegi doonaa,
Bal fiiri waxa Ilaah sameeyey!
24 Bal eeg, dadku wuxuu u kacaa sidii gool oo kale,
Oo sidii aar oo kale ayuu isu qaadaa:
Oo isagu jiifsan maayo jeeruu ugaadh cuno,
Oo uu dhiigga ka cabbo waxa uu dishay.

25 Markaasaa Baalaaq wuxuu Balcaam ku yidhi, War iyaga hana habaarin, hana u ducayn innaba. 26 Laakiinse Balcaam ayaa jawaabay oo wuxuu Baalaaq ku yidhi, Sow kuuma sheegin oo kuguma odhan, Wixii Rabbigu ku hadlo oo dhan waa inaan sameeyaa?

Farriintii Saddexaad Ee Balcaam

27 Markaasaa Baalaaq wuxuu Balcaam ku yidhi, Haddaba kaalay, meel kalaan ku geeynayaaye, mindhaa Ilaah waa ku farxi doonaa inaad iyaga halkaas iiga habaartid. 28 Markaasaa Baalaaq wuxuu Balcaam geeyey Buur Fecoor dhaladeeda taasoo lamadegaanka hoos u soo fiirisa. 29 Oo Balcaam wuxuu Baalaaq ku yidhi, Halkan iiga dhis toddoba meelood oo allabari, oo halkan iigu soo diyaari toddoba dibi iyo toddoba wan. 30 Markaasaa Baalaaq sameeyey sidii Balcaam ku yidhi, oo meel kasta oo allabariba wuxuu ku dul bixiyey dibi iyo wan.

Balaam’s First Message

23 Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams(A) for me.” Balak did as Balaam said, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.(B)

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet with me.(C) Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went off to a barren height.

God met with him,(D) and Balaam said, “I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”

The Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth(E) and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”(F)

So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials.(G) Then Balaam(H) spoke his message:(I)

“Balak brought me from Aram,(J)
    the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.(K)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
    come, denounce Israel.’(L)
How can I curse
    those whom God has not cursed?(M)
How can I denounce
    those whom the Lord has not denounced?(N)
From the rocky peaks I see them,
    from the heights I view them.(O)
I see a people who live apart
    and do not consider themselves one of the nations.(P)
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob(Q)
    or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,(R)
    and may my final end be like theirs!(S)

11 Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies,(T) but you have done nothing but bless them!”(U)

12 He answered, “Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”(V)

Balaam’s Second Message

13 Then Balak said to him, “Come with me to another place(W) where you can see them; you will not see them all but only the outskirts of their camp.(X) And from there, curse them for me.(Y) 14 So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah,(Z) and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.(AA)

15 Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.”

16 The Lord met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth(AB) and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”

17 So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials.(AC) Balak asked him, “What did the Lord say?”

18 Then he spoke his message:(AD)

“Arise, Balak, and listen;
    hear me, son of Zippor.(AE)
19 God is not human,(AF) that he should lie,(AG)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.(AH)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise(AI) and not fulfill?
20 I have received a command to bless;(AJ)
    he has blessed,(AK) and I cannot change it.(AL)

21 “No misfortune is seen in Jacob,(AM)
    no misery observed[a] in Israel.(AN)
The Lord their God is with them;(AO)
    the shout of the King(AP) is among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt;(AQ)
    they have the strength of a wild ox.(AR)
23 There is no divination against[b] Jacob,
    no evil omens(AS) against[c] Israel.
It will now be said of Jacob
    and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’
24 The people rise like a lioness;(AT)
    they rouse themselves like a lion(AU)
that does not rest till it devours its prey
    and drinks the blood(AV) of its victims.”

25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

26 Balaam answered, “Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?”(AW)

Balaam’s Third Message

27 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, let me take you to another place.(AX) Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me(AY) from there.” 28 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor,(AZ) overlooking the wasteland.

29 Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.” 30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.(BA)

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:21 Or He has not looked on Jacob’s offenses / or on the wrongs found
  2. Numbers 23:23 Or in
  3. Numbers 23:23 Or in