Numbers 23

1 Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

Balaam gblɔ na Fia Balak be, “Tu vɔsamlekpui adre ɖe afi sia, eye nàdi nyitsuvi adre kple agbo adre na vɔsawo.”

2 Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.

Balak wɔ ɖe Balaam ƒe ɖoɖowo dzi, eye wòtsɔ nyitsuvi ɖeka kple agbo ɖeka sa vɔe ɖe vɔsamlekpuiawo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe dzi.

3 Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” He went to a bare height.

Balaam gblɔ na Balak be, “Nɔ afi sia le wò numevɔsa gbɔ esime meɖe kpɔ. Ɖewohĩ Yehowa ava do gom. Nu sia nu si wòaɖe afiam la, magblɔe na wò.” Ale wòyi togbɛ ƒeƒle aɖe dzi.

4 God met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.”

Mawu do goe, eye Balaam gblɔ nɛ be, “Metu vɔsamlekpui adre, eye metsɔ nyitsu ɖeka kple agbo ɖeka sa vɔe ɖe vɔsamlekpui ɖe sia ɖe dzi.”

5 The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

Yehowa gblɔ nya aɖe na Balaam be wòagblɔ na Fia Balak.

6 He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

Esi Balaam trɔ gbɔ la, fia la kple Moab fiaviwo katã wonɔ tsitre ɖe numevɔsawo gbɔ.

7 He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.

Nya siwo Balaam gblɔ la woe nye: “Fia Balak, Moabtɔwo ƒe fia, kplɔm tso Aramnyigba dzi, tso ɣedzeƒetowo dzi hegblɔ nam be. ‘Va, nàƒo fi ade Yakob nam! Eye va nàdo ɖiŋu na Israel nam. Wò dɔmedzoe nabi ɖe Israel ŋu.’

8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom the LORD has not defied?

Ke ame siwo Mawu meƒo fi de o la, aleke nye ya maƒo fi ade woe? Ame siwo gbɔ Yehowa megbe nu le o la, aleke nye ya magbe nu le wo gbɔe?

9 For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations.

Mele wo kpɔm tso agakpe tame. Melé ŋku ɖe wo ŋu tso togbɛwo dzi, wole wo ɖokui si, nye dukɔ tɔxɛ aɖe. Si mebua eɖokui kple dukɔ bubuwo o.

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, or count the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!”

Ame ka ate ŋu axlẽ Yakob ƒe ʋuʋudedi, alo axlẽ Israel ƒe akpa enelia? Na maku ame dzɔdzɔe ƒe ku, eye nye nuwuwu nanɔ abe wo tɔ ene!”

11 Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether.”

Fia Balak bia Balaam be, “Ao! Nu kae nye esi nèwɔm? Mebe nàƒo fi ade nye futɔwo nam, ke kpɔ ɖa, èyra wo boŋ!”

12 He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD puts in my mouth?”

Balaam ɖo eŋu be, “Ɖe mate ŋu agblɔ nya aɖe ne Yehowa megblɔe nam be magblɔ oa?”

13 Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, where you may see them. You shall see just part of them, and shall not see them all. Curse them from there for me.”

Balak gblɔ nɛ be, “Va míyi teƒe bubu. Le afi ma la, àkpɔ Israel dukɔ la ƒe akpa aɖe ko. Ƒo fi de ame mawo ɖeɖe ko nam!”

14 He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.

Ale Fia Balak kplɔ Balaam yi Zofim gbedzi le Pisga to la tame. Etu vɔsamlekpui adre ɖe afi ma, eye wòtsɔ nyitsuvi ɖeka kple agbo ɖeka sa vɔe ɖe vɔsamlekpuiawo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe dzi.

15 He said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet God over there.”

Balaam gblɔ na Balak be, “Tsi tsitre ɖe afi sia, ɖe wò numevɔsa la gbɔ ne mayi aɖado go Yehowa.”

16 The LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.”

Yehowa do go Balaam, eye wòde nya asi nɛ be, “Trɔ yi Balak gbɔ nàgblɔ nya sia nɛ.”

17 He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, “What has the LORD spoken?”

Balaam trɔ va afi si Moab fia kple Moab fiaviŋutsuwo le tsitre ɖe woƒe numevɔsawo gbɔ le. Balak bia enumake be, “Nya ka Yehowa gblɔ?”

18 He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

Balaam ɖo eŋu be, “Balak, Tsi tsitre eye nàsee: Ɖo tom, wò Zipɔr ƒe vi.

19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good?

Mawu menye amegbetɔ, aka aʋatso o. Metrɔa eƒe tameɖoɖo. Abe amegbetɔwo ene o. Ɖe wòdo ŋugbe kpɔ gbe edziwɔwɔa?

20 Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.

Kpɔ ɖa, Mawu ɖe gbe nam be mayra Israelviwo. Mawu ŋutɔ yra wo xoxo, nyemate ŋu aklo yayra sia ɖa o!

21 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. The LORD his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.

“Mekpɔ nu vɔ̃ le Yakob me o: mawɔ funyafunya Israel o! Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la li kpli wo. Eye dzidzɔɣli le wo nu, eyae nye woƒe fia!

22 God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.

Mawu kplɔ wo tso Egipte; Israel sẽ abe to ene. Fiƒode aɖeke mate ŋu anɔ Yakob dzi o,

23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’

dzoka maɖi Yakob ŋu o. Ne wosa vɔ kɔ ɖe Israelviwo dzi hã la, maɖi wo ŋu akpɔ o, elabena woagblɔ le Israel ŋu azɔ be, ‘Mawu wɔ nu gãwo na wo!

24 Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”

Ame siawo tsi tsitre abe dzatanɔ ene; womamlɔ anyi o. Va se ɖe esime woaɖu nu si wolé. Eye woano nu si wolé la ƒe ʋu!’”

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

Balak blu ɖe Balaam ta be, “Ne mànya ƒo fi ade wo o ko la, ekema mègayra wo hã o!”

26 But Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All that the LORD speaks, that I must do’?”

Balaam ɖo eŋu be, “Ɖe nyemegblɔe na wò be nya sia nya si Yehowa agblɔ nam be magblɔ la ko wòle be magblɔ oa?”

27 Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”

Balak gagblɔ na Balaam le eƒe nyagblɔɖi etɔ̃lia ŋu be, “Makplɔ wò agayi teƒe bubu aɖee. Ɖewohĩ adze Mawu ŋu be wòana nàƒo fi ade wo tso afi ma azɔ.”

28 Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.

Ale Fia Balak kplɔ Balaam yi Peor to la dzi le gbegbe la tame.

29 Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”

Balaam gagblɔ na Balak be wòatu vɔsamlekpui adre, eye wòatsɔ nyitsuvi adre kple agbo adre asa vɔe.

30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.

Balak wɔ nu si Balaam ɖo nɛ la, eye wòtsɔ nyitsuvi ɖeka kple agbo ɖeka sa vɔe ɖe vɔsamlekpuiawo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe dzi.