UBileyamu ubusisa uIsrayeli
1UBileyamu wathi kuBalaki: Ngakhele lapha ama-altare ayisikhombisa, ungilungisele lapha izinkunzi eziyisikhombisa nezinqama eziyisikhombisa.
2UBalaki wenza-ke njengalokho uBileyamu ekhulumile; oBalaki noBileyamu banikela kulelo naleloaltare inkunzi nenqama.
3UBileyamu wathi kuBalaki: Yima ngasemnikelweni wakho wokushiswa, mina ngihambe; mhlawumbe uJehova angafika ukungihlangabeza; konke angitshengisa khona ngiyakukutshela. Waya edulini elingenalutho.
4UNkulunkulu wahlangana noBileyamu; yena wathi kuye: Sengilungisile ama-altare ayisikhombisa, nganikela ngenkunzi nangenqama kulelo naleloaltare.
5UJehova wafaka izwi emlonyeni kaBileyamu, wathi: Buyela kuBalaki, ukhulume kanje.
6Wayesebuyela kuye; bheka, wayemi ngasemnikelweni wokushiswa, yena nazo zonke izikhulu zakwaMowabi.
7Wayesethatha isisho sakhe, wathi:
EAramu uBalaki ungilandile,
inkosi yakwaMowabi ezintabeni zasempumalanga:
woza ungiqalekisele uJakobe;
woza umdlelesele uIsrayeli.
8Ngingamqalekisa kanjani ongaqalekiswanga nguNkulunkulu na?
Ngingamdlelesela ongadleleselwanga nguNkulunkulu na?
9Ngokuba ngisesiqongweni samadwala ngiyambona,
ngisemadulini ngiyambuka;
bheka, kungabantu abahlala bodwa,
abangayikubalwa phakathi kwezizwe.
10Ngubani ongabala uthuli lukaJakobe,
abale okwesine kukaIsrayeli, na?
Mangife ukufa kolungileyo,
nokuphela kwami makube-njengokwakhe.
11UBalaki wathumela kuBileyamu, wathi: Wenzeni kimi na? Ngakuthatha ukuba uqalekise izitha zami; bheka, uzibusisile nokuzibusisa.
12Waphendula wathi: Angiyikuqaphela ukukhuluma lokhu uNkulunkulu akufakile emlonyeni wami na?
13UBalaki wayesethi kuye: Ake uze nami, siye kwenye indawo, lapho ungababona khona; uyakubona inxenye yabo kuphela, ungaboni bonke; ungiqalekisele bona uselapho.
14Wamyisa ensimini yaseSofimu esiqongweni sasePisiga, wakha ama-altare ayisikhombisa, wanikela ngenkunzi nangenqama kulelo naleloaltare.
15Wathi kuBalaki: Yima lapha ngasemnikelweni wakho wokushiswa, mina ngilinde laphaya.
16UJehova wayesehlangana noBileyamu, wafaka izwi emlonyeni wakhe, wathi: Buyela kuBalaki, ukhulume kanje.
17Wayesefika kuye; bheka, wayemi ngasemnikelweni wakhe wokushiswa, izikhulu zakwaMowabi zinaye. UBalaki wathi kuye: UJehova ukhulumé ngokuthini na?
18Wayesethatha isisho sakhe, wathi:
Vuka, Balaki, uzwe;
ngilalele, wena-ndodana kaSipori:
19uNkulunkulu akasiye umuntu ukuba aqambe amanga,
nandodana yomuntu ukuba azisole;
ushilo, angayikukwenza, na?
Ukhulumile, angayikukuphelelisa, na?
20Bheka, ngiyaliwe ukubusisa;
yena ubusisile, anginakukubuyisa.
21Akabonanga ingozi kuJakobe,
akabukanga nankathazo kwaIsrayeli.
UJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe unaye,
nesenanelo senkosi siphakathi kwabo.
22UNkulunkulu wabakhipha eGibithe;
unjengezimpondo zenyathi kubo.
23Ayikho imilingo engamelana noJakobe;
akukho ukubhula okungamelana noIsrayeli;
manje sekuyashiwo ngoJakobe nangoIsrayeli
ukuthi uNkulunkulu wenzeni.
24Bheka, abantu bavuka njengengonyamakazi,
nanjengengonyama bayaziphakamisa;
abayikulala phansi, bengakayidli impango,
baphuze igazi lababuleweyo.
25UBalaki wayesethi kuBileyamu: Ungabaqalekisi nokubaqalekisa, futhi ungababusisi nokubabusisa.
26Kepha uBileyamu waphendula, wathi kuBalaki: Angikutshelanga yini ukuthi konke uNkulunkulu akukhulumayo ngiyakukwenza na?
27Wathi uBalaki kuBileyamu: Ake uze, ngikuyise kwenye indawo; mhlawumbe kungaba-kuhle emehlweni kaNkulunkulu ukuba ungiqalekisele bona uselapho.
28UBalaki wamyisa uBileyamu esiqongweni sasePeyori elibheké ngenzansi ngasehlane.
29UBileyamu wayesethi kuBalaki: Ngakhele lapha ama-altare ayisikhombisa, ungilungisele izinkunz eziyisikhombisa nezinqama eziyisikhombisa.
30UBalaki wenza-ke njengalokho eshilo uBileyamu; wanikela ngenkunzi nangenqama kulelo naleloaltare.
