गन्ती 23
1 बिलामले भने, “यहाँ सातवटा वेदी बनाऊ। अनि सातवटा साँढे र सातवटा भेडा मेरो निम्ति तयार पार।”
2 बालाकले बिलामको इच्छा पुरा गरिदियो। ती दुइजनाले एक-एकवटा साँढे र भेडा प्रत्येक वेदिमा बलि चढाए।
3 त्यसपछि बिलामले बालाकलाई भने, “तिम्रो होमबलिको पछिल्तिर तिमी उभिनु अनि म कही जान्छु। शायद परमप्रभुले मलाई भेट्नु हुन्छ होला। उहाँले मलाई जे देखाउनु हुन्छ म तिमीलाई भन्नेछु।” यसर्थ तिनी एउटा पर्वतको शिखरमा गए।
4 परमेश्वर बिलामलाई भेट्न आउनुभयो अनि उनले परमेश्वरलाई भने, “मैले सातवटा वेदी बनाएकोछु र एउटा साँढे र एउटा भेडा बलिको निम्ति प्रत्येक वेदीमा चढाइएको छ।”
5 तब परमप्रभुले बिलामलाई उसले के भन्नु पर्ने बताउनु भयो, “बालाककहाँ फर्क र उसलाई यो भन।”
6 यसर्थ बिलाम बालाककहाँ फर्के। त्यहाँ बलाक आफूले चढाएको बलिको नजिकै अन्य मोआबका मुख्य व्यक्तिहरूसित उभिरहेका थिए। तब बिलामले यी कुराहरू भनेः
7 बालाक, मोआबका राजाले मलाई यहाँबाट अरामको पूर्वोत्तर पर्वतहरूमा लगे। बालाकले मलाई भने,“आऊ मेरो निम्ति याकूबलाई शराप। आऊ इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको विरोधमा बोल।”
8 कसरी म केही कुरालाई सराप्नु जसलाई परमेश्वरले सरापेको छैन; कसरी म कसैको विरूद्धमा बोल्नु जसलाई परमप्रभुले विरोध गर्नु भएको छैन्।
9 म पर्वतबाट ती मानिसहरूलाई देख्छु, म तिनीहरूतिर अग्लो पर्वतबाट हेर्छु, तिनीहरूले एकान्तमा बस्छन्, तिनीहरू आफैलाई जातिहरू मध्येको एक जाति भनी सोच्दैनन्।
10 याकूबका मानिसहरूलाई कसले गन्न सक्छन्? तिनीहरूको संख्या धूलोको कण जत्तिकै असंख्य छ। तिनीहरूका चार भागको एक भाग पनि कसैले गन्न सक्तैन। मेरो आत्माले असल मृत्यु पाओस्, मेरो जीवन तिनीहरूको झैं खुशीयालीमा अन्त होस्।”
11 त्यसपछि बालाकले बिलामलाई भने, “तपाईंले मलाई के गर्नु भयो? मैले तपाईंलाई मेरा शत्रुहरूलाई सराप्न ल्याए तर तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई आशीर्वाद दिनुभयो।”
12 बिलामले उत्तर दिए, “म परमप्रभुले भन्नु भएको वचन मात्र बोल्नु होशियार रहनु पर्छ।”
13 त्यसपछि बालाकले उसलाई भने, “तपाईं मसंग यता अर्को ठाँउमा आउनु, जहाँबाट ती मानिसहरूलाई अझ वेशी संख्यामा देख्न सक्नु हुन्छ। तपाईंले तिनीहरू सबैलाई देख्न सक्नुहुन्न खाली एक भाग मात्र देख्न सक्नुहुन्छ। त्यहाँबाट तपाईंले मेरो पक्षमा सराप्नु होस्।”
14 तब बालाकले बिलामलाई पिसगा पर्वतको चोटीमा भएको सोफीमको खेतमा लगे अनि त्यहाँ बालाकले सातवटा वेदी बनाई एउटा साँढे र एउटा भेडा प्रत्येक वेदीमा बलि दिए।
15 तब बिलामले बालाकलाई भने, “यो वेदी नजिक तिमी बस। म परमेश्वरलाई भेट्न त्यस ठाँउमा जान्छु।”
16 यसर्थ बिलामलाई परमप्रभुले भेट्नु भयो अनि बिलामले के भन्नु पर्ने बताई दिनुभयो। परमप्रभुले भन्नुभयो, बालाककहाँ जाऊ अनि यसो भन।
17 यसकारण बिलाम बालाकभए कहाँ गए। बालाक होमबलि को छेऊमा उभिरहेको थियो उसले अन्य मोआबका बूढा-प्रधानहरूसित बलि चढाए बालाकले सोधे, “परमप्रभुले के भन्नुभयो?”
18 बिलामले आगमवाणी दिएः“उठ बालाक अनि म जे भन्छु सुन; सिप्पोरका छोरो, बालाक मेरो कुरा सुन,
19 परमेश्वर मानिस हुनुहुन्न, यसर्थ उहाँ मर्नुहुन्न, परमेश्वर मानव हुनुहुन्न, यसर्थ उहाँको निर्णय परिवर्त्तन हुँदैन। यदि परमप्रभुले भन्नुहुन्छ-केही गर्छु, तब उहाँले गर्नुहुन्छ। यदि परमप्रभुले प्रतिज्ञा गर्नु भए, प्रतिज्ञाको कुरो पूर्ण गर्नुहुन्छ।
20 परमप्रभुले मलाई भन्नुभयो, ती मानिसहरूलाई आशीर्वाद देऊ, परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूलाई आशीर्वाद दिनु भएकोछ, यसर्थ म त्यो बदलाउन सक्तिन।
21 परमेश्वरले याकूबका मानिसहरूमा कुनै त्रुटी पाउनु भएन, इस्राएलका मानिसहरूमा परमेश्वरले पाप देख्नु भएन। परमप्रभु तिनीहरूका परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ, अनि उहाँ तिनीहरूको साथ हुनुहुन्छ। ती महान राजा तिनीहरूसित हुनुहुन्छ।
22 परमेश्वरले ती मानिसहरूलाई मिश्रबाट बाहिर ल्याउनु भयो तिनीहरू जंगली साँढे झै बलिया छन्।
23 याकूबका मानिसहरूलाई परास्त गर्ने अर्को कुनै शक्ति छैन। कुनै यस्तो उपाए छैन कि इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई रोक्न सकोस्। याकूब र इस्राएली मानिसहरूको विषयमा, मानिसहरू भन्दछन्, ‘परमेश्वरको महान सृष्टिलाई हेर!’
24 मानिसहरू सिंह झैं बलिया छन् सिंह झैं लडछन्। अनि आफ्नो शत्रुलाई परास्त नपारे सम्म त्यो सिंह विश्राम गर्दैन। अनि त्यो सिंहले विश्राम नै लिंदैन जब सम्म आफ्नो शत्रु ती मानिसहरूको रगत पिउँदैन।”
25 बालाकले बिलामलाई भने, “आज देखि, तिमी मानिसहरूलाई आशिष अथवा सराप दिनु हुदैन्।”
26 बिलामले उत्तर दिए, “मैले तिमीलाई अघि नै भने कि परमप्रभुले जे भन्न लगाउनु हुन्छ म त्यो मात्र भन्छु।”
27 तब बालाकले बिलामलाई भने, “अब मसंग आउनु होस् अर्को ठाँउमा। हुन सक्छ परमेश्वर खुशी भएर ती मानिसहरूलाई सराप्न अनुमति दिनुहुन्छ।”
28 यसर्थ बिलामलाई बालाकले पोर पर्वतको चुचुरामा लगे। यहाँबाट मरूभूमि देखिन्थ्यो।
29 बिलामले भने, “सातवटा वेदी बनाऊ। त्यसपछि वेदीमा बलिको निम्ति सातवटा साँढे र सातवटा भेडाहरू तयार पार।”
30 बालाकले ठीक पारे अनि वेदीहरूमा ती साँढे र भेडाहरू बलि चढाए।
1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
5 And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?
13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.
16 And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken?
18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?
27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
1 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
6 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
12 Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
15 And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
16 The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
19 So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the Lord.
23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.