गन्ती 24
1 जब बिलामले चाल पाए कि परमप्रभु इस्राएलीहरूलाई आशीर्वाद दिनमा खुशी हुनुहुन्छ, तिनले आफ्नो जादु टुनाहरू प्रयोग गरेनन, तर तिनी मरूभूमि तिर फर्केर हेरे।
2 जब बिलामले मरूभूमि तिर हेरे तिनले इस्राएली मानिसहरूलाई आफ्नो-आफ्नो कुल गरि छाउनीहरूमा बसेको देखे। त्यसपछि परमेश्वरको आत्मा तिनीभित्र आयो।
3 अनि बिलामले यो अगमवाणी दिएः“यो समाचार बओरका छोरो बिलामबाट हो। म ती चीजहरूको विषयमा भन्दैछु जो म स्पष्ट देख्छु।
4 म यो वाणी परमेश्वरबाट सुन्छु। परमेश्वर सर्वशक्तिमानले जे देखाउनु भयो मैले त्यो देखें। म जो स्पष्ट देख्छु त्यो विनम्र भई भन्छु।
5 “हे याकूबका मानिसहरू हो तिमीहरूका पालहरू कति सुन्दर छन्। हे इस्राएलका बासिन्दाहरू हो! तिमीहरूका छाउनीहरू कति राम्रा छन्।
6 तिमीहरूको पालहरू नदी किनारका बगैंचाहरू जस्तै एकै पंक्तीमा रोपिएका ताडका रूखहरू फैलिए जस्तै, परमप्रभुले रोप्नु भएको घिउकुमारी जस्तै, पानी नेरको देवदारहरू जस्तै फैलिएका छन्।
7 तिनीहरूका बाल्टीहरू पानीले भरिएर पोखिनेछन्। अनि तिनीहरूका बीउहरूले प्रशस्त पानी पाउने छन्। तिनीहरूका राजा अगाग भन्दा ठूलो हुनेछ, अनि तिनीहरूको राज्य बढनेछ।
8 “परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूलाई मिश्रदेशबाट ल्याउनु भयो, तिनीहरूको निम्ति जंङ्गली साँढेको सींङ जस्तै शक्तिशाली हुनुहुन्छ। ती इस्राएलीहरूले आफ्नो शत्रुहरूलाई निल्नेछन् र तिनीहरूको हड्डी फुटेर चूर पर्नेछ अनि तिनीहरूलाई आफ्नो बाणहरूले छेड्नेछ।
9 “विश्राममा तिनीहरू सिंह झैं सुत्नेछन् अनि सिंह झैं-तिनीहरूलाई कसले बिउँझाउने? “तिनीहरूलाई आशिर्वाद दिने आशीषित हुन् अनि तिनीहरूलाई सराप्ने श्रापित हुन्।”
10 बिलामसित बालाक रिसाएर हात पक्डिएर, तिनले बिलामलाई भने, “मैले तिमीलाई मेरा शत्रुहरूलाई सराप्न बोलाएको थिएँ तर तिमीले तिनीहरूलाई तीन पल्ट आशीर्वाद दियौ।
11 अब तिमी झट्टै आफ्नो घरमा जाऊ। मैले भनेको थिंए कि म तिमीलाई ठूलो सम्मान दिनेछु, तर परमप्रभुले तिमीलाई सम्मान पाउनुबाट बञ्चित गराउनु भयो।”
12 बिलामले बालाकलाई भन्यो, “के मैले तिम्रा दूतहरूलाई भनेको थिईनँ।
13 ‘यदि बालाकले सुन र चाँदीले परिपूर्ण महल दिए पनि म परमप्रभुको आज्ञा विरूद्ध केही गर्दिनँ?’ म त्यही गर्छु जो परमप्रभुले भन्नुहुन्छ।
14 अब म आफ्नो घरमा फर्केर जान्छु। तर म तिमीलाई चेतावनी दिन्छु कि यी इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले तिमी र तिम्रा मानिसहरूलाई भविष्यमा के गर्नेछन्, सुन।”
15 तब बिलामले यी कुराहरू भनेः“यो बओरको छोरो बिलाम जसले आफ्नो आखाँले सफासंग देख्न सक्छ,
16 कसले परमेश्वरको वचन सुन्न सक्छ अनि कसले सर्वउच्च परमेश्वरबाट ज्ञान प्राप्त गर्न सक्छ? सर्वशक्तिमान परमेश्वरले यो कुराहरू देखाउनु भयो त्यो मैले देखें। म नम्रता पूर्वक तपाईंलाई भन्छु के म स्वच्छ देख्छु।
17 “म परमप्रभुलाई देख्न सक्छु, तर अहिले होइन, म उहाँलाई देख्न सक्छु, तर नजीकबाट होइन। एउटा राजा तारा जस्तै याकूबको वंशबाट आउनेछ, इस्राएलका मानिसहरूबाट एक जना शासक जन्मनेछ। मोआबी मानिसहरूको त्यस शासकले टाउको किच्चयाउनुहुनेछ अनि शेतको वंशनै ध्वंश पार्नु हुनेछ।
18 इस्राएलको शत्रु सेईरको भूमि इस्राएलको दखलमा हुनेछ, एदोमको भूमि पनि तिनीहरूकै दखलमा रहनेछ जब इस्राएलले बहादुरी देखाउनेछ।
19 “याकूबको वंशबाट शासक आउनेछ, र त्यस शहरमा बाँचेकाहरूलाई ध्वंश पार्नेछ।”
20 बिलामले अमालेकी मानिसहरूलाई हेरेर अगमवाणी दिएः“राष्ट्रहरूमा अमालेक सबै भन्दा शक्तिशाली हो। तर ध्वंश हुनेछ अमालेक पनि।”
21 तब बिलामले कनानी मानिसहरूलाई हेरेर अगमवाणी बोलेः“चट्टानमा बनिएको गुँड जस्तै तिमीहरू सुरक्षित छौ।
22 तर केनीहरू पनि ध्वंश पारिनेछन् जब अश्शूरले तिमीहरूलाई कैदी बनाउँनेछ।”
23 बिलामले तब फेरि अगमवाणी बोलेः“हाय! को जीवित रहन सक्छ जब परमेश्वरले यस्तो गर्नु हुन्छ?
24 जहाजहरू कित्तीमको किनारबाट आउनेछन् र तिनीहरूले अश्शूर र एबरलाई परास्त पार्नेछन्। तर तिनीहरू पनि ध्वंश गराइनेछन्।”
25 त्यसपछि बिलाम उठेर घर फर्के अनि बालाक पनि आफ्नो बाटो लागे।
1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
10 And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.
12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?
14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
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.