Numbers 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 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.
7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.