Bible

24UBalami esebonile ukuthi kuhle emehlweni eNkosi ukubusisa uIsrayeli, kahambanga njengezinye izikhathi ukuyadinga imilingoa; kodwa wakhangelisa ubuso bakhe enkangala. 2 Kwathi uBalami ephakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona uIsrayeli ehlezi ngokwezizwe zakheb, loMoya kaNkulunkulu waba phezu kwakhec. 3 Wasephakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi: UBalami indodana kaBeyorid uthi, lendoda olihlo layo livulekile ithi, 4 uthi ozwayo amazwi kaNkulunkulu, obonayo umbono kaSomandla, esiwa, njalo kwembulwe amehloe. 5 Mahle kangakanani amathente akho, Jakobe, amakhaya akho, Israyeli! 6 Njengezigodi zisabalele, njengezivande ngasemfuleni, njengezinhlabaf iNkosi ezihlanyeleyo, njengezihlahla zemisedari ngasemanzinig! 7 Amanzi azageleza evela embizeni zakhe, lenhlanyelo yakhe izakuba semanzini amanengih, lenkosi yakhe izakuba nkulu kuloAgagii, lombuso wakhe uzaphakamaj. 8 UNkulunkulu wamkhupha eGibhithe, ulokunjengamandla enyathik, uzakudla izizwe, izitha zakhel, njalo uzakwephula amathambo azom, njalo azitshoke ngemitshoko yakhen. 9 Waqutha, walala phansi njengesilwane, lanjengesilwane esisikazi; ngubani ozamvusa?o Okubusisayo abusiswe, lokuqalekisayo aqalekiswe!p

10 Njalo ulaka lukaBalaki lwavuthela uBalami, watshaya izandla zakheq, uBalaki wasesithi kuBalami: Ngikubize ukuze uqalekise izitha zami, kodwa khangela, uzibusisile lokuzibusisar okwalezizikhathi ezintathu. 11 Khathesi-ke zibalekele uye endaweni yakho. Bengithe ngizakuhlonipha ngodumo, kodwa khangela, iNkosi ikuvimbile kudumos. 12 UBalami wasesithi kuBalaki: Kangikhulumanga yini lakuzithunywa obuzithume kimi ngisithi: 13 Uba uBalaki ebezangipha indlu yakhe igcwele isiliva legolide, bengingayikweqa umlayo weNkosit, ukwenza okuhle kumbe okubi okwenhliziyo yami; lokho iNkosi ekutshoyo yilokho engizakukhuluma?u 14 Khathesi-ke, khangela, ngiya ebantwini bakithi; woza ngikucebise ukuthi lababantu bazakwenzani ebantwini bakiniv ensukwini zokucinaw.

15 Wasephakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathix: UBalami indodana kaBeyoriy uthi, lendoda elamehlo avulekileyo ithi, 16 uthi ozwayo amazwi kaNkulunkuluz, lowazi ulwazi loPhezukonke, obonayo umbono kaSomandla, esiwa, njalo kuvuleke amehlo. 17 Ngizambona, kodwa hatshi khathesia, ngizamkhangela, kodwa kungeseduzeb; kuzavelac inkanyezi kuJakobed, lentonga yobukhosi izavuka koIsrayelie, itshaye amagumbi akoMowabi, njalo ichithe bonke abantwana bakaShethi. 18 Njalo uEdoma uzakuba yimfuyof, loSeyiri abe yimfuyo yezitha zakheg, kodwa uIsrayeli uzakwenza ngobuqhaweh, 19 kuzavela-ke koJakobe umbusi, njalo uzabhubhisa oseleyo emzini.

UAmaleki wayengowokuqala wezizwe, kodwa ukucina kwakhe kuyikubhubha okupheleleyo.

Iqinile indlu yakho, isidleke sakho usimise edwaleni. 22 Kanti-ke uKhayini uzachithwa, aze akuthumbe uAshuri.

23 Wasephakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi: Maye, ngubani ozaphila nxa uNkulunkulu esenza lokhu? 24 Imikhumbi izavela ekhunjini lweKitimii, ihluphe uAshuri, ihluphe uEberij; njalo laye uzabhubha okwesikhathi sonkek.

25 UBalami wasesukuma wahamba wabuyela endaweni yakhe; loBalaki laye wahamba ngendlela yakhel.

a 23.3,15.

b 2.2-31.

c Hlu. 3.10; 1 Sam. 19.20,23. 2 Lan. 15.1; 20.14.

d 2 Sam. 23.1.

e 1 Sam. 19.24. Hez. 1.28; 3.23. Isam. 1.10,17.

f Hlab. 1.3. Jer. 17.8.

g Hlab. 104.16.

h Jer. 51.13. Isam. 17.1.

i 24.20. 1 Sam. 15.8.

j 2 Sam. 5.12. 1 Lan. 14.2.

k 23.22.

l 14.9; 23.24.

m Hez. 23.34; Isa. 38.13. Jer. 50.17.

n 24.17. Hlab. 45.5. Jer. 50.9.

o Gen. 49.9. Nani 23.24.

p Gen. 12.3; 27.29.

q Hez. 21.12. Jobe 27.23. Lilo 2.15.

r 23.11.

s 22.17,37.

t 22.18.

u 16.28.

v Mika 6.5.

w Gen. 49.1. Dan. 10.14.

x 24.3,20,23; 21.27; 23.7.

y 24.3,4.

z 24.3,4.

a 23.9.

b 23.9.

c Jobe 9.8. Mika 1.3.

d Mat. 2.2. Isam. 22.16.

e Gen. 49.10.

f 2 Sam. 8.14. Hlab. 60.8,9,12.

g Gen. 32.3.

h Gen. 15.19.

i Dan. 11.30. Gen. 10.4.

j Gen. 10.21,25.

k 24.20.

l 31.8.