a23:29; 1 Lan 15:26; Jobe 42:8
b23:4,14,30
c23:15
d24:1
e23:16
f22:38, 23:12,16; Isa 51:16, 59:21; Dute 18:18; Jer 1:9
h23:18, 24:3,15,20,23, 21:27
i22:6
jIsa 66:14; Mal 1:4
k22:11,17
l22:11,17
mDute 33:28
nEks 33:16; Ezra 9:2; Efe 2:14
oGen 13:16
pHlab 116:15
q22:11,17, 24:10; Dute 23:5
r22:38, 23:5
s23:1,2
t23:3,4,16
u22:35, 23:5
v1 Sam 15:29; Mal 3:6; Roma 11:29; Tit 1:2; Jak 1:17
w22:12; Gen 12:3, 22:17
xJobe 4:8, 15:35; Hlab 7:14, 10:7,14
yHlab 89:15
z24:8
aaJobe 22:25; Hlab 95:4
abDute 33:17; Hlab 29:6, 92:10; Isa 34:7; Jobe 39:10,11; Hlab 22:21
acDute 18:10, 22:7
adHlab 44:1
aeGen 49:9
afGen 49:9
agGen 49:27
ah22:18
ai23:13
aj25:18, 31:16; Josh 22:17, 25:3,5; Dute 4:3; Hlab 106:28; Hos 9:10
ak21:20
al23:1,2
am23:1,2

Numbers 23

1UBalami wasesithi kuBalaki: Ngakhela lapha amalathi ayisikhombisa, ungilungisele lapha amajongosi ayisikhombisa lenqama eziyisikhombisa a. 2UBalaki wenza njengokutsho kukaBalami; uBalaki loBalami basebenikela kulelo lalelo ilathi ijongosi lenqama b. 3UBalami wasesithi kuBalaki: Mana emnikelweni wakho wokutshiswa c, ngizahamba mina; mhlawumbe iNkosi izafika ukungihlangabeza; lento ezangitshengisa yona ngizakutshela d. Wasesiya endaweni ephakemeyo. 4UNkulunkulu wasehlangana loBalami e; wasesithi kuye: Sengilungise amalathi ayisikhombisa, nganikela kulelo lalelo ilathi ijongosi lenqama. 5INkosi yasifaka ilizwi emlonyeni kaBalami, yathi: Buyela kuBalaki, ukhulume kanje f. 6Wasebuyela kuye, khangela-ke, wayemi emnikelweni wakhe wokutshiswa, yena lazo zonke iziphathamandla zakoMowabi. 7Wasephakamisa umzekeliso wakhe, wathi: UBalaki, inkosi yakoMowabi, ungilandile eSiriya ▼
▼ eSiriya: Heb eAramu
, ezintabeni zempumalanga wathi h: Woza, ungiqalekisele uJakobe i, woza, umthuke uIsrayeli j. 8Ngingamqalekisa njani k uNkulunkulu angamqalekisiyo? l Kumbe ngingamthuka njani iNkosi engamthukanga? 9Ngoba ngisengqongeni yamadwala ngiyambona, ngisemaqaqeni ngiyamkhangela. Khangela, abantu bazahlala bodwa m, kabayikubalelwa phakathi kwezizwe n. 10Ngubani ongabala uthuli lukaJakobe o, lenani lengxenye yesine kaIsrayeli? Umphefumulo wami kawufe ukufa kwabalungileyo p, lokuphela kwami kube njengokwakhe!

11UBalaki wasesithi kuBalami: Wenzeni kimi? Ngikuthethe ukuze uqalekise izitha zami, kodwa khangela, uzibusisile lokuzibusisa q. 12Wasephendula wathi: Lokho iNkosi ekufaka emlonyeni wami, kakumelanga ngiqaphele yini ukukukhuluma? r 13UBalaki wasesithi kuye: Ake uze lami siye kwenye indawo lapho ozababona khona; uzabona ukucina kwabo kuphela, ungaboni bonke; njalo ungiqalekisele bona ulapho.

14Njalo wamthatha wamusa ensimini yeZofimu, engqongeni yePisiga; wakha amalathi ayisikhombisa, wanikela ijongosi lenqama phezu kwalelo lalelo ilathi s. 15Wasesithi kuBalaki: Mana lapha emnikelweni wakho wokutshiswa, njalo mina ngizahlangana layo laphayana t. 16INkosi yasihlangana loBalami, yafaka ilizwi emlonyeni wakhe u, yathi: Buyela kuBalaki, ukhulume kanje. 17Esefikile kuye, khangela-ke wema emnikelweni wakhe wokutshiswa leziphathamandla zakoMowabi zilaye. UBalaki wasesithi kuye: INkosi itheni? 18Wasephakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi: Sukuma, Balaki, uzwe, ubeke indlebe, ndodana kaZipori. 19UNkulunkulu kasumuntu ukuthi aqambe amanga v, loba indodana yomuntu ukuthi azisole. Utshilo, kanti kayikukwenza? Kumbe ukhulumile, kanti kayikukuqinisa? 20Khangela, ngemukele ukuthi ngibusise; yebo, ubusisile, njalo ngingeke ngikuguqule w. 21Kakhangelanga ububi kuJakobe, kabonanga isiphambeko kuIsrayeli x. INkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe ilaye, lesimemezelo senkosi siphakathi kwakhe y. 22UNkulunkulu wabakhupha eGibhithe z, ulokunjengamandla aa enyathi ab. 23Isibili kakulamlingo ongamelana loJakobe, loba ukuvumisa okungamelana loIsrayeli ac. Ngalesisikhathi kuzatshiwo ngoJakobe langoIsrayeli ukuthi uNkulunkulu akwenzileyo ad! 24Khangela, abantu bazasukuma njengesilwane esisikazi ae, bazisukumise njengesilwane af; kabalali baze badle impango, njalo banathe igazi lababuleweyo ag.

25UBalaki wasesithi kuBalami: Futhi ungabaqalekisi lokubaqalekisa, njalo ungababusisi lokubabusisa. 26Kodwa uBalami waphendula wathi kuBalaki: Kangikutshelanga yini ngisithi: Konke iNkosi ekutshoyo, lokho ngizakwenza? ah

27UBalaki wasesithi kuBalami: Ake uze, ngizakusa kwenye indawo ai; mhlawumbe kungaqonda emehlweni kaNkulunkulu ukuthi ungiqalekisele bona ulapho. 28UBalaki wamthatha wamusa uBalami engqongeni yePeyori aj ekhangele ngasenkangala ak. 29UBalami wasesithi kuBalaki: Ngakhela lapha amalathi ayisikhombisa, ungilungisele lapha amajongosi ayisikhombisa lenqama eziyisikhombisa al. 30UBalaki wasesenza njengokutsho kukaBalami, wanikela ijongosi lenqama kulelo lalelo ilathi am.

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