a23:3,15
b2:2-31
cHlu 3:10; 1 Sam 19:20,23; 2 Lan 15:1, 20:14
d2 Sam 23:1
e1 Sam 19:24; Hez 1:28, 3:23; Isam 1:10,17
fHlab 1:3; Jer 17:8
gHlab 104:16
hJer 51:13; Isam 17:1
i24:20; 1 Sam 15:8
j2 Sam 5:12; 1 Lan 14:2
k23:22
l14:9, 23:24
mHez 23:34; Isa 38:13; Jer 50:17
n24:17; Hlab 45:5; Jer 50:9
oGen 49:9; Nani 23:24
pGen 12:3, 27:29
qHez 21:12; Jobe 27:23; Lilo 2:15
r23:11
s22:17,37
t22:18
u16:28
vMika 6:5
wGen 49:1; Dan 10:14
x24:3,20,23, 21:27, 23:7
y24:3,4
z24:3,4
aa23:9
ab23:9
acJobe 9:8; Mika 1:3
adMat 2:2; Isam 22:16
aeGen 49:10
af2 Sam 8:14; Hlab 60:8,9,12
agGen 32:3
ahGen 15:19
aiDan 11:30; Gen 10:4
ajGen 10:21,25
ak24:20
al31:8

Numbers 24

1UBalami esebonile ukuthi kuhle emehlweni eNkosi ukubusisa uIsrayeli, kahambanga njengezinye izikhathi ukuyadinga imilingo a; kodwa wakhangelisa ubuso bakhe enkangala. 2Kwathi uBalami ephakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona uIsrayeli ehlezi ngokwezizwe zakhe b, loMoya kaNkulunkulu waba phezu kwakhe c. 3Wasephakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi: UBalami indodana kaBeyori d uthi, lendoda olihlo layo livulekile ithi, 4uthi ozwayo amazwi kaNkulunkulu, obonayo umbono kaSomandla, esiwa, njalo kwembulwe amehlo e. 5Mahle kangakanani amathente akho, Jakobe, amakhaya akho, Israyeli! 6Njengezigodi zisabalele, njengezivande ngasemfuleni, njengezinhlaba f iNkosi ezihlanyeleyo, njengezihlahla zemisedari ngasemanzini g! 7Amanzi azageleza evela embizeni zakhe, lenhlanyelo yakhe izakuba semanzini amanengi h, lenkosi yakhe izakuba nkulu kuloAgagi i, lombuso wakhe uzaphakama j. 8UNkulunkulu wamkhupha eGibhithe, ulokunjengamandla enyathi k, uzakudla izizwe, izitha zakhe l, njalo uzakwephula amathambo azo m, njalo azitshoke ngemitshoko yakhe n. 9Waqutha, walala phansi njengesilwane, lanjengesilwane esisikazi; ngubani ozamvusa? o Okubusisayo abusiswe, lokuqalekisayo aqalekiswe! p

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

15Wasephakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi x: UBalami indodana kaBeyori y uthi, lendoda elamehlo avulekileyo ithi, 16uthi ozwayo amazwi kaNkulunkulu z, lowazi ulwazi loPhezukonke, obonayo umbono kaSomandla, esiwa, njalo kuvuleke amehlo. 17Ngizambona, kodwa hatshi khathesi aa, ngizamkhangela, kodwa kungeseduze ab; kuzavela ac inkanyezi kuJakobe ad, lentonga yobukhosi izavuka koIsrayeli ae, itshaye amagumbi akoMowabi, njalo ichithe bonke abantwana bakaShethi. 18Njalo uEdoma uzakuba yimfuyo af, loSeyiri abe yimfuyo yezitha zakhe ag, kodwa uIsrayeli uzakwenza ngobuqhawe ah, 19kuzavela-ke koJakobe umbusi, njalo uzabhubhisa oseleyo emzini.

20Esebone uAmaleki, waphakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi:

UAmaleki wayengowokuqala wezizwe, kodwa ukucina kwakhe kuyikubhubha okupheleleyo.

21Esebone amaKeni, waphakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi:

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

23Wasephakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi: Maye, ngubani ozaphila nxa uNkulunkulu esenza lokhu? 24Imikhumbi izavela ekhunjini lweKitimi ai, ihluphe uAshuri, ihluphe uEberi aj; njalo laye uzabhubha okwesikhathi sonke ak.

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

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