because they had not met the children of Yisra’ĕ
Let them curse, but You bless. They shall arise, but be ashamed, And let Your servant rejoice.
“My people, remember, please, what Balaq sovereign of Mo’aḇ
And he took up his proverb and said, “Rise up, Balaq, and hear! Listen to me, son of Tsippor!
“And the Sovereign shall answer and say to them, ‘Truly, I say to you, in so far as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.’
“An Ammonite or Mo’aḇ
because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way when you came out of Mitsrayim, and because they hired against you Bilʽ
“But יהוה your Elohim refused to listen to Bilʽ
having left the right way they went astray, having followed the way of Bilʽ
