UNumeri 24 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UNumeri 24

¹ UBileyamu esebonile ukuthi kwakukuhle kuJehova ukubusisa u-Israyeli, akahambanga ukuyofuna imilingo njengakuqala, kepha wabhekisa ubuso bakhe ehlane.

² UBileyamu waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona u-Israyeli ehlezi ngokwezizwe zakhe; uMoya kaNkulunkulu wehlela phezu kwakhe.

³ Wayesethatha isisho sakhe, wathi: “Kusho uBileyamu indodana kaBeyori, indoda evule amehlo yathi:

⁴ Wathi yena owezwa amazwi kaNkulunkulu, owabona ubuso bukaSomandla, owabanjwa yisiyezi, kodwa amehlo akhe avuleka.

⁵ Mahle kangakanani amatende akho, Jakobe, namatende akho, Israyeli!

⁶ Njengezigodi zendlalekile, njengezivande ngasemfuleni, njengezihlahla zenhlaba eyatshalwa nguJehova, nemisedari ngasemanzini.

⁷ Amanzi ayakuthulula ezitsheni zakhe, imbewu yakhe ibe semanzini amaningi, inkosi yakhe ibe nkulu kuno-Agagi, nombuso wakhe uphakame.

⁸ UNkulunkulu wamkhipha eGibithe; unamandla enyathi; uyakudla izizwe eziyizitha zakhe, aphule amathambo azo, azigwaze ngemicibisholo yakhe.

⁹ Walala, walala phansi njengengonyama nanjengengonyamakazi; ngubani ozamvusa? Ubusisiwe okubusisayo, uqalekisiwe okuqalekisayo.

¹⁰ Intukuthelo kaBalaki yamvuthela uBileyamu, washaya izandla zakhe; uBalaki wathi kuBileyamu: “Ngakubiza ukuba uqalekise izitha zami; bheka, usuzibusisile kathathu.

¹¹ Ngakho-ke balekela endaweni yakho; Bengithi ngiyakukuphakamisela udumo olukhulu; kepha bhekani, uJehova ukugodlile udumo.

¹² UBileyamu wayesethi kuBalaki: “Angikhulumanga nakuzo izithunywa zakho owazithuma kimi ukuthi:

¹³ Uma uBalaki ebethanda ukunginika indlu yakhe igcwele isiliva negolide, anginakweqa umyalo kaJehova ukuba ngenze okuhle noma okubi engqondweni yami; kepha lokho uJehova akushoyo, ngiyakukhuluma khona na?

¹⁴ Manje bheka, sengiya kubantu bakithi; woza, ngikwazise lokho lababantu abayakwenza kubantu bakho ekupheleni kwezinsuku.

¹⁵ Wayesethatha isisho sakhe, wathi: “Washo uBileyamu indodana kaBeyori, indoda evule amehlo yathi:

¹⁶ Wathi yena owawezwa amazwi kaNkulunkulu, wazi ukwazi koPhezukonke, owabona ubuso bukaSomandla, owabanjwa ubuthongo, kepha amehlo akhe avuleka;

¹⁷ Ngiyakumbona, kodwa hhayi manje; Ngiyakumbona, kodwa hhayi eduze; kuyakuvela inkanyezi kuJakobe, nentonga yobukhosi iyakwenyuka kwa-Israyeli, ishaye imikhawulo yakwaMowabi, nabo bonke abantwana bakwaSheti.

¹⁸ U-Edomi uyakuba yifa, iSeyiri libe yifa lezitha zakhe; futhi u-Israyeli uyokwenza ngesibindi.

¹⁹ Uyakuvela kuJakobe umbusi, achithe insali yomuzi.

²⁰ Futhi lapho ebona u-Amaleki, waphakamisa isimo sakhe futhi wathi: U-Amaleki wayengowokuqala wezizwe; kodwa ukuphela kwakhe kuyakuba ngukubhubha kwakhe kuze kube phakade.

²¹ Wawabheka amaKheni, wathatha isimo sakhe, wathi: “Iqina indawo yakho yokuhlala; wakha isidleke sakho edwaleni.”

²² Kodwa amaKheni azachithwa lize iAsiriya likuthumbe.

²³ Wasethatha umfanekiso wakhe, wathi: Maye, ngubani oyakuphila, uma uNkulunkulu ekwenza lokhu?

²⁴ Imikhumbi iyakuvela ogwini lwaseKitimi, icindezele i-Asiriya, icindezele uHebhere, naye abhubhe kuze kube phakade.

²⁵ UBileyamu wayesesuka, wahamba, wabuyela endaweni yakhe, noBalaki wahamba.