UNumeri 23 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UNumeri 23

¹ UBileyamu wayesethi kuBalaki: “Ngakhele lapha ama-altare ayisikhombisa, ungilungisele lapha izinkabi eziyisikhombisa nezinqama eziyisikhombisa.

² UBalaki wenza njengokukhuluma kukaBileyamu; oBalaki noBileyamu banikela ngenkunzi nangenqama kulelo nalelo altare.

³ UBileyamu wayesethi kuBalaki: “Yima ngasemnikelweni wakho wokushiswa, mina ngihambe; mhlawumbe iNkosi ingangihlangabeza; Futhi waya endaweni ephakeme.

⁴ UNkulunkulu wahlangana noBileyamu, wathi kuye: “Ngalungisa ama-altare ayisikhombisa, nganikela ngenkunzi nangenqama kulelo nalelo altare.

⁵ INkosi yasifaka ilizwi emlonyeni kaBalami, yathi: Buyela kuBalaki, ukhulume kanje.

⁶ Wabuyela kuye, bheka, wayemi ngasemnikelweni wakhe wokushiswa, yena nazo zonke izikhulu zakwaMowabi.

⁷ Wayesethatha isisho sakhe, wathi: “UBalaki, inkosi yakwaMowabi, wangikhipha e-Aramu ezintabeni zasempumalanga, wathi: “Woza, ungiqalekisele uJakobe, uze, uklolodele u-Israyeli.”

⁸ Ngingaqalekisa kanjani lokho uNkulunkulu angakuqalekisanga? mina engingaphikanga kanjani iNkosi na?

⁹ Ngokuba ngisesiqongweni samadwala ngiyambona, nasemagqumeni ngiyambona; bheka, abantu bayakuhlala bodwa, bangabalwa phakathi kwezizwe.

¹⁰ Ngubani ongabala uthuli lukaJakobe, nenani lesine lika-Israyeli na? Mangife ukufa kolungileyo, ukugcina kwami kube njengokwakhe!

¹¹ UBalaki wayesethi kuBileyamu: “Wenzeni kimi na? Ngakuthatha ukuba uqalekise izitha zami, futhi bheka, wazibusisa ngokuphelele.

¹² Waphendula wathi: “Angiyikuqaphela yini ukukhuluma lokho uJehova akubeke emlonyeni wami na?”

¹³ UBalaki wayesethi kuye: “Woza nami siye kwenye indawo lapho ungababona khona; uzobona kuphela ukweqisa kwabo hhayi bonke; ungiqalekisele wona usulapho.

¹⁴ Yamyisa ensimini yaseSofimi esiqongweni sasePisga, wakha ama-altare ayisikhombisa, wanikela ngenkunzi nangenqama kulelo nalelo altare.

¹⁵ Wathi kuBalaki: “Yima lapha ngasemnikelweni wakho wokushiswa, ngize ngihlangane neNkosi khona.”

¹⁶ UJehova wahlangana noBileyamu, wafaka izwi emlonyeni wakhe, wathi: “Buyela kuBalaki, ukhulume kanjalo;

¹⁷ Lapho efika kuye, bheka, wayemi ngasemnikelweni wakhe wokushiswa, nezikhulu zakwaMowabi zinaye. UBalaki wathi kuye: “UJehova ukhulumeni na?

¹⁸ Wayesethatha isisho sakhe, wathi: “Vuka, Balaki, uzwe; ngilalele, ndodana kaSipori!

¹⁹ UNkulunkulu akasiye umuntu ukuba aqambe amanga; nendodana yomuntu ukuba iphenduke; wathi futhi ngeke? noma ukhulumile angalungisi na?

²⁰ Bheka, ngamukele umyalo wokuba ngibusise, futhi wabusisa; futhi angikwazi ukukuhlehlisa.

²¹ Akabonanga bubi kuJakobe, no-Israyeli akabonanga nkohliso; uJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe unaye, nokukhala kwenkosi kuphakathi kwabo.

²² UNkulunkulu wabakhupha eGibhithe; unamandla e-unicorn, njengokungathi.

²³ Ngempela, akukho umlingo ngokumelene noJakobe, futhi akukho ukubhula ngokumelene no-Israyeli; ngalesi sikhathi kuyakuthiwa ngoJakobe nango-Israyeli: Yini uNkulunkulu ayenzileyo!

²⁴ Bheka, abantu bayakuvuka njengengonyama enkulu, baziphakamise njengebhongo lengonyama;

²⁵ UBalaki wasesithi kuBalami: Ungabaqalekisi lakanye, ungababusisi lakanye.

²⁶ Kodwa uBileyamu waphendula wathi kuBalaki: “Angikutshelanga yini ngokuthi: Konke uJehova akukhulumayo ngiyakukwenza na?”

²⁷ UBalaki wayesethi kuBileyamu: “Woza, ngikuyise kwenye indawo; mhlawumbe kungaba kuhle kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ungiqalekisele bona ulapho.

²⁸ UBalaki wamyisa uBileyamu esiqongweni sasePeyori esibhekene noJesimoni.

²⁹ UBileyamu wayesethi kuBalaki: “Ngakhele lapha ama-altare ayisikhombisa, ungilungisele lapha izinkunzi eziyisikhombisa nezinqama eziyisikhombisa.

³⁰ UBalaki wenza njengokusho kukaBileyamu, wanikela ngenkunzi nangenqama kulelo nalelo altare.