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23 Mpoonya Balamu wakati kuli Balaki: “Kondiyakila zipaililo zili ciloba+ abusena aano, akundibambila bapoho bali ciloba abagutu bali ciloba.” 2 Mpoonya aawo Balaki wakacita mbubonya mbwaakaamba Balamu. Kumane Balaki a Balamu bakatuula mupoho amugutu acipaililo cimwi acimwi.+ 3 Mpoonya Balamu wakati kuli Balaki: “Kosyaala aano afwaafwi acituuzyo cako cuumpwa, mebo nduunke. Ambweni Jehova ulaswaangana andime akwaambaula andime. Kufwumbwa ncatiindaambile, ndilakwaambila.” Eelyo wakaunka atala aakalundu.
4 Kumane Leza wakaswaangana a Balamu,+ eelyo Balamu wakaamba kuti: “Ndayaka zipaililo zili ciloba mumilongo alimwi ndatuula mupoho amugutu acipaililo cimwi acimwi.” 5 Mpoonya Jehova wakaambila Balamu+ majwi ngaakeelede kuyakwaamba akumwaambila kuti: “Piluka kuli Balaki, alimwi mboobu mboyakwaamba.” 6 Aboobo wakapiluka akujana Balaki abasilutwe babana Moabu baliimvwi afwaafwi acituuzyo cakwe cuumpwa. 7 Mpoonya wakaamba kasimpi aaka kakuti:+
“Balaki mwami wa Moabu wandileta kuzwa ku Aramu,+
Kuzwa kumalundu aakujwe, wakati:
‘Boola undisinganizyile Jakobo.
Inzya, boola usampaule Israyeli.’+
8 Ino inga ndabasinganya buti aabo Leza mbaatasinganya?
Alimwi ino inga ndabasampaula buti aabo Jehova mbaatasampaula?+
9 Ndilibabwene kuzwa atala aamabwe,
Alimwi ndilibabwene kuzwa aatulundu.
10 Nguni uukonzya kubala lunyungu lwa Jakobo,+ ibantu banji mbuli lusuko,
Nokuba kubala buyo cipaanzi cane ca Israyeli?
Andifwe lufwu lwabalulami,
Amamanino angu aabe mbuli mamanino aabo.”
11 Amvwe boobo Balaki wakati kuli Balamu: “Ncinzi ncoocita kulindime? Ndakakuletela kuti ubasinganye basinkondoma, pele yebo wabalongezya buya.”+ 12 Mpoonya walo wakati: “Sena tandeelede kwaamba majwi oonse Jehova ngaandaambila kuti ndaambe?”+
13 Kumane Balaki wakati kulinguwe: “Atweende anduwe kubusena bumbi ooko nkokonzya kubabona. Uyoobona buyo bamwi babo; tokababoni boonse pe. Ukandisinganizyile mbabo nkukonya ooko.”+ 14 Aboobo wakamutola kucisaka caku Zofimu, atala aa Pisiga,+ kumane wakayaka zipaililo zili ciloba akutuula mupoho amugutu acipaililo cimwi acimwi.+ 15 Aboobo Balamu wakati kuli Balaki: “Kosyaala aano afwaafwi acituuzyo cako cuumpwa, mebo nendiciya kuyooswaangana a Leza ookuya.” 16 Mpoonya Jehova wakaswaangana a Balamu, wamwaambila majwi ngaakeelede kuyakwaamba akumwaambila kuti:+ “Piluka kuli Balaki, alimwi mboobu mboyakwaamba.” 17 Wakapiluka kulinguwe, eelyo wakajana uliimvwi abasilutwe babana Moabu afwaafwi acituuzyo cakwe cuumpwa. Mpoonya Balaki wakamubuzya kuti: “Ino ncinzi ncaamba Jehova?” 18 Mpoonya wakaamba kasimpi aaka kakuti:+
“Swiilila, Balaki.
Cenjeka kutwi kwako kulindime, O mwana wa Zipori.
Ikuti naa waamba cintu, sena takonzyi kucicita?
Alimwi naa waamba, sena takonzyi kucizuzikizya?+
21 Talekeli nguzu zyamasalamuzi zili zyoonse kulwana Jakobo,
Alimwi tazumizyi mapenzi aali woonse kusikila Israyeli.
Jehova Leza wakwe ulaambabo,+
Alimwi ulatembaulwa cakoongolola mbuli mwami akati kabo.
22 Leza wabagwisya mu Egepita.+
Uli mbuli meja aamunyati kulimbabo.+
Lino bantu balakonzya kwaamba Jakobo a Israyeli kuti:
‘Bona ncaacita Leza!’
24 Mbaaba bantu bayoonyamuka mbuli syuumbwa,
Bayoobuka mbuli syuumbwa.+
Tabakoolala kusikila balye munyama
Akunywa bulowa bwabaabo bajaidwe.”
25 Mpoonya Balaki wakati kuli Balamu: “Ikuti naa tokonzyi kubasinganya naaceya, nkokuti toyelede nokuba kubalongezya.” 26 Eelyo Balamu wakaambila Balaki kuti: “Sena tiindakakwaambila kuti, ‘Zyoonse Jehova nzyayakwaamba, mebo nzyendiyoocita’?”+
27 Mpoonya Balaki wakati kuli Balamu: “Akaka, koboola ndikutole kubusena bumbi. Ambweni ooko Leza mwini-mwini uyoozumizya kuti undisinganizyile mbabo.”+ 28 Aboobo Balaki wakatola Balamu atala aacilundu ca Peori icilangide ku Jesimoni.*+ 29 Kumane Balamu wakaambila Balaki kuti: “Kondiyakila zipaililo zili ciloba abusena aano akundibambila bapoho bali ciloba abagutu bali ciloba.”+ 30 Mpoonya aawo Balaki wakacita mbubonya mbwaakaamba Balamu alimwi wakatuula mupoho amugutu acipaililo cimwi acimwi.