UNumeri 24

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13Uma 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?

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

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

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

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

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

19Uyakuvela kuJakobe umbusi, achithe insali yomuzi.

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

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

22Kodwa amaKheni azachithwa lize iAsiriya likuthumbe.

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

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

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

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