¹Zvino Bharamu akati kuna Bharaki, Ndivakire pano aritari nomwe, undigadzirire pano nzombe nomwe namakondobwe manomwe.

¹And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

²Bharaki akaita sezvakataura Bharamu; Bharaki naBharamu vakabayira paaritari imwe neimwe nzombe imwe negondobwe rimwe.

²And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

³Zvino Bharamu akati kuna Bharaki, Chimira iwe pachipiriso chako chinopiswa, asi ini ndichaenda; zvimwe Jehovha achauya kuzosangana neni; zvose zvaanondiratidza, ndichakuudza izvo. Akaenda pakakwirira, pakanga pasina chinhu.

³And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

⁴Ipapo Mwari akasangana naBharamu, iye akati kwaari, Ndagadzira aritari nomwe, ndikabayira nzombe negondobwe paaritari imwe neimwe.

⁴And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

⁵Jehovha akaisa shoko mumuromo waBharamu, akati, Dzokera kuna Bharaki, utaure kwaari kudai.

⁵And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

⁶Akadzokera kwaari, akamuwana amire pachipiriso chake chinopiswa, iye namachinda ose aMoabhu.

⁶And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

⁷Ipapo akataura nomufananidzo wake, akati, Bharaki akanditora paArami, Mambo waMoabhu akanditora pamakomo okumabvazuva, Achiti, Uya unditukire Jakove, Uya, unditsamwire Isiraeri.

⁷And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

⁸Ini ndingatuka seiko asina kutukwa naMwari; Ini ndingatsamwira seiko asina kutsamwirwa naJehovha?

⁸How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

⁹nekuti ndinomuona ndiri pamusoro pamatombo, Ndinomutarira ndiri pamusoro pezvikomo;

⁹For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

¹⁰Ndianiko angaverenga guruva raJakove, Kana kuverenga chikamu chechina chaIsiraeri? Kuguma kwangu ngakufanane nokwake!

¹⁰Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

¹¹Zvino Bharaki akati kuna Bharamu, Wandiiteiko? Ndanokutora kuti utuke vavengi vangu; tarira, waramba uchingovaropafadza.

¹¹And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

¹²Akapindura, akati, Ko handifaniri kuchenjera kuti nditaure zvinoiswa naJehovha mumuromo mangu here?

¹²And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

¹³Bharaki akati kwaari, Douya hako neni kune imwe nzvimbo, paungavaona uripo; ungangoona vokumudzivo voga, haungavaoni vose; nditukirei ivo uri ipapo.

¹³And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

¹⁴Zvino akaenda naye kumunda waZofimu, pamusoro pePisiga, akavaka aritari nomwe, akabayira nzombe negondobwe paaritari imwe neimwe.

¹⁴And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

¹⁵Akati kuna Bharaki, Chimira pano pachipiriso chako chinopiswa, ini ndindosangana naJehovha uko.

¹⁵And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

¹⁶Ipapo Jehovha akasangana naBharamu, akaisa shoko mumuromo make, akati, Dzokera kuna Bharaki utaure kudai.

¹⁶And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

¹⁷Iye akaenda kwaari, akamuwana amire pachipiriso chake chinopiswa, machinda aMoabhu anaye. Bharaki akati kwaari, Jehovha wakataureiko?

¹⁷And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?

¹⁸Ipapo akataura nomufananidzo wake, akati, Simuka, iwe Bharaki, unzwe; Nditeerere, iwe mwanakomana waZipori:

¹⁸And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

¹⁹Mwari haazi munhu kuti areve nhema; kunyange Mwanakomana womunhu Haangashanduki; Chaakataura, haangachiiti kanhi? Chaakataura, haangachisimbisi kanhi?

¹⁹God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

²⁰Tarira, ndakarairwa kuti ndiropafadze; lye wakatopafadza, ini handigoni kuzvishandura.

²⁰Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

²¹Haana kuona zvakaipa kuna Jakove; Haana kuona zvakashata kuna Isiraeri; Jehovha Mwari wake anaye, Vanopupurira mambo pakati pavo.

²¹He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

²²Mwari akavabudisa Egipita, Ane simba rakafanana nerenyati.

²²God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

²³Zvirokwazvo hakuna un'anga kuna Jakove, Uye hakuna kuuka kuna Isiraeri; Zvino zvicharehwa pamusoro paJakove napamusoro paIsiraeri, Zvakaitwa naMwari,

²³Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

²⁴Tarirai, vanhu avo vanosimuka seshumbakadzi, Vanosimuka seshumba. Havangavati pasi vasati vadya chakabatwa, Nokumwa ropa rechakaurawa.

²⁴Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

²⁵Zvino Bharaki akati kuna Bharamu, Usatongovatuka, kana kutongovaropafadza.

²⁵And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

²⁶Asi Bharamu akapindura, akati kuna Bharaki, Handina kukuudza here, ndikati, Zvose zvinotaurwa naJehovha, ndizvo zvandinofanira kuita?

²⁶But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

²⁷Bharaki akati kuna Bharamu, Uya zvino, ndiende newe kune imwe nzvimbo; zvimwe Mwari angafara nazvo kuti unditukire ivo, uri ipapo.

²⁷And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

²⁸Zvino Bharaki akaenda naBharamu pamusoro pePeori, panotarira pasi kurenje.

²⁸And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

²⁹Bharamu akati kuna Bharaki, Ndivakire pano aritari nomwe, undigadzirire pano nzombe nomwe namakondobwe manomwe.

²⁹And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

³⁰Bharaki akaita sezvakarehwa naBharamu, akabayira nzombe negondobwe paaritari imwe neimwe.

³⁰And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.