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

¹And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams.`

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

²And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak — Balaam also — offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar,

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 saith to Balak, `Station thyself by thy burnt-offering and I go on, it may be Jehovah doth come to meet me, and the thing which He sheweth me — I have declared to thee;` and he goeth [to] a high place.

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

⁴And God cometh unto Balaam, and he saith unto Him, `The seven altars I have arranged, and I offer a bullock and a ram on the altar;`

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

⁵and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.`

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

⁶And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, 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 taketh up his simile, and saith: `From Aram he doth lead me — Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come — curse for me Jacob, And come — be indignant [with] Israel.

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

⁸What — do I pierce? — God hath not pierced! And what — am I indignant? — Jehovah hath not been indignant!

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

⁹For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself.

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

¹⁰Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!`

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

¹¹And Balak saith unto Balaam, `What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee — and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;`

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

¹²and he answereth and saith, `That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth — it do I not take heed to speak?`

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

¹³And Balak saith unto him, `Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, whence thou dost see it, only its extremity thou dost see, and all of it thou dost not see, and pierce it for me thence;`

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

¹⁴and he taketh him [to] the field of Zophim, unto the top of Pisgah, and buildeth seven altars, and offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar.

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

¹⁵And he saith unto Balak, `Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I — I meet [Him] there;`

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

¹⁶and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.`

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

¹⁷And he cometh unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him, and Balak saith to him: `What hath Jehovah spoken?`

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

¹⁸And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

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

¹⁹God [is] not a man — and lieth, And a son of man — and repenteth! Hath He said — and doth He not do [it]? And spoken — and doth He not confirm it?

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

²⁰Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I [can]not 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, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God [is] with him, And a shout of a king [is] in him.

²²Mwari akavabudisa Egipita, Ane simba rakafanana nerenyati.

²²God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;

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

²³For no enchantment [is] against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!

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

²⁴Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.`

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

²⁵And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;`

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

²⁶and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, `Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh — it I do?`

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

²⁷And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God — to pierce it for me from thence.`

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

²⁸And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,

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

²⁹and Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams;`

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

³⁰and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar.