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

¹Quixye laj Balaam: —Takla xyîbanquil cuukub li artal saß li naßajej aßin. Ut cauresihomakeb cuukub li toro ut cuukub li têlom carner, chan.

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

²Laj Balac quixbânu joß quixye laj Balaam. Ut saß cuibal queßxmayeja junjûnk li toro ut junjûnk li têlom carner saß li junjûnk chi artal.

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.

³Laj Balaam quixye re laj Balac: —Canâkat arin chi xcßatk lâ mayej. Lâin xic cue. Mâre li Kâcuaß tââtinak cuiqßuin. Li cßaßru tixye cue, lâin tinye âcue, chan. Ut laj Balaam cô toj saß xbên jun li tzûl mâcßaß cuan chiru.

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

⁴Ut li Kâcuaß quixcßutbesi rib chiru laj Balaam ut laj Balaam quixye re: —Lâin xintakla xyîbanquil cuukub li artal ut xinmayeja jun li toro ut jun li têlom carner saß li junjûnk chi artal, chan.

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

⁵Li Kâcuaß quixye re laj Balaam cßaßru tixye re laj Balac. Quixye re: —Ayu cuan cuiß laj Balac ut tâye re li cßaßru xinye âcue, chan.

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

⁶Ut laj Balaam cô riqßuin laj Balac. Laj Balac xakxo chixcßatk lix cßatbil mayej. Cuanqueb rochben li nequeßtenkßan re chi taklânc.

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

⁷Ut laj Balaam quixye li âtin aßin: —Laj Balac lix reyeb laj Moab quicßamoc chak cue aran Aram saß li naßajej li tzûl ru, li cuan saß li este. Quixye cue: “Quim cuiqßuin ut tzßâma mâusilal saß xbêneb laj Israel, li ralal xcßajol laj Jacob”, chan cue.

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

⁸¿Chanru nak tintzßâma mâusilal saß xbêneb li osobtesinbileb xban li Kâcuaß? ¿Ma târûk ta biß tintzßektânaheb li incßaß queßtzßektânâc xban li Kâcuaß?

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

⁹Toj saß li tzûl aßin li cuan cuiß li nînki pec nequeßcuil. Saß xbên li tzûl aßin li najt xteram nequeßcuil. Nacuil li tenamit li nequeßcuan xjuneseb. Incßaß nequeßxjunaji rib riqßuineb li xnînkal ru tenamit.

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

¹⁰Incßaß naru rajlanquileb li ralal xcßajol laj Jacob. Chanchaneb li poks xban xqßuialeb. Usan cui tincâmk joß nak nequeßcam li tîqueb xchßôl. Usan cui tin-osokß joß nak nequeßosoß eb aßan, chan laj Balaam.

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

¹¹Quixye laj Balac re laj Balaam: —¿Cßaßru yôcat? Lâin xatincßam chak arin re nak tâtzßâma mâusilal saß xbêneb li xicß nequeßiloc cue. Abanan incßaß xabânu. Xatzßâma ban usilal saß xbêneb, chan.

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

¹²Ut laj Balaam quixye re: —¿Ma incßaß ta biß xinye âcue nak lâin tinye li cßaßru xye cue li Kâcuaß?—

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

¹³Ut laj Balac quixye re: —Lâin nintzßâma châcuu nak tatxic chicuix saß jalan chic naßajej. Ut aran tâcuileb. Aran incßaß tâcuileb chixjunileb ut naru tâtzßâma mâusilal saß xbêneb, chan.

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

¹⁴Quixcßam laj Balaam saß li cßalebâl Zofim ut queßtakeß saß xbên li tzûl Pisga. Quixyîb cuukub chic li artal ut quixmayeja jun li toro ut jun li carner saß li junjûnk chi artal.

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

¹⁵Quixye laj Balaam re laj Balac: —Canâkat arin chixcßatk lâ cßatbil mayej. Lâin tinxic injunes chi âtinac riqßuin li Dios, chan.

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

¹⁶Ut li Kâcuaß quiâtinac riqßuin laj Balaam ut quixye re: —Ayu cuan cuiß laj Balac ut tâye re li cßaßru xinye âcue, chan.

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

¹⁷Ut laj Balaam quisukßi saß li naßajej li xakxo cuiß laj Balac chi xcßatk lix cßatbil mayej. Cuanqueb rochben li nequeßtenkßan re chi taklânc. Laj Balac quixye re: —¿Cßaßru xye âcue li Kâcuaß? chan.

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

¹⁸Ut laj Balaam quixye li âtin aßin: —At Balac, ralal laj Zipor, qßue retal li cuâtin. Abi li cßaßru oc cue chixyebal.

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

¹⁹Li Dios moco cuînk ta. Li Dios incßaß naticßtißic chi moco naxjal xcßaßux. Junelic naxbânu li cßaßru naxye. Ut junelic naxbânu li cßaßru naxyechißi.

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

²⁰Xinixtakla chirosobtesinquileb li tenamit. Xrosobtesiheb laj Israel ut lâin incßaß naru tinjal li cßaßru quixye li Dios.

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

²¹Mâcßaß raylal yôqueb chixbânunquil laj Israel li ralal xcßajol laj Jacob. Eb aßan cuanqueb saß xyâlal. Li Kâcuaß lix Dioseb cuan riqßuineb. Ut nequeßxnau nak aßan lix reyeb.

²²Mwari akavabudisa Egipita, Ane simba rakafanana nerenyati.

²²Li Dios qui-isin chak reheb saß li naßajej Egipto. Kßaxal nabaleb ut cauheb rib joß li bôyx li cuan saß qßuicheß.

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

²³Mâ ani naru tâtûlânk reheb chi moco laj kße târûk tixbânu mâusilal reheb. Anakcuan eb li tenamit teßxye “Qßuehomak retal chanru nak li Dios quirosobtesiheb laj Israel, li ralal xcßajol laj Jacob.”

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

²⁴Eb laj Israel kßaxal cauhak ribeb. Incßaß teßhilânk toj teßnumtâk saß xbêneb li xicß nequeßiloc reheb joß li cakcoj li incßaß nahilan toj nak ac xchap lix tib ut xtiu ut xrucß lix quiqßuel, chan laj Balaam.

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

²⁵Laj Balac quixye re laj Balaam: —Cui incßaß naru tâtzßâma mâusilal saß xbêneb, chi moco rosobtesinquileb tâtzßâma, chan.

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

²⁶Ut laj Balaam quixye re: —¿Ma incßaß ta biß xinye âcue nak li cßaßru tixye cue li Kâcuaß Dios, aßan tinbânu? chan.

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

²⁷Laj Balac quixye re laj Balaam: —Lâin nintzßâma châcuu nak tatxic chicuix saß jalan chic naßajej. Mâre saß li naßajej aßan li Kâcuaß Dios tatxcanab chixtzßâmanquil mâusilal saß xbêneb, chan.

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

²⁸Ut laj Balac quixcßam laj Balaam saß xbên li tzûl Peor li nacßutun cuiß li chaki chßochß.

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

²⁹Ut laj Balaam quixye re laj Balac: —Tâyîb cuukub li artal ut cauresi cuukub li toro ut cuukub li carner.—Laj Balac quixbânu joß quixye laj Balaam. Ut quixmayeja jun li toro ut jun li carner saß xbên li junjûnk chi artal.

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

³⁰Laj Balac quixbânu joß quixye laj Balaam. Ut quixmayeja jun li toro ut jun li carner saß xbên li junjûnk chi artal.