Heluhelu
23:1 I aku la o Balaama ia Balaka, E hana oe no'u maanei i mau kuahu ehiku, a e hoomakaukau oe no'u
Eia na bipikane ehiku a me na hipakane ehiku.
23:2 Hana iho la o Balaka e like me ka Balaama i olelo ai; a kaumaha aku la o Balaka laua o Balaama
he bipikane a me ka hipakane keia kuahu.
23:3 I aku la o Balaama ia Balaka, E ku oe ma kau mohaikuni, a e hele aku au.
malia paha e hele mai o Iehova e halawai me au;
E hai aku au ia oe. A hele aku la ia i kahi kiekie.
23:4 A halawai mai la ke Akua me Balaama.
a ua kaumaha au ma kela kuahu a pau i ka bipikane a me ka hipakane.
23:5 A waiho mai la o Iehova i olelo ma ka waha o Balaama, i mai la, E hoi oe io Balaka la.
a penei kau e olelo aku ai.
23:6 A hoʻi hou aku ʻo ia iā ia, aia hoʻi, kū ʻo ia ma kāna mōhai kuni.
a me na'lii a pau o Moaba.
23:7 Haʻi aʻela ia i kāna ʻōlelo nane, ʻī akula, Na Balaka ke aliʻi o Moaba
Ua lawe mai ia'u mai Suria mai, mai na mauna o ka hikina mai, i ka i ana mai, E hele mai.
e hoino mai ia'u ia Iakoba, a e hele mai, e hoino i ka Iseraela.
23:8 Pehea wau e hōʻino aku ai i ka mea a ke Akua i hōʻino ʻole ai? pehea la wau e hoole aku ai ia wai
ʻAʻole anei ʻo Iēhova i hōʻole mai?
23:9 No ka mea, mai ka piko o na pohaku au e ike ia ia, a mai na puu mai au e ike
ia: aia hoi, e noho mehameha na kanaka, aole e helu pu ia me lakou
nā lāhui kanaka.
23:10 ʻO wai ka mea hiki ke helu i ka lepo o Iakoba, a me ka helu o ka hapahā o
Iseraela? E make au i ka make o ka poe pono, a e lilo ko'u hope
e like me kona!
23:11 Nīnau maila ʻo Balaka iā Balaʻama, He aha kāu i hana mai ai iaʻu? Ua lawe au iā ʻoe i
e hoino i ko'u poe enemi, aia hoi, ua hoopomaikai loa mai oe ia lakou.
23:12 LK ʻAe, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻAʻole pono wau e makaʻala i ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka mea
Ua waiho mai anei o Iehova iloko o ko'u waha?
23:13 ʻĪ akula ʻo Balaka iā ia, Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe, e hele pū me aʻu i kahi ʻē.
ma kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe iā lākou;
ia lakou, aole oe e ike ia lakou a pau;
23:14 A alakai aku la oia ia ia i ke kula o Zopima, ma ka piko o Pisega, a
hana iho la i ehiku kuahu, a kaumaha aku i ka bipikane a me ka hipakane ma kela kuahu a pau.
23:15 ʻĪ akula ʻo ia iā Balaka, E kū ʻoe ma ʻaneʻi ma kāu mōhai kuni, i koʻu hālāwai ʻana
ka Haku ma o.
23:16 A halawai mai la o Iehova me Balaama, a waiho mai la i olelo ma kona waha, i mai la, E hoi hou oe.
ia Balaka, e i aku oe penei.
23:17 A i kona hele ʻana i ona lā, aia ʻo ia e kū ana ma kāna mōhai kuni
nā aliʻi o Moaba me ia. ʻĪ akula ʻo Balaka iā ia, He aha kā Iēhova?
ʻōlelo ʻia?
23:18. Haʻi aʻela ʻo ia i kāna ʻōlelo nane, ʻī akula, E ala, e Balaka, e hoʻolohe; e hoolohe mai
iaʻu, e ke keiki a Zipora;
23:19 ʻAʻole he kanaka ke Akua e hoʻopunipuni; aole hoi o ke keiki a ke kanaka
e mihi: ua ʻōlelo anei ʻo ia, ʻaʻole anei ia e hana? Ua ʻōlelo paha ʻo ia,
ʻAʻole anei ʻo ia e hoʻomaikaʻi?
23:20 LK ʻAe, ua loaʻa iaʻu ke kauoha e hoʻomaikaʻi. a ʻo wau
hiki ole ke hoohuli.
23:21 ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ka hewa i loko o Iakoba, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ka hewa.
i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela: ʻo Iēhova kona Akua me ia, a ʻo ka hoʻōho ʻana o ke aliʻi
iwaena o lakou.
23:22 Na ke Akua i lawe mai ia lakou mai Aigupita mai; ua like kona ikaika me he
unicorn.
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ka kilokilo ana i ka Iseraela: e like me keia manawa e oleloia
ʻO Iakoba a me ka ʻIseraʻela, He aha kā ke Akua i hana ai!
23:24 Aia hoʻi, e ala mai nā kānaka e like me ka liona nui, a e hoʻokiʻekiʻe iā ia iho e like me ka liona
he liona opio: aole ia e moe a ai iho i ka mea pio, a inu hoi
ke koko o ka poe i pepehiia.
23:25 ʻĪ akula ʻo Balaka iā Balaʻama, Mai hōʻino iki iā lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi iā lākou.
pau loa.
23:26. Olelo aku la o Balaama ia Balaka, i aku la, Aole au i hai aku ia oe, i ka i ana, Pau
ʻo kā Iēhova i ʻōlelo mai ai, ʻo ia kaʻu e hana ai?
23:27 ʻĪ akula ʻo Balaka iā Balaʻama, Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe, e hele mai, e alakaʻi aku au iā ʻoe
wahi e ae; malia paha e oluolu ke Akua e hoino mai oe ia'u
mai laila mai.
23:28 A alakai aku la o Balaka ia Balaama i ka piko o Peora e nana pono ana
Iesimona.
23:29 I aku la o Balaama ia Balaka, E hana oe no'u maanei i mau kuahu ehiku, a e hoomakaukau oe no'u
Eia na bipikane ehiku a me na hipakane ehiku.
23:30 Hana iho la o Balaka e like me ka Balaama i olelo ai, a kaumaha aku la i ka bipi a me ka hipakane maluna
kēlā me kēia kuahu.