Heluhelu
24:1 A ike iho la o Balaama, ua lealea o Iehova i ka hoomaikai i ka Iseraela, hele aku la ia
ʻaʻole e like me nā manawa ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea hoʻokalakupua, akā, ua kau ʻo ia i kona maka
i ka waonahele.
24:2 Alawa ae la na maka o Balaama iluna, a ike aku la i ka Iseraela e noho ana ma kona mau halelewa
e like me ko lakou mau ohana; a kau mai la ka Uhane o ke Akua maluna ona.
24:3 Haʻi aʻela ia i kāna ʻōlelo nane, ʻī maila, Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Balaʻama ke keiki a Beora.
a ua ʻōlelo ke kanaka nona nā maka i ʻakaʻaka.
24:4 Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ka mea i lohe i ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua, ka mea i ʻike i ka hihiʻo o ka
Mea mana loa, e hāʻule ana i loko o ka ʻuhane, akā ua hāmama kona mau maka:
24:5 Nani ka maikai o kou mau halelewa, e Iakoba, a me kou mau halelewa, e ka Iseraela!
24:6 E like me nā awāwa i hohola ʻia, e like me nā kīhāpai ma kapa o ka muliwai
na laau aloe a Iehova i kanu ai, a me na laau kedera
ma ka aoao o na wai.
24: 7. E ninini aku oia i ka wai mailoko mai o kona mau bkeke, a iloko o kana hua
na wai he nui, a e oi aku kona alii maluna o Agaga, a me kona aupuni
e hookiekieia.
24:8 Na ke Akua i lawe mai ia ia mai Aigupita mai; ia ia ka ikaika o
he union: e ai no ia i na lahuikanaka i kona poe enemi, a e uhai
i ko lakou mau iwi, a hou aku ia lakou me kana mau pua.
24: 9. Moe iho la ia e like me ka liona, a me ka liona nui.
iā ia i luna? Pōmaikaʻi ka mea hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe, a pōʻino ka mea hōʻino
oe.
24:10. Ua hoaia ka huhu o Balaka ia Balaama, a hahau iho la ia i kona mau lima
ʻī maila ʻo Balaka iā Balaʻama, Ua kāhea aku au iā ʻoe e hōʻino i koʻu
poe enemi, aia hoi, ua hoopomaikai loa mai oe ia lakou i keia mau mea ekolu
manawa.
24:11 LK ʻĀnō, e holo ʻoe i kou wahi
hanohano nui; aka, aia hoi, ua keakea mai o Iehova ia oe i ka hanohano.
24:12 ʻĪ akula ʻo Balaʻama iā Balaka, ʻAʻole anei au i ʻōlelo aku i kāu poʻe ʻelele
Ua hoʻouna mai ʻoe iaʻu, i ka ʻī ʻana mai,
24:13 Ina e haawi mai o Balaka i kona hale i ke kala a me ke gula, aole hiki ia'u ke hele
ma waho aʻe o ke kauoha a Iēhova, e hana i ka maikaʻi a me ka hewa naʻu iho
noonoo; akā, ʻo ka mea a Iēhova e ʻōlelo mai ai, ʻo ia kaʻu e ʻōlelo aku ai?
24:14 LK ʻĀnō, hele wau i koʻu poʻe
E hai aku oe i ka mea a keia poe kanaka e hana mai ai i kou poe kanaka mahope
lā.
24:15 Haʻi aʻela ia i kāna ʻōlelo nane, ʻī maila, Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Balaʻama ke keiki a Beora.
a ua ʻōlelo ke kanaka nona nā maka i ʻakaʻaka.
24:16 Ka mea i lohe i ka olelo a ke Akua, a ike i ka ike
ka mea kiekie loa, ka mea i ike i ka hihio o ka Mea Mana Loa, e haule ana iloko o a
aka, ua kaakaa nae kona mau maka.
24:17 LK ʻIke wau iā ia, ʻaʻole i kēia manawa
E puka mai auanei ka Hoku mailoko mai o Iakoba, A e ku mai auanei ke kookoo alii mai loko mai o ka Iseraela;
A e luku aku ia i na kihi o Moaba, a e luku aku i na keiki a pau
Sheth.
24:18 A e lilo ʻo ʻEdoma i hoʻoilina, a ʻo Seira hoʻi kona waiwai
nā ʻenemi; a e hana ikaika ka Iseraela.
24:19 Noloko mai o Iakoba e puka mai ai ka mea e alii ai, a e luku aku
ka mea i koe o ke kulanakauhale.
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oia ka mua o na aina; aka, o kona hope, e make ia
mau loa.
24:21 A nana aku la ia i ka poe Keni, hapai ae la ia i kana olelonane, i mai la
kou wahi e noho ai, a hookomo oe i kou punana ma ka pohaku.
24:22 Akā, e hoʻopau ʻia ka Keni, a lawe ʻo ʻAsura iā ʻoe
pio pio.
24:23 A ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kāna ʻōlelo nane, Auwe, ʻo wai ke ola i ke Akua
hana i keia!
24:24 A e hele mai nā moku mai ke kahakai ʻo Kitima, a e hoʻopilikia
ʻAsuria, a e hoʻopilikia ʻo ia iā ʻEbera, a e make mau loa nō ia.
24:25 Ku ae la o Balaama, a hele aku la, a hoi aku la i kona wahi, a me Balaka kekahi
hele aku la ia.