DIPALO 23 - SetswanaTswana 1908/1992（TSW08NO）

1Balaame a raya Balake, a re: “Nkagela fano dibeso di supa, o mpaakanyetse fano dikgongwana di supa, le diphelefu di supa.”

2Balake a dira jaaka Balaame a buile; Balake le Balaame ba isa kgongwana le phelefu tshupelo mo sebesong sengwe le sengwe.

3Balaame a raya Balake a re: “Ema fa tshupelong ya gago e e fisiwang, nna ke tlaa tsamaya; e tlaa re gongwe Jehofa a tle go kopana le nna; le fa e le eng se o se ntshupetsang ke tlaa se go bolelela.” Mme a palama thota e e lobala fela.

4Modimo wa kopana le Balaame, mme a o raya a re: “Ke baakantse dibeso di supa, ke isitse kgongwana le phelefu tshupelo mo sebesong sengwe le sengwe.”

5Jehofa a tsenya lefoko mo molomong wa ga Balaame, a re: “Boela kwa go Balake, o bue nae jaana.”

6A boela kwa go ene, a fitlhela a eme fa tshupelong ya gagwe e e fisiwang, ene le dikgosana tsotlhe tsa Moabe.

7A bua ka setshwantsho sa gagwe a re:

“Balake a tswa go ntsaya kwa Arame;

kgosi ya Moabe e ntshotse

kwa dithabeng tsa botlhabatsatsi,

a re:

‘Ntlo, o mphutsetse Jakobe,

ntlo, o bopele Iseraele.’

8Ke tlaa hutsa jang

ene yo Modimo o sa mo hutsang?

Ke tlaa bopela jang

ene yo Jehofa a sa mmopelang?

9Gonne ke a mmona

ke le mo godimo ga mafika,

ke le mo godimo ga dithota

ke mo lebile;

bona, ke tšhaba

e e agileng e le yosi,

mme ga e ketla e balelwa

mo merafeng.

10E mang yo o ka balang

lorole lwa ga Jakobe,

kgotsa a bolela

palo ya kgaogano

ya bone ya Iseraele?

A ke swe loso lwa mosiami,

mme bokhutlo jwa me

bo nne jaaka jwa gagwe!”

11Balake a raya Balaame a re: “O ntiretseng? Ka go tsaya, ka re o tle o mphutsetse baba ba me, mme bona o ba segofaditse gotlhe fela.”

12A mo fetola a re: “A ga ke a na le go tlhokomela go bua fela se Jehofa o se ntsenyang mo molomong?”

Polelelopele ya bobedi ya ga Balaame

13Balake a mo raya, a re: “A ko o ye le nna, re ye kwa felong go sele, kwa o tlaa ba bonang o le teng; o tlaa bona sekhutlo sa bone fela, ga o ketla o ba bona botlhe; o tle o ba mphutsetse o le gone foo.”

14A mo isa kwa setlhabeng sa Sofime, kwa tlhoreng ya Pisega, a aga dibeso di supa teng, a isa kgongwana le phelefu tshupelo mo sebesong sengwe le sengwe.

15A raya Balake, a re: “Ema fano fa tshupelong ya gago e e fisiwang, ka ke sa ya go kopana le Jehofa fale.”

16Jehofa a kopana le Balaame, a tsenya lefoko mo molomong wa gagwe, a re: “Boela kwa go Balake, o bue jaana.”

17A tla kwa go ene, a fitlhela a eme fa tshupelong ya gagwe e e fisiwang, le dikgosana tsa Moabe di na nae. Balake a mo raya a re: “Jehofa o buileng?”

18A bua ka setshwantsho sa gagwe a re:

“Ema Balake o utlwe,

o ntheetse wena morwa Sipore:

19Modimo ga se motho

yo o ka akang,

le gone ga se morwa motho

yo o ka ikwatlhayang;

kgotsa, a o buile,

mme a ga o ketla o se dira?

Kgotsa a o ntshitse lentswe,

ga o ketla o le tlhomamisa?

20Bona, ke neilwe taolo

ya gore ke segofatse;

one o segofaditse,

mme nna ga nkake ka fetola.

21Ga o a bona boikepo mo go Jakobe

le gone ga o a bona bokgopo

mo go Iseraele;

Jehofa Modimo wa gagwe

o na nae,

lošalaba lwa kgosi lo mo go bone.

22Modimo o ba ntsha mo Egepeto;

o na le thata ekete ya nare.

23Ruri Jakobe ga a na mereo,

Iseraele ga a na ditaola;

jaanong go tlaa buiwa

ka ga Jakobe le Iseraele go twe:

‘Ana Modimo o dirileng!’

24Bona, tšhaba e,

e nanoga jaaka tau e namagadi,

le jaaka tau e tona,

e ikgogomosa jalo;

ga e ketla e robala e ise e je thopo,

e ise e nwe madi

a ba ba bolailweng.”

25Balake a raya Balaame, a re: “O se ka wa ba hutsa gope, le gone o se ka wa ba segofatsa gope.”

26Balaame a fetola a raya Balake, a re: “A ga ke a go bolelela ka re: Gotlhe mo Jehofa o go buang, ke na le go go dira fela?”

Polelelopele ya boraro ya ga Balaame

27Balake a raya Balaame, a re: “Ntlo, ke tlaa go isa kwa felong go sele, e tlaa re gongwe go kgatlhe Modimo gore o ba mphutsetse o le gone foo.”

28Balake a isa Balaame kwa tlhoreng ya Peore e e okameng sekaka.

29Balaame a raya Balake, a re: “Nkagela fano dibeso di supa, o mpaakanyetse fano dikgongwana di supa le diphelefu di supa.”

30Balake a dira jaaka Balaame a buile, a isa kgongwana le phelefu tshupelo mo sebesong sengwe le sengwe.