Numbers 23
1 तब बिलाम ने बालाक से कहा, यहां पर मेरे लिये सात वेदियां बनवा, और इसी स्थान पर सात बछड़े और सात मेढ़े तैयार कर।
2 तब बालाक ने बिलाम के कहने के अनुसार किया; और बालाक और बिलाम ने मिलकर प्रत्येक वेदी पर एक बछड़ा और एक मेढ़ा चढ़ाया।
3 फिर बिलाम ने बालाक से कहा, तू अपने होमबलि के पास खड़ा रह, और मैं जाता हूं; सम्भव है कि यहोवा मुझ से भेंट करने को आए; और जो कुछ वह मुझ पर प्रकाश करेगा वही मैं तुझ को बताऊंगा। तब वह एक मुण्डे पहाड़ पर गया।
4 और परमेश्वर बिलाम से मिला; और बिलाम ने उससे कहा, मैं ने सात वेदियां तैयार की हैं, और प्रत्येक वेदी पर एक बछड़ा और एक मेढ़ा चढ़ाया है।
5 यहोवा ने बिलाम के मुंह में एक बात डालीं, और कहा, बालाक के पास लौट जो, और यों कहना।
6 और वह उसके पास लौटकर आ गया, और क्या देखता है, कि वह सारे मोआबी हाकिमों समेत अपने होमबलि के पास खड़ा है।
7 तब बिलाम ने अपनी गूढ़ बात आरम्भ की, और कहने लगा, बालाक ने मुझे आराम से, अर्थात मोआब के राजा ने मुझे पूरब के पहाड़ों से बुलवा भेजा: आ, मेरे लिये याकूब को शाप दे, आ, इस्त्राएल को धमकी दे!
8 परन्तु जिन्हें ईश्वर ने नहीं शाप दिया उन्हें मैं क्यों शाप दूं? और जिन्हें यहोवा ने धमकी नहीं दी उन्हें मैं कैसे धमकी दूं?
9 चट्टानों की चोटी पर से वे मुझे दिखाई पड़ते हैं, पहाडिय़ों पर से मैं उन को देखता हूं; वह ऐसी जाति है जो अकेली बसी रहेगी, और अन्यजातियों से अलग गिनी जाएगी!
10 याकूब के धूलि के किनके को कौन गिन सकता है, वा इस्त्राएल की चौथाई की गिनती कौन ले सकता है? सौभाग्य यदि मेरी मृत्यु धर्मियों की सी, और मेरा अन्त भी उन्हीं के समान हो!
11 तब बालाक ने बिलाम से कहा, तू ने मुझ से क्या किया है? मैं ने तुझे अपने शत्रुओं को शाप देने बुलवाया था, परन्तु तू ने उन्हें आशीष ही आशीष दी है।
12 उसने कहा, जो बात यहोवा ने मुझे सिखलाई क्या मुझे उसी को सावधानी से बोलना न चाहिये?
13 बालाक ने उससे कहा, मेरे संग दूसरे स्थान पर चल, जहां से वे तुझे दिखाई देंगे; तू उन सभों को तो नहीं, केवल बाहर वालों को देख सकेगा; वहां से उन्हें मेरे लिये शाप दे।
14 तब वह उसको सोपीम नाम मैदान में पिसगा के सिरे पर ले गया, और वहां सात वेदियां बनवाकर प्रत्येक पर एक बछड़ा और एक मेढ़ा चढ़ाया।
15 तब बिलाम ने बालाक से कहा, अपने होमबलि के पास यहीं खड़ा रह, और मैं उधर जा कर यहोवा से भेंट करूं।
16 और यहोवा ने बिलाम से भेंट की, और उसने उसके मुंह में एक बात डाली, और कहा, कि बालाक के पास लौट जा, और यों कहना।
17 और वह उसके पास गया, और क्या देखता है, कि वह मोआबी हाकिमों समेत अपने होमबलि के पास खड़ा है। और बालाक ने पूछा, कि यहोवा ने क्या कहा है?
18 तब बिलाम ने अपनी गूढ़ बात आरम्भ की, और कहने लगा, हे बालाक, मन लगाकर सुन, हे सिप्पोर के पुत्र, मेरी बात पर कान लगा:
19 ईश्वर मनुष्य नहीं, कि झूठ बोले, और न वह आदमी है, कि अपनी इच्छा बदले। क्या जो कुछ उसने कहा उसे न करे? क्या वह वचन देकर उस पूरा न करे?
20 देख, आशीर्वाद ही देने की आज्ञा मैं ने पाई है: वह आशीष दे चुका है, और मैं उसे नहीं पलट सकता।
21 उसने याकूब में अनर्थ नहीं पाया; और न इस्त्राएल में अन्याय देखा है। उसका परमेश्वर यहोवा उसके संग है, और उन में राजा की सी ललकार होती है।
22 उन को मिस्र में से ईश्वर ही निकाले लिये आ रहा है, वह तो बैनेले सांड के समान बल रखता है।
23 निश्चय कोई मंत्र याकूब पर नहीं चल सकता, और इस्त्राएल पर भावी कहना कोई अर्थ नहीं रखता; परन्तु याकूब और इस्त्राएल के विषय अब यह कहा जाएगा, कि ईश्वर ने क्या ही विचित्र काम किया है!
24 सुन, वह दल सिंहनी की नाईं उठेगा, और सिंह की नाईं खड़ा होगा; वह जब तक अहेर को न खा ले, और मरे हुओं के लोहू को न पी ले, तब तक न लेटेगा॥
25 तब बालाक ने बिलाम से कहा, उन को न तो शाप देना, और न आशीष देना।
26 बिलाम ने बालाक से कहा, क्या मैं ने तुझ से नहीं कहा, कि जो कुछ यहोवा मुझ से कहेगा, वही मुझे करना पड़ेगा?
27 बालाक ने बिलाम से कहा चल, मैं तुझ को एक और स्थान पर ले चलता हूं; सम्भव है कि परमेश्वर की इच्छा हो कि तू वहां से उन्हें मेरे लिये शाप दे।
28 तब बालाक बिलाम को पोर के सिरे पर, जहां से यशीमोन देश दिखाई देता है, ले गया।
29 और बिलाम ने बालाक से कहा, यहां पर मेरे लिये सात वेदियां बनवा, और यहां सात बछड़े और सात मेढ़े तैयार कर।
30 बिलाम के कहने के अनुसार बालाक ने प्रत्येक वेदी पर एक बछड़ा और एक मेढ़ा चढ़ाया॥
1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
5 And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?
13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.
16 And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken?
18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?
27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.