2 MeqabyanEthiopian Orthodox TewahedoAccepted by Some TraditionsGe'ez tradition, commonly transmitted through AmharicShare2 Meqabyan 10Wikisource community English translation - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableWikisource community English translationLanguageEnglishEspañol‹2 Meqabyan 12 Meqabyan 22 Meqabyan 32 Meqabyan 42 Meqabyan 52 Meqabyan 62 Meqabyan 72 Meqabyan 82 Meqabyan 92 Meqabyan 102 Meqabyan 112 Meqabyan 122 Meqabyan 132 Meqabyan 142 Meqabyan 152 Meqabyan 162 Meqabyan 172 Meqabyan 182 Meqabyan 192 Meqabyan 202 Meqabyan 21›2 Meqabyan 102 Meqabyan 10ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Fear the Lord who created you and kept you until today; and you, the nobles and the kings, do not walk on the path of Satan. 2Live in the Law and Command of the Lord who rules all; do not walk on the path of Satan. 3As in the time when the children of Israel came toward Amalek to inherit the country of the Hittites, Canaanites, and Perizzites—Balak the son of Zippor and Balaam... 4"Whom you curse is cursed, and whom you bless is blessed." Do not go on Satan’s road, for he has said, "I will give you much silver and gold to honor you, so that you might curse them for me, and having cursed them, destroy them for me." 5For Balaam came making his reward for sorcery a motivation, and Balak the son of Zippor showed him the place where the children of Israel camped. 6For he performed his pessimism (divinations), offered his sacrifices, and slaughtered his fattened cows and sheep; for he desired to curse and destroy the children of Israel. 7But the curse was returned as a blessing; since the Lord did not wish for him to curse them by His Word, do not walk on the path of Satan. 8"As you are the people the Lord chose, as you are the Lord’s Dwelling that shall come from Heaven, let those who curse you be cursed, and let those who bless you be blessed," he said. 9When he blessed them, Balak the son of Zippor was grieved and angry, and he commanded him again to curse them. 10For the people whom the Lord blessed had come to this country, and Balaam told him, "I will not curse Israel, whom the Lord has blessed." 11Balak said to Balaam, "I desired that you would curse them for me, but you blessed them before me. If you had cursed them and asked me to give to you, I would have given you a house full of silver and gold. But you blessed them completely; you did nothing good for me, so I will do nothing good for you." 12Balaam said, "What the Lord tells me to speak with my tongue, I will speak; for I cannot dare to ignore the things of the Lord. 13I will not curse a blessed people, for the Lord shall be angry with me if I love money. I do not love money more than my soul. 14As the Lord told their father Jacob: 'Let those who bless you be blessed and those who curse you be cursed.' I will not curse the blessed Jacob; I do not love money more than my soul," he said. And as the Lord told him: "He who blesses you is blessed..." 15"...and a person who curses you unjustly is cursed." Complete your path and your work so that the Lord might love you. 16Do not be like those of old who grieved the Lord in their sin and whom He neglected—some of whom He destroyed in the Waters of Destruction (The Flood). 17There are those whom He destroyed by the hands of their haters and enemies—evil persons who brought tribulation upon them, capturing their lords, priests, and prophets. 18They delivered them to a foreign country they did not know; they captured them, plundered their livestock, and destroyed their land. 19For they demolished the walls and ramparts of the honored city, Jerusalem, and they made Jerusalem like a plowed field. 20The priests were captured, the Law was demolished, and warriors fell in battle. 21The widows were captured; as they were taken, they wept for themselves, yet they did not weep for their dead husbands. 22The children wept and the elders were shamed; they showed no mercy to the grey-haired or the aged. 23They destroyed all they found in the country; they showed no mercy for beauty or for those in the Law. As the Lord was angry with His people, He permitted His Dwelling, the Temple, to be destroyed beforehand, and they were captured and taken to unknown countries and peoples. 24Because they grieved their Creator constantly, the Lord neglected the children of Israel and allowed Jerusalem to be plowed like a field. 25He is kind to them because of their fathers, but He did not destroy them all at once. Because He loved their fathers Isaac, Abraham, and Jacob—who reigned truly and lived firmly in the straight Law before their Creator—it is because of the fathers' kindness, and not their own, that He forgives them. 26And He appointed them to a twofold honor; they found two Kingdoms: on Earth and in Heaven. 27And you, the kings and nobles who live in this passing world: just as your fathers who lived firmly in the required work and preceded you inherited the Kingdom of Heaven—and as their names are beautiful to their children's children—think of them. 28And you, straighten your work, that He might straighten your Kingdom for you, and that your name might be remembered in a goodly way, like the righteous kings who preceded you and served the Lord with their beautiful lifestyles. ‹Previous chapter2 Meqabyan 9Next chapter2 Meqabyan 11›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. 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