Mínshùjì 22:32

32 Yēhéhuá de shǐzhĕ duì tā shuō , nǐ wèihé zhè sān cì dá nǐde lü ne , wǒ chūlai dídǎng nǐ , yīn nǐ suǒ xíng de , zaì wǒ miànqián piān pì .

Mínshùjì 22:32 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 22:32

And the angel of the Lord said unto him
When risen up, and standing before him:

wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times?
the brute creatures are not to be beaten without cause, nor to be misused and abused by men, even their owners:

behold, I went out to withstand thee;
the ass was not to be blamed, nor to be beaten for turning aside, or lying down, it was I that stood in the way, and hindered its going forward, and this was done by me on purpose to oppose and stop thee:

because thy way is perverse before me;
the journey he took was not with his good liking and approbation, and especially seeing he went with an intention, if possible, to serve Balak, and curse Israel; the way of his heart was bad, which the Lord knew; it was not directed according to his will, but swerved from it; the Targum of Jonathan is,

``it is manifest before me that thou seekest to go and curse the people, and the thing is not agreeable to me.''

Mínshùjì 22:32 In-Context

30 Lü duì Bālán shuō , wǒ bú shì nǐ cóng xiǎoshí zhídào jīnrì suǒ qí de lü ma , wǒ sùcháng xiàng nǐ zhèyàng xíng guō ma , Bālán shuō , méiyǒu .

31 Dāngshí , Yēhéhuá shǐ Bālán de yǎnmù míngliàng , tā jiù kànjian Yēhéhuá de shǐzhĕ zhàn zaì lù shàng , shǒu lǐ yǒu bá chūlai de dāo , Bālán biàn dī tóu fǔfú zaì dì .

32 Yēhéhuá de shǐzhĕ duì tā shuō , nǐ wèihé zhè sān cì dá nǐde lü ne , wǒ chūlai dídǎng nǐ , yīn nǐ suǒ xíng de , zaì wǒ miànqián piān pì .

33 Lü kànjian wǒ jiù sān cì cóng wǒ miànqián piān guō qù . lü ruò méiyǒu piān guō qù , wǒ zǎo bǎ nǐ shā le , liú tā cún huó .

34 Bālán duì Yēhéhuá de shǐzhĕ shuō , wǒ yǒu zuì le . wǒ bú zhīdào nǐ zhàn zaì lù shàng zǔdǎng wǒ . nǐ ruò bú xǐhuan wǒ qù , wǒ jiù zhuǎn huí .