24 When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as he had done each time before [superstitiously] to seek omens and signs [in the natural world], but he set his face toward the wilderness (desert).
24 Oo Balcaamna markuu arkay in Rabbigu ku farxay inuu reer binu Israa'iil barakeeyo, ma uu tegin sidii mararkii kale inuu sixir doondoono, laakiinse wuxuu wejigiisii u jeediyey xagga cidlada.