↵ Ezra 23
Ezra 23:2

ὅτι οὐ συνήντησαν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ ἐν ἄρτῳ καὶ ὕδατι, καὶ ἐμισθώσαντο ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τὸν Βαλαὰμ καταράσασθαι· καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν τὴν κατάραν εἰς εὐλογίαν.

  1. ὅτι
    that
    because
  2. οὐ
    not
  3. συνήντησαν
    met
  4. τοῖς
    the
    to the
  5. υἱοῖς
    sons
  6. Ἰσραὴλ
    Israel
  7. ἐν
    in
  8. ἄρτῳ
    bread
  9. καὶ
    and
  10. ὕδατι
    water
  11.  
    ,
     
  12. καὶ
    and
  13. ἐμισθώσαντο
    hired
    they hired
  14. ἐπʼ
    upon
  15. αὐτὸν
    him
  16. τὸν
    the
  17. Βαλαὰμ
    Balaam
  18. καταράσασθαι
    to curse
  19.  
    ·
     
  20. καὶ
    and
  21. ἐπέστρεψεν
    returned
  22. the
  23. Θεὸς
    God
  24. ἡμῶν
    our
  25. τὴν
    the
  26. κατάραν
    curse
  27. εἰς
    into
    to
  28. εὐλογίαν
    blessing
  29.  
    .
     

because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, and they hired Balaam against them to curse them, and our God turned the curse into a blessing.