1Balaame a raya Balake, a re: “Nkagela fano dibeso di supa, o mpaakanyetse fano dikgongwana di supa, le diphelefu di supa.” 2Balake a dira jaaka Balaame a buile; Balake le Balaame ba isa kgongwana le phelefu tshupelo mo sebesong sengwe le sengwe. 3Balaame a raya Balake a re: “Ema fa tshupelong ya gago e e fisiwang, nna ke tlaa tsamaya; e tlaa re gongwe Jehofa a tle go kopana le nna; le fa e le eng se o se ntshupetsang ke tlaa se go bolelela.” Mme a palama thota e e lobala fela. 4Modimo wa kopana le Balaame, mme a o raya a re: “Ke baakantse dibeso di supa, ke isitse kgongwana le phelefu tshupelo mo sebesong sengwe le sengwe.”
5Jehofa a tsenya lefoko mo molomong wa ga Balaame, a re: “Boela kwa go Balake, o bue nae jaana.” 6A boela kwa go ene, a fitlhela a eme fa tshupelong ya gagwe e e fisiwang, ene le dikgosana tsotlhe tsa Moabe.
7A bua ka setshwantsho sa gagwe a re:
“Balake a tswa go ntsaya kwa Arame;
kgosi ya Moabe e ntshotse
kwa dithabeng tsa botlhabatsatsi,
a re:
‘Ntlo, o mphutsetse Jakobe,
ntlo, o bopele Iseraele.’
8Ke tlaa hutsa jang
ene yo Modimo o sa mo hutsang?
Ke tlaa bopela jang
ene yo Jehofa a sa mmopelang?
9Gonne ke a mmona
ke le mo godimo ga mafika,
ke le mo godimo ga dithota
ke mo lebile;
bona, ke tšhaba
e e agileng e le yosi,
mme ga e ketla e balelwa
mo merafeng.
10E mang yo o ka balang
lorole lwa ga Jakobe,
kgotsa a bolela
palo ya kgaogano
ya bone ya Iseraele?
A ke swe loso lwa mosiami,
mme bokhutlo jwa me
bo nne jaaka jwa gagwe!”
11Balake a raya Balaame a re: “O ntiretseng? Ka go tsaya, ka re o tle o mphutsetse baba ba me, mme bona o ba segofaditse gotlhe fela.” 12A mo fetola a re: “A ga ke a na le go tlhokomela go bua fela se Jehofa o se ntsenyang mo molomong?”
Polelelopele ya bobedi ya ga Balaame
13Balake a mo raya, a re: “A ko o ye le nna, re ye kwa felong go sele, kwa o tlaa ba bonang o le teng; o tlaa bona sekhutlo sa bone fela, ga o ketla o ba bona botlhe; o tle o ba mphutsetse o le gone foo.” 14A mo isa kwa setlhabeng sa Sofime, kwa tlhoreng ya Pisega, a aga dibeso di supa teng, a isa kgongwana le phelefu tshupelo mo sebesong sengwe le sengwe.
15A raya Balake, a re: “Ema fano fa tshupelong ya gago e e fisiwang, ka ke sa ya go kopana le Jehofa fale.”
16Jehofa a kopana le Balaame, a tsenya lefoko mo molomong wa gagwe, a re: “Boela kwa go Balake, o bue jaana.” 17A tla kwa go ene, a fitlhela a eme fa tshupelong ya gagwe e e fisiwang, le dikgosana tsa Moabe di na nae. Balake a mo raya a re: “Jehofa o buileng?” 18A bua ka setshwantsho sa gagwe a re:
“Ema Balake o utlwe,
o ntheetse wena morwa Sipore:
19Modimo ga se motho
yo o ka akang,
le gone ga se morwa motho
yo o ka ikwatlhayang;
kgotsa, a o buile,
mme a ga o ketla o se dira?
Kgotsa a o ntshitse lentswe,
ga o ketla o le tlhomamisa?
20Bona, ke neilwe taolo
ya gore ke segofatse;
one o segofaditse,
mme nna ga nkake ka fetola.
21Ga o a bona boikepo mo go Jakobe
le gone ga o a bona bokgopo
mo go Iseraele;
Jehofa Modimo wa gagwe
o na nae,
lošalaba lwa kgosi lo mo go bone.
22Modimo o ba ntsha mo Egepeto;
o na le thata ekete ya nare.
23Ruri Jakobe ga a na mereo,
Iseraele ga a na ditaola;
jaanong go tlaa buiwa
ka ga Jakobe le Iseraele go twe:
‘Ana Modimo o dirileng!’
24Bona, tšhaba e,
e nanoga jaaka tau e namagadi,
le jaaka tau e tona,
e ikgogomosa jalo;
ga e ketla e robala e ise e je thopo,
e ise e nwe madi
a ba ba bolailweng.”
25Balake a raya Balaame, a re: “O se ka wa ba hutsa gope, le gone o se ka wa ba segofatsa gope.” 26Balaame a fetola a raya Balake, a re: “A ga ke a go bolelela ka re: Gotlhe mo Jehofa o go buang, ke na le go go dira fela?”
Polelelopele ya boraro ya ga Balaame
27Balake a raya Balaame, a re: “Ntlo, ke tlaa go isa kwa felong go sele, e tlaa re gongwe go kgatlhe Modimo gore o ba mphutsetse o le gone foo.” 28Balake a isa Balaame kwa tlhoreng ya Peore e e okameng sekaka. 29Balaame a raya Balake, a re: “Nkagela fano dibeso di supa, o mpaakanyetse fano dikgongwana di supa le diphelefu di supa.” 30Balake a dira jaaka Balaame a buile, a isa kgongwana le phelefu tshupelo mo sebesong sengwe le sengwe.
