1E rile Balaame a bona fa go kgatlhile Jehofa go segofatsa Iseraele, ga a ka a ya go kopana le mereo jaaka ka metlha e mengwe, mme a leba fela kwa nageng. 2Balaame a tsholetsa matlho, a bona Baiseraele ba ntse ka fa ditsong tsa bone, mme mowa wa Modimo wa tla mo go ene. 3A bua ka setshwantsho sa gagwe, a re:
“Balaame morwa Beore, a re:
Monna yo leitlho la gagwe
le ne le buduletse, a re:
4Go bua ene
yo o utlwang mafoko a Modimo,
yo o bonang ponatshego
ya Mothatayotlhe,
ka a wela fa fatshe
mme a budulogile matlho a re:
5A bo megope ya gago Jakobe
e le mentle!
e bong metlaagana ya gago Iseraele!
6E aname jaaka melapo,
jaaka masimo fa losing lwa noka,
jaaka makgophana
a Jehofa o a tlhomileng,
jaaka ditlhare tsa masetara
fa metsing.
7Metsi a tlaa ela
a tswa mo dinkgwaneng tsa gagwe,
le dipeo tsa gagwe
di tlaa nna mo metsing a le mantsi,
kgosi ya gagwe e tlaa goletsega
go feta Agage,
bogosi jwa gagwe
bo tlaa nna bogolo.
8Modimo wa mo ntsha mo Egepeto;
o na le thata ekete ya nare;
o tlaa ja a swetsa merafe
e e leng baganetsi ba gagwe,
o tlaa robakanya marapo a yone,
a e phololetse ka metswi ya gagwe.
9A namalala,
a robala jaaka tau
le jaaka tau e namagadi;
e mang yo o tlaa mo tsosang?
Go sego mongwe le mongwe
yo o go segofatsang;
go hutsegile mongwe le mongwe
yo o go hutsang.”
10Bogale jwa ga Balake jwa tukela Balaame, mme a opanya diatla tsa gagwe. Balake a raya Balaame, a re: “Ke go biditse ka re o tle go hutsa baba ba me, bona, o ba segofaditse fela ka dipaka tse tharo tse. 11Ke gone jaanong tshabela kwa ga gago; ke rile ke tlaa go godisetsa kwa tlotlong e kgolo; bona, Jehofa o go kganetse, gore o se bone tlotlo.”
12Balaame a raya Balake a re: “A ga ke a bua le bone barongwa ba gago, ba o ba romileng kwa go nna, ka re: 13‘Le fa Balake a ka nnaya ntlo ya gagwe e tletse selefera le gouta, ga nkake ka tlola lefoko la ga Jehofa, go dira molemo le fa e le bosula ka mogopolo wa me fela, le gore se Jehofa o se buang, ke sone se ke tlaa se buang’?
Polelelopele ya bofelo ya ga Balaame
14“Jaanong, bona, ke ya kwa bathong ba gaetsho; ntlo, ke tlaa go kakanyetsa se batho ba, ba tlaa se direlang batho ba gaeno mo metlheng ya bofelo.” 15A bua ka setshwantsho sa gagwe, a re: “Balaame morwa Beore, a re:
“Monna yo leitlho la gagwe
le ne le buduletse, a re:
16Go bua ene
yo o utlwang mafoko a Modimo,
a itse kitso ya Mothatayotlhe,
yo o bonang ponatshegelo
ya Mothatayotlhe,
a wela fa fatshe,
matlho a gagwe a budulogile, a re:
17Ke a mmona, e seng jaanong;
ke mo lebile, mme e seng gaufi;
go tlaa tswa naledi mo go Jakobe,
le thobane ya bogosi e tlaa tsoga
e tswa mo go Iseraele;
e tlaa phololetsa
dikgokgotsho tsa Moabe,
e diga bana botlhe ba pheretlho.
18Etome e tlaa nna thuo, le Seire,
ba e neng e le baba ba gagwe,
e tlaa nna thuo;
Iseraele ene a sa ntse a dira
ka bopelokgale.
19Bogosi bo tlaa newa mongwe
yo o tswang mo go Jakobe,
o tlaa senya
masalela a a mo metseng!”
20A leba Amaleke, a bua ka setshwantsho sa gagwe, a re:
“Amaleke e ne e le wa ntlha
mo merafeng;
bokhutlo jwa gagwe
e tlaa nna tshenyego.”
21A leba Mokene, a bua ka setshwantsho sa gagwe, a re:
“Boago jwa gago bo thata,
le setlhaga sa gago
se tlhomilwe mo lefikeng.
22Le fa go ntse jalo
Kaine o tla kgakgabadiwa,
go tsamaye Ašure
a go ise botshwarong.”
23A bua ka setshwantsho sa gagwe, a re:
“Ao, e mang yo o tlaa tshelang
fa Modimo o dira seo se?
24Dikepe di tlaa tswa
kwa losing lwa Kitime,
di tlaa patika Ašure,
di tlaa patika Ebere,
mme le ene o tlaa ya tshenyegong.”
25Balaame a nanoga a ya a boela kwa ga gagwe, Balake le ene a tsamaya.
