ÚVANDE ungwan jaki ôr kwagh vee? ‘Ei,’ alaghga u kaa nahan. ‘Ishôso ia fatyô u ôron kwagh ga.’ Kpa Bibilo i̱ ôr kwagh u jaki i yange i̱ er nahan yô. De se nenge er yange kwagh la er yô.

Mbaiserael wa iyol u nyôron ken tar u Kanaan. Balaki, tor u Moabi, ngu a mciem iyol sha Mbaiserael. Nahan a tindi hen or u lun a kwaghfan kpishi u i yilan er Balaam la er a̱ va wa Mbaiserael ifan. Balaki tôndozwa er una na Balaam inyaregh kpishi, nahan Balaam henda jaki na man kôr gbenda yemen sha u una za nenge a Balaki yô.

Yehova soo er Balaam a wa ior Nav ifan ga. Nahan a tindi ortyom a gôgô sanker er a̱ va tile sha gbenda sha u yangen Balaam. Balaam fatyô u nengen a ortyom la ga, kpa jaki yô i̱ nenge a na. Nahan jaki gba kômbon iyol ken kpekpe sha u ia goom kera ia kera a̱r hen ape ortyom a lu la ga yô, man ken masejime yô i̱ gba yaven sha gbenda tsô. Ishima vihi Balaam kpishi, man a gbidye jaki na sha aga.

Tsô Yehova er Balaam ungwa jaki na i̱ ôr kwagh a na. ‘M er u nyi ve u gbidyen mo?’ jaki pine nahan.

‘Ú erem m hingir er ibumeor nahan,’ Balaam kaa nahan. ‘Mea lu a sanker sha uwe yô ma m woo u a wua je!’

‘M vande eren a we nahan mayange kpa?’ jaki pine nahan.

Balaam kaa er: ‘Ei.’

Tsô Yehova bugh Balaam ashe a nenge a ortyom u tsuwa sanker kôr sha uwe tile sha gbenda la. Ortyom la kaa er: ‘Ka nyi ú gbidi jaki youwe? Mo m va sha u yangen we, sha er ú za wa Iserael ifan ga yô. Aluer jaki you ne ia palegh mo ga yô, ma m woo u a wua je, kpa ma m vihi jaki you iyol ga.’

Balaam kaa er: ‘M er isholibo. Gadia m fa er u til sha gbenda ga.’ Nahan ortyom de Balaam yem, man Balaam za sha u za nengen a Balaki. Nahan cii kpaa a nôngo her sha u wan Iserael ifan, kpa, u ma a er nahan la yô, Yehova gema un ishima tsô a na Iserael iveren kwa tar.