9. Modimo a fihla ho Bileame, a re: “Banna baa ba nang le wena ke bomang?”
10. Bileame a re ho Modimo: “Balake, mora wa Sipore, kgosi ya Moabe, o nthomeletse molaetsa ona:
11. <Bona, setjhaba ke sena se tswang Egepeta se pupeditse naha; jwale tloo, mme o nthohakele sona, mohlomong nka tseba ho se hlola, ka se leleka.> ”
12. Modimo a re ho Bileame: “O se ke wa ya le banna bao. O se ke wa rohaka setjhaba seo, hobane se hlohonofaditswe.”
13. Bileame a tsoha e sa le hoseng, a re ho mahosana a Balake: “Kgutlelang naheng ya habo lona, hobane Morena ha a ntumelle ho tsamaya le lona.”
14. Mahosana a Moabe a tsamaya, a kgutlela ho Balake, a re: “Bileame o hanne ho tla le rona.”
15. Balake a boela a romela mahosana a mang hape, a tumileng haholo ho feta a pele.
16. Mahosana ao a fihla ho Bileame, mme a re ho yena: “Balake, mora wa Sipore, o buile tjena: <Ho se be letho le ka o thibelang ho tla ho nna, ke a o kopa.