12. Waphendula ke yena wathi: “Mandingakuthethi oko ndikuxelelwe nguNdikhoyo?”
13. Ke kaloku uBhalaki wathi kuBhalam: “Hamba siye kwenye indawo apho unokubona inxalenye yamaSirayeli kuphela, uze ke uthi ulapho uwaqalekise.”
14. Waya naye kwintsimi kaZofim phezu kwentaba iPisga. Nalapho ke wenza amaqonga asixhenxe, waza wanikela ngenkunzi yenkomo neyegusha kwiqonga ngalinye.
15. UBhalam wathi kuBhalaki: “Yima ngakweli dini litshiswayo, ngeli lixa mna ndiye kuhlangana naye qelele.”
16. *UNdikhoyo ke wadibana noBhalam, wathi: “Buyela kuBhalaki, uthethe naye wenjenje.”
17. Wabuyela kwakuBhalaki ke, waza wamfumana esemi ngakwelo dini litshiswayo ndawonye neenkokheli zamaMowabhi.UBhalaki ke wambuza wathi: “Utheni uNdikhoyo?”
18. Waza ke yena uBhalam wathetha la mazwi andilisekileyo, wenjenje:“Hoyina ke, Bhalaki, khawubaz' iindlebe;khawundiphulaphule, nyana kaZipore!
19. UThixo yena akamntu;akaxoki, akaguqu-guquki okomntu.Akakufezekisi na akuthembisileyo?Akakuphumelelisi na akuthethileyo?