5. “Mahle kangaka amatende akho,Jakobe,namatabernakele* akho, Israyeli.
6. Elulekile njengezigodi,njengamasimu ngasemfuleni,njengemihlaba ayitshalile uJehova,njengemisedari* ngaseceleni kwamanzi.
7. Amanzi ayakugobhoza,aphume ezimbizeni zakhe,imbewu yakhe ibe semanzini amaningi,inkosi yakhe ibe nkulu kuno-Agagi,umbuso wakhe uphakame.
8. “UNkulunkulu wamkhipha eGibithe;unjengezimpondo zenyathi kubo;uyakuqeda izizwe, izitha zakhe,aphule amathambo azo,azigwaze ngemicibisholo yakhe.
9. Wabuthalala,walala phansi njengengonyama,nanjengengonyamakazi,ngubani oyakumvusa na?“Mababusiswe bonke abakubusisayo,baqalekiswe bonke abakuqalekisayo.”
10. Ulaka lukaBalaki lwamvuthela uBileyamu, washaya izandla zakhe; uBalaki wathi kuBileyamu: “Ngakubiza ukuba uqalekise izitha zami; bheka, ubabusisile nokubabusisa kathathu.
11. Ngalokho baleka uye endaweni yakho; bengithi ngiyakukunika udumo olukhulu; kepha bheka, uJehova ugodlile udumo kuwe.”