Hele maila ke Akua i o Balaʻama lā ia pō iho, ʻī maila iā ia, “Inā paha e hele mai ua mau kānaka lā e hea mai iā ʻoe, e ala aʻe ʻoe e hele pū me lākou; akā, ʻo ka ʻōlelo aʻu e haʻi aku ai iā ʻoe, ʻo ia kāu e hana ai.”
ʻĪ maila ka ʻānela o Iēhova iā Balaʻama, “E hele pū ʻoe me ia mau kānaka; akā, ʻo ka ʻōlelo aʻu e haʻi aku ai iā ʻoe, ʻo ia wale nō kāu e ʻōlelo aku ai.” A hele akula ʻo Balaʻama me nā luna o Balaka.
A hiki akula ia i ona lā, aia hoʻi, kū ihola ia ma kāna mōhai kuni, a me ia pū nā luna o Moaba; nīnau maila ʻo Balaka iā ia, “He aha kā Iēhova i ʻōlelo mai ai?”
¶ A ʻike ihola ʻo Balaʻama, ua leʻaleʻa ʻo Iēhova i ka hoʻomaikaʻi aku i kā ʻIseraʻela, ʻaʻole ia i hele hou aku e like ma mua e ʻimi i nā kilokilo ʻana; akā, hāliu aʻela ia i kona maka ma ka wao nahele.
‘E hoʻokū auaneʻi au i Kāula no lākou no waena mai o ko lākou poʻe hoahānau, e like me ʻoe, a e waiho ana au i kaʻu mau ʻōlelo ma loko o kona waha; a nāna e ʻōlelo aku iā lākou ka mea a pau aʻu e kauoha aku ai iā ia.