KA BUKE ʻAHĀ A MOSE, I KAPA ʻIA NĀ HELU 23:26 - Ka Baibala Hemolele
26 ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Balaʻama iā Balaka, ʻī akula, “ʻAʻole anei au i ʻī aku iā ʻoe, ‘ʻO ka mea a pau a Iēhova i ʻōlelo mai ai iaʻu, ʻo ia kaʻu e hana ai’?”
ʻŌlelo maila ʻo Balaʻama, ʻī maila i nā kauā a Balaka, “Inā e hāʻawi mai ʻo Balaka iaʻu i ke kālā a me ke gula a piha kona hale, ʻaʻole e hiki iaʻu ke hoʻohala i ka ʻōlelo a Iēhova a koʻu Akua, i ka hoʻēmi iho, i ka ʻoi aku paha.
ʻĪ akula ʻo Balaʻama iā Balaka, “Eia hoʻi, ua hiki mai nei au i ou lā; iaʻu nō anei kekahi pono iki ke haʻi aku iā ʻoe i kekahi mea? ʻO ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua e waiho mai ai i loko o koʻu waha, ʻo ia kaʻu e ʻōlelo aku ai.”
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?”
¶ ʻĪ maila ʻo Balaka iā Balaʻama, “Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe, e hele mai, a e kaʻi aku au iā ʻoe i kahi ʻē; malia paha e ʻoluʻolu ke Akua i hōʻino aku ai ʻoe iā lākou ma laila.”
ʻĪ akula ʻo Balaʻama iā Balaka, “E kū iho ʻoe ma kāu mōhai kuni, a e hele aku wau; malia paha e hele mai nō ʻo Iēhova e hālāwai me aʻu; a ʻo ka mea āna e hōʻike mai ai iaʻu, ʻo ia kaʻu e haʻi aku ai iā ʻoe.” A hele akula ia i kahi kiʻekiʻe.