¶ 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 hana ʻoe noʻu i ʻehiku mau kuahu ma ʻaneʻi, a e hoʻomākaukau noʻu ma ʻaneʻi i ʻehiku mau bipi kāne a me nā hipa kāne i ʻehiku.”
¶ 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.