17 Man utz ta c'u xril ri Jose chi ri u tat, are xuya' ri u wiquiak'ab puwi' ri u jolom ri Eprain xuc'am ri u k'ab ri u tat xresaj puwi' ri u jolom ri Eprain xuya' puwi' ri u jolom ri Manases.
Ri Jacob aretak xuyuk ri u k'ab paquiwi', xebujalc'atij ri u k'ab, ri u wiquiak'ab xuya' puwi' ri u jolom ri Eprain ri chak'axel, are c'u ri u mox, xuya' puwi' ri u jolom ri Manases pune' are nabeal.
C'o jun k'ij ri aj israelib xech'ach'at chrij ri Ajawaxel qui mac quech tak ri c'axc'olil ri quequiriko. Aretak xetataj rumal, ri Ajawaxel sibalaj xoyowaric, xutak c'u ulok jun k'ak' ri xunicowisaj rij ri e jekel wi.
Ri Balaam xutzelej u bixic che ri u tako'n ri Ajawaxel: “In macuninak, man weta'm ta c'ut chi lal c'o chi', che u tz'apixic ri be. We quil la chi itzel ri nu bic, quintzelej na.”
Ri Dios xch'aw ruc' ri Rebec aretak c'ä majok queralaj ri ral, c'ä majok cäquiban utzil o etzelal. Jeri' cäkil ri u chomanic ri Dios chi quebucha' ri winak man rumal ta ri chac ri qui banom, xane' nabe quebusiq'uij.
Are' ulew wa' ri xutaklebej ri ramak' ri Manases, ri nabeal u c'ojol ri Jose. Che ri Maquir, achi ri ch'ojinel, are' wa' ri nabeal u c'ojol ri Manases u tat c'ut ri Galaad, xutaklebej ri ulew re Galaad xukuje' ri rech ri Basan pa ri elebal k'ij che ri Jordan.
Xubij ri Ajawaxel che: “Are maya' a wäch che ri u wächbal mawi che ri u nim rakan, wetzelam u wäch wa'. Man are ta cäya' u k'ij ri cäril ri winak; ri winak are cuya' u wäch chque tak ri wächbal, are c'u ri in are quinya' nu wäch che ri anima'.”