17 Benɛ e kpale kɛ ho ɔ, e na kaa Balak daa si ngɛ e sami bɔ ɔ he kɛ mwɔɔ; lɛ, kɛ Moab ma nimeli ɔmɛ tsuo. Balak bi lɛ ke, “Kɛ Yawɛ de kɛɛ?”
Be ko se ɔ, Matsɛ Zedekia tsɔ nɛ a ba ngɔ mi kɛ ba e ngɔ. Nɛ e bi mi ngɛ laami mi zaa ngɛ matsɛ we ɔ mi ke, “Anɛ sɛ gbi ko je Yawɛ ngɔ lo?” I he nɔ ke, “Ee, sɛ gbi ko ba!” I ya nɔ nɛ i de lɛ ke, “A maa ngɔ mo kɛ wo Babilonia matsɛ ɔ dɛ mi.”
Eli bi lɛ ke, “Mɛni Yawɛ de mo ɔ? De mi nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́. Ke o laa mi ba a, Mawu maa gbla o tue!”
Balaam he nɔ ke, “Anɛ i de we mo ke nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ de mi ke ma pee ɔ, lɔ ɔ pɛ ma pee lo?”
Kɛkɛ nɛ Yawɛ kɛ Balaam ba kpe. E tsɔɔ lɛ nɔ́ nɛ e de Balak, nɛ e ha nɛ e kpale e se, konɛ e ngɔ sɛ gbi nɛ ɔ ya ha Balak.
Kɛkɛ nɛ gba gbi nɛ ɔ je Balaam nya ke, “Zipor bi Balak, moo bu nɔ́ nɛ ma de mo ɔ tue!