A wo mlaa nɛ ɔ, ejakaa benɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ je Egipt kɛ ma a, Amon bi ɔmɛ, kɛ Moab bi ɔmɛ ha we mɛ niye ní nɛ a ye; nyu tete po a ha we mɛ nɛ a nu. Nɔ́ nɛ a pee mohu ji kaa a ya bɔ Balaam apaa ke e ba gbiɛ Israel. Se wa Mawu ɔ plɛ gbiɛmi ɔ kɛ pee gbaami.
Ní slɔɔtohi nɛ a kɛ pee kpe he bo tsu ɔ, he nɛ a ngɔ tɛ tɛtlɛɛ enyɔ ɔmɛ nɛ a ngma mlaa amɛ ngɛ a nɔ ɔ ngɔ to ɔ ji nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ. Mose ji nɔ nɛ fa kaa a bua ní nɛ ɔmɛ a nya, nɛ osɔfo Aaron binyumu Itamar ji nɔ nɛ to blɔ nya ha Levi bi ɔmɛ nɛ a kɛ tsu ní ɔ.
Nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ tsuɔ kikɛmɛ a ní nɛ ɔ, Yawɛ nɛ je lɛ kɛ je Israel bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti. A ko ngmɛ lɛ blɔ nɛ e ngɔ nike ní kɛ ba Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ hɛ mi hu gblegbleegble.
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ fa Mose ɔ, ja pɛpɛɛpɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ pee. Ke ma a to si ɔ, a pueɔ si tabo nya tabo nya ngɛ wɛtso nya wɛtso nya, kɛ we puɔ nya we puɔ nya; nɛ ke a hia a, a nyɛɔ ja nɔuu.
A gbaa nyɛ, Israel ma. Ma ko ma ko be kaa nyɛ ma nɛ Yawɛ he nyɛ yi wami. Yawɛ ji nyɛ tsɛ̃i kɛ klaate. Lɛ ji nɔ nɛ faa nyɛ he. Lɛ ji nɔ nɛ haa nyɛ yeɔ kunimi. Nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ ma ba kpa nyɛ pɛɛ ke nyɛɛ na mɛ mɔbɔ; se nyɛɛ lɛɛ nyɛ maa naa a nɔ.”