Ko kpla si ha mɛ, nɛ ko ja mɛ hulɔ; ejakaa imi Yawɛ, o Mawu ɔ, a kɛ mi plee we nɔ́ he. I gblaa ni nɛmɛ nɛ nyɛɛ mi ɔ, kɛ a bimɛ, kɛ a bibimɛ a tue hluu kɛ yaa si yi nɔ etɛne kɛ eywiɛne bimɛ a nɔ.
Yawɛ ke, “Benɛ i na Israel ma a kekleekle ɔ, a ngɛ kaa wai yiblii ngɛ nga nɔ. Benɛ i na nyɛ nɛmɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, a ngɛ kaa ngmɔkɔ he nɛ fu ngɛ e be mi. Se benɛ a ba su Peor yo ɔ he ɔ, a ba bɔni Baal jami. A kɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ble a he, nɛ a he pee tai kaa nɔ́ ɔ nɛ a ngɛ jae ɔ nɔuu.
Anɛ nyɛ kaii we yayami nɛ wa pee ngɛ Peor, benɛ Yawɛ kɛ gbenɔ hiɔ gbla lɛ nitsɛ e ma a tue ɔ lo? Wa ngɛ nɔ́ nae kɛ mwɔɔ ngɛ jamɛ a yayami ɔ he. Anɛ jamɛ a yayami ɔ pi ha wɔ lo?
Se kɛ̃ ɔ, i kɛ mo ngɛ sane bɔɔ ko. Ni komɛ ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti nɛ ya wo Balaam tsɔɔmi ɔ. Balam lɛ tsɔɔ Balak kaa e tsɔ Israel bi ɔmɛ klama nɛ a ye wɔ nya lo, nɛ a fiɛ yo kɛ nyumu yakayaka fiɛmi.
Ke nyɛ yi somi nɛ Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ kɛ nyɛ so ɔ nɔ, nɛ nyɛ ya sɔmɔ mawu kpahi, nɛ nyɛ ja mɛ ɔ, lɔ ɔ lɛɛ e kɛ abofu maa gbla nyɛ tue, nɛ e be kɛe kulaa nɛ nyɛ ti nɔ ko nɔ ko be piɛe ngɛ zugba kpakpa nɛ ɔ nɛ e ngɔ ha nyɛ ɔ nɔ.”
bɔ nɛ pee nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ je ma nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ piɛ ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti ɔ ko bɔ. Nyɛ ko wo a mawu ɔmɛ a ta, nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ a biɛhi kó ka kita; nyɛ ko ja mɛ, nɛ nyɛ ko kpla si ha mɛ.
E nɔ jena makɛ mla a, ma a te si nɛ a sã sami bɔhi, nɛ a kɛ tue mi jɔmi bɔhi hu ba. Ma a pue si, nɛ a ye ní, nɛ a nu ní; nɛ lɔ ɔ se ɔ, a fiɛ yo kɛ nyumu yakayaka fiɛmihi.
Israel bi tsuo nɛ ngɛ Moab, Amon, Edom kɛ zugba kpa amɛ a nɔ ɔ ba nu kaa Babilonia matsɛ ɔ si Israel bi komɛ ngɛ Yuda, nɛ e ngɔ Shafan bi Ahikam bi Gedalia ngɔ to a nya kaa amlaalo.
Ye ma, nyɛ kai nɔ́ nɛ Moab matsɛ, Balak to nɛ e maa pee nyɛ, kɛ heto nɛ Beor binyumu Balaam ha lɛ. Nyɛ kai níhi nɛ ba ngɛ blɔ nɔ kɛ je nyɛ si tomi he ɔ ngɛ Shitim kɛ ya Gilgal ɔ. Nyɛ kai ní nɛ ɔmɛ, konɛ nyɛɛ na bɔ nɛ i pee kɛ he nyɛ yi wami.” Yawɛ lɛ de.