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.
i je ye he kpo ngɔ tsɔɔ mɛ ngɛ tsitsaa lokoo. Israel ma, kɛ je blema lɛ i je suɔmi nɛ nya wa kpo kɛ tsɔɔ nyɛ. Nɛ kɛ ba si piɔ hu jamɛ a suɔmi ɔ ngɛ; e se pui.
“Benɛ i ba gu lejɛ ɔ ekohu ɔ, i na kaa jehanɛ lɛɛ o wa nɛ o su gbami nya. I ngɔ ye bo kɛ ha o nɔ, nɛ o he fɔ we si gu hu. I ka mo kita, nɛ i kɛ mo so; nɛ i ngɔ mo ngɔ pee ye yo.” Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ lɛ de.
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.
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ e ma a dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “I suɔ nyɛ sane saminya.” Se a bi lɛ ke, “Mɛni lɛ o peeɔ kɛ tsɔɔ kaa o suɔ wɔ?” Yawɛ he nɔ ke, “Anɛ Esau kɛ Yakob ɔ, pi nyɛmimɛ ji mɛ lo? Se kɛ̃ ɔ, i je suɔmi kpo kɛ tsɔɔ Yakob kɛ e nina,
Se Yawɛ bɔfo ɔ de Balaam ke, “O kɛ nyumu ɔmɛ nɛ ya kɛkɛ; se mohu, munyu nɛ ma ngɔ kɛ wo o nya ke o tu ɔ, lɔ ɔ pɛ o de.” Kɛkɛ nɛ Balaam kɛ Balak tsɔli ɔmɛ pue nɔ kɛ ho.
tsɔ nihi kɛ ho Petor ya, ngɛ Yufrate pa a kasa nya, ngɛ Amaw bi ɔmɛ a zugba a nɔ, nɛ́ a ya kpee Beor binyumu Balaam kɛ ba. E sɛ gbi ji, “I ngɛ hae nɛ o le kaa ma ko je Egipt kɛ ba, nɛ a ha zugba a tsuo nɔ. Amlɔ nɛ ɔ po a su ye ngɔ ta.
E bua e he nya, nɛ e buu si kaa jata ku; Ee e buu si kaa jata yo. Mɛnɔ ma nyɛ maa tsɛɛ lɛ? Nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ gbaa mo ɔ, a maa gbaa lɛ; Nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ gbiɛɛ mo ɔ, a maa gbiɛ lɛ.”
Kaa bɔ nɛ Esau nina a nɛ ngɛ Edom yo ɔ nɔ, kɛ Moab bi ɔmɛ hu nɛ ngɛ Ar ɔ pee ha wɔ ɔ, mo hu ngmɛɛ wɔ blɔ kɛ ya si wa ma ya po Yordan pa a, kɛ ya zugba nɛ Yawɛ, wa Mawu ɔ ha wɔ ɔ nɔ.’