1 Jaanong e rile Bileame a bona, fa go kgatlhaMorenago tshegofatsa Iseraele, a se ka a ya go dirisa tsa botlhodi jaaka pele, mme a lebisa sefatlhego sa gagwe kwa sekakeng.
2 Bileame a tsholetsa matlho, a bona Baiseraele ba thibeletse ka fa ditsong tsa bone. Ke fa Mowa wa Modimo o tla mo go ene,
3 mme a tlhaba loboko lwa gagwe a re:
“Go bua Bileame
morwa Beore,
go bua monna
yo o budulogileng matlho;
4 go bua yo o utlwang
mafoko a Modimo,
yo o a tleng a bone tshenolo
ya Mong-wa-thata-yotlhe,
a wetse fa fatshe
a budulogile matlho, a re:
5 Di dintle jang ne,
ditente tsa gago, Jakobe,
le meago ya gago, Iseraele!
6 Di tshwana le melapo
e e anameng le masimo
a a fa nokeng
le mekgwaphana
e e jwetsweng keMorena
le mesetere e e fa metsing.
7 Metsi a tla ela
a tswa mo dinkgong tsa bone;
dijwalo tsa bone
di fa metsing a mantsi;
kgosi ya bone
e tla gaisa Agage;
bogosi jwa bone
bo tla tlotlomala.
8 Modimo o ba ntshitse
kwa Egepeto,
o tshwana le dinaka tsa nare
mo go bone.
Ba tla nyeletsa baheitane,
baba ba bone,
le go ba roba marapo,
ba ba tlhabaka
ka metsu ya bone.
9 Ba robala,
ba itaetse jaaka tau
le jaaka tau e namagadi;
ke mang yo o ka ba tsosang?
Yo o go tshegofatsang,
Iseraele, o tshegofaditswe;
yo o go hutsang o hutsitswe.”
10 Ya ba gona Balake a tukelang Bileame bogale, a ithwala megono. Balake a raya Bileame a re: “Ke go biditse gore o hutse baba ba me, mme bona, o setse o ba tshegofaditse gararo.
11 Jaanong he, tshabela kwa ga eno. Ke ne ke re, ke tla go tlotla thata, mme bona,Morenao go thibetse gore o se bone tlotlo.”
12 Bileame a araba Balake a re: “Kana le barongwi ba o ba romileng kwa go nna ke ba reile ka re:
13 ‘Le fa Balake a ka nnaya selefera le gouta tse di tletseng mo ntlong ya gagwe, ga nka ke ka kgona go tlola taelo yaMorenago dira tse di molemo gongwe tse di bosula ka bogaka. SeMorenao se buang ke sona se ke tshwanetseng go se bua.’
Tshegofatso ya bofelo
14 “Mme jaanong, bona, ke boela kwa morafeng wa ga etsho. Tlaa he, ke tla go senolela tse morafe oo o tla di direlang morafe wa gago mo metlheng ya bofelo.”
15 A ba a tlhaba loboko lwa gagwe a re:
“Go bua Bileame
morwa Beore,
go bua monna
yo o budulogileng matlho;
16 go bua yo o utlwang
mafoko a Modimo,
yo o itseng tsa kitso
ya Mogodimodimo,
yo o bonang tshenolo
ya Mong-wa-thata-yotlhe,
a wetse fa fatshe,
a budulogile matlho, a re:
17 Ke a mmona,
mme e seng jaanong,
ke mo lebile, mme ga a gaufi.
Naledi e bonala
e tswa mo go Jakobe,
thobane ya bogosi e tsoga
e tswa mo go Iseraele.
O tla tšhwetla ditlhogo
tsa Moabe,
a diga beng ba moferefere
botlhe.
18 Le Etomo e tla nna boswa
jwa gagwe
le Seire, baba ba gagwe,
e tla nna kabelo ya gagwe,
mme Iseraele o tla thatafala.
19 Oora Jakobe o tla busa,
a nyeletsa bafalodi ba metse.”
20 Ya re a bona Baamaleke a tlhaba loboko lwa gagwe a re:
“Baamaleke ke ba pele
ba baheitane,
mme bokhutlo jwa bone
ke go ya tatlhegong.”
21 Ya re a bona Bakeni, a tlhaba loboko lwa gagwe a re:
“Kago ya gago e tiile,
sentlhaga sa gago
se agilwe mo lefikeng.
22 Le fa go ntse jalo Kaine
o na le go nyelediwa.
E tla nna leng, fa Baasiria
ba go isa mo botshwarong?”
23 A ba a tlhaba loboko lwa gagwe a re:
“A tatlhego wee!
Go tla falola mang,
fa Modimo o dirafatsa tseo?
24 Dikepe di tla tswa
ntlheng ya Bakhithime,
beng ba tsona ba tla gatelela
Baasiria,
ba gatelela boora Ebere,
mme le bona
ba tla ya tatlhegong.”
25 Jaanong Bileame a nanoga, a tsamaya, a boela kwa ga gabo. Le Balake a tsamaya ka tsela ya gagwe.