Numbers 22:1-11

¹Digau Israel ga lloo adu gi mua gaa dae adu loo gi di gowaa baba i lodo tenua go Moab, gei digaula ga haga duu di nadau waahale laa i di gowaa deelaa i baahi gi dua di monowai Jordan, ga huli adu gi Jericho.

²Di king o Moab go Balak tama Zippor ne longono ia di mee digau Israel ne hai ang gi digau Amor,

³gei mee mo digau Moab huogodoo gu mmaadagu huoloo i digau Israel ala koia e dogologowaahee.

⁴Digau Moab ga helekai ang gi nia dagi o digau Midian, “Digau dogologowaahee aanei e limalima hua di hagahuaidu tadau henua huogodoo, gadoo be di kau daane dela e gai hagalimalima ana geinga i lodo di gowaa maalama.” Malaa, Balak, di king o digau Moab,

⁵ga hagau ana gau kae hegau gi Balaam, tama Beor, dela e noho i Pethor i tenua go Amaw i taalinga di monowai Euphrates, ga helekai gi mee, “Au e haga iloo adu gi di goe bolo tenua hagatau ne lloomoi i Egypt, ga modoho gi daha gi nia madagoaa huogodoo, e hai be digau e hiihai e hai mee gi tadau henua.

⁶Digaula koia e dogologo gei e maaloo dangihi i gidaadou. Malaa, dumaalia mai mua, hanimoi e haga halauwa digau aanei. Holongo deenei di ala e mee di haga magedaa ai digaula mo di hagabagi digaula gi daha mo tadau henua. Au e iloo bolo nia daangada ala e haga maluagina kooe, gei digaula ga haadanga lamalia, gei digau ala e haga halauwa kooe le e haadanga balua.”

⁷Nia dagi Moab mo Midian guu kae nadau hui haga halauwa, guu hula gi baahi o Balaam ga hagi anga gi mee nia mee huogodoo Balak ne helekai gi digaula.

⁸Balaam ga helekai gi digaula, “Goodou noho i dogu baahi boo nei. Daiaa gei au ga helekai adu gi goodou di mee a Dimaadua ma ga helekai mai gi di au.” Malaa, nia dagi Moab guu noho i baahi o Balaam.

⁹God ga hanimoi gi Balaam ga heeu gi mee, “Ma digau aha ala i do baahi?”

¹⁰Balaam ga helekai anga, “Di king o Moab go Balak, tama daane Zippor, ne hagau mai dana hegau deenei:

¹¹Di hai o digau ne lloomoi i Egypt gu modoho gi daha i lodo tenua hagatau. Mee bolo au gii hana e haga halauwa digaula gii mee dana heebagi gi digaula gi magedaa digaula, gi hagabagi digaula gi daha mo dono henua.”