6 Wayesebuyela kuye; bheka, wayemi ngasemnikelweni wokushiswa, yena nazo zonke izikhulu zakwaMowabi.
7 Wayesethatha isisho sakhe, wathi:“E-Aramu uBalaki ungilandile,inkosi yakwaMowabi ezintabeni zasempumalanga:woza ungiqalekisele uJakobe;woza umdlelesele u-Israyeli.
8 Ngingamqalekisa kanjaniongaqalekiswanga nguNkulunkulu na?Ngingamdleleselaongadleleselwanga nguNkulunkulu na?
9 Ngokuba ngisesiqongweni samadwalangiyambona,ngisemadulini ngiyambuka;bheka, kungabantu abahlala bodwa,abangayikubalwa phakathi kwezizwe.
10 Ngubani ongabala uthuli lukaJakobe,abale okwesine kuka-Israyeli, na?Mangife ukufa kolungileyo,nokuphela kwami makube njengokwakhe.”
11 UBalaki wathumela kuBileyamu, wathi: “Wenzeni kimi na? Ngakuthatha ukuba uqalekise izitha zami; bheka, uzibusisile nokuzibusisa.”
12 Waphendula wathi: “Angiyikuqaphela ukukhuluma lokhu uNkulunkulu akufakile emlonyeni wami na?”