1 UBileyamu esebonile ukuthi kwakukuhle kuJehova ukubusisa u-Israyeli, akayanga njengakuqala ukulindela imilingo, kepha wabhekisa ubuso bakhe ngasehlane.
2 UBileyamu waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona u-Israyeli ehlezi ngokwezizwe zakhe; uMoya kaJehova wehlela phezu kwakhe.
3 Wayesethatha isisho sakhe, wathi:“UBileyamu indodana kaBeyori uthi,umuntu omehlo akhe avuliwe uthi,
4 ozwileyo amazwi kaNkulunkulu,obonile umbono kaSomandla uthi,ewela phansi, kuvulwe amehlo akhe:
5 “Mahle kangaka amatende akho,Jakobe,namatabernakele* akho, Israyeli.
6 Elulekile njengezigodi,njengamasimu ngasemfuleni,njengemihlaba ayitshalile uJehova,njengemisedari* ngaseceleni kwamanzi.
7 Amanzi ayakugobhoza,aphume ezimbizeni zakhe,imbewu yakhe ibe semanzini amaningi,inkosi yakhe ibe nkulu kuno-Agagi,umbuso wakhe uphakame.
8 “UNkulunkulu wamkhipha eGibithe;unjengezimpondo zenyathi kubo;uyakuqeda izizwe, izitha zakhe,aphule amathambo azo,azigwaze ngemicibisholo yakhe.
9 Wabuthalala,walala phansi njengengonyama,nanjengengonyamakazi,ngubani oyakumvusa na?“Mababusiswe bonke abakubusisayo,baqalekiswe bonke abakuqalekisayo.”
10 Ulaka lukaBalaki lwamvuthela uBileyamu, washaya izandla zakhe; uBalaki wathi kuBileyamu: “Ngakubiza ukuba uqalekise izitha zami; bheka, ubabusisile nokubabusisa kathathu.
11 Ngalokho baleka uye endaweni yakho; bengithi ngiyakukunika udumo olukhulu; kepha bheka, uJehova ugodlile udumo kuwe.”
12 UBileyamu wathi kuBalaki: “Angikhulumanga yini kuzo izithunywa zakho owazithuma kimi ukuthi:
13 ‘Noma uBalaki ebeyakunginika indlu yakhe igcwele isiliva negolide, anginakulidlula izwi likaJehova ngenhliziyo yami ukwenza okuhle noma okubi; akukhulumayo uJehova lokhu ngiyakukukhuluma,’ na?
14 Bheka manje, ngibuyela kubantu bakithi; woza ngikumemezelele ukuthi laba bantu bayakwenzani kubantu bakini ngezinsuku ezizayo.”
15 Wayesethatha isisho sakhe, wathi:“UBileyamu indodana kaBeyori uthi,umuntu oso lakhe livuliwe uthi,
16 ozwileyo amazwi kaNkulunkulu,owazi ukwazi koPhezukonke,obonile umbono kaSomandla,ewela phansi, kuvulwe amehlo akhe, uthi:
17 “Ngiyambona, kepha kungemanje;ngiyambheka, kodwa kungeseduze;kuyakuvela inkanyezi kuJakobe,nentonga yobukhosi iyakuvuka kwa-Israyeli,ishaye uMowabi emaceleni,ichithe onke amadodana kaSheti.
18 U-Edomi uyakuba yifa;uSeyiri uyakuba yifa naye,owayengowezitha zakhe,u-Israyeli esenza okubuqhawe.
19 Uyakuvela kuJakobe,achithe insali emzini.”
20 Wayesembuka u-Amaleki, wathatha isisho sakhe, wathi:“U-Amaleki wayengesokuqala sezizwe,kepha ukugcina kwakhe kungukubhubha.”
21 Wayesewabuka amaKheni, wathatha isisho sakhe, wathi:“Inamandla indawo yakho yokuhlala;isidleke sakho simisiwe edwaleni.
22 Nokho uKayini uyakuchithwauze uthunjwe ngu-Ashuri.”
23 Wathatha isisho sakhe, wathi:“Maye, ngubani oyakuphila,lapho uNkulunkulu ekwenza lokhu, na?
24 Imikhumbi iyakuvela ogwini lwaseKitimi,imhluphe u-Ashuri,imhluphe u-Ebere,naye aye ekubhujisweni.”
25 UBileyamu wayesesuka, wahamba, wabuyela endaweni yakhe; uBalaki wahamba ngeyakhe indlela.