28 Joale banna, bahoebi ba Bamidiane,+ ba feta. Kahoo ba hula Josefa ba mo nyolla ka sekoting sa metsi+ ba ntan’o rekisa Josefa ho Baishmaele ka likotoana tsa silevera tse mashome a mabeli.+ Qetellong ba tlisa Josefa Egepeta.

15 Ka mor’a moo Faro a utloa ka ntho ena, eaba o leka ho bolaea Moshe;+ empa Moshe a balehela+ Faro e le hore a e’o lula naheng ea Midiane;+ eaba o lula pel’a seliba.

4 Moabe ea re ho banna ba baholo ba Midiane:+ “Joale phutheho ena e tla nyeka libaka tsohle tsa rōna tse potolohileng joalokaha poho e nyeka limela tse tala tsa naha.”

Balake+ mora oa Zipore e ne e le morena oa Moabe ka nako eo.

2 “Iphetetse+ ho Bamidiane+ bakeng sa bara ba Iseraele. Ka mor’a moo u tla nkeloa ho batho ba heno.”+

2 Matsoho a Bamidiane a hlōla Baiseraele.+ Ka lebaka la Bamidiane bara ba Iseraele ba iketsetsa libaka tse ka tlaase tsa polokelo tse lithabeng, le mahaheng le libakeng tseo ho leng thata ho li atamela.+