5 Enti ɔsomaa nnipa kɔɔ Beor ba Baalam nkyɛn wɔ Petor+ a ɛbɛn Asubɔnten* a ɛwɔ asaase a wɔwoo Baalam wɔ so no so no. Ɔma wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Hwɛ! Nkurɔfo bi fi Egypt aba. Hwɛ! Wɔahyɛ asaase so ma,*+ na wɔte me hwene ano pɛɛ. 6 Enti mepa wo kyɛw, bra na bɛdome saa nkurɔfo yi ma me,+ efisɛ wɔn ho yɛ den sen me. Ebia metumi adi wɔn so nkonim na mapam wɔn afi asaase no so, efisɛ minim yiye sɛ nea wubehyira no no, wobehyira no, na nea wobɛdome no no, wɔbɛdome no.”

7 Ɛnna ɔde yɛɛ anwensɛm kae sɛ:+

‘Bra bɛdome Yakob ma me.

Yiw, bra bɛbɔ Israel dua.’+

11 Ɛnna Balak bisaa Baalam sɛ: “Ɛdɛn na woayɛ me yi? Mede wo bae sɛ bɛdome m’atamfo, nanso nhyira na wode aguare wɔn.”+

10 Ɛnna Balak bo fuw Baalam. Na Balak bɔɔ ne nsam, na ɔka kyerɛɛ Baalam sɛ: “Mefrɛɛ wo sɛ bɛdome m’atamfo,+ nanso nhyira na wode aguare wɔn mprɛnsa yi nyinaa.