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22 Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Izrayɛɛlɩ mba ɖɛɛ nɛ powolo nɛ pesiɣ kizinzikiŋ Mowaabʋ kañɩmbusuu kɛdɛɛnzɩ taa Yɔɔrdaŋ nɛ wayɩ, Yeriikoo ɛsɩndaa.+ 2 Ŋgʋ Zipɔɔrɩ pɩyalʋ Baalaakɩ+ kaana mbʋ payɩ Izrayɛɛlɩ labɩ Amoori mba yɔ, 3 nɛ samaɣ ŋga kɔ-yɔɔ lɛ, sɔɔndʋ kpa Mowaabʋ mba pɩŋŋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ kaaɖɔ kpem; toovenim taa lɛ, Izrayɛɛlɩ mba yɔɔ lɛ, sɔɔndʋ kpa Mowaabʋ mba siŋŋ nɛ pɩpɩsɩ-wɛ kʋdɔŋ.+ 4 Pʋyɔɔ Mowaabʋ mba heyi Madiyaŋ+ ɛzʋtʋyaa se: «Samaɣ kanɛ, kakaɣ tɔɔʋ mbʋ payɩ pɩcɔ-ɖʋ nɛ pɩta yɔ, ɛzɩ nɔ abalɩñɩnʋ tɔkʋʋ ñɩtʋ hayɩm taa yɔ.»
Pʋbʋ taa lɛ, Zipɔɔrɩ pɩyalʋ Baalaakɩ kaakɛnɩnɩ Mowaabʋ wiyaʋ. 5 Etiyi ɛyaa Beyɔɔrɩ pɩyalʋ Baalam cɔlɔ Petɔɔrɩ+ tɛtʋ taa. Tɛtʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa palʋlɩ-ɩ, nɛ tɩwɛ Pɔɔ* nɔɔ. Etiyaa se payaa-ɩ, ɛtɔm se: «Na! Samaɣ nakɛyɛ lɩnɩ Ejipiti. Kawadɩ tɛtʋ* yɔɔ* wala wala,+ nɛ kɛwɛ cɛɛkɛ mɛ-ɛsɩndaa cɩnɛ. 6 Mentendi-ŋ, kɔɔ nɛ ŋlɔ-m samaɣ ŋga kɔ-yɔɔ nɔɔ kɩdɛkɛdaɣ,+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ kakɩlɩ-m ɖoŋ. Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ pɩtɩla yɔ, manpɩzɩɣ nɛ mawabɩ-kɛ nɛ mɔnɖɔɔnɩ-kɛ ɛjaɖɛ taa, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ mansɩm camɩyɛ se ɛyʋ weyi ŋwazɩɣ-ɩ yɔ pɩɖɔŋnɩ-ɩ camɩyɛ; nɛ weyi ɛ-yɔɔ ŋlɔʋ nɔɔ kɩdɛkɛdaɣ yɔ piyou-i.»
7 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ Mowaabʋ ɛzʋtʋyaa nɛ Madiyaŋ ɛzʋtʋyaa pakpaɣ nʋmɔʋ, pɛkpɛndɩnɩ liidiye nɖɩ pɛhɛyɩɣ tɩyɩtʋ yɔɔ yɔ nɛ powolo Baalam+ cɔlɔ nɛ peheyi-i tɔm ndʋ Baalaakɩ yɔɔdaa yɔ. 8 Peeɖe eheyi-wɛ se: «Iɖoo cɩnɛ, nɛ mankaɣ-mɩ heyuu tɔm ndʋ payɩ Yehowa heyiɣ-m yɔ.» Nɛ Mowaabʋ awumbiya caɣ Baalam cɔlɔ.
9 Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Ɛsɔ kɔɔ Baalam cɔlɔ nɛ ɛpɔzɩ-ɩ se:+ «Abalaa mba pɛwɛ ñɔ-cɔlɔ yɔ mba pɛkɛnaa?» 10 Baalam cosi Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ se: «Mowaabʋ wiyaʋ Baalaakɩ, Zipɔɔrɩ pɩyalʋ tiyini-wɛ se peheyi-m se: 11 “Na! Samaɣ ŋga kalɩnɩ Ejipiti ɛjaɖɛ taa yɔ, kawadɩ tɛtʋ* yɔɔ* wala wala. Kɔɔ nɛ ŋlɔ-m kɔ-yɔɔ nɔɔ kɩdɛkɛdaɣ.+ Pɩtɩla yɔ, mankaɣ pɩzʋʋ nɛ moyooni-kɛ nɛ mɔnɖɔɔnɩ-kɛ.”» 12 Ɛlɛ Ɛsɔ heyi Baalam se: «Taatɩŋ-wɛ. Pɩfɛyɩ se ŋlɔ samaɣ ŋga kɔ-yɔɔ nɔɔ kɩdɛkɛdaɣ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ pawazɩ-kɛ.»+
13 Baalam kʋyɩ tanaŋ tɛɛ nɛ eheyi Baalaakɩ awumbiya se: «Ɩpɩsɩ mɩ-ɛjaɖɛ taa, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ Yehowa kizaa se mantaatɩŋ-mɩ.» 14 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ Mowaabʋ awumbiya ɖɛɛ nɛ papɩsɩ Baalaakɩ cɔlɔ nɛ peheyi-i se: «Baalam kizaa se ɛɛtɩŋɩɣ-ɖʋ.»
15 Ɛlɛ Baalaakɩ tasɩ tiyuu awumbiya lalaa, pakɩlɩ kajalaɣ mba ɖɔʋ nɛ pa-hɩla sɛwa nɛ pɩkɩlɩ kajalaɣ mba. 16 Pɔkɔɔ Baalam cɔlɔ nɛ peheyi-i se: «Tɔm tʋnɛ Zipɔɔrɩ pɩyalʋ Baalaakɩ yɔɔdaa: “Mentendi-ŋ, taayele nɛ nabʋyʋ ɖɩɣ-ŋ nʋmɔʋ nɛ ŋkizi mɔn-cɔlɔ kɔm, 17 mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ mankaɣ-ŋ hɩɖɛ ɖʋʋ pɩdɩɩfɛyɩ nɛ mankaɣ labʋ mbʋ payɩ ŋheyiɣ-m se mala yɔ. Pʋyɔɔ lɛ, mentendi-ŋ, kɔɔ nɛ ŋlɔ-m samaɣ ŋga kɔ-yɔɔ nɔɔ kɩdɛkɛdaɣ.”» 18 Ɛlɛ Baalam cosi Baalaakɩ lɩmɖʋyaa se: «Paa Baalaakɩ ɛcɛlɩɣ-m ɛ-ɖɩɣa maɣmaɣ nɛ liidiye nɛ sika su ka-taa yɔ, maapɩzɩɣ nɛ mala nabʋyʋ nɛ pɩkaɖɩnɩ mɛ-Ɛsɔ Yehowa paɣtʋ, paa pɩtɩɩkɛ cikpem yaa sɔsɔm yɔ.+ 19 Ɛlɛ mentendi-mɩ, mɩ ɖɔɖɔ ɩcaɣ cɩnɛ ɖoo anɛ nɛ mantɩlɩ tɔm ndʋ Yehowa tasɩɣ-m heyuu yɔ.»+
20 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ Ɛsɔ kɔɔ Baalam cɔlɔ nɛ ɖoo nɛ eheyi-i se: «Ye abalaa mba pɔkɔma se paya-ŋ yɔ, tɩŋ-wɛ. Ɛlɛ tɔm ndʋ meheyiɣ-ŋ se ŋyɔɔdɩ yɔ, ti-ɖeke pɩwɛɛ se ŋyɔɔdɩ.»+ 21 Peeɖe Baalam kʋyɩ tanaŋ tɛɛ nɛ ɛñɔɔzɩ ɛ-kpaŋaɣ* nɛ ɛtɩŋ Mowaabʋ awumbiya.+
22 Ɛlɛ Ɛsɔ kɔ pana siŋŋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɛɛwɛɛ nɛ ɛɖɛɣ, nɛ Yehowa tiyiyu sɩŋ nʋmɔʋ taa se ɛɖɩɣ-ɩ nʋmɔʋ. Baalam kaacaɣ ɛ-kpaŋaɣ yɔɔ nɛ ɛ-lɩmɖʋyaa 2 kaawɛ ɛ-cɔlɔ. 23 Nɛ kpaŋaɣ na Yehowa tiyiyu sɩŋ nʋmɔʋ taa nɛ ɛkpɛ laɣɖɛ nɛ ɛɖɔkɩ lɛ, kañɩnɩ se kɛlɛɣzɩ nʋmɔʋ, nɛ kasʋʋ ñɩtʋ taa. Ɛlɛ Baalam paɣzɩ kpaŋaɣ mabʋ se kapɩsɩ nʋmɔʋ taa. 24 Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Yehowa tiyiyu sɩŋ nʋmɔʋ kpɩyɩsɔɔ ñɩŋgʋ nakʋyʋ taa, viiñi hayɩm 2 hɛkʋ taa, pɛɛ koloŋa kʋɖʋmaɣ kaawɛ nɩwaŋ yɔɔ nɛ lɛɛka nɩmɩyɛ yɔɔ. 25 Kpaŋaɣ na Yehowa tiyiyu lɛ, kamalɩnɩ koloŋa nɛ kɛsɛyɩ Baalam nɩŋgbaŋaɣ nɛ koloŋa; nɛ Baalam ɖaɣnɩ-kɛ paɣzʋʋ mabʋ.
26 Yehowa tiyiyu tasɩ ɖɛʋ nɛ ɛsɩndaa kiŋ nɛ ɛsɩŋ lone naɖɩyɛ taa, nɖɩ ɖɩwɛ kpɩyɩsɔɔ yɔ, ɖenɖe nʋmɔʋ nakʋyʋ fɛyɩ se pɛhɛyɩ nɩwaŋ yɔɔ yaa nɩmɩyɛ yɔɔ yɔ. 27 Kpaŋaɣ na Yehowa tiyiyu lɛ, kahɩnɩ Baalam tɛɛ, ɖɩnɛ ɛlɛ Baalam taa wɩɩ siŋŋ nɛ ɛwɛɛ kpaŋaɣ mabʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɛ-ɖaʋ. 28 Pɩkɛdaa lɛ, Yehowa la nɛ kpaŋaɣ paɣzɩ yɔɔdʋʋ,*+ kɔpɔzɩ Baalam se: «Ɛbɛ malabɩ-ŋ nɛ ŋmabɩ-m tam nabudozo mbʋ?»+ 29 Baalam cosi kpaŋaɣ se: «Malabɩ mbʋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ŋpɛmɩ-m tɛtɛ. Ye maaɖɔkɩ laɣɖɛ yɔ maakʋ-ŋ!» 30 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ kpaŋaɣ pɔzɩ Baalam se: «Ɛzɩ mantɩkɛ ña-kpaŋaɣ ŋga kɔ-yɔɔ ŋcaɣ ñe-wezuu kpeekpe nɛ pɩkɔɔ nɛ pɩtalɩ sɔnɔ yɔ? Maatɛmɩ-ŋ labʋ mbʋ wiɖiyi?» Ecosi se: «Aayɩ!» 31 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ, Yehowa kuli Baalam ɛsa nɛ ɛna+ Yehowa tiyiyu sɩŋ nʋmɔʋ taa, ɛkpɛ laɣɖɛ nɛ ɛɖɔkɩ. Kpaagbaa mbʋ lɛ, eluŋ nɛ ɛpa ɛ-ɛsa nɛ tɛtʋ.
32 Nɛ Yehowa tiyiyu heyi-i se: «Ɛbɛ yɔɔ ŋmabɩ ña-kpaŋaɣ tam nabudozo mbʋ? Na! Mɔkɔmna se mankaɖɩnɩ-ŋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ña-nʋmɔʋ ɛɛlakɩ nɔɔ kʋɖʋmaɣ nɛ mɔn-sɔɔlɩm.+ 33 Kpaŋaɣ na-m lɛ, kañɩnɩ se kɛlɛɣzɩ nʋmɔʋ tam nabudozo.+ Maɣzɩ se kataalɛɣzɩ nʋmɔʋ! Pɩtalʋʋnɩ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ yɔ, maatɛmɩ-ŋ kʋʋ nɛ meyele kpaŋaɣ.» 34 Baalam heyi Yehowa tiyiyu se: «Malabɩ kɩwɛɛkɩm, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ mantaana se ñaasɩŋnɩ nʋmɔʋ taa se ŋkatɩ-m. Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ ye ŋnaɣ se pɩfɛyɩ ɖeu yɔ manpɩsɩɣ.» 35 Ɛlɛ Yehowa tiyiyu heyi Baalam se: «Tɩŋ abalaa mba, ɛlɛ tɔm ndʋ meheyiɣ-ŋ yɔ, ti-ɖeke pɩwɛɛ se ŋyɔɔdɩ.» Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ Baalam tɩŋ Baalaakɩ awumbiya mba nɛ powolo pa-nʋmɔʋ ɖɔm yɔɔ.
36 Baalaakɩ nɩwa se Baalam kɔma lɛ, ewolo kpaagbaa nɛ ɛkatɩ-ɩ Mowaabʋ tɛtʋ ndʋ tɩwɛ Arɩnɔɔnɩ kidiiliŋ yɔɔ yɔ tɩ-taa, egeetiye kamaɣ yɔɔ. 37 Baalaakɩ pɔzɩ Baalam se: «Mantitiyi se paya-ŋ yaa we? Ɛbɛ yɔɔ ŋtɩkɔɔ mɔn-cɔlɔ yɔ? Ŋmaɣzaa se maapɩzɩɣ nɛ manɖʋ-ŋ hɩɖɛ pɩŋŋ yaa we?»+ 38 Baalam cosi Baalaakɩ se: «Tɔ, lɛɛlɛɛyɔ mɔnkɔma lɛ. Ɛlɛ pakaɣ-m haʋ nʋmɔʋ se mɔyɔɔdɩ tɔm natʋyʋ? Tɔm ndʋ Ɛsɔ ɖʋʋ mɔ-nɔɔ taa yɔ, ti-ɖeke manpɩzɩɣ nɛ mɔyɔɔdɩ.»+
39 Nɛ Baalam tɩŋ Baalaakɩ, nɛ powolo nɛ patalɩ Kiriyatɩ-Huzɔɔtɩ. 40 Baalaakɩ laa naŋ nɛ heŋ nɛ etiyini ɖɔɖɔ Baalam nɛ awumbiya mba paawɛ ɛ-cɔlɔ yɔ. 41 Tɛʋ fem tanaŋ tɛɛ lɛ, Baalaakɩ kpaɣ Baalam nɛ ɛkpanɩ-ɩ Bamɔɔtɩ-Baalɩ; ɛwɛɣ peeɖe lɛ, ɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛna samaɣ kpeekpe.+