5 A romela baromuoa hore ba bitse Balame mora oa Beore sebakeng sa Pethore,+ se pel’a Noka* e naheng ea habo a re: “Ho na le sechaba se tsoileng Egepeta. Se koahetse lefatše*+ ’me se lutse ka pel’a ka. 6 Joale ka kopo, tloo u bitsetse sechaba sena bomalimabe bakeng sa ka+ kaha se matla ho mpheta. Mohlomong nka se hlola ’me ke se leleke naheng hobane ke tseba hantle hore eo u mo hlohonolofatsang o hlohonolofetse ’me eo u mo bitsetsang bomalimabe o oeloa ke bomalimabe.”

7 Joale Balame a bua maele ana a reng:+

‘Tloo u bitsetse Jakobo bomalimabe bakeng sa ka.

Tloo u nyatse Iseraele.’+

11 Eaba Balake o re ho Balame: “Ke hobane’ng ha u nkentse tjee? Ke u tlisitse mona hore u tl’o bitsetsa lira tsa ka bomalimabe empa uena u li hlohonolofalitse.”+

10 Eaba Balake o halefela Balame. Balake a opa liatla a halefile eaba o re ho Balame: “Ke u bitselitse hore u bitsetse lira tsa ka bomalimabe+ empa uena u li hlohonolofalitse ka makhetlo ana a mararo.