16 Na wɔbaa Baalam nkyɛn bɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Sipor ba Balak se, ‘Mepa wo kyɛw, mma biribiara nnsi wo kwan sɛ wobɛba me nkyɛn, 17 ɛfiri sɛ mɛhyɛ wo animuonyam paa, na biribiara a wobɛka akyerɛ me no mɛyɛ. Enti mepa wo kyɛw, bra na bɛdome nkurɔfoɔ yi ma me.’”

10 Ɛnna Balak bo fuu Baalam. Na Balak bɔɔ ne nsam, na ɔka kyerɛɛ Baalam sɛ: “Mefrɛɛ wo sɛ bɛdome m’atamfo,+ nanso nhyira na wode adware wɔn mprɛnsa yi nyinaa. 11 Yɛ ntɛm kɔ wo fie. Mekaa sɛ mɛhyɛ wo animuonyam paa,+ nanso hwɛ! Yehowa ama animuonyam no abɔ wo.”