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

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. 11 Yɛ ntɛm kɔ wo fi. Mekae sɛ mɛhyɛ wo anuonyam paa,+ nanso hwɛ! Yehowa ama anuonyam no abɔ wo.”