1 Digau Israel ga lloo adu gi mua gaa dae adu loo gi di gowaa baba i lodo tenua go Moab, gei digaula ga haga duu di nadau waahale laa i di gowaa deelaa i baahi gi dua di monowai Jordan, ga huli adu gi Jericho. 2 Di king o Moab go Balak tama Zippor ne longono ia di mee digau Israel ne hai ang gi digau Amor, 3 gei mee mo digau Moab huogodoo gu mmaadagu huoloo i digau Israel ala koia e dogologowaahee. 4 Digau Moab ga helekai ang gi nia dagi o digau Midian, “Digau dogologowaahee aanei e limalima hua di hagahuaidu tadau henua huogodoo, gadoo be di kau daane dela e gai hagalimalima ana geinga i lodo di gowaa maalama.”

Malaa, Balak, di king o digau Moab, 5 ga hagau ana gau kae hegau gi Balaam, tama Beor, dela e noho i Pethor i tenua go Amaw i taalinga di monowai Euphrates, ga helekai gi mee, “Au e haga iloo adu gi di goe bolo tenua hagatau ne lloomoi i Egypt, ga modoho gi daha gi nia madagoaa huogodoo, e hai be digau e hiihai e hai mee gi tadau henua.[a] 6 Digaula koia e dogologo gei e maaloo dangihi i gidaadou. Malaa, dumaalia mai mua, hanimoi e haga halauwa digau aanei. Holongo deenei di ala e mee di haga magedaa ai digaula mo di hagabagi digaula gi daha mo tadau henua. Au e iloo bolo nia daangada ala e haga maluagina kooe, gei digaula ga haadanga lamalia, gei digau ala e haga halauwa kooe le e haadanga balua.”

7 Nia dagi Moab mo Midian guu kae nadau hui haga halauwa, guu hula gi baahi o Balaam ga hagi anga gi mee nia mee huogodoo Balak ne helekai gi digaula. 8 Balaam ga helekai gi digaula, “Goodou noho i dogu baahi boo nei. Daiaa gei au ga helekai adu gi goodou di mee a Dimaadua ma ga helekai mai gi di au.” Malaa, nia dagi Moab guu noho i baahi o Balaam.

9 God ga hanimoi gi Balaam ga heeu gi mee, “Ma digau aha ala i do baahi?”

10 Balaam ga helekai anga, “Di king o Moab go Balak, tama daane Zippor, ne hagau mai dana hegau deenei: 11 Di hai o digau ne lloomoi i Egypt gu modoho gi daha i lodo tenua hagatau. Mee bolo au gii hana e haga halauwa digaula gii mee dana heebagi gi digaula gi magedaa digaula, gi hagabagi digaula gi daha mo dono henua.”

12 God ga helekai gi Balaam, “Goe hudee hana madalia digaula, goe hudee haga halauwa ina labelaa digau tenua deelaa, idimaa, digaula guu lawa di haga maluagina ko Au.”

13 Ga hooaga dono daiaa, gei Balaam ga helekai gi digau kae hegau aalaa, “Goodou hula gi di godou henua, idimaa, Dimaadua hagalee hiihai bolo au e hana madalia goodou.” 14 Digau kae hegau ga hagatanga gaa hula gi Balak ga helekai gi mee boloo, “Balaam e de hiihai di hanimoi madalia gimaadou.”

15 Gei Balak ga hagau labelaa hunu gau kae hegau gi mada dogologo ge mada aamua i digau ala i mua. 16 Digaula gaa hula gi baahi o Balaam, ga helekai gi mee nnelekai a Balak aanei: “Meenei, goe dumaalia mai, goe hudee dumaalia gi dahi mee gi duulia goe gi daha mo do hanimoi gi dogu baahi! 17 Au ga gowadu gi di goe di hui damanaiee, au ga haga gila aga nia mee huogodoo ala e dangi iei goe mai gi di au. Hudee heheia hanimoi e haga halauwa digau aanei.”

18 Balaam ga helekai gi digau kae hegau aalaa, “Ma e aha maa Balak bolo ia e gaamai gi di au nia goolo mono silber mono mee hagalabagau huogodoo i dono hale, gei au e deemee di oho taganoho Dimaadua, go dogu God, gi di mee dulii be damana. 19 Malaa, goodou noho i dogu baahi boo nei, gadoo be digau anadilaangi, bolo gi iloo eau be Dimaadua dana mee labelaa i golo e hagi mai gi di au.”

20 Dimaadua ga hanimoi gi baahi o Balaam di boo deelaa ga helekai, “Maa digau aanei ne lloomoi belee lahi goe, gei goe hana i muli digaula. Goe hudee hai dahi mee i daha mo agu mee ala ma ga helekai adu gi di goe.” 21 Hooaga luada dono daiaa, gei Balaam ga hagatogomaalia dana ‘donkey’ gaa hana madalia nia dagi Moab.

22 God gu hagawelewele, idimaa Balaam dela guu hana. Tangada di langi o Dimaadua gaa duu i hongo di ala belee duuli a mee dela e hana i hongo dana ‘donkey’ mo ana daangada hai hegau dogolua. 23 Di madagoaa di ‘donkey’ ne mmada gi tangada di langi dela e duu i hongo di ala, e daahi dana hulumanu, geia gaa hana gi daha mo di ala, ga ulu gi lodo nia geinga. Gei Balaam ga hagamaawa di ‘donkey’ deelaa bolo gii hana a mee gi hongo di ala. 24 Tangada di langi o Dimaadua gaa duu i di gowaa madagiigi o di ala i mehanga nia abaaba hadu e lua o nia hadagee waini. 25 Di madagoaa di ‘donkey’ ne gidee ia tangada di langi, geia ga menege adu gi di abaaba deelaa, mo di hono di wae Balaam gi di gili di abaaba, gei Balaam ga hagamaawa labelaa di ‘donkey’. 26 Tangada di langi deelaa gaa hana labelaa, gaa duu i di gowaa dela koia e madagiigi o di ala, di gowaa deelaa e deemee di hana ai di ‘donkey’ gi di baahi gau ihala be gau donu. 27 Di madagoaa di ‘donkey’ ne mmada gi tangada di langi e duu i ono mua, geia gaa dogo ia gi lala gi hongo di gelegele. Balaam gu hagawelewele huoloo gu daamada gu haga mamaawa di ‘donkey’ gi dana dogodogo. 28 Dimaadua gaa hai di ‘donkey’ deelaa gii mee di helekai. Di ‘donkey’ ga helekai gi Balaam, “Au ne hai dagu aha adu gi di goe dela goe ga haga mamaawa au nia holongo e dolu?”

29 Balaam ga helekai anga, “Idimaa goe dela ne haganneennee au! Au nei bolo dagu hulumanu i golo, gei au gu daaligi goe!”

30 Di ‘donkey’ ga helekai gi Balaam, “Au hagalee go di ‘donkey’ dela nogo heehee iei goe mai i do dulii? Mai loo i mua gaa dae mai gi dangi nei? Ma iai dahi madagoaa i golo gei au gu de hagalongo adu?”

Balaam ga helekai gi mee, “Deeai.”

31 Dimaadua ga dumaalia ang gi Balaam gi gidee ia tangada di langi dela e duu i hongo di ala e haga mmuu dana hulumanu. Balaam gaa dogo gi lala i mua o mee gi hongo di gelegele. 32 Tangada di langi ga helekai anga, “Ma e aha dela goe e haga mamaawa dau ‘donkey’ nnolongo e dolu? Au ne hanimoi belee haga de aadee goe gi dee hana goe i doo ala huaidu. 33 Dau ‘donkey’ gu mmada mai gi di au, deenei di mee a mee ne hana ai gi daha mo di ala deenei. Maa nei bolo mee digi hai beelaa, gei au gu daaligi goe, gei di ‘donkey’ guu mee dana hana.”

34 Balaam ga helekai anga, “Au gu ihala, au digi iloo bolo goe e duu i ogu mua i hongo di ala deenei, e hai baahi mai gi di au. Malaa, maa goe e de hiihai bolo au e hana, malaa, au gaa hana gi muli gi dogu hale.”

35 Tangada di langi ga helekai gi mee, “Goe hana madalia digau aanaa, malaa goe helekai hua i agu mee ala ga hagi adu gi di goe bolo gi helekai ai.” Malaa, Balaam gu madalia nia gau kae hegau a Balak.

36 Balak gu longono ia bolo Balaam gu hanimoi, gei mee guu hana belee heetugi gi mee i di waahale go Ar, i taalinga di monowai Arnon, dela i tagageinga o Moab. 37 Balak ga helekai gi Balaam, “Goe ne aha dela digi hanimoi gi dagu hegau matagidagi? Goe e hagamaanadu bolo au ga hagalee gowadu gi di goe di hui damana?”

38 Balaam ga helekai anga, “Au deenei gu hanimoi. Nia hagadilinga mogobuna aha ala i dogu baahi? Ma aalaa hua go nia helekai a God ne gaamai gi di au bolo au gi helekai ai, aalaa agu mee e hai.” 39 Malaa, Balaam guu hana madalia a Balak, meemaa guu hula gi di waahale go Huzoth. 40 Balak ga daaligi ana kau mono siibi i di gowaa deelaa, gaa kae nia goneiga dulii gi Balaam mo nia dagi ala ne lloomoi madalia a mee.

41 Hooaga luada dono daiaa, gei Balak gaa lahi a Balaam gi Bamoth-Baal, di gowaa dela e mee di mmada Balaam gi hunu gau Israel.

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