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| 1. | UBalami esebonile ukuthi kuhle emehlweni e Nkosi ukubusisa uIsrayeli, kahambanga njengezinye izikhathi ukuyadinga imilingo; kodwa wakhangelisa ubuso bakhe enkangala. |
| 2. | Kwathi uBalami ephakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona uIsrayeli ehlezi ngokwezizwe zakhe, loMoya kaNkulunkulu wayephezu kwakhe. |
| 3. | Wasephakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi: UBalami indodana kaBeyori uthi, lendoda elamehlo avulekileyo ithi, |
| 4. | uthi ozwayo amazwi kaNkulunkulu, obonayo umbono kaSomandla, esiwa, njalo kuvuleke amehlo. |
| 5. | Mahle kangakanani amathente akho, Jakobe, amakhaya akho, Israyeli! |
| 6. | Njengezigodi zisabalele, njengezivande ngasemfuleni, njengezinhlaba i Nkosi ezihlanyeleyo, njengezihlahla zomsedari ngasemanzini ! |
| 7. | Amanzi azageleza evela embizeni zakhe, lenhlanyelo yakhe izakuba semanzini amanengi, lenkosi yakhe izakuba nkulu kuloAgagi, lombuso wakhe uzaphakama. |
| 8. | UNkulunkulu wamkhupha eGibhithe, ulokunjengamandla enyathi, uzakudla izizwe, izitha zakhe, njalo uzakwephula amathambo azo, njalo azitshoke ngemitshoko yakhe. |
| 9. | Waqutha, walala phansi njengesilwane, lanjengesilwane esisikazi; ngubani ozamvusa? Okubusisayo abusiswe, lokuqalekisayo aqalekiswe! |
| 10. | Njalo ulaka lukaBalaki lwavuthela uBalami, waqakeza izandla zakhe, uBalaki wasesithi kuBalami: Ngikubize ukuze uqalekise izitha zami, kodwa khangela, uzibusisile lokuzibusisa okwalezizikhathi ezintathu. |
| 11. | Khathesi-ke zibalekele uye endaweni yakho. Bengithe ngizakuhlonipha ngodumo, kodwa khangela, i Nkosi ikuvimbile kudumo. |
| 12. | UBalami wasesithi kuBalaki: Kangikhulumanga yini lakuzithunywa obuzithume kimi ngisithi: |
| 13. | Uba uBalaki ebezangipha indlu yakhe igcwele isiliva legolide, bengingayikweqa umlayo we Nkosi, ukwenza okuhle kumbe okubi okwenhliziyo yami; lokho i Nkosi ekutshoyo yilokho engizakukhuluma? |
| 14. | Khathesi-ke, khangela, ngiya ebantwini bakithi; woza ngikutshele ukuthi lababantu bazakwenzani ebantwini bakini ensukwini zokucina. |
| 15. | Wasephakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi: UBalami indodana kaBeyori uthi, lendoda elamehlo avulekileyo ithi, |
| 16. | uthi ozwayo amazwi kaNkulunkulu, lowazi ulwazi loPhezukonke, obonayo umbono kaSomandla, esiwa, njalo kuvuleke amehlo. |
| 17. | Ngizambona, kodwa hatshi khathesi, ngizamkhangela, kodwa kungeseduze; kuzavela inkanyezi kuJakobe, lentonga yobukhosi izavuka koIsrayeli, itshaye amagumbi akoMowabi, njalo ichithe bonke abantwana bakaShethi. |
| 18. | Njalo uEdoma uzakuba yimfuyo, loSeyiri abe yimfuyo yezitha zakhe, kodwa uIsrayeli uzakwenza ngobuqhawe, |
| 19. | kuzavela-ke koJakobe umbusi, njalo uzabhubhisa oseleyo emzini. |
| 20. | Esebone uAmaleki, waphakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi: UAmaleki wayengowokuqala wezizwe, kodwa ukucina kwakhe kuyikubhubha okwesikhathi sonke. |
| 21. | Esebone amaKeni, waphakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi: Iqinile indlu yakho, isidleke sakho usimise edwaleni. |
| 22. | Kanti-ke uKhayini uzachithwa, aze akuthumbe uAshuri. |
| 23. | Wasephakamisa umfanekiso wakhe wathi: Maye, ngubani ozaphila nxa uNkulunkulu esenza lokhu? |
| 24. | Imikhumbi izavela ekhunjini lweKitimi, ihluphe uAshuri, ihluphe uEberi; njalo laye uzabhubha okwesikhathi sonke. |
| 25. | UBalami wasesukuma wahamba wabuyela endaweni yakhe; loBalaki laye wahamba ngendlela yakhe. |
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