¹ Nitiboke tagne Sitima ty Israely, vaho nanomboke nandrato tamy reo ampela ndre Moaba reo lehilahy, ² te reo Moabita nagnambara ty vahoake ho amy ty soro hoahy reo andragnahre iareo. Le nihina naho nihohoke tamy reo andragnahre ty Moabita ty vahoake. ³ Nagnampe tamy ty fanompoa andre Bala Peora reo lehilahy ndr'israely, le nirehitse tamy ndr'Israely ty siagne Yaveh. ⁴ Nanao tihoe Yaveh tamy ndre Mosesy: " Vono iaby reo mpitarike ty vahoake le ahantògno eo agnatrehako iareo mba hampisehoa aiereo amy ty andro, zane le mba hiala amy ndr,Israely ty firehitsy ty siako." ⁵ Kea le nanao tihoe Mosesy tamy reo mpitarike ty Israely: " Ty kiraikiraike aminareo le tsy maintse hamono ty ndaty ze nagnampe tamy ty fanompoa andre Bala Peora." ⁶ Bak'eo le namonje ty raike tamy reo lehilahy Israely le nanday ampela Miadianita rake tamy ty longone. Niseho teo amaso ndre Mosesy naho ty fitambara ty vahoagn'Israely iaby zane, laha mbo nitagne teo amy ty filira ty tragno-lay fihaogna iareo. ⁷ Laha hisa ndre Finehasa anadahy ndre Eleazara anadahy ndre Arona mpisoro zane, le nitsanga bak'eo amy ty fitambara reke vaho nandrabe lefo tegne an-tagnane. ⁸ Nagnarake reo lehilahy Israelita tao agnate tragno-lay reke le nampitsatoke ty lefone tamy ty vatane iareo roe, na iaze lehilahy Israelita na iaze ampela. Kea le nijano ty arete-mandane ze nalefan'Andragnahare tamy ty vahoagn'Israely. ⁹ Niisa efatsa arivo naho roa aly reo maty ty areti-mandane. ¹⁰ Nitsara tamy ndre Mosesy Yaveh le nanao tihoe: ¹¹ " Re Finehasa anandahy ndre Eleazara anandahy ndre Arona mpisoro, fa nagnafake ty heloko tamy ty vahoagn'Israely satria rese tamy ty zotogn'arofoko tamy iareo reke. Kea le tsy nitely ty vahoagn'Israely tamy siako Raho ¹² Noho zane talilio tihoe; ' Yaveh mitsara tihoe: " Ingo, Magnomey fagnekem-pilongoa andre Finehasa Raho. ¹³ Ho aze naho ty taranane misolo aze, ho fagnekeam-pisorogna tsy manam-pahatapera zane satria nana zotogn'arofo ho ahike, Andragnaharene reke. Fa nagnavake hoahy ty vahoagn'Israely reke.""' ¹⁴ Ty agnara iaze lehilahy Israelita ze nivonoa niarake tamy iaze vehivavy Midianita le Zimry ana ndre Salo, mpitarike ty longo andraza tamy reo Simeonita. ¹⁵ Ty agnara iaze ampela Midianita ze nivonoa le Kosby ana ndre Zora, ze ndaty bey foko naho longo tagne Midiana ¹⁶ Le nitsara tamy ndre Mosesy Yaveh vaho nanao tihoe: ¹⁷ "Raiso manahake ty fahavalo ty Midianita le tafiho iareop, ¹⁸ satria iareo nandray anareo manahake ty fahavalo tamy ty fitak'iareo. Nitarike anareo tamy ty rate iareo ty mikasike andre Peora naho ty mikasike andre Kosby anabavy iareo, iaze nivonoa tamy ty arete-mandane tamy ty raraha ndre Peora."