2 Ndipo Amnoni anapsinjikadi nayamba kudwala cifukwa ca mlongo wace Tamara, pakuti anali namwali, ndipo Amnoni anaciyesa capatali kumcitira kanthu.
3 Koma Amnoni anali ndi bwenzi lace, dzina lace ndiye Jonadabu, mwana wa Sineya, mbale wa Davide. Ndipo Jonadabu anali munthu wocenjera ndithu.
4 Nanena naye, Iwe mwana wa mfumu, uonderanji tsiku ndi tsiku? Sungandiuze kodi? Ndipo Amnoni anati kwa iye, Ndikonda Tamara, mlongo wa mbale wanga Abisalomu.
5 Ndipo Jonadabu ananena naye, Ugone pa kama wako ndi kudzikokomeza ulikudwala; ndipo pamene atate wako akadzakuona unene naye, Mulole mlongo wanga Tamara abwere kundipatsa kudya, nakonzere cakudyaco pamaso panga kuti ndicione ndi kucidya ca m'manja mwace.
6 Comweco Amnoni anagona, nadzikokomeza alikudwala; ndipo pamene mfumu inadza kumuona, Amnoni anati kwa mfumuyo, Mulole Tamara mlongo wanga abwere ndi kundipangira timitanda tiwiri pamaso panga, kuti ndikadye ca m'manja mwace.
7 Ndipo Davide anatumiza mau kwao kwa Tamara, kuti, Upite ku nyumba ya mlongo wako Amnoni, numkonzere cakudya,
8 Comweco Tamara anapita ku nyumba ya mlongo wace Amnoni; ndipo iye anali cigonere. Ndipo anatenga ufa naukanda naumba timitanda pamaso pace, nakazinga timitandato.