1 Joabe, mora Tseruja, a lemoha hobane pelo ya morena e hlolohetswe Absalome.
2 Kahoo, Joabe a romela Tekowa, ho ya lata mosadi ya bohlale teng; a re ho yena: O ke o iketse ya hlomohileng, o apere le diaparo tsa bofifi; o se ke wa itlotsa ka ole, o mpe o ipee mosadi ya nnileng a llela motho ya shweleng halelele;
3 o ntano hlaha pela morena, o bue le yena ka hore le ka hore. Mme Joabe a mo kenya ditaba molomong.
4 Ha ho le jwalo, mosadi eo wa Tekowa a tla, a bua le morena; a fihla a inamela fatshe ka sefahleho, a mo kgumamela, a re: Thusa, morena!
5 Morena a re ho yena: Ke efe taba ya hao? A re: Ke mosadi wa mohlolohadi; monna wa ka o timetse.
6 Jwale, lekgabunyane la hao le be le na le bara ba le babedi; ba qabana ba babedi naheng, ho se ya ba namolang; e mong a ba a beta wa bobedi, a mmolaya.