15 Ke tlile jwale ho bolella morena, monga ka, taba ena, hobane batho ba ntshabisitse. Ke ka baka lena, ke le lekgabunyane la hao, ke itseng, ke tla bolella morena; mohlomong, morena a ka etsa ka polelo ya lekgabunyane la hae.
16 Efela morena o tla utlwa, a be a namolele lekgabunyane la hae matsohong a motho ya lakatsang ho re timetsa, nna le mora ke lefeng la Modimo.
17 Lekgabunyane la hao le itse: Lentswe la morena, monga ka, e be le tshedisang; hobane morena, monga ka, o jwaloka lengeloi la Modimo, ho lemoha botle le bobe. Jehova, Modimo wa hao, a ke a be le wena.
18 Morena a araba, a re: O se ke wa mpatela taba leha e le nngwe eo ke tla o botsa yona. Mosadi a re: Bua, morena, monga ka.
19 Morena a re: Ha ke re, letsoho la Joabe le na le wena tabeng tseo tsohle na? Mosadi a araba, a re: Oho morena, monga ka ka moya wa hao o phelang, taba eo ya hao ha e kgelohele ho le letona, leha e le ho le letshehadi; efela e dutse kamoo e boletsweng kateng ke morena, monga ka; efela ke mohlanka wa hao Joabe ya ntaetseng, ya beileng le taba tsena tsohle molomong wa lekgabunyane la hao.
20 Ke mohlanka wa hao, Joabe ya entseng mokgwa oo, hore taba eo e tsamaiswe ka mokgwa o mong. Haele monga ka, o bohlale jwaloka lengeloi la Modimo, ho tseba tsohle tse etsahalang lefatsheng.
21 Ebile morena o re ho Joabe: Bona, ke ya e etsa taba eo; eya, o late mohlankana Absalome.