4 Morena a re ho Tsiba: Bona, tsohle tseo e leng tsa Mefiboshethe ke tsa hao. Tsiba a re: Ke a inama, ke re, a nke ke bone mohau ho morena, monga ka.
5 Davida ha a fihla Bahurime, a bona ho etswa teng monna wa lesika la ntlo ya Saule, lebitso la hae e le Shimei, mora Gera; a tla a ntse a rohakana.
6 A betsa Davida ka majwe, le bahlanka bohle ba morena Davida, le setjhaba sohle, le bahale bohle, ba tsamayang ho le letona le ho le letshehadi la morena.
7 Shimei a rohakana, a re: Tloha, tloha, motho ya madi, motho wa Beliale!
8 Jehova a busetse ho wena madi wohle a ntlo ya Saule, eo o ikentseng morena tulong tsa hae. Jehova o neile mora hao Absalome mmuso, mme bona, o tshwasitswe ke bobe ba hao, etswe o le motho ya madi.
9 Ebile Abishai, mora Tseruja, o re ho morena: Ana ntja eo e shweleng e rohakelang morena, monga ka? O ntumelle ke ye, ke mo kgaole hlooho.
10 Morena a re: Ke na le taba efe le lona, bara ba Tseruja? A nne a rohakane bo! Ha Jehova a mmoleletse hore a rohake Davida, ke mang ya ka reng ho yena: O etsetsang jwalo?